Chapter 13
Ding He's drunk the soup, but he still felt unhappy and showed Xu's face for a few days.
Xu was cleaned up and felt a lot more obedient. He has been stuck in the house these days and has not come out to make trouble.
The Ding family rarely lived a comfortable life.
On this day, Mei still went to work in the vegetable garden, and her lunch was packed by Ye Kui again.
Nearly noon, the aroma of rice came out from the gap between the lid of the pot, and Mei came back with a basket. As soon as she entered the door, she ran into Chunxi, holding her half-old spring shirt and trembling with her arms. She slapped her twice with anger. She really didn't understand her daughter, and she seemed to be more beautiful than others when she was born. She was smarter. Because her mother-in-law Ding He liked her, she often spoiled her. It was harder to let her do some work on weekdays than to climb to the sky.
In this village, if anyone raises the most beautiful daughter in the village, Chunxi is ranked second, no one dares to rank first. So for a long time, except for the big girl Chunlan who can help, the work in this family actually falls on the shoulders of Mei.
Looking at Ye Kui sitting in front of the stove on fire, she couldn't help but feel secretly happy.
She had a difficult child when she gave birth to Chunjiang. Chunjiang broke one leg by her midwife before she fell to the ground and survived. Now she has grown up, her studies are average, but it is difficult to be a farmer. It is also difficult to be a farmer. To be a relative of her will be much more difficult to marry, as the third child today. She has been anxious in her heart, but now she looks like she can breathe a sigh of relief.
It would be very appropriate to watch the children who grew up watching them as children in the future if they can be their daughter-in-law.
Mei thought about it in her mind, but did not reveal it to anyone. She just secretly wanted to teach Ye Kui to her daughter-in-law she wanted. She put down the things and went into the kitchen, and she was about to make braised pork herself.
A few days ago, Lao Ding went out for a walk and met his nephew who was back in the village to visit relatives. He was invited to have a drink. The man opened a tailor shop in the town and the business was excellent.
During the meal, when he heard Lao Ding muttering that his old man had no military achievements, he smiled and patted his thigh and said to him, "Uncle, if you don't dislike me, how about letting Duo Shoudi come to my store to study for two years?"
Lao Ding responded quickly.
The third brother is already eighteen or nineteen years old. Although he is a little older as an apprentice, he is lucky to be with his own people and cannot suffer a great loss. Moreover, after learning this, he will become a craftsman, which is faster than making a farmer with a pine tree facing the loess!
So today, in order to practice it for the third brother, Lao Ding bought a kilo of pork early in the morning.
This dish is Mei's specialty, so she prepared everything in a few seconds. Cut the fat meat into a hot pot and stir-fry the oil, add star anise, cornus, stir-fry the fragrant aroma, add ginger slices, and garlic cloves to stir-fry slightly brown. Then pour the pork belly with the skin that was washed and cut into large pieces, and add rice wine and stir-fry for a while. Then add autumn oil, salt, water, bay leaves, and cinnamon in turn, and add a few spoons of sugar to boil over high heat. After the water boils, skim off the foam, cover the pot, and simmer over low heat for an hour.
If you use foreign candy, the meat will be even more red, crispy and glutinous, but now it is a very luxurious use of this large spoon of sugar.
The soup gradually became mellow and the fragrance could not stop overflowing.
After stewing it carefully until it was crispy, Mei Shi served the meat and started to serve it.
At the dinner table, Ding He suddenly started crying while raising the rice: "Poor third brother, it's all your fault that your sister-in-law has opened her mouth three times. You are so tired that you have to be an apprentice and ask for food for someone. Even your wife can't even be a wife!"
This was extremely cold and Mei suddenly lost her appetite.
Any money in the family was detained by Ding He. All the money earned by the eldest brother was spent on the second brother and the third brother, and she had to give her sister Cuiyu a dowry. Now she was just thinking about making some plans for her son early, so she wanted to make people disgusted at the dinner table. She felt so aggrieved that she was full of bitterness, but she couldn't say it clearly.
Chunlan is almost ready to be a family. Dalang Chunjiang is studying, so he will have to try it sooner or later. He cannot get some money for this scholar exam? This money should have been paid for by the public, but Chunjiang is the eldest grandson of the Ding family, but he is born to be limped and has not been favored by Ding He since he was a child. There is no private school in the village. Chunjiang's school is several miles away. He usually lives in the Master's house and comes back every few days. Ding He never has a good face.
How can we live this day?
Mei's eyes were red, and she felt that the food in her mouth was as smelly as chewing wax.
Fortunately, after the third brother went to the town, Ding He thought about his son every day, but he lost the intention of chasing Mei.
Mei had some free time, so she took Chunlan and her younger sister Cuiyu to do needlework and embroidery and embroidery to make lumps. Ye Kui knew that these things could be exchanged for money, but she wanted to learn, but Chunxi pulled them out, "Let's go and catch fish, I haven't drunk fish soup for many days."
The water in Taohua River in the village was clear and the weather was warmer, and the fish inside began to swim freely. In Chunxi's eyes, they all became food.
When Chunjiang returned home today, he was called by Chunxi. Xiaojiu's hand injury was healed and he followed Ye Shu. When Xu's only son Chunhai saw them, he hurriedly followed them.
"Xiao Shu, it's just warm and the water is still cold. Let's play from afar." Ye Kui pulled Ye Shu and asked him softly.
Unexpectedly, Chunjiang, the eldest son of Mei, suddenly spoke: "It's okay, the water in Taohua River is no longer very cold at this time, and the water is so hot today."
Ye Shu hurriedly grabbed her hand and acted coquettishly: "Sister, just play for a while. Look, brother and brother Chunjiang are here, there will be no trouble."
The top of her head was bright. Seeing Ye Shu's appearance seemed to want to play, she had to nod and responded helplessly.
Chunxi also got into the water at some point, but Chunjiang frowned and rushed to the shore, "How can the girl roll up her trousers and go down the river?"
"Oh, brother, why are you so pedantic? There are no outsiders here. What can you do if you let me play for a while?" Chunxi acted coquettishly and went down the river regardless of the situation.
Ye Kui was unwilling to play with them in the water, so she found a place to sit and watch under the trees on the shore. She looked at Ye Shu from afar, remembering for no reason what happened a long time ago. It seemed that spring was about to pass and the hot summer was coming. She went to the swimming pool with her younger brother who was already in junior high school. As the two of them were quarreling, she pressed his head into the water and almost drowned him. Speaking of which, she had a violent temper at that time, and fortunately, she could still comfort her with the old god after waking up.
He is completely different from Ye Shu in front of him...
After a few people played for a while, Chunxi suddenly became tempted to let Xiaojiu and Chunjiang catch fish together. But Xiaojiu said lightly and was tired, so she walked to the shore.
This statement is arousing Chunxi.
She snorted coldly, suddenly approached Xiaojiu's position, and then suddenly lifted a big handful of water and splashed it on Xiaojiu. In an instant, the half-old spring shirt on Xiaojiu became wet.
Chapter completed!