People in Datang, start with a golden hoe

Chapter 24 024: Disturbance from Xiao Qiang

What is a word of prophecy?
Just last night, at the family meeting, Cai Xiaolan said, "Disaster caused Xiao Qiang", and Cui Lushi said, "I think you look a little like your two older brothers!"

Early the next morning, Cui Shuangquan and Cui Changcai's family had already arrived at the gate of the courtyard.

"Open the door—open..." The courtyard door was knocked loudly.

"Coming!" Cui Boyan hurried to the door holding "The Analects of Confucius".Looking beyond the low fence and mud wall, I saw an open carriage parked at the gate of the courtyard.The door was bustling with a large group of people.

Cui Boyan opened the door, and the person standing outside was the person he least expected, "Big Brother, Second Brother, why are you here?"

"Why, can't you come and see A-Niang after the family is separated?" Cui-Niang, the elder brother's daughter-in-law, is the most arrogant and likes to interject.

"Cui Niang, what are you talking about? It's about dividing the family and not separating the family, breaking the bones and connecting the tendons, and the family does not talk about two different languages." Cui Shuangquan immediately reprimanded his wife, and at the same time pulled the child behind him affectionately. Married the earliest, the eldest is already five years old, "Call Third Uncle!"

Cui Lushi heard the noise of people in the yard, and was afraid that the bad guys would come again, so she hurried outside, only to find that it was the eldest and the second family who had come.

"Oh, why are you guys!" Cui Lushi heaved a sigh of relief.

The eldest and the second family felt strange when they heard Cui Lushi's words, "Why are Auntie and the third child not happy!"

"Quickly, go inside and rest. Eldest grandson, come here and show grandma!" Cui Lushi waved to the eldest son of Shuangquan's family.

Less than half a year after the separation, Xiao Junyuan of course remembered his grandmother's kindness, and called out to her grandmother in a milky voice, and flew to Cui Lushi's arms like a suckling swallow returning to its nest.

"Ouch, Xiao Junyuan is skinny!" The word "skinny" blurted out, and teardrops the size of peas slid down immediately.

The three brothers were confused and surrounded Cui's mother.

"Auntie, what are you doing?"

"Hey, Xiao Junyuan has lost weight. As a grandmother, she hasn't seen her eldest grandson for half a year. When did our Boling Cui family fall to this point?" Cui Lu said, thinking of this moment My husband, who was suffering in Lingnan Road, couldn't help feeling sad.

Cui Lu's cry frightened the three brothers.The day their father Cui Le was demoted, their mother was not as sad as today.

It took a while for the people in the yard to stop their tears.However, Cui Lushi only held his two grandchildren, one big and one small, in his arms, with sad faces, without speaking, just staring at the door in a daze.

The eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law, who originally had something to say, did not dare to say more when they saw her mother-in-law's expression and negotiated on the way.

Cai Xiaolan, who was falling asleep in the main room, was awakened by Cui Lushi's cries, and went out of the house. Seeing a large group of people surrounding Cui Lushi, she didn't join in the fun.

Instead, he filled the stove in the yard with firewood by himself, put the fresh pork, chicken feet, and duck that Cui Lushi had cleaned up into the silver-plated copper pot, and poured the old soup into it.At the same time, throw in a seasoning packet.

It's like this every day, freshly made lo mei.After cooking for an hour, put the leftover meat in the well and put it in another pot to keep it warm.Empty the silver-plated copper pot, then go to boil water and cook two kinds of cold drinks.

While he was busy picking orchids, Cui Dongping put down his golden hoe and spontaneously went to the well to fetch water to help pick the orchids.

The behavior of the two as if no one else was there attracted the eyes of the Shuangquan and Changcai families, especially the children.Shuangquan has a son and a daughter, and Changcai's family has only one son.The three children were not very old, and when they saw the novelty, they broke away from their grandmother's arms and gathered around the earthen stove.

Cuiniang and Xiangniang looked at each other and confirmed that Cai Xiaolan was busy with the so-called stewed meat. They immediately became enthusiastic, rolled up their sleeves, and ran over to ask for help.

Cuiniang took the bucket from Xiao Dongping's hand and said dotingly, "How can a kid carry such a big bucket? Let me do it!"

Xiao Dongping fought with his hand on the handle of the bucket, and his whole body was dragged by the bucket, so that he fell down. "Brother, you—"

Before he could finish his sentence, there was only a swaying butt in front of him.

Xiangniang and Cai Xiaolan knew each other well, so she walked to the side, "Xiaolan, it's such a hot day, you should go and have a rest, just leave it to me!"

Cai Xiaolan just felt flattered. They went to Cui's second son's house ten days ago, Xiangniang didn't look like this.Until they left, they looked indifferent.Not to mention enthusiasm, even the rice is cooked by Cui Lushi.

"Second brother and sister-in-law, you are a guest from afar, so hurry up and rest in the house!"

"Let me do it!"

While talking, Cui Niang also arrived with a bucket, "Xiao Lan, did you pour all the water in the pot?"

"Hey, half of it is enough!" Xiaolan was very helpless, but felt that the two sister-in-laws were different from the rumors, and they didn't have the airs to come in first.

People are weird.

The two brothers Shuangquan and Changcai were not idle, they dragged Cui Boyan to the main room, and the three brothers did their daily chores.

The boss who was chatting accidentally saw the essays spread out on the small table beside him, and exclaimed in surprise, "Third brother, can you write essays yet?"

"Well, I learned something new recently!" Cui Boyan was complacent.Compared with the time when my elder brother was tutoring me in my studies, there is a world of difference.

Cui Shuangquan carefully read it from the beginning to the end. Although it is still far from the excellent essays in the school, judging from the writing skills, this kid has already started in the composition.

"The handwriting has also improved a lot!" Shuangquan is very happy. Although he is idle, he has been trained by his private school teacher and entered the official school, so he can make no mistakes in the basic aesthetics of articles.

"Brother, this is a good thing. In the future, if we win a Jinshi again, our family will return to its former prosperity!" Changcai was also attracted by the conversation between the two.

"Big brother, second brother, you two don't know, since I came to the country, I can't eat well, I can't sleep well, and I recite every day!" Having said this, Cui Boyan pointed to the teacher's whip hanging on the wall at the back of the main room, "Every day Being whipped by my mother!"

"Aniang's painstaking efforts, you have to understand that they are all for your own good. In the future, you will be an official to benefit one side, how magnificent!" Cui Changcai was very envious of the status of officials and gentry.The style of shouting and embracing, he wanted it even in his dreams.

Talking to this point, the eldest brother and the second brother each have a trace of resentment and resentment in their eyes, a loving mother has many failures, why did the mother become strict today?
How did the two brothers know that Cai Xiaolan was responsible for both teaching the whip and writing ability!
There is a fierce wife in the family, how could Cui Boyan have the nerve to mention it in front of his brothers!

"By the way, third brother, what kind of meat did you bring to the second child's house last time? Get some for my brother today!" Seeing that the preparations were almost done, Shuangquan asked the most concerned question.

"It's called stewed pork. It's made by Xiaolan. It's not only delicious, but it can also make money. Big brother and second brother, you don't know. Xiaolan has calculated that one mu of paddy field and three mu of dry land are not enough for a family. In order to solve the famine at home, she thought of many ways..." Cui Boyan was only sixteen and knew nothing about life, so he immediately told his two elder brothers in detail what happened after moving to the countryside.

Shuangquan and Changcai's eyes became brighter and brighter, and their hearts were full of joy: "It's amazing, you can sell a lot of money in the countryside, but you can't make money every day in the city!"

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With the help of her two sister-in-laws, Cai Xiaolan saved a lot of energy.Cui Niang and Xiang Niang were also very happy.Cai Xiaoniang didn't hide from the two of them when she made the stewed meat and cold drinks, and all the steps were clearly seen by the two of them.

"How is it? What step have you learned?" Cui Niang whispered to the second daughter-in-law while Cai Xiaolan was cutting the meat.

"Well, I have seen the basic steps clearly, but what are the ingredients, I have to ask later!" Xiang Niang looked carefully.

"Hmph, please tell Shuangquan later, there is nothing in Agu's hands that he would not want!" Cui Niang's words were full of arrogance.If it wasn't for Cui Le's downfall too quickly, she would be the big lady in the mansion.

"Okay, please take care of my elder brother and sister-in-law!"

(End of this chapter)