Rebirth 90: The Long Road to Finding a Son

After school at 11:40 am, Qian Meijuan walked home from the school road. Qian Jingui's home was on her way home.

When she arrived at Qian Jingui's house, she saw Qian Baoge playing in the yard, so she called out softly, "Baoge, has Xiaoshu prepared the vegetables?"

Qian Baoge saw that it was the lazy and slippery cousin who came over, and responded with a "wait", and then ran into the outer room: "Xiaoshu, the sister is here to get the vegetables, is she ready?"

Qian Xiaoshu immediately brought out a pot of mixed wild vegetables and went to the gate with Qian Baoge.

When he saw Qian Meijuan, Qian Xiaoshu said, "Sister, the food is here. I just took a bite and it's really delicious. If you don't believe me, try it!"

As he said that, he brought the dish to Qian Meijuan. A unique aroma of minced garlic mixed with sesame oil and aged vinegar came to her face. Qian Meijuan was very satisfied with it. She picked up two pieces and chewed them in her mouth. Hey, it’s true, it tasted much better than the dishes mixed by her mother and her grandmother.

Seeing Qian Meijuan happily carrying the dishes and about to leave, Qian Xiaoshu added, "Sister, take the dishes home, and then return the basin to Third Aunt when you go to school in the afternoon! She knows that you took the basin away, and if you don't bring it back in the afternoon, she will go to your house!"

Qian Meijuan said "Oh" and ran away quickly with the basin in her arms, fearing that Shen Nan would rush out and snatch the basin if she was a second late.

The weather was very hot at noon, and Qian Meijuan knew that at this time her grandparents, parents, and brother must be in the living room watching TV with fans on.

After Qian Meijuan entered the house, she took advantage of her family's inattention and quickly poured the wild vegetables in the basin into her own basin, and placed her third aunt's basin in an inconspicuous corner to avoid being discovered by her family.

Soon, Qian Meijuan brought the dishes to the dining table in the main hall. But she glanced at the table and saw that the food was good today. There were pork elbows in sauce, canned luncheon meat, stewed eggs, braised pork, and stir-fried pork with cucumbers and stir-fried pork with shredded carrots. These dishes alone were enough to make people drool. With all these delicious foods, who would want to eat those crappy wild vegetables?

It turned out that this day was Qian Longbin's birthday. It was right for Grandma Qian to want to eat wild vegetables, but her eldest grandson's birthday could not be celebrated simply. She had to prepare some delicious dishes.

It was difficult for rural families to have a sumptuous meal unless there was something important going on. For the ten-year-old Qian Meijuan, the temptation of these delicious foods was too great.

But she felt very lost deep down in her heart. Her brother was seven years older than her and no longer went to school, but he didn't have to do any work and still had a grand birthday every year.

What about me? Every time I have a birthday, only my mother Yu Min remembers it, so naturally I don’t get the same treatment as my brother. At most, I get a big bowl of egg custard, and the whole family eats it together.

Although she thought so in her heart, she did not dare to express it in front of adults. She placed the pot of wild vegetables in front of Old Lady Qian and said in a very friendly manner: "Grandma, this is the longevity grass I dug. I have mixed it for you. If you are tired of the meat dishes on the table, you can eat it to relieve the greasiness.

My classmate’s grandmother also loves this dish. Today I mixed it according to the method she taught me. It’s delicious. You can try it later!”

Old Mrs. Qian was very satisfied with her granddaughter's good behavior today. She nodded and said to her, "Well, this dish smells delicious. Learn more from others in the future. Girls should learn to do these chores well, otherwise it will be difficult to find a husband in the future! Sit down and eat quickly. Eat more meat today so that you can go to school after eating!"

During the meal, Mrs. Qian tasted the wild vegetable: Hmm? This longevity grass can taste like this? It tastes refreshing and has a unique fragrance. When you eat it, the sweet, salty, sour and other flavors are perfectly blended together, and the astringent taste that should have been there is completely gone.

The old lady couldn't help herself and ate it mouthful after mouthful. Everyone else was busy eating the meat on the table, so who would have the heart to eat the rotten wild vegetables scattered all over the floor?

Even Mr. Qian, who usually likes to eat wild vegetables, didn't even take a bite of the cold-mixed longevity grass.

Therefore, only Mrs. Qian had an upset stomach. After a meal, she began to feel something wrong in her stomach in the afternoon, and when she went to the movies in the evening, she couldn't hold it in anymore.

It turned out that Qian Xiaoshu did some special processing when mixing the longevity grass. He asked Luo Changshun for some dried lotus leaves and senna leaves, brought them back and brewed them with boiling water, and then poured the soaked water into the washed longevity grass. When it was noon, he estimated that the wild vegetables were almost soaked, and then he began to add sesame oil, aged vinegar, minced garlic and other condiments.

In order to cover up the bitter taste of senna water, he also added a small amount of honey. In this way, a delicious dish with fragrant aroma, rich nutrition and laxative effect was completed.

Originally, I thought that the whole family would benefit from it and have diarrhea, but who would have thought that all the money went into Old Mrs. Qian's stomach and she became diarrhea?

As for the sack-covering, it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. Luo Changyou's son Luo Dajiang was in the same school as Qian Meijuan, one grade higher than her.

His home was not far from the Qian family, and he knew that family was not good people. Moreover, his mother often talked about how miserable Qian Xiaoshu's life was in that family, which made Luo Dajiang develop a hatred for the Qian family.

In the morning, he saw Qian Meijuan going to find Qian Xiaoshu, so he asked Qian Xiaoshu about the whole story. Qian Xiaoshu told him that Qian Meijuan asked him to dig wild vegetables for Old Lady Qian.

Luo Dajiang asked Qian Xiaoshu: "Xiaoshu, that family beat you up so much, do you want to fight back?"

Qian Xiaoshu looked at Luo Dajiang in silence, wanting to hear what he was going to say next.

Luo Dajiang continued: "If you want revenge, I can help you!"

Qian Xiaoshu pretended to be dumbfounded and asked: "Brother Dajiang, their family members are all very bad. We are just children and cannot beat them!"

Luo Dajiang patted his chest and assured: "I will take care of this matter, Brother Dajiang, let's..."

Afterwards, Luo Dajiang leaned over and whispered to Qian Xiaoshu about his plan to put the sack on him.

Qian Xiaoshu thought this plan was feasible. He originally wanted to give the family diarrhea as a small punishment, but he didn't think he could start with the gloves and sacks today.

Who knew that today was such a perfect day, with the right timing, right location and right people. Old Mrs. Qian bought all the "weight loss" dishes by herself, and there happened to be a movie showing in the village in the evening. If she didn't take action now, when would she?

So, the most unfortunate moment in Mrs. Qian's history arrived unexpectedly.

After Luo Dajiang and Qian Xiaoshu succeeded, they ran away as fast as they could and returned to the brigade square to watch the movie with great interest, feeling both excited and thrilled.