Koi adopted daughter jumps over the farm gate

Chapter 10 Sending Sheep
Xie Chuntao was in a hurry to show off her skills in the kitchen.

In the past, it was difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, so she couldn't use it.

There are so many big fish here today, and there are rice noodles, grains and oils sent by the villagers.

She will use all her abilities to make a table of good food.

Four large fish were stewed in hot oil, and white flour pancakes were pasted on the iron pan.

The fried fish sausages were not wasted, and they were stir-fried with red chili peppers. The meat given by the village chief's wife was cut into a piece and simmered with tofu and plum vegetable meat.In addition to fish and meat, a spinach and egg soup was also cooked.

The dining table was set up in the main room, and there was a table full of dishes.

The fragrance permeates, and the mouth water of the hook comes out.

"Mother, I'll bring you food to eat in the room." Xie Chuntao opened the curtain of the upper room and whispered.

"No need, I'll go out and eat with everyone." Shi Zhen tucked up Xiao Fuyuan's quilt, Xiao Fuyuan slept soundly, her pink mouth smacked from time to time, it was so cute that it exploded.

Xie Chuntao was afraid of waking her sister-in-law, so she walked in lightly, carried Erlang who was lying on the bed to the dining table, and Zhen took out a patched jacket and covered Erlang's lap.

Bai Dazhuang sat around the dining table with Bai Zhaomei and others, and the smell of fish rushed into his nose one after another, making people's index fingers twitch.The old lady Bai hadn't taken her seat yet, and Bai Muban hadn't returned, so no matter how greedy they were, they didn't dare to raise their chopsticks.

They have to wait for everyone to arrive and the elders to speak before they can eat.

But, it smells so good, I can't bear it!
"Chuntao, put some vegetables into a bowl for your father to keep, we won't wait for him." The old lady Bai stepped into the main room, holding a big bowl in her hand.

Xie Chuntao took it, and carefully picked out a few large pieces of the best fish and put them in the big bowl.

"Okay, let's get hungry, eat." The old lady Bai sat on the top seat, raised her chopsticks, and gave an order.

Everyone moved.

It's been a long time since Lao Bai's family has touched meat!

I ate pork dumplings once during Chinese New Year last year.

It's been almost a year, and the soup is clear and watery all day long.

The grown-ups can bear it, but the young ones are insanely greedy. Bai Zhaomei Dalang Saburo shakes her chopsticks like raindrops, and even Sanlang eats quickly and anxiously.

You Jingui is even more like a hungry wolf rushing to eat, only picking the most tender meat from the belly of the fish.

Xie Chuntao and Zhenshi looked at each other, they both had the same thought, eat less and leave the meat for the children.So, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law picked up tofu and vegetables to eat.

The old lady Bai raised her eyelids, knocked on the table with her chopsticks and said to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law: "Who are you doing this for? Don't you eat fish? Don't you eat meat? Who will you leave it to? Leave it to your own man and son?"

Zhen Shi and Xie Chuntao's chopsticks froze.

"Let me tell you, the women in our family work the same as the men. Do they have no hands or legs and need you to let them? If you don't eat, don't do it, and save food." The old lady Bai was not polite at all.

He also sprayed at the big and small men headed by Bai Dazhuang at the dinner table: "Are you the emperor or the official? Do you want a wife and a mother? You want someone to see if you have the ability. What's the matter? I just caught a few fish. The tail is up."

Bai Dazhuang: "..."

You Jingui yelled, "If you don't eat it, I'll eat it. Just this fish, I can eat a whole fish in one go."

The old lady Bai didn't give her face at all: "You are a pig, of course you can eat so much."

Xie Chuntao and Zhen's knew that the old lady Bai always had a sharp mouth and a tofu heart, so they felt sorry for them, so under the pressure of the old lady Bai's gaze, they stretched their chopsticks towards the fish.

Bai Dazhuang took a slap from his grandmother, stretched out his chopsticks, first picked up a piece of fish meat from the belly of the fish and handed it to his mother's bowl, and then picked up a piece of fish tail meat and put it in his wife's bowl.

Finally, I gave the old lady Bai a fish head: "Grandma, you love fish heads!"

The old lady Bai's face turned pale, but she said with disgust in her mouth: "Your grandma is too old to lift chopsticks, so you don't need to hold them."

Bai Dazhuang: "..."

Bai Zhaomei and Dalang imitated the example, and they brought food to their mothers one after another.

Saburo looked at You Jingui, his mother didn't need it, so he took two pieces of fish, one for his cousin Erlang and one for old lady Bai.

The old lady Bai was full of relief, You Jingui was out of tune, but fortunately Saburo didn't follow her.

……

The days are short in winter, and after a lunch, the sky will soon be covered with darkness after washing up.

Sitting by the bed, Zhen took apart the satin jacket with white wreath pattern, put on light and soft new cotton, and changed it into a small jacket and cotton trousers for Xiao Fuyuan.

Xie Chuntao and You Jingui sat aside.

It was the first time for You Jingui to observe her sister-in-law carefully. Although she didn't like it, she admitted that her sister-in-law was so attractive, she was carved in powder and jade, like a porcelain doll.

She rubbed her stomach, praying that the girl in her belly was as beautiful as her sister-in-law.

"Mom, why do you have so many good things? I haven't seen you take them out before?" You Jingui saw that the little sister-in-law was covered with a squirrel fur cloak, and the white wreath pattern satin jacket in the mother-in-law's hand didn't look cheap. , I feel a little bit tasted.

I heard from my old mother that my mother-in-law is different from ordinary village women. She is someone who has eaten and seen good things.

When she married her second child back then, she wanted a Ling Hong jacket, but the Bai family refused to offer it, and when she asked, she had no money.

It turned out that it wasn't that there was nothing, but that the mother-in-law had selfish intentions.

Such a good material, let a girl wear it.

This is just being so biased at the beginning, I'm afraid that her daughter will be far behind her sister-in-law in the future.

"There are only these two pieces in total. It's a pity to let them go for nothing. I'll give them to your sister." Zhen said flatly.

"That's right, mother, your things should be given to my sister." Xie Chuntao bent down and stared at Xiao Fuyuan with a smile. She suddenly remembered that there was still a piece of cotton cloth in her house, and she would also make a dress for her sister later.

You Jingui scolded Xie Chuntao again in her heart as a sycophant.

"Mother, I'll give it to my aunt. What will I wear when my daughter is born?" You Jingui asked directly.

Mrs. Zhen has always been kind to her daughter-in-law, and now she was a little unhappy to hear You Jingui's questioning, and replied neither soft nor hard: "When you give birth to a daughter, how can I treat my granddaughter badly?"

"I……"

"Big brat!"

You Jingui's words were interrupted by a voice calling Zhen Shi from outside.

"It sounds like Aunt Xia, I'll go out and have a look." Xie Chuntao stood up.

When they heard that it was Mrs. Xia, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were all shocked.

Outside the yard, Mrs. Xia was standing by the fence, her clogs covered with snow.

If it weren't for the "baa-baa", she would not have noticed that she was holding a sheep in her hand, and the snow-white sheep blended with the snow.

Xie Chuntao looked at Mrs. Xia in front of her, full of surprise.

The Xia family and the Bai family have not been in contact for many years. Even if they met in the village, the Xia family ignored the Bai family.

"Aunt Xia, come in and sit down in this cold weather." Xie Chuntao hid her surprise, walked outside the fence, and greeted Mrs. Xia.

Mrs. Xia stood still, and handed the sheep rope to Xie Chuntao: "... I heard that your mother's milk is insufficient, and there happens to be a ewe that is giving birth at home, so you can take it with you."

"Ms. Xia..."

Xie Chuntao hesitated, neither answered nor not.

Mrs. Bai went to visit, and Mrs. Zhen was in the house. Xie Chuntao didn't dare to take the Xia family's sheep on his own initiative.

With a sound of "creak", Mrs. Zhen pushed open the door of the upper room, and seeing Mrs. Xia outside the fence, her heart was very complicated.

"Sister-in-law Xia..." Shouted Zhen.

"It's no use giving birth to a child at such a young age. If you have the ability to give birth, you don't have the ability to raise it..." Mrs. Xia uttered sarcasm.

Ripples appeared in Zhen's heart.

After so many years, Mrs. Xia was finally willing to talk to her.

"Sister-in-law Xia, come in and sit down." Zhen's voice was a little choked up.

"No, don't startle your daughter with the cold air all over her body." Xia Pozi refused coldly, and then said, "This sheep was brought by Qinghe in the evening... She came to the house early to listen to your mother-in-law borrowing sheep..."

When mentioning her daughter Qing He, Xia Pozi's voice rose and fell.

"Qing He is so stubborn... Big lady, you also have a daughter now, don't teach Qing He to be as serious as you are."

"Sister-in-law Xia..." Mrs. Zhen didn't know how to answer when she heard Mrs. Xia mention Qing He.

"If this sheep is not brought in, it will freeze to death here."

Xia Pozi stuffed the sheep rope to Xie Chuntao, turned around and walked away on the snow.

Looking at Mrs. Xia's back in the night, Zhen felt as if she had opened a seasoning shop with mixed flavors.

Back then, if it wasn't for that incident, Qing He would have been the daughter-in-law of the Bai family.

If it weren't for the You family's plot against their second child...

But in the final analysis, it was the second son who was blind and dumb to lead the You family, and let down such a good girl as Qing He in vain.

After Er Zhuang married You Jingui, Qing He also married to the next village. He heard that the family's situation was not good, so he still sent a sheep.

"Mother, this sheep..." Xie Chuntao asked Zhen Shi cautiously.

"Let's put it in the circle. You pick up two bigger fish and put them at your Aunt Xia's door. It's up to her whether you want to take them or not," Zhen Shi instructed.

(End of this chapter)