Farmhouse Qiaofei

Chapter 50

"Okay, don't say a few words." Old Man Bai pressed the center of his brows with a headache.

"You're still talking about me. Am I right? The third family is not a thing. He still hates me for selling him out. Otherwise, why didn't the others get separated, but he did. He even gave me a face a few days ago, he hates me, he doesn't treat me like a mother..."

Until Bai Shao and his father reached the door of the West Side House, Mrs. Liu was still complaining endlessly in the main room, telling about Bai Chuanbai's unfilial piety.

Bai Shao is a little angry, but also a little funny.

It was obvious that the other sons of the Bai family did not want to bear the debt of 200 taels of silver, and jointly "expelled" Bai Chuanbai from the Bai family. How did it fall into Liu's mouth? It became Bai Chuanbai who hated her and wanted to divide her home.

Especially the one that was sold made Bai Shao wondered even more.

"Father." She raised her head and tugged at Bai Chuanbai's sleeve, "Father, grandma said she sold you, what's going on?"

"It's nothing." Bai Chuanbai seemed unwilling to bring up these things, and only vaguely said, "Dad went out to work for a period of time."

"Oh." Bai Shao nodded thoughtfully.

Bai Chuanbai and Wu Shi seemed to keep secret about their working days in the past.

When Bai Wei chatted with her at night, Wu stopped Bai Wei.

Now Bai Shao asks Bai Chuanbai, and Bai Chuanbai is also vague in the past.

It can be seen that there must be something that Bai Shao doesn't want to know.

What is it?
Bai Shao was very curious, but she didn't persist in asking, but thought that one day she would know.Afterwards, he took Bai Chuanbai's hand and happily returned to the west side room.

"Mother, what are you going to have for dinner tonight?" Bai Shao asked as soon as she entered the west side room.

Mrs. Wu looked over with a worried face, "I don't have any pots and pans, and I don't even have two wooden chopsticks. How can I eat?"

"Mother, let's go to Dachun's house to borrow some steamed buns and bake some steamed buns." Bai Shao didn't think there was anything to worry about, but said happily, "I remember that Dachun told me yesterday that her family steamed steamed buns. It's over."

Compared with the very south-to-back orientation, Anyang County is located on the middle line of the Central Plains, slightly to the south, and the climate is warm and humid, which is more suitable for growing rice.Wheat can also survive.Therefore, the farmers here only grow wheat and rice in two seasons.

The staple food is also rice and pasta, and the family can cook more of whatever they like.

For example, Mrs. Liu prefers rice, so the Bai family eats rice every now and then. Occasionally, they make steamed buns twice, and that's what old master Bai wanted to eat.

But Wu Shi doesn't like to eat rice, this is what Bai Shao observed.

When the Bai family made rice, Wu's ate less, and when they made steamed buns and steamed buns, Wu ate a little more.

"That's okay." Hearing Bai Shao's words, Mrs. Wu shook her head, "These days, there are people who borrow needles and threads, and there are people who borrow money, but there are... people who borrow steamed buns."

"Mother." Bai Shao smiled and snuggled into Wu's arms, "Don't we have nothing tonight, besides, Aunt Dachun has a good relationship with you, we can chat and chat from time to time, just borrow a steamed bun, Dachun Aunt Chun will definitely be willing, if not, we will pay for it..."

"Da Chun Niang won't take your money." Mrs. Wu hurriedly cut off Bai Shao's words, "The two families have a good relationship, and it is most taboo to raise money when you get something. When it comes to money, people think you are too old. OK."

"Hee hee, that's why we have nothing to eat. Aunt Dachun will definitely be willing to borrow it." Bai Shao said, stood up from Wu Shi's arms, took Bai Wei's hand, and left the West Side House , "Mom, just wait here."

Seeing this, Wu could only helplessly shake his head and sigh.

With short legs, Bai Shao ran to Da Chun's house next door, knocked on the door, and when Da Chun Niang came out to open the door, she said with a smile that she wanted to borrow some steamed buns.

"What's the matter, Xiao Shaoer, what's the matter?" Da Chunniang is 28 years old this year, a little younger than Wu's, she is smart in life, but not very strong, otherwise she would not have a relationship with Wu alright.

"Hello, Aunt Dachun." Bai Shao greets people first, with a sweet voice, coupled with a good appearance, but everyone's heart can't help but melt.

"Oh, little Shao'er is good, but what's the matter?" Da Chunniang narrowed her eyes with a smile, bent down, and pinched Bai Shao's cheek.

This is a way for farmers to express their love. They always like to pinch the children's faces, and some people simply hug them or give them a kiss.

"Auntie Dachun, we don't have a pot to cook at night, so I want to borrow two steamed buns from Auntie Dachun." Bai Shao said, smiling shyly.

Da Chunniang was taken aback, but she didn't expect someone to borrow steamed buns.

The news of the division of the Bai family has been spread all over Shilipu, and she also knows about it.

Isn't it just a separate family, how can they not even give them a bite of food.

But thinking about Liu's character, it seems that everything is not surprising.

"Okay, Auntie will bring you a few." After thinking it through, Da Chun Niang smiled heartily, "Xiao Shao'er and Wei'er, come with me."

The two sisters entered Dachun's house hand in hand, and after a short meeting, Dachunniang took six steamed buns, wrapped them in oiled paper, and handed them to Bai Wei.

"Auntie, I don't need that much." Bai Wei declined when she thought that one pot would only steam twelve, and Da Chun Niang would be equivalent to taking out half of the pot.

"Why are you being polite to my aunt? Naturally, you children can't eat one, but your father and mother are adults, so one is not enough." Dachun Niang waved at them and smiled, "Don't be polite to your aunt, take Go eat it, and get it if you don't have enough."

"Hey, okay, thank you, aunt." Having said this, Bai Wei is no longer humble, but only remembers Da Chunniang's kindness in her heart, and then pulls Bai Shao with a sweet smile, and leaves Dachun Home.

After returning to the west side house, Bai Shao put down the steamed buns, tied them together with Bai Wei, and began to calculate how much money he would spend on buying things tomorrow.

Because it took too long to eat lunch, it can be said that it was almost evening when the banquet was over, so there was no big meeting, and dinner was made in the main room.

Bai Laosan's family didn't move, they didn't want to go out, they didn't want to watch the people in the main room eat, so they deliberately avoided the people in the main room.

After eating in the main room, they cleaned up the dishes before starting to prepare their own dinner.

According to Wu's idea, it is to boil some hot water, soak the steamed buns and eat them.

Bai Shao couldn't help but stop Wu Shi, commanding Bai Chuanbai to slice the steamed buns into pieces with the only knife left at home.

Then he asked Baiyun to build a small fire at the door, and asked Baiwei to break a few twigs, remove the bark, and leave smooth wooden branches.

When the fire was extinguished and only the fire remained, Bai Shao inserted the cleaned wooden branches into the steamed buns, put them on the embers of the fire, and turned them around to bake.

After a short meeting, the first one was baked, and Bai Shao handed it to Bai Wei, asking her to try it.

"This, it's all burnt, can I eat it..." Bai Wei circled around the baked buns wonderingly.

"The place where it is burnt is fragrant." Bai Shao smiled. Although her cooking skills are not very good, she is still a person who has eaten barbecue.

You know, anyone who often eats barbecue knows that lamb skewers are nothing, and grilled steamed buns are the best.

Bai Wei took a bite suspiciously, and only heard a "click", the crispy outer skin of the steamed bun slices was bitten apart, the soft inner layer matched the crispy outer skin, and the slightly burnt aroma rushed from the mouth to the tip of the nose, making people After chewing, I couldn't help but take another bite.

After three or five bites, a piece of steamed bun was eaten by Bai Wei.

"It's really delicious." Although there are no seasonings sprinkled on it, the crispness of the steamed buns is enough to make people love it.

"It's good as long as it's delicious." Bai Shao smiled, and handed the two slices of steamed buns to Wu Shi and Bai Chuanbai respectively.

"Shao'er, you eat." Wu felt sorry for Bai Shao, and wanted to take over for Bai Shao to bake, and handed her the baked steamed bun slices, letting her eat first.

"Mother, eat first. These steamed buns are not heavy at all. Besides, my sister and I bake them together." Bai Shao smiled and handed the unbaked steamed buns to Bai Wei. Squatting next to the fire, turning around and roasting.

Bai Wei's technique is not good, at the beginning it was always burnt, but he gradually mastered the trick, and finally he was able to bake crispy steamed buns.

"It's delicious, it's really delicious. Where did you learn this method, Shao'er?" Bai Chuanbai talked to Bai Shao while eating.

Bai Shao's hand holding the wooden stick froze, her eyeballs rolled around, and she said slowly, "I saw other people eating like this, so Shao'er remembered it, but what other people eat is meat, we can only eat it." Eat steamed buns..."

Bai Chuanbai's hand holding the steamed buns froze, and after a while, he sighed and said, "Don't worry, Shao'er, Dad will work hard to make money in the future so that you can eat meat."

"That's really great." Bai Shao's heart relaxed, and she turned her head with a smile. She wanted to give Bai Chuanbai a smile, but unexpectedly found that there seemed to be a figure standing on the window of the east side room.

Bai Shao took a closer look, she turned out to be the youngest daughter of Bai Chuanlian's family, Bai Ying.

"Sister Yingzi, come here." Bai Shao waved at her, she still had a good impression of this little girl who helped her twice.

Bai Ying was taken aback for a moment, and then slowly ran over from the house on the east side, but she didn't stand very close, there was a certain distance from them.

"Here, Sister Yingzi, have a taste of my cooking." Bai Shao hooked the corner of her mouth, and handed the freshly baked steamed buns to Bai Ying, "Here, Sister Yingzi, we are a family."

At first, Baiying refused to pick up the food, but after saying so, Baiying was willing to take the steamed buns and ate them bit by bit.

"Elder Sister Yingzi, what did you have for dinner?" Bai Shao turned around and asked pretending to be casual while continuing to bake steamed buns.

"It's a piece of big vegetables, and the stir-fried ones are heated separately." Baiying finished eating the sliced ​​steamed buns, and said in a low voice, "Grandma likes to eat those stir-fried vegetables, so I told you not to mix them together."

"Did grandma say anything else?" Bai Shao baked another piece of steamed bun and handed it to Bai Ying again.

This time, Baiying shook her head and didn't take it. She only said hesitantly, "My grandma said that the third uncle's family is heartless and asked for her money and her land...but it's fine to leave. In the future, uncle If you make a lot of money, it has nothing to do with third uncle..."

Bai Chuanbai, who was eating with his head down, suddenly broke the wooden branch in his hand.

Bai Ying raised her head in a panic, glanced at the location of the main room, not daring to stay here any longer, said something to Bai Shao, and hurried back to the east side room.

(End of this chapter)