delicious farm girl

Chapter 33

Sister Qiu heard it, but she was like a frightened kitten, shaking her head like a rattle. "No, really no, I'll go back tomorrow!"

"Go back and continue to be beaten by your mother?" Brother Quan said angrily.

After Sister Qiu paused, she shrunk into a ball even more.

When Mrs. Huang heard this, she quickly took Sister Qiu's hand, rolled up her sleeves and took a look, and found a series of marks on Sister Qiu's arms, some of which were bright red, and looked like they had just been smeared.

Huang's tears just fell down. "This New Year's Eve, Jiang Shi is too cruel!"

"Mom, you didn't see it at the time. On this cold day, Jiang and her children were all dressed thickly. The whole family hid in the house around the brazier to keep warm, but Qiu sister was alone in the kitchen. Busy to and fro, carrying water, chopping firewood and cooking, she did all the work by herself! The Jiang family scolded her for being too slow, and Jiang's children pointed at her nose and scolded her. Let's help sister Qiu She even scolded us when she said a few words! She hid all the rabbits and pheasants we mentioned, and asked Qiu to cook a pot of porridge with wild vegetables to fool us at noon. In the afternoon, because we helped Qiu When my sister talked, she didn't even give us food, so she kicked us out with sister Qiu!" Speaking of Jiang's ruthlessness, An Ge'er was still full of anger.

Brother Quan also nodded. "Sister Qiu has done so much work for their family, but she has been scolded by her aunt for being idle. As soon as she saw the opportunity, she was kicked out immediately. She wanted to go back and kowtow to her aunt, and begged her to let her Go back. We couldn't see it, and we brought her back."

As he said that, he looked at Su Ran with some embarrassment. "Sister, I know we did something wrong, but Sister Qiu's life is really miserable! Looking at her, I think of you back then. I really can't bear to let her continue to live in that ghostly place." That kind of day. I also know that we are still living in my brother-in-law’s house now, and we are not qualified to say anything about taking in sister Qiu, but everyone has already come, and we can’t drive her away. From now on, I will eat half a bowl of each meal , save this half bowl for sister Qiu to eat!"

"And me! I'll save half a bowl for sister Qiu!" An Geer quickly agreed.

When Sister Qiu heard these words, she curled up in Huang's arms and kept crying.

Seeing this, Su Ran could only nod helplessly. "Since you're here, let's stay here first! You haven't had dinner yet, and there's still some leftovers in the kitchen. I'll heat it up for you first."

"Cousin, I'll help you!" Sister Qiu struggled out of Huang's arms as soon as she heard this.

Don't look at Miss Qiu's small size, her small arms are also thinner than Su Ran's, it seems that she could be broken if she was not careful.But she does the work very neatly. With her help, Su Ran was much easier in the kitchen.

When the food was on the table, Brother Quan and Brother An hurriedly took the bowl and started shoveling the rice into his mouth.While grilling, they said vaguely: "Sister, your food is delicious. I was thinking about your food when I was at my uncle's house, and now I finally eat it!"

Sister Qiu is holding the job bowl, but her eyes are cautious.

"This meal...can I really eat it?"

"Eat it! You're welcome at my cousin's house." Su Ran patted her head.

Speaking of which, this child is much more pitiful than her.At any rate, I still have my mother who loves me and my two younger brothers who are always thinking about me.But what about Miss Qiu?Her father was useless, and her stepmother was fierce. Ever since she was a child, she hadn't had a good life for a few days.Poor child, she hasn't even eaten a bowl of dry rice until now, and her hands holding the bowl are shaking now.

But anyway, she picked up the chopsticks slowly, and when she took a bite of white rice, she began to stuff it into her mouth.He devoured voraciously and refused to stop even if he choked.

Su Ran brought her a cup of hot water. "Eat slowly, don't worry."

"Well, thank you cousin." Sister Qiu whispered, took a sip of water and continued to eat rice.

But she only ate half a bowl and put down her chopsticks. "I'm stuffed!"

He said that he was full, but his eyes kept looking at the remaining half bowl of rice, unable to move away for a long time.

Su Ran persuaded her to eat more, but sister Qiu shook her head and refused to eat any more.

Su Ran had no choice but to put away the bowls and chopsticks and fetch a basin of hot water to bathe her.

Tonight, sister Qiu lives in Huang's house.

When sister Qiu was settled and Su Ran returned to her room, her face was still worried.

When Li Er saw it, his eyes darkened. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just think sister Qiu is too pitiful." Su Ran said in a low voice, "I used to think I was pitiful enough, but now I see sister Qiu, I know I'm good enough. Don't you You know, when I was bathing Sister Qiu just now, I realized that she was so thin that only a handful of bones were left on her body, and her body was also dirty, and mud could be rubbed off her arms and legs. While watching me bathe her, She was so ashamed to cry, and finally she was crying out of breath. This child has suffered so much all these years."

"Do you want to keep her?" Li Er asked after hearing what she wanted.

Su Ran bit her lip. "Is it possible? I know our family is not well-off now, but sister Qiu is really pitiful..."

"Yes." Before she finished speaking, Li Er nodded.

Su Ran raised her head in surprise. "Can you decide this matter? You don't need to discuss it with Mr. Yuan?"

"I'll talk to him tomorrow." Li Er said in a deep voice, "It should be fine."

Su Ran let out a low breath. "With one more mouth to eat, we will have to work harder in the future. However, this is considered an extra effort, don't you think?"

"Hmm." Li Er never refuted her words.

Su Ran listened, and she smiled at him again.

Early the next morning, when Su Ran woke up, she found that sister Qiu had already woken up and was clumsily fetching water from the well.Seeing Su Ran come out of the room, she gave her a shy smile, turned around and went to the kitchen to light the fire.

On this day, she rushed to help Su Ran with work, but she only ate half a bowl of rice at most, making Su Ran so idle that she didn't know what to do.After lunch, Sister Qiu insisted on going back, but Mrs. Huang, Brother Quan, Brother An, and Su Ran all stayed with her. Mr. Yuan also took the initiative to ask her to stay for two more days. Trembling and staying.

In the following days, she worked more diligently to help out. From morning to night, she almost never stopped. No matter how Su Ran persuaded her to take a break, it was useless.

In a blink of an eye, the Lantern Festival on the 15th of the first lunar month is coming.

"Sister, I heard that there will be a lantern festival in the town on the fifteenth night of this year, let's go to the town to watch the lanterns!" On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Angle came back from playing outside, and jumped to Su Ran excitedly She shares the latest news.

When Su Ran heard this, she frowned.

Before she could speak, Brother Quan had already hit him hard on the head. "Play, play, you still want to play! There are less than two months left before the county examination, so many books are not finished, you still want to play? Believe it or not, I told my husband this, he Can I arrest you to endorse now?"

An Ge'er quickly hugged his head and yelled. "I'm just talking, just talking! I didn't say I'm going, the crowds at night are not fun at all. Besides, even if we do go, we won't have a place to live at night! I don't Go, I'll tell my sister!"

The two children went to fight and fight, but Su Ran fell into deep thought.

Sister Qiu came over with a basket: "Cousin, the rabbit has been fed, is there anything else you need to do here?"

"No, you go back to the house and rest!" Su Ran shook her head quickly.

Sister Qiu nodded, put down the basket and went back to the room.

Su Ran went back to the kitchen alone, looked left and right, and walked around for a long time.When she heard the noise outside, she hurried out, and sure enough, she saw that it was Li Er who came back.

"Is the firewood ready to be sent to the town?" Su Ran hurried over to ask him.

Li Er nodded.

"The Lantern Festival is coming soon, and the town is going to be lively again. The firewood and game in Xianwailou are twice as much as before. At that time, there will be people watching lights and selling all kinds of things on the street. There must be a lot of people, one can imagine how lively the town will be then." Su Ran whispered to him.

Li Er looked at her quietly. "You want to go?"

Su Ran blinked. "Yes! But can I?"

Li Er nodded. "Um."

Su Ran just laughed. "Actually, I really want to join in the fun. However, it's not to join in the fun of watching the lanterns, but..." She stood on tiptoe and whispered a few words in his ear.

When Li Er heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly. "Have you figured it out?"

"I've already thought about it. However, I think we'd better discuss it with my husband and ask him to come up with an idea." Su Ran said hastily.

Li Er nodded.

The two decided to do it, so they went to see Mr. Yuan and told him the idea, and Mr. Yuan immediately agreed. "These days we have been only going out and not going in, and the life is indeed getting more and more difficult. In addition, in February, the whole brother An Geer will go to the county to take the children's examination, and it is indeed a problem to have pens, inks, papers, and inkstones on the road. We have to save these expenses in advance. That is... we have to think about it this time, and we must be sure that nothing will go wrong."

Of course Su Ran knew that last time she made bacon on a whim, but she didn't expect so many things to happen afterwards.The lesson of that time was profound enough.This time, she must not repeat the mistakes of the last time.

Su Ran nodded quickly. "I know. This time I'm only going to sell the Lantern Festival."

She won't try other weird things for the time being.

"That's good. Then you can go at ease! But before doing anything, it's best to say hello to Mr. Chen." Mr. Yuan nodded and winked at them again.

Su Ran nodded quickly.

Early the next morning, Li Er really went to town with a cart full of firewood and game.Su Ran was with him.

The firewood and game this time are exclusively for Xianwailou.After the two people delivered the things to Xianwailou, they did not leave, but said to the person in charge of the back kitchen: "We want to see shopkeeper Liu."

Years ago, Su Ran demonstrated her cooking skills in the kitchen once, and the people in the back kitchen were very impressed with her.Now hearing what they said, the people in the back kitchen hurriedly went to the front to find the shopkeeper.

Shopkeeper Liu at the front is happily settling accounts.Since they exclusively launched a variety of bacon in their restaurant, the number of people who come to the restaurant to order banquets during the New Year's Day has increased by [-]% compared to previous years.Until now, seeing that this year is about to pass, there are still many people calling for a bacon feast.In less than two months, they have already made dozens of taels of silver on this!
"It would be even better if we can come up with a new recipe now!" He murmured to himself while trying to figure it out.

(End of this chapter)