Lu family's daughter-in-law

Chapter 27

Back at Xu's house, Mrs. Li asked Ningxiang and her sisters to steam the rice first, and she went to buy meat.

Anan and Amu are playing very well now, because Ningxiang is right in front of him, the little guy doesn't have to be hugged by Ningxiang, and plays obediently with his aunt Amu under the eaves.Ningxiang knew that her aunt was going to buy meat, so she ran to the Westinghouse immediately after putting down Anan, took out a bunch of copper coins from her bag, and chased after Li Shi at the door.

"Auntie, I want to save money to redeem myself, so I won't give you any money this year, but today I'm helping us plant the land, and I have to pay for the meat." Ningxiang insisted that Li accept it.Knowing that the farming season is busy recently, before returning home, she specially strung together two strings of copper coins, one string of one hundred cash, in case Mrs. Li didn't have enough money.

"Your family's land? Then we won't eat the corn when we harvest it in autumn, right?" Mrs. Li glared at her niece, pressed her hand back and said, "Don't talk to me about those things you don't need, put them away, one catty Meat is twenty renminbi, and my aunt can afford it, so I will buy you chestnuts to eat."

Ningxiang refused, but Mrs. Li often went to work in the fields, with great strength, she pushed Ningxiang away within a few steps, and strode towards the family that just slaughtered the pig yesterday.

Ning Xiang stood at the door, looking at the hurried back of her aunt, and decided to leave the money to her younger brother before leaving, and asked him to forward it to Mrs. Li.

Still had to cook, Ning Xiang didn't delay any longer, turned around and walked in, when she turned her head, seeing the situation in the yard, she suddenly froze.

She saw Lu Cheng standing in the yard.

A wooden stool was placed under the east eaves, and Xu Huai came out with a washbasin in his hand, asking Lu Cheng to wash it first.

Lu Cheng said something with a smile, then rolled up both sleeves to the top, bowed his head and washed his face with water.

He stood sideways to her, his left arm muscles tensed when he raised his hand, the water droplets hit it, as if hitting a hard rock, some splashed out, and the rest slid down his arm.His complexion is wheat yellow, very similar to the color of most villagers exposed to the sun, but he is different from Xu Shouliang, a farmer who has dealt with the crops for decades, and his gestures are three-pointed, unhurried, and not slow. It's not just a matter of rubbing your face twice.While washing his neck, he heard Anan calling his father, Lu Cheng looked up, and smiled brightly at the little guy in the brilliant golden light of the setting sun.

"Sister, how much rice do you wash?"

In the kitchen, Xu Qiu'er suddenly came to the middle, holding a basin in his hand and asked Ning Xiang loudly.

Lu Cheng tilted his head towards the gate.

He looked at himself, Ning Xiang was inexplicably nervous, staring at the stove, trying not to look at him, and raised her voice and replied: "Four bowls!"

The man eats a lot, and after working for half a day, he must be hungry. If there is any leftover, he can save it for porridge tomorrow morning.

Xu Qiuer groaned, and walked back to the shriveled brown rice bag, a little worried about not having enough rice, scooped out two bowls carefully, and breathed a sigh of relief when she found that there should be enough for four bowls inside.

Ning Xiang also came in, thinking of Anan who was only one year old outside, she looked at the three rice bags in front of her.The bag containing corn flour is the largest and the most bulging. It is the staple food of the villagers. Brown rice is relatively rare. It is usually eaten on happy occasions. The rarest thing is white rice. Even the village head’s family probably only eats it two or three times a month.

Xu's family has white rice, because Ningxiang and Suyue each got two catties of white rice in addition to rewards during the Chinese New Year. Suyue ate at the palace, so she didn't have to cook it herself, so she gave Ningxiang all her share.

At the end of the twelfth lunar month, four catties of white rice were brought home. Now three months have passed, and the bag seems to have not been touched, which shows how thrifty Li is.

Ning Xiang couldn't even imagine what occasion her aunt would be willing to eat white rice.

"Put two bowls of white rice." Ningxiang smiled and took the rice bowl from her cousin, opened the bag of white rice, and went to scoop it up.

Xu Qiu'er stopped her nervously, "Sister, my mother said that I will eat it on the day you redeem yourself!"

She heard her mother settle the bills for her cousin, saying that next year her cousin will be able to leave the house almost.

Ningxiang's eyes suddenly became a little sour, and she calmed down before she said softly, "I'll buy rice again when I leave the house. I don't eat these now. What if they go bad next year?" Bowl of white rice.

Xu Qiu'er looked at the white and brown rice mixed together in the basin, and then at the gentle smiling face of her cousin, she also smiled, and put aside the reprimands that her mother would definitely have, and scooped up water to wash the rice in the north courtyard.

Ningxiang brushed the western pot, squatted in front of the stove to light the fire.

"mother!"

Just breaking a piece of firewood, someone next to her suddenly called her crisply and a little furtively.

Ningxiang turned around, and saw Anan coming over at some point, holding the wall with one hand and reaching for her with the other, looking at her seriously with black phoenix eyes.

"What's wrong with Anan?" Ningxiang was surprised what the little guy was going to do, and forgot to correct his address for now.

Anan stretched out her hand enough to put it down, touched the little bird in the crotch pants, and said seriously: "Smelly!"

Ning Xiang didn't know that the little guy would do such a move, her eyes followed his hand instinctively, and it was too late for her to regret it.Although Anan was only one year old, Ningxiang didn't mind booing him, but seeing the little guy pinch there with her own eyes, the 14-year-old girl still blushed miserably.

Under the eastern eaves where Ningxiang could not see, Lu Cheng stared at his son's chubby hands with straight eyes.

Of course he knew who his son was doing that to!

Quickly glanced at the younger sister who was talking to Amu for some reason, so that he didn't notice that Anan was leaning on the wall to sneak over. Lu Cheng pretended to be calm and hung the face towel on the clothesline, came over and lowered his head to ask his son , "Aunt Xiang cooks for Anan, and Anan is not allowed to make trouble."

"Smelly!" Anan looked at his father, as if he was afraid that his father would not understand, he leaned against the wall and squatted down after speaking.

Before he could squat down firmly, Lu Cheng picked it up with a big hand and walked towards the hut next to the pigsty.

Ning Xiang was dumbfounded and took a while to come back to her senses.

After all, Anan is just a child, thinking back, Ningxiang couldn't help laughing.

When Mrs. Li came back from buying meat, Lu Cheng and his son also came out.

Ningxiang talked to Li Shi first, and saw her busy talking about the dishes she cooked in the evening, and asked Xu Qiuer to help prepare various things, such as eggs and peanuts.Hearing the sound of water outside the door, Ning Xiang looked over curiously, and saw Lu Cheng holding Anan sitting on a wooden pier, wringing out a towel to wipe Anan's face.Anan didn't like it, he moved around trying to escape, Lu Cheng smiled and pressed him, wiping his son's face with a gentle expression.

After wiping his face, he even wiped Anan's hands. At this time, Anan was no longer naughty, and looked at his father very obediently.

The father and son are sitting in the sunset, the scene is very warm.

Ning Xiang took one last look at Lu Cheng's handsome face, then turned her head to fill the stove with firewood.

Maybe Lu Cheng is just naturally cheerful, and he still cares about his dead wife in his heart?So love Anan so much.

For example, Pei Jinghan's father, Pei Zheng, Marquis of Zhenyuan, did not particularly care about Pei Jinghan and Pei Jingrun's two sons because he doted on Aunt Liu.He definitely valued it, he was his own son after all, but there was a lack of tenderness between father and son. When Pei Jinghan mentioned his mother, there would be an indescribable tenderness in his eyes, and when he mentioned his father, he would be calm.

Sympathizing with Lu Cheng for the loss of his wife, Anan, and his mother, Ning Xiang felt a little sad in her heart. Fortunately, the house was lively, listening to the sound of hot oil sizzling when the meat in the Dongguo was cooking, Ningxiang quickly changed her mind.

Mrs. Li prepared five dishes, one plate of braised pork ribs, one plate of fried peanuts, one plate of tofu with minced meat, one plate of scrambled eggs, and one plate of fried pork with dried cabbage.The cabbage planted at the beginning of the month had just sprouted, with a layer of green, too small, so Mrs. Li washed the cabbage dried in the sun when thinning last year, and this was the only "dish" among the five dishes...

The eggs were fried last, and the rice was ready early. Ning Xiang was afraid that Anan would find it hard to digest the rice, so she specially boiled half a bowl of rice into porridge for him. It would be too much to make porridge, but there are many people in the family, so there is no need for it Worry about the rest.

The meals were all ready, and according to the custom of treating guests in the farmhouse, Mrs. Li asked Mrs. Xu Shou and Mrs. Liang to sit with Lu Cheng first, and A Tao waited to eat with them.

"Auntie, if you're so polite, I'll take Anan away now." Lu Cheng pushed Xu Huai away, refusing to go to the table, looked at Li Shiniang and said, "It's getting dark, Auntie and you all go together too Eat, go to bed early after eating, you've been tired all day."

Li Shi wanted to persuade them to use it first, so Lu Cheng went straight to Ningxiang.

Anan knew that her father was coming to catch her, so she hugged Ningxiang's thigh and hid behind her, with a small mouth saying no.

Ning Xiang protected Anan, and sincerely advised: "Brother Lu, let's eat first, we are not hungry yet..."

Lu Cheng didn't look at her, nor was he angry, but he insisted on grabbing Anan's face, no matter how he looked, he was unhappy.

Mrs. Li had no choice but to talk to Lu Cheng and said, "That's enough, let's eat together, let's see how you scare Anan!"

Lu Cheng looked at his son who was already in Ningxiang's arms, smiled suddenly, and said to Li Shi: "It's not that my aunt is too pessimistic."

It turned out to be her fault again, Li Shi glared at him, and seeing Lu Cheng walking towards the dining table, she also led the little girls over.

The square table is usually quite roomy for the four members of the Xu family and the Ningxiang siblings, but now that there are more A Tao and the tall and tall Lu Cheng, it suddenly seems a bit crowded.Ning Xiang wanted to feed Anan, Li Shi tried to bring Anan over, but after failing, she squeezed Anan's little bad face that disliked her, and moved to the side. The nephew on the other side of Xiang said: "Amu eat honestly, don't touch your sister."

Amu nodded happily, greedy for the table full of delicacies that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year.

Mrs. Li smiled and picked a piece of pork ribs for her nephew, and said to everyone, "Eat it, don't be polite to anyone!"

Lu Cheng smiled, picked up the bowl to eat, but fixed his eyes on Ningxiang.

The son was in Ningxiang's arms, and he saw it aboveboard.

Ningxiang scooped up a small piece of tender tofu with the only small spoon at home, and was cooling Anan.

Anan was already hungry, his big eyes stared expectantly at the tofu on the spoon, and his small mouth sipped and sipped.

Ningxiang was afraid that the tofu would be hot to the little guy, so she blew on it a couple of times and then touched it lightly with the tip of her tongue to make sure it was really not hot, so she fed it to Anan.

Anan opened his mouth wide happily, eating with great vigor.

There was a table full of food in front of her eyes, and the moment when she opened her mouth was all in her mind.

(End of this chapter)