farmer's wife

Chapter 41

Woke up early, and in the middle of the month, the farmer who made an appointment while visiting the market delivered the half bucket of milk that had been ordered and squeezed to the door.

Xiao Lie paid the money, thanked him and poured the milk into his bowl.

Breakfast is simple side dishes with rice porridge. Unlike usual, there are three more bowls of milk on the table today.

This is Fu Yan taking out part of the milk from the delivery, adding sugar and heating it to boil.

Fu Yan saw Xiao Jian obediently sitting on the seat, waiting for them to have breakfast together, but her eyes were fixed on the bowl of milk, as if she was swallowing her saliva.

She came over to sit down and motioned to Xiao Jian with a smile: "Ah Jian, let's drink the milk while it's hot."

"Okay!" Hearing sister-in-law's words, Xiao Jian hugged the bowl, lowered her head and blew on the hot air, and carefully took a sip.

In vain, sweet, not fishy at all.

Xiao Jian squinted her eyes contentedly, picked up the bowl directly, and drank it in a big gulp.

"Drink it slowly, this is a fried egg, you can eat it with milk."

Seeing that Xiao Jian drank in a hurry and some milk leaked from the corner of his mouth, Fu Yan wiped it for him with a handkerchief.

Xiao Jian put down the bowl, smiled shyly, and drank slowly again.

Seeing that he was eating happily, Fu Yan turned to Xiao Lie who was on the other side: "Brother Alie, is he still used to drinking?"

Xiao Lie nodded, he had already drunk most of this bowl.

"This milk can't be kept for a long time. The oven in the backyard is almost air-dried. I will try to make a small cake with milk later."

Xiao Lie thought for a while: "This is the first time I have made this oven, so I don't know if it can be used."

"Try it and you'll know. You have to practice first." Fu Yan looked away at this moment, "It's best if you can make it all at once. If not, let's try again. If you have more milk, let's make it ourselves Just drink or I'll make something else to eat, don't worry."

After breakfast, Fu Yan took out four eggs, flour and other materials to whip out frothed cream, poured in milk and stirred until it was evenly viscous, then covered with a layer of oil paper and let it rest for about a quarter of an hour, and finally poured the cake batter into In the prepared large porcelain bowl.

Fu Yan came to the backyard with the bowl, Xiao Lie had already started a fire in the hearth under the oven.

Putting the bowl on the grill, the two waited patiently and expectantly for less than two quarters of an hour.

Fu Yan estimated that the time was almost up, and poked Xiao Lie beside him: "Brother Alie, it's almost time, let's take it out and have a look."

Xiao Lie wrapped several layers of waste cloth strips in his hands, took out the bowl from the oven and put it on a small table at the side.

The cake liquid in the bowl is slightly solidified, but it is not completely baked and formed. Once it is broken, there is still most of the batter inside.

The two looked at each other...

Fu Yan took the bowl and put it back into the oven, while comforting Xiao Lie: "Brother Alie, maybe I misremembered the time, let's bake it again."

Xiao Lie didn't speak, and waited with Fu Yan for more than a quarter of an hour. After restarting the oven, the chicken cake was still not formed, and the degree of baking was different in different places.

The oven failed.

Now, Fu Yan couldn't find another excuse to comfort him.

Xiao Lie was like a big dog that was depressed and silent, silently squatting in front of the oven and checking the stove without saying a word.

After a while, Xiao Lie stood up and took the bowl.

"Our family doesn't raise livestock, so I'll take my half-baked pasta to Grandpa Yang's house. The fourth grandma raises two pigs, and it's fine to feed these pigs. By the way, I invite Fourth Grandpa Yang to come and see."

Xiao Lie looked at Fu Yan and rubbed her cheek apologetically: "It's just a pity that the food cost you all morning."

Fu Yan rubbed his big hand and comforted him: "It's okay, I haven't tried this method from what I heard, and brother Alie will help me try it a few more times."

"Ah Yan, wait a minute, I'm sure I can make this oven for you."

"Yeah, Brother Alie, go quickly." Thinking of the time Grandpa Yang came to Xiao's house to eat happily, she told Xiao Lie again: "When you invite Fourth Grandpa Yang, remember to talk to his family, Fourth Grandpa will be here today. Our family has dinner."

"Okay, I'll talk to Grandma Fourth."

Xiao Lie put down his hands and looked at Fu Yan, suddenly smiled, turned around and left quickly.

Fu Yan was at a loss, why did she suddenly laugh again?
When Fu Yan went back to the room to wash her hands, she saw a layer of black dust on her face in the reflection in the water, and she suddenly realized.

It must have been when Xiao Lie touched her face just now!Don't say a word!
Fu Yan gritted her teeth, put her hands on her hips and shouted bitterly: "Xiao Lie!"

Busy and busy, Xiao Lie invited Yang Sitao, and the two of them went around the oven to check and light the fire for a few times, after finding some problems, they overturned the oven and built a new one.

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The next day, the new oven had to be air-dried and tested again.

Xiao Lie had to go up the mountain to see the trap he set before.

Fu Yan hadn't gone up the mountain for a long time, so she took Xiao Jian up the mountain together, and by the way, she could visit her master Sun Changming and cook two meals for her.

After the three of the Xiao family had left for a while, Cui Xinghua walked over with Xiao Tian.

The village couldn't hide their words, and gradually everyone found out: The reason why the carriage came to look for Fu Yan that day was because Fu Yan knew how to embroider, and her craftsmanship was not ordinary. All the embroidery shops in the city came to invite her.

In the past two days, the topics of the women gathered under the banyan tree all turned to Fu Yan.

"Third sibling, I remember you can also embroider, right?" A sister-in-law asked her newly married third sibling.

The new daughter-in-law is thin-skinned, and she goes out to recognize someone with her sister-in-law. Seeing that everyone is looking at her, she blushes with shame, shrinks behind her sister-in-law, and replies softly: "I just learned from my mother when I was in my mother's house. I'm making clothes, and I can embroider a few flowers, but I can't talk about embroidery. Sister-in-law, don't talk about it."

Hearing what she said, everyone turned to talk about other girls and wives who can embroider.

After discussing it, I can't find one or two who can embroider, let alone get people to come to the embroidery shop on their own initiative.

Cui Xinghua sat on the side with a look of disdain, but she was not uncommon to listen to Fu Yan's words.

What's the point of a little bitch knowing how to embroider two flowers, why not marry a poor boy and raise a sick child!
Cui Xinghua was annoyed by what she heard, and was about to leave.

Sun Changfu's daughter-in-law, who was not very good with her on weekdays, grabbed her and encouraged her: "Sister-in-law of the Xiao family, your niece and daughter-in-law have such skills, you are really lucky, let us envy you."

"You're out of your mind today? What does it matter to me that Fu Yan can do tricks?" Cui Xinghua shook off her hand and slapped her back unceremoniously.I've seen her displeased for a long time, and I want to intervene in everything.

Seeing that Cui Xinghua's saliva was about to splash on her face, Sun Changfu's daughter-in-law stepped back on the small stool and said angrily:

"Are you stupid? If this Fu Yan was my nephew's wife, I would bring my daughter to beg her to come and learn embroidery skills from a teacher. You are a legitimate uncle here."

She glanced at Xiao Tian who was beside Cui Xinghua, and pointed out something: "Young girl has a good mind, and if you learn a skill that can make money, it will be very easy to find a husband's family in the future!"

(End of this chapter)