Farmer's Head: Busy farming

Chapter 4 A Bowl of Broth

Chapter 4

Meng Yuan'er nodded, and then told Xi'er to rest well, and went out of the west room towards the kitchen in the backyard.

Mrs. Liu was very happy because her daughter woke up. She took one of the few pork ribs left at home and prepared a pot of broth for Xi'er to nourish her body. It's not enough for everyone to eat, let's make pot stickers tortillas.

Although Mrs. Liu has a weak personality, she is a good hand at this job. She quickly washed the pork bone sticks, threw them into the pot, mixed a few spoonfuls of well water, and let the flames burn to the bottom of the pot.

She was busy posting pancakes, but she saw Meng Yuan'er entering the kitchen, so Liu couldn't help asking, "Why are you here, Yuan'er? Xi'er is better?"

"Third sister is much better, mother, she can recognize me now." Meng Yuan'er nodded hastily, with joy that couldn't be hidden in her eyes.

Hearing what Meng Yuan'er said, Liu's heart felt at ease, and while kneading the cornmeal in her hand, she said, "It's all good, my heart is finally in my stomach."

Meng Yuaner nodded in agreement, and then said, "Mother, my sister is hungry, is there anything I can eat right now?"

After hearing this, Mrs. Liu immediately replied, "Yes, yes, the broth is ready to drink when it is boiled, and one or two corn cakes are cooked, so you should be hungry if you take a pancake and bring a bowl of soup to Xi'er." gone."

When Meng Yuan'er heard that there was broth to drink today, she was very happy, and immediately smiled and said, "Well, today I have been blessed by Xi'er, and I still have broth to drink."

Hearing what she said, Mrs. Liu couldn't help laughing and cursing, "You don't have enough food and drink on weekdays? Your sister survived a catastrophe. I'll make up for her."

"Mother~ I'll just say that~" Meng Yuan'er couldn't help acting coquettishly when she heard Liu Shi's words.

Meng Yuan'er returned to the west room with a bowl of steaming broth in her hand, and she pushed open the door with her elbow and said happily, "Xi'er, mother made broth today!"

There was indeed no response in the room, which made Meng Yuan'er nervous. She looked towards the bed, only to see that Meng Xi'er had fallen asleep on the bed, she couldn't help laughing, and put the things in her hand on the table. Only then did she walk forward lightly, seeing Meng Xi'er lying on the bed with a ruddy complexion and breathing evenly, she was relieved.

He stretched out his hand to help Meng Xier cover the quilt, and then went back to the kitchen with the broth to help Mrs. Liu.

Meng Xier didn't sleep well this time, and various scenes kept flashing in her head, ancient and modern, like a slideshow.

Faintly hearing the noise outside, Meng Xier frowned involuntarily, rubbed her sleepy eyes and sat up from the bed, then pricked up her ears to hear what was happening outside.

The sound insulation effect of this ancient house was really poor. After Meng Xier regained her composure, she could hear the sounds outside clearly. It was nothing more than a few visiting people who were curious about this matter and came here to verify it.

"Oh, I'm talking about the Meng family. Your girl is alive now. Who will dare to marry her in the future?"

"That's right, daughter-in-law of the Meng family, look at your Xi'er, she used to be very stupid, but now her reputation is even worse."

A few women chattered non-stop, like noisy sparrows, Meng Xi'er got a headache when she heard it, she got out of bed and stepped on her rag shoes, and was about to go out to reason.

Before the person reached the door, Meng Yuaner's voice was said with a hint of anger, "Don't worry about the aunts and aunts. The old doctor said that my sister is very lucky and will not worry about getting married."

"Oh, Yuan'er, be careful that your sister will drag you down and you won't be able to marry a good man." The aunt obviously didn't hear the displeasure in Meng Yuaner's words, and she pretended to remind her kindly.

Meng Xier was not in a hurry, she hid at the door and heard Meng Yuaner say, "Then don't worry about it, Auntie."

Sure enough, when these words fell to the ground, there was no sound in the courtyard for a long time.

"Mother, Second Sister." Meng Xi'er pushed open the door, walked out of the room, saw the women sitting in a circle in the courtyard, and called out softly with a smile.

Meng Yuan'er looked up and saw Xi'er got up, she immediately put down her sewing, stood up and walked to her side, holding Meng Xi'er's arm and asked considerately, "Is it much better now?"

"Well, Second Sister, I'm already healed, so don't worry about it." Meng Xier let the Second Sister hold her arm, walked forward with her, and stood beside Liu Shi. The women said hello, "Hello, Aunt Zhou, hello Aunt Li, is Grandma Wang free to come over today?"

When everyone heard Meng Xier's words, they couldn't help but feel surprised. Normally, Meng Xier has a very unpleasant personality. When people come to her house, she hides in her room, and she doesn't take the initiative to greet people. Today, she is quite generous. It also made everyone a little uncomfortable.

"Ahem, Xi'er, how are you doing? You seem to be more spiritual." Zhou Shi was stunned for a moment, coughed twice, and said immediately.

She changed quickly, just now she said insinuatingly that Xi'er was unlucky, but now she praised her spirituality.

Meng Xi'er nodded with a smile, and said sweetly to the Zhou family, "Thank you, Aunt Zhou, for praising me so much. Xi'er can't afford it. If Xi'er delays my second sister's marriage in the future, it will really belong to our Meng family." sinner."

You want to change the subject, but I don't.

Zhou didn't expect Meng Xier to be so aggressive, and the atmosphere became awkward for a while.

Mrs. Liu did not expect that her third daughter was so talkative now, she immediately turned her head to look at Meng Xi'er and asked, "Xi'er, are you hungry? Follow Yuan'er to the kitchen to have something to eat."

"Xi'er, let's go to the kitchen." Before Meng Xier could reply, Meng Yuaner dragged her to the kitchen.

Xi'er was a little helpless, but seeing that the second sister had said so, she could only compromise and go to the kitchen.

The stove fire in this kitchen has not been extinguished, and the smell of corn cakes comes out from the big iron pot. I am afraid that this is the legendary firewood pot. Looking at the shabby kitchen, Meng Xier is more and more sure that this Meng family is probably Very poor.

Meng Yuan'er filled a bowl full of broth and handed it to Xi'er, then said with a smile, "Xi'er, try it!"

Meng Xier took the bowl, the so-called broth was so clear that there were two thin slices of meat floating in it, it didn't look very appetizing, but with the kindness of the second sister, Meng Xier still took the soup to drink I took two sips, tsk, this taste is really not good.

"Is it delicious? Mother's broth is the most delicious." Seeing Xi'er drinking it, Meng Yuan'er asked with bright eyes.

Xi'er looked up at Meng Yuaner, then looked down at the broth in her hand, nodded with difficulty and replied, "It's delicious, I've never had such a fragrant broth!"

　The cover is still being revised, woo woo woo woo.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)