70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 155 Laba
"Okay, then I'll come over early tomorrow!" Xie Xiaonian said happily, this was the first time the three families had dinner together!

There is an old saying here that "eat rice in Laba", so during the Laba Festival, instead of eating Laba porridge, they eat rice.

At noon on Laba day, every family will have a pot of rice, and there are no requirements for side dishes.

But because Laba is the beginning of the Chinese New Year, every family will try their best to cook something delicious to improve their lives. Even those who don’t have meat will put two extra pieces of meat oil, which means.

The Laba rice here is very similar to the rice bowl in the 21st century, except that the rice will be thicker.

Because there is no rice here, most people can eat food like rice only once a year during Laba.

Early the next morning, Xie Xiaonian packed a dried pheasant in a bamboo basket and went to his sister-in-law's house.

Because the school was on holiday, when Xie Xiaonian came to sister-in-law's house, several children were playing in the yard, running around one by one, not afraid of the cold.

Seeing Xie Xiaonian coming in with a bamboo basket, the youngest member of Xu Wei's family knew that there was going to be something delicious, so he immediately ran to Xie Xiaonian and said excitedly, "Auntie, what did you bring? Is it delicious? What is delicious?" of?"

Besides the older Xu Lanhua, the other children also stared straight at Xie Xiaonian.

"Yes, it's delicious. As for what it is, you will know at noon." Xie Xiaonian said to the children with a smile.

"Great, I knew that as soon as my aunt came, there would be delicious food."

"The Wei family is really smart." Xie Xiaonian patted Xu Wei's head and said in a compliment.

"Okay, let's go play, don't bother your little aunt. Xiao Nian, just have a meal, what else do you have?" Hearing the voice, the sister-in-law came out of the room, and saw Xie Xiaonian holding a Something said in disapproval.

"I didn't take anything, so I added a dish to the family. I caught it on the mountain, and it didn't cost much. Sister-in-law, you can soak this pheasant first, so I can cook at noon." After going to play, Xie Xiaonian stepped forward and said.

"That's fine, I'll go and soak it up, we can have another dish at noon." The sister-in-law was not polite, and said straightforwardly.

Then he said to Xie Xiaonian: "Go and sit in the room first, cooking will take a while."

"Well, okay, I'll go talk to my parents." After Xie Xiaonian finished speaking, she walked towards the main room.

Xie Xiaonian chatted with Xu's father and Xu's mother for a while, when they heard the voice of the second sister-in-law calling for someone from the yard.

So Xie Xiaonian hurriedly got off the kang with his sister-in-law and walked into the yard.

The second elder brother and the second sister-in-law led the two children to the yard, and the second sister-in-law was still carrying a basket.

As soon as Fan Min saw the two people coming out, he immediately said loudly: "You don't need to come out, and there are no outsiders. Xiao Nian, you came so early, what delicious food did you send to my sister-in-law's house? Sister-in-law, you also know my house The conditions are not good, but we don’t eat for nothing, look, this brings the best things in the house.” After speaking, Fan Min handed the basket to the sister-in-law, and there were several baskets lying in it. Vermicelli.

"Whether you eat for free or not is a family. As long as you can take time to visit your parents, even if you don't take anything, we will be very happy." Although Li Suxin didn't want to make any trouble during the festival Contradictory, but seeing the cynicism of the second family, I couldn't help replying a few words.

These words were poking into Fan Min's heart, who told her to come to the house only when she wanted to take advantage, otherwise she would never come to visit the two old people, let alone give anything.

Fan Min didn't expect that her sister-in-law, who was always weak, would talk back today, and she had never visited Xu's father and Xu's mother, so she didn't know what to say for a while.

"The family is usually too busy, so I didn't come to see it. I will definitely apologize to my parents later." The second brother Xu Zhonggui saw that his daughter-in-law had turned into a saw-mouthed gourd at this moment, and said quickly, this is a crime of unfilial piety. , they dare not bear it.

"We keep in mind the matter of filial piety to our parents, so if there are some good things at home, I think about my parents. I don't think about my second brother and second sister-in-law, so I won't give them to my parents when I have meat." , and send it to you!" Xie Xiaonian replied unceremoniously.

This is the first time she has confronted her second sister-in-law head-on. If she is like her elder sister-in-law and keeps giving in, she may think her second sister-in-law is easy to bully.

When Xu Zhonggui and Fan Min heard this, cold sweats broke out, and Xu Zhonggui said quickly: "Third siblings, don't be as knowledgeable as your second sister-in-law, she just has a bad mouth, and she has no bad intentions. Besides, we are children, how can we talk to our father?" Mother grabs food!"

"Our family is easy to talk about. I said this just to remind you, so that when the second sister-in-law goes out to talk nonsense, she will be used by someone with a heart." Seeing that the two of them were afraid, Xie Xiaonian had achieved her goal. Yes, he softened his tone.

And Li Suxin, who has been sister-in-law with Fan Min for so many years, naturally knows what kind of people she and the second child are, so she doesn't bother to care about their little thoughts at this time, seeing that Xie Xiaonian doesn't care anymore, so she said directly: " Let's all go inside to warm up, father and mother are still waiting inside."

Although Xie Xiaonian didn't say anything else and followed into the house, she remembered this matter in her heart.

She thinks that since she married into the Xu family, she has never treated the second sister-in-law's family badly, and she has never forgotten her family.

Although she usually sends more things to the sister-in-law's house, but Xu's father and Xu's mother are both at the sister-in-law's house, so she should have sent more things to honor the two elders.

Xie Xiaonian was not a tactful person in the first place, and she didn't have the intention to please others, so since the second sister-in-law always delivered things to her sister-in-law herself, not to her family, then she would just do it in the future, and she would fall anyway. If it's not good, why should she have a hot face and a cold butt.

So Xie Xiaonian made up his mind that if there is anything in the future, he will not send it to the second sister-in-law's family or give less.

If Fan Min knew that Xie Xiaonian was completely offended by his harsh words, and he would lose a lot of benefits in the future, I wonder if he would regret his cheap talk today.

Xu's father and Xu's mother also heard the words of the second and second couple in the house. Although they were a little angry, they didn't want to make trouble because of the big festival today, so they had no choice but to suppress their displeasure.

Moreover, the second child's family has been married to Xu's family for more than 10 years, and it has always been like this. It is impossible for her to get rid of her narrow-minded and sharp temper just because of a few words of her own.

The most important thing is, after all, the second child is the son they raised since he was a child. Even if he is devoted to his little family now, they don't want to embarrass his son too much.

At about 10:[-], Xu's mother said: "It's almost noon, let's cook." Then she got up and went to the kitchen.

"Mother, you can just rest, we three sisters-in-law are here, so there is no need for you to cook." Sister-in-law Li Suxin said.

"Yes, mother, we can just cook." Xie Xiaonian also echoed.

"That's fine, then the three of you, sister-in-law, go cook, and I will enjoy myself today."

Although Fan Min has her own thoughts, she is not a lazy person, and she has no objection to cooking, on the contrary, she is very happy, thinking, maybe she can sneak a few bites while cooking .

Because my sister-in-law prepared a piece of bacon in advance, and Xie Xiaonian took another chicken, plus the frozen hare and the garlic yellow planted by my sister-in-law. After a few people discussed it, they were going to make roasted chicken with chestnuts, fried bacon with garlic yellow, and spicy rabbit. and spinach egg drop soup.

After getting along for such a long time, both of them know that Xie Xiaonian's cooking skills are very good, so today's two big dishes, chestnut roast chicken and spicy rabbit, are served by Xie Xiaonian.

The other two dishes and rice were made by sister-in-law Li Suxin. After all, she has been cooking rice for so many years, and her craftsmanship is also very good.

The second sister-in-law is mainly responsible for lighting the fire. Although it is a bit dirty, it is very warm, and I can take the opportunity to taste the dishes, and this is the easiest job, so the three of them divide the work and work together, and the meals are ready in less than an hour.

During the meal, Xie Xiaonian's two dishes were well received by everyone. Although there was no space to improve the taste, her craftsmanship did not deteriorate, and the dishes were still delicious.

Xie Xiaonian still felt very proud to see that what he made was recognized by others.

When she was eating happily, Xu's mother suddenly sighed and said, "Hey, now I'm missing the Zhongjun. He's not at home every holiday, and I don't know how he's doing in the military academy. I can't eat rice today during the festival."

"I heard that other places eat Laba porridge in Laba, unlike here we eat rice. I think the third child must also be drinking Laba porridge. Mom, don't worry." The eldest brother Xu Zhongming replied.

"The military academy is a good place. Is there any delicious food? He has an allowance, so he must live a better life than us." The second sister-in-law Fan Min continued directly, but even if she was talking, there was no delay She kept picking vegetables and rice into her mouth.

Seeing this, Xie Xiaonian ignored the second sister-in-law, and said directly to Xu's mother: "I sent some food to Zhongjun when I went to the market on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, and I should receive it in a few days, and the military academy is going to have a festival, sure. Good food is indispensable, mother, don't worry about it."

After everyone was relieved for a while, Xu's mother finally felt better, and after so many years, Xu's mother has almost gotten used to it, but it's just that during the festival, it's inevitable that she will feel sad.

At this time, Xu Zhongjun's command department also held a rare event.

(End of this chapter)