Flowers are expensive

Chapter 61 The Confrontation Between Cold and Anger
"What are you laughing at, Fourth Aunt?" Mo Xiang asked, wiping off her hot sweat.

"I'm not laughing at anything," Li Hua hurriedly recalled her thoughts, "I just suddenly remembered that I stayed in that wooden house with your fourth uncle last time." "Really?" Mo Xiang asked in surprise, "Is it the small wooden house over there?" ?”

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Isn't that a coincidence? That wooden house was built by Zuzu (Grandpa Manting) in the past, for people to shelter from the rain. Didn't expect you and fourth uncle to stay in it?"

"This is fate!" Hongling looked at Lihua and smiled, "There was no such rainstorm, no escape, I'm afraid you and Brother Man Ting would never meet again! So, you should repair this wooden house later, thank you Where is your grandfather!"

"Okay!" Lihua nodded, looked at the small wooden house and said with a smile, "I'll tell Manting when I turn back, repair it well, maybe my son will meet his wife here in the future!"

"Hahaha..." The girls and daughters-in-law laughed together.

Just laughing, Lihua suddenly got up and quickly ran to a clump of red flowers not far away.Mo Xiang ran over and asked, "Aunt Si, do you like Yizhanghong?"

"Yes," Lihua looked a little excited, nodded repeatedly, "You call it Yizhanghong, right? It has a scientific name of hollyhock flower, and it can be used to make rouge."

"Really?" Moxiang said with a little surprise, "It can also be used as rouge? Let's use it to dye clothes and paint nails! Fourth aunt, can you do it?" "Yes! Do you know where the hollyhock flowers are? Most?"

"I know! Last time when Yutao and I went to pull rabbit grass, we saw a lot of hollyhock flowers in the ditch over there."

"Take some time and take me back to stroke my back!"

"Okay!" Mo Xiang readily agreed.

Everyone rested for a while, then continued to move forward, and finally came to a big black stone.Lihua remembered that the last time she sacrificed to the mountain god was also here.Looking up, the stone seemed to be broken from the cliff, it was huge.People in Zique Village regard it as the body of the mountain god, and worship it every year to bless the weather with good weather.

After the villagers arrived one after another, each family put the prepared dishes in front of the stone.Jin Hui with his hands behind his back, looked at each one like a gourmet connoisseur.As in previous years, his family made marinated pig's head and pig's trotters this year, which looked decent and stylish.Only his family can be so rich in this village, who made him the village head?
Suddenly, his eyes fell on the two dishes.One is a white soup filled with winter melon, mixed with small colorful particles; the other is dim sum in the shape of yellow and white ingots.These two dishes looked particularly delicate and high-end, and instantly compared him to his big pig's head and big hoof.

"Hey, whose dish is this, so beautiful?" Ma Liu suddenly walked to Jin Hui's side and asked with a smile.

"I don't know," Jin Hui said with a little embarrassment, "It looks good, but a soup and a snack, I'm afraid it's not good to sacrifice to the mountain god? Although the mountain god doesn't care, you should be more sincere, right? Whose house is this?"

Aunt Xie and Third Aunt Gao agreed in unison, and then looked at each other with a little hostility.Jin Hui said with a sarcastic smile: "Hey, the two families have married new wives from Bianjing City this year. They are really different! Even the dishes they make are very good-looking. Manager Ma Liu just praised it! Really! If you are interested, you have prepared soup and snacks for the mountain god. But I am afraid that after the mountain god eats our big fish and meat, it will be too late to taste your two. Unexpectedly, you sacrificed to the mountain god, and brought the rules of the city's lords to eat It's interesting!" These words were clearly ridiculing the two families.The people around laughed secretly, and Aunt Xie and Aunt Gao were also a little embarrassed.

Aunt Gao turned her head and got angry at Hongling: "Let me tell you, I told you not to do this and you did it anyway! The Zique Mountain God cares about your snacks? It really embarrasses our Cao family! What should we do now?"

"Forget it, forget it," Jin Hui waved his hands with a smile, so unhappy, "The new daughter-in-law just came in, so let's teach her the rules slowly."

"Hmph!" Gao Sangu glanced at Hongling disdainfully and said, "You're so stupid, how can I teach you? I told her that offering sacrifices to mountain gods is an important matter, but she still doesn't care about it. Don’t you like my mother-in-law? Talk, you’re dumb!”

Gao Sangu's voice was already loud, a typical loud voice.When she yelled at Hongling like this, the voices beside her became quieter, and they all looked at their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Hong Ling blushed slightly, and hurriedly explained: "Mother, I'm sorry, I don't quite understand the rules of offering sacrifices to mountain gods, next time I will definitely do better."

"Next time?" Gao Sangu stared at her face indifferently and said, "Is there a next time? Dare I let you do it next time? If the mountain god doesn't bless our Cao family, will you be responsible for the disaster? "

"mother……"

"Shut up!" Third Aunt Gao interrupted Haitang, glared at him and said, "I'm going to teach my wife a lesson, why are you interrupting? Just wait! Don't take my words to heart now, in the future I will grow old If you can’t move anymore, wouldn’t it be to turn the sky upside down?”

Hong Ling hurriedly waved her hands and said: "No, mother..."

"How dare you talk back!" Third Aunt Gao shouted angrily. "Forget it, forget it," Jin Hui said gloatingly, "Don't scold her a new daughter-in-law in front of so many people, it's embarrassing for her!" He said to Hong Ling again: "Today is a good day, I have offended you. My mother is angry, I should make amends, hurry up, give your mother a good time!"

Hong Ling bit her lip, really flustered with anger.In front of so many people, she really wanted to turn around and leave.

At this time, Lihua pushed forward and asked, "What's going on?" She and Moxiang hid in the grass nearby to have a rest just now, and she didn't know what happened.

When Aunt Xie saw her, she became furious and scolded, "Why don't you ask? I was just about to ask you, what kind of food do you cook? A dish of soup will send the mountain god away?"

Lihua seemed to understand why the two mothers-in-law were angry.She asked Hongling, "What kind of dish do you cook?" Hongling pointed to the yellow and white dim sum and said, "That's the plate." She took a few steps forward, looked down and smiled, "Oh, this skill is amazing. That’s great! It’s made like a real ingot.”

"There's a use for it!" Gao Sangu squinted at Hongling and cursed.

"Why is it useless?" Lihua answered the question and asked Gao Sangu, "Can you make something like this? Do you know what this dish is called?" "Who knows? Doesn't it look like an ingot? Doesn't it Call it Yuanbao Dumplings?"

"What kind of dumplings? Can the mountain gods sacrifice ordinary things like dumplings? They are gods, so why haven't they eaten anything? I'm greedy for your two dumplings?"

One sentence made the third aunt Gao speechless.Jin Hui next to him glanced at Lihua, and asked with a cold smile, "Then what do you think is so special about this dish?"

"This plate is called gold and silver ingots. The white ones are made of rice noodles, and the yellow ones are made of pumpkin puree. When we were in Bianjing, every household would make this dish to worship their ancestors. I can’t make this shape! Why don’t you just ask, the village chief, can you make it?”

"I...my family can't afford to do this!" Jin Hui said with a retort.

"Isn't that enough? Let's talk about my family's Eight Treasures Ruyi Tofu Soup," Li Hua pointed to her and Mo Xiang's "masterpiece" and said, "It was carefully cooked by Mo Xiang. Usually in Bianjing, our master I love this dish the most. Why? This dish is most suitable for older people. It can preserve health and live a long life! Don’t underestimate it. It’s a soup. It’s more labor-intensive than stewed pig’s head. Well, relying on my recipe alone, you won't be able to eat this dish today!"

What he said warmed the hearts of Zhen Shi and Mo Xiang.The people next to him also cast curious glances at Mo Xiang, they didn't expect this girl to cook so well! "Hey, it means that the dish you two cook is heaven and earth?" Mrs. Guo became angry when she heard that. Who asked Lihua to demote her braised pig's head?

"It doesn't exist in this place anyway," Lihua took her hands, and said with a provocative smile, "Why don't you come and see if you have a different way, Mrs. Guo?"

"You..." Aunt Guo couldn't say anything about Lihua, she turned her head and asked Aunt Xie, "Oh, Aunt Xie, your new daughter-in-law can really speak! You, a mother-in-law, just stood here and didn't make a sound, she was showing off Let her eloquence come!"

This aggressive method is useful for Gao Sangu, but not for Aunt Xie.Aunt Xie knows exactly when to unite and when to fight among themselves.She was dissatisfied at first, but after hearing Lihua's words, she felt her face brightened, and she immediately replied to Aunt Guo's words: "She and Moxiang made the dishes, and I don't understand! Don't let her talk about it." Who can tell? Let Moxiang, an unmarried girl, talk about it, and you're afraid that you'll be showing off. Aunt Guo, is that reasonable?"

"That's right!" Li Hua stood obediently behind Aunt Xie, and said in a very obedient manner, "My mother told me to say it. Without her, I wouldn't dare to talk back to you! Aunt Guo, I have offended you, please forgive me! People say that you can't get angry in front of the mountain god."

Aunt Xie turned her face and looked at Lihua with a half-smile, as if she was saying that you are good at it, and you are not bad at adapting to the wind.Lihua blinked her eyes with a smile, and replied, "Bring each other to each other!"

At this time, Jin Ling'er was standing behind supporting Zhuang's arm.Hearing that his mother and mother-in-law were fighting, they didn't call each other mother-in-law. There was a strong smell of gunpowder in his tone, and he immediately limped forward and pulled Guo Shi and said, "Mother, don't be angry. The fourth brother and sister are new. When I entered the door, I didn’t know the people in the village very well, so my words inevitably clashed. For the sake of me and my mother-in-law, don’t you bother with her? Anyway, she didn’t do it on purpose. To make room for this today Cai, she and Mo Xiang have worked hard!"

These words were decent and thoughtful, not only let Guo's anger dissipate, Mrs. Xie also eased her face, and politely added: "Mother-in-law, I was a little anxious just now, don't worry too much."

"It's nothing," Guo replied with a fake smile, "I'm also a little anxious, thinking that we are all in-laws, we get along well on weekdays, and there is nothing to stop us from speaking, so don't worry too much!"

"Where is it!"

The atmosphere between the two women improved in an instant, and they began to compliment each other's dishes, just like a pair of in-laws who got along very well.Lihua shrugged her shoulders and said with a smile, my dear mother-in-law, you are really much better at adapting to the wind, you are willing to bow down!
Seeing this, Third Aunt Gao turned her head and glared at Hong Ling, then pouted dissatisfiedly and went back to Cao An and Mei Xiang.Lihua touched Hongling and asked softly: "Huang Ying didn't come?" Hongling whispered to her: "She and Liang Bai are separated, how can she have any face? Ma Liu and the housekeeper greeted her in a decent way." I said a word to her, but if it really comes, it will be even more embarrassing to be a human being. Now she is alone in Zhuangzi!"

Although Lihua didn't like Huang Ying's temperament very much, and she always spoke harshly and selfishly, but now she heard what she said, and felt a little sympathy for Huang Ying.

Manting suddenly stretched out his hand to pull Lihua's arm, and said softly: "Stand over here, the sacrifice has begun!"

Lihua and Hongling looked at each other and smiled, and suddenly felt good again. After all, being able to come to the Spring Festival with the whole village is already a great improvement.The two followed their respective men and stood back in the line, and began to worship the mountain god under the auspices of Jin Hui.

Tian Yisheng is naturally an indispensable figure in this sacrifice.In the past few years, after he had made some achievements in fame, Jin Hui asked him to help write sacrificial texts every year to make the sacrificial ceremony look decent.At first, he only planned to help write the sacrificial text, but he didn't expect that no one in the village could read the sacrificial text fluently, let alone understand it.After Jin Hui repeatedly invited him, he agreed to read the sacrificial oration.

(End of this chapter)