Good farming at the foot of Changbai Mountain

Chapter 36
Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu were also busy there, soaking mushrooms and fungus, fish and meat from outside in the morning, slowing down with water.The weather in the Northeast is cold, and things can freeze hard when you put them outside, so you have to bring them back in advance.

"Sister-in-law, the fish has melted, why don't you wash it out first?" Zhu asked.

"Hey, wash it when you see it slowing down. This year our family kept a pig, and there is a lot of meat. My mother said, this year will be a rich year. The elbow, pig liver, pig heart and so on are all ready. , Just cut it directly when the time comes. Stew the ribs for the rest, then cut some meat and save it for cooking. By the way, chop some meat stuffing and steam a bergamot cabbage later. This is a traditional dish in our family and must be had " Mrs. Xue was also busy there, and told Mrs. Zhu whatever came to her mind.

Mrs. Zhu was originally capable, and she was the best at these tasks in the kitchen, so she knew what to do without asking.Do everything that needs to be washed and cut, and just wait for it to be fried directly in the pan later.

Jinghan brought back a lot of firewood from the outside, put it on the edge of the stove, and asked, "Mother, what else do you want to do?"

"Pick off those onions and garlic, and it will be ready for cooking later," Xue said.

So Jinghan and Jingwan were chopping garlic and shallots aside.Jingya naturally couldn't do needlework anymore today, so she also went to the field to work with everyone.Help wash out the soaked mushrooms and fungus and pick them clean.Huixin is going to be a bride soon, so everyone doesn't let her work, just take good care of her.

Mrs. Xue stewed the fish. The fish was frozen fish bought from the town. There is no live fish in winter in the Northeast, only some frozen fish sold from other places, which is not bad. "Her third aunt, you can stew the chicken, stew it earlier, it will be rotten."

Zhu's side heard it, and stewed chicken in another pot.This year, Mrs. Chen became ruthless and asked to kill two big roosters, one stewed with mushrooms, and the other was breaded and fried, making muddled chicken.This muddled chicken is also a traditional dish of the Xu family. In fact, it is to make more dishes. A chicken can fry a whole pot after doing this. Isn't it resistant to eating?

The old man led his children and grandchildren back to the grave, and when he entered the house, he could smell all kinds of fragrances in the house. "Old lady, this year's dishes are very rich, okay, let's have a good time this year." The old man smiled and led his children and grandchildren into the house.

As soon as she entered the room, she saw Mrs. Han hugging Wen Xing in the room, and Jinghe sitting beside her, while Mrs. Han gave peanuts to the two children.The old man's face is not very good-looking.Before the old man could speak, Zhide said first: "Don't just eat here? The kitchen is busy there, so you can go over to help? Wen Xing is five years old, and he doesn't even have a peanut Can you eat it? You have to pick it up? Besides, these peanuts are reserved for the New Year’s greetings, so if you eat them like this, what will you give them to eat?"

Han didn't raise her head, "Don't you assign work to me there, I tell you, my biggest job is these two children. If you don't have to come back, I won't come. I don't do these things at home, After finally coming back, you asked me to work? What are you thinking?" She didn't even look at Zhide at all, so she just did what she wanted? "I'm afraid I won't have enough hospitality, so why don't you buy more? Didn't you secretly give money to the old lady? With your filial money, why can't you buy it?" After finishing speaking, he led his son and daughter to the West Wing .

Zhide really didn't know what to say. At first, the Han family liked him, and he also fell in love with Han's beauty, so he married Han.At that time, the Han family wholeheartedly helped him open the school, and paid a lot of money for him to take the entrance examination in the future.But he took the exam once and failed, so he never thought about it again.Although the Han family said that they were not dissatisfied on the surface, they probably had to say something behind the scenes.Alas, it's a short hand. Now that he listens to his wife in everything at home, how can he control the Han family. "Father, don't be angry. It's all my son's fault. My son is too used to it. Alas, my son can't stand it." Zhide hurriedly apologized to the old man.

The old man glared at Zhide, "fourth, I said at the beginning that the threshold of the Han family is high, and we can't climb it. You have to marry her. Look, how are you doing now? Even your mother and I don't care." Put it in your eyes. How can there be such a daughter-in-law? The old woman is busy in the kitchen, why is she pretending to be a senior in the house? Zhide, the rules of our family are not to beat the daughter-in-law, but I see you This woman really deserves a beating. No wonder people say that if the beaten daughter-in-law kneads the dough, she really can't do it if she doesn't beat her. Let me tell you, take good care of your mother-in-law, otherwise you will never I’m back, and I’m panicked looking at it.” Originally, I was celebrating the New Year happily, but now, the old man just lay on the kang and didn’t want to get up.

Both Zhixin and Zhiming also stared at Zhide, "Fourth brother, I'm not talking about you as a brother. This sister-in-law is really out of line. In the past, when I came back, I didn't do anything. My mother saw that you came back. The number of times is small, and I don’t care about it. In the first few years, the children were young, so it’s okay to quit. Now the children are older, Wen Xing is five years old, Jing He is three years old, and they have already left. Look at Jingxian, she is also five At the age of [-], I can help pick vegetables and pick garlic. Children are not so used to it. They are like killing their children. If they are too spoiled, how can they become useful in the future?"

Zhide has always felt that he is better than his eldest brother and third brother. The eldest brother is just a farmer, and he just eats from the soil.Although the third brother is in the county town, his life is not as good as his own. Besides, he only has two daughters, not even a son.He has always thought that he is a scholar, has a school, and married the daughter of a wealthy family in the town.Life is good, and the family still hires a mother-in-law to help, so I feel that I am superior to others.I didn't expect to be trained by my two brothers today.At this moment, I couldn't hold back, "Big brother, third brother, Xiujuan is a little bit wrong, but it's not like what you said, right? What do you mean by killing a child? We just hurt Wen Xing a little more. What's wrong with that?" Did you make a mistake? Wen Xing grew up in the town, unlike these children who grew up in the village. What’s wrong with being a bit delicate? I still don’t understand. Is it wrong for us to treat our children well? Is it right to beat and scold all day long?"

Zhixiang didn't say anything at first, he was the youngest, so it was hard for him to talk about his brother, and now he couldn't listen anymore. "Fourth brother, what are you talking about? Wenxing can grow up in the town because our father and mother supported you to study and let you pass the examination as a scholar, so you have the opportunity to live in the town, right? If our father My mother asked my elder brothers to study too, and now they can have fame. My elder brother is very smart, no worse than you and me. The children of this generation grew up in the village, but all of them are good. Wenxuan is six years old this year , Tang Poetry and Song Ci can memorize a lot. You are teaching, what have Wen Xing learned? Just wait and see, in the future, the elder brother and the second brother's family will not be worse than me."

Zhide was a little annoyed at the moment, "What's wrong today? We came back to celebrate the New Year, not to be scolded. We also said this and that. You don't want people to have a good New Year, do you?"

The old man was lying on the kang, and now he sat up angrily, "Yes, I just don't want to have a good New Year. Get out of here quickly, and you don't have to come back again."

Naturally, the kitchen could hear the movement in the house, Chen sighed, and took the pot in his hand off the stove. "Jingya, watch for me, don't let them touch the oil in it, be careful it's scalding." Then he put down the pot and entered the house.

"What is this for? The New Year's Eve still doesn't stop. After all, this year's life is better, are they all burning buns? Is there anything we can't talk about after today? Everyone, stop for a while. Fourth, hurry up Sorry to your father, dare to anger your father, what do you want to do?" The old lady doesn't know how to swear, and she seldom speaks in such a harsh tone today.

Zhide was still unhappy, but his father and mother were the biggest, so he couldn't make them angry, then he would be very unfilial.So he hurried to the old man's side, "Father, I was wrong, you want to beat and scold, you can vent your anger in whatever way you want. Today is Chinese New Year, our family is doing well, don't be angry."

The old man sighed, "Fourth, it's not that father is just looking for trouble. No one wants to make trouble during the New Year. But what happened to you is too embarrassing. It's the end of the year, how can you The first time we came back, we also brought a lot of things. Your daughter-in-law picked and picked, didn’t we say nothing? When you come back, it’s a big deal to bring some things? Let the neighbors see Look, I have raised such a son, even when I go home for the New Year, I don’t bring anything for the old man, where do you want me to put my old face?” The old man has been holding back his anger for a whole day, he was watching his sons come back New Year's is not easy, I don't want to talk about it, but today's troubles come out, so I don't care about it.

Mrs. Chen supported the old man by the side, and kept patting the back. "Okay, don't say a few words, it's rare to come back. The fourth brother made mistakes, you just let him correct it slowly. Today's Chinese New Year, don't say those unpleasant things. I still have two dishes It's not finished yet, we'll have dinner in a while, and we still have to keep watch at night, making dumplings, and some are busy. Well, I'm going out to make vegetables, so let's calm down." Mrs. Chen glanced at Zhide, and then came out of the house up.

How could Mrs. Xue and Mrs. Zhu not be able to hear the movement in the room? It's hard for the two sisters-in-law to say anything, and there are Jingya and Jinghan's children.When the old lady comes back, everyone should do whatever they want, without mentioning the incident just now, so don't find it unpleasant.

"Grandma, mother, let's pick up all the garlic and green onions, and go out to play if there is nothing to do." Jing Han led Jing Wan and Jing Xian to put the things together, and then they were about to go out.

(End of this chapter)