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Chapter 22 White Rice

Back home, the milk hadn't risen yet, so Su Jin quickly got into the space, took out about ten catties of white rice, put it in a pocket, and put it on the chopping board together with two catties of pork.

The husband started to cook the meat, Su Jin decided to steam the meat tonight and cook it with rice in one pot, which would save time and firewood.

Mrs. Chen woke up in the smell of meat, opened the curtain, and watched her granddaughter cooking fire by the stove, with layers of water vapor rising from the lid of the pot, and a strong smell of meat came over her face.

"Jin'er! What are you doing?" "Grandma, are you awake?" Seeing Mrs. Chen's bewildered look, Su Jin said mischievously, "Grandma, let's have a good meal tonight and celebrate your granddaughter. And earn money too."

Looking at the happy little granddaughter, Chen swallowed the words that came to his lips.But when she saw the white rice on the chopping board, Chen couldn't calm down.

"Jin'er! Did you buy this white rice?" "Well! Let's eat white rice and steamed meat at night." "Oh! My little ancestor, do you know how expensive this white rice is? It's just a small bag of white rice The money is enough for our family to live for a month."

"Grandma, let's have a meal tonight, and you put away the rest. Every now and then, you and my grandpa will cook some porridge to replenish our health."

Chen wanted to say something, but seeing her little granddaughter's cute appearance, she didn't say anything.

The brothers and sisters of the Gu family also returned to Xialiu Village in a bullock cart. The bullock cart drove into the Gu family compound, and Gu Mianmian was helped out of the bullock cart by the younger brother.

The Gu Family Courtyard is located at the head of the village. It is a square courtyard. Both the upper room and the wing room are covered with tiled roofs and brick walls.

Gu Mianmian, who was in a good mood, walked across the yard, said hello to the elders she met, and went straight to the back door.

Outside the back door of Gu's house is a small forest, to be precise: it's just some artificially planted fruit trees that aren't very mature.Because they are not good at management, the growth of fruit trees is not satisfactory.

Among these fruit trees, there are three tile-roofed houses. Gu Mianmian pushed open the front door and walked into the east room. Looking at Gu Chen who was sitting on the kang reading a book, she opened her big eyes pretending to be serious, and said excitedly. : "Brother, guess who I met when I went to town today?"

Looking at his younger sister with bright eyes, Gu Chen was very happy to cooperate to satisfy her little vanity. "Who did Mianmian meet?" "Brother, I met my sister-in-law today."

"Sister-in-law?" Gu Chen just thought of that shy and persistent little guy with a slight hesitation.Without realizing it, a smile gradually filled the corners of his mouth.

"How did Mianmian meet Jin'er?" "Hey, hey, Jin'er, big brother is so nasty, and sister-in-law hasn't even passed the door yet, so you started to be Jin'er." Facing his younger sister's teasing, Gu Chen didn't think so. meaning.

"Mianmian, do you like sister-in-law?" "Yeah! Not only is sister-in-law good-looking, she also looks better than some people, and sister-in-law looks more pleasing to the eye than those people."

The siblings were talking, but there was a noisy voice outside, "Brother!" "It's okay, it should be Dad leading the mason to look at the terrain." "Oh!"

The old lady of the Gu family decided to make it his and Jin'er's new house here, and he had no objection, after all, he had lived here for several years, so there could be less controversy if he wasn't in the compound.However, he made a request to his family that this place must be surrounded by a courtyard wall and become an independent small courtyard. He didn't want anyone to come to his house without making a noise.

Mrs. Gu disagreed at first, saying it was a waste of money. Later, Mr. Gu felt that the eldest grandson married and lived in a compound is enough for people to talk about. They are living in a house without walls. If it spreads, their Gu family will really lose face in the future To see people.

Regardless of the old lady's obstruction, she resolutely asked the old lady to give money to the eldest son, and find someone to enclose the yard for the eldest grandson. For this matter, the old lady Gu often scolded Gu Chen as a prodigal son and Su Jin as a mourner. door star.Su Jin didn't know that she had already registered with Mrs. Gu.

At dusk, Su Xiucai and his son returned home together. As soon as they approached their yard, they were deeply attracted by the tangy fragrance.

"Father, hurry up, what is our family cooking so delicious today?" "I don't know!" Su's father and son walked into the house with saliva in their mouths.

Su Hao was still yelling, "Mother, what delicious food are you cooking today? You can smell the fragrance from afar, I'm so hungry."

"You greedy boy, your mother is not here, take your elder sister to your uncle's house to stay for a few days." "Oh!" Su Hao didn't care, but Su Xiucai pondered something in his heart, seeing his old mother's attitude when she spoke, The two girls must have done something that the old lady couldn't bear, and they were sent back to the mountain village by the old lady.

"Come on! Let's serve dinner. Let's take advantage of my little granddaughter and have a good meal today." Seeing his son and grandson come back, Mr. Su hurriedly gave way to dinner.

He came back a long time ago, and he heard the old wife say that the little granddaughter cooks delicious food, but the smell has been dry for a long time.

Su Xiucai couldn't react to what her father said. "Mother, what's going on?" "The clothes that Jin'er made today were bought by someone, so we, Jin'er, bought white rice and pork to make us a delicious meal."

"White rice?" Hearing these two words, not only Su Hao was surprised, but even Su Xiucai found it inconceivable.

"My dear, Second Sister, did you really buy white rice?" "Yes!" "Then I can eat more later."

As long as Su Hao can remember, although the food and drink at home are pretty good, but he has never bought white rice.White rice, this kind of food can only be eaten by rich people, he hasn't eaten it yet!

Looking at the eldest grandson whose eyes were about to focus, Mrs. Chen told the father and son to wash their hands, and they could have dinner right away.

Grandpa Su took his son and grandson to sit at the table first, smelling the tempting fragrance, just for a short while, it felt like years.

Chen used a rag to pad his hands, and brought in a wooden basin filled with white rice.There was a sweet smell of rice, Su Hao's eyes almost fell into the pot, and he sniffed, "Grandma, this white rice is really fragrant!" Sixty bucks can't buy it!"

"I'm going, grandma, did my second sister pick up gold? Are you so willing?" "You kid, you can joke, this is your second sister's money for selling clothes, buy us delicious food."

Mrs. Chen brought the wooden bowls, and each of them filled a bowl. Su Hao took a bite, squinted his eyes in satisfaction and said, "Grandma, this white rice is chewy and sweet, even if there are no vegetables, I can eat it for two." bowl."

Seeing the big grandson's sample, old man Su smiled happily. "Your sister bought ten catties, let's eat slowly."

"Really!" "I can still fool you?" "I knew I was the best."

"Come on, let's eat meat!" Following the words, Su Jin raised the door curtain, and Mrs. Chen walked into the room with a rag on her hands and a clay basin.

(End of this chapter)