Chapter 20: The Full Moon Feast

On the day of Jin Xiaoju's treat, Fang Caihe seemed very happy, although the Xu family did not invite her, but Fang Caihe himself volunteered to come over to help. This was a big surprise to Xu Zhiguo, but since Fang Caihe volunteered to come over to help, the Xu family could no longer refuse. Jin Xiaoju said to Fang Caihe with a smile on her face: "It's great that you can come, I didn't ask you to come over to help, one is that after you recently went back to the brickyard, you have too much work on the mountain to be busy, and it would be embarrassing to ask you to come over to help, and recently something happened to your family, and you all need to rest and recuperate for a while." Outsiders can't help with this, but it's okay to think about it for you if it doesn't bother you. Fang Caihe also said humorously: "Sister Xiaoju, to be honest, you and Brother Zhiguo didn't come to invite me, I was a little nervous in my heart at that time, I was wondering, is it my Caihe who did something bad to offend you, now as soon as you say it, my heart will brighten, nothing, I am very willing to come over to help myself now." We are getting older and older now, how many can we still have, maybe after your sister Xiaoju gives birth to this child, she will be hung up and beaten, and Brother Zhiguo will force you to have another one, and you will not agree. With that, the women in the room burst into laughter.

Jin Xiaoju knew that Yi Fang Caihe's character and morality would not give up. She is a vengeful person. Although in the eyes of others, a small thing has passed, that is, it is in the past, and there is nothing to hold grudges against. But for Fang Caihe, it is different, as long as she thinks that someone can't get along with her, or someone else's interests conflict with her, that is, she can't get along with herself, she will try her best to find compensation back, or take revenge back. Of course, Fang Caihe's revenge is not naked, but with her own style and scheming.

Fang Caihe said to Jin Xiaoju: I am only responsible for doing the chores of washing the vegetables and shabu shabu and hot wine and wiping the table for your house today, and I will not go to the stove. She said to He Xianxiang: "Auntie, you can be the chef of Xiaoju's family, in our big yard, the dishes you cook are the most suitable for everyone's taste, although the cooking level of others is higher than mine, but for the sake of insurance, I suggest that you stir-fry the dishes, I don't know if I am wrong?" ”

He Xianxiang said quietly: "Caihe, don't put gold on your aunt's forehead and wear a high hat, I haven't seen a big scene, and I'm old and dizzy, where can I compare to you who are young and smart, and you already like to stir-fry and cook, and there are many variations, the same dish, we just cook it when it's cooked, but you can burn several tricks." If you don't cook today, who can stand in the kitchen and talk. Jin Xiaoju also smiled and said: "Caihe, you will be the chef, I invited dozens of guests today, and only you have seen the big scene, don't panic, they will do your job." Several old women naturally wished that someone would stand up and take on this responsibility, so they all asked Fang Caihe to take charge of the spoon in unison.

Fang Caihe was proud in his heart, but there was not a trace of pride on his face: "In front of these elders, how can I Caihe get an axe" and put off for a while before taking over this task.

Fang Caihe arranged for someone to fetch water for her, who to wash the vegetables, and assigned who to light the fire, who to cut the vegetables and put them on the plate, and also instructed who to move the table and stools. After the table is set, it should be washed several times with clean water, and the stool should be scrubbed clean with rags. And who will arrange to go to hot rice wine? She described herself as Wang Xifeng, and felt that these old women were stupid and unenlightened, old-fashioned and inflexible, so she arranged everything properly before she started to light the fire and stir-fry. Fang Caihe said to Xu Zhiguo: "I stir-fry the vegetables very quickly, you invite all the guests over to arrange them first, let's eat them while stir-frying, so that the dishes will be more flavorful." Otherwise, when the fried vegetables encounter the wind, the best dishes will also be cold, and they will taste good. Xu Zhiguo had to arrange for the guests to sit down first, and everyone was crowded in a room, Zhiguo asked everyone to sit down, and went to the kitchen to urge Fang Caihe. Fang Caihe said, you just go to the banquet, you don't have to worry about the kitchen, and we women don't just eat dry food.

Xu Zhiguo said with a smile: "I wish I had your words, I can save these worries and not be able to pour a few more cups of yellow soup." Xiao Ju hugged her daughter outside the kitchen and said to Zhiguo: "Let you accompany the guests, you are still grinding your mouth here, and you are not shy The whole kitchen is a pervert." With that, the women all threw themselves back with laughter. Zhangshu gently patted Xiao Ju's back with her palm and said, "You little prostitute, I don't usually see your virtue, but now you are becoming more and more presumptuous." ”

Jin Xiaoju also knew that she was overdoing it. Especially when this joke was made on the heads of the neighbor women and their husbands, and when the camphor tree woman beat her, she realized that she was a little too much. But this is already the case, regret is even worse, so he simply makes other jokes to cover up his embarrassment. When Fang Caihe was only about halfway fried, I saw Zhang Xueyun hurriedly walk into the kitchen and call her daughter: "Caihe, you hurry up and go home, someone is looking for you in a hurry!" ”

Fang Caihe asked her mother: "Who is looking for me in a hurry?" Didn't you tell her that I was busy with someone else's house? Zhang Xueyun panicked and said: "It's a general thing, I'll reply to deal with it, but we can't offend this person, you better hurry up and take a look, there are other people here to take a top for you, isn't it over?" ”

Zhangshu Po said to Fang Caihe: "You go back and take a look, let's fry a few dishes for you first, you go and come back quickly, and the remaining dishes will be fried when you come back." ”

Fang Caihe took off his apron and said, "Then I'll go to the house first, you guys come and fry, it's nothing, I'll be back soon." ”

The guests were eating happily, when suddenly someone shouted into the kitchen: "How did you do it, the appetite for these dishes was good at first, but the craftsmanship suddenly deteriorated, did the salt not be put in, so light that the tongue drooled." ”

It turned out that after Fang Caihe left, He Xianxiang took over the frying, and after stir-frying the first dish, he found that the salt in the salt shaker was gone. Everyone was panicked, someone went to Caihe's house to ask about Caihe salt, Zhang Xueyun said that Caihe had gone out with the person who was looking for her, and she didn't know about it. He Xianxiang had no choice but to go back to her house first to bring the salt shaker, and when she went to get the salt shaker, someone in the outside room urged the food to be served, so someone brought the food to the table. He Xianxiang next cooked the dishes only to find that the condiments were either without garlic or ginger and green onion foam, and there was not much soy sauce and balsamic vinegar left, only a little bit left, not enough for a dish, and I didn't know what stealth method Fang Caihe used to make these things less, or even not gone.

The guests were very unhappy with the meal, so they shouted for someone to find Fang Caihe. But Fang Caihe never came back, and I heard Zhang Xueyun say that Caihe was called out by a person from another village and did not come back.

Jin Xiaoju was also quite puzzled: she invited someone over for dinner in a good manner, but she was so embarrassed. Xu Zhiguo didn't know the inside story, so he went through the kitchen and yelled at He Xianxiang: "Let Fang Caihe stir-fry the dishes well, what kind of fun are you doing, burn all the good dishes, and make the guests lose their temper." He Xianxiang was so angry that he picked up the salt shaker and went home. Zhangshu Po was extremely dissatisfied with Xu Zhiguo's words just now: "Zhiguo, you are the master, don't be dominated by other people's emotions, okay, He Xianxiang helps you stir-fry, you can't find salt if you want salt, you can't find ginger and garlic and shallots, the soy sauce is also used up, and the vinegar is gone, how can you tell her to burn it?" It's not right for you to yell at people if you don't know this, and we can't think about how to cook the rest of the dishes next. ”

Zhiguo said in surprise: "I bought the dishes myself, and the ingredients are also very well prepared, how can there be no more, isn't this a ghost in the daytime?" ”

Zhangshu Po continued: "We have never left the kitchen, even Caihe has never left, we all feel that we don't believe it, but we just can't find these things, you say that there must be a place to hide, and you can't find it for no reason, isn't it a strange thing?" ”

Xu Zhiguo said: "Please think of a way for me first, it really doesn't work, just put some salt to taste, no matter who you are, give me a cushion first, and I will return you later." ”

At ten o'clock in the evening, Fang Caihe poked her head out of the bed and asked her mother, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, "Have the guests of Zhiguo finished leaving?" ”

Zhang Xueyun said: "It's gone early, and some of them are scolding, saying that since Zhiguo has a treat, he is reluctant to even let go of the salt, and this wine is very aggrieved." ”

Caihe smiled and said, "Isn't my trick 'Golden Cicada Shelling' quite beautiful?" ”

Zhang Xueyun pointed to her daughter's nose and scolded: "You are very happy, but I am not as happy as you, they came to ask me which one is this, I can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, they also know that I don't know about this matter, so it can be regarded as a fool, don't cheat people like this in the future, you are comfortable but people are scolding your mother." ”

Caihe sneered and said, "Isn't Xu Zhiguo very despised by people? He didn't take our mother and daughter seriously, so we had to let him go out of the country. ”

Zhang Xueyun didn't pay attention to her daughter anymore, she came out of her daughter's room, and went to fix the wooden door of the chicken coop with a wire buckle and went back to her room to sleep.

Fang Caihe couldn't sleep, and the night scene always appeared in his mind. It had been replaying in his mind countless times, and she wanted to stop the 'slides' in her head from closing, but there was no way to stop.

Xu Zhiguo is also arguing with his wife at the moment: "Huan Huan invited others to dinner, but it became very unhappy for everyone." Tomorrow, there will be people in the village who will gossip, saying that I, Xu Zhiguo, have a treat, and I am reluctant to even put salt on the dish, obviously because I don't want the family to have a full meal. Jin Xiaoju is also very dissatisfied with her husband's behavior today, especially the attitude towards He Xianxiang, saying this, will people help you in the future? She was angry that her husband was messed up after drinking a little wine, and his brain was made of paste. It is often said that you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense. Tonight, Zhiguo yelled at He Xianxiang, which not only offended Fang Yunqing, but also made the other neighbors' hearts cold.

Jin Xiaoju didn't want to talk to her husband. She wanted to apologize to He Xianxiang at night, but as soon as He Xianxiang got home, she turned off the lights and went to sleep, so she had to go home.

Xu Zhiguo drank a lot of wine. It's true that my brain is not as fresh as usual, and I have forgotten what I just said. But forgetting oneself does not mean that others will forget about it.

Jin Xiaoju has not been in a good mood for the past few days, her daughter has had a low-grade fever for the third day, and she vomits out when she is fed milk, and she keeps crying at night. Xu Zhiguo and Xiaoju took their little daughter to the health center several times, sometimes good and sometimes bad. The soil herbs had to be given up because the child was too young to use them. Xu Zhiguo couldn't sleep because of his daughter's noise, so he complained about his wife. Jin Xiaoju was in a bad mood, but when her husband complained like this, her heart became even more angry: "If you have the ability, don't sleep next to me, the child is sick, crying is normal, what are you bothering about?" ”

Xu Zhiguo said: "Whether I have the ability or not is not up to you, you need my own approval, you can't take care of the child as an adult, and you will send a nameless fire at me, do you want to make a little sense of it?" ”

Jin Xiaoju said aggrievedly: "You complain that I can't take care of the child, so from tomorrow, you come to take the child, how about I work with the production team, I still wish I could let go of this child easily." ”

Xu Zhiguo sneered: "Let you go to work, we will have to drink the northwest wind tomorrow, do you want to try it." ”

Jin Xiaoju said angrily: "Xu Zhiguo, don't think that you have made a lot of contributions in this family, no one can do without you, believe it or not, I can still live well without you and my family." ”

Xu Zhiguo then laughed and stopped grinding his tongue with his wife. He knew that Xiao Ju had been tossed by this child for several nights and needed to rest.