farm daughter-in-law

Chapter 4

For example, there is a family named Jiang in the village. There are three brothers. Their parents left early, leaving only two acres of land. up.Over the years, the three brothers struggled until they were in their thirties, before they saved some money and bought a young daughter-in-law from Ren Yazi, and this young daughter-in-law became the joint wife of the three brothers.

Now the three Jiang family brothers are trying their best to earn a little money, hoping to buy a few more acres of land to feed their young daughter-in-law, so that they can make incense for the Jiang family as soon as possible.

Zhang Xihua washes clothes by the river these days, and occasionally sees this young daughter-in-law of the Jiang family carrying a basin to wash clothes. She looks really small, with watery eyes, and a small face. She always keeps her head down. , shy and do not talk to people.As soon as she left, the women by the river talked one after another about her and the three brothers of the Jiang family, and there was no shortage of romantic affairs in their words.

No matter good or bad, Zhang Xihua has inevitably heard many things about her.She really felt that Jiang's daughter-in-law should eat more and grow taller, she was so thin, she looked very difficult to give birth to.

Thinking of childbirth, Zhang Xihua covered her face, her body was not strong enough.

Could it be that the husband is unable to make a man because of his emaciation?

"Sister-in-law, bring me a bucket of hot water. I'm really uncomfortable, sticky and uncomfortable." He Yuanyuan, an unmarried girl from the He family, came to her sister-in-law.

In such a hot weather, He Yuanyuan is still wearing a double-breasted dress, no wonder it is hot, Zhang Xihua smiled and said: "My sister is back, there is hot water at home, wait a minute, I will bring it to you."

"Hurry up." He Yuanyuan dropped the words and hurried back to the room.

The clay stoves at home have two stoves, which can be connected to each other. One side is used to cook food, and the other side is filled with water in a large iron pot. When the food is cooked, the water is also heated.

There is no shortage of hot water, and the He family is not used to taking cold water directly. Even on such a hot day, they still use warm water for bathing.

Except for a few days ago when her mind was dizzy and she seemed a little slow, now that her mind is clear, Zhang Xihua is more and more proficient in housework.The hot water was installed within a few minutes and brought to the washroom.

She also carefully put a bucket of cold water aside and put melons in it. If my sister-in-law felt that the water was too hot, she could cool it by herself.

Well water was used to wash the vegetables, and the porridge was ready. Because sweet potatoes were added to make it thick, the porridge was thick enough to make the porridge feel full. Stir-frying a few more vegetables would make the porridge delicious for the whole family.

In the past two days, Mrs. He Zeng has handed over the cooking to Zhang Xihua. Occasionally, her mother-in-law is worried, and she is also watching. Now that she has finished beaning and pickling the dried beans, she has time to guide her daughter-in-law.

Seeing that Zhang Xihua was pounding half a spoonful of oil for cooking, He Zeng hurriedly said, "You need to reduce the amount of oil."

Zhang Xihua listened to her mother-in-law's order, and reduced the amount of oil in the spoon by half, and He Zeng nodded. "Tongcai doesn't need so much oil, your half spoon is no different from what it is now, and you have to save it in the future."

"Yes." Zhang Xihua said, when cooking vegetables at home, you basically boil water in a large pot first, wait for the water to boil, then add the leaves to boil, then pick them up and put them on a plate with salt. Add a few drops of oil to temper.

This method saves fuel and salt, but the taste is a bit bland, and the taste is not so good.

At this moment, father-in-law He Dashuan walked slowly into the house with a hoe on his shoulder. After putting away the tools, he also came to the kitchen to ask for hot water. After taking a shower, he was waiting for dinner.

"Old lady, bring me hot water." He Dashuan said, and hurried to the latrine after explaining.

All the meals had already been prepared, and as a daughter-in-law, He Dashuan would not order her to do things directly, but Zhang Xihua still had a good look at such things, and without waiting for He Zeng's orders, he took a wooden bucket of water.

Adjust the temperature and bring it to the washroom.

Although He Zeng didn't say anything, he was still satisfied with this daughter-in-law in his heart.

The population of the He family is very simple, father-in-law He Dashuan, mother-in-law He Zengshi, eldest sister-in-law He Yuanhui who married to a neighboring county, and 13-year-old sister-in-law He Yuanyuan who is not married, the eldest son He Sheng, and the youngest son He Cong, who is three years younger than He Sheng Many, but unfortunately got lost in a town fair ten years ago.

But He Zeng cried to death, the He family was quite good back then, both He Sheng and He Cong brothers were still in school, He Cong was quite talented in reading, and was praised by his master for his spirituality.On the contrary, He Sheng, after two years of school, only learned to recognize characters, but he was not good at poetry, songs and fu.

Since He Cong was lost, the He family almost spent all their savings and failed to find anyone. He Sheng dropped out of school, He Zeng's face lost his smile, and he was indifferent to everyone.

Her husband, He Sheng, arrived home when the sky was completely dark.The rest of the He family had already eaten, and He Sheng's meal was reserved by Zhang Xihua alone. All the dishes were kept warm on the stove, and the porridge was put in jars and then spread over cold water to cool it.

He Sheng didn't like hot porridge very much, so Zhang Xihua made it cold on purpose and waited for him to eat it when he came back.

Taking the wooden barrel burden on his shoulders, Zhang Xihua asked: "Are you washing up after eating today?"

"Eat first and then wash." He Sheng glanced at his wife through the moonlight, and said again: "Find out my clothes first, and I will fetch water to wash the room later."

Zhang Xihua set up a small wooden table in the yard and set up her husband's bowls and chopsticks before entering the couple's room to find clothes for him.

(End of this chapter)