Liangyue Farm Gate

Chapter 26
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Open the lid of the pot, and a strong smell of chicken soup hits you.The taro boiled for about 10 minutes. Li Xin took chopsticks to test the softness and firmness. The outside was already soft, but the inside was still a bit hard.He poured out the leftover rice from yesterday and asked Axiu to lower the heat, scooped the pot and put the lid back on.

When the chicken soup got better, Li Xin thought about making twice-cooked pork.Although it is not good to eat greasy food in the morning, but the conditions at home are like this, so I can't be particular about it.

Guan Wen is a man, so he no longer stays in the kitchen when he has a wife, and goes to the main room to set the table.Li Xin and A Xiu chatted without saying a word, A Xiu mostly told Li Xin how good her elder brother was, Li Xin listened with a smile all the time.She is still very satisfied with the man she married.

The rice with taro and chicken soup was cooked. Li Xin filled a big pot and put it on the counter on the other side of the stove. After cleaning the pot, he fried the fat pork and cabbage left over from yesterday.Because there is no special watercress seasoning, Li Xin can only use some sugar and sesame oil to stir-fry.

Axiu couldn't stop swallowing when she smelled the aroma, and couldn't help asking: "Sister-in-law, what, what kind of dish is this..."

"Twice-cooked pork."

Li Xin didn't stop moving his hands, he quickly finished frying the pot, and put it aside.Axiu turned off the fire, and Li Xin scooped water into the pot to keep it warm. After eating, she could wash the dishes in hot water.

"young married woman."

Just as he was thinking whether to serve the food now or wait until the tea ceremony was over, Guan Wen entered the kitchen and took her hand lightly and said, "Father and grandpa are up, let's greet them."

"Well, let's go."

Li Xin took Guan Wen to wash his hands quickly, while Axiu giggled and said, "Brother really loves sister-in-law."

"Someone will love you soon." Li Xin was not afraid of other people's jokes at all, and replied with a smile, which made Axiu blush.

Li Xin hadn't been to the Guan family's main room yet. When she got married, she was covered with a hijab. After getting up today, she has been busy working in the kitchen. Only now did she see the whole picture of the Guan family's main room.

The main room is equivalent to the living room of a home and is the largest room.The main room of the Guan family is not too big.It's true, the new house is so narrow, how big can the main room be?After crossing the threshold and looking up, the main room is very high, but... there are two coffins hanging above the head.

Old people in rural areas will prepare a coffin for themselves early, commonly known as "coffin book".I heard before that the house is not big enough, and the coffins prepared by the old man will be hung up. I think this is the case when I come to Guan's house.It was lying on two thick logs, and I wasn't worried that it would fall down, but seeing the coffin early in the morning still made Li Xin feel a little uncomfortable.

Guan Wen led Li Xin in, and Lao Guan and Guan Ming were already sitting upright in their seats, with two dilapidated futons in front of them.On the left and right stood Guan Wen's younger brother and younger sister.

Guan Wen knelt down first, followed by Li Xin, and kowtowed to the two elders.Li Xin offered tea to them again.

When it was given to the old juncture, the old juncture quickly picked it up, took a sip of it, took a sip from his pocket, and finally took out a small piece of silver for him, handed it to Li Xin and said: "Dear me!" Grandson's daughter-in-law, good, good!"

Li Xin took the dirty piece of silver, and said "Thank you, Grandpa" to Lao Guan, and Lao Guan cheerfully asked her to continue.

He served tea to Guan Ming again, but Guan Ming made a statement and said, "Ah Wen's daughter-in-law, since she is married to our Guan family, she must abide by the rules of our Guan family and live a happy life with Ah Wen."

Li Xin answered "yes", with no dissatisfaction visible on his face.Guan Ming was very satisfied, and said: "You should do housework, don't be lazy. You are the eldest daughter-in-law, you should set an example, and when your fourth sister-in-law gets married, you will have to supervise her."

Li Xin laughed secretly in his heart that this father-in-law likes to put on airs, he nodded and replied, "Yes, father-in-law."

Guan Ming just took a sip of the tea, straightened his waist, and took it out of his pocket. The broken silver he took out was slightly smaller than the old one. It must have been discussed by them. To give, but not to give too much, is a meaning.What Guan Ming gave couldn't go beyond the old juncture, and the sum of the meeting gifts given to Li Xin by the two of them was only half a tael of silver, but Li Xin was content.

Serving tea to the two elders is considered to have entered the door of Guan's house.Li Xin said with a smile: "Before I came, I gave the shoes to my grandfather and father-in-law, and my daughter-in-law will go get them now." Then he entered the new house, took out the shoes from the dowry box, and presented them respectfully.

At the old juncture, he happily picked it up in his hand and touched it, but Guan Ming coughed pretendingly, "Awen's daughter-in-law's craftsmanship is pretty good." He didn't say anything more.

Of course, this is just a matter of etiquette, Li Xin won't care too much, after all, this thing is considered a wish.

Then they introduced other family members of the Guan family.

Guan Wu is simple and honest, Guan Quan is clever, Guan Zhicheng is a scholar, at the age of 16, he looks at Li Xin with contempt, and there is an arrogance that makes people feel uncomfortable.

The three younger brothers all called sister-in-law, and Li Xin obviously felt that Guan Zhicheng was reluctant to call her sister-in-law.

When it was the turn of the two beautiful sister-in-laws, Axiu was familiar with her, but Amei was a little timid, and would hide behind Axiu when she saw her.

Li Xin watched a farce in the Guan family that day, and vaguely remembered that the Sun family had beaten his sister-in-law at home, so he should be referring to A-mei.It would be better if this sister is cowardly, she can turn around and get along better.

A-mei called "Sister-in-law" in a low voice, Li Xin smiled softly, and said, "Is dinner ready? Axiu, A-mei, come and help sister-in-law bring the food."

Axiu hurriedly said: "Okay, I've been wanting to eat for a long time." But Amei pursed her lips and remained silent.

Li Xin didn't care, and brought a large bowl of rice with taro and chicken soup, and Axiu took the bowls and chopsticks from behind, all washed by Li Xin.Li Xinyun brought out some of the two pots of twice-cooked pork and put it in a bowl for the three women, and A Xiuduo went to fetch it.

After the food was served, Li Xin also arranged the bowls and chopsticks in a timely manner, and said to the old man: "Grandpa, Ah Wen said that you don't like the hard ones, but the taro is soft. Can you try it? The meat is all Stewed ones won't knock your teeth."

At the old juncture, he said yes repeatedly with a smile, Li Xin put out the soup and rice, and the twice-cooked pork happened to be on the table.

"Wow, what is so fragrant!"

Guan Quan sniffed it, and fixed his eyes on the twice-cooked pork in Axiu's hand.Axiu smiled and said, "The breakfast made by sister-in-law is delicious."

At the old juncture, I took a sip of chicken soup and rice, and my mouth slammed, "It's delicious and fragrant!"

Guan Wen brought over the twice-cooked pork, thinking that Li Xin had been busy since he got up in the morning, and hurriedly said: "It's all here, you can eat it too."

Li Xin's heart warmed, and she nodded softly. After serving the men of the Guan family, she turned around and went to the kitchen.

A-mei was just bored eating, A-Xiu kept saying that the food was delicious, and Li Xin responded from time to time that she was already hungry and started eating too.

Axiu couldn't help imitating Li Xin's eating movements, chewing movements, and the posture of resting her hands on the small table.Li Xin was stared at several times and found that Axiu was imitating her, so he glanced at himself, "What's wrong?"

"No..." Axiu smiled shyly, "I just think that my sister-in-law looks pretty when she eats. The aunts and sister-in-laws in the village always eat with a big mouth. My sister-in-law eats very much, um, yes, delicate……"

Li Xin smiled, seeing that A-mei had been holding the cabbage leaves in front of her, and gave her a piece of meat, "A-mei, eat more, girls are still fatter and more beautiful."

A-mei raised her head in surprise, her eyes were wet.

Li Xin had met Amei that day, and she was very soft-tempered.Axiu is better. When Mrs. Sun married, she was almost sensible, and her personality was almost settled, so she won't suffer if she marries in the future.But for a girl like Amei, she is at the mercy of others when she gets married, and she is not stubborn at all.Li Xin sighed secretly, and comforted himself by saying, forget it, take your time.

(End of this chapter)