"And you, come to Shun, remember, your daughter-in-law was married to you by your father." Father Xu said.

Lai Shun nodded, standing in place and smirking.

"Come, carry the basket with me to the cellar, and make the new clothes, and in two days we will bring back the woman."

Each of them carried a basket and put it in the cellar of the stove room.

The cellar is not big, only five or six square sizes, and it contains the most important grain of the Xu family, and there are several jars next to the grain, which are pickled cabbage pickled radish or something by Xu's mother.

Xu Fugui made the food at night, steamed a large pot of white rice, and heated the dishes packed back at noon, so that he could eat them directly.

"Don't finish eating all at once, save some for later." Father Xu smelled the aroma of oil and meat coming from the iron pot, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.

After being a landlord for most of his life, he felt that chicken, duck and fish meat were so delicious for the first time.

"Whatever you eat later, keep it, and wait for Cuiping to come to the door in a few days before eating, and I don't know what to eat when I set up a table."

"Mother, on such a hot day, I'm afraid I'll be rancid in a few days, and I'll have to eat it at least tomorrow."

Mother Xu said distressedly: "No festival or new year, eating so well, will be struck by lightning." ”

Xu Fugui couldn't cry or laugh, "God won't care about our family's bad things." ”

In the end, he warmed Wang's roast duck, kung pao chicken, and steamed fish, and saved the rest of the dishes for tomorrow.

After serving the table, Xu Mu closed the doors and windows tightly to prevent the smell from spreading.

When the sun sets, there is still an orange-red sunset burning in the sky, and when the sunset shines on the river, the river water is shining golden, as if the magical little stars are shining.

The burning clouds on the horizon are clearly layered, and the color gradually fades from west to east.

Someone passed by outside the courtyard of the Xu family, suddenly stopped, sniffed hard, and swallowed saliva, "It smells like fragrant meat." ”

He looked at the closed doors and windows of the Xu family, hesitated, and turned to leave.

The people of this world generally can't eat meat several times a year, so the nose is very sensitive to the smell of meat and the aroma of oil.

Mother Xu closed the doors and windows, and the light dimmed, Changgen took out a small bowl, poured half a bowl of tung oil into it, put the lamp grass in it, and after lighting it, the soybean-sized fire swayed slightly on the oil bowl.

"Long root, put another lamp grass in it, and I can't see the dishes on the table." Father Xu said.

Changgen answered, and put another lamp grass in it and lit it, and the fire was much brighter, at least it could illuminate a dining table.

Xu's father walked into the house on crutches, and when he came out, he had an extra pot of loose wine in his hand.

Lai Shun smiled and got up to get four wine glasses.

"Eat such good meat, it really should be accompanied by some wine, his father, Changgen, you don't drink much, Fugui and Laishun are young, you can drink two more glasses." Xu Mu said with a smile.

Filling the wine glass and touching the glass, Xu Fugui took a small sip, and he swallowed it until the smell of liquor filled his mouth.

Then put a piece of chicken in your mouth and chew it carefully, but you don't want to swallow it.

After eating and drinking, Xu Fugui patted his stomach, feeling that it was full of oil and water, and finally felt full.

"Mother, you rest, I'll wash it later." Seeing that Mother Xu was going to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, Xu Fugui hurriedly said.

"It's okay, you're tired all day, although my mother's legs and feet are not good, but a few dishes are still clean."

"I'm tired, I didn't do any work today."

Xu Fugui got up, took the dishes and chopsticks from her hand, put them on the stove, and washed them skillfully.

Lai Shun rolled up his sleeves and wanted to come over to help, but he sent him away.

Today, I came to Shun to work in the field for a day, and I was tired enough, so I went to rest after eating.

Wait a while to burn your feet and go to bed early.

"I'll go for a walk at the entrance of the village." Father Xu burped loudly, got up on crutches, and Changgen hurriedly followed.

Mother Xu sat in front of the stove to light the fire, looked at him skillfully washing dishes with a smile, and suddenly said: "My family's fortune is very different from before. ”

Xu Fugui laughed, "Mother, your son and I have grown up." ”

Mother Xu nodded happily, "My family Fugui is a man." ”

After washing the dishes and chopsticks, Xu Fugui took out the chilled watermelon in the water tank, cut it, picked up a piece and gnawed it.

The sky was completely dark, and the night covered the entire Xujia Village, Xu Fugui shook it hard, and the watermelon peel formed a beautiful arc and flew out of the yard.

"Wang!"

Seeing this, Ping An wagged his tail and jumped out, trying to catch the watermelon skin.

I just ran to the gate of the courtyard, and when I saw that I couldn't catch the watermelon skin, I ran back with a bright red tongue.

Xu Fugui sat on the threshold, took out a roll of dry cigarettes, lit a match, and leisurely spit out a puff of cyan cigarette.

Lai Shun sat next to him, also took out a roll of dry cigarettes, lit it and put it in his mouth.

Laishun's addiction to smoking is much greater than Xu Fu's.

Xu Fugui usually smokes a roll when he is tired from work, or after a meal, or when he is squatting in a pit.

Laishun is different, he has nothing to do with a roll of dry tobacco, and the dry tobacco grown in the field is not enough for the two of him to smoke, and he often buys it for other people in the village.

"Come to Shun, what does Liu Cuiping look like?" Xu Fugui spat out another puff of smoke and asked casually.

Although Liu Cuiping is from Liujia Village next door, he has really never seen this girl.

Maybe I've seen her on the road, but I don't know her name.

Usually he is so busy that he doesn't have time to care about these things.

Lai Shun laughed, "She has a big buttocks, and the front is also big, about the same as the White Widow, and she is not tall." ”

Xu Fugui laughed, "You fool, you still think about the white widow." ”

Lai Shun shook his head like a rattle, and said seriously: "What I like is Liu Cuiping, not a white widow." ”

"You've only known Liu Cuiping for a few days, and you just like her when you open and close your mouth?"

Lai Shun didn't know how to refute, and said angrily: "Anyway, I just like it, and I can see that Liu Cuiping seems to like me too." ”

"How do you tell?"

"She didn't dare to look at me when she was blushing, she must have liked me."

Xu Fugui shook the cigarette ash, "You don't have to make your clothes, just wear the really good clothes that my father-in-law bought for you, and after Lian Tianniang finishes Liu Cuiping's new clothes, we will pick up the rice and carry the silver dollar to pick up Liu Cuiping home." ”

Scratch the back of your head, "I listen to the young master." ”

"Alright, let's go to sleep."

A roll of cigarettes smoking, Xu Fugui looked at the moonless night sky, turned around and made a basin of hot water, and put the two big feet in.

After soaking his feet comfortably, he returned to his bed with a mattress, lay on it on all fours, enjoyed a rare personal space, and soon fell asleep.

(End of chapter)