Otoharu

Chapter 18 Bird's Nest
"Mother, this is bird's nest? Is this food delicious?" Li Yan asked with a frown, wondering how rich families like to eat this kind of food, it looks disgusting and not tasty at all.

"Such an expensive thing must be delicious!"

Mrs. Li has never eaten this kind of food, but she has always believed that the expensive one is the best, so she took a spoon and put it into her mouth, and a fishy smell immediately filled her mouth.

Mrs. Li reluctantly swallowed the bird's nest in her mouth, feeling a little disgusted in her heart. Why does this rich family like to eat this thing? It doesn't taste good at all, it's a bit like raw egg white, very fishy.

But she didn't show it on her face, she just nodded and said lightly: "It's okay, you guys have a try too."

Li Yan looked at her mother with some distrust, then turned to Jiang and said, "Yingying, don't eat it first, I'll help you taste it first."

Mrs. Li was suddenly very angry, this stinky boy, he forgot his mother after marrying a daughter-in-law.

"If you don't eat it, give it to my old man. I'm not willing to give you such a good thing." Mrs. Li said angrily.

Li Yan didn't care what her mother said, picked up the spoon and tasted it, and his face became bitter in an instant: "Mother, this is too bad to drink, are you sure rich people like to eat this food?"

"Second brother, this bird's nest is usually eaten with honey and milk. We don't have these ingredients at home, so it doesn't taste very good just stewed." Li Qingqing explained with a smile on the side.

"This food is good for your health. If it's unpalatable, make it a little more unpalatable. If you don't eat it, give it to me." Mrs. Li said angrily.

"It's better for you to eat such a precious thing." Li Yan said and brought his bowl of bird's nest to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Jiang didn't dare to do this like her husband, so she gave Li Qingqing a grateful look, "My sister specially brought this bird's nest here to nourish us, so I naturally want to taste it."

After finishing speaking, he ate the small bowl without any hesitation, without any strange expression on his face.

Li Meier watched from the side, curious about the taste of the bird's nest, so she asked Jiang Shanqing beside her in a low voice, "Have you ever eaten this thing? Is it really bad?"

"I haven't eaten that thing before." Jiang Shanqing replied, hesitated for a moment and then added, "That thing is swallow's saliva, and it may be mixed with swallow's feces, so I don't want to eat it."

Hearing this, Li Mei'er felt a little sick to her stomach, thinking that she would not eat such a disgusting thing, no matter how expensive or delicious it was.

The whole family ate dinner together, and their daughter and grandson were all there. Mrs. Li had a rare extravagance and prepared a table of delicious dishes. Today, Li Meier accidentally got a chicken leg, which was given to her by Li Qingqing, and another chicken leg was given to her by Mrs. Li. Dong Yong.

Dong Yong obsequiously wanted to give up the chicken legs to Jiang Shanqing, but Jiang Shanqing refused because he didn't like meat.

Mrs. Li was very satisfied with his attitude, and felt that this boy was really good, easy to feed, and the family could buy less meat in the future.

Li Qingqing was ready to go back after dinner, Mrs. Li was a little reluctant, and wanted to keep her daughter and grandson to stay for one night before going back.

"It's rare to come back. Why are you in such a hurry to go back?" Mrs. Li was dissatisfied, completely forgetting that her daughter had just returned a few days ago.

"Mother, I don't worry about Liangchen being alone at home. He has been studying too hard recently, and he always stays up at bedtime. If I don't watch, he can read until dawn." Li Qingqing said helplessly.

Mrs. Li knew that her son-in-law was working harder because of the failure of Chunwei this year, so she told her daughter: "Then you can persuade Liangchen not to work too hard. The body is the most important thing. Isn't it three years before the next Chunwei? Don't worry about it at this moment, Liang Chen is just unlucky this time, he is good at learning, and he will definitely pass the exam next time."

"Mom, I know." Li Qingqing replied with a smile. She is not the kind of woman who expects her husband to become a dragon. Going to be an official in another place, far away from home, she will inevitably feel uncomfortable.

The whole family of the Li family went to send Li Qingqing off together, Dong Yong was still a little reluctant to leave, holding the small slingshot that Jiang Shanqing made for him in his hand, he pulled his clothes and said: "Brother Shanqing, you must come to my house to play next time, I'll show you my crickets."

Jiang Shanqing nodded coldly, but did not speak.

Dong Qi gave his younger brother a hand with some dissatisfaction, looked at Jiang Shanqing with a stern face and said, "Next time I play backgammon with you, I will definitely beat you."

Jiang Shanqing spoke this time, and smiled provocatively: "Okay, I'll wait for you."

Seeing Li Qingqing's mother and son getting into the bullock cart, everyone in the Li family went back to rest.

After April passed, the weather became hotter. In a few days, it was the May Festival. Everyone in the Li family had already started making zongzi ahead of time.

Jiang is a good hand at making zongzi, and the zongzi is always very obedient in her hands, and she can make a very beautiful zongzi with just a few strokes.

Li Meier had learned how to make zongzi from Jiang before, but she was not as dexterous as her mother. Although the zongzi she made were not ugly, they were not beautiful either.

"Mother, why are the zongzi you made so beautiful?" Li Meier put the zongzi she made with Jiang's and asked in frustration.

"It's Mei Meier's first time making a bag, and it's done very well."

Jiang Shi heard the words and praised her daughter. She really thought that her daughter made zongzi well. After all, she was still so young and it was her first time making zongzi.

Li Meier smirked, feeling a little guilty, after all, it wasn't really the first time she made zongzi, she had made zongzi for several years in her previous life, and she was still at this level, she was really ashamed.

Li Meier glanced at Jiang Shanqing, who was doing nothing to play with the rice dumplings, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother Shanqing, don't bother playing around, and help out with the wrapping too."

"I don't know." Jiang Shanqing said concisely, how could he be such a sissy as a masculine man.

"Can't you learn it? Come on, I'll teach you." Then he picked up the Zongye and demonstrated.

Jiang Shanqing was a little speechless, thinking that Li Meier was trying to cheat her on purpose.

"Do you understand? If you don't understand, I can demonstrate it to you again." Li Meier asked with a smile.

snort!This girl must not be underestimated.

Jiang Shanqing picked up the zong leaves and tried it clumsily.

Li Meier looked at the ugly zongzi, she was out of breath from laughing, and taunted ruthlessly: "Brother Shanqing, what you wrapped here are zongzi, if you don't know it, you think it's a pillow."

Jiang Shanqing's face turned red immediately, and he argued, "What do you know, this is another way of wrapping zongzi. In some places, zongzi are like pillows."

(End of this chapter)