happy event

Chapter 40

Dong Rong turned her head to look at the half-basket of green vegetables placed at the door of the house, and fell in love with this kind-hearted and careful sister-in-law even more, so she dragged her into the house and said, "Sister came just in time, I'm going to make it for your brother in the next few days A few coats. But my craftsmanship is really rough, so I need my sister to help me cut them first."

Second Sister Cao likes to do needlework the most, so she laughed when she heard this, "Okay, sister-in-law is going to make double-breasted or slanted-breasted ones?"

Seeing that the two of them completely ignored her, Sister Cao's face trembled with anger.But she was caught stealing and she didn't show her body, and she thought about sending her man to be in charge in the future, so she naturally became even more unreasonable.

She wondered if today would be impossible, so she sneered and said loudly, "Well... Sister Rong, I still have work at home, so I'll go back first, and I'll come to see you and Zhuzi some other day." After finishing speaking, she also Before Dong Rong could answer, she hurried down the mountain through a group of smiling handymen.

Zhao Qingshan secretly "pooh" at her back, and finally called everyone to continue working.Second sister Cao relented and wanted to say Xiang Yier for her sister, but the smiling sister-in-law swallowed the words again.

The two sisters-in-law took the pens and paper, and huddled together while eating the snacks donated by Shazhu, while writing and drawing. Soon, they even discussed what patterns to embroider on the cuffs.At this time, Sister-in-Law Liu and others who came back from work brought over the rice, noodles, meat oil and other things that Dong Rong entrusted them to buy for them.

Seeing that the rice and noodle tanks were filled to the brim, all kinds of seasonings were filled into pots, large strips of bacon were hung on the beams of the house, Sha Zhu also carried water, split a lot of firewood, and the stove was well organized. Looks good.

Dong Rong looked at her sister-in-law's slightly pale face and didn't dare to make her tired anymore, so she called Sha Zhu over loudly, asking him to accompany her sister to the fruit grove, and then prepared dinner by herself.

Wash a bowl of round-grained rice, add a few jujubes, peanuts, and red beans, then pour half a pot of sweet spring water into it, bring it to a boil on high heat and then simmer on low heat, but within half an hour there is a strong aroma of rice coming from the wooden pot Squeezed out of the gap in the cover.Dong Rong took a deep breath, nodded in satisfaction, turned off the fire, and went to prepare the stir-fry.

The cowpeas sent by the second sister Cao are very fresh. They are washed and cut into sections and fried with bacon. The red beans are green and the bacon is bright red. It is really mouth-watering.Wipe off the residual soil from the roots of the tender spinach, blanch it in water and then squeeze out the water. Sprinkle minced garlic, salt, white sesame seeds, and a little rice vinegar. Before you eat it, just smell the taste and feel extremely refreshing.

Dong Rong put two plates of small dishes on the table, and poured the thick red jujube porridge into the ceramic basin, then clapped her hands in satisfaction, turned around and walked to the door and shouted to Guolin, "Zhuzi, second sister , come back for dinner!"

At this moment, the sun had already set at the top of the western mountain, the birds returned to the forest, and the orchard was extremely quiet.Silly Zhu and Second Sister Cao, who were walking around, smiled and responded when they heard this, "Hey, I'll come back now."

The family of three washed their hands, sat around the small kang while eating and gossiping, and bursts of crisp and cheerful laughter from time to time.The second sister Cao saw that her sister-in-law always put bacon in her brother's bowl, even if her brother accidentally spilled porridge or dropped vegetables, she never scolded her, but every time she told him not to burn her hands, the little girl became more and more happy that her brother found a Good wife.In addition, the food was delicious, she ate one bowl after another, and in the end it was rare that her belly was full.

Dong Rong fondled my sister-in-law's hair, then put all the leftover jujube porridge into a small clay pot, and said, "If you don't mind, take it back, and eat it tomorrow morning after heating it up. From now on, you can eat it when you have nothing to do. Come on, my sister-in-law will make you another food, and within a month of safekeeping, you will be fatter than a pig."

Second Sister Cao thanked her shyly and took the pot, and Sha Zhu led her back to the village before dark.

Old man Cao was thinking about his little daughter's late return, so he asked his wife to fetch him a coat, and planned to go out to greet her.As a result, the silly Zhu brother and sister pushed the door open and walked in before the words were finished.The second sister Cao ran to her father cheerfully, raised the clay pot in her hand like a treasure and smiled, "Father, my sister-in-law cooked red jujube porridge for me, it was very sweet. It's not cold yet, you can eat a bowl Have a taste?"

It was rare for old man Cao to see his youngest daughter smiling like this, and he repeatedly said, "Okay, okay."

Second Sister Cao didn't forget to tell her elder brother while walking to the kitchen, "Brother, you should go back to the mountain. It's dark, and my sister-in-law must be afraid to watch the house alone."

"Understood." Silly Zhu responded and saluted old man Cao before turning his head and going out.When Granny Cao heard the commotion and rushed out, she only saw half a can of rice porridge in her little daughter's hand, so she complained bitterly, "Little vixen is too calculating, half a basket of vegetables is exchanged for a few bowls of porridge. Next time you Dare to give her something and see if I don't break your legs."

Second Sister Cao was so wronged that she refused to speak, and silently took the bowls and chopsticks to serve porridge for her parents.As a result, Mrs. Cao ate sweet and sweet food, and wrapped up half a jar of porridge in one go. Old man Cao was so angry that she scolded her, "You are a starving ghost, why don't you know how to save some for the second sister tomorrow morning!"

Granny Cao wiped away the rice grains from the corner of her mouth and said, "It's not a good thing. As for keeping it overnight? The second sister likes to drink it, so let the little vixen cook it again. I don't believe she dares to treat my sister-in-law badly."

Old man Cao really couldn't do anything with this greedy and stupid old woman, so he persuaded his daughter to go back to the room and go to sleep, and then threw down the bowls and chopsticks and went out for a walk, out of sight.

Granny Cao curled her lips fiercely, muttered a few curses, and then hid the clay pot in the corner of the kitchen.She was born as a Pixiu, and she would never give away anything that was in her hands, not even a clay pot worth a few pennies.

Besides, Silly Zhu went out of the courtyard and did not go back to the orchard, but instead went to the small courtyard at the foot of Dongshan.Old Doctor Feng was grabbing a medical book and sitting under the lamp, reading it slowly while drinking tea.Suddenly, Qingfeng reported that his disciple had arrived. The old man immediately pretended to be annoyed and turned to the door. He blew his beard and stared and scolded, "You unfilial disciple, you have forgotten your master when you have a daughter-in-law! If I hadn't sent a letter to you , do you have to wait until the end of the year to find out about coming here!"

Murong Huaide was already feeling guilty, and he hurriedly saluted and apologized after hearing this, but the old man acted like a child, as if he refused to forgive his apprentice.Murong Huaide had no choice but to promise many trips or to collect good wine, which made the old man turn his face and reluctantly said, "Leave these things aside for the time being, I heard that your little daughter-in-law cooks well , I will go to the orchard tomorrow, remember to ask her to fix some good dishes for me to drink."

Murong Huaide dared not answer, he immediately nodded and agreed.Only then did the old man become completely happy, and said with a smile, "As soon as A came back and talked about the smell of the braised pork, he was drooling. You are an unfilial disciple who eats big fish and meat, but let me eat noodles all day long. Tomorrow, I will It must be made up for.”

Murong Huaide stared fiercely at the corner of the courtyard, the shadow visibly trembled a few times.Seeing this, Mr. Feng hurriedly said to the rescue, "Don't transfer Jia Yi, it's because I haven't seen my apprentice for many days, so I forced him to tell some interesting things to relieve his boredom."

Hearing this, Murong Huaide had no choice but to suppress the idea of ​​driving Jia Yi to the northern barbarians, and then drank tea with the master and chatted.The old man was also reasonable, he drove him back to the orchard in a short while, and finally said, "Remember to ask your wife to make braised pork."

Murong Huaide repeated assurances repeatedly, dumbfounded, and then went out to rush back to Xishan.

After Dong Rong cleaned up the dishes, she sat under the oil lamp and kept accounts while waiting for Sha Zhu to come back, but there was no one around after waiting, so she inevitably became worried.So she took the oil lamp and went outside, but before she could see the lights of the village down the mountain, she was surrounded by moths and mosquitoes. She was so frightened that she hurriedly hid in the house again.

Fortunately, in less than a quarter of an hour, Silly Zhu opened the door and walked in.Dong Rong quickly closed the wooden door and asked, "Why have you been here for so long? But parents have something to say?"

Sha Zhu shook his head, took off his coat and put it on the wooden floor, and then said naively, "I met old man Feng on the road, and he will come to our house to play tomorrow."

"Old man Feng?" Dong Rong pulled the wooden hairpin from the back of her head and quickly picked out the wick, and then guessed, "But Doctor Feng in the east of the village, I remember my second sister said that you always went up the mountain with him to collect flowers. medicine."

Silly Zhu nodded and replied, "He always gives me delicious food and takes me to play." After he finished speaking, he peeked at Dong Rong, and then asked in a low voice, "Wife, can I eat the stewed braised pork tomorrow?" ?”

Dong Rong turned her head to see his expectant eyes and smiled, "Do you really want to eat braised pork, or are you planning to serve Dr. Feng with braised pork?"

Silly Zhu smiled, "I eat it too, and old man Feng eats it too."

Dong Rong threw a wet cloth towel for him to wipe his sweat, and said with a smile, "If you want to entertain Wangnian friends, just say so, why beat around the bush like this. I'm not a stingy person! Besides, Dr. Feng usually takes care of you, I Just about to thank him. Don't worry, the old man will be satisfied tomorrow."

Only then did Sha Zhu feel relieved, washed up and lay down at the end of the kang.Dong Rong took the water basin to another room and scrubbed her body briefly, and when she turned around and came back, Sha Zhu was already fast asleep.One of his arms was straight across the head of the bed, no matter how Dong Rong moved, he would immediately move back.Dong Rong couldn't help it, and finally used this arm as a pillow, and slowly fell asleep while thinking about tomorrow's recipe.

Under the light of the moon, the chirping of insects in the mountains was melodious. The man in the room slowly opened his eyes, moved his arms little by little until he completely embraced the woman, and could easily smell her hair when he lowered his head. Only then did he laugh with satisfaction.

The night is deep, the dream is sweet...

Dong Rong is a person who sticks to what he says, since she promised Sha Zhu last night that he would treat his old friends well, she will naturally not fool around.

Woke up early this morning, a group of handymen had just arrived at the orchard to work, Zhao Qingshan was called by Dong Rong to explain carefully, and finally went directly to the city with the money and a helper.

Both wanted to make a good impression on their new owners, so before the sun rose to mid-air, they rushed back with sweaty faces carrying two bamboo baskets.Dong Rong thanked them with a smile and told them to remember to come and pick up some meat dishes before going home at noon, as a reward for their hard work these days.

(End of this chapter)