Xue's daughter-in-law

Chapter 74

After several bitter autumn winds, the sky is getting colder every day.

Ye Ya and Xue Shu were nestled under the blanket, neither of them wanted to get up.Anyway, there is no one at home, and there is nothing to do. In such a cold day, who wouldn't want to lie in the warm blanket?
"Daughter-in-law, I want to pee." Xue Shu twisted his body and said suddenly.

"Then you go." Ye Ya let go of the hands holding his warm back, and tugged the quilt towards her.

"But I don't want to get up." Xue Shu refused, and took Ye Ya's hand to him again.

Ye Ya glared at him angrily, "Then you just hold it back." He was lazy and refused to take the chamber pot last night, who is to blame now?

Xue Shu pouted resentfully, he couldn't bear it any longer, he didn't wear pants, he only put on a loose cotton shirt and ran out.As soon as he left, Ye Ya pulled the quilt tightly to cover herself, lay down for a while, but felt that it was not interesting, so she simply got up to get dressed.

Xue Shu ran back quickly, got into the bed and shivered, looked at Ye Ya and said, "Daughter-in-law, it's so cold outside, the ground is covered with white."

Is it frosty?
Life flies so fast, Ye Ya still remembers the scene where she and Xue Shu planted cabbage, and now the cabbage is almost harvested.

She thought for a while and urged Xue Shu to get dressed: "Get up, I forgot to tell you a while ago, we have to dig a cellar before the cabbage comes out of the ground."

Xue Shu blinked, "Is it like the cellar of Second Aunt's house? I haven't dug it, so I don't know how to do it."

Ye Ya looked at Xue Shu, saw that he looked away guiltily, reached out and pulled the quilt off his body, "Get up quickly, it doesn't matter if you don't know how to dig, you just need to use your strength to dig a hole, I will tell you how to do it." "Who is it, just being lazy and not wanting to wake up.

His thoughts were seen through, Xue Shu laughed flatteringly twice, and got up obediently.

After breakfast, Ye Ya used branches to draw a long space in the backyard for Xue Shu to dig. Afraid that he would be bored working alone, she took out her needle and thread and sat aside to accompany him. Very flexible.

After embroidering for a while, the red thread in the sewing basket was gone. She told Xue Shu and got up to get it. As soon as she entered the kitchen, Chun Xing and Hu Zi came in.Huzi saw her and shouted from a distance: "Second sister-in-law, is the mountain red red? Mother said that the mountain red made by Shuangda is delicious. I have been waiting for a long time!"

Chun Xing poked his head from behind: "I just know how to eat it, and I'm not afraid of making your teeth sore. I really don't know what's so delicious about it."

Ye Ya looked at the siblings and smiled, "It's red, Huzi can eat as much as he wants."

Huzi's eyes lit up, and he ran to the backyard.

"Your second brother is digging the cellar at the back, and I'm basking in the sun next to it, why don't we sit over there?" Ye Ya said to Chun Xing.

"Okay." Chun Xing looked at Ye Ya with a smile, "Second sister-in-law is really kind to second brother, she will accompany him in everything."

Ye Ya has long been used to her jokes, so she glanced at her, first went to the Westinghouse to get the thread, then picked up a low stool and went to the backyard with her.

The two got together to talk, and Huzi stepped on the bench to pick the mountain reds. After picking them, he asked Ye Ya and Chun Xing if they wanted to eat them. Seeing that they shook their heads, he squatted at the other end of the cellar with his hands full of red fruits, eating While talking to Xue Shu, "Second brother, do you want it?"

"No, it's too sour." Xue Shu didn't raise his head, and swung his shovel to throw soil to the east.

After the tiger finished eating one, he spit out the seeds, sucked his saliva, and asked, "Eldest brother and third brother don't like to eat it either, so why do you plant mangroves in the yard?"

After Ye Ya heard this, she also looked at Xue Shu curiously. Only then did she know that the three of her brothers didn't like to eat Shanlihong. Fortunately, she was also happy because this year's fruit was plentiful and good.

"We didn't plant them. The elder brother said that these two trees were here when he was a child."

"Oh, just right, give me whatever you want!" Huzi said with a smile, and stuffed two into his mouth in one go.

Chun Xing couldn't help but glared at him: "Don't come to me and cry when your teeth become sore in a while!"

Huzi made a grimace at her, and ate the fruit, but unfortunately, before he finished eating the fruit in his hand, his chubby face wrinkled into a ball, "Sister, here you are, I won't eat it. ,So sad."

"It deserves it!" Chun Xing pushed his hand away, and the round and big Shanlihong rolled to the ground.This kind of food is only eaten by children with greedy mouths. Adults can only taste it once or twice, and then they will never eat it again. Few people can bear the sour taste.

Looking at the few soil-stained fruits, Ye Ya felt it was a pity, "Ashu, you don't like to eat it, so there are so many fruits on the tree, did you throw them away?"

"Yeah." Xue Shu nodded, and said with a glance at Ye Ya: "Does my wife want to eat? If you eat, I will keep it for you."

When he said this in front of Chun Xing, Ye Ya's face was still a little hot, and he hurriedly asked, "Why didn't you sell it in the town?"

"Second sister-in-law, you don't know, no one here likes to eat this, and it can't be sold." Chun Xing explained for her.

Ye Ya frowned suspiciously: "Don't pastry shops accept it? They can make haw jelly?" The second young lady of the Sun House loves haw jelly. She changed to pastry, and the first thing she learned was hawthorn cake. She managed to master the heat, but the taste was not good enough, which completely proved that she did not have the talent to be a cook, so she was quickly driven to the embroidery room.

"Hawthorn cake?" Chun Xing shook her head, "I don't think I've seen it before." She has been to the town several times, and every time she likes to go to the silk shop and pastry shop, even if she can't afford it, she can look at the gorgeous fabrics , Looking at all kinds of exquisite snacks, I will be very satisfied, and I will try to make some occasionally, but because no one in the village can do such a clever job, I have to give up halfway.Thinking of this, her eyes lit up, and she looked at Ye Ya expectantly: "Second sister-in-law, will you know how to make that hawthorn cake? Make it for us to try!"

When she said this, Xue Shu and Hu Zi also looked at Ye Ya at the same time.

Looking at them expectantly with three pairs of lovely eyes, Ye Ya would probably be reluctant to reject them even if she couldn't.She thought about it, and said to Xue Shu: "Ah Shu, go to the house and get ten Wen, then go to the warehouse to buy a catty of icing sugar, and then buy a catty of sweet potato flour, and we will make hawthorn cakes when we come back."

"I'll go right away, then you can make it when I come back!" Xue Shu was very excited when his daughter-in-law always made delicious food, so he threw down the shovel and ran away.

When he came back, Ye Ya and Chun Xing were sitting around a low table, earnestly digging cores for Shanlihong.Huzi is responsible for picking off the stems of the fruit and putting them aside, Ye Ya takes the fruit from inside, draws a circle around the middle of the fruit with a kitchen knife, and puts it in front of Chun Xing, who helps pick up the seeds with chopsticks Pick it out, and finally put the two halves of the fruit into the iron basin.

Xue Shu thought it was very interesting, sat down next to Huzi, and worked with him. After finishing the work, he looked at Ye Ya and Chun Xing. Their hands were white and slender, and they were holding the red fruit around. It looked good no matter what. , especially the daughter-in-law, her long eyelashes droop, as serious as she is when she embroiders, quiet and beautiful.

It took about a quarter of an hour to finally dig out a pot of fruit.

After washing, Ye Ya washed the rolling pin, held one side and began to crush the fruit in the basin.Xue Shu and Hu Zi watched it for a while, both thought it was fun, and rushed to help her.Grinding so many fruits into fine pieces is also a lot of work, Ye Ya was eager for Xue Shu's help, smiled and told him to smash them into pieces, so she took Chun Xing to sit in the house.

Not long after, Xue Shu complained from outside.

"Leave him alone!" Ye Ya snickered, sitting on the kang with Chun Xing as usual, showing her the newly embroidered pattern.The three windows in the south are hung high, and the bright sunlight filters in through the window screens, shining on the body warmly and comfortably.

Before Xue Shu finished pounding, it was already time for lunch. Chun Xing and her brother made an appointment to come over after dinner to watch Ye Ya make hawthorn cakes.

"Daughter-in-law, is this possible?" Xue Shu asked as if begging for the first time.

Ye Ya glanced at Potzi, shook her head, but smiled after Xue Shu lowered her head: "Okay, just kidding, let's put it away for now, let's cook."

"Ah? My wife is really bad!" Knowing that she was cheated, Xue Shu pretended to jump up angrily, and came to Ye Ya's side in three or two steps, hugged her and kissed her. He likes his wife to be mean to him, so he can bully her up.

Ye Ya hastily closed the door with her backhand, and waited until he kissed her enough to let go of her before panting for him to hug the firewood.

There are only two people in the family. She simply stirs the thin noodles, and when making the soup, breaks an egg to make frangipani.

Sitting on the kang to eat, looking at the empty tables on both sides, Ye Ya felt sore, she hadn't seen Xue Song and Xue Bai for more than ten days, she really missed them.Sometimes, when we meet every day, I don’t feel so good, but once we separate, I realize that they have become a part of my life. She is not used to them being away. She thinks about the little stories on Xue Bai’s desk, and every look in Xue Song’s eyes. Every time she turns around, she thinks of his tender love words and domineering scoundrels, and even, after doing that with Xue Shu, when she is sleepy, she will suddenly recall Xue Song's gasps and demands on her.

He said he would come back to see them often, how could he not count on his words?
Just after cleaning the pot, Chunxing and the others came.

When there are many people, it will be lively, and the longing in Ye Ya's heart will slowly sink. First, prepare the sweet potato powder and mix it with cold water. Add icing sugar and sweet potato flour water, and soon, the kitchen will be full of attractive sweet and sour fruity aroma.

After the Shanlihong in the pot was boiled into sauce, Ye Ya scooped it out and put it into a clean iron basin, then put it into the cupboard under the curious and longing eyes of Xue Shu and the other three, and said with a smile: "It's cold now, put more than one cup in it." The hour is almost ready."

"Ah, how long will it take?" Huzi squeezed to the cabinet and looked inside eagerly.

However, when he woke up and excitedly watched Ye Ya cut him a piece from a whole pot of congealed haw jelly, and then stuffed it into his mouth, but his teeth were sour, he almost burst into tears: " It's so sour, it hurts my teeth."

Ye Ya was stunned, didn't he do well?

Chun Xing took the hawthorn cake that Hu Zi took only a small bite of, pinched off the row of teeth marks, took a tentative bite, and then smiled gloatingly: "Second sister-in-law, don't pay attention to him, his teeth were sour a while ago. , I also felt uncomfortable when eating pancakes at noon. I think it is quite delicious, not as sour as the fruit, and not too sweet, just the right amount of sweet and sour." Then, he picked a piece from the bottom and handed it to Xue Shu: "Two Bro, do you try it?"

Xue Shu opened her mouth directly, and Chun Xing smiled and sent the hawthorn cake in. Her second brother, like Huzi, has a childish temper.

Ye Ya also tasted it herself, and thought it tasted good, just as Xue Shu had finished eating, she kept shouting that it was delicious.Her heart moved, and she pretended to be casual and said: "Since you also think it is delicious, let's send some to the elder brother and the others tomorrow?"

Xue Shu nodded: "Okay, I haven't seen my elder brother and third younger brother for a long time, I miss them."

Chun Xing took a look at the hawthorn cake that had only moved a small piece, her eyes rolled, and she said, "I'm going too, my second sister-in-law, I miss my eldest brother and third brother too." By the way, she took some hawthorn cakes to the pastry shop to see how they received them. No, it's best to accept, if not, she can persuade her second elder brother and second sister-in-law to sell it in the market, such delicious and fresh food will definitely make some money.

Ye Ya lowered her head, and continued to cut hawthorn cakes for Xue Shu and Chun Xing while saying, "I haven't seen you for a few days, what are you thinking about..."

(End of this chapter)