farmhouse ditty

Chapter 104

Seeing that there was not enough rice in the jar, Xiu Niang scooped up some flour and added water to make balls, thinking about making noodles for lunch.

She rolled the dough into thin slices, cut it into thin strips with a knife, added some water to a pot, set it on fire, and then fried the marinade in another pot.

Hey, it’s actually scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Who knows that Xiu Niang can only do this. Fortunately, their family rarely eats noodles, so it’s a change of mouth to have a meal every now and then.

After finishing everything, Xiuniang removed some firewood from the stove, warmed the pot with a low fire, and then went to the yard to wait for Chu Ge and the others to come back. This noodle is no better than others. Yes, it will be a paste in a short time.

After waiting for a bag of cigarettes, Father Chu came back with Chu Ge and Chu An. He carried a hoe by himself and entered the yard with a smile.

Xiu Niang sat on a small stool to mend her trousers. This one was scratched by Chu An, right in the middle of her buttocks. When he came home yesterday, he yelled that his buttocks are cold, which amused the whole family.

She looked up at the three fathers and smiled, "Eunuch, Chu Ge, you are back."

Father Chu looked at Xiuniang and smiled, "Hey, the second child, is the meal ready? I'm hungry."

Xiu Niang sewed a step, answered, pinned the needle to her trousers, and put it in the embroidery basket, "Okay, father-in-law, you sit down first, let Chu Ge scoop up water and wash your hands, and you can eat in a while."

Chu Ge stepped forward to take the hoe from Father Chu's shoulder, "Father, you have carried it all the way, put it down first..."

Father Chu walked around him and waved his hands, with a sullen face, "Oh, no, baby, are you wondering if your father is getting old and can't even hold a hoe?"

Chu Ge was stunned for a while, not knowing what to say, but Chu An who was on the side spoke, "Father, brother, I'm afraid you will be tired."

Father Chu swept Chu An's head with his hand, and smiled, "Hey, I know, I know, I'm just teasing your brother."

Xiu Niang put the embroidery thread basket aside, walked up to Chu Ge and patted his arm, looked at him and just smiled, there was nothing wrong with it.

She also smiled at Chu Ge, and said, "What's wrong with your father-in-law today, why are you so happy?"

Before Chu Ge could speak, Father Chu spoke first, "Hey, Huanqing, I'm really happy today. I haven't been in the field for a while. I saw the black soil in our field... It's very dear."

Chu Ge took out a wooden basin from the side of the water tank, scooped up some water and took it to the courtyard, calling for Father Chu and Chu An to come and wash their hands.

Father Chu put the hoe on the side of the door, turned his head and smiled at Xiu Niang, "Second brother, what did you have for lunch today?"

Get up and look for the apron to put on, "Elder-in-law, let's eat noodles at noon, stew made of tomato and egg."

Father Chu chuckled, and said to Shen Shi and Xiu Niang, "Hey, it's so kind, my old man rarely eats soup and noodles, and the second family's, give me a big bowl."

Sitting at the square wooden table, Mrs. Shen looked at Father Chu and smiled at herself, but she ignored her, she didn't know what to say when she moved her lips.

Xiu Niang listened to what Father Chu said, she responded with a smile, and went back to the kitchen, calling Chu Ge to bring in more firewood.

She asked Chu Ge to stuff firewood into the two stoves, boil stew in one pot, and put noodles in the pot next to it. When the pot of stew was hot, her noodles would be ready.

Xiu Niang pushed aside the floating noodles in the pot, grabbed a handful of cuts from the chopping board and shook them into the pot, waiting for her to bring a bowl, and when she picked up the floating noodles, the ones that had just gone down quickly returned to the pot. Well, she got it done in a short time with quick hands and feet.

She scooped up the marinade one by one, and called Chu Ge to bring the bowls out and put them on the table. When Chu Ge came in, she said, "Xiu Niang, don't..."

Xiu Niang didn't hear what Chu Ge said, so she grabbed a handful of noodles and put them into the pot, picked up the noodles with a bowl, and glanced at him, "What's wrong? What are you talking about?"

Chu Ge took a step forward and said, "Xiu Niang, the sixth sister-in-law just came over and said that Xiao Xiang'er will be left there for lunch today, don't take Xiao Xiang'er's share."

Xiu Niang scooped up the tomato and egg marinade into the bowl, and when she heard what Chu Ge said, her hands froze, she threw the noodles into the pot, and she didn't tell her until the idiot...

She raised her head and was about to say something, when she saw that Chu Fu had just returned with two bundles of firewood on her back, so she said, "Hey, I got it, I'm here for the eldest brother."

Chu Ge glanced back, and took out the two bowls in front of the stove in response, "Brother, put down the firewood, wash your hands and eat."

Xiu Niang quickly cut a small piece of dough into thin strips, just now she forgot to cook Chu Fu, but now she remembered, of course Wen's share is also needed...

Everyone sat at the table with bowls, Xiu Niang put a plate of pickles in the middle, served a bowl of noodles for herself and sat down.

Seeing that it was put away, Chu Fu went to the main room to call Wen Shi out. Father Chu was smiling at first, but seeing this, he immediately turned dark. He glanced at Shen Shi and cleared his throat.

At this moment, Wen Shi came out with her big belly covered, walking slowly with one hand on her waist, and let Chu Fu support her upper body.

Shen looked at her and frowned, "I'm talking about everyone, you can't stay in the house all the time when you're pregnant, you have to move around, that's good...cough cough, you know." She wanted to He said it was good to give birth, but looking at the people at this big table, the words were swallowed back again.

After hearing this, Wen Shi just responded lightly, what should she do after it's over, she sat down at the table with her stomach upright, looked at the tomato and egg noodles in front of her, and frowned in disgust, "I'll eat this for lunch today what."

Chu Fu sat down next to her, stretched out his hand to help her stir the noodles twice, and smiled, "Daughter-in-law, I smell delicious, eat it while it's hot."

Wen Shi glanced at Chu Fu, took the chopsticks, "Hey, I paid three silver coins, this is what I ate..."

Xiuniang knew that she was talking to herself, so she didn't care to pick up the bowl and yelled for Father Chu and Shi Chen to eat.

Seeing that everyone had eaten, Wen slackly picked out the noodles in the bowl, "Hey, what are these? It's tasteless, oily and fishy."

Father Chu's face was sullen, he gave Shen a wink, and asked her to say a few words as a mother-in-law, but she was also dissatisfied with Xiu Niang at the moment, so she pretended not to see and buried her head in her meal.

Father Chu let out a sigh of relief, and said to Chu Fu, "Brat, take care of your wife."

Chu Fu looked at Wen with some embarrassment when he heard this, and thought about it, "Juan'er, didn't you say you want to eat something sour, this..."

Wen looked at him with a small mouthful of noodles in his mouth, "Chu Fu, we paid the two taels of silver, so we don't want to eat this. The two taels of silver may do a lot of things."

Xiu Niang didn't like it, she looked up at Wen and smiled, "Sister-in-law, if you don't tell me, I'd forget that the two liang of silver you and elder brother paid was last month, and I haven't confiscated it this month. I'll eat it later." Give it to me when you're done."

Wen Shi looked at Xiu Niang and sneered, "I didn't pay the two taels of silver to eat the dry noodles."

Xiu Niang nodded, "Oh, then what you said, sister-in-law, if you don't eat this noodles, what are you thinking about eating, but you are talking about it, you have two taels of silver in your pocket, and it will take a month or so before you can eat some noodles. What?"

Wenshi smiled, looking at the bright red sauce in the bowl, and the sour taste, it was really quite craving, she picked up a chopstick to take a bite, and said, "Can I think about what to eat? It's just something I don't understand."

Xiu Niang picked up a piece of pickled vegetables, "Is that right, then it's just right now, in front of your parents-in-law, tell me what you don't understand?"

Wen smiled and said, "Actually, I was thinking, the firewood in our family is beaten by ourselves, the eggs are laid by chickens, and the fresh vegetables are grown in our own fields, and we don't need to spend money on anything... ...I don't understand, where did my two taels of silver go?"

Xiu Niang put down the bowl and smiled, "That's it, then from today onwards, I'll pay you two taels, and you can try it for a month or so."

Wen's paused slightly, then shook his head with a smile, picked up his chopsticks and started to eat, "Hey, forget it, I'm so bulky..."

Xiu Niang looked at Wen Shi and said nothing, she murmured in her heart, Wen Shi admired her for this, knowing when to strike and when to stop, if she insisted on agreeing to herself right now If you ask, then it's really free and nothing to do, and you can't find happiness for yourself.

Just now Wen Shi asked her where the two taels of silver were spent, and she really couldn't answer this for a while. It took a few days to spend it in my hand. I really don't know where the flowers are.

Father Chu watched the two daughters-in-law bickering. The mother-in-law didn't speak up, and as a father-in-law, he didn't like to chatter. He just said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's not safe to have a meal."

After receiving such a drink from Father Chu, everyone began to bury their heads in their meals. At this moment, there was only the sound of eating noodles at the dinner table.

Xiu Niang ate a few mouthfuls of noodles, thought about it, and said, "By the way, elder brother, Liu sister-in-law told me today that sixth brother has a brother in the town, and his family rented a warehouse for the shops in the town. For the delivery person, there is a shortage of manpower in the past two days, so she asked me to ask if you want to go to work."

Chu Fu swallowed a mouthful of noodles, and hurriedly said, "Go to work? Brother and sister, is this true?"

Xiu Niang said, "It's true, if you want to go, Big Brother, why don't you go over to the house and talk to Sixth Brother later?"

Chu Fu nodded and said with a smile, "Hey, it's a good feeling, I can go to work."

Wen's eyes hinted to Chu Fu not to worry, she thought about it and said, "I don't know which warehouse my brother and sister are talking about, what are they doing?"

Xiu Niang looked at Wen and asked, and she said it all, "It's the rice noodle warehouse in the town. They said that moving a sack is worth a penny, and they don't care about food at noon."

Chu Fu asked, "Well, brothers and sisters, did they say why they were going to work? Did they tell me to live in a warehouse or..."

While Chu Fu hadn't finished speaking, Wen interrupted, "Oh, forget it, this penny is a bag, it's too little."

Xiu Niang glanced at her, ignored her, and said to Chu Fu, "Brother, I've been told that you can go anytime, as long as you get to the warehouse, how many bags you carry counts."

After hearing this, Chu Fu looked at Wen Shi, saw her nodding, and said to Xiu Niang, "My brother and sister, thank you so much."

(End of this chapter)