Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 12000

That night, Sixi's family set up two tables for a banquet.

Originally, Sixi's mother didn't want to set up a table at all. She just wanted to keep the main dishes left over from the midday feast for her own family to eat, and there was no need to fill the mouths of outsiders.

When Sixi's father woke up and heard Sixi's mother's arrangements, he immediately scolded her.

"You stingy woman, all talk and no action! When other families have a banquet, who doesn't set up two tables to entertain their relatives and brothers? You're just calculating!"

Si Xi's father took charge and sent his sons to invite Si Xi's uncles and cousins ​​over.

When Sixi's mother saw this, she panicked and immediately called Daxi aside, sending him to her parents' home as quickly as possible to fetch his two uncles for dinner. So, as the sun was setting, Sixi's father was inviting his brothers and nephews to sit down, preparing for a few drinks that night, when he saw Daxi return from outside, followed by his two uncles. Neither uncle came empty-handed; the eldest uncle brought his two grandsons, and the younger uncle brought his son.

Si Xi's father's face immediately turned green...

That night, Xiu Hong remained in her room and did not go out. Si Xi was outside in the main room offering toasts. Si Xi kept Xiu Hong's instructions firmly in mind and dared not drink too much, wanting to keep his mind clear for the coming of the night, because that was the most important moment of his life...

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The next morning, Xiu Hong got up early to wash and dress.

After a long night of tossing and turning, Xiu Hong felt a little uncomfortable. But this discomfort wasn't like the lewd jokes she'd overheard from the older women and sisters-in-law. It was more like a small cut on her body that she didn't feel when lying still, but when she got out of bed and sat on the urinal to urinate, she felt a tearing, burning discomfort. That was all.

At this moment, Xiu Hong began to wash up and comb her hair, her mind replaying the scenes from last night.

To be honest, she used to have all sorts of fantasies about becoming a woman, but when she actually achieved it one day, she found that there wasn't much difference.

As for that feeling that everyone talks about so much, she didn't seem to experience it. Perhaps it was because it was her first time, and she was nervous, shy, and the two of them were unfamiliar with each other, which even led to a little misunderstanding.

However, Xiu Hong felt quite at ease because she and Sixi had finally achieved their happy ending.

Starting today, she will have to wear her hair in a proper married style and can no longer act like a little girl.

Soon, Sixi heard the rustling noises and woke up. She then quickly started to dress and put on her shoes.

He came up behind Xiu Hong, hugged her from behind, and rubbed his face against hers.

The same thing can have different experiences for men and women. Si Xi was very satisfied at the moment, and even felt a little unforgettable.

Xiu Hong sensed his 'enthusiasm' and gently pushed him away, saying, "Take it easy, I'm not feeling well."

Si Xi's eyes cleared instantly, and he released her, somewhat nervously asking, "Are you still bleeding?"

Xiu Hong blushed and glared at him: "It's not that exaggerated. If it were, I would have kicked the bucket long ago!"

Sixi quickly covered Xiuhong's mouth, "Pah, pah, pah, children say the darndest things, may this bring you good fortune."

Xiu Hong smiled and removed his hand: "Go wash up first, then go help me cook."

Even though she had been up late last night and missed her sleep, Xiu Hong wouldn't neglect her duties this morning, as it was the first breakfast the new bride was going to cook for the whole family.

"Alright! I'll get it done in no time." With that, Sixi immediately got to work.

The two men entered the kitchen in the dark and began to cook. With over a dozen people living in the courtyard, cooking breakfast for so many people was no easy task.

Normally, two women take turns cooking, as one person can only take care of the pot and not the stove.

Even though Xiu Hong had been used to doing housework since she was a child and was very skilled at it, the sheer volume of tasks was overwhelming for her to handle alone.

Fortunately, Sixi helped her tend the stove, so she could concentrate on preparing the ingredients, which made things much easier and more organized.

A moment later, someone entered the kitchen; it was Sanxi's wife.

"Fourth sister-in-law, you're up way too early! You've already cooked several dishes!" Sanxi's wife yawned as she entered the kitchen and was quite surprised to see Xiuhong already busy at work.

Xiu Hong was also surprised by the arrival of Sanxi's wife: "I'm the one cooking breakfast today, so I definitely can't stay in bed. But Third Sister-in-law, why didn't you sleep a little longer?"

On such a cold day, most families eat breakfast an hour or two later than in other seasons.

On the one hand, there's no rush, since we only eat two meals a day anyway. On the other hand, it's too cold, and everyone wants to stay in bed a little longer.

If it weren't for having to get up early to cook, Xiu Hong probably wouldn't have gotten up for another hour!
Sanxi's wife said, "I was thinking that you must be too busy cooking for so many people by yourself today, so I came over to lend you a hand."

As she spoke, Sanxi's wife unfurled the apron around her waist and tied it around her waist.

This really surprised Xiu Hong, and a warm feeling even washed over her.

"Third sister-in-law, I'm so sorry to trouble you, you still think of me." Xiu Hong wiped her hands on her apron and turned to stand in front of Sanxi's wife.

"Sixi is helping me with the fire. We can manage. You should go back inside and rest."

"What? Sixi?" Sanxi's wife was shocked. Then she saw Sixi stand up from the stove, with a few strands of straw still stuck to his clothes. He was holding fire tongs and nodding and smiling at her.

"Oh my goodness, Fourth Brother has really come to his senses! He knows how to care for people now!" Sanxi's wife praised him with a smile.

Xiu Hong blushed slightly, but in her heart she thought, "Third sister-in-law, aren't you being a bit too exaggerated? When has my Sixi ever been so clueless? Besides, he has always known how to care for people, he just doesn't bother to show it in front of you, since you are not the people he wants to care for."

"Tsk tsk, alright then, you two can start the fire, I won't be in the way."

"Third sister-in-law, what are you saying? Nothing like that!" Xiu Hong was embarrassed by Sanxi's teasing, but she felt sweet inside.

Sanxi's wife gently patted Xiuhong's hand, gave Xiuhong a knowing look, and then turned and left the kitchen to return to her own room.

In the kitchen, Xiu Hong and Sixi exchanged a glance. Sixi grinned, while Xiu Hong gave him a reproachful look: "Stop grinning like an idiot, hurry up and cook, they'll all be getting up soon." About half an hour later, Sixi's mother and Da Xi's wife also got up one after another.

The first thing Sixi's mother did after getting up was to go to the yard and look towards the kitchen to see if there was any smoke coming out of the chimney.

When she saw the smoke coming from the chimney coming in intermittently, as if a gust of wind could blow it away, Sixi's mother immediately frowned, put her hands on her hips, and headed straight for the kitchen, followed by Daxi's wife.

"What's going on? The sun's high in the sky, and they're only just starting to light the fire?"

Sixi's mother pushed open the kitchen door with a bad temper. She saw that the lids of the two large pots were tightly closed, and there was not a single dish of food on the stove. Xiuhong was sitting at the stove opening, slowly drinking a bowl of tea.

"It's already this late, the whole family is awake, and breakfast isn't ready yet. Are we all supposed to just sit here hungry and wait?"

Sixi's mother pointed one finger to the sky and stomped her foot on the ground, glaring at Xiuhong and launching into a tirade of accusations.

Following behind her, the happy wife glanced at the seemingly 'quiet' kitchen, frowned, and tentatively asked, "Fourth sister-in-law, you haven't just started cooking, have you?"

Xiu Hong recognized the two people and heard Sixi Niang's scolding. Instead of defending herself, she raised the corners of her mouth and played with her teacup in her hand: "So what if it is? So what if it isn't? It's not like we're in a hurry to go to work in the fields. What's the big deal if we eat breakfast a little earlier or a little later?"

"Hey, listen to this, listen to this!" Sixi's mother turned around and patted Daxi's arm behind her: "Did you hear that? The mother-in-law only asked one question, and this daughter-in-law started rattling off a whole bunch of things. She's going to turn the world upside down!"

"Mother, calm down, calm down. Maybe things aren't as we think. I don't believe that Fourth Sister-in-law would deliberately drag her feet when cooking breakfast on her first day after marrying into the family, right, Fourth Sister-in-law?" Da Xi's wife helped to comfort Sixi's mother while turning to ask Xiu Hong, who was sitting by the stove.

Xiu Hong glanced at her good sister-in-law with a half-smile. She was clearly trying to reconcile them, but why did Xiu Hong feel so uncomfortable listening to her?
"Whether it is or not, I'm too lazy to say. People's prejudices are like the Sleeping Ox Mountain in their hearts." Xiu Hong sneered, picked up her teacup, and stood up.

"Whether I've been procrastinating or slacking off, you can see for yourselves, and then we'll talk!"

Hearing Xiu Hong's confident words, Sixi's mother and Da Xi's wife exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with suspicion.

Sixi's mother stood there without moving, and gave Daxi's wife a wink. The latter immediately walked towards the stove and lifted the pot lid.

The moment the lid was lifted, a burst of steam rushed out, revealing a pot of cooked white rice surrounded by several plates of vegetables.

"My goodness, the rice is ready! It smells so good!" Da Xi's wife took a deep breath of the aroma of the white rice and then put the lid on the pot.

"The children in the family like to drink rice water. Did you throw it away?" Sixi's mother was also surprised by the scene in the pot. Her cheeks were a little hot, but she still racked her brains to find out Xiuhong's mistake.

After all, many young wives nowadays don't like to skim the rice water when cooking, and they're too lazy to save it after skimming it, because young wives have good teeth and like to eat hard rice.

Only older people, or elderly people and children with weak digestive systems, like to drink rice porridge.

Si Xi Niang bet that Xiu Hong didn't get any rice soup...

But then, as Da Xi's wife lifted the lid of the small earthenware jar next to her, it was filled to the brim. The thick, milk-like liquid inside was none other than rice water!

"This rice soup looks so good, you can even stick chopsticks in it! Fourth sister-in-law, you're really amazing!" Da Xi's wife couldn't help but praise as she looked at the rice soup.

There was no other way; in this family, the children were the ones who loved drinking rice porridge the most, especially the youngest child, who had always had a weak spleen and stomach and had relied on rice porridge with rice and pickled vegetables to survive since childhood.

Si Xi Niang also saw the rice soup, and her face was no longer hot, but burning hot.

"These few dishes in the pot are hardly enough to feed a dozen or so people..."

She was interrupted halfway through her sentence because Xiu Hong suddenly slammed the teacup down on the stove and walked straight to the dish cabinet in the corner.

With a "bang," she pulled open the double screen doors of the cupboard, then stood to the side, crossed her arms, and flicked her chin into the cupboard.

"Whether it's enough or not, see for yourself. Look carefully before you start nitpicking, okay?"

Si Xi Niang took a deep breath in anger. Since he had already said that, was there any point in her watching?
The aroma of food was already wafting from the cupboard, and Da Xi's wife had already come closer, looked at the cupboard, and then exclaimed in surprise.

"Five or six dishes, all steaming hot. Fourth sister-in-law, you're really efficient!"

Xiu Hong raised an eyebrow, her gaze fixed on Sixi Niang. "Although I am a new bride, I know how to behave properly."

“If there is anything I have done wrong, not only you, my mother-in-law, but also my brothers and sisters-in-law of the same generation, you can all point it out to me, and I will humbly correct it.”

"But if I've done my duty, and someone still comes to nitpick and cause me trouble because of their seniority or age, I won't let them bully me!"

Sixi's mother's face turned green with anger. She glared at Xiuhong and said, "Can't I even ask you a few questions? Is this some kind of insult? Fine, fine, from now on you're in the family. You're in charge. You're the empress. Our whole family won't dare to utter a word in front of you. You're so powerful, so amazing, so strong-willed, okay?"

Xiu Hong was dumbfounded, never expecting that her mother-in-law would argue like this.

This isn't arguing; it's downright sophistry. They've completely disregarded reason and facts and are just venting their emotions.

"Alright, alright, Mother-in-law, if you want to talk like that, then pretend I didn't say anything." Xiu Hong raised her hands and shook her head repeatedly.

Da Xi's wife tried to smooth things over, talking to Si Xi's mother and Xiu Hong, but it was more like trying to appease everyone than to smooth things over, because Si Xi's mother was still shouting and yelling.

The noise immediately startled everyone in the other rooms who were still sleeping or had already gotten dressed and gotten up.

Si Xi's father, wearing a padded coat, came to the doorway, looked at the kitchen with a dark face, and said, "What's all the commotion about so early in the morning? Don't you want to live a normal life?"

Sanxi and his wife went straight to the kitchen and asked what was wrong. Xiuhong didn't want to explain and sat back down at the stove with a sullen face.

Da Xi's wife acted as a mouthpiece, and in a few words, she recounted the events in a way that avoided the main points.

Sanxi hurriedly pulled his mother back, not letting her stay in the kitchen any longer. Daxi's wife also went over to help, while Sanxi's wife went to the stove to comfort Xiuhong.

"Fourth sister-in-law, don't take it to heart. I was like that for the first few days after I got married. Mother-in-law is just trying to establish her authority in front of the new bride. Let's be more tolerant and bear with it for a couple of days." Sanxi's wife lowered her voice and said. Even though her sister-in-law downplayed the matter in the kitchen, everyone in the family knew the truth.

Isn't it just my mother-in-law nitpicking?