Siheyuan: Cooking journey

"..."

Mother Lou couldn't help but cover her face. Her daughter was really embarrassing herself.

I sighed inwardly and blamed myself.

At that time, I felt it was not that important and might not be used, so I did not teach it.

The main thing is that these books are a complete set, and I don’t have the opportunity to learn them all. Some of them are really embarrassing and I don’t feel comfortable teaching them.

Looking at her daughter's ignorant look, which was just like a puppy, Mother Lou felt both angry and amused, and helplessly whispered her experience in her ear.

"Oh, I don't..."

Lou Xiao'e immediately hid in the bed out of shame.

"Silly girl, I'm not forcing you to do this, I'm just letting you know about this."

Mother Lou smiled and patted her, jokingly saying:

"Besides, there's nothing to be shy about. You were shy before your wedding, too. Are you still shy now?"

"It's completely different, okay? How could this happen? Who is so mean to come up with such a trick? I don't want it."

Lou Xiao'e hid under the quilt and refused to come out.

During dinner.

He Yuzhu felt a little confused. He always felt that Lou's mother looked at him in a strange way, but he was embarrassed to stare at her or make eye contact with her.

Although he felt it was strange, he didn't take it too seriously. He just felt that something was wrong with Lou Xiao'e. Her face was red, her head was lowered, and she didn't say much during the meal. She was very quiet and not as lively as usual.

It was so quiet that one could hear the wind outside the courtyard.

If he didn't know that the Lou family had no other daughters, he would have suspected that he had recognized the wrong person.

On the other side of the courtyard, the Qin family was having dinner together, with only steamed bread on the table.

Xiaodang was chewing the steamed bread obediently, while Banggeng lowered his head sullenly and hardly moved his chopsticks.

Granny Zhang occasionally glanced at the obvious slap mark on Banggeng's face, and she felt so distressed that she almost cried. She kept scolding him, "That wicked guy Liu Guangfu, how could he be so cruel!

“Such a grown man, yet he is so harsh on a child;

"I will go to the steel mill to find their leader tomorrow. Is it necessary to fight like this just over a few sweet potatoes?

"I'm going to make him lose his job..."

Qin Huairu listened quietly and said nothing.

Seeing the fingerprints on Banggeng's face, she felt sad. But when she thought of what Banggeng said that day, she felt even more heartbroken.

I raised this child with great effort, and never let him go hungry no matter how difficult or tiring the life was, yet he said something like that.

When Qin Huairu thought about it, she felt as if her heart was stabbed by needles and she couldn't breathe. She was in a daze in the cafeteria all afternoon, and she kept asking herself what she had done wrong to make the child have such thoughts.

But she couldn't figure it out and couldn't find the answer.

She thought that as a mother, she had done her best to give her child everything except cutting flesh and feeding blood.

I really can't think of anything else I haven't given. I can only comfort myself that children speak without restraint and the child didn't mean it.

Qin Huairu couldn't think of any other reason except this. Even if she was deceiving herself, she had to make herself feel better, otherwise she would really have trouble living like this.

After all, the child is young and doesn't think about what he says. How could Banggeng understand the meaning of these words? He must have spoken too quickly.

With this thought in mind, Qin Huairu took a deep breath, looked at Banggeng tenderly, and placed a steamed bread in front of him, "Banggeng, eat."

Bang Geng, however, kept his head down and ignored him.

The tenderness in Qin Huairu's eyes froze instantly. Thinking of his previous accusations, her heart felt like being stabbed by a needle, and her face couldn't help but darken: "I'll say it again, eat."

Granny Zhang glanced at her, fearing that her grandson would go hungry, and quickly advised: "Banggeng, be obedient and eat quickly. The pain won't go away when you're full..."

Bang Geng still kept his head down and didn't react at all.

Qin Huairu's face was as cold as ice. She had seldom brought home white steamed bread in the past two months. She thought Banggeng had gotten over his picky eating habits and was willing to eat steamed bread, but she didn't expect him to be like this again. She couldn't help but slam the table heavily, "Don't persuade me anymore. If he doesn't want to eat, just starve. Just skip a few meals and it will be fine.

"If you don't want to eat, don't eat."

Banggeng suddenly raised his head and threw the steamed bread under the table. How did this child become like this?

Qin Huairu was confused and disappointed, her tone was as cold as ice: "Pick up the steamed bread, otherwise you will be hungry forever."

"If I'm hungry, I'll starve to death."

Bang Geng raised his head angrily and shouted at her with resentment in his eyes: "Anyway, you didn't want us siblings anymore!

“You ate and drank well in the canteen, and never thought of bringing anything back for us;

"Why, why is it not enough for you to enjoy the delicious food and drink yourself, but you also want to take away my daily white flour buns?

"Why should you eat my white flour buns? I won't eat corn bread if I am asked to eat it.

"I hate you, you are a heartless woman, you are not my mother."

"I eat and drink well!" Qin Huairu's eyes were empty and her whole body was shaking in disbelief. Endless grievances and pain instantly surged into her heart. Her eyes went dark and the world seemed to stand still.

"Hey, Qin Huairu, what's wrong with you..."

Granny Zhang screamed in panic: "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up..."

"Mommy mommy……"

Xiaodang was so scared that he started crying.

Bang Geng was stunned for a moment, then ran out without looking back.

......

"Qin Huairu fainted?"

As far as I can remember, Qin Huairu has never been a weak woman, so how could she faint?

After returning home and hearing what He Yushui said, He Yuzhu's first reaction was that she was pretending to be unconscious to gain sympathy, and he subconsciously looked at Lou Xiaoe.

Unexpectedly, she was also looking at him.

Their eyes met.

Lou Xiao'e wrinkled her nose, but because He Yushui was present, she couldn't say much and just glared at him secretly.

He Yuzhu almost laughed out loud. He was originally worried that Lou Xiao'e would be too sympathetic and wanted to go over to take a look.

Now it seems that it is not necessary. Lou Xiao'e seems to be more worried about him going there.

Then, He Yuzhu looked at He Yushui, worried that she might be meddling in other people's business.

"You went there?"

"No."

He Yushui shook her head and explained, "Grandma Zhang was shouting loudly, I heard it, but I ignored it, thinking it was someone else's family making a fuss again;

“Then the old man ran over, and then he heard Qing’s mother shouting that the child was missing;

“Not long after, the uncle and aunt came back. I asked out of curiosity and found out that it was Sister Qin who fainted;

"She didn't faint for long. Auntie and Granny Zhang helped her to the bed, and she woke up after a while."

He Yuzhu felt a little relieved. No matter what the reason was, he didn't want A Yushui to get involved in that family's affairs.

But on second thought, just like Lou Xiao'e and Qin Huairu can still chat with each other, neighbors live close to each other, so some daily interactions are inevitable.

There is really no need to be too harsh on this kind of request for help between neighbors.

Although if something really happened, he might want to throw a brick to solve the problem, but after all, they lived in the same courtyard and were in a collective that emphasized unity and cooperation. As a worker, he could not just stand by and watch someone die, but he could still help call for help from others.