Flowers are expensive

Chapter 59

"Hurry up," Man Ting pulled her up, patted her sleeping face and said, "Wake up, my mother is going to get angry in a while. Although the Spring Festival is not as good as the New Year, it is also one of the four festivals a year." The most important sacrifice. Every household has to prepare sacrifices, and my mother has made a lot of preparations early in the morning. You are a daughter-in-law and you have to help."

"You are a son, so you don't need to help?" Lihua asked sleepily.

"A son who is married to a wife doesn't have to help."

"Then just pretend you haven't married me for the time being..." Lihua said and was about to lie back again, Man Ting hurriedly pulled her back and said with a smile, "Do you want to divorce me? Or do you want me to divorce you?"

At this time, Zhuang's voice sounded from the attic.Pear Blossom had no choice but to get out of bed reluctantly.The spring morning in the countryside is still very cold, at least three or four degrees cooler than Bianjing.Lihua pushed open the small window facing the outside of the courtyard with a look of tiredness, and a gust of fresh air with the smell of morning mist rushed towards her face, sweeping away most of the tiredness on her face, and she instantly woke up.She lay on the window sill and glanced at the dirt road outside the courtyard. There were quite a few people coming and going, and it seemed that today would be really lively.

When he went downstairs with the wooden basin, Mrs. Zhuang was already killing chickens.She said to Lihua Nunu: "Hurry up and wash your face to help, mother is going to lose her temper!"

"Got it!" Lihua was in a good mood, as bright as the sun that was about to break through the thick fog.Humming a little tune, she ran into the kitchen and said with a smile, "It's early!" How many times have I called you?" "Mom," Lihua said in a good mood, it was rare for her to act like a coquettish with Mrs. Xie, "I remembered it, but he wouldn't let me get up!"

"What?" Mrs. Xie felt goose bumps all over her body.Mo Xiang, Zhen Shi, and Man Xiang who were helping in the kitchen couldn't help covering their mouths and snickering. "Mom, I'm going to wash my face. After washing my face, I'll help my second sister-in-law kill chickens! Don't worry, I won't be lazy."

Lihua scooped up the hot water, bounced to the back door of the kitchen to wash her face.Mrs. Xie gave her a dissatisfied look, and muttered, "You really dare to say anything!" After washing, Lihua went to the yard to help Zhuang's kill chickens.Mrs. Zhuang greeted her and said, "Come on, hold the chicken's paws tightly, don't let it go away like Jin Ling'er did last time when you let it go halfway."

Lihua had never done this before, so she stretched out her hand to pinch the chicken's feet, warm and still lingering.She glanced at the neck of the chicken that Zhuang was plucking, and asked: "Second sister-in-law, will you cut the neck of the chicken with a knife when I hold the chicken leg later?" It will move too hard, and once the blood is drained, it will lose its breath." Zhuang said with a calm face, like a veteran chicken killer.

But Lihua felt creepy, she had never killed a chicken in her previous life, she just knew that chicken was delicious.Seeing that Aunt Duan Qi and the others had killed in the village, she didn't think it was too scary, but now she really couldn't bear to have her grab the chicken paw as an accomplice.

"I'm going to kill you. Hurry up. Once you let go, I won't be able to hold back. When the time comes, blood will splatter your face. Don't blame me!" The expression made me laugh, "Isn't it just to kill a chicken? As for being so scared? In the future, if you live alone with Man Ting, don't you want to kill the chicken?"

"Don't kill me," Lihua said solemnly, "I'll make it commit suicide!"

"Hahaha..." The men of the Xie family who had already woken up in the yard all laughed, and all of them staggered from side to side.Zhuang shi laughed so much that he bent down even more, and the chicken he was holding tightly in his hand almost let go.Mo Xiang ran out from the kitchen and asked, "Second Aunt, what are you laughing at?"

Mrs. Zhuang put down the kitchen knife, held the chicken in one hand and put one hand on his waist, and smiled, "I laugh at your fourth uncle, you are pitiful. You can only wait for the chicken to eat...waiting for the chicken to commit suicide..." Before she finished speaking, she said I couldn't breathe from laughing.

Aunt Xie walked to the door of the kitchen, neither smiling nor angry, thinking that this girl is really not good for work, how will the whole court live in the future!She hurriedly shouted: "Stop laughing, kill the chicken quickly, just wait!"

Only then did Mrs. Zhuang forcefully stop laughing, picked up the kitchen knife and was about to cut, then looked back at Lihua worriedly and asked with a smile, "Really hurry up? It's unlucky to run away, mother will scold her."

"How about fourth aunt let me?" Mo Xiang smiled.

"No...no need," Lihua shook her head and said, "Let me come, isn't it just to pinch a chicken paw? It's okay, I'll come!"

"Then I'll kill you, Pear Blossom."

"Kill...kill."

Lihua held the chicken paw tightly, turned her face away, and waited nervously for Zhuang's knife.After a while, the chicken paws suddenly kicked up tensely, as if struggling for death, and almost broke free from her hand.Her heart froze, and she pinched it with all her strength.The poor chicken clucked and struggled for a while, then died.

"Okay, Fourth Aunt, let go, he's dead." Mo Xiang laughed, because Lihua was holding the chicken paw with both hands, and the way she turned her head and frown was so funny.

"Dead?" Lihua let go of her hand and glanced back, she was really dead.She breathed a sigh of relief and decided not to play like this next time, it's not fun at all, it's like being an accomplice.

Aunt Xie stood at the door of the kitchen, looked at Lihua with hatred and shouted: "What are you doing there with the pestle? Bring in the chicken blood, put some salt in it, stir two chopsticks to let it freeze, hurry up!" " Lihua shook her sore hand, thinking of how she looked like just now, she also found it funny.When he was about to go to the kitchen with his chicken blood, a middle-aged woman and Yutao walked in with a smile. "Hey, it's so lively! It's different if you have a new daughter-in-law, and you can hear laughter from far away! What's the fun?" The middle-aged woman said with a smile as soon as she entered the door.

"Laughing at my fourth aunt!" Mo Xiang smiled while holding Yutao's arm.

"Moxiang, you are broken, bullying your fourth aunt who is new to the house?"

"Where is it! I don't dare to, be careful that fourth uncle beats me up."

There was laughter again in the yard.Aunt Xie came up to welcome her, and said to Lihua Nunu, "This is Yutao's mother, Aunt Zhang. There are no rules. When you meet someone you don't know, you should ask who it is, and what are you doing there?"

"Aunt Zhang." Lihua called out sweetly.

"Hey!" Aunt Zhang responded crisply, and said to Mrs. Xie, "The new wife just came in, how can she know everyone in the village? You are too mean to her." Lihua glanced at Aunt Zhang holding the blood bowl With a glance, I thought that she dared to ridicule my mother-in-law, it seems that the relationship should be very good, right?
"Hurry up and put some salt in it, otherwise it won't freeze and it will turn into blood." Aunt Xie urged Lihua, and she hurriedly carried it to the kitchen.

"Look at you," Aunt Zhang laughed again, "The new daughter-in-law has just entered the house, so she has to teach her manners slowly, so why worry!" Able to work and obedient."

"No matter how well you can work and be obedient, what's the use of staying at home for only two months a year?" Aunt Zhang laughed.

"By the way, you come to our house early in the morning so free? Have you prepared your dishes? What good things did you cook this year?"

"Anyway, there are only two of them, one is lotus leaf glutinous rice meat dumplings, which are similar to previous years, and the other is what Yutong said is called pregnant tofu. There is no ready-made fresh tofu at home, so why not come to your house? I I know that you will have to make tofu the day before, so let me share four yuan first, and I will give you rice noodles later!" "Look at what you said, isn't it just four yuan tofu? Boss, daughter-in-law," Aunt Xie turned her head and shouted into the kitchen She said, "Cut four pieces of tofu and give it to Aunt Zhang." After she shouted, she asked Aunt Zhang curiously: "Then what is pregnant tofu? Where did Yutong learn it? It's a good name!"

Aunt Zhang glanced into the kitchen and said with a smile: "I learned it from your Lihua! When I was in the village, Hui Yutong once made tofu, and Lihua told her how to make it. She said it was delicious. And it’s decent and good-looking, and it’s a new trick to use it to sacrifice to the mountain gods, and it’s incomparable to others!”

"Ah?" Aunt Xie was slightly taken aback. She asked Lihua the day before if she could cook, but the girl actually said she couldn't cook!Can't cook but can teach Yutong how to make pregnant tofu?Deliberately conceal it!
Everyone looked at Lihua at the door of the kitchen in unison, and she suddenly felt that Mrs. Xie's eyes were like two sharp swords, trying to kill herself.To be honest, there are two types of foodies, one is food and cooking, the other is food but not cooking, and she belongs to the latter.In the past, she was too busy with work, so she really didn't have time to stay in the kitchen and cook chicken, duck and fish, but she memorized a lot of recipes, so she was purely talking on paper and didn't have much practical experience. I can only blame Yutong for being too good at comprehending, hehe ....

"Hehe..." Lihua laughed dryly, "I just ate pregnant tofu before and heard about how to make it, so I only know about it. Mom, if you want to make a good dish, there is no problem, I will immediately I'll give you two ideas now! Think about it now, just wait!" After she finished speaking, she turned and went into the kitchen, the eyes of the mother-in-law were so gloomy, as if she was going to eat her!

There was laughter behind him.Aunt Zhang took the tofu from Mrs. Zhen and said with a smile: "You see, Lihua listens to you a lot. Is she not satisfied with this daughter-in-law? I'll go first, and I will ask Yutao to bring rice noodles later."

"What are you talking about? You don't need to change a few pieces of broken tofu. Take it!" "It doesn't matter if you eat it at home, but this is a sacrifice to the mountain god. You have to pay for it yourself to be sincere!" Peach left.

Aunt Xie immediately turned around and walked back to the kitchen, with her hands on her hips, she asked Lihua with a murderous look in her eyes: "Are you a real person without showing your face? You teach Yutong well, so you can't bear to give advice to your family? It's nothing to support you." !"

"As for it?" Lihua said with an innocent face, "Isn't it the tofu dish offered to the mountain god? It's not a food competition, why are you so nervous?"

"Ewha, you don't understand. Each family has to prepare two dishes to put on the altar every year when offering sacrifices to the mountain gods. What kind of dishes can each family bring out, and how well are the wives of each family's wife's skills, put them on the altar. Once you taste it, you will know." Zhuang said with a smile.

"Oh!" Lihua finally understood, how could this be offering sacrifices to mountain gods?Is it to show off the cooking skills and family background of each family?She asked: "Then prepare well, isn't it over?"

"There is something special here. The dishes delivered to the altar cannot be taken back by each family. They must be saved for lunch. If you prepare them too well, you will show your face. It is not worthwhile. There are also corns. Steamed buns; it’s too poorly prepared, and it’s embarrassing, so what kind of dishes to send to the altar every year is the most troublesome. Don’t blame your mother for being angry, you can teach Yutong a good dish, why? Don't you think of one for your family?"

Lihua suddenly realized, nodded quickly and said: "All right, I'll immediately think of a dish related to tofu. Make sure the name is good and the meaning is good. It's better than the pregnant tofu, right? But, my chef Art is really not very good, you have to find someone to do it.”

Aunt Xie glared at her and said, "You can only talk, but you can't do it! I've never seen anything like this!" Mo Xiang smiled and said, "Grandma, or I'll do it! The fourth aunt taught me how to do it, and I If you draw a gourd according to its appearance, there should be a half-decent image!"

Lihua smiled gratefully at Moxiang, clapped her hands and said, "Good idea!"

(End of this chapter)