The grand lady who time-traveled became a hot mom

Chapter 87

Day by day, the cherry blossoms bloomed and faded, turning from red to purple. They were even put into jars or soaked in cherry wine, or became Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang's coveted cherry sauce. Lin Qiulai and the others haven't come back yet.

It has been almost two months since they set off, and Lin Qiulai and the others only sent two letters back to the head of the village.One is to report safety, and the other is to describe in detail the sales of sweet potato flour in County X and County Y. After that, there is almost no news.This made Fang Yumin a little worried.

This place is different from modern times. There is no telephone, no Internet, no cars, planes and ships, so it is very difficult to even send a letter, and it takes ten to 20 days to get it.Although Fang Yumin was anxious, she had nothing to do with the current situation.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the sun was already high in the sky, and the weather was getting hotter day by day.Xiaoyang and Xiaoming haven't come back from school yet, and the meal is already cooked. Chicken stewed with mushrooms is simmering in the stove. When they get home, they will stir-fry some green vegetables and put some kimchi on it.Fang Yumin was lazily half lying on the bamboo chair, thinking about what he would do for a living when he moved to Nantou County.
"Xiao Lian, is Xiao Lian at home?" Aunt Gui knocked on the door.

Fang Yumin hurriedly stood up and went to open the door while answering loudly: "Yes, yes, here we come."

Aunt Gui was wearing a straw hat, and was carrying a pair of pigs and a pig belly in her hand.As soon as he saw Fang Yumin, he said, "Hey, your uncle delivered it for you this morning."

Fang Yumin smiled when she saw it: "Thank you so much Uncle Gui! Come in quickly, Auntie Gui, it's so hot outside."

"No, I have to hurry home and cook." Aunt Gui handed the things to Fang Yumin, watching her hesitate to speak.

Fang Yumin naturally saw it, she took the pig into the water with a smile, but dragged your aunt into the house: "You just come in and have a cup of tea, I'll take the money for you."

The pigs were hanging in the kitchen, Fang Yumin dragged Auntie to sit on the bamboo chair in the yard.Dig a spoonful of cherry sauce and mix it with cold water, and put a plate of sesame pancakes.

"This cherry sauce is sweet and sour, very appetizing and refreshing. Try it." Fang Yumin put the cherry juice in front of your aunt and said with a smile: "Look, these two cherry trees were picked, and I also brewed it." What about cherry wine. It’s just that it’s not ready yet, and it’s probably ready to drink in June or July.”

"Xiao Lian, your hands are really skillful, you can do everything." Aunt Gui smiled as she looked at the bowl of purple-red cherry juice with a sour aroma.Pick up the bowl and take a sip, it is really sour and sweet, and the spirit is refreshed after drinking it!

"If you like it, you can take a can home. It's also good to eat pancakes and steamed buns."

Aunt Gui hurriedly declined and said, "How can it be? Candy is very expensive! You'd better keep it for Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang."

"It's okay. In the past, Uncle Gui and Aunt Gui took care of our mother and child. Otherwise, how could we save money to sell some snacks?" Fang Yumin said sincerely, "I will have more help from you in the future, so my mother-in-law would not dare Blatantly bullying us. Xiao Lian is really grateful, this small gesture is not a respect, it is just something that is not expensive to eat."

Aunt Gui took it with a smile: "Thank you, Xiaolian. Speaking of your mother-in-law..." Aunt Gui took a closer look at Fang Yumin's face, then at her stomach, and asked, "Xiaolian, how is your life going?" It’s time to get rich, have you gone to see the doctor for recuperation?”

Fang Yumin was a little funny, the emperor was really not in a hurry and the eunuchs were in a hurry: "Yes, I have been recuperating since autumn last year. The doctor said that I should not take medicine because of my weak body. It is best to use diet therapy."

"Huh?" Aunt Gui was stunned, only the middle-aged women in a small mountain village had never heard of 'diet therapy'.Taking medicine for conditioning is commonplace.

Fang Yumin hurriedly said: "It is to use food for conditioning, not decocting medicine to drink."

"Oh." Your aunt looked suddenly enlightened, and asked again: "Then did you say when you will be able to conceive a child?"

Fang Yumin was a little embarrassed to be asked so bluntly by your aunt: "I didn't say anything, the doctor only said that if you are healthy, you will naturally conceive a child."

Aunt Gui sighed: "That's quick!"

"Ah?" Fang Yumin was surprised: "Qiu Lai and I are still young, so there is no rush."

"Oh, you child!" Your aunt looked at Fang Yumin worriedly, making Fang Yumin feel as if the other party was her mother forcing her to marry.

For a moment, Fang Yumin also had mixed feelings, and couldn't help but miss her mother in another time and space.Sighing, she tilted her head and smiled at Aunt Gui with a coquettish expression, which made Aunt Gui shake her head and feel anxious.

"Your mother-in-law's family has relatives, and they brought a baby girl with them, who looks to be fifteen or sixteen years old. I heard..." Even if there are no outsiders at home, Aunt Gui still looked around before approaching Fang Yumin said lightly: "I heard that your mother-in-law wants Qiu Lai to take her in."

"What?" Fang Yumin exclaimed and patted the bamboo table with a 'snap', which shocked Aunt Gui: "You child, what are you doing so loudly?"

Fang Yumin smiled at Aunt Gui embarrassedly, then poked her ear and leaned closer to her and asked, "You just said that my mother-in-law wants Qiu Lai to take a concubine? Why?"

"You don't live up to your expectations." Your aunt sighed: "Actually, she has been thinking about this idea for a long time, but a few years ago, your family was poor, and no one wanted to come. Now seeing that your family has become rich, the house is built like this Da, it’s so good, it’s no different from the ones in the county. Qiulai is kind-hearted and hard-working, and your mother-in-law is not the only one who cares about her.”

"Why don't you live up to it, isn't Xiao Ming my son?" Fang Yumin couldn't help exclaiming: "Could it be that Xiao Ming was not born to me?"

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, it would be terrible if Xiao Ming heard it." Aunt Gui stretched out her hand and slapped Fang Yumin lightly a few times in reproach: "Xiao Ming is just like you."

"Scared me to death." Fang Yumin patted his chest, and asked hesitantly: "Since I have already given birth to Qiulai's son, why do I still take in concubines? Besides, I even took in four godsons, oh, four one, leave one now."

Aunt Gui patiently explained: "Everyone in our village pays attention to spreading branches and leaves, and having many children and grandchildren. Do you think there is only one child in the whole village?"

"It's good to have a baby. From now on, all the property will be given to Xiao Ming. If there are no brothers and sisters, there will be no disputes about unfair property distribution. Besides, if my family is so rich that Xiao Ming doesn't mind sharing points with his cousins, that would be better." Is it?" Fang Yumin propped her chin and asked very puzzled: "What is my mother-in-law doing? I don't understand, I don't understand. Besides, my second uncle's family only had two children, so why not call him second uncle?" How many concubines do you have?"

Auntie laughed when she heard it: "You think your mother-in-law doesn't want it? She doesn't like you and Xia Lai's wife, but although Xia Lai's family is not so poor, it is absolutely impossible to raise an extra room." It's not like your house, look at how magnificent the house is, and there is meat every day. Although your house is a bit out of the way, but your house stews this stew every day, and the delicious meat is not to mention so tempting. Everyone in the village knows it. They all come over to smell it when it’s meal time before going home to eat.”

Fang Yumin couldn't help being speechless, and said in surprise: "Are you exaggerating? My family doesn't eat meat every day. Sigh, who in our village doesn't have only one daughter-in-law? My mother-in-law doesn't fear that her son will be pointed at and gossip? "

"Ms. Zhang is not even afraid of being gossiped about herself, how could she be afraid of her son being gossiped? Don't you know what your mother-in-law wants to do? This is actually what everyone said behind the scenes. Maybe it's not true. But it's groundless... You understand, I just want to remind you. I watched him grow up in Qiulai. He is a real person and has a good relationship with you. I guess it is useless. But when I came here today, I saw that girl, tsk tsk tsk , that figure..." Aunt Gui suddenly looked left and right, and when she saw that there was no one left, she stretched out her hand and gestured a few times in front of her chest. A few glances."

Fang Yumin's eyes widened, and she blurted out: "Boba?"

"Huh?" Aunt Gui was dumbfounded again, she didn't understand.

Fang Yumin chuckled and said, "It's nothing, I was too surprised. Well, Auntie, thank you so much."

"Don't, don't, don't be polite to me. No one in our village has ever taken a concubine. If this is an exception, I don't know what will happen in the future? Xiaolian, you know it in your heart, then I will go back." Aunt Gui said As she stood up and prepared to go home, her daughter probably had already prepared a meal for her to eat when she got home.

Fang Yumin gave Aunt Gui a jar of cherry jam, and then walked her to the door with a smile on her face: "Aunt Gui, go slowly."

Fang Yumin didn't close the door until Aunt Gui walked away, and she couldn't help grinding her teeth when she turned around, Zhang Cuihua is a shit-stirring stick!

Although Fang Yumin was not afraid of Zhang Cuihua's troubles, she could trust Lin Qiulai, but Fang Yumin was really tired of always coming to trouble her like this.That old woman is trying to break them up!

Forget it, the soldiers will block the water and the soil, if Lin Qiulai is so superficial and listens to his wife's arrangement, Fang Yumin doesn't want this man!From now on she will...

"Mother, we're back." Xiao Ming burst into the door sweating profusely with a sunny smile on his face, Xiao Yang followed closely behind, holding the bundled grass in both hands, and shouted to Fang Yumin with a smile Voice: "Mother."

On the surface, Fang Yumin, who was ready to be open-minded, was actually quite entangled in her heart. When she saw the bright smiles on the faces of her two sons, the nonsense that she might become a mistress who had never met before was immediately thrown out of the blue.She greeted her with a smile: "Is it hot? Go wash your face and have a rest, and eat soon."

"it is good."

Xiao Ming hurriedly put down the bundle of grass in his hand, Xiao Yang walked over and put it down too, the two of them unwrapped the rope together with smiles, and spread the young grass on the corridor of the yard as usual, after a meal, those sticking to the grass The water evaporates and is ready to be fed to rabbits in the backyard.

Fang Yumin didn't want to cook anymore, so she decided to add some soup to the chicken pot to make a hot pot.Throw in lettuce, tofu, homemade bean sprouts and coriander, and you can eat it after boiling it, which is convenient and quick.

"Xiaoyang, go and build a small charcoal stove, and the three of us will eat chicken pot in the yard."

"Okay."

Xiao Yang happily ran to the backyard, and Xiao Ming happily ran into the kitchen to help.Well, children, playing and eating are very happy things for them now.In modern times, Fang Yumin still doesn't know how to pamper these two good sons.It's a pity that the conditions here are limited, and we can only start with food.

Fang Yumin moved the low table for eating hot pot to the corridor outside the dining room, and Xiao Ming moved out three small benches after him.Xiaoyang also finished lighting the charcoal stove, before it was hot, Fang Yumin quickly moved the charcoal basin to the middle of the low table.Then put that big casserole of chicken and mushrooms on top.Xiao Ming was arranging pickled cucumbers, kimchi, and lettuce tofu, etc. Xiao Yang washed his hands and went to serve rice.

Fang Yumin made a pot of mint tea and ran over, and said to Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang who had already sat down and waited for her to start: "Okay, okay, let's eat."

As soon as the lid was lifted, the sauce-colored chicken and shiitake mushrooms were steaming in the soup, and the mouth-watering aroma wafted out. As soon as the two hungry children smelled it, their stomachs gurgled immediately, which made Fang Yumin's heart ache. I have to get food for them in a hurry: "Aren't the omelets I brought you this morning not enough?"

"Hmm~ No, it's not." Xiao Ming's mouth was full of chicken, and it was a bit difficult to speak.

Fang Yumin was really afraid that Xiao Ming would choke: "Don't worry, you swallow it and then speak slowly, no one is forcing you."

Xiao Yang had already put down his chopsticks and patted Xiao Ming on the back while explaining to Fang Yumin: "Xiao Ming gave the egg pancake to Xiao Bao."

"My brother shared more than half of it for me to eat." Xiao Ming hurriedly added.

Fang Yumin immediately praised the two sons, and asked, "Where are Dabao and Xiaozhu? Do they go to school?"

"No." Xiao Ming picked up a piece of chicken leg for Fang Yumin, then looked at Xiao Yang.

Fang Yumin said: "Xiaoyang, tell me, you are more familiar with them."

"Oh," Xiaoyang put down the bowl and looked at Fang Yumin expectantly and said, "Xiaobao said that his brother has to help the family with the work. He can go to school because his mother has already paid the tuition fee. When the school year is over, he will I can no longer go to school, and I have to help the family with work. Xiao Zhu, his mother is gone, so he has to help with work. His elder brother has reached the age of marrying a wife again, and his family is very difficult now."

Xiaoyang stopped here, Fang Yumin smiled: "Well, when your father comes back, let's find a way to help. Now you have to eat quickly."

"Okay." The two brothers laughed immediately, and Xiao Ming acted coquettishly to Fang Yumin: "Mother is the best, and mother is the smartest."

Half a child eats a poor old man. Although Xiao Yang is only nine and a half years old and Xiao Ming is not yet seven years old, the food intake of the two children is already amazing.Fang Yumin only picked up half a bowl of rice, and those two have already added a second bowl, judging by their appearance, it is estimated that there is no problem in eating another bowl.

Fang Yumin hurriedly tapped the casserole with chopsticks: "Hey, don't keep cooking rice, you haven't started the hot pot yet. Wait, I'll pour some broth, let's boil the vegetables."

"okay."

Xiaoming and Xiaoyang immediately slowed down the speed of grilling rice, and helped Fang Yumin pour a small pot of pork bone soup that had been simmering on the stove into the chicken pot, and after stirring a few times with a spoon, it was ready. Add tofu cubes, potato slices and sweet potato flour in turn, and then cover the pot.

While waiting for the soup to boil, Niang San ate pickled cucumber and kimchi to eliminate the greasy.

Xiaoyang poured tea for Fang Yumin and Xiaoming and said: "Mother, Xiaoming, why don't we go to the mountains to pick some wild mushrooms together when we are on vacation tomorrow? By now, Minoru of the wild mountains should be cooked, and it might not be very good to eat, but mother doesn't want to eat them." Do you want to brew Shanren wine to make Shanmin sauce? It's just right now."

Xiao Ming's eyes became bright when he heard this, Fang Yumin also smiled and clapped his hands: "Okay, okay, we will go tomorrow. Hey, your father is not at home, and it is not easy for me to go up the mountain alone. It’s been a long time. If I had gone two months earlier, I could have dug spring bamboo shoots, and now the spring bamboo shoots have grown into bamboo. But we can chop some bamboo and come back to make rice in bamboo tubes. It can also be used for stewing, with bamboo fragrance. .”

After Fang Yumin finished speaking, she couldn't help drooling when she thought of the delicious food, Xiao Ming hurriedly asked: "Mother, do you want to make bacon and glutinous rice in bamboo tube tomorrow?"

Although Xiaoyang didn't ask, she also looked at Fang Yumin with wide eyes.

Fang Yumin laughed heartily, our family is foodies!So she waved her hand proudly and said, "If you want to eat, I will make it. Let's soak the glutinous rice in the morning before we go out."

The two children cheered happily, when the soup in the pot was boiling.Fang Yumin put on cotton gloves and carefully lifted the lid of the pot and put it aside. Xiao Ming and Xiao Yang had already picked up lettuce and soybean sprouts and put them in the pot. Fang Yumin also picked up the sweet potato flour with chopsticks to see if it was soft enough to eat.

At this moment, the door was suddenly slammed, accompanied by Zhang Cuihua's loud voice: "Xiao Ming, the third daughter-in-law, are you at home?"

(End of this chapter)