Rebirth of the farmer's daughter-in-law

Chapter 39

Si Ya clapped her hands happily, Meng Duo saw that the stuffing was a little too thin, so she made dumplings in the shapes of puppies, lotus flowers and carp.

Meng Da knew that she was dexterous, and his eyes lit up when he saw this.

The dumplings were filled to the brim, Meng Duo put the curtains in the pot and went to clean up the cutting board.

After a quarter of an hour, Meng Duo opened the pot, and a scent of white noodles spread out immediately.Si Ya stretched out her small hand, but Meng Duo patted it back.

"Be careful and get scolded later!" As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Da came over with a plate.

He picked up a plate of bulging dumplings, placed them on the altar table, knelt down and kowtowed three more times before getting up.

The sound of setting off firecrackers was heard not far away, and Sanchun ran to the yard to watch the excitement.

"Let's start eating dumplings, listening to the sound of firecrackers can also ward off evil spirits!" Meng Da called Sanchun into the room.

Firecrackers are set off at midnight on the New Year's Eve, which can let go of the bad things of the old year, drive away evil spirits and avoid disasters to welcome the new year.But when the fire is lit, the money will be gone. Meng Da is reluctant to pay for it.

Sanchun promised not to walk in the nest, boys are rare firecrackers, if someone in the village gets married, the boys will gang up to pick them up.Catch up with the unlit ones and pick them up, and those who haven't picked them up will be very envious.

Meng Duo yelled again, and then he came in.The table has been set, a large plate of dumplings, a small pot of soup.

Said it was soup, but in fact, Meng Duo poured the steamed dumpling water into the dumpling pot, boiled it in the pot again, and added some salt and green onion.

After tossing and tossing for half the night after dinner, the contents of his stomach were almost reduced, and Si Ya ate a lot again.

"Second sister-in-law, the dumplings with white noodles are so delicious!" Siya had a little rabbit on her plate and couldn't bear to eat, Meng laughed and scolded her for looking at the plate and eating the authentic food in the pot.

It was just a curtain of dumplings, and he picked out a plate to offer, seeing his brother and sister eating deliciously, Meng Da tasted one and stopped moving his chopsticks.

"Eat, I won't be hungry if I eat too much at night." He put the dumplings that Meng Duo made for himself and put them on Meng Duo's plate, "You have been busy for most of the night, eat more."

"I'm not hungry either. Uncle, eat more." Meng Duo took it back for him.

Seeing the two of them pinching each other, Sanchun put down the chopsticks in his hand, and stretched his hand under the table to gently pull Si Ya.

Si Ya froze for a moment, saw the third brother glaring at Lian Nuzui and then reacted, and put down the chopsticks resentfully.

Meng Da saw the small actions of the two of them, and felt a pang of sadness in his heart. Then he said with a smile: "It's New Year's Eve, you can eat as much as you want! There is still a plate on the altar table, and the ancestors will eat it tomorrow." You guys continue to eat. When our family’s conditions are better in the future, we will make dumplings filled with pure white noodles and pork until you get tired of eating them!"

Si Ya's mouth watered when she heard this, the dumplings mixed with cornmeal and not much pork in the stuffing were so delicious, if it was pure white flour and pure pork stuffing, how delicious would it be!
"Hey." She ate a lot during dinner, and now she has eaten a dozen or so big dumplings. She just kept filling her mouth and didn't feel anything. She picked up her chopsticks and found that she couldn't eat any of them. went in.

"Little glutton, he's been belching and still looks gluttonous." Sanchun looked at her head with her fingers.

"Third brother hates it the most." Siya curled her lips, "I'm not as smart as you, but you always hit me on the head with your hands."

"Knock knock and you'll open your mind." Sanchun smiled and stretched out her hand again, Siya got up and hid behind Meng Duo.

The two circled around Meng Duo, dazzled her.It was rare for Meng Da not to scold them, thinking that it was New Year's Eve, so he simply let them be happy.

The sparse sound of firecrackers outside gradually stopped, and occasionally there were a few dogs barking.Meng Duo looked out of the window and could see the faint candlelight.There is a custom of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve. Every household must leave at least one candle, so tonight is the brightest night in the village.

Meng Da burned some more firewood in the small stove, and the kang was warm, and the whole family sat around talking.

At first Sanchun and Siya chattered excitedly, but gradually they started yawning again and again.Meng Duo was busy working from morning to midnight, and he was too tired to open his eyes.Seeing the three of them sleeping next to each other, Meng Da's face was full of love and pampering.

He spread the quilt, picked up Sanchun and Siya and put them inside.When it was Meng Duo's turn, he hesitated, and instead of daring to hug him, he called softly twice.

Meng Duo snorted softly without opening his eyes, rubbed against a warm place, then leaned on it contentedly and continued to sleep.

Her head was tilted on Meng Da's shoulder, so frightened that Meng Da stiffened and dared not move.But Biansheng Meng Duo's breath sprayed on his neck, itching, itching all the way to his heart.

Meng Da stood up abruptly and left the room as if fleeing.Meng Duo lost his center of gravity all of a sudden, and woke up with his body tilted on one side.

She didn't know what was going on just now, she looked blankly at the three or four girls sleeping on the kang, wondering why she didn't see her uncle.

When Meng Da went out of the room, he suddenly realized that Meng Duo was not even covered with a quilt, so he turned back in fear that she would catch a cold and get sick.

"When did you wake up?" He saw Meng Duo's heart skip a beat, and there was imperceptible panic in his tone.

Meng Duo didn't notice it at all, she got up quickly and replied: "I just woke up, and I said that I want the whole family to watch the new year, and in the end only uncle is left alone."

"Oh." He glanced at Meng Duo, and he was relieved when he saw that she was fine, "Go to sleep when you are sleepy, and leave the candles behind. Although we don't have any relatives who can pay New Year's greetings, tomorrow There are still a few houses that need to be moved around. Today, you are tired all day, go to bed quickly."

"Uncle, let's sleep too." Meng Duo yawned and said, then went to sleep by the curtain.

Meng Da lay down next to Sanchun, and it was difficult to fall asleep listening to the even breathing sound behind the curtain.

He tossed and turned for a long time, his belly was slightly pale, he got up and extinguished the candle.

The Meng family had no relatives in the village, but no one came to bother them.Meng Duo, Sanchun, and Siya didn't get up until mid-sun.

Meng Duo packed up, packed a few dumplings and the leftovers from last night and went to Widow Chen's house.

Widow Chen's eyes were red when she saw that she brought so many delicious food. Meng Duo smiled and said: "The first day of the new year is a good omen, so I should be happy."

"Sister is right, I should be happy." Widow Chen replied with a smile, "Seeing people visiting relatives back and forth on the first day of the new year makes me feel uncomfortable. You came just in time, and my poor house is much more happy .”

Widow Chen's uncle and sister-in-law disliked her for being a hard-working husband, and they were arrogant and ignored her after they separated from each other.Yesterday, during the Chinese New Year, she just made the pheasant meat sent by Meng Duo, and she was not willing to eat a piece of it.

(End of this chapter)