Chapter 117 Relatives
The sweetened eggs made by Sister Ding are really good.
Take a bite, it's tender and sweet, with the sweetness of sugar water lingering in your mouth.
She recalled that when she was sick when she was a child, Mother Lu in the orphanage would make two sugar-water eggs for her and add a small spoonful of sugar.
This is a special delicacy that all orphan children can only enjoy when they are sick.
Lu Sheige didn't expect that just two sugar-coated eggs would give her the taste she had longed for in the orphanage.
Aunt Ding ate sweet eggs with Lu Xiaosi, and talked about the recent events at home.
"Your third sister-in-law is pregnant, so your eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law do most of the work at home. However, after the fall, your fourth brother will come back and marry you a sister-in-law."
"The daughter-in-law your fourth brother mentioned is from Dayang Village. There are four brothers in the family. She is just an old girl. I heard that she is a good needlewoman and is good at cooking. Last time your father said he wanted to buy a cow, but
This adult cow is not easy to buy. Let alone the big cow, just the calf. If there are
, it has been booked a long time ago. Fortunately, your fourth sister-in-law’s family has cows, and her cow has just given birth to a calf. Your uncle has already made an agreement with his in-laws, and he will give you the calf after he has raised it for two months.
Bring it over to your family, and then it will be ready for your family to raise for another year and a half. It is better than a big cow and it doesn’t cost any money."
"Your uncle also showed your family a big green mule. It's still a baby, just over two years old, and the teeth are just right. Your uncle also said today that he would take your father to have a look after lunch. If he is satisfied,
I just bought it and found it useful."
"Your second brother and third brother should be home tomorrow. At least they will be able to rest for half a month when they come back this time. By then, they will all be asked to go to your house to help collect grain..."
Hearing this, Lu Xiaosi intervened: "Well, my father has already made an agreement with Zhang Sanbo and the others. When the time comes, their families will collect grain for my family first and calculate the money for them based on the acre. Seven families, two
There are about ten men with a lot of strength, so they can be put away quickly. My second brother and third brother have not been back for half a year since they went sailing this time. They are so tired. Let them rest at home and take it easy."
"Why are you so tired?" Aunt Ding waved her hand nonchalantly, "Just tell your father when you go back. Their brothers are all like their father and have a lot of strength. When the time comes, don't be polite to them.
Do whatever you have to do, just like a child at home."
Lu Xiangge couldn't help laughing: "Okay, I'll go back and tell my dad to prepare a few more sickles. When the new grain comes, I will also give aunt some new grain to try."
"Okay, I'm just waiting to taste your new food." Aunt Ding was not polite, "Don't prepare sickles or anything like that. Our family has them. Your uncle also had land in the countryside, and his children were young at that time.
The stalls in the town were crowded, so the few acres of land in the countryside were given to a few of his brothers to grow and provide our family with some food every year."
As he spoke, he heard a creak and the door that was originally ajar was pushed open.
A man who looked somewhat similar to Uncle Ding carried a torn sack and led a tall and thin woman. The woman held a five or six year old boy in her hand, and the three of them entered the door in a swaggering manner.
Aunt Ding was sitting in the main room and when she saw the visitor, her face, which was originally a doughy face, immediately changed color.
Immediately, Sister-in-law Ding's voice sounded in the courtyard: "Uncle Third, why are you here?"
Why do you always have to rush to eat?
"Let's see your dad." Uncle Ding smiled and handed the sack in his hand to Sister-in-law Ding, "These are some wild beans picked by your third aunt. Your dad likes to eat them, so I brought some specially for your dad."
"Third uncle, have you remembered wrongly? My father has not eaten these wild beans for many years. My father said that he was injured when he ate wild beans when he was a child. Now that he smells these wild beans, he feels strange.
It smells like beans.”
"Well, then I remembered it wrong." Uncle Ding didn't feel embarrassed and said with a smile, "I remember that your father loved to eat it when I was a child. I forgot that now that your family's life is better, who would care about this wild food if you have meat to eat?
beans."
"Look what Third Uncle said, even if my family kills pigs and sells meat, you can't just eat the meat if you want. The whole family relies on dad's meat business to support the family."
Sister-in-law Ding was also a tricky person. As she was talking, she took the sack and dumped it into the open space in the yard.
A bunch of wild beans of various colors fell out of the sack with shells and leaves. Some had their shells fried and fell to the ground in round balls, while some still had their shells still green.
At first glance, I saw that these wild beans were picked up by the roadside on the way here.
Although it looks like half a bag when put in a sack, if you really have to dry it and beat out the beans, it's probably only half a bowl more.
Sister-in-law Ding didn't say anything, just looked at the wild beans in front of her with a half-smile, and casually stretched out her foot to crush them.
Uncle Ding and Aunt Ding could see their faces turning red and white.
But they are thick-skinned after all. Even so, Third Aunt Ding still asked shamelessly: "Second daughter-in-law, we have something to see your mother. Isn't your mother at home? We just went through the eldest brother's murder case, but the eldest brother said that the eldest sister-in-law should go home.
Already."
At this time, Aunt Ding slowly put down her bowls and chopsticks, stood up, walked to the door of the main room and said loudly: "The third brother and the third brother and sister are here, please sit in the room."
"No, no."
Uncle Ding smiled and rubbed his hands, "So my sister-in-law is at home. It's good to be at home. It's good to be at home."
Aunt Ding took a few steps out of the house and walked into the yard: "I've just arrived home. Now, you guys are here. It's a matter of front and rear."
"Sister-in-law."
Before Aunt Ding could get closer, Aunt Ding took two steps forward and grabbed Aunt Ding's hand. She called her sister-in-law affectionately and began to complain: "It's better for sister-in-law to live in the town, unlike us.
I wanted to come to town, but I left early in the morning and didn’t even have time to take a bite of breakfast, so I didn’t get there until now.”
Didn’t have breakfast!
Hearing this, Aunt Ding smiled and said "Oh" carelessly, as if she didn't understand what Aunt Ding meant.
Seeing that Sister-in-law Ding was so indifferent, Third Aunt Ding couldn't help but feel a little angry.
She knew that dinner at her sister-in-law's house was later than others, but she heard that they didn't have breakfast. Her sister-in-law didn't say that they were here to cook a big meat, and she didn't say that she would cook two pancakes for them as a cushion.
Her sister-in-law is really getting more and more stingy.
What kind of braised food does his family make now? I must mention it in front of my eldest brother later. It would be better if I can cut some and take it back.
Aunt Ding, who was pulled by Aunt Ding to sit down on a low stool in the yard, still held Aunt Ding's hand and wouldn't let go.
"The autumn harvest is coming soon, and the sickle at home is very dilapidated. Baozhu and I came to the town to have a look and wanted to order a sickle, but...that's it, who knew this sickle is so expensive, and we don't have enough money with us.
, I just wanted to ask my eldest brother and sister-in-law to borrow some, and I’ll pay them back next time.”
Aunt Ding listened with a smile but did not answer the conversation. She listened to Aunt Ding going on.
Third Aunt Ding paused attentively, then continued: "I went to the brother's butcher case and found out that my sister-in-law has returned home. Why don't I find her at home?"
Chapter completed!