Rebirth Farmhouse

Chapter 194

When the sunflower is ripe, its head hangs down heavily towards the sun, with numerous and full fruits.Some tall Xiuyao have to stand on tiptoe and hook it with a sickle to break off the Chaoyang flower plate.

They applied enough fertilizer and the sunflowers grew well. Each of them was as big as a small pot, and they were so heavy that Xiuyao couldn't carry them when they were piled together.They cut sunflower heads during the day, and at night they peel the melon seeds, or use their hands, or use any utensils to make a small opening first, and then they can pull off the melon seeds with a clatter.

Sunflower is a high-yield crop, and one mu of land can produce three to four hundred catties, far exceeding wheat and millet at this time.

At this time, shopkeeper Feng came to pick up the goods again, Xiuyao earned the second seven slings, and Liu's kept there as usual.

This day, when everyone was picking melon seeds from the sunflower plate at home, they heard someone calling the door. Generally, if they were from the village, they would enter the house after saying hello.Before this person came in, Mrs. Liu knew it was a stranger, so she got up to see it herself.

Seeing an old couple outside the door, he asked, "Who are you two looking for?"

Those two people are naturally Lao Baitou and An Shi, Lao Baitou smiled and said: "We are looking for Qin Dafu, the Qin family."

Liu Shi looked at them suspiciously: "That's it, you two?"

Lao Baitou declared his family name, Lao Baitou is naturally younger than Lao Qintou and Lao Liutou, but older than Qin Dafu, so he also calls himself an old man, so people call him Lao Baitou.

Mrs. Liu called Brother Bai and sister-in-law and invited them in. The old Baitou looked embarrassed and laughed, "The misunderstanding is too deep, and the old couple came here to make amends."

Mrs. Liu humbly declined: "That's not dare, how can I let my brother and sister-in-law behave like this, please sit in the room." Then she called Qin Dafu.

Hearing this, Qin Dafu got up quickly and greeted him. He was also very happy to know that it was the Bai family. He heard from the Liu family that he knew that the old Bai family was here to make an apology.

Seeing this, Xiuqin hurried forward with her sisters to say hello.

Qin Ye and Xiuxian were watching the scene, but they were not at home. Qin Xian went to study, and they were the only ones at home.

Everyone exchanged greetings, Mrs. Liu invited them to go to the house, the old white head said: "What are you going to do in the house, let's just sit here and talk, you don't blame us, don't hold grudges against us, and let us in, we old couple, we are happy enough It's gone." Then he put down his things.

Mrs. Liu hurried to help: "My brother and sister-in-law, why are you so polite, what do you bring?"

An's smile was very unconvincing: "It's not something rare, it's all for children." Then she deliberately took out a small wooden box, handed it to Xiuqin and said: "Xiuqin, Madam has prepared some small boxes for you. Gift."

Xiuqin refused to pick it up, but Liu smiled and said, "My child is shy." Then she picked it up for Xiuqin.The old Liu family was happy with this marriage, and so was the Liu family. After all, they had long been interested in each other, and everyone was familiar with it. They also knew that An's family would not treat their children badly.

Therefore, Mrs. Liu had asked Qin Ye to communicate with Lao Liutou and Mrs. Li when Qin Ye delivered the grass, so there is no need to talk about it, let's see what the Bai family means.

Qin Dafu asked how they got here, An said: "The donkey cart at home is harvesting millet. We think the ox cart is slow, so we might as well walk fast and come here."

Seeing Liu's worried face, the old white head added: "I took a ride on the road, and I'm not tired." Everyone laughed, and Xiuqin immediately went to bring out the mung bean soup she made at home to relieve them of the heat, after all, she had traveled all the way Come here, under the sun, it's not fun.

After talking for a while, Liu Shi smiled and said, "You guys are chatting, I'll go prepare meals, if it's late, we can stay with us, our family is small, it's the same to stay at his third grandpa's house."

The old man waved his hands hurriedly and said: "That's not necessary, don't bother too much, Miss Xiuqin, don't be too busy, just cook some home-cooked meals for our family to eat."

When Xiuqin heard this, her entire face turned red, Xiuyao and Xiurong looked at each other and smiled, a little curious about what the third boy of the Bai family was like.Mrs An also saw that Xiuqin was shy, so she suggested to sit in the house, they were talking on the kang in the west, while Mrs Liu led Xiuqin and the others busy below.

Old Baitou brought ten catties of meat. He originally said he wanted to buy half a piece of pork. He thought that it would be easy to spoil in summer and it would be inconvenient to store it, so he didn't buy more. The same goes for buying other gifts with the money.

Mrs. Liu asked Xiuyao to call Xiuxian back, and asked her to go to Miaozizi to cut three catties of roast meat and buy a fish.

The Qin family's vegetable garden is full of vegetables, and it's not out of season yet, so it can fill up a table.

Mrs. Liu killed a chicken, chopped it into pieces, fried it with sesame oil, and seasoned it with pickles.He weighed five catties of the meat brought by Old Baitou, then sliced ​​it, and asked Xiuyao to mash it with garlic, and then dipped the white meat in the garlic, roasted meat, and a general crucian carp soup.In addition, I also made a few vegetables, such as fried eggplant with sauce, fried celery with meat, fried lentils with pork belly, cold salt wormwood, cucumber mixed with minced garlic, scrambled eggs with leeks, fried vegetables, etc. More than a dozen dishes.

Mrs. Liu asked Qin Dafu to sell the wine before, and now she took out all of them. Mrs. Liu said to Xiuyao, "Go and call your grandparents and your second uncle to come over for a drink and dinner."

Xiuyao heard the question and asked, "Mother, don't you call me Sandada?"

Liu Shi nodded: "Don't call me." Thinking of the troubles that happened a while ago, she still ignored Qin Sanshun and even asked him to come to dinner, she didn't want to cause trouble for herself.Naturally, she had a purpose for letting Mrs. Zhang come.

Xiuyao hummed, and ran to call, the old Qin's family was eating too, they separated, and now they are eating at the same table.Seeing her come over, Xiumei, Xiuting, and Xiujuan were all envious and jealous. Now Xiuyao can enjoy the blessings. She doesn't have to mow the grass every day, she can do whatever she wants, eat whatever she wants, and she won't wear other people's tattered clothes anymore. , are all newly made at home.Not only that, but she even wears tweed on her head. Although it is made of red ribbon, it is also very beautiful.

After these two years of nourishment, Xiuyao has grown in stature, and her appearance has also changed a lot. She is no longer as sallow as before, but now has fair skin, ruddy complexion, vivid eyes, bright eyes and white teeth, and she is a bit of a baby. Fat beautiful little girl.

Although Xiumei and the others did not admit it, they were all amazed that she was not like a little girl in the country, even though they had never seen a little girl in the city.

"Grandpa, grandma, Er Dada, my mother invites you to have a drink." The guests at home are all men and old people who accompany the table, and daughter-in-law and children are not eligible to sit on the table.

When Xiuyao said this, everyone was shocked, the sun is coming out from the west?Mrs. Liu invited them over for a drink?In the past, all the delicious food at home were brought over, but they were never allowed to eat.Don't be a Hongmen Banquet!
Wait, isn't it called Sandada?The third aunt glanced at Xiuyao and asked, "Yaoyao, didn't your mother call you Sandada?"

The third uncle glanced at her, tugged her, and signaled that she shouldn't ask, and followed him directly, whether Liu Shi would give him food or not.But even though he was very greedy, he also didn't want to meet Liu Shi face to face, and lost his temper. Everyone was embarrassed to meet each other to avoid embarrassment.

Xiuyao shook her head: "No, my mother said that I, Sandada, don't care about eating my food, so forget it." She then said to Xiuli: "Xiuli, why don't you go to my house to eat and sleep."

Xiuli said aggrievedly: "My mother said that your family does work, so I won't let me go."

With a slap, Second Aunt slapped her, "I can't keep your mouth shut, can I?"

Xiuli pouted her mouth and shed tears silently. Mother said she was not allowed to help the eldest mother's house with work, so she was not allowed to go.Mrs. Zhang glanced at her second aunt, got up and said, "This is promising." I want to separate the family all day long, and after dividing the family, can I have the ability of the old family?Don't starve to death and have to come back for help.

Mrs. Zhang tidied up and called the old man to go, but Mrs. Qin didn't move, and said in a low voice, "I won't go." After the fight with Mrs. Liu, he was ashamed and reluctant to meet and talk.Although the Liu family asked Qin Dafu to help with the work every time, but the old Qin still felt awkward, and of course it would be good to see each other less.And he felt that he was not so shallow-sighted, of course not for a meal, everything was planned for the family and the children and grandchildren.

Mrs. Zhang asked Qin Ergui to go, and Ergui went naturally, so he got up and led Xiuli to go.

The second aunt and the third aunt wanted to help the sister-in-law, but they thought that they would get angry when they were splashed with dirty water by Liu's head that time, maybe Liu's face would not be good, so they didn't look for anger.

The Xiumei and the others were also greedy, and the third aunt provoked them: "You go, your aunt can still kick you out?" The Xiumei and the others immediately got up and ran to Xiuyao's house.

Mrs. Liu waited at the door, seeing Mrs. Zhang and Qin Ergui coming, she went up to meet her, "Mother, why didn't Dad come?"

Mrs. Zhang had a smile on her face: "Your father is full. I just haven't eaten yet." Mrs. Zhang would come to eat Dafang's meal even if she was full, not to mention that she was not full on weekdays.

Qin Ergui said hello to Mrs. Liu and went in, and then Xiumei and the others also ran in, seeing Mrs. Liu shouting, "Ma'am, your family has a good meal, and we want to eat it too."

Mrs. Liu glanced at them with a smile: "Auntie's family has guests today, the house is too busy to entertain you, wait for the guests to leave, you come to eat tonight." She knew the ghosts of these three girls and If you have a bad temper, if you fight over food again at that time, it's not embarrassing enough. They will all separate. There is no need for me to educate my children for the second and third bedrooms.

Xiumei saw Xiuli in the yard, holding a cucumber in one hand and a piece of roasted sausage in the other, she was very angry, but the aunt made it clear that she would not entertain them now, so they did not dare to rush in.

Xiu Ting said angrily: "It must be because I want to eat all the delicious food during the day, and let us eat the leftovers." She turned around angrily and left.Xiumei threatened Xiuli to come out quickly and bring them some delicious food, but Xiuli refused, and entered the house pretending not to see her.

As soon as Mrs. Zhang entered the house, she saw that the stove in the main room was full of vegetables, big fish and big meat! ! !What prodigal old ladies, they actually eat big fish and big meat!There is also roasted meat, and the meat is bought and eaten directly, the heavens, the earth, this eldest daughter-in-law is going against the sky!
Mrs. Zhang felt that she was struck by lightning. Isn't this the life of the landlord's house? What is this for?Thinking of Dafang earning so much money but refusing to give it to himself, wanting to live with everyone again but failing, even threatening himself by jumping into the river, and asking his in-laws to throw pots at him to embarrass him, I am so angry!Thinking about those money every day, and not being able to meddle in the big house's affairs, she was a little too lazy to think about food, and even Xiumei didn't bother to scold her.Although she didn't dare to get angry directly, her teeth itched with hatred in her heart.

In her mind, she was thinking about hearing the voices of the old man and old lady in the room, but she didn't pay attention. She thought it was Lao Liutou and Mrs. Li. Those who don't know each other are busy smoothing things over.

An's looked at her with a half-smile: "It's my aunt, it's right to say in-laws." Several people exchanged greetings, and Qin Dafu introduced her.

There was a buzzing in Mrs. Zhang's head, and she was stunned. The Baijiatuan is so far away, did he come to the door?

The old white head also smiled, greeted her, and invited her to take a seat. Mrs. Zhang is considered an elder here, and she was dragged up to take a seat while her mind was still buzzing.Seeing Liu Shi's glance over, he felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles, feeling like he wanted to run away.

Mrs. Liu smiled as if nothing had happened: "Mother, this is Big Brother Bai and Sister-in-Law Bai. Before, Xiuqin's grandmother told me about a relationship. Because of a little misunderstanding, it almost failed. Now, it's not that the misunderstanding has been resolved. Identify the door, and let the matchmaker come to talk later. Mother, if we are not at home and the matchmaker comes, you can help entertain us."

When Liu Shi said this, her voice was gentle and calm, without any waves, and her eyes were full of smiles, but when it fell into Zhang Shi's ears, it felt like thunder in the clear sky, which could knock her unconscious.

Looking at the old Bai family couple also looking at her with a slight smile, Mrs. Zhang felt that she was being roasted on the fire, but the three of them pretended not to know anything.Maybe they really don't know?Mrs. Zhang muttered in her heart, looking at the big fish and meat on the table, she picked up the chopsticks cruelly, and greeted: "Natural, natural, in-laws, eat quickly, it's cold." Take a chopstick of white meat, dip it in garlic, put it in your mouth, it's really delicious!Fat but not greasy, smooth but not oily, the tenderness melts in the mouth, and it almost smells like her chin.

Dafang is living a good life, she should really persuade the old man not to work, and let her three sons take care of them, and she asks Liu to cook meat for her every day.

Qin Dafu asked Qin Ergui to hurry up and drink a few cups with Big Brother Bai, and everyone started to exchange cups.

Mrs. Zhang saw that there was such a big crucian carp, so she quickly lowered her chopsticks to pick it up, but unfortunately the belly of the fish was not facing her, so she could only eat the place with many thorns on the back.She was eating fish, and Liu Shi suddenly smiled and asked her: "Mother, my elder sister hasn't written a letter recently."

(End of this chapter)