Yoshida Mii

Chapter 34 The Failed Lunch

Before Mrs. Huang could open her mouth, Song Yu said again: "Mother, that girl Dongbao is disobedient now, and she has a wild mind after going to the city, and her mouth is sharp. Look at the scene just now, she doesn't see anything at all You grandma! Eldest brother is gone, sister-in-law must wish that she would make trouble with you as much as possible, and ignore her! Alas, this child will be a scourge sooner or later!"

Mrs. Huang remembered that Dong Bao carelessly took the four nests from her face just now, and the expression on her face became even uglier.After a while, without even looking at Song Yu, Huang said, "I have a plan in mind, don't worry about it."

While talking, Huang's hands were not idle, she held the sole of the shoe, and when the thick cotton thread pulled the sole of the shoe, there was a heavy "stabbing" sound, which was very clear in the quiet hall.

Song Yu was not reconciled, and wanted to say a few more words, but she heard Huang speak again, as if talking to herself, "No matter how sharp your teeth are, you're still just a girl, and there's nothing wrong with it."

After Mrs. Huang said that, Song Yu couldn't speak anymore, and went back to the West Wing with the [-] yuan she asked for from Mrs. Huang, secretly delighted. Spending money, the twenty dollars can all be returned to his private house. Thinking of the wine and meat in the small restaurants in the town, Song Yu's mouth is drooling. I was about to vomit, when my eldest brother was here, I would sit at the table and bring back some leftover wine and meat from the banquet from time to time, so that the whole family could have a toothbrush festival, but now even this benefit is gone.

No matter how angry Second Aunt Song was, even if Mrs. Huang asked her to cook, she dared not stop.After Song Yu came back, Second Aunt Song asked Huang what she had for lunch through the curtain of the main room. Huang had something to worry about and didn't bother to scold her. A pancake and mashed garlic for a makeshift meal.

In order to save firewood, farmers usually only cook in one pot. The porridge is cooked under the big pot, and the pancakes are placed on the edge of the pot above, and the reconciled pancakes are pasted on the edge of the pot. up.The seemingly inconspicuous pancakes actually test the skill of housewives the most.

After Aunt Song married into the Song family, she took turns cooking with Mrs. Li at first, but since she gave birth to a big hair, she seldom went to the kitchen. Strong taste.If I don't cook for a long time, my hands are raw.When kneading the sorghum noodles, add too much water, the noodles are too thin, the pancakes from the kang are not formed, thick and thin, and the thick ones are not steamed. When you break open, there is still a yellow dough inside, which is thin and burnt. .

She was not familiar with the stuff in the stove, and couldn't find a mortar for pounding garlic for a long time. She asked Zhaodi, the fire burner, and she didn't know where Li Shi put the mortar. I was so angry, I was angry when I saw Song Zhaodi's questioning, and I grabbed Song Zhaodi's ear vigorously, and cursed bitterly: "You don't know anything, you don't know anything, how do you know how to eat it?" ah!"

After all the porridge and pancakes were brought to the main room, Mrs. Huang lifted the cloth covering the pancake basket, and her face suddenly became ugly. She stared at Second Aunt Song, pointed at the scorched pancakes with chopsticks and asked: "Second daughter-in-law, are these pancakes from your kang?"

Second Aunt Song laughed along, feeling guilty, and in a hurry, pinched Song Zhaodi next to her desperately, and said with a flattering smile: "It's all this damn girl, even if you burn a fire, it won't burn well. After a while, the fire gets hotter and then it gets weaker. , this... pancake kang is not good... mother, you can just eat some."

Huang's face was gloomy, and she glanced at Second Aunt Song's swollen belly, and said nothing more. Do you think she is a fool?Which daughter-in-law is so stupid!
As usual, the family's meals were all distributed by Mrs. Huang, and Song Zhaodi brought the bowls and chopsticks according to who served them.

While Mrs. Huang was serving porridge, old man Song, who had always been taciturn and incompetent, said, "Don't you ask the eldest daughter-in-law and Dong Bao to eat?"

The words were questions, with a discussion tone, looking at Huang's question.

"They have enough to eat, why do you need to worry about it?" Mrs. Huang was annoyed, but naturally she couldn't scold her husband as she wanted to her daughter-in-law and granddaughter. In front of her children and grandchildren, she still gave old man Song face.

Second Uncle Song didn't want Mrs. Li and Dong Bao to come to the table for dinner, so he could save some food, so he quickly echoed Mrs. Huang's words, "That's right, Dad, my sister-in-law took Dong Bao to her uncle's house. If you are rich, you must eat well."

Old man Song stopped talking.

Mrs. Huang distributed the pancakes and porridge among everyone. Uncle Song and Da Mao Ermao were already hungry, so they impatiently took the pancakes and dipped them in garlic.

As soon as Da Mao took a bite, he immediately spat it out and shouted, "What is this! It's so salty!"

Second Uncle Song quickly licked the minced garlic on the pancakes, and spat it out in one gulp. After spitting several mouthfuls, he stared at Second Aunt Song and shouted, "Why do you cook? You beat the salt seller to death?"

This sentence is also the dialect of Tagouji, which means that too much salt is put in cooking.

Second Aunt Song was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in. She was really a novice, and she hadn't cooked for nearly ten years, so she had already figured out how much salt to put in. Seeing Song Yu was so angry, Huang's face was ugly , she slapped Song Zhaodi on the head suddenly, and shouted loudly: "What did you do? Didn't I just tell you to put half a spoonful of salt? How stupid you are!"

Song Zhaodi couldn't bear it anymore, she still had a mouthful of pancakes in her mouth and didn't swallow it. She was so wronged that she covered her head and began to cry. She also cooked for Mrs. Li and never had any problems. The salt was added by her mother herself, so why is it all on her?However, seeing Second Aunt Song's fierce look, she didn't dare to shout out.

"Hold it! Why are you crying!" Second Uncle Song shouted annoyed when he heard the crying.

He has a bad temper in the first place, and he has never had a good face towards his daughters. He already has two sons. Logically speaking, he should love his only daughter very much. However, he has completely inherited Huang's patriarchal attitude. Excellent tradition", which can be seen from Song Zhaodi's name.Daughter, isn't it just two mouthfuls of food to feed and exchange for a bride price for his son to marry a wife when he comes back!

Song Zhaodi immediately suppressed her crying with all her strength, gasped for breath, and desperately swallowed the pancake in her mouth, choking her chest tight.

No one at the dinner table took this matter seriously, looking at Song Zhaodi, Da Mao and Er Mao rolled their eyes, imitating Song Ershu's appearance and staring at Song Zhaodi.

The pancakes were inedible, and the mashed garlic was too salty to eat. Huang felt very depressed. Although the eldest daughter-in-law was not a layer, she was able to work and had no temper. Mistakes.

Thinking of Mrs. Li who pretended to be sick and couldn't come out to cook, Mrs. Huang's face became even more gloomy. She tore the pancakes in her hands vigorously, soaked them in the hot porridge, and cursed fiercely: "Eat one or two and drink my cakes." Yes, you want me to serve you! You are ruthless, very vicious, and you will bear a grudge after you scold her. If it weren't for my kindness, you should have divorced her long ago, and my son will have a future..."

When Second Aunt Song first heard Huang's swearing, her body froze from fright. Her mother-in-law opened her mouth so fiercely that she could say anything when she scolded people. It didn't matter who you were, she couldn't bear it. live.However, after hearing a few sentences, Second Aunt Song realized that Mrs. Huang was scolding Mrs. Li, her sister-in-law. Knowing that Mrs. Huang didn't plan to pursue her for today's matter, she quickly bowed her head and ate obediently.

There was a lot of commotion in the Song family hall, Dong Bao and Li Shi could vaguely hear it in the east room, but except for Song Zhaodi's crying, the rest of the voices were indistinct.

Li Shi lay on the bed and sighed: "What's the matter again?"

"Mother, don't worry about them." Dong Bao said, "You see, don't they still eat hot meals without you at noon? We're not here, so they will just recruit Sister Di."

Mrs. Li turned over with pity in her expression, "Zhaodi is also a poor child. Your second uncle and aunt take care of your son, and your grandma... is like that again."

Dong Bao couldn't help but rolled his eyes where no one was around. Uncle Song and Aunt Song didn't love Song Zhaodi very much. If Mrs. Li wants to pity her, she has to see if Song Zhaodi is popular or not, with a lazy and mean personality I have learned a lot from her parents. Cutting pig grass and feeding chickens has always been slow, and it was her turn to clean the pigsty and perfunctory. It's just that Bao doesn't have a good voice, and she doesn't have any respect for Li's elder who is an aunt, and she just glances at people.

"Leave her alone, let's make a bodhisattva cross the river by ourselves." Dong Bao said, she was slightly disgusted by Li's sympathy. If Li's not too kind, she wouldn't even be ignored by Song Zhaodi .

Seeing that her daughter's expression and tone were not the same as before, Li also knew that Song Zhaodi had bullied Dong Bao a lot, so she stopped talking and only sighed inwardly.Song Zhaodi was the first child of the Song family's generation. She was fat and fat when she was born, and she didn't make much trouble.It stands to reason that the farmer's family has their first grandson, whether it is a male grandson or a female grandson, it is a happy event, and they must like the first child.It's just that she hasn't given birth to a child for so many years since she entered the house. The family had too much expectations for the baby in Aunt Song's stomach. When they finally saw that the baby was a girl, they were naturally not very angry. A good child would be raised.

After dinner, Second Aunt Song excused herself to be heavy and uncomfortable, and casually ordered Song Zhaodi to wash the dishes, dragged Second Uncle Song back to the West Wing, closed the door, and immediately asked Mrs. Huang what she wanted from him.

Song Yu told the original story, but concealed the fact that Mrs. Huang had given him twenty dollars.Second Aunt Song patted her legs happily, and urged: "Then you have to go quickly! She talks about the Shan family's marriage all day long, and in her eyes, Dong Bao is destined to be a young mistress? I don’t want to see if she wants her daughter! Let us pay her the funeral money of her man for her, bah! Don’t be ashamed! I heard from Mrs. Li two days ago that there is a good girl in her family’s village, who is only 12 years old , someone offered a dowry of 30 taels of silver!"

(End of this chapter)