"Then I won't go to the official school." Haizhu said.

After the meal, Qi Laosan cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks to wash, Haizhu asked him to boil the pot and boil the water, and she went to buy a chicken and came back. On the way back, he met a man from Jiubei's restaurant, he came to deliver a wooden basin and silver money, and the moray eel was more than twenty-three pounds, and he handed over a string of copper plates, saying that there were 1,150 coppers.

Haizhu went back and threw the copper plate on the table, except for Qi Laosan who was still in the kitchen, everyone else was asleep, she pinched the chicken neck and wiped the wooden basin with a kitchen knife to bleed, and then took scissors to carry the bench and sit on the edge of the ditch to cut the eel's head, the two sleeping fat cats smelled the fishy smell and yawned and ran, eating the eel head was like eating melon seeds.

The white cat in the chicken coop was so anxious that it meowed, and Haizhu directly brought a moray eel into it and let it eat it with its belly open.

"The medicine is not hot, your grandmother told me to stare at you and finish drinking." Qi Laosan came out with a medicine bowl.

Haizhu didn't say a word, took the medicine bowl and finished it in one go.

Qi Laosan took the bowl and scooped the water clean, and carried the chicken into the kitchen with one hand to scoop the water and scald the chicken feathers.

"You will go out of the boat in the afternoon, go back and sleep for a while, I'll get these, and when the stew is served, let my milk watch the fire, and then I will go into the house to sleep." Haizhu said.

"It's not bad for a while, I'll pluck the chicken feathers and leave."

The chicken feathers were plucked, the moray eels were cut off, and the three cats were overwhelmed, lying on the ground like dead cats. Qi Laosan picked up all the cut eel heads and fed them to the turtles, and he also dug a puddle in the yard to raise turtles, and the pit was paved with stones, and the bottom was piled with fine sand, and the turtle with a cracked shell lived in it.

The chicken was stewed, Haizhu added firewood to the stove, she sat aside and cut the eel's belly with scissors, took out the internal organs to wash off the dirty blood and threw it into a clean wooden basin, all of them were finished, cut two large lumps of ginger, mixed with a handful of green onions, mashed, and poured the washed green onion and ginger water into the basin to pickle the conger eel.

Grandma Qi got up for a lunch break, she asked Haizhu to sleep, and she looked at the stove.

Immediately afterwards, Dongzhu and Feng calmed down, and the sisters and brothers washed their faces and went out directly to the Shen family to study. As soon as Dongzhu and Fengping left, Qi Laosan came in with a yawn, he carried a commode into his second brother's house, and after a while, he pushed Second Uncle Qi out, he washed his hands and went out to fish.

Haizhu woke up and smelled the fragrance of chicken soup, she opened the door and came out to see Chaoping lying on the table playing with copper plates, and the copper coin strings were dismantled, one after another, covering half of the table.

"Big sister." He shouted.

"Woke up, slept full?" Second Uncle Qi asked.

"I'm full of sleep, I'm refreshed." Haizhu washed her hands and entered the house, she fished out all the chicken in the crockpot, then threw the eel in, and threw a little red dates and red ginseng into it, covered it with a lid and boiled it slowly over a low fire.

A pot of soup simmered for nearly two hours, and when the sun set, Haizhu scooped water to extinguish the fire in the stove, and the residual temperature of the clay pot continued to simmer.

"Is this the one?" There was a sound of talking outside the door, and Grandma Qi walked out to take a look, then turned her head and shouted Haizhu.

Before Haizhu walked out of the door, she saw Changsheng and his grandmother come in, and she was surprised: "Stepmother? What are you doing here? ”

"I smelled the fragrance, what kind of dishes did you make so fragrant?"

Chapter 146: Don't Call Me My Mother-in-law

When people entered the door, a mama with curled hair carried a bamboo basket with a lid and put it on the table, Haizhu glanced over, and Mama smiled and said, "It's Ejiao, which replenishes qi and blood, and Madame got six catties, and brought them to you." ”

Haizhu has heard of this thing, it is said that it is boiled with donkey skin and medicinal herbs, and the process of making it is cumbersome, and it is quite valuable, at least it is not common in Quang Nam.

"You just keep yourself to replenish your body, I'm young, a good meal is enough to nourish my body, and I don't need to eat these things to replenish my qi and blood." Haizhu said.

"This is better than medicine, use it every morning to stew a bowl of eggs, it is very blood-replenishing, you and your family make up for it." Mrs. Hou waved her hand, and Mama stepped aside and said nothing. She took Haizhu's hand and probed it, and said, "It seems that taking medicine is still effective, and my hand is not cold to the touch." ”

Haizhu twisted her fingers, the medicine she drank was indeed useful, A few days ago, her stomach was still a little uncomfortable, but it was no longer a pinprick pain, and her palms and lips were bloody.

Changsheng and Chaoping went to Shen's house to pick up Dongzhu and Fengping from school, and the four of them ran in together, Haizhu beckoned Dongzhu and Fengping to come over, and introduced: "This is my brother and sister, Dongzhu, Fengping, this is Changshou's grandmother, you call Uncle Niang." ”

Dongzhu and Fengping obediently called people.

"You're all good boys, I've heard Changsheng mention you." Mrs. Hou stretched out her hand, and Mama handed over four longevity locks, she took them and handed them to Dongzhu, saying, "I heard your sister say that she has four younger brothers and sisters, I have prepared some small things, you can take them to play." ”

Dongzhu looked at Haizhu, and Haizhu nodded and asked her to take it, "Take your longevity and go to the street to buy two bundles of fine powder." After the words fell, she turned her head and said, "Mother-in-law, you can stay and eat at night, I stewed the eel in chicken soup, stewed it all afternoon, and added medicinal herbs, which is very nourishing." ”

Mrs. Hou nodded, she came here to see Haizhu. It's been almost a month since she moved in, and the things at home have been straightened out, and Han Ji's father's injuries have healed, and she can leave someone, so she thinks about going to the door. Not to mention Han Ji's thoughts about this girl, Haizhu alone saved her son and fell ill, she should have come to thank her when she first arrived in Guangnan.

Grandma Qi glanced at Haizhu, and Haizhu understood what she meant, but the soup had already been stewed, and it took a lot of effort from the boss, so it would be ruined if it was not sold.

She opened her mouth and said, "Mother-in-law, do you mind sitting down with your neighbors for dinner in the evening?" Feel the folk customs of our Quang Nam people. ”

"What do you mean?"

"I own a small restaurant, if I go to sea and catch good ingredients, I cook them and sell them to my neighbors, and I stew this pot of soup to cook noodles at night." Haizhu said truthfully.

Mrs. Hou said: "Don't take care of me, you just didn't come to me, you are busy with yours, I rarely see the excitement of ordinary people." ”

Haizhu was originally unrestrained in front of her, but when she said it, she treated her as an ordinary relative. She fished out the spitting conch from the tank and washed it, and the shrimp, crab and octopus were also fished out and put in a wooden basin.

"What are you going to do with this?" Grandma Qi asked, she picked up the octopus that was killed by the crab and smelled it, it had changed its smell, and she threw it to the cat.

It happened that Dongzhu came back from buying fine powder, and Haizhu asked her to go to the salt shop to buy five catties of coarse salt.

"Shrimp, crab snails and seashells are baked with salt, and when the salt is bought, I will fry the salt."

"Haizhu, I see a red cloth floating on the roof next door, selling food tonight, right?" Er Wang's grandmother walked in and asked, she looked at the woman sitting in the courtyard inquiringly, she looked rich and noble, and at first glance she was not an ordinary person, she asked tentatively: "But Mrs. Admiral?" ”

Mrs. Hou smiled and shook her head, she didn't want to make a fuss, so she made up a fake identity and said, "I am the grandmother next to the little young master, and I came to take care of the little master." ”

Erwang Nannahan, "Are the grandmothers of the General's Mansion like you?" So imposing? She looked at the old woman standing on one side again, and she believed it.

"I came out of the palace, and I was invited by Mrs. Hou to raise the little master." She continued.

Erwang smacked a few times, she believed it this time, muttered a few words and turned around to go out with her legs and feet, full of excitement to share the news she got with others.

Mrs. Hou took off the jade bracelet on her wrist and gave it to her grandmother, and the earrings were also taken off, and she said with a smile: "Don't talk about leaking your mouth, especially Haizhu, you can't call me my stepmother anymore." ”

"Then what am I shouting?"

"My surname is Zhao, whatever you want."

"Then I'll call you uncle." Haizhu changed his tune.

Qi Laosan came back, he came in with a fishing net on his back, there were many people in the yard, he didn't see his face clearly and spoke first, he wondered: "What's the matter?" They all sneaked into our house, and they all looked like thieves. ”

"This is my youngest son." Grandma Qi blushed, and she reprimanded: "There is a guest at home, Mrs. Hou came to see Haizhu, you don't talk nonsense." ”

Qi Laosan's face was blue and white, he didn't say anything a few times, and slipped into the kitchen.

Mrs. Hou didn't take it seriously, she felt that this family was also interesting, each with its own temperament.

"Third uncle, you move the crockpot over." Haizhu walked into the kitchen, lowered her voice and explained what happened before, "If you're afraid of leaking your mouth, don't talk to her." ”

Qi Laosan nodded heavily, he breathed a sigh of relief, before he wished that he was also dumb, and he was afraid when he saw a powerful person.

The crockpot was moved, Grandma Qi and Bei Niang carried the cleaned shrimp, crab and snail shells, Haizhu carried the soaked rice noodles, Mrs. Hou also followed, and the grandmother beside her pushed Second Uncle Qi out with her.

Second Uncle Qi was surprised that this old woman's strength was quite strong, and he pushed him to walk easily.

Dongzhu came back with three small ones carrying salt, and when she saw that the door was locked, she took people directly to the next yard.

"I'll take you to see the turtles." Feng Ping pulled his long life to the puddle in the corner.

"Wow - it's so big." Longevity is an eye-opener.

Mama Li came over with the soup and instructed with a smile: "Young Master Sun, your grandmother asked you to call her Grandma Zhao, don't make a mistake." ”

Changsheng didn't think much about it, nodded directly, he took the soup bowl and squatted by the puddle to drink with Feng Ping, and asked when he ate meat, "What kind of meat is this?" So tender. ”

"Moray eels, my eldest sister caught them from the bottom of the sea, they are so small that they scared themselves to death." In front of Changshou, Fengping has a lot of words, because Changshou doesn't know anything, and he is very supportive of what he says.

"This turtle was also rescued by my sister, it was thrown onto the boat by a killer whale, you must not know that the killer whale is very big, bigger than my third uncle, and it bites the turtle in one bite......"

Feng Ping said with relish, the diners who came to eat came in one by one, and the children they brought also came over to listen to Feng Ping's story, and from time to time they cheered, followed by asking: "What else?" ”

At the other end of the courtyard, Mrs. Hou, who only had a silver hairpin, was also surrounded by diners who heard the news, and men, women and children were all curious about the things in the palace.

"How old is the emperor? How many are you in fifty? How many sons do you have? ”

"Are there many women in the emperor? Which is his favorite? ”

"The emperor favors the noble concubine the most, is the queen jealous?"

“……”

Grandma Qi came out with a soup cup and pricked up her ears to listen, and ran in to Haizhu after listening to it: "The emperor's little wife has hundreds of people!" Who can he recognize? ”

Haizhu shook her head, she didn't know either. There was a fragrance in the pot, she opened the lid of the pot and opened the coarse salt grains, the shrimp shells and crab shells had been baked and changed color, and the smell was salty and fragrant. As for the octopus, it has been boiled in boiling water for two boils, soaked in soup with rice noodles and served out.

Tonight's diners don't know the taste, and before they have time to taste the mellow chicken soup in their throats, their attention is attracted away. But Mrs. Hou has a great appetite, she is full of interest to say some innocuous gossip, someone asked, she also gossip about her own family, the more she talks, the more happy, unconsciously a bowl of noodles to the bottom, salt-baked sea crab also ate one, to the end of the stall, she also with the enthusiastic neighbors to listen to the water official talk about celestial phenomena tomorrow.

Qi Laosan packed up the dishes and brought them in, walked to Haizhu's side and said, "Shen Sui and his mother have been here, and they stood at the door and left, but they didn't come in." ”

Haizhu nodded to indicate that she knew, "Regardless of her, you should not know." ”

The rest of the soup was good, and she warmed up the stewed chicken nuggets and served them out, and the family sat around to eat.

Mrs. Hou walked slowly in the yard to eat, and she said to Haizhu: "Don't tell me my identity, in the future, I will bring Changsheng to play when I am free." ”

Haizhu found that her mentality changed very quickly, and the noble lady under the roots of the imperial city really had the mentality of caring for the elderly when she came to Guangnan, and she adapted very quickly.

"Uncle, where are you staying tonight?" Haizhu asked, "If you plan to come over from time to time to play, why don't you buy a small courtyard in the alley?" ”

Mrs. Hou was moved, she bought a small courtyard and Haizhu as a neighbor, and it was convenient for her son to come and live, and the two families would become one family in the future, and they would get along more harmoniously, so that they would not be like today, when relatives meet like mice and cats, they are speechless when they meet.

Chapter 147: A Girl Who Grows Freely

The decision to buy a house was made in an instant, and someone did the rest on her behalf, so Mrs. Hou didn't have to worry about it. She waited for Haizhu's family to finish eating, and then went out to leave with a long life.

Haizhu sent her out of the alley, and on the way asked her where she was staying tonight.

"Rest on the boat, the use of the ship is arranged, if it is a guest house, there may be a disturbance when moving things." Without revealing her identity and without noisy flattery, Mrs. Hou felt that it was good for the wives of local officials not to entertain the wives of local officials with their identities and to come and go freely in the crowd.

"By the way, do you have something to do tomorrow? Let's go and listen to the water officer talk about celestial phenomena together? Mrs. Hou said with great interest, "I have made an appointment with the neighbors in your alley, and I will go to you tomorrow morning, and we will go together after dinner." ”

"Okay, I'll invite you to breakfast tomorrow morning." Haizhu naturally said that there was nothing to do.

Sent to the street, Haizhu stopped, and watched a group of entourages walk away with the two masters in her arms, before she turned around and went home.

Everyone in the family is busy cleaning up the scraps, Even Chaoping is holding a broom and carefully sweeping the crab shells and shrimp shells on the floor, Haizhu went in to help wash the dishes and dishes, Seeing Qi Laosan coming out with a swill bucket, she said loudly: "Third uncle, we won't go to sea tomorrow, let's go to listen to the water official talk about celestial phenomena." ”

"I guessed it, I'll take my place tomorrow."

"Bei Niang, if you are not in good health, don't go." Grandma Qi said.

Bei Niang nodded, she fished two dead fish from the bucket and threw them into the puddle to feed the turtles, before the children gathered here, she never came to feed.

The sound of water in the puddle should be in line with the movement of washing dishes in the yard, and when the turtles stopped eating, the dishes soaked in the basin were also washed. Haizhu wiped the water on her hands and called Dongzhu to go back to take a bath first.

"Sister...... Dongzhu entered the house and took out four bright longevity locks, and said, "The one in my life, shall I send it to him tomorrow?" ”

"Okay, give it in front of my mother, and let my mother keep it for him." Haizhu said.