Farming is worse than raising monks

Chapter 3
Gao Shi began to roll his eyes, thinking in his heart.

Tianhe hasn't heard from him in the past few years, and he doesn't know what's going on. If there is any other bad thing, it will not be easy to drive away this little lazy bastard and want to marry again.

If Tianhe has a future outside, he can find an excuse to get rid of this lazy bastard and find someone ten times stronger than her.

"It's my Tianshui who has an idea, mother listens to you." Gao praised Deng Tianshui in a low voice.

Deng Tianshui smiled triumphantly.

Deng's father looked at Gao, and asked weakly, "His mother, for Tianhe's sake, don't make things difficult for Mei Niang anymore."

Gao gave him a hard look.

However, she rarely refuted, she curled her lips and said, "Okay, as long as she can guarantee to live a good life with Tianhe and stop thinking bad things, I will never make things difficult for her again.

Before Tianhe was not at home, I was in a bad mood, so I had to say a few more words.Now that Tianhe is back, I'm in a better mood, so I don't have the time to take care of her. "

What she said made some sense, and no one could find anything wrong with it.

Seeing this, Mei Niang nodded, "Success, I hope my father-in-law and my elder brother and third younger brother can be witnesses for me. I'm sorry, I disturbed everyone's peace early in the morning. I'll go cook."

Then turned and went into the kitchen.

Gao spat bitterly, and was pulled into the room by Deng's father.

Deng Tianhe and Deng Tianshui looked at the sky and went back to sleep.

It is almost the twelfth lunar month, and there is not much work to do in the fields. It is a relatively leisurely time of the year, so of course we should take the opportunity to rest more.

Zhang Xiaolian didn't go back to sleep, but went into the kitchen.

"Second sister-in-law, let me cook for you." Zhang Xiaolian said.

Mei Niang looked up at her, saw her eyes were red, and felt guilty, "Sister and sister, for my sake, you have been wronged."

Zhang Xiaolian was married to Deng Tianshui for two years, and she has not given birth to a boy or a girl. So Gao began to raise her eyebrows and nose, scolded him countless times, and even urged Deng Tianshui to divorce his wife.

Maybe it's because of the same illness as Mei Niang, the two of them have a very close relationship.

Zhang Xiaolian hurriedly smiled and shook her head, "What about the second sister-in-law? I won't be wronged. Second sister-in-law, mother-in-law has that temper, so don't worry about it. Just wait for the second brother to come back. When you are wronged, he I can do it for you."

When Deng Tianhe was mentioned, Meiniang was a little annoyed.

"Lianmei, I've lost my temper a long time ago. Didn't you tell me to cook for me? Hurry up and start a fire." Mei Niang chased her away with a smile and changed the subject instead of talking about this embarrassing topic.

Zhang Xiaolian went to light the fire with a smile, and soon the delicious smell of pickles wafted from the kitchen.

After frying the pickles, cook breakfast, sweet potato porridge, of course, less rice and more sweet potatoes.

However, at this time, the yams are air-dried due to the excess water, so they are very sweet and brittle. Not only does the boiled yam porridge taste sweet and delicious, but it also tastes no worse than that crispy apple when eaten raw.

When Mei Niang was about to cut the pig vegetables, Zhang Xiaolian grabbed the kitchen knife and said with a smile, "Second sister-in-law, go and light the fire. You suffered a lot a few days ago, and your bones are not healed yet. It's warmer under the stove. I'll chop the pork."

"No need, I'll do it myself." Mei Niang replied with a smile as her heart warmed up.

"Second sister-in-law, just go if you're told, don't be polite to me." Zhang Xiaolian pushed Mei Niang to the stove.

Then he took a small low stool and sat in front of the big wooden basin to chop radishes and cherry seeds. The movements were very skillful, and he was used to doing it on weekdays.

Looking at Zhang Xiaolian's thin back, Mei Niang pursed her lips and smiled, thank you!
Zhang Xiaolian quickly chopped the vegetable cherry seeds, but her hands were red from the cold.

"Lianmei, come here and warm up." Mei Niang hurriedly greeted.

Zhang Xiaolian smiled and waved her hands, "I'm not cold, second sister-in-law, the big stove can also be burned."

While talking, she was busy putting the chopped vegetable cherry seeds into another large pot. There were freshly peeled potato skins, rice washing water and rancid water in the pot, all of which were used to feed the pigs.

The Deng family raised two pigs, a fat pig that was going to be slaughtered a few years ago, and a sow.

The sow is pregnant and will give birth in two months.

After she was done with all this, Mei Niang dragged her to the stove to warm herself up. Sitting in front of the stove, the sister-in-law and sister-in-law sat in front of the stove, their faces warmed by the light of the fire.

"Second sister-in-law, I found that you have changed." Zhang Xiaolian suddenly looked up at Mei Niang and said seriously.

Mei Niang immediately felt uneasy, did she do something wrong?
"Really, what changed?" Mei Niang asked pretending to be calm.

"Now you are not afraid of mother-in-law, you dare to speak." Zhang Xiaolian said with blinking eyes.

It turned out to be this, Mei Niang breathed a sigh of relief.

"Oh, it's not that I'm not afraid, it's that the words my mother-in-law scolded are not true, and I can't accept it." Mei Niang said.

Zhang Xiaolian nodded and sighed softly, "Oh, you still have the guts."

Her expression was a little sour, she was afraid of Gao Shi.

Mei Niang shook her head with a wry smile and said nothing more.

The rooster had already crowed, and the sky was bright, but it was a little gray, as if it was going to snow.

The Deng family got up one after another, and the yard became lively.

Mei Niang and Zhang Xiaolian went to feed the chickens and pigs again.

Deng Tianhe's daughter-in-law, Hu Cuihong, said that she was not feeling well these days, as if she was pregnant again.

Hu Cuihong has already given birth to two children for the Deng family. The oldest is a five-year-old boy, and the youngest is a three-year-old girl.

It happened that Deng Tianhe was not at home, Lin Meiniang couldn't give birth, and Zhang Xiaoying couldn't give birth, Gao and Deng's father naturally looked up to Hu Cuihong at the moment.

Mrs. Gao hurriedly asked her to rest and take care of her body, and all the housework fell on Mei Niang and Zhang Xiaolian.

Fortunately, both Mei Niang and Zhang Xiaolian were very diligent, talking and laughing while doing their work, and they didn't feel tired or unhappy.

Mei Niang is actually willing to do more and work more, so that she won't think about the pain of the past.

The two of them finished these things properly, Deng Tianshan also cleaned the yard, and the family began to have breakfast.

After the meal was served, Hu Cuihong led the children out of the house, covered her mouth and yawned, as if she hadn't slept enough.

She glanced at the food on the table, a bowl of pickled beans, a bowl of pickled mustard greens and shredded radish, and a bowl of stewed cabbage with chili.

Hu Cuihong curled her lips secretly, again pickles and potato porridge.

"Mom, I was so hungry that I was so hungry, but now I don't want to eat when I see the food, what should I do?" Hu Cuihong asked Gao with a frown on purpose, her voice was soft and soft.

When Gao heard this, she immediately asked concerned, "Hey, Cuihong, it's okay if you don't eat, then what do you want to eat?"

Hu Cuihong sighed softly, "My mouth is very sour, I want to eat an egg fried noodle pancake, put more salt and green onion."

"Ah, fried noodles with eggs." Gao Shi hesitated when he heard the eggs, and frowned.

"Forget it, mom, I won't eat it. Let's save the eggs and return with some oil and salt. Anyway, the child is still young, so it's okay to let him starve for a meal or two." Hu Cuihong said immediately, and gently stroked her abdomen, The child in the mouth, of course, refers to the child in the womb.

The first half of the sentence is a sensible sentence, but the second half of the sentence carries a reminder, it's not me who is eating it now, but your grandson of the Deng family wants to eat it.

"Grandma, I want to eat eggs too." The five-year-old Deng Yuanbao also held Gao's hand, acting like a baby in a childish voice.

"Grandma, I want it too." Three-year-old Deng Niuniu spoke a little awkwardly, but she also knew that eggs were delicious.

Mrs. Gao had a toothache, so she had to say, "Okay, just wait, I'll let Mei Niang do it." Looking at Mei Niang, with a cold face, "Mei Niang, you are deaf, I didn't hear your sister-in-law You said you want to eat egg pancakes, so hurry up and do it."

Mei Niang stood up and reached out to Gao Shi, "Eggs, flour."

Some precious items in the house, such as eggs, flour, salted fish and bacon, are all hidden in her room by Gao Shi, and she will measure them out when eating.

Mrs. Gao glared at Mei Niang, got up and went to the room to get things.

However, Mei Niang was not allowed to follow in, and she dared not let outsiders know where the things were hidden.

Of course, Mei Niang was not interested in this at all, she stood outside the room and waited.

Zhang Xiaolian came out of the main room, smiled and said to Mei Niang, "Second sister-in-law, I'll help you light the fire."

"Yeah." Mei Niang also nodded with a smile, not polite.

Mrs. Gao came out with her things, and glared at Zhang Xiaolian, "Go back to eat, Mei Niang is very capable, so I don't need your help. You greedy, don't you want to steal this cake, you chicken that doesn't lay eggs , for you to eat..."

The ugly words started to spit out from her mouth again, Mei Niang interrupted with a frown, "Mother-in-law, Lianmei just wants to help me, and has no other meaning."

"Sister Lian, go and eat." Mei Niang said with a soft and sweet voice to Zhang Xiaolian, who had red eyes and aggrieved face.

Zhang Xiaolian wanted to help Mei Niang, but seeing Gao's vicious look, she had to give up, turned around, wiped her eyes and went back to the hall.

"Bah, useless dead thing, it's a waste of food to eat every day." Gao scolded Zhang Xiaolian's back.

Mei Niang reached out to grab the eggs and flour in Gao's hands, and said, "Grandmother, ask sister-in-law to help you light the fire. I can't make fire and pancakes by myself."

"You can't even do such trivial things, what else can you do..." Gao Shi started to stare angrily again.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll steal it?" Meiniang was not angry, and flung her words at Gao.

(End of this chapter)