peasant young lady

Chapter 39 Freshly Baked Winter Melon Compote

Cheng Qiu and Wang ran away in a hurry amidst bursts of laughter, and the crowd who had gathered together to discuss things dispersed in an instant, and Aunt Li patted Cheng Xia's hand thoughtfully, telling her to be careful of Cheng Qiu.

Be careful?Cheng Xia sneered, people like Cheng Qiu, if she doesn't like her, she will definitely not make it easy for you, but she is not easy to mess with, she has already given Cheng Qiu a final warning, if she really still If he dared to think wrongly, Cheng Xia would not be merciful anymore.

Lin Xiu looked at the different expressions of the people who dispersed, and walked up to Cheng Xia worriedly, "Sister-in-law, I don't think that Cheng Qiu is easy to get along with. I'm afraid she will be bad for you when she said that last. .”

Cheng Xia smiled, "A person like Cheng Qiu, if you follow her in everything, she will make progress. If you don't follow her, she will get angry and seek you out. She will never be satisfied. So don't worry, the soldiers will block the water. Just cover it up, there's no point in being afraid."

Thinking about it carefully, Cheng Qiu's character is really terrifying, insisting that the whole world revolves around her, and she will make all kinds of troubles if things don't go her way.

Suddenly, I felt a little pitiful for Tian Dazhi, Cheng Xia's sweetheart before. I don't know how many lifetimes Cheng Qiu fell in love with, and I don't know what tricks Cheng Qiu played to make Tian Dazhi give up the former Cheng Xia.

Originally, she wanted to get up candied winter melon in the morning, but now Cheng Xia is completely out of mood, she is really not worth the money.

A girl who was originally good was tortured like this by the second aunt's family, who pity her?Looking at those people who were talking about it just now, they just feel that Qian Pan is pitiful, but she gave birth to a son who may not have a good mind, and they will no longer pity her.

The tragedy of ancient women, Cheng Xia was cold all over, and suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness towards reality.

If it is put into modern times, a woman is ruined. Although she may feel ashamed and dare not show it, there will never be a situation like Qian Pan who is forced to marry the man who ruined her.But now it is the Ming Dynasty under the shackles of Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism, and the three cardinal guides and five constant rules directly nailed women to men.

Qian Pan's family felt that she was ashamed. Even though they knew that the second aunt's family was not good, but she was pregnant, they had to let her marry.

Hey, Cheng Xia sat downcastly on the small bench next to the stove, resting her chin on her hands, wondering what she was thinking.

Chen Shi sighed and entered the house. Yang Lihua ran out yesterday and has not come back. Although she doesn't like Yang Lihua, she is her own daughter after all, so she will be worried.

Seeing that Cheng Xia was fine, Mrs. Chen went into the room to wash up briefly, and called Lin Xiu to go out to find Yang Lihua, a girl who didn't come home at night, let others know who would dare to have such a daughter-in-law.

As soon as he packed up and went out, he saw Yang Lihua sneaking into the fenced yard and carefully closing the fence of the fenced yard, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you doing!" Chen was furious, stepped forward and grabbed Yang Lihua's ear and yelled, "If you don't come back all night, which man did you hang out with?"

"Hey, mother, mother, please be gentle, don't shout, let others hear that I am still married or not." Yang Lihua seldom begged for mercy.

Cheng Xia, who was sitting by the stove, raised her head when she heard the movement, and saw Yang Lihua carefully booing at Mrs. Chen, with a smile on her face, Cheng Xia felt suspicious, this Yang Lihua went out all night, don't It was said that she had been drenched in such a heavy rain last night. Normally speaking, her clothes should be wrinkled, but she was fine. The clothes were clean, as if they had been ironed, without any wrinkles. It looked better than going out. Sometimes it's even more tidy.

Looking at Yang Lihua's unstoppable smile at the corners of her eyes and brows, Cheng Xia felt awkward.

Yang Lihua explained to Chen Shi that after she ran out, she stayed in a broken house at the entrance of the village for one night. After thinking about it, she felt that she should not lose her temper with her parents. She knew that she was wrong, so she came back early in the morning to apologize to Chen Shi, saying At the same time, he was looking for the figure of Headhunter Yang, saying that he wanted to say sorry to Headhunter Yang in person.

Only then did Chen's face look better, and she said that her father had gone up the mountain, and we will talk about it when he comes back.Yang Lihua nodded obediently, turned her eyes around, and found that Cheng Xia who was by the stove rushed over, stood behind Cheng Xia attentively and rubbed Cheng Xia's shoulders, and put on a delicate voice, as soft as if Can pinch water, "Sister-in-law, what are you going to do, I will help you."

Chen and Lin Xiu stared dumbfounded at Yang Lihua, whose temperament had changed drastically, and couldn't figure out what she was doing. Didn't she just love to confront Cheng Xia before?Why did you switch sex after going out for one night?

Cheng Xia got goosebumps from the fright, stood up and moved away from Yang Lihua, trembling, "What's wrong with you?"

Yang Lihua's complexion changed slightly, but after a while she returned to her delicate appearance, "Sister-in-law, I just figured it out. I think it's better for my family to treat me well. I shouldn't always be against you. I will definitely not seek trouble in the future."

"Oh," Cheng Xia replied lightly. She didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in her gourd, so she chose to remain silent.

Seeing Cheng Xia's reaction, Yang Lihua hurriedly continued her efforts, "Sister-in-law, I just saw a fight at your natal second aunt's place. Everyone in the village gathered to see it. Do you want to go over and have a look?"

Cheng Xia was taken aback, "Why did the fight start?"

Yang Lihua shook her head, "I don't know, I heard that Qian Pan gave birth to a son, and it might not be easy for the child to survive, and I also heard that your second aunt asked Qian's family to take her home, saying that both her daughter-in-law and grandson No more. The Qian family is not willing to do anything, Qian Pan's father brought his three sons and called them directly, and they are all stuck in your second aunt's yard now."

Cheng Xia's brows turned cold in an instant, the second aunt and Cheng Qiu failed to succeed in their own plans, and even moved their crooked thoughts to Qian Pan's natal family, making it clear that they didn't want Qian Pan and the newborn child.

When the Cheng family did something like that, how could the Qian family not be angry, not to mention that Qian Pan's mother was still angry with the second aunt and the others. Now that his daughter is being treated so harshly, it's no wonder that Qian's father is not angry.

Hey, this second aunt really wants to die.

Cheng Xia collected her thoughts and watched the light rain in the sky start to get heavier again. She was afraid that it would rain like yesterday, and thought that there would be no further delay. If it rained again in the next two days, winter melon Candied fruit is even worse.

Mrs. Chen has already dragged Yang Lihua, who had nothing to do, into the house, and asked her in detail what happened last night. Seeing Yang Lihua entered the house, Cheng Xia beckoned Lin Xiu to her, "Sister, what Yang Lihua just said Where is the dilapidated house at the entrance of the village?"

Lin Xiu didn't hesitate to think, "It's not far from our house. The house has been vacant for a long time. Usually no one goes there, and it's also very dirty. Why did my sister-in-law ask this?"

"Oh, it's okay," Cheng Xia said unintentionally, but the suspicion in her heart was even bigger. Since the dilapidated house is at the west end of the village, but Yang Lihua knew what happened in the second aunt's yard, it made no sense to come out of the dilapidated house and take a detour Circle to the east of the village, and then return to Yang's house.

And seeing Yang Lihua's sneaky look when she entered the door, she was afraid that others would see her, since she was so cautious, there was no reason to go around the village to swagger.

Seeing that she was so courteous to him suddenly, there was nothing good about it anyway.

Cheng Xia took out the big basin with wax gourd sticks on the side of the stove last night and took it out. Seeing this, although Lin Xiu didn't know what Cheng Xia was going to do, he still cleaned the big pot on the stove. Xia Hexu smiled, and poured half of the winter melon strips marinated in sugar into the pot, the sugar water just submerged the winter melon strips, and it looked very beautiful.

After the fire was lit under the stove, the water in the pot slowly began to form bubbles. Cheng Xia stirred carefully with chopsticks. After the water vapor boiled and dried up, Cheng Xia continued to stir. More than two quarters of an hour passed like this. Cheng Xia put the sugar-coated wax gourd strips on a clean curtain for steamed buns to dry. If there is sunlight, you can let it dry for a little while.

Lin Xiu was pleasantly surprised to see Cheng Xia finished all this, and he didn't bother to light the fire. He went directly to the curtain and asked in surprise, "Sister-in-law, this thing is so beautiful, can I eat it?"

"Of course." Cheng Xia held a piece of candied winter melon and handed it to Lin Xiu's mouth, coaxing carefully, "Try it and see if it tastes good."

"Sister-in-law, I, I don't dare," Lin Xiu took a small step back cautiously, Cheng Xia looked at her dumbfounded, then tasted a piece herself, and couldn't help sighing in satisfaction.

The winter melon strips are translucent, fragrant, cool and refreshing, and the flesh is sweet and crisp, even better than what she ate in modern times.

Seeing that Cheng Xia was so satisfied, Lin Xiu took a bite carefully, smacked it, and nodded repeatedly, "Sister-in-law, this food is really delicious, I have never eaten such a good snack."

Hearing what Lin Xiu said, Cheng Xia also became happy, and let the curtains hang the freshly made, while Lin Xiu and Lin Xiu continued to boil the wax gourd strips soaked in brown sugar.

The door of the main room opened suddenly, Xiaolong, who had been sleeping all this time, finally woke up, rubbed his sleepy eyes, jumped towards Lin Xiu, but in a blink of an eye, his attention was attracted by the candied winter melon next to him, and he couldn't move it in an instant. Eyes opened.

"Mother," Xiaolong looked at Lin Xiu pitifully, and it was clear at a glance what he wanted to eat.

Lin Xiu nodded, "Eat, but not too much, it's bad for your teeth."

Xiaolong happily agreed, took a piece and put it in his mouth. Just as he was about to say it was delicious, he saw his little aunt appearing beside him. Xiaolong was startled, and ran behind Lin Xiu, fearing that his little aunt would hit him.

When my aunt and grandma quarreled last night, she beat him several times, scaring him so much that he didn't fall asleep all night, and he didn't fall asleep until dawn.

Yang Lihua's displeasure dissipated, but it dissipated in an instant, "Xiaolong is not afraid, aunt won't beat you anymore, aunt sees what you eat, is it delicious?"

Xiaolong nodded hesitantly, and pointed at Gailian, "It's delicious."

Seeing Xiaolong's cautious and fearful look, Cheng Xia couldn't bear it, stopped stirring and took two pieces of candied winter melon into Xiaolong's hand, "Go and play with grandma, I will let Xiaolong eat it later."

Xiaolong glanced at Yang Lihua quickly, and ran away as if fleeing.

Yang Lihua smiled as she took a bite out of candied winter melon, "Sister-in-law, this food is really delicious, much better than the caramel sold in the market, sister-in-law teach me how to do it."

(End of this chapter)