Chapter 42
When Xu Cao and Er Ya San Ya saw this, they lowered their heads and laughed dumbly. Although Old Xu didn't say anything, we could see that the corners of his mouth were raised. Obviously, he didn't like aunt Qian .
Li glanced at Qian, who was blushing and thick-necked, and said with a smile: "Oh, my sister-in-law is really embarrassed, we are poor, you know, this bit of meat is still our son-in-law hunted back from the mountain. A child is greedy, we as adults are too embarrassed to grab food with the children, right? Are you still hungry? Should I go to serve you with a bowl of rice?"
Qian disliked iand glanced at the vegetable stir-fried leeks and cold wild vegetables, she frowned and snorted, "No, I have something to discuss with you when I came here."
"What's the matter, Sister-in-law said it." Li didn't polite to her, answering and sitting while sitting and Continue to eat.
Qian took a few glances at Xu Cao, and said to Li and Daddy Xu: "You two are fortunate. Da Ya married a talented man, and he built a big house in less than a year after they got married. , and this Fugui is also very good for you. It really makes me envious. Pity me and your elder brother, there is no such blessing..."
She is still talking about it, Li is already impatient," sister, what have you talked to me straight, and do not beat around the bush, now that's she had better results with Fugui of their efforts, what's the relationship?
Qian , said "your eldest brother and I have been worse than a year in the past few years, so I just wanted to ask." Then she turned to look at Xu Cao, "Big girl, big auntie looks at your big house at least It takes tens of taels of silver to build it, right? So I just want to ask you if you can make money and take me and your uncle by the way?"
Xu Cao was amused. It seems that this big aunt just saw how she is doing now, thinking she has a good way to make money, and wants to get a share of the pie. Not to mention that she has no way to make money now, even if there is, it will not be the turn of the Qian family to get involved. Naturally, she would not be polite to the Qian, and smiled: "Auntie, I think you have misunderstood, what can be done to make money? The money for building the house is just borrowing from one family and the other from the other. It’s just that I and Fugui are still young. Let’s work harder. He goes hunting in the mountains. I raise some chickens, ducks and pigs. I will be more diligent. The days will definitely get better. This is how I borrowed money to build a house. "
Qian naturally didn't believe her words, and curled her lips. "Da ya, I am your elder aunt. When you were not married, your uncle and I did not help you less. How? Did you forget me and your uncle?"
Without waiting for what Xu Cao said, mother Li stood up and pointed at aunt Qian and said, "Sister-in-law, are you embarrassed to say this? I won’t say anything about the separation of my mother. How did you treat our family after the separation? You forgot. The head of the house and the children have not forgotten, so don’t open your eyes and talk nonsense. Now I’m just telling you, you don’t clamoring Da Ya, even if she makes money, it has nothing to do with you!"
"Yo, brother and sister, I didn’t talk to you, now I’m talking to Daya... Talking..."
"Auntie, my mother is right, I think you should go back, I have nothing to say to you." Xu Cao gave Qian a look, and her tone became cold.
Qian was anxious, stood up abruptly, and pointed at Old Xu, who was opposite, and said, "Second brother, how do you discipline your wife and daughter?"
"What is the relationship between my discipline and sister-in-law?" Xu The old man frowned and said, "Sister-in-law, you can go back if you have nothing to do. Your children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren. It's not something we should worry about."
Qian stared at a few people and hummed a few times, as if she was still a little dissatisfied. She rolled her eyes around in the room. She saw the pheasant thrown at the foot of the wall. Her eyes lit up and she raised her foot and walked towards the other side. "Oh, there is another pheasant here. Your elder brother and a few nephews have not eaten meat for a long time. I think this pheasant will let me carry it back." Then, she went to pick up the pheasant on the ground.
"Sister-in-law, this can't be done. This is Fugui hunting from the mountain. My husband and I can't make an idea." Li hurriedly stopped, this Qian is not only annoying, but also loves to take advantage of others.
Qian heard, turned around to see Fugui, smiling: "Fugui Yeah, I am a great aunt of Daya Ah, that is your great aunt, this pheasant I carry it back okay?"
fugui raised his head and grinned at Qian, "Auntie, do you want to eat pheasants? This is not possible. My wife and I still owe foreign debts. This pheasant is going to be sold in the town. How about that? , I can sell this pheasant to others for seventy cents, or you can get fifty cents, don’t you think it’s good?”
Qian gave a hateful look at Fugui, her face was dark ". Forget it, who cares about your shit?" After speaking, she reluctantly walked out, and when she went out, they could still hear her screaming.
As soon as Qian left, everyone's mood improved, and they were eating and chatting.
After dinner, Xu Cao helped clean up the kitchen, and then went back with Fugui. When she left, the pheasant didn't take it away. Fugui said that he would leave it to Erya, sanya and Xiaoshan to eat. He can go hunting on weekdays, and there is no shortage of meat at home.
Li is very satisfied with the way of Fugui, and feels that the man Da Ya married is good, and by the way, she has gotten closer to Miao Miao.
The sky was already dark, Fugui held Miao Miao in one hand, Xu Cao in the other, and walked home deep and shallow.
The past few days have been very busy. Everyone was exhausted. After returning home, Xu Cao boiled hot water, and took a hot bath alone before going to bed on the kang.
On the second day, Xu Cao got up just after dawn, went to the kitchen to beat three poached eggs and made three bowls of noodles.
After eating the noodles, Fugui took Heizi up the mountain. Xu Cao took a few pancakes in his arms and said with a smile: "if You are hungry go for lunch with these. I will accompany my mother to the town and buy the piglet today. The cub and the little chicken cub come back, don’t worry, I will leave Miaomiao at my mother’s house and let Erya and Sanya help to watch.”
Fugui grinned, showing a simple and honest look on his face, “What do you think about going to town? Just buy what you eat, you are buying some white rice and noodles."
"Okay, I see."
After Fugui went up the mountain, Xu Cao fed the pigs and chickens, locked the courtyard door and carried Miao Miao to Li's house. Li was waiting for Xu Cao at the door. Go to the field to serve the crops.
Li told Erya and Sanya to look after Xiaoshan and Miaomiao at home, and then walked towards the town with Xu Cao.
When she came to the town, Li bought two little piglets and hugged another 20 little chicken. The money spent was very distressing for Li. Xu Cao bought some white rice and white noodles, Dagu bought a few sticks, and cut two kilograms of pork belly. Thinking that the oil at home was about to run out, she bought another plate of pork suet.
Seeing what she was buying, Li frowned, "Why do you spend money like this and eat white rice and white noodles? I remember the last time I went to your house, there was half a can of oil in the oil jar. It’s gone? You don’t save a little bit, and you don’t know how your girl lives. I told you that living is to save money, otherwise all the money will be lost.”
Xu Cao didn’t. Paying attention to Li's nagging, she said with a smile: "Mother, it's hard to live a better life. Naturally, you have to eat better. Besides, it is better to live your life without saving it, but to be diligent. If you are diligent, what do you want to eat? "
" Only you have a lot of reasoning." Li thought that the life of the big girl's family is indeed much better now, so she didn't say much.
After buying these things, Xu Cao brought some gadgets for the children. Erya and Sanya are two bead flowers, and Miaomiao and Xiaoshan are snacks.
After they went back, Erya Sanya was holding the bead flower that had been bought by Xu Cao, and held it in her palm and refused to let it go, and looked at it over and over again. Li saw it and said with a smile: "Things with shallow eyelids, don't hurry up and help look at the two little pigs."
Only then was Er Ya San Ya happy to collect the beads, and ran to see the little piglets he bought. And little chicken cubs. Xiaoshan and Miaomiao were also very excited, and followed them after eating a few pieces of cakes. Miao Miao was not interested in the two little piglets, and she pulled Xiaoshan and said, "Uncle Xiaoshan, my piggy is good-looking, these two are not good-looking, thin..."
Xiaoshan is Xu Cao's younger brother, although he is older than Miaomiao, but the seniority is there.
When Xiaoshan heard Miaomiao say this, he became interested in the two little pigs in Miaomiao's house, and shouted that he was going to see it.
Li Shi and Xu Cao didn't care about the two little children, let them make trouble by themselves. Looking at the two pigs on the ground, and then at the bare front yard and back yard, Li said, "Damn, these two little pigs were put on you for a few days. There was not even a pigsty in the house. When your dad comes back in the evening, let him build a pigpen tomorrow. The little chickens just look around and get up."
Then Xu Cao went back with the two little piglets, followed by Miao Miao jumping around behind her. . Miao Miao is now much more cheerful and speaks a lot more sharply. Coupled with Xu Cao's good feeding, the little giel has gained a lot and looked beautiful , white and tender.
Now it’s only at the beginning of Shenshi, and Fugui will come back when . Xu hastily passed the big bones in hot water, and then stir-fried them in the pot again. Only then did she add water and boil them, and put them in the pot after the high fire boiled. Pour the big bone soup into a crock pot, put it on the stove and boil it over a small fire.
Then she cut the bought suet oil into small pieces and boiled the oil in the pot. Miao Miao ran in hurriedly, "Mother, it's really fragrant."
Xu Cao smiled and stuffed Miao Miao's mouth with a piece of squeezed dry oil. , "Miaomiao, go out and play with Xiaobai, and mother will make you some good food tonight."