farmhouse ditty

Chapter 92
Xiu Niang got up early to cook porridge in the stove. She added firewood one by one to the stove, stopped when she saw that the fire was almost done, and then walked to another stove to have a look.

Originally, there was a big iron pot on the stove, but Xiu Niang just slipped away and put a clay pot on it. She lifted the lid of the pot to see the marinade inside. Is it on?

Xiao Xiang'er smelled the marinated ingredients all over the yard, and she licked her mouth so greedy, she took a dozen peeled boiled eggs to the stove, and said to Xiu Niang, "Sister-in-law, I put the eggs in Peeled..."

Xiu Niang was stirring in the clay pot with a colander, and when she saw Xiao Xiang'er coming in, she pointed to the chopping board, "Xiao Xiang'er, put the eggs here, and fetch an empty basin for sister-in-law."

Xiao Xiang'er responded, put the eggs down, walked to the wooden cabinet, stood on tiptoe and fumbled inside for a while, finally took out an empty plate and handed it to Xiu Niang, "Sister-in-law, the little soup pot is too full. I can't reach it."

Xiu Niang glanced at it, took it, and smiled at Xiao Xiang'er, "If you can't reach it, don't have enough, this plate is also good..."

As she spoke, she scooped up the marinated eggs in the clay pot with a colander, put them on the plate in her hand, and then asked Xiao Xianger to take them out, "Come on, Xiao Xianger, take this...outside Go, tell everyone to eat when it's over, especially your brother, don't miss his schedule later."

Xiao Xiang'er nodded, took the plate from her hand, looked at the shiny yellow, steaming marinated eggs and said to Xiu Niang, "Sister-in-law, these eggs are really delicious, even better than the stewed pork we ate before. "

Xiu Niang took out several earthenware bowls, filled them with porridge, took them out two by two and put them on the square wooden table in the courtyard, then picked up the chopsticks and put them in the bowls to stir, so that it would cool down quickly , Ask Chu Ge and Chu Fu to eat first.

She smiled at Xiao Xiang'er while she was busy, "Xiang will eat two more, sister-in-law will marinate some more later, okay, take it out quickly..."

Xiao Xiang'er blinked her big black and white eyes, Huanqing walked to the courtyard with a plate in her hand, and shouted loudly, "Father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, brother, it's time to eat..."

Xiu Niang went back to the kitchen, and poured the pot of boiled eggs that Xiao Xianger brought in just now into the braised soup in the jar. This was the braised broth she kept from the previous one. Later, I thought about it, so I could only eat one meal, so I might as well put some boiled eggs in, so that I can make do with the meal.

Father Chu and his wife were walking around the entrance of the yard, and when they heard Xiao Xiang'er's shout, they entered the yard.

Chu Fu came out of the main room by himself, turned around and closed the wooden door carefully, guessing that Wen Shi was still asleep.

Chu Ge and Chu An didn’t know what they were arguing about by the fence, the two brothers were having fun, if it wasn’t for the glutton in Chu An’s belly that made the plate of stewed eggs come out, he might still pester Chu Ge to say That's what it says.

Xiu Niang took a spoonful of stewed soup out and tasted it. She had stewed it twice before, and added a spoonful of water just now. Now it tasted a bit bland, so she added two spoonfuls of salt.

Seeing that Xiu Niang hadn't come out yet, Chu Ge walked over and asked, "Xiu Niang, it's time for dinner, what are you doing?"

Xiu Niang took a colander and stirred the pot slowly a few times, then closed the pot lid, and looked up to see that Chu Ge was wearing a long gown. Generally speaking, Chu Ge only went to the town to sell mountain things. Will wear a gown.

She looked at it and asked, "Why, are you going to Shangyang Village with your eldest brother today?"

Chu Ge responded, and was about to say something, when Father Chu yelled outside, "Second boy, tell your wife to stop busy and come out to eat first... Uh, by the way, take the pickles from your sauce jar Get out."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang replied "Yes", and went to get some pickles. When she turned around, she saw Chu Ge still standing by the door, as if waiting for her to say something.

She looked at it and smiled, and didn't say anything to Chugo, but asked him to go out for dinner together. Since he said that night that he knew what he should do, she didn't need to talk about it, and let Chugo do it by himself. Just solve it.

Father Chu slurped a mouthful of porridge against the side of the bowl, and seeing Chu Ge and Xiu Niang coming out, he shook his chopsticks in front of him, "Hey, you two, hurry up and eat...the pickles are waiting for me. Well, they don't like to eat..."

Holding the bowl, Shen cast a glance at Xiu Niang, grinned in disgust, closed her eyes and shook her head, lowered her head and started eating.

It's fun to say, ever since Xiu Niang gave Shen a face that night, Shen stopped talking to her the next day.

Anyway, Xiu Niang was quite happy to catch up like this, but this Mrs. Shen took good care of her, but still leaned close to her, mouthing endlessly.

However, Mrs. Shen started nagging only when she saw Chu Ge here, saying that if Chu Ge went to Shangyang Village, he would not be bullied by the old foreman in the acquaintance's workshop, and he could still make a lot of money, and his work would be relaxed and easy. If you can be promoted, what a shame.

Xiuniang knew that on the one hand, she was talking to Chu Ge, and on the other hand, she was telling it to herself, because Shen Shi and Chu Ge were talking about something earlier, and Chu Ge was just stalking, Not saying nothing and not agreeing, Shen Shi has nothing to do with him.

So she simply chattered in front of Chu Ge and Xiu Niang. She wanted to see if Xiu Niang would be tempted after hearing this, and she also persuaded Chu Ge to go to work...

Shen took a mouthful of porridge, looked at Chu Fu, and murmured in her heart, today is the day when Chu Fu went to Guo's workshop, whether he can be a foreman this time, is waiting for the second boy to say, no matter what How about it, she must let the second boy go to Guo's house today.

She pursed her mouth, let out a sigh, and put the bowl heavily on the table. The loud noise startled everyone at the table.

Xiu Niang frowned, and glanced at Shen Shi, she was a monkey spirit, she only "beat the table" when she drank the porridge to the bottom, or she would burn her hands.

Father Chu let out a dissatisfied "tsk", "I said you are a dead old woman, you don't have a good meal early in the morning, what are you doing!"

Mrs. Shen cast a glance at Father Chu, pointed at Chu Ge and said, "Old man, go drink your porridge...I said, second boy, tell me a whole sentence today, do you want to talk to your elder brother?" Go to work!"

Chu Ge looked at Shen Shi, put down the bowl and muttered, "Mother, I won't go to work."

Shen gritted her teeth angrily, "You bastard, do you know whose workshop this is!"

Chu Ge said seriously, "Mother, I don't want to go just because it's the business of Uncle Guo's, not to mention asking me to be the foreman of that workshop, even if I'm asked to be the manager of that workshop No, I eat with my hands, and I can still support myself...and my wife..."

Father Chu nodded and smiled, "Hey, what a boy, you have a backbone, is this my son? Let's ask that old Guotou to play by himself, and we won't be his uncle..."

Shen howled a few times in pain, and pointed at Chu Ge with trembling fingers, "Oh, why did I give birth to you with such a stick..."

Seeing that Shen Shi was going to have a fit, Xiu Niang quietly poured two stewed eggs into Xiao Xiang'er and Chu An's bowls, and asked them to bring them to their back room to eat.

Hearing Shen's call, Chu Ge was not upset, but just said, "Mother, from now on, you should stop thinking about joining the Guo family. I have a daughter-in-law. Even if I have ten lotus flowers, I will be happy." I can't even look down on it."

Xiu Niang could not help biting her lips and smiling when she heard that it was joy, but she couldn't bear it when she thought about it, she gave Chu Ge a look, and whispered coquettishly, "You are so stupid, you want to be so beautiful I want ten big girls who are drenched in water!"

"Oh." Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang in confusion, and touched his thigh. Just now, Xiu Niang's hand stretched out from under the table, and pinched him lightly.

Father Chu laughed when he looked at it, and was thinking about making fun of the young couple.

Seeing that Chu Ge didn't pay attention to her at all, Shen Shi was still happily playing with her own daughter-in-law, and now she was angry, "I said, second boy, do you still have a mother's heart?" , were you born by your wife or by your mother? I am talking to you, but your eyes have been stuck to your wife, what are you trying to do..."

Father Chu has also worked hard this time, he said, "I said you old woman, why are you talking like that, what are you talking about!"

Shen raised her voice and said, "You old man, you know that you are partial to the second boy, why don't you think about it for the boss now, he is in his thirties now, you want to ask him to carry sacks for others Well, do you want him to die of exhaustion outside? Hmph, if it wasn’t for the incident earlier, he might have become the nursing home of that big mansion, and he still gets double wages a month..."

Father Chu frowned, and looked at Chu Fu, "Hmph, as far as the boss is concerned, don't talk about being a nursing home, just stop causing trouble for his family, I think it's okay to ask him to carry sacks not good!"

Shen slapped him angrily, "You old man, you must have squeezed your head against the door, you obviously don't want to do the comfortable work of the foreman, you have to carry sacks for others!"

Father Chu and Mrs. Shen were arguing with each other one by one, but Xiu Niang ignored her and concentrated on eating. Anyway, she didn't talk at the moment, and her mother-in-law couldn't blame her.

Chu Fu heard what Shen said just now, and got her wink, he thought for a while and said to Chu Ge, "Brother, look at how you are now, in fact, you can only do some moving things. You really can't compare with those strong boys, this time, you can help brother, let's take down that foreman's seat first, what will happen to the rest..."

Chu Ge looked at Chu Fu, and he couldn't bear to see his brother's embarrassment, "Brother, in fact, I just want to go to Shangyang Village with you today..."

Chu Fu listened to half of the words, and hurriedly talked to Shen, "Mother, don't quarrel with father, the second brother has agreed to go to work."

Shen stopped her mouth suddenly, turned her head and looked at Chu Ge with a smile, "Oh, is this my second boy? Let me tell you, when you go to your Uncle Guo's house in a while, you immediately go to find Lotus. You two have a good time." Talk and talk."

Chu Ge responded, "Well, mother, I'm going to find Lotus today, and I'll have a good chat with her when I'm done."

Shen shi laughed when she heard that, she looked at Xiu Niang proudly, but she saw a smile on the corner of her mouth, not annoyed at all...

(End of this chapter)