husband and wife

Chapter 47

Brother Ziheng?Su Wan raised her eyebrows involuntarily, and took a look at the girl who spoke. The girl wore braids similar to Song Xiaomei's. Her skin was not particularly white, but she was glowing with health. She looked youthful and energetic, and she was not shy like other girls. , noticing that Su Wan was looking at her, he met her gaze generously, and even smiled at Su Wan, showing his white teeth.

Su Wan immediately looked away as if nothing had happened, looked at Song Xiaomei next to her and asked, "Which family's sister is this?"

Song Xiaomei was also looking at the girl, her eyes were flickering with uneasiness, she was asked by Su Wan, and she came to her senses after a while, and said reluctantly: "The fourth sister of the village chief's family."

The fourth younger sister was a little annoyed. She noticed that Su Wan was looking at her, but she looked away lightly. She could have asked her name directly, but she insisted on asking Song Xiaomei. Glancing at the pair of aunts and sisters-in-law, "little sister, hurry up and pick lotus leaves for your sister-in-law and go home to eat, it will be inconvenient when it gets dark." After finishing speaking, without waiting for their reaction, she held the little sister next to her and swaggered away. go.

Song Xiaomei was also a little annoyed, this fourth younger sister still spoke so badly, what did she mean picking lotus leaves for her sister-in-law to eat at home, as if her sister-in-law was a three-year-old baby who only knew how to eat!Song Xiaomei couldn't help but glared at Simei's leaving back, then turned her head to look at Su Wan. Seeing her pensive look, her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly explained carefully: "Sister-in-law... Fourth sister... always..."

Su Wan regained her senses, and said solemnly: "Fourth sister is right, pick the lotus leaves first, one piece will be fine, pick the ones with big and green leaves."

"..." Song Xiaomei was speechless, feeling that her third sister-in-law had a serious face just now, just thinking about which lotus leaf to choose?

The lotus leaves carefully selected by Song Xiaomei were of no use at all. The peasants felt that they didn’t have to work at night, so they could just deal with it for dinner. No matter how well-off the family was, they would not make new meat dishes at night when there were no guests. The dishes are not fresh, it is a waste.Therefore, even though no one stopped Su Wan from researching delicacies, the lotus leaf chicken was made at noon the next day, and the lotus leaves were naturally freshly picked. The eldest and second children had nothing to do, so they volunteered to give the lotus pond to the third sister-in-law. Picking lotus leaves, I got a good harvest when I came back. I picked up some water chestnuts and dug two pieces of tender fresh lotus root from the ground. The always gentle Zhang was so angry that he chased his brothers around the yard with a stick, "Three If the sky does not beat you, you are really going to the house to uncover the tiles. The lotus root is not ripe yet, why are you so anxious to dig it up? Is the family short of food for you or something..."

The eldest baby was more clever, clutching his buttocks and wailing loudly in the courtyard: "Grandma! Grandma save me..."

Erwa immediately followed suit, howling while running around in the yard.

Su Wan thought it was funny, so she simply stood by and watched with a smile.

Mrs. Zhang was so angry that she stepped forward two or three times, caught the eldest child and twisted his ears: "I haven't started to teach you yet, why are you howling!"

The big baby created an excellent performance: "Mom, be gentle, it hurts... Be gentle, your ears will be pulled off..."

Mrs. Zhang was about to laugh angrily. The hand that twisted the ears finally relaxed, but the other hand was holding a stick and greeted him. Just as he patted it, Mother Song came out of it and coughed twice. Taking a look at the lively Su Wan from the side, she then looked at the eldest daughter-in-law: "What's going on?"

"You don't know, mother." Mrs. Zhang let go of the eldest child and sighed, "These two boys went to the lotus pond and dug two sections of unripe lotus root. I won't teach them a lesson, they don't know the severity yet."

Song's mother looked at the eldest child and the second child with a serious expression: "It is indeed your fault, how can you waste food like this."

The two boys bowed their heads and admitted their mistakes. Song's mother felt sorry for her grandson and said, "Forget about it this time. It's normal for a half-grown boy to be greedy."

The mother-in-law said forget it, so Mrs. Zhang didn't say a word, and took two tender lotus root joints back to the kitchen, Su Wan followed and asked: "Sister-in-law, this lotus root is not only edible, but also fresh and tender, what mother said The first baby and the second baby are a waste of food?"

"You don't know something." Zhang said, "If these two young lotus root joints are kept in the lotus pond for another month or two, they will at least double in size, and maybe one or two more joints will grow out."

"So that's how it is." Su Wan raised her eyebrows and asked again, "So, this lotus pond is raised by the family?"

Mrs. Zhang nodded: "Our family and the old uncle's family contracted together."

After the meal, Song Xiaomei said to Song's mother: "Mother, I will go to the market in the town tomorrow, and I will agree to go with my third sister-in-law."

"It just so happens that we need to add something to the house, so remember to buy it back tomorrow." Song's mother thought for a while, and then said, "Ask your father to take you there. Now that everyone has finished their farm work, many people should go to town. superior."

Song Xiaomei was also happy when she heard it: "That's good, I don't have to walk by myself, and I can spend more time shopping."

Early the next morning, when Su Wan was called up by Song Xiaomei, breakfast was already ready, Su Wan wondered: "It's not very far from here in the town, do you want to leave so early?"

"I heard that my father will drive to the town today. A few aunts came over early in the morning and said that they have to leave early, and they have to come back to work."

(End of this chapter)