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Chapter 135 Returning to the Village for Dinner
When Xiu Niang and Chu Ge returned to Xiayang Village, every house in the village started cooking for dinner.

Chu Ge got out of the car and pulled the old cow uphill, Xiu Niang watched and followed down the walk, she cursed shopkeeper Tian inwardly with some dissatisfaction, if it wasn't for waiting for him to delay some hours earlier, she should have done it now Get busy.

Xun found the key to open the door, Xiu Niang ran into the stove after talking, Chu Ge stared blankly at the door, but when he saw Xiu Niang's hurrying appearance, he couldn't help but smiled again.

Xiu Niang was busy washing rice and cooking, and then fumbled in the stove to see if there was anything else that could be served. It's a Chinese New Year, so the food shouldn't be too shabby, right?

But she searched around and couldn't find anything. It was late now, and it was too late to go to Mrs. Dao's place to buy meat.

Hey, really, she knew that she would come back to the village so late, and she should have bought some stewed pork or something in the town just now, or she might as well have eaten at a restaurant in the town.

Chu Ge didn't understand why Xiu Niang was in a hurry, so he took the things he wanted from the car and put them in the corner of the yard, so they wouldn't block the way, "Xiu Niang, I'll take the ox cart and the rice bag first. Send it to Sixth Brother, and I will not close the door."

Xiu Niang listened to what Chu Ge said, she just responded without raising her head, and then continued to work. She carried a small wooden basin, scooped some rice in it, and went to the yard with a few handfuls of vegetables when she was done. She looked at it and only fried two vegetables for dinner.

Just as Xiuniang was about to scoop water, wash rice and wash vegetables, Mrs. Liu came over, and she came to the door of Xiuniang's house nagging.

"Hey, look at you two, it's okay if you come back late, and you can cook by yourself at this time... Hey, sister, stop, stop..."

Xiu Niang paused, took the water ladle, and looked at Mrs. Liu suspiciously, "Sister-in-law Liu, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Liu took a few steps forward, took Xiu Niang's water ladle, pointed to the wooden basin in her arms, and said, "Sister, if your rice is exposed to water, it will be spoiled after soaking overnight. Slightly."

Xiu Niang smiled, stretched out her hand to pick up the ladle in Mrs. Liu's hand, and said, "Hey, what do I know, sister-in-law six, my family doesn't have a stone mill, and I don't make rice milk, so why soak (rice)?" Well, I'm going to wash the rice for cooking."

Mrs. Liu waved her hand, she was impatient and didn't chatter much, she asked Xiu Niang to put down the wooden basin, and dragged her out of the courtyard gate while talking.

Before Xiuniang could ask anything, Liu turned around and closed the door, and then closed the lock hanging on the copper ring.

"Hey, you girl, I was talking to Chu Ge just now, you two came back late from the town, just come over to my place to eat, why bother to do it yourself... Oh, you locked Take the bag with you, hurry up and leave, I will have all the food there."

"Sixth, Sixth Sister-in-Law, don't be too busy, I, Chu Ge and I can just mess around a bit."

"What's the matter? You're thinking about letting my brother (Chu Ge) eat vegetable leaves in this new year."

"Hey, no, sister-in-law six, I still have..."

"Nothing will work, let me tell you the truth, sister, I stopped by your door earlier and saw that you have not come over by the time, so I ordered the food for you two, if you don't eat today , I have a lot left."

Liu pretended to be angry and talked about Xiuniang, and finally got her into the yard of her house with half-pushing and half-pushing.

At this moment, a round wooden table was set up in Liu's yard, with several steaming meat dishes on it, but Ji Laoliu and Chu Ge were sitting beside it, and Hei Wazi and the four maids were not there.

Ji Laoliu was pressing Chu Ge to accompany him to have a drink, he saw Xiu Niang coming, and said with a smile, "Hey, sister Xiu Niang, let's not be so polite to our family. It's just me and your sixth sister-in-law, Hei Wazi and Da Ya, they asked his second aunt to go to dinner, you and my brother came to join in the fun, it's Chinese New Year, don't be too deserted..."

Seeing that she couldn't evade it, Xiu Niang agreed, and let Liu Shi pull herself to the seat and sit next to Chu Ge, looking helplessly all the while.

Ji Laoliu saw that everyone had arrived, so he put the remaining two wine glasses in front of Liu Shi and Xiuniang, "Hey, is that right? It's a big Chinese New Year, and everyone has to eat together to enjoy the meal." Well... let's go on, the rice is very expensive now, if there is some left over, it will go bad after a long time, how wasteful... um."

Liu Shi was still agreeing with Ji Laoliu, but when she heard the last two sentences, she hurriedly took a piece of braised pork and stuffed it into Ji Laoliu's mouth.

"That's right, girl, how great it is for you and our family to have a lively time together, your sixth brother is good at drinking, Chu Geer is in time to accompany him—tsk, you old mouth, this sentence is unnecessary!"

With meat and vegetables in his mouth, Ji Laoliu glanced at Chu Ge and Xiu Niang, and smiled meekly at Mrs. Liu.

Xiuniang looked at Ji Laoliu and Liu Shi, and felt an indescribable happiness in her heart. The couple had been married for a long time, and they had six or seven children. The family was not well-off, and there were a lot of trivial troubles (the two of them The house is separated by a wall, so you can often hear the Lius arguing), but if the two are together, they will still fight and fight, talk and laugh, and their relationship is really good.

Ji Laoliu chatted with Liu Shi with a smile, then picked up the jug to add wine to everyone, he poured a full glass for Liu Shi and Chu Ge, and when he got to Xiuniang, he stopped, "Hey, Sister, I know that Chu Geer has a good capacity for alcohol, and your sixth sister-in-law can also drink half of the pot (Liu cleared her throat)... Cough cough, half a glass, I wonder how much you can drink?"

Chu Ge looked at Xiu Niang, picked up his own wine glass and poured her a small half glass, and said to Ji Lao Liu, "Sixth brother, Xiu Niang is not good at drinking when she is young, and she can't drink much, just this half glass That's it."

After hearing this, Xiu Niang also responded. Chu Ge knew Xiu Niang's drinking capacity. She beat Xiao Chang to drink with Father Chen, and the amount was naturally not bad. Although this is not a shameful thing, women like to drink. , or something that can drink too much, let outsiders know, isn't it a good thing after all.

Ji Laoliu laughed, filled up his storage for Chu Ge, sat down and picked up his wine glass, "Come on, let's all drink."

Liu Shi and Chu Ge Xiuniang also smiled when they heard this, raised their wine glasses, clinked each other, and started to drink.

Gangchuge said that he couldn't drink much, so Xiuniang brought the wine glass to her mouth and stopped sending it in. Some wine on her lips meant it.

Everyone talked and drank and ate. Mrs. Liu looked at Xiuniang, thinking about what to say, but Ji Laoliu stopped her. He gave Liu a wink and told her not to say anything...

(End of this chapter)