Xie Chuntao showed his skills in the kitchen.

In the past, it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and she couldn't use it.

There are so many big fish today, as well as rice, flour, grain and oil sent by the villagers.

She has to use all her skills to get a table of good food.

Four large fish were stewed in hot oil, and a circle of white flour cakes was pasted on the iron pot.

The fish soaked fish intestines were not wasted, and the red spicy seeds were stir-fried, and the meat sent by the village chief's daughter-in-law was cut and simmered with tofu and plum vegetables. In addition to the fish and meat, a spinach and egg soup was also burned.

The dining table was set up in the hall, and a table full of dishes was placed.

The fragrance is pervasive, and the mouth of the hook is out.

"Mother, I'll bring you the food to eat in the house." Xie Chuntao opened the curtain of the upper room and whispered.

"No need, I'll go out and eat with everyone." Zhen tucked Xiao Fuyuan's quilt, Xiao Fuyuan slept very soundly, and his pink mouth pouted from time to time, so cute that it exploded.

Xie Chuntao was afraid of waking up her sister-in-law, so she walked in lightly, carried Erlang who was lying on the bed to the dining table, and Zhen took out a jacket covered with patches and covered Erlang's legs.

Bai Dazhuang took Bai Zhaomei and others to sit around the dining table, and the fragrance of fish and meat rushed into the nose one after another, making people's appetite move. The old lady Bai hadn't taken her seat yet, and the white plank hadn't come back, so they didn't dare to raise their chopsticks no matter how hungry they were.

They have to wait for everyone to arrive, and the elders have spoken, before they can eat.

But, it's so fragrant, I can't help it!

"Chun Tao, you pull some chops into the bowl for your father to keep, let's not wait for him." The old lady stepped into the hall with a large bowl in her hand.

Xie Chuntao took it, and carefully selected a few large pieces of the best fish meat and put them in a large bowl.

"Okay, let's be hungry, let's eat." The old lady Bai sat on the upper seat, raised her chopsticks, and gave orders.

Everyone started moving.

How long has it been since the old Bai family touched meat!

I still ate pork dumplings once during the Chinese New Year last year.

It's been almost a year, and the soup is low and watery all day.

The adults can still bear it, but the small ones are crazy, Bai Zhaomei Dalang Saburo's chopsticks are like rain, and even Saburo eats quickly and urgently.

Eugene Gui is even more hungry like a wolf, picking the most tender meat on the belly of the fish to eat.

Xie Chuntao and Zhen glanced at each other, and the two of them had the same thoughts, eating less by themselves and leaving the meat for the children. So, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law picked up tofu and vegetables to eat.

The old lady Bai lifted her eyelids, knocked on the table with chopsticks and said to her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, "Who are you doing it for, don't eat fish?" Don't eat meat? Who is it all left to? Leave it to your own man and son? ”

Zhen and Xie Chuntao's chopsticks stagnated.

"Let me tell you, our women work like men, do they have no hands or no legs and need you to let them? Don't do it if you don't eat it, and save food. "Old Lady Bai is not polite at all.

sprayed at the big and small men led by Bai Dazhuang at the dinner table: "Are you the emperor or the official?" Do you want a daughter-in-law and a mother-in-law? I asked someone to see if I had the ability, but I caught a few fish, and my tail was cocked. ”

Bai Dazhuang: "......"

Eugene Gui got the token and shouted: "If you don't eat me, I can eat a whole fish in one go." ”

Old Mrs. Bai didn't give her face at all: "You are a pig, of course you can eat so much." ”

Xie Chuntao and Zhen knew that Mrs. Bai had always been knife-mouthed tofu heart, which was distressing for them, so under the pressure of Mrs. Bai's gaze, the chopsticks stretched out to the fish.

Bai Dazhuang was sprayed by his grandmother, stretched out his chopsticks, first took a piece of fish meat on the belly of the fish and handed it to his mother's bowl, and then sandwiched a piece of fish tail meat and put it in his daughter-in-law's bowl.

Finally, he clipped the fish head and gave it to Mrs. Bai: "Milk, you love to eat fish heads!" ”

Old Mrs. Bai's face was a little pale, but she said with disgust: "Your grandmother is not old enough to lift chopsticks, so you don't need to clip it." ”

Bai Dazhuang: "......"

Bai Zhaomei and Da Lang did the same, and they gave their mothers dishes one after another.

San Lang glanced at Eugene Gui, his mother didn't need it, so he sandwiched two pieces of fish, one for his cousin Erlang and one for Mrs. Bai.

Old Mrs. Bai was full of relief, Eugene Gui was out of tune, but fortunately San Lang didn't follow her.

……

The days are short in winter, and after a lunch meal, the sky is quickly covered with a layer of darkness.

Zhen sat on the edge of the bed and dismantled the white satin jacket, put light and soft new cotton on it, and changed it into a small jacket and cotton pants for Xiao Fuyuan.

Xie Chuntao and Eugene Gui sat aside.

It was the first time for Eugene Gui to carefully observe her sister-in-law, although she didn't like it in her heart, she admitted that her sister-in-law looked too attractive, pink and jade, like a porcelain doll.

She touched her belly and prayed that the girl in her belly looked as good as her sister-in-law.

"Mother, why do you have so many good things? Haven't seen you take it out before? Eugene Gui saw that the sister-in-law was covered with gray squirrel hair, and the white satin jacket in her mother-in-law's hand did not look cheap, and she felt a little apprehensive.

I heard my mother mention that my mother-in-law is different from ordinary village women, she is a person who has eaten, worn and seen good things.

When she married the second child, she wanted a Linghong jacket, but the Bai family refused to come out, and when she asked, she had no money.

It turned out that it was not nothing, but that the mother-in-law was selfish.

Such a good material, for a girl to wear.

This is just the beginning of being so eccentric, I am afraid that her daughter will be far behind her sister-in-law in the future.

"It's just these two pieces, it's a pity to put them in vain, give them to your sister to wear." Zhen said lightly.

"That's it, mother, your things should be given to my sister-in-law." Xie Chuntao leaned down and stared at Xiao Fuyuan with a smile, she suddenly thought that there was still a piece of cotton silk cloth in her house, and she also made a dress for her sister-in-law when she turned around.

Eugene Gui scolded Xie Chuntao again in his heart.

"Mother, it's all for my sister-in-law, what will I wear when my daughter is born?" Eugene Gui asked directly.

Zhen has always been kind to his daughter-in-law, but at this time, he was a little unhappy when he heard Eugene Gui's questioning, and replied without being soft or hard: "When you give birth to a daughter, can I still treat my granddaughter badly?" ”

"I ......"

"Big strong girl!"

Eugene Gui's words were interrupted by the voice shouting Zhen outside.

"It sounds like Aunt Xia, I'll go out and have a look." Xie Chuntao stood up.

When they heard that it was Mrs. Xia, the three mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were shocked.

Outside the courtyard, Xia Pozi stood by the fence, her clogs covered with snow.

If it weren't for the "bleating" cry, she wouldn't have noticed that she was holding a sheep in her hand, and the snow-white sheep and the snow were integrated.

Xie Chuntao looked at Mrs. Xia in front of her, full of surprise.

The Xia family and the Bai family have not been in contact for many years, and even if they met in the village, the Xia family ignored the Bai family.

"Aunt Xia, on this cold day, come in and sit." Xie Chuntao hid her surprised look, walked outside the fence, and greeted Mrs. Xia.

Xia Pozi stood still and handed the sheep rope she was holding to Xie Chuntao: "...... I heard that your mother's milk is insufficient, and there happens to be a young ewe at home, so you can take the family with you. ”

"Aunt Xia......"

Xie Chuntao hesitated, not to pick up, not to answer.

Mrs. Bai went to the door, the Zhen family was in the house, and Xie Chuntao didn't dare to take it upon herself to collect the Xia family's sheep.

With a "creak" sound, Zhen pushed open the door of the upper room, and when he saw Mrs. Xia outside the fence, his heart was very complicated.

"Sister-in-law Xia......" Zhen shouted.

"At such an age, I gave birth to a child for nothing, but I don't have the ability to raise ......," Xia Pozi said sarcastically.

Zhen's heart rippled.

After so many years, Mrs. Xia was finally willing to talk to her.

"Sister-in-law Xia, come in and sit." Zhen's voice was a little choked.

"No, don't frighten your daughter when you're cold." Xia Pozi refused coldly, and said, "This sheep was sent by Qinghe in the evening...... Get up early and come to the house to listen to your mother-in-law borrow a sheep......"

mentioned her daughter Qinghe, and Mrs. Xia's voice fluctuated.

"Qinghe is a dead eye...... Da Zhuang Niang, you also have a daughter now, don't teach her to Qinghe. ”

"Sister-in-law Xia......" Zhen heard Mrs. Xia mention Qinghe, and didn't know how to answer.

"If this sheep is not brought in, it will freeze to death here."

Xia Pozi stuffed the sheep rope to Xie Chuntao, turned around and stepped on the snow and left.

Looking at the back of Xia Pozi hidden in the night, Zhen's heart was like opening a spice shop, with mixed flavors.

Back then, if it weren't for that incident, Qinghe would have been the daughter-in-law of the Bai family.

If it weren't for the You family's calculation of their second child......

But in the final analysis, it was the second son who was blind and dumb that caught You Jiadao, and he failed such a good girl as Qinghe in vain.

After Erzhuang married Eugene Gui, Qinghe also married to the next village, and I heard that the family situation was not good, Rao was like this, or sent a sheep.

"Mother, this sheep ......" Xie Chuntao asked Zhen cautiously.

"Put it in the circle. You pick up two big fish and put them at the door of your Aunt Xia, whether you accept them or not. Zhen instructed.