take a wife to support the family

Chapter 160 Ju Ma Tofu Soup

With her own stinginess and cunning, Mrs. Zhu insisted on stealing a bowl of meat to Qingsong when entertaining guests, making Qingsong's siblings dumbfounded.

The son didn't appreciate his good intentions, Zhu yelled that his children were all white-eyed wolves, and Lamei was the first one who couldn't help but quarrel with her. Lily quickly grabbed Lamei and walked out, while giving Qingsong a wink.

Carpenter Li heard the movement and asked in the east chamber, "What's the matter?"

Lily took Lamei to the east chamber, and said to Carpenter Li: "It's nothing, Lamei and Qingsong children are arguing. Dad, is the porridge just eaten okay? What do you want to eat tomorrow?"

Carpenter Li happily said, "I have never lived such a good life in half my life. I can eat whatever I want!"

Lily then smiled and talked about what she wanted to cook tomorrow, and Lamei also slowly changed her color, showing a relaxed smile.

In the kitchen, Mrs. Zhu whispered to Qingsong: "Big girl has a lot of eyes, you have to be careful, don't let her trick you. But you should also kiss her more, so that she can leave you more good things. "

Qingsong looked at the bewildered Zhu Shi, and sighed secretly: This is his own mother, who loves him the most on weekdays, sisters can blame her for being partial, but he cannot.

If Zhu's behavior continues like this, no matter how good her life is, she will have to live in constant turmoil. Qingsong can't leave her alone, so she has to teach her from now on, let her know the priorities.

Teaching the son in front of the hall, teaching the wife by the pillow, and the son teaching the mother are rare things, and it is even more necessary to carry people behind their backs to save face for the mother.

Qingsong's headache was dying, and he said after a while, "Mother, do you want me to live a good life, or do you want me to suffer?"

"What are you talking about? I am your own mother. I don't expect you to live a good life, but I hope you will suffer?" Zhu's love for Qingsong is the most unquestionable thing. Qingsong just asked this question so that he can draw out the following words .

Qingsong said: "I know you love me, and I want to honor you too. I just ask you, do you believe me?"

Mrs. Zhu thought for a while and said, "In the future, I will rely on you to take care of my grandchildren. If I don't believe in you, who else will I trust?" Do you still believe in the two white-eyed wolves?
Er Niu is also unreliable, her father is so hurt that she doesn't know how to serve her, if she really has a bunch of daughters, it is better to have a son...

"Since you believe me, just listen to me. From now on, no matter you treat the eldest sister, the second sister, the third sister, or anyone else, be more generous."

"Where am I not generous?" Mrs. Zhu didn't think she was stingy at all.

Qingsong didn't want to hurt her face so brightly, she said euphemistically: "It is said that a good man doesn't eat a separate meal, I am a man, although I don't have any brothers to fight for the family property with me, if I only know how to rely on my parents to eat and drink, that's still Isn't it human?"

Mrs. Zhu was very proud: "My son really has ambition!"

"I am ambitious, so my mother will not tell me to take advantage of others. Don't say that this is the eldest brother-in-law's property. Even if it is all earned by the eldest sister, it will not be in my hands. I work hard in the city, and it will not be a few years. I can save money to marry a daughter-in-law, and when the time comes, I will honor you together."

Mrs. Zhu was not convinced. Seeing her son's face as sullen as a chopping board, she couldn't bear to refute him, so she reluctantly said, "It's all right, if you don't seek your elder sister's family business."

Only then did Qingsong relax a little bit, and said: "For example, these meats, I am at the table, and no one competes with me. Mother brings the good meat up, and I can eat it. Everyone is happy, and you can eat it." You can give us a high look. This time Dad is hurt like this, why do you think these people are helping Eldest Sister? It’s not because Eldest Sister treats them honestly."

Mrs. Zhu came to her senses: "I knew you were together with Da Niu, just thinking of coaxing me! How much family background you have, according to Da Niu's wasteful method, it will be gone in a few days. I won't show you, Don't talk about marrying a daughter-in-law in the future, I'm afraid your old lady will follow you to drink the wind!"

Qingsong thought that she had convinced Zhu Shi, but she didn't want the idea of ​​taking advantage of death and not losing money in her mind to be very firm, she couldn't help choking bitterly, stomping her feet and said: "Mother, if you want to take care of the family for me, you don't need to see it." Go to someone else's house. The eldest sister is married, so you still think she deserves me for everything?"

Not to mention, in Zhu's eyes, the things of the three girls should belong to Qingsong, and they should give Qingsong, the only seedling of the Li family, without a word of complaint. He looks like he is even more slutty than Song Haojie now.

Seeing Qingsong's angry face, Mrs. Zhu quickly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, if you have something to say, speak slowly, mother won't argue with you."

She is confused and stingy, but she has a heart of love for Qingsong. Qingsong is going to get angry, but she is afraid of hurting her heart.

Mother and son are connected, Qingsong wants to cry, seeing his son's pitiful appearance, Mrs. Zhu softened her heart first, and coaxed him: "The stepmother will listen to you in the future, will it work?"

Qingsong Xindaoniang has been like this for decades, and she is afraid that she will not be able to change it for a while. It is not easy to make her subdue this time. If she is forced to continue, it will not be beautiful. I am afraid that she will make noise.

So he said: "Mother, in the future, there will be a son who honors you and asks you to live in the big courtyard of Qingwafang, hire a few maidservants to serve you, and you can live the life of an old lady, do you think it is good?"

Mrs. Zhu was overwhelmed by the beautiful prospect that Qingsong painted, and kept saying: "My son is filial, so mother is naturally happy!"

"That mother is right to listen to me. Now that I can read and calculate accounts, I have seen the world in the city, and I have met many masters with the shopkeeper. How can my knowledge be inferior to my mother? Although my mother is doing it for me, After all, you don’t know as much as I do.”

Only Qingsong could say this, if the three Lily sisters dared to say that, Mrs. Zhu would definitely poke her finger on their foreheads.

When Pian Qingsong said this, Mrs. Zhu didn't feel unhappy at all, and nodded with a smile, thinking: My son is so amazing now!She could at least listen to what Qingsong said, unlike what others said, she couldn't listen to a word.

Qingsong finally managed to explain Zhu's reason, his mouth was dry from exhaustion, and he thought that the most difficult customer in the store was easier to talk to than his mother, thanks to his experience in the world these days, he had a way to convince her.

These days Wang Xiaofu waited on Carpenter Li, who had inconvenient hands and couldn't hold the chopsticks, so he needed someone to feed him. Wang Xiaofu, like the Baihe sisters, didn't complain at all, and did his best to serve him.

Wang Xiaofu also took care of the defecation of the Li bamboo craftsman. The whole family felt sorry and told him many times not to do this. Wang Xiaofu said: "I am a man, you are old and weak, and Qingsong is still a child. How can he serve this?"

Whether a person is sincere can be seen on his face. These days, Wang Xiaofu doesn't even do small business, and he specializes in serving the Li bamboo craftsman. There is no trace of disgust on his face. He really looks like his own son.

On this day, he quietly found Lily and said, "Sister-in-law, uncle has not had a good appetite for the past two days, did you notice?"

Lily said: "Look, I could eat a big bowl for every meal in the past few days, but I put it down after a few mouthfuls in the past two days... Could it be that there is something uncomfortable?"

Wang Xiaofu blushed and said: "This matter is not very honorable. Uncle refuses to tell others. I can see it. I have to remind you - he has been a little unwell these few days."

Lily was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly understood.People who have been bedridden for a long time are prone to constipation. Carpenter Li Bamboo is lying still these days, and his body is naturally not very comfortable.

However, the people in this room were either his daughter or an outsider. He was embarrassed to tell anyone, so he had to bear it by himself, hoping to pull it out the next time he went to the toilet, but he didn't get it every time.

People with constipation have a bloated belly and are in great pain. Not to mention eating, even drinking is very uncomfortable. No wonder Carpenter Li has no appetite for the past two days.

Such things, if Wang Xiaofu hadn't found out carefully, Lily really didn't know when she would find out, one or two days would be fine, but if it took a long time, wouldn't she be sick?

Lily kept her expression on the table, and cooked cabbage soup that day. Add a few drops of sesame oil in the soup, which is fragrant and moist, and it can moisten the intestines the most.

Asked Wang Xiaofu afterward, Wang Xiaofu still shook his head: "It's useful, I think Uncle seems to want to let go, but it's still not enough, it's getting more and more uncomfortable."

This matter is really embarrassing, and there is no glycerin-flavored Kaiselu these days, Lily thought for a long time, and suddenly thought of a folk remedy.

Let Lamei go to a few acquaintances to ask if there is any juma, but her family does not have this. Juma is also called pockmark, it is oily, and it is delicious when fried. Sometimes country people stir-fry juma with wheat. Eat it as a snack when it is cooked, chewing it is full of fragrance.

After a while, Lamei came back with half a liter of juma, and said: "Nowadays, this kind of thing is rare, but my second sister found half a liter for me."

"How did you use it so much?" Lily first grabbed two handfuls and dusted them off, blowing away the floating ash carefully, then took out the mortar from the kitchen, put it in bit by bit, and smashed it to pieces.

Oil will come out when the hemp is smashed, and the whole ball of hemp seeds will be sticky and wet. Find a piece of gauze and add water to filter it, and gently squeeze out the juice with chopsticks until only the inedible skin is left on the gauze cloth, pour it into the vegetable field Used as fertilizer.

Fill a jar with the filtered water, and boil the jar on a small fire. Once the water boils, it emits a strange smell.

Juma water is gray in color, and gradually condenses into small pieces like tofu in boiling water, tender and trembling.

Lily waited until most of the juma water had condensed, then took the pot off the fire, collected the juice with the remaining temperature, and smelled the fragrance.Sprinkle a few grains of salt into it, it doesn't need much, it's just a can of Juma tofu soup.

Although it was not time to eat, Lily took the food to Carpenter Li Bamboo. Carpenter Li Bamboo smelled it and said with a smile, "Where did the pockmarks come from? I'm not a baby, so I don't want to eat snacks."

Lily said: "Hurry up and eat it while it's hot. Have you suffered enough these few days?"

Carpenter Li blushed, and didn't dare to speak any more. Although he didn't have any appetite, he still let Wang Xiaofu feed him the Ju Ma soup mouth by mouth, and asked, "Is this thing effective?"

Lily smiled and said, "If this thing still doesn't work, I really don't know what to do."

Juma is the best for moistening dryness and laxative, after a bowl, Wang Xiaofu happily came to Lily and said, "It's done!"

Lily breathed a sigh of relief, and made another juma tofu soup for her father that night. After that, she paid more attention to the combination of meals, and made sure her father eat more vegetables and rub his stomach after eating.

The small problem of the Li bamboo craftsman almost turned into a big problem, and he dared not say anything, so he had to listen to his daughter honestly.

(End of this chapter)