take a wife to support the family

Chapter 125 Loach Roasted Tofu

After hearing the whole story, Song Haonian said to the old man Song: "Father, let's say in good conscience that our family is not a wealthy family, and no one has ever studied. In terms of family status alone, it is not worthy of a scholar's family."

The old man Song nodded and sighed: "That's not bad, but your sister has a crush on him, so you have to give it a try."

"I've tried it now, how about it? From my point of view, let's pretend that this is not the case in our family. After a while, no one will talk about it. It's not too late to show Xiu Xiuxiang a suitable family again when the matter calms down."

It would be a lie to say that the old man Song was not at all interested in the fact that his daughter married a young scholar. After hearing what Song Haonian said, he hesitated for a while. While heartbroken that he would lose his son-in-law in the future, he also felt that this matter of his family was really embarrassing. This method of the second child is not a good idea, but it is an upright idea.

He just wanted to agree, the woman in the family would not do it, Niu lifted the curtain and barged in, spit on Song Haonian's face: "My brother loves my sister, you want to trample your sister in the mud?"

Lily stood up suddenly and blocked Song Haonian: "What is this mother talking about? It's a matchmaker called by Da Nian, and it's a gossip passed on by Da Nian?"

Song Xiuxiu came in with her mother, pointed at Baihe and cursed: "Don't pretend to be a good person, I don't know your black heart! If it weren't for you, Xiucai would not agree to this matter?"

Song Haonian laughed angrily at his mother and sister, and pulled Lily to his side, fearing that they would hurt her, "So, it's our fault, we have made enemies with Xiucai, so they don't want to marry you?"

Song Xiuxiu stared at Song Haonian with her neck straightened, she had just cried, her eyes were as red as rotten peaches, it made Song Haonian's eyes hurt for a while.

Niu also didn't want to quarrel with the second and younger couple at this time, so he sat down with Song Xiuxiu, and said in a good voice: "Now that the word has been spread, if it doesn't work out, your sister will have someone poke her back in the future." , where can I marry a good man?"

This reasoning is not bad, everyone knows that Song Xiuxiu is all about marrying a young scholar, and if she doesn't marry suddenly, it will be even worse for her reputation, and it may hinder her from discussing marriage in the future.

Song Haonian said: "That little scholar is not a good person. If you miss it, you will miss it. The real good people don't care about it. If nothing else, there are many brothers like me who don't marry wives. very good……"

While he was talking, he suddenly felt a pain in his waist, but Lily pinched him severely, so he had no choice but to shut up.

Song Xiuxiu sneered and said: "Second brother is very scheming, give up one of your own sisters to win over your poor brothers. Second sister-in-law, don't be too busy pinching him, I'm afraid your sisters will also be given up to them!"

Bai He thought to herself that Song Xiuxiu really didn't know what to do, she didn't want to talk to her, she just pretended not to hear her.

Song Xiuxiu continued: "I think you don't ask me to marry a scholar, what kind of good marriage can you match me with! Wang Xiaofu? Bah! He doesn't even live in a dog in his broken house. I marry him? It's a good idea!"

Song Haonian's face darkened: "If you don't agree, you don't agree. Who allows you to curse?"

Song Xiuxiu fell into Niu's arms: "Mom, listen to what kind of family my second brother is going to tell me, I just don't want to live anymore!"

Song Haonian just said Wang Xiaofu's name in a flash of inspiration, and immediately regretted it. With Song Xiuxiu's temper, he was afraid that Wang Xiaofu would be wronged.

Immediately, Wang Xiaofu was no longer mentioned, and he frowned and said, "Then tell me, what are you going to do?"

Song Xiuxiu raised her head suddenly, and stared at Song Haonian: "Second brother, go and make a deal for me and ask Xiucai to marry me!"

Song Haonian stared at her like a ghost, only thinking that there was something wrong with his ears, but Song Xiuxiu repeated: "You go and apologize to Xiao Xiucai, the two families have no enmity, he will naturally come to marry me."

Lily couldn't bear it any longer, and said sharply, "Your face is face, and your second brother's face is the soil on the soles of your shoes. If you say you want to make amends, will you make amends?"

Not to mention that the matter between his family and Liu Rulong could not be resolved by apologizing, or if he went to apologise, if the two families reconciled, would he be able to guarantee that he would marry Song Xiuxiu?

Song Xiuxiu couldn't stop crying, and Niu's heart ached so much that she said to Song Haonian: "Second brother, you can go and apologize, in case he accepts you. The second son's family, you also go, the most provocative It's you! If it's not you, how could this happen today?"

Lily choked, the enmity between the two families was well established by her, but if it wasn't for Liu Rulong's daring attempt to tease her, would she be the kind of person who provokes others casually?

It was about Lily, Song Haonian couldn't back down, he gritted his teeth and refused to agree to go to Liu's house to make amends, so hated that Niu almost hit him with a teacup, thanks to the fact that the teacup was valuable later, so he pressed his hand dangerously, so as to hang on Smash it out.

After a stalemate for a while, old man Song said: "Second brother, you don't have to apologize. Now that something like this happened to your sister, you should go to Liu's house and ask, isn't it okay?"

Going to Liu's house to inquire would at most lose some face, Song Haonian gritted his teeth: "Okay."

The old man Song said again: "Old woman, don't make trouble with Xiuxiu, take her to tidy up, the big girl's family must look good."

He looked like a reasonable and good man, but if he was really a good man, how could he make his wife and daughter such a vicious mess?

There is a special word for people like Old Man Song called "Simple Face Diao". He looks like a good person, but in fact he takes advantage of everything. The good reputation is still his. Others suffer, his wife and daughter lose face, and he has nothing wrong with it.

Song Haonian let go and agreed to go to Liu's house to ask about the situation, Niu and Dong coaxed Song Xiuxiu to wash her face and change clothes, for a long time no one greeted her, let alone left a meal, Song Haonian said: "If there is nothing else, I will go first .”

After getting out, Lily said first: "It's getting late, it's shameful to go to someone's house at this time, let's go tomorrow."

As for how to inquire, they have to make a long-term plan. If it is not good, Baba will bump into it and be ridiculed.

Song Haonian sighed: "Mother and Xiuxiu are both foolish people, I have wronged you."

Lily smiled and said: "You understand that I will not be wronged, you are the one who will live with me for the rest of my life."

When the two returned home, there was a strange fragrance as soon as they entered the door. Lily asked in the yard, "What did you do, why is it so fragrant?"

Lamei came out and smiled triumphantly: "Is there anything else you don't know?"

"Stop playing tricks, tell me!" Lily really didn't smell what it was, but Song Haonian sniffled and guessed it.

Lamei said: "Roasted tofu with loach."

Lily hadn't eaten loach much before: "So it's this! Hey, it won't taste good unless you spit out the mud and sand. Why don't you cook it right after you get it? You won't be able to eat it later, you have to do something else."

Lamei said: "How do you know that I didn't clean it up? To tell you the truth, when the loach was brought, it had already spit out the sand and cleaned it up."

"Who brought it?" Song Haonian thought, the sister-in-law was clean, she must not have rolled up her trouser legs and went to the paddy field to catch loach, if she bought it from outside, if she didn't buy it, she could stew it, it must be in clear water Keep it inside for two days, add some sesame oil or egg white, and tell them to spit out the mud and sand.

Lamei smiled and said: "Brother Xiaofu brought it, saying he fished it, and asked us all to taste it. Our tofu is tender and smooth, and the stewed loach is just delicious. I cut a piece of tofu for him."

Lily and Song Haonian looked at each other, Song Haonian had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly understood why his wife wanted to pinch him when he mentioned Wang Xiaofu in front of Song Xiuxiu...

Just as he was about to speak, Lily put her fingers on her lips and gestured for silence, and he quickly swallowed the words back.

Lily went to the kitchen and lifted the lid of the pot to see that a large piece of white and tender tofu was lying firmly in the pork rib soup. A few loaches had already got into the tofu for the sake of cooling, leaving only the tails outside.

"Cooking for a moment at most can't be done." Lily put the lid back on the pot, rolled up her sleeves and asked Lamei, "What else do you want to eat?"

Lamei said: "Get a shredded sweet potato, I'll cut up all the sweet potatoes."

"You're the smart one!" Lily smiled, and started frying sweet potatoes on another stove. Lamei was in a good mood, humming a little tune and going in and out to help.

The cooked loach and tofu soup is white and tender, with a few tender green onions floating on it, and it smells delicious.The water tofu is extremely tender, and the loach meat is tender and nutritious. You don't need to add other dishes, and you can eat two bowls of mixed rice just with the soup.

Song Haonian changed into a smile while eating: "Our Lamei can do it too." I have just seen a girl who is unreasonable, and now he thinks Lamei is so pleasing to the eye.

He thought in his heart, Xiaofu is a good boy, and Xiuxiu gave him for fear of spoiling him, but Lamei has a good temper and is hardworking, like her eldest sister. want.

While eating, Lily kept looking at Song Haonian with her eyes, for fear that he would slip up if he didn't pay attention.After finally finishing the meal, she asked Lamei to wash the dishes, and Lily quickly said to Song Haonian: "Lamei is timid, don't tell her anything!"

Song Haonian always listened to his wife about such things, he nodded repeatedly: "It's good that you know it in your heart, it's inconvenient for me, as a brother-in-law, to tell her these things."

"It's not because you are brother-in-law..." Lily said, "I think Lamei is still in a daze, she is thin-skinned, if you tell the truth early, she will become angry and refuse to associate with Xiaofu, what will I do then?"

Song Haonian felt that it was reasonable, and he recalled the past: "Lamei is in a daze, I think Xiaofu understands very well, this kid has already made up our minds about our third girl! I will ask him tomorrow, what is the charter?" .”

"Don't worry about it. Things will come in the same way. Let's think about what to say when we go to Xiucai's house tomorrow." There is no need to worry about La Mei's matter, but Song Xiuxiu's matter can't wait. Well done.

Speaking of girls, Song Haonian sighed again, "They are all the same girls, why can't Xiuxiu be like Lamei? If she is as sensible as Lamei, what should I worry about? She is a real scholar, I also dare to go matchmaking for her. Now that I am like this, I am afraid of harming others if I tell anyone."

Lily didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and covered his mouth while suppressing a smile: "What nonsense! How can an older brother bury his own sister like this?"

Song Haonian didn't mention it with a smile, the two gathered together to discuss for a long while how to go to Liu's house tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)