farmhouse ditty

Chapter 115
Chu Ge and Chu Fu sent the pheasants and hares to Ji Lao Liu. Coincidentally, Ji Lao Liu was also at home, so the three men talked about staying there for a drink.

Mrs. Liu felt a little bit unsatisfied, it was only right for the neighbors to help, and there was no need to give this to someone else, it seemed weird.

She quickly disposed of the pheasants and hares, fried some and brought them to Xiu Niang, so that the Shen couple and Wen could also add some vegetables.

Mrs. Shen looked at the game that Mrs. Liu brought over, and squinted her eyes with a smile. She picked up the plate with a small portion, "Oh, what's the matter, old Liu's family, why don't you take back a plate for your son?" eat."

Mrs. Liu waved her hands and said with a smile, "Auntie doesn't need it, I still have some. I made these for you and uncle, you two have a taste."

Father Chu looked a little unhappy, but because Mrs. Liu was present, he just said, "Hey, it's good, it's good, I smell good."

Shen put down the meat and vegetables, "Oh, what a treat..."

Mrs. Liu smiled, "Hey, what's the matter, these pheasants and hares were made by Chu Ge and his brothers, so you just open them and eat them."

Shen smiled in satisfaction, pushed the two plates of meat and vegetables in, took Liu's hand, and praised her and Ji Laoliu.

Mrs. Liu also smiled when she heard this, yelled into the stove and left, "Auntie, then I'll go back first... Sister, I'm leaving."

Xiu Niang put the rice in a soup basin from the stove, brought it out, said yes to Mrs. Liu, and then sat down at the table.

When Shen saw Xiu Niang, she put away her smiling face. She looked at Xiu Niang's stir-fried cabbage and egg soup, and said coolly, "The meal is ready, bring it in for your sister-in-law."

Xiu Niang held the rice bowl and didn't agree or answer. She just smiled and said, "Grandfather and mother-in-law, please sit down and eat, the food will be cold in a while."

After she finished speaking, she picked up the bowl and took two mouthfuls of rice, and ate a mouthful of pheasant chicken. It was Chu Fu's job to call Wen's eating, so she didn't have the time to bring the rice in and serve her.

Seeing this, Shen became angry. She wanted to say something, but she was stopped by Father Chu, who shouted in dissatisfaction, "The food is placed on the table, and anyone who is hungry can come up." Eat it, there are so many problems, you have to eat it in bed!"

Father Chu finished yelling, said a few words to Shen Shi, picked up the bowl in front of him and ate, "If you don't want to eat on the table, you can take the food to the boss's room to eat."

Shen took a look at Xiuniang, a little surprised why Father Chu was so angry suddenly, she thought about sitting next to Father Chu, "You, you old man, why should I serve that woman a meal. "

Father Chu picked up some meat and vegetables with two chopsticks, and said, "Sit down and eat if you don't want to go, and return it if you don't finish talking."

Shen Shi pursed her lips and said, "I, am I afraid that my grandson will be hungry?"

Listening to the old couple's chatter, Xiu Niang secretly smiled and didn't answer. She ate to herself, muttering to herself, it's lucky that Mrs. Shen has been with Mr. Chu for so many years, why can't she see that? Well, this old man Chu didn't see Chu Fu serving food to Wen Shi before. What annoyed him the most was that the whole family had separate tables to eat.

Now that Chu Fu and Chu Ge are not here, Xiao Xianger and Chu An were going to eat here, but they were called by Mrs. Liu at the end, and now only he, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen were sitting at the table. He was three people tall, so he had to serve it to Wen Shi, so of course he felt uncomfortable after eating.

With a sound of "snap", the door of the main room suddenly opened, and Wen Shi came out with a full stomach, with a face that was not salty, and looked at Shen Shi and Father Chu, and gave them a compliment, and then Just sat down at the table.

She glanced at Xiu Niang, "Hey, I can't sleep because of the noise. I'm pregnant with a baby and my back hurts, so I have to go out to eat by myself."

Xiu Niang took a bite of the rice, put the food in her mouth, and didn't look at Wen Shi, "Then you can go back to the main room and squint, and wait for the elder brother to come back, and I will ask him to bring the rice in for you." what?"

Wen Shi glanced at the game on the table, and said casually, "Hey, forget it, I'll come out here, let's just eat it."

After hearing this, Old Man Chu frowned and cleared his throat, and Shen's expression was not much better when he saw that.

Wenshi picked up a piece of pheasant chicken, and when he was feeling fresh, he greeted him with one chopstick after another, "Hey, I've never eaten such a good dish since I came from Shangyang Village."

Xiu Niang looked at her and smiled, and continued to eat her own meal, "Yeah, I haven't eaten it either, it's all thanks to elder brother, if he didn't have a conscience and knew how to repay his kindness, he would not have eaten it. Wouldn't you be thinking about Sixth Brother's kindness, and go up the mountain to catch a pheasant for him?"

Wen Shi was speechless by Xiu Niang's words, she just wanted to say that Xiu Niang took the money and did nothing practical, and made some bad food to prevaricate them all day long, but when it arrived (liao), she let Xiu Niang give it to her. He countered, saying that she had no conscience.

She glared at Xiu Niang, picked up the vegetables from the bowl, and said, "Hey, what are these? It's so dry, there's not even a mouthful of soup."

Father Chu frowned, pointing to the bowl of egg soup, "Master, there is no soup here, why are you so noisy!"

Wen said in disgust, "Hey, it's bland, tasteless, and very fishy. There's no way to make up for it. The adults can bear it, but the baby in the stomach can't bear it either."

Shen thought about it and said, "Hey, didn't I drink bone soup for you earlier, why didn't you have a remedy?"

Wen Shi said, "That big stick is full of bone oil, I can't drink it just looking at it."

Shen frowned, looked at Wen and muttered, who did not know who drank the big pot, and finally gnawed off the bones.

Father Chu said in a low voice, "This big bone can make soup, but if you raise a child, if you don't even drink this, then you are still thinking about what you want to drink..."

Wen Shi said to Xiu Niang, "I just don't care for the greasy soup. If I want to drink it, I will drink chicken soup." She must make this little woman angry.

When Xiuniang heard that Wen Shi was coming for her, she looked up at her for a while, then smiled suddenly, "Cheng, isn't it just chicken soup, and I'll boil a pot of chicken soup for you later on."

Shen listened for a while, and she looked at the fence, these chickens are the lifeblood of the second family, how could she be willing to kill them.

Wen Shi didn't expect Xiu Niang to respond immediately, she couldn't believe what she had just heard.

When Xiuniang was full, she put down the bowl and said, "Grandfather and mother-in-law, I'm going to go to town with Chu Ge later, it will be Chinese New Year in less than a month, you guys are wondering what to buy first No, this should be done sooner, so it’s cheaper.”

Father Chu and Mrs. Shen glanced at each other, and said, "Uh, well, I'll think about it with your mother-in-law tonight, and I'll talk to you tomorrow when I'm done."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang responded, and she said she picked up the rice bowl, and went to the stove to put some more rice out, she got up and left the square table, and stopped for a while when she walked around Wen, "Oh, by the way, sister-in-law, brother-in-law yesterday Didn’t you say you want to find a big house, I hurried to tell Sixth Sister-in-Law this morning, she’s very popular in the village, I’ll let you find out, you remember to ask her often.”

Wen Shi was still immersed in the time when Xiu Niang said that she wanted to make chicken soup for her, but now she just responded dumbly.

Xiu Niang looked at her, and said again, "Also, you want to drink chicken soup, right? I'm going to the town after this is over. In the afternoon, I'll go to the rice noodle warehouse to collect my brother's wages for the day. , I think, these three people who hang money are enough to buy three old hens."

Wen Shi listened for a while, then came back to look at Xiu Niang, only to see that she raised her eyebrows at herself, and then went into the stove.

She hurriedly turned around and waved her hand at Xiu Niang, "Hey, my brother and sister, I, I won't drink chicken soup, I won't drink it anymore!" Don't go to collect wages...

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"Sister-in-law, please drink some tea. Shopkeeper Tian will be here soon."

The boy from Tairen Pharmacy took Xiuniang to the backyard, where there was a stone table, he asked Xiuniang to sit down, brought her a cup of tea, and looked at her bamboo basket with a smile.

Xiu Niang put the basket on the side, put down the basket and sat down to rest her feet, she smiled, "Thank you brother, I'll just wait here."

The old guy who was waiting on the side smiled at Xiuniang, and then took her basket full of Erbao vines to the small second floor in the backyard. This is their practice, and they have to check the condition first. Then shopkeeper Tian brought the silver again.

The little guy said with a smile, "Hey little sister-in-law, I think this is the last time you go to the Erbao Vine. I guess the next time I see you, I have to wait until the Chinese New Year."

Xiuniang knew that the guy was looking at her native eggs, so she lifted the bamboo basket and put it on the table, "That's right, Erbao vine will not be born this year, and today is the last time I come to Tairen Pharmacy, so ..."

She murmured to remove the rag from the bamboo basket, which contained a basket full of eggs, "Today, you can eat vigorously."

The little guy stared straight at him, okay, now the brothers can share the two eggs, he hugged the basket with a smile, thanked Xiu Niang a few words, and left first, or it won’t be long The shopkeeper saw it, but he wanted to reprimand him.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, shopkeeper Tian came over slowly. When he saw Xiu Niang, he kept boasting, "Oh my sister-in-law, I didn't expect it to be this month, and your Erbao Vine has grown. No loss, and the quality is still the same, I really admire it."

Xiu Niang smiled, "Hey, Shopkeeper Tian is exaggerating. Don't we farmers rely on the sky for our food? When the sky clears, our harvest will be good, right?"

Shopkeeper Tian found it funny when he heard Xiuniang comparing Erbao vines to crops. He laughed, and took out two ingots of silver and some coins, "Sister-in-law, this is 26 taels in total, you count."

Xiu Niang glanced at it for a while, and said with a smile, "Hey, what do you order? This business is all about credit. If I don't trust Brother Tian, ​​I won't listen to your bargaining price."

Shopkeeper Tian twitched his lips, this little girl said so well, she was so trustworthy, so trustworthy, she always used words to pressure him, would he dare to give a bad price?
He watched Xiu Niang put up the money, then leaned closer, and said in a low voice, "By the way, little sister-in-law, what did you think about what I told you last time? Are you willing to leave?" Xiayang Village..."

(End of this chapter)