Peasant woman

Chapter 48

After the cheap uncle left, no one bothered them anymore, but Xu Cao's mother-in-law often came here for a stroll.Every time the mother-in-law came in, she was so jealous that she wished she could pull out her eyeballs and stick them on the house.

After seeing off her mother-in-law, Xu Cao went to the tofu shop in the village to buy a few pieces of tofu and came back, planning to try making fermented bean curd. She really missed the taste.

After I bought the tofu, I cut it into small pieces, then found a bamboo basket, spread straw under it, and finally spread a few layers of white gauze, and placed the tofu neatly on top of the white gauze, and finally placed it on the top of the white gauze. Cover with a layer of white gauze, and then spread a layer of straw on the white gauze surface.

Now that the weather is cold, the kang in the room is already on fire. The most critical step for this fermented bean curd is mold, first of all, temperature control.Xu Cao placed the bamboo basket next to the kang, so that the temperature would last around twenty degrees.

After about five or six days, Xu Cao took a look and found that the moldy tofu was almost done.I was busy preparing the seasoning again, the thirteen spices I had ground before, and salt, rolled the moldy tofu in the mixed seasoning, and then put it into the prepared small ceramic jar.She prepared two small ceramic jars, and put some wine in one of them, so that there would be a faint smell of wine, which was also very fragrant, and a little water was added to the clay jars.After preparing, she sealed the two ceramic jars so that they could be eaten after a while.

After a few days, the weather became colder and colder, and the days passed day by day. When Xu Cao woke up one morning, she saw a vast expanse of snow outside.

Through the gap in the wooden window, Xu Cao nestled on the warm kang head, sleeping beside the man who doted on her and the cute little bun, and her heart couldn't help softening.

Miao Miao has slept with Xu Cao and the others since the kang was burned.

Guessing it was already around [-]:[-] outside, but thinking of the cold weather, Xu Cao wanted to sleep in bed.Just as he was lost in thought, Fugui on the side had also woken up, looked up and looked outside, he hugged Xu Cao next to him, and said with a smile: "It's snowing, let's go to sleep, let's have dinner later. "

Xu Cao hummed, she just watched the snow falling outside and the wind howling, so she wanted to stay in bed, but she couldn't sleep even if she was told to sleep.Just lying like this, her heart was already bubbling with beauty.There is no mother-in-law pressing down on her, and there are no conflicts between sisters-in-law and husband-in-law doting on her. These days are really comfortable.

Looking at the white snow outside, Xu Cao thought again, there is nothing to prepare at home, the cellar has Chinese cabbage, radishes and potatoes, and several jars of pickled vegetables, adding pickled and dried prey, There are also white noodles and white rice bought back, enough for them to eat for the winter.There is a place to store food at home, and there is no shortage of money, so after paying the food tax, the corn and corn grown at home were not sold, and they found an empty room to store them.

The two were talking on the kang, and after another half an hour, Miao Miao woke up, and Xu Cao got up and went to the kitchen.First, boil water to wash your face, rinse your mouth, and then start cooking.

After Fugui got up, he went to the well at the entrance of the village to fetch water and came back to fill up the big tank in the kitchen.Seeing Fugui running back and forth, Xu Cao added a fire to the stove, and said distressedly: "Fugui, let's dig a well in the courtyard when spring comes, it will be more convenient to drink water, and every time I do laundry, I will also dig a well." There is no need to go to the river anymore."

Fugui wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded, "Success, we will hire someone to dig a well when spring comes."

In the morning, the warm white rice porridge cooked by Xu Cao, together with a dish of sour cabbage, the three of them ate a large bowl with grunts.

After breakfast, Xu Cao washed the dishes and chopsticks in the hot water from the back pot.When the weather got cold, she used hot water to wash clothes and dishes.

I just finished working in the kitchen, cooked pig food to feed the pigs, and finally fed the chickens.Xiaobai and Heizi in the yard ate some leftover soup and lay down under the eaves in a daze.

Xu Cao was busy when there was a knock on the door outside. As soon as the knock sounded, Xiao Bai under the eaves rushed over and screamed at the courtyard door.Heizi glanced at Xiaobai calmly, and continued to rest with his eyes closed.

"Xiaobai, don't bark." Xu Cao wiped his hands on the apron, untied the apron, and then went to open the courtyard door, and found Mrs. Chen standing outside, holding Brother Jun in his arms.

Xu Cao was taken aback, "Mother, it's so cold, why did you come here?"

Chen hugged Brother Jun and snorted, then glared at Xiaobai who was barking wildly in his eyes, and said bitterly: "This dead dog doesn't even wink at all, it doesn't recognize me as the master, come and bark once, come again I will eat your stew at night."

Xu Cao ignored her.

Brother Jun in Chen's arms twisted twice, opened his little hand towards Xu Cao, and smiled timidly, "Auntie, hug me." The little guy can speak quickly now.

Xu Cao hurriedly took Brother Jun over with a smile, led Mrs. Chen towards the house, and then said to Brother Jun in her arms, "Brother Jun, are you a mother? Why didn't you come with me?" ?”

The little guy frowned and thought for a while, then said something, but Xu Cao didn't hear clearly.Sometimes this little guy speaks quite standardly, and sometimes a string of words come out, and he doesn't even know what he's talking about.

Xu Cao didn't care, and carried the little guy into the room.

The kang in the room was still burning, Fugui was sitting cross-legged on the kang and playing with Miao Miao.Xu Cao hurriedly put Brother Jun on the kang and asked him to play with Miao Miao.

Fugui saw Mrs. Chen and got off the kang, "Mother, why are you here, sit down quickly."

Mrs. Chen hummed, sat down with her face upright, and her eyes began to wander around again.Don't mention regrets in this Chen's heart, she would have known that she would not have caused so many troubles at the beginning, otherwise she must have a share in this big house, and this eldest daughter-in-law would have to serve her with delicious food and drink.Look at this eldest daughter-in-law who has only been in the family for a year, and her body has become much rounder. How can she still look like the thin and yellow-haired little girl who just married in back then.

Feeling regretful in her heart, Chen's complexion became even uglier.Thinking of Xu Cao's good life, and thinking of her poor niece Ru'er, Chen felt even more uncomfortable.A few days ago, she went back to her eldest brother's house to take a look. Ru'er had become thinner and thinner during the year she was laid off, and she looked awed. It was so pitiful.

Thinking of Ru'er, Mrs. Chen looked up at Fugui, and said, "Fugui, I have something to say to your daughter-in-law, go out and hang around."

Fugui glanced at Mrs. Chen suspiciously, with wariness in his eyes, "Mother, what do you want to say to your daughter-in-law? Why don't you say it in front of me, my daughter-in-law and I belong to the same family, and she won't hide anything from me." of."

"You bastard!" Mrs. Chen scolded, "I am your mother, even if the family is separated, I will still be your mother. Get out, I'm afraid I will fail if you eat your wife!"

Fugui put on a face, just stood where he was and didn't go out.

Xu Cao looked funny, but she wasn't afraid of the Chen family, so she tugged Fugui's clothes and smiled at him, "Fugui, you go out for a while, it's not snowing too much, it's good to go out for a walk of."

Fugui hesitated for a moment, glanced at Mrs. Chen, and then left the room.

Xu Cao looked at Mrs. Chen and said with a smile, "Mother, what do you want from me?"

Mrs. Chen glanced at Xu Cao's stomach, and said with a smirk: "Daughter-in-law, you have been married to us for a year now, and you should know that Fugui is the eldest son of our Yang family, and he is only Miaomiao." It’s not good for a girl. He’s not too young. You’ve been married to our Yang family for a year, and your belly still hasn’t disappeared. Although the family is separated, I’m still a rich mother. Let’s see, I’ll be a Lord, find a house for the rich and the small."

Xu Cao was happy, she knew that this cheap mother had no good intentions, now that they are doing well, what kind of relatives do they want to make the rich and noble?Why can't this cheap girl see through?She and wealth are not something she can control. If she lives in peace, she will help her to retire comfortably in the future, but it's a pity that she insists on finding some trouble to scare people.

Xu Cao pulled a little scorpion and sat opposite Chen, and said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry about it, the child's affairs are not urgent, and there will definitely be one in the future. Besides, where are we farmers? House daughter-in-law Xiao Fang daughter-in-law, isn't this a joke for others?"

"Why is it a joke? It's obviously your belly that doesn't live up to it." Chen yelled loudly, "If your belly is not up to snuff, I will give money to riches and honor? I'm free to eat enough to support myself."

"Mother, this is wrong. I am still young now, and I am afraid that the child will be born early and hurt my body. How can you say that my stomach is not up to date? I think you are full and have nothing to do. Besides, I don't I know of an innocent girl who is willing to be a concubine for others, but a concubine is a concubine, and the position of a concubine is not even as good as a maid. Even if I sell her or beat her in the future, she will have nothing to say "Xu Cao covered her mouth and laughed, of course she knew who the Chen family wanted to make rich and noble, but she didn't think about it, the younger one was just a concubine, and the eldest daughter-in-law would sell her off casually. Nothing to say.

Chen's face froze, yes, her original plan was to give Ru'er to Fugui, she believed that with Ru'er's appearance and intelligence, Fugui would fall in love with her in the end.But she didn't think that if Ru'er became a child, she would be a concubine and could be beaten and scolded by Xu Cao.And the most important point is that Ru'er can't have children. If Ru'er becomes a young child, Fu Gui will definitely find another girl. When that girl gives birth to a child, she can adopt Ru'er.

Chen thought it was very good, but forgot the difficulty of implementing this matter.The most important thing is that she just thought about the better life of Fugui, otherwise she wouldn't let her beloved niece make Fugui a minor.

(End of this chapter)