Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 17 Food
Mr. Ning Er is ill.

Erfang didn't tell Ning Liang and Yu Shi. Ning Liang saw the donkey that Dr. Xie rode on his visits tied to Erfang's yard, so he found out after asking.

It turned out that the second old man Ning didn't get off the kang after admitting what happened back then, and he felt more and more uncomfortable after lying down for a few days. Uncle Ning didn't care about it before. God.It was only later that he realized that he was really sick, so he hurriedly called for a doctor.

Doctor Xie took a look at the pulse, and said that both qi and blood were deficient, liver stagnation and qi stagnation, and wrote a prescription for Uncle Ning to take six doses of medicine and take it first.

Ning Liang volunteered to send Dr. Xie back, and helped fetch the medicine. When he came back, it was already dark, so he took the medicine home, had dinner, and then went to the second room to persuade the second uncle.Outsiders didn't know, but the Ning family knew in their hearts that the second old man was not really sick, but a heart disease.As for heart disease, it is natural that the crux of the problem must be solved before it can be cured.

Father stayed in the second room for one night, and came back at dawn the next day. Ning Wan woke up hearing the "squeak" of the door, and listened to father's novel to mother: "I told my second uncle and elder brother that the food in the future will be all gone." No more."

"If you don't want it, then don't, don't pour out your life for a few stones of grain, we don't want to bear it, do we?"

"Yeah, I also want to give this accumulated blessing in your stomach."

Yu said again: "I think since my father-in-law can let Wan'er expose the matter, he will definitely be able to bless me to give birth to a son this time."

"Definitely."

Parents are just too soft-hearted. Although they are good-natured, what's the use in Sanjia Village?Can only be bullied.

After Ning Qing got up, he was a little unhappy to know that his father no longer wanted food from the second room. After all, according to his uncle's previous promise, he would send food after this year's autumn harvest, so wouldn't his family be richer when he bought his dowry?
But she also knew that she had made her parents unhappy these days, so she didn't dare to say anything, instead she secretly instigated Ning Wan, "Father shouldn't not want the food from the second room, even the third room should be. , the life at home will be more prosperous. Parents have always liked you, so go and tell them that the second and third bedrooms cannot be cheaper!"

Ning Wan will not be persuaded by Ning Qing, "You can talk about it if you think it's good, your parents love you too, just look at your dowry, it's always the first in our three villages, it's more than the elder sister's." .”

The dowry money from the eldest sister-in-law's family was eight guan, and her parents added another eight guan. Although the jewelry and clothes were the same as Ning Qing's, Ning Qing had a few more pairs of shoes.

Ning Qing was choked for a long time without saying a word, and she suspected that Ning Wan would ask for more dowry than her own in the future, and since then she became even more tired of Yaomei, so this time she stopped arguing and changed to ignore her.

Ning Wan naturally ignored Ning Qing, just as she had a reason not to help Ning Qing with the dowry.So these days she asked for her parents' shoes and began to make a pair of shoes for each of them, but unlike Ning Qing who only made easy-to-make uppers and soles, she made the soles by herself.

Parents are naturally happy to see their daughter thinking about them, Ning Qing is angry again, but there is nothing he can do.

Ning Wanyuan didn't think that she must get back the food owed by the second and third bedrooms. What she wanted to know was the truth and the future countermeasures. Right now, it would only be a few stones of grain if she was entangled with the second and third bedrooms. I've got my eyes on it, but I think it's better to get rid of the second and third bedrooms because of this.

From now on, the second and third bedrooms will be a head shorter in front of the big room, and will never become a stumbling block for the big room to make a fortune again!
Unexpectedly, one night a few days later, the uncle came to the big room again, and instead of sitting down, he said to his father and mother, "I must pay back the food, but don't tell my father."

Ning Liang quickly stood up, "Brother, I said I don't want it, but I really don't want it."

The mother also said: "Second uncle, and the passed away second aunt are good to us, so what is the food?"

The uncle shook his head, "I will definitely pay it back." Then he left.

Parents sat down and shook their heads and sighed, "Brother's temper is the most stubborn."

Ning Wan nodded. The uncle in her dream was also like this. Although he seldom talked, he treated her very well, especially after the second old man passed away. The mountain goods left in front of Zhao's house, and they refused to meet each other, let alone accept their own money and things.

Sure enough, father and mother also said: "Your uncle is a kind and friendly person!"

In a blink of an eye, it was February [-]th, and the matchmaker hired by the Liu family came to make an appointment. Ning Wan stood in the east room and went out after listening to the dowry offer. When you marry the eldest daughter-in-law, it is twelve times, and when it comes to the second daughter-in-law, it will be several times more, which is hard to justify.Unless, unless it was calculated in advance and wanted to cheat the dowry money.

Right now, parents will definitely add twelve guan to Ning Qing's pressure box. It is not difficult for Ning Wan to figure it out. Now that the family has eight guan, there will be a few more guan in the autumn harvest, and a few more pigs will be fed this year. , Selling it in winter is another fortune. Even if there is a slight shortage, you can borrow some from other houses and pay it back in the next autumn, so there is no need to sell the land.

It's just that when the matchmaker comes, the family will naturally entertain him. This time, he's not a junior like Shopkeeper Liu, so it's much more solemn.The Ning family also prepared more carefully.

The day before the visitor, make tofu first, soak the soybeans in cold water for several hours, then grind the soybeans into a slurry with a millstone, filter the soybean milk with a cold cloth, remove the bean dregs, boil them in a large pot, and then put them Add brine and stir in the tank, and finally put it in a wooden box specially used for making tofu and press it well. The tofu has been made before the guests come.

Making tofu is not difficult, but the raw material for making tofu, soybeans, is expensive.Sanjia Village also grows soybeans, but because the yield of soybeans is very low, it is only half of that of sorghum at the peak, and it can't even exceed [-] catties per mu when it is low, so each family does not grow too much.But it’s impossible not to grow soybeans, because soybeans have too many uses, and making soy sauce and extracting oil is a must for farmers. As for tofu, although it is delicious, it is too much to cook two or three times a year.

When making tofu, you can also drink soy milk, that is, the filtered bean dregs, fried with oil, is also a very beautiful dish, so the day before the matchmaker came, the Ning family raised the standard of tea and rice again.

When it was the right day, Ning Liang killed two chickens at home early in the morning, then went to the town to buy two catties of pork, a few kinds of delicate vegetables grown in the greenhouse by the townspeople, and then spent all the decent vegetables in the house. Eat, fix a table of sumptuous banquets.

Prepare food and wine, but also please accompany guests.The matchmaker is a female guest, so Yu's naturally wanted to invite the old lady of the Guo family, the old lady of the Yu family and the third aunt who had the highest seniority in Sanjia Village.The old lady Guo and the three old ladies of the Ning family were uncomfortable in the big house of the Ning family, and they felt sour because of the good marriage of Ning Qing, but in front of the matchmaker, no matter how unreasonable they were, they dared not Show off a little.After all, the matchmaker is an outsider, so it is impossible for her to know that each family in Sanjia Village has deep conflicts.

Although Sanjia Village is not big, it is well-known in the whole town. Everyone knows that the folk customs here are the most honest. The three families are like a family. They couldn't be more united and friendly. Everyone in Sanjia Village works hard to maintain such a good reputation.

After the dowry was given, Ning Qing's marriage was formally settled, and her father took her to the town to buy all the cloth and the like for the dowry. .

The meals at home are more monotonous than before. Three meals a day, except for sorghum rice, are sorghum nests, and pickles are still pickles.Originally, there should be a lot of sauerkraut to eat at this time, after all, sauerkraut can be kept longer than cabbage.But because Sanfang's sauerkraut was pickled and smelly, I have been eating Dafang's since winter, so it has long since disappeared.

When Ning Wan set her sights on her own chicken again, both her father and mother firmly objected, "There is only one crowing rooster and one laying hen left in the house, and we can't eat any more!"

Yu coaxed her again, "Wan'er, there was still some tofu I made when the matchmaker came two days ago, and my mother made frozen tofu outside. Don't you like frozen tofu the most? And there is a cabbage at home. I will cook cabbage for you tonight."

When the weather just turned warm this year, there would be a chicken plague. At that time, there would not be a single chicken left in Sanjia Village, so Ning Wan kept proposing to kill the chickens.But now seeing Yu's face full of vigilance, seeming to regard the remaining two chickens as treasures, Ning Wan couldn't help laughing.Even if you really make a fuss about killing the chicken and eating it, your mother won't be able to eat it, but she will be so distressed that you can't sleep, and my father is not too bad.

Forget it, just spare these two **s.Of course, they don't have a long life, but it's a pity that I can't make up for my mother anymore.

Yu originally thought that Yaonu was flirting with her second daughter. After all, she came to the matchmaker's house and killed two chickens that day. She was worried that she would not be able to coax Yaonu well, but when she saw her go away with a smile, she felt sorry for her younger daughter.Since the youngest daughter was injured in the first month, she came to Guo's house with illness and asked for eight Guan money back. She also settled the affairs of the second and third bedrooms, and brought a bag of grain. How much credit has she made for the family?But I can't even eat a chicken.

But there are only two chickens in the family, and besides crowing and laying eggs, they also need to be used to hatch chicks, and Yu is really reluctant.So at night, I really stewed Chinese cabbage and frozen tofu, added a big spoonful of lard, brought it up and put it in front of Ning Wan, "Eat more."

Ning Wan really likes to eat frozen tofu.In fact, frozen tofu is to freeze tofu, but it will be different after thawing and cooking.From the outside, after being frozen, the tofu is no longer white and tender, but turns a vicissitudes of yellow, and there are many holes of different sizes; when you eat it, it is not as soft as before. Instead, it has a little toughness, and because those holes can absorb a lot of soup, they can contain a very rich taste.

(End of this chapter)