"He didn't come, the bandits went, let's come and see you." Second sister-in-law Shen thanked Wei Jinhua, "When we arrived at Hui'an Wharf, we happened to meet someone from your village, so we took her family's boat over." ”

"When the people got home, I went back." Wei Jinhua walked out.

Haizhu opened the door and let people come into the house to sit, "Dongzhu, boil two bowls of hot water." ”

The stone house is built tightly, and the cold wind can't get in, so it's not cold to sit in the house and wear a thin jacket. Shen's second sister-in-law entered the door and took her hat and untied her coat, and said, "It's almost the New Year, I came to see you with your second brother, you saved him, you can't always say thank you." If it weren't for the cold weather, I'd bring your two nephews with me. ”

Haizhu was so shocked by this solemn attitude that she didn't know what to do, she scratched her scalp and said embarrassedly: "It's been a long time since this happened, don't mention it." ”

"How can I not mention it, I can remember it for a lifetime, it's a small thing for you, I almost became a widow, it's a big thing for me." Second sister-in-law Shen said seriously, she pushed the burden and box on the table, "This is what I prepared with your second brother, you can use it, don't be embarrassed, we have done our best, and our hearts are comfortable." ”

"Yes, it's not as good as my life." Shen Huai said.

"Okay, I'll take it, you should come and visit relatives, and eat at my place at noon." Haizhu cleaned up her mood and happily went to cook, this happiness, she felt sick and cured.

The chicken I bought yesterday hasn't been killed, and the pork is also there, so Haizhu asked Dongzhu to go out and ask who bought tofu and borrowed a piece.

Chapter 34: Moving

The stove was put on firewood to boil water, Haizhu took the chicken and carried it to the outside of the courtyard to be slaughtered, the cold sea breeze rushed down the river, and the humidity in the wind was heavy, and the hair condensed with water droplets after squatting outside for a while.

Feng Ping heard that there was a visitor at home outside, He trotted back and saw the eldest sister slaughtering chickens, he leaned over and whispered, "Sister, who is coming?" "Look into the courtyard with anticipation in your eyes.

"It's Second Brother Shen and Second Sister-in-law Shen, do you remember? Sixth Brother Shen's second brother and second sister-in-law, we also had dinner at his house. ”

Feng Ping replied in disappointment, and walked into the courtyard to call someone.

The white-haired chicken didn't move, Haizhu carried the chicken into the house, closed the door easily, closed the door and made the yard warmer.

Shen's second sister-in-law took food to Fengping, and she came out and asked, "Haizhu, is there anything I can help with?" ”

"There aren't many dishes, I'm busy coming over alone, second sister-in-law, you sit in the house and rest." Boiling water poured on the chicken, and white smoke with a stench rose, and Haizhu raised her arm to cover her nose.

Shen's second sister-in-law's family is wealthy, and she has never cooked before marrying into the Shen family, so she is really not good at the work in the kitchen.

"Then I'll go out for a walk, I haven't been to the fishing village yet, let Fengping show us the way." She said.

Shen Huai led Fengping out, this kid has a little meat on his body, his hands are soft, the clothes he wears are clean, and his hair is not greasy, Haizhu raised his younger brother well. When I went out and met Dongzhu coming back with a bowl of tofu, this girl smiled when she saw people, and her mouth was sweet, she was a clever girl.

"Haizhu is really good." He said.

Shen's second sister-in-law agreed with this, if she was in Haizhu's position, she would not be able to support her family and raise her younger siblings.

It was cold, and there was no one in the village hanging outside, so Shen Er and his wife took Fengping for a walk around the village, and they were blown out of their noses by the cold wind before going back.

At this time, there was already a fragrance in the stove kitchen, chicken was stewed in a clay pot, seaweed and tofu soup was boiling in an iron pot, Haizhu was squatting by the ditch and scraping fish scales, and when she heard footsteps coming in, she looked up and asked, "Is our village okay?" ”

"There are a lot of people living there." Shen Huai said, "It's all one clan? ”

"It's almost, there are outsiders, but if you marry a girl in the clan and marry a man in the clan, you can be regarded as a clan." Haizhu asked Fengping to enter the house to burn the fire, and let him sit by the stove to roast the cold on his body.

Shen's second sister-in-law saw that the flat fish under the Haizhu knife was still swinging its tail, and couldn't help asking: "When we went out, did you still go out to sea to cast a net to catch fish?" ”

"It's in the river at the door of my house, and there are fish in a net with a boat, and it's convenient to live by the river to eat fish, but the river fish is thicker than the sea fish, and there are more spines." Haizhu scoops the scoop of water to rinse the flat fish, and brings it into the stove to the kitchen to cut two knives on the belly of the fish and marinate it in wine.

The seaweed tofu soup in the pot is warmed after being put up, the pot is washed and the oil is poured, the oil is hot and the peppercorns are fried, and Dongzhu and Fengping pinch their noses and run out.

Haizhu laughed, and as soon as the stimulating taste rushed, the stuffed nose was cleared. She picks up the pork marinated in ginger and soy sauce and pours it into the pot and stir-fries, the pork changes color and pours into the soaked fungus, and finally sprinkles salt to taste.

Dongzhu stuffed her nose and tentatively came in, but when she couldn't smell it, she sat back in front of the stove and lit the fire.

Haizhu picked up two slices of meat with a spatula, she ate one piece, and fed Dongzhu a piece, "How does it taste?" ”

The thick red sauce was accompanied by the unique spicy aroma of Sichuan pepper, and Dongzhu stuck out his tongue and said, "It's delicious." ”

Haizhu grabbed and sprinkled the green onion segments into it, stir-fried a few times, brought the dishes on a plate, and poured half a scoop of water into the pot to wash the pot.

"Sister, is it still on fire?"

"Medium heat, I'll fry the fish."

The oil pan was sprinkled with salt and the fish skin was non-stick, and the two sides of the fish were burnt, and Haizhu looked at Dongzhu twice, "Do you want to run out?" I sprinkled peppercorns. ”

Dongzhu couldn't stand the choking smell, added firewood to the stove and ran out, she just left with her front feet, the choking smell of peppercorns wafted out, and Shen's second sister-in-law choked one sneeze after another, and waited until the lid of the pot was closed.

"Haizhu, what are you cooking?" She stood outside the kitchen and asked, "Why don't we take the boat to the dock for dinner?" ”

"The river fish tastes fishy, and the thick oil red sauce can suppress the taste." Haizhu cut the tofu that had not been used up in the soup into pieces, and the soybean sprouts were also passed through a stream of water, and said, "You can eat with another cup of tea." ”

The fish in the pot is stewed, and the tofu and bean sprouts are poured into the soup together, and boiled twice before the pot is raised. She caught a cold and wanted to eat something with a strong taste, so she broke some peppercorns and put them on the fish, sprinkled green onions with hot oil, and stabbed her, and Dongzhu, who had just walked in, was choked out again.

"There's just a bean sprout and a plate of greens left, you don't need to light the fire, clean up the table." Hae-joo laughed.

After stir-frying the pot and washing it and continuing to boil the water, there is chicken soup suitable for eating rice noodles, and she plans to cook rice noodles when the dishes are almost eaten.

Stewed chicken with dried bamboo shoots, stir-fried meat with fungus, red oil tofu fish, stir-fried soybean sprouts and a plate of stir-fried choy sum, five dishes for five people, and a soup, which is still hot when served.

"This fish is a little numb, you can taste it, and if you can't get used to it, you can eat something else." Haizhu took a piece of fish belly meat to Feng Ping, and gave him a bowl of soup to put at hand, "Second brother and sister-in-law, what do you want to eat." ”

Needless to say, Shen Er and his wife had already moved their chopsticks, Shen Huai took the fish to taste, and hurriedly drank the soup after only one bite, but his tongue was still numb, and his mouth seemed to be firing a cannon.

Shen's second sister-in-law saw it, and the chopsticks that were stretched out turned in another direction.

Haizhu is very enjoyable to eat, the tofu and bean sprouts stewed with fish are very delicious, she eats a bite and drinks chicken soup, her lips are numb like ants bite, her body is also hot, and the tip of her nose is sweating.

"Eldest sister, I still want to eat." Feng Ping spoke, "I also eat fish, tofu, and bean sprouts." ”

After eating the heavy taste, I always feel a little less flavorful when I eat the stewed chicken, the fungus fried meat has already seen the bottom, Shen Huai's chopsticks stretched out to the stewed fish again, and he also coerced a piece of tofu for his daughter-in-law to taste.

"I can't stand this smell on my tongue, and my heart itches when I don't eat it." Shen's second sister-in-law had a mouthful of hemp bean sprouts and a mouthful of fried vegetables, and she asked Haizhu where the dish was, "Or did you figure it out yourself?" ”

Haizhu offered the food recipe he got from Han Ji again, "It should be the way of eating for northerners, northerners eat a lot of meat, pork, mutton, goose, duck, and meat, the meat is fishy, and it is necessary to use condiments with heavy flavor to remove the fish." ”

"You can copy the recipe of these two dishes for me, I will go back and let the cook make it, and it is very cold to eat this dish when it is cold." Shen Huai said.

Haizhu directly threw the food recipe to him to see, "I don't know how to read, and there is no paper or ink at home, second brother, you can read it a few more times and memorize it." ”

Dongzhu was washing the dishes, Fengping also went to help her, Haizhu changed out of her little jacket stained with oil smoke, sat down next to Shen's second sister-in-law and asked, "My sixth brother went out to suppress bandits?" ”

"Hey, I came here with your second brother for this too." Shen's second sister-in-law lowered her voice and said, "A few days ago, a fishing village east of Yongning Wharf was hit by bandits, and there were more than 100 people of all ages in a village, and two children survived. Xiaoliu and Han Ji got the letter and led their troops to the sea to suppress the bandits, and before leaving, they told the family to take you to live in the town, thinking that you don't know the servants at home, I discussed with your second brother to come over. ”

Haizhu rubbed her face, both moved by their care and worried about the tragedy of the fishing village, she beat her knees and scolded: "What are you going to do in the slaughter village with a thousand knives!" Hundreds of people can do it. Is it for revenge or robbery? ”

"Where is it clear, the two children are scared stupid and can't speak." Shen's second sister-in-law sighed.

"No one can touch the thoughts of the bandits, some of them don't seek money, and they go ashore to kill people just to provoke the government." Shen Huai said, "The three of you sisters and brothers pack up and go back to Yongning with us tomorrow, now it's cold and you can't go to sea to fish, I have an idle room at home, you live until the weather is warm and come back again." ”

"It's almost the New Year, it's too disturbing." Haizhu subconsciously refused.

"If you're afraid of disturbing us, you won't come, don't say unfamiliar words that hurt people's hearts." Shen's second sister-in-law slapped her, "Not to mention that you saved your second brother, just talking about your friendship with Xiaoliu, it is not too much to live in the door for half a year." ”

"Sister, the dishes are washed, I'll go with Fengping to play with the third uncle." Dongzhu said that she didn't wait for a response, so she led Fengping away.

Haizhu was reminded, saying that she still has an old grandmother, two uncles and a little cousin, and it is too troublesome to drag the family.

"You make me think." Haizhu propped up his head, "Is the news of the slaughter of the fishing village still hidden?" ”

"I can't hide it, this is because there are few people traveling in cold weather, otherwise the news will come in the past two days."

Haizhu thought about it in his heart and asked: "The officers and soldiers have gone to suppress the bandits, will there be bandits ashore to kill people?" ”

"The more chaotic this time is, the more vicious people will fall into the grass, and their eyes will be red when they see blood, and some people will make proofs in front, and some people will follow behind to imitate." Shen Huai said.

"Okay, I'll go and ask my grandmother and my third uncle to clean up my things." Haizhu didn't rub it off, she quickly went to her second uncle's house to say something, and when she came out, she went to the village chief and asked him to tell the people in the village, and everyone also had a guard in their hearts.

The village chief panicked when he heard the news, and hurriedly went to discuss with the clansmen.

Haizhu went to Wei Jinhua's house again, "Uncle Zheng, Aunt Wei, do you want to go to Yongning with me?" I used to borrow the Shen family's power to rent a house to live outside, if you go over, we will rent two adjacent yards. ”

The cost of moving over to live there is a lot of money, Wei Jinhua hesitated, and said, "The bandits may not necessarily come." ”

"It's dead, you pack up your things, I'll call someone to carry the boat in the river back and lock the house, and go with Haizhu tomorrow." Zheng Haishun spoke, only when he is alive can he have money to spend, now is not the time to search, he can't afford to gamble.

"Tomorrow, I have to hold the boat to the dock, don't move the boat in, go to the dock and spend money to store it." Haizhu stopped him.

When she had finished explaining, she went home to pack up her things, dug up the fifty taels of gold buried under the rice jar and took them away, and her clothes were simply packed up with two thick and thin ones.

"By the way, second sister-in-law, the sixth brother sent the pearl girl to the village before, you know?" Haizhu asked.

Shen Huai's face immediately darkened.

Shen's second sister-in-law also felt a headache.

"Do you want to take it with you?" Haizhu threw this trouble out, "Her brother who gambled is still alive?" ”

"How can you have the leisure to care about this filthy thing?" Shen's second sister-in-law waved her hand, "I don't care, his brother should worry about Xiaoliu's troubles." ”

"Xiaoliu can take care of her for the rest of her life if she saves her once? It's not for sale to my house. Shen Huai refused to take care of things, "Each has its own life, and each has its own creation." He didn't care, and asked Haizhu not to worry about it, "After all, she has nothing to do with us, you might as well worry about your sister if you worry about her." ”

"Xiaoliu is not worry-free, most of the maids in the family were rescued by him, saying that he was chivalrous, and he didn't have the ability to sweep the tail, so he was saved and thrown home." Shen's second sister-in-law hugged Haizhu and joked: "My uncle is good at everything, and he has the best heart, but he is too weak and can't tell the good from the bad, this kind of man is very good as a brother, whoever picks it up and becomes a husband will suffer." ”

Haizhu hurriedly cleared up the relationship, "I don't have any thoughts about him, Sister-in-law Xie reminded me." ”

"She's a smart girl." Shen's second sister-in-law laughed.

Shen Huai coughed heavily on the side, and no one paid attention to him.

Afterwards, he complained that her mouth was broken and her elbow turned outward, "The sixth brother doesn't open his mind now, in two years, if he becomes emotionally attached to Haizhu, if he knows about this by then, he will hate you to death." ”

"Hate what I do, I'm telling the truth. Haizhu is not blind, Xiaoliu's stinky problem will not change, be careful that there will be no good girl to marry him in the future. Through the wall, she heard people in the village discussing the bandits, and some of them were in the upper reaches of the river, and they were all thinking about dragging their families back to their parents' homes. She thought of her mother-in-law at home, she was picky, and if Haizhu fell in love with Xiaoliu, it would be a lot of suffering.

Thinking of Haizhu's father who saved her child, she has to mention a thing or two.

Haizhu was talking to Uncle Wutang about digging the cellar, and he raised his chin and said, "Someone is looking for you." ”

It's the pearl girl, she wants to take a boat and follow Haizhu back to Yongning.

"There are merchant ships back to Yongning every day, so you can take the village boat to the dock." Haizhu wondered.

"My brother ......"

"Hey, we have no relatives and no reason, I can't take care of individuals." Haizhu pointed to the people who were full of worries, "I can't take care of these people who are related to me by blood, you can go back if you have a home, and if you don't want to go back, you can rent a house." ”

"But the sixth brother said to let you take care of me."

"Whoever told you to go." She thought to herself that when she saw Shen Sui again, she would beat him up.

Chapter 35: Find a Living