The husband's son-in-law

Gu Zhao called to stop Zheng Hui who was in front.

I should thank the academy for its rules of not allowing students to fight and run. No matter how urgent things are, they can walk quickly. Running in the school will break the etiquette of scholars.

If you want to run, you can go to the playground.

Anyway, Gu Zhao stopped Zheng Hui, who was walking fast ahead, and hurried a few steps over, saying, "We've known each other for a few days, and I'll call you Brother Zheng, and even if we can't be friends, we should become ordinary classmates. Make it clear."

"Is it because of a storybook that you want to break off relations with me?"

Gu Zhao looked at Zheng Hui, "Is there any inside story in it? If you want to say it, I will listen. If you don't want to say it and want to cut off my friend, then it's up to you."

Zheng Hui hesitated to speak, Gu Zhao didn't force it, but said: "Actually, I shouldn't criticize what you like in front of you, even if I don't agree with the point of view in the script, but you are my friend, and you like it so much This script, I should respect and understand you."

Gu Zhao cupped his fists and made a bow, Zheng Hui became anxious and said, "It's my own problem, and it has nothing to do with you. Why do you pay me for the crime?"

"Isn't it hurting your heart to read the script?" When Gu Zhao heard Zheng Hui's tone, he knew that the entanglement in the other party's heart had been put down, and he said with a smile on the snake stick: "Why, Brother Zheng is still making trouble with me. ? Are we really going to break off the relationship?"

Zheng Hui: "Who said we're going to break off diplomatic relations? I'm not a three-year-old child, how could it be possible."

"...More or less." Gu Zhao felt that there was no difference. Seeing that Zheng Hui was anxious to distinguish, he hurriedly said, "Let's go, let's go to eat first, and the food will run out later. Brother Yan is waiting anxiously."

A few steps away, Yan Jingxin waited with his hands behind his back.Hearing Gu Zhao calling his name, he walked over, saw Zheng Hui, and said seriously: "Manly man, don't be a mother-in-law when you do things. Although Brother Zhao is a few years younger than you and me, he is open-minded, frank and sincere." .”

"Second brother is too modest." Gu Zhaoxie praised, and then said: "Let's go, let's go, if you have anything to do, sit down and eat."

So the three of them went to the cafeteria together, and sat down to eat after finishing their meals.

Zheng Hui didn't eat a few mouthfuls, and he had something on his mind. Yan Yanxin first said: "I also have a husband in my family. Because of his poor family, he has not married a wife at the age of 19, and studying for the imperial examination is even more expensive. His parents are worried, so he can only marry him." Fulang, I want to help with the family life."

"To be honest, I was ashamed when Brother Zhao said those words yesterday. Although I would not betray my husband, I still feel a little bit ashamed in my heart."

"Brother Zhao, good friend, you have woken me up." Yan Jinxin finished.

How can a man despise and despise his husband when he was poor when he has made great achievements?It's not the work of a gentleman.

Zheng Hui put down his chopsticks, and his face became serious, "Actually, I'm similar to you. What Er Zhaodi said yesterday, I'm not mad at him, but at myself."

Look at the two.

Gu Zhao could only put down his chopsticks, today was a heart-to-heart meeting.

"I have one thing I want you two to keep secret for me."

Gu Zhao nodded, saying yes.Then I saw Yan Jinxin raised his hand to swear an oath, and made a poisonous oath on his future in the imperial examination.Gu Zhao: ...

"Is it too hasty for me to nod just now? Otherwise, I'll stand up too." Gu Zhao learned to raise his hand, and just halfway up, Zheng Hui said first: "Okay, I trust you two."

"It's not particularly important. Brother Yan doesn't have to swear on his own future."

Rigorous letter: "If you keep your word, what are you afraid of?"

"My wife is the concubine of the Fu Zun." Zheng Hui said.

Gu Zhao:! ! !Big gossip!

Yan Jinxin's brows also slightly frowned.Zheng Hui was about to explain more, but Yan Jinxin interrupted first, "It's inconvenient to talk here, so I'd better go to a clean place to talk after eating."

"That's right, eat first, and then I'll talk after I'm done. My food is getting cold." Gu Zhao thought the same thing, and hurried to eat, so that he could listen to his brother's gossip after eating.

Yan Jinxin and Gu Zhao ate as usual, with one straight back and the other unrestrained. Anyway, what Zheng Hui said just now was not as important as eating, which made Zheng Hui feel more relaxed.

After dinner, the three went for a walk to the playground.

One is that it is close to the cafeteria, and the other is that students rarely come here except for archery classes on weekdays, so there is no scenery here.On the other hand, the piano room on the opposite side, the college students like to run there when they have nothing to do, and they are quite elegant.

"My great-grandfather was in the medicine business from the beginning." Zheng Hui said as he walked.

The Zheng family's ancestral home was in Ping'an Town, and Zheng's great-grandfather was in the medicinal materials business. At that time, the Dali Dynasty was still at war with the previous dynasty, but near the end, the great-grandfather traveled all over the world and met many capable people. His son, Grandpa Zheng Hui, worshiped a genius doctor. Learned a good skill in medicine.

"My grandfather is very smart and can learn everything quickly. The genius doctor praised him as having a root of wisdom and taught him everything. Later, Grandpa Zeng didn't need to be a businessman. He settled down in the town and opened a shop. Naturally, business improved."

Although the pharmacy doctor is also a businessman, after all, saving lives is still a bit dignified. The Zheng family can be regarded as a benevolent family in Ping'an Town.If it weren't for that incident, the Zheng family might not have given birth to the idea of ​​letting future generations take the imperial examinations and embark on official careers.

"One year the imperial court sent troops down to suppress the bandits. Just twenty miles away from our town, the young general who led the troops was injured. Hearing that my grandfather is good at medicine, he came to treat him."

Gu Zhao guessed, "Didn't he come back?"

"Human life has been saved, but a broken arm cannot be saved." Zheng Hui said calmly.

Gu Zhao's heart skipped a beat, it wouldn't be what he thought——

"My grandpa's arm was broken and the shop sign was smashed."

really.

"Although the arm was connected later and healed, my grandfather and great-grandfather were terrified at that time, including my father." Zheng Hui sighed.Every time he said that he didn't want to study and wanted to practice medicine, his father would say this.

When my father was 13 years old, he said that the general was sitting on horseback, and the tip of the knife was an inch away from him. It was the grandmother's desperate protection that saved his father.

Later, Zheng Hui's great-grandfather fell ill and dragged on for several years. Before he died, he held his son's hand. Although he didn't say anything, Grandpa Zheng Hui knew it in his heart.

Zheng Hui's father was already too old at that time, and could not change his career to take the imperial examination, and besides, his identity book had already set his business status.So the Zheng family put all their hopes on their grandchildren, that is, Zheng Hui's generation.

"My elder brother, Zheng Yao, was admitted as a scholar at the age of 26. He was really hopeless in the imperial examination, so the family donated 400 taels for a supervisor."

"Supervisor?"

Zheng Hui explained: "Go to the Guozijian and sit in prison for half a year, and then you can arrange to be an official. However, unlike the Jinshi who came out of the serious imperial examination, he was ridiculed everywhere, and his family stuffed money everywhere. Now he is an official in Quliangfu County. , Grade Nine."

Quliang Prefecture is just next door to Ningping Prefecture, which is also under the jurisdiction of Wannan Prefecture.

"My marriage is what my eldest brother wanted to climb up the peak for me to explore." Zheng Hui smiled wryly, "Take it out and say, it was my Zheng family who climbed up to the daughter of the nobleman."

How can I say this.

At this time, the orthodoxy is respected, and the concubine and concubine are clearly distinguished. If it is the daughter of the county magistrate of Quliangfu County, it is absolutely impossible for Zheng Hui's family to be a businessman and make medicinal materials, and it is absolutely impossible to marry the daughter of the county magistrate. Bar.

The remaining [-]% may be due to the fact that Qu Liang's mansion is out of his mind or that the son of the mansion's son secretly promised to marry Zheng Huifang after seeing Zheng Huifang.The odds are slim.

But concubine daughters are different. In the previous law, it was still stated that daughters and elder brothers born to concubines are slaves of the master's house, and the mother-in-law can be punished and punished at will, and there is no crime even if she sells them.In the Dali Dynasty, even though this law was abolished, and the mother-in-law was not allowed to sell concubine daughters and elder brothers, she still couldn't get on the stage.

The more famous the Zanying family, the more important the distinction between the descendant and the concubine.

The county magistrate and concubine daughter of the seventh rank may not be enough to look like an ant in the eyes of these aristocratic families, but for the second son of the squire Zheng's family, she is still high-ranking, which shows her status as a businessman at this time.

Zheng Hui has been romantic and unrestrained since he was young. He inherited his grandfather's talent and is very interested in studying medicine. Discipline, restrain nature, and force Zheng Hui to take the imperial examination.

At first, when Zheng Hui heard about his grandfather's broken arm, he was also very angry and tried to get ahead.But every time he became disobedient, didn't want to memorize silent books, and wanted to do something he liked, he took it out and warned him.

It is when you can't read medical books to study medicine.

The same is true for marrying the concubine's daughter.

It is even more important to force him to enter official school.

After talking more times, Zheng Hui lost his initial anger, "If I can choose, then I will be a doctor who walks the world, saves lives and heals the wounded, and I don't care about the daughter of a mansion, what suits me is a country girl. .”

Zheng Hui praised the dialogue book. What he saw was not that the scholar was greedy for fame and wealth, but that the wife of the scholar was stuffed by his family. The scholar bravely pursued freedom and love. What he saw was his devotion to the young lady. scholar.

Gu Zhao solemnly bowed to Zheng Hui.

"I was one-sided and misunderstood Brother Zheng. However, to be honest, Brother Zheng wanted to pursue freedom and romance, but he still followed his family and embarked on the road of imperial examinations. Brother Zheng is a man, but he couldn't bear the pressure and bowed his head , that lady was born a woman or a concubine. She couldn't choose when she was born, and she couldn't choose who to marry. Marriage in today's world is all a matchmaker's words. A scholar who only speaks a book, he pursued love, but his wife was The lady is mean and has suffered a lifetime."

After hearing what Gu Zhao said yesterday, Zheng Hui struggled in a trance because of this.He knew that his wife was also at the mercy of others, and there was no way she could be like him, but would he want to live like this for the rest of his life?

"Brother Zhao, if you change places, what choice do you make?"

"What if, what if you meet someone you love in the future?"

Gu Zhao didn't even want to say for sure: "The person I love is my husband, if there is no such thing." Seeing Zheng Hui's downfall, he thought seriously and said: "I can only say that if you can't struggle with the rules of the world, then Follow along and make yourself as comfortable as possible.”

"After getting married, will Brother Zheng let go of his prejudice against his wife's identity as a concubine and get to know this person well?"

Zheng Hui is also a serious scholar, and he is noble in his bones. In order to flatter the boss, the elder brother arranged for the younger brother to have the boss's illegitimate daughter. Zheng Hui received an orthodox education, and of course he was unhappy with this concubine's wife.

Without waiting for Zheng Hui to answer, Gu Zhao said again: "If you really understand this person, try to get along well. If you really don't know the same person and don't love him anymore, then treat each other like a guest, respect your wife, and give her the status of a wife she deserves." .”

"If it's true as in the storybook, when Brother Zheng meets a loved one in the future, he will retaliate. If you are willing to bear the name of your loved one and be spurned and shameless, you deserve it."

It can't be like in the storybook where all the good things happen, Miss Scholar has it all, but she's a miserable and innocent wife.

Gu Zhao said: "Brother Zheng, don't worry too much about those who will disappear in the future."

Isn't this pre-loan anxiety?In the sea of ​​life, there are few people who are as lucky as him. After traveling through time, he met his family Zhou Zhou, and achieved what he loved in his life.

In today's world, family status, status, knowledge, and rules, especially for a married man like Zheng Hui, whose family conditions are not high or low, there are many choices from the bottom, but in fact Zheng Hui has a high vision. What kind of country girl is she? If I really go to the village to have a look, I guess I won't be able to find someone to talk to.

At this time, women who can read and write, those who are talented, and those who have a clean family background are all family backgrounds. If you add the requirement of appearance, you are really a lady, and only the scriptbooks dare to write like this.How can our daughter let you meet casually, and casually watch the stars and the moon and talk about poems and songs with you, a foreigner, fart.

Even if they did meet, the young lady's parents would most likely prefer their daughter to cut off her hair and be a sister-in-law, and it is impossible for her to be a concubine or a flat wife.Affect the reputation of the whole family.

A Ping Wife is an out-of-the-ordinary family's style, and the real big family doesn't recognize the name Ping Wife.

"Let's be more realistic, even if we win the exam once, get admitted to Juren, become a serious Jinshi, and a first-class Jinshi enters the Hanlin Academy, that is the top glory, and it is only from the seventh rank." Gu Zhao said.

"If you want to go up from the seventh rank, it has nothing to do with the door, just take Mr. Chu to say, Brother Zheng, think about it."

It took 15 years for Mr. Chu, the idol of scholars from poor peasant families in the Dali Dynasty, to go from entering the Imperial Academy to being a second-rank official.

"Master Chu now has the right to choose, but he should have a grandson, right? For example, when Brother Zheng met his beloved in the fourth and fifth ranks, there is a high probability that the other party is also a noble girl. Then there are many choices for unmarried people. There's no need to fight Brother Zheng here."

After Gu Zhao's few words, not to mention Zheng Hui's full belly of romantic love disappeared, even the serious letter that had nothing to do with him was also down-to-earth.

Yan Jinxin, who scored the first in the Chunwei Court Examination, was born in a humble peasant family, so he is not a bit arrogant. Now compared with Mr. Chu, he still has a long way to go in the future.

"Don't think too much, think so much, it's better to focus on the present, life depends on how you live, if you repel it in your heart, you will naturally find faults everywhere, if you really want to live a good life, you can always find comfort Ordered." Gu Zhao finally poured chicken soup for Brother Zheng for free.

I don't know if the two of you listened or not, but Gu Zhaoyan was done with it anyway.

In the afternoon, Yan Jinxin, who was sitting behind Gu Zhao, was very bloody, diligent in studying, and actively answered questions. Gu Zhao was in a trance for a moment. He obviously poured chicken soup for Zheng Hui at noon, but why did Yan Yan also drink it?

It's time to leave school.

Gu Zhao said goodbye to the two of them.Leave Zheng Hui alone and let the other party figure it out.He happily walked home with his schoolbag on his back. After hearing about Zheng Hui's marriage at noon, Gu Zhao felt his luck again, and couldn't wait to go home and kiss his wife.

He is so happy~

In the Li Family Courtyard in Pomegranate Lane, Li Zhouzhou today is a busy and fulfilling day.

After sending his husband to school in the morning, Li Zhouzhou rested for a while, cleaned up the bowls, and after his waist was not particularly sore, he took the money and the basket and locked the courtyard door, and then went to the west side butcher's shop Mrs. Ma mentioned yesterday.

Asking while walking, it took about half an hour to arrive.

Sister-in-law Ma said why this shop is fresh and cheap. That is because the owner of this shop collects pigs from the village. The backyard is a butcher, and the front is a shop that kills pigs, such as restaurants, inns, and some small vendors before dawn. Drive the car to buy.

The ones sold in the shop are also cheaper than other places in the prefecture and county.Don't look at just one piece of paper, those who do business buy a lot, and they can save a lot over time, especially for small-scale food shops.

Li Zhouzhou said to buy water, pig intestines, pig lungs, and pig hearts, and asked if there was any chicken.Chicken is not available.People in prefectures and counties want to eat chickens, so they either raise them themselves, or if they don’t, they can go to the street to buy them.

Poultry shops do not sell poultry.

If Ningping County is divided according to the southeast and northwest, there are academies in the north, which are quiet and noble, with fewer people, and in the east, there are government offices in the center, which are rich and prosperous.The big restaurant that Li Zhouzhou met yesterday after walking too much is to the east.

To the south is the city gate, where there are many traffickers, porters, coolies, night incense collectors, many people and miscellaneous people, there are many food stalls, few restaurants, and the prices are slightly lower, like meat buns, which may cost two pennies or three pennies here. The money is a bit bigger, and the amount of three coins in meat buns near the door of Li Zhouzhou's house is not particularly large.

To the west are ordinary residents, very lively, with everything related to basic necessities of life, food, housing, transportation and entertainment.

Hongyuan, like the "red light district" of the prefecture, is in the southwest corner.

When Li Zhouzhou arrived at the butcher shop, he didn't want meat to buy. The owner of the butcher shop looked at Li Zhouzhou again and again. It was a time when there were many people, so he waited and cut the meat for those who came to buy meat first.

Obviously Li Zhouzhou arrived first, but it was almost half an hour later when it was time to buy.

Li Zhouzhou was not annoyed, he stood in the corner not blocking the customers, and came over when the stall was empty.The butcher shop owner took a look, went into the house without saying a word, came out with a wooden bucket, a bucket full of water, everything was there, and it didn't look good when mixed together.

"This bucket, if you want it, give me ten cents." The butcher shop owner said.

Gang Li Zhouzhou waited for two quarters of an hour, and heard the selling price clearly. Meat in prefectures and counties is expensive. The butcher shop next to it sells fat meat for fifteen yuan a catty. Here it sells for fourteen yuan. Nine texts, twelve texts with fat and meat.

But with this big bucket into the water, Li Zhouzhou has been working all year round to carry the food, which is almost a bucket of rice.

Twenty catties of water ten cents.

"What are you looking at? Do you want more? Why are you in a daze." The butcher shop owner said bluntly. He didn't recognize the man standing in front of him. He thought it was a man, and the mother-in-law even carried a vegetable basket to buy water. It was really his wife who was hungry. Die, what do you eat, with this kind of unlucky man.

Li Zhouzhou: "Yes. It's just that I don't want much. I can't eat so much today."

"You can scoop up how much you want." The boss threw the gourd scoop into the bucket.

Li Zhouzhou scooped up some and paid from his pocket.

"Let's put it here when it's three articles." The boss said.

It's time to feed the women in the house, forget it.

Li Zhouzhou put Sanwen on the chopping board, carried a basket into the water and walked back, it was really cheap.After such a delay, it was not until noon when we went back. Li Zhouzhou was not hungry, or his eyes were full of making a living with lo-mei, so he washed his hands and took out the big ingredients for lo-mei.

The ones bought in the town have not been used up yet, so they are wrapped in oiled paper and stuffed in a drawer.

Start to fetch water to wash in the water, this time the water is clean, some miscellaneous and dirty ones are cut off with scissors, and then boiled with hot water ginger slices and scallions, this will take time.When Li Zhouzhou did it this time, he remembered all the steps in his heart, and planned to think about it several times.

I used to eat it at home in the village, and it was delicious no matter what, but for business, it was just like the wonton pancakes I ate yesterday. He could also make it, but the taste just didn’t sell well.

Get fine.

Li Zhouzhou divided two pots of marinade, and he was not afraid of trouble. He remembered how much wine to pour and how much ingredients to use.When the scent came out, Li Zhouzhou was also hungry, so he scooped up some soup, ate it with the steamed buns he saved in the morning, and drank some hot water.

One pot earlier, one pot later, and then cover the pot and simmer for a while.

Taking advantage of this time, Li Zhouzhou washed his hands and went into the back room to study. He hadn't practiced the two characters taught by Mr. Xiang yesterday.I learned two more words today, and when I finished my homework, Li Zhouzhou put away his textbooks neatly, rubbing his heart on the textbooks with his hands, smiling all over his face.

Xianggong said that this is the heart, and that he likes Xinyue Zhou Zhou.

When Li Zhouzhou learns characters every day and sees that heart, he feels happy and has the strength to do anything.

After tidying up, I hurried out to cook, and I agreed to be back in about two or three minutes.First, take out the lo mei and divide it into two pots, then steam the steamed buns, cook porridge, and pick vegetables. When the steamed buns are steamed out of the pot, there is a creaking sound from the courtyard door outside. Li Zhouzhou leans out from the stove to take a look.

Gu Zhao happily closed the door, and then couldn't resist putting his arms around Zhou Zhou's waist. His legs and knees were bent, and he just put his head on his wife's chest and shoulders to rub.

"What's the matter, Mr. Li?" Li Zhouzhou said with a smile, and patted Mr. Xiang's back with clean hands, why is he so clingy today, like a piece of caramel.

Gu Zhao said: "I think I am lucky to have met Zhou Zhou."

Li Zhouzhou is also happy, Xianggong is caramel, very sweet.

The two quarreled for a while, and then separated. Gu Zhao went back to the room to change his school uniform and put away his things. He came out to wash his hands and help serve the rice. When he entered the kitchen, he smelled the smell, "Honey, did you make lo mei? It smells so good."

"I want to make a living, so I went to buy offal when I have nothing to do during the day, and these two pots are only five cents." Li Zhouzhou filled them out separately, and asked his husband to try the taste for a while, which one is more delicious, and said at the same time: "However, if the business starts in the future, it won't be so cheap to buy sewage, and you will definitely have to pay more."

Gu Zhao heard Zhou Zhou talking about the pork shop where he bought offal in the morning. It sounded like a general sale, and then distributed it to other vendors. That’s true. In the future, his family will make a living in this business, and he will buy a lot of offal, so he doesn’t need to buy it everywhere. It’s true. convenient.

Of course, more should be given, not according to today's figure.

Zhou Zhou was honest, but Gu Zhao thought that the owner of the pork shop didn’t know that going into the water could make money, so he dealt with it cheaply. If the business of his family was good in the future and word spread, the pork owner would definitely feel unbalanced. supply, or take the initiative to raise prices.

After all, the general sale of this place is his family begging others.

It's better to speak up yourself, and get a good impression first.

"Sir, I made a lot today. The weather is hot and it's not easy to put away. We can't eat so much. Why don't you send some to Mrs. Zhang, Aunt Xu, and Mrs. Ma?" Seeing that the sun was still early, Li Zhouzhou used a bowl I picked up some of them, and sent them over for dinner first, otherwise I was afraid that they would have to rest if they were delivered late.

"Success, let's go together."

The two of them took the thick porcelain bowls and went to deliver them separately, very fast.Li Zhouzhou sent off Aunt Xu's house, Gu Zhao sent off to Zhang's house, knocked on the door, but didn't go in. The owner of the house politely and warmly invited him in, but both of them declined, saying that they would go home after delivering the things. / My family hasn’t eaten Zhou Zhou yet. We are waiting to have dinner together and chat another day.

Gu Zhao’s close and intimate wife, Zhou Zhou, figured it out one by one. I went to the academy to attend classes these days. .

Li Zhouzhou was more honest and blunt. He said that the braised meat is made from water, and it is not worth a lot of money. Try it out.

Later, they sent them to the Ma family together.

Then the courtyard door was closed, and the couple had dinner.

"Try it, Xianggong."

Gu Zhao tried them one by one, and didn't fool Zhou Zhou. He tasted it carefully and said seriously: "The smell of the lung slices has entered, and the pork liver is still a bit bland, and the large intestine is a bit too old, and this one is a bit greasy... "

I don't know if there is a funnel now.

"In fact, it can be marinated in one pot. For example, the liver that is not cooked well can be put in earlier, and the liver that is ripe and tasty can be put in later. This is also put in batches. After cooking, when it is stewed, you can cut it and then put it Go in, so that it can be soaked better, but it depends on what it is."

Gu Zhao picked up a piece of meat for Zhou Zhou and said, "Eat first, I think it's already delicious. This braised sauce is even delicious on the soles of shoes."

"My lord is talking nonsense again." Li Zhouzhou said with a smile, keeping what he said in his heart, "Since this is the case, let me try something else tomorrow?"

"This is good. There are all kinds of meat and vegetables, such as tofu, dried tofu, sliced ​​lotus root, etc." Gu Zhao used to like to eat dried tofu, "I don't know if there is any dried tofu."

"Yes, Uncle Wang has made it, but people in this village are not used to eating it. Tofu is better than stew. Xianggong, what are lotus root slices?"

"It grows in the lotus pond, with lotus flowers on top, and lotus roots growing in the mud. After washing the white and fat sections, they can be cooked and eaten as lotus root noodles." Gu Zhao thought about Ningping Prefecture, which is a village never seen it.

Li Zhouzhou had never seen a lotus before, but after hearing the description from his husband, he affirmed: "This flower is good, it can be seen and eaten, and it is very practical not to waste it."

"That's true." Gu Zhao agreed.

Look, he and Zhou Zhou are indeed a match made in heaven, a perfect match!

At the same time, it was also dinner time for the Xu family, Ma family, and Zhang family next door.

Aunt Xu took the bowl, and when she picked it up, she smiled and said yes, taste it, it smells delicious, if you have a heart, you have a heart, and when Li Zhouzhou left and closed the courtyard door, she didn't dislike the bowl of water. It just didn't have the warm smile on his face just now.

I thought in my heart that it was just a bowl of water, and I would treat it as something valuable to eat.But thinking that Li Zhouzhou came from the countryside, hadn't seen much in the world, had good food, and the children's family was warm and kind, so he didn't say much.

"Mom, what's in the bowl?"

Aunt Xu handed the bowl to her daughter-in-law, "You take the water from next door, remember to send the bowl over tomorrow when you have time."

Yunniang took the bowl, and seeing the red, black, red and black oil, she didn't know what to do with it.

I’ve heard of it, but I’ve never heard of it.

After a while, Aunt Xu's man, who was doing odd jobs outside, came back and did manual labor for a day. Xu's family is used to eating dry food at night.Aunt Xu's daughter-in-law, Yunniang, stewed a pot of multigrain rice and homemade steamed buns. She cooked two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, and mixed a cucumber.

This is not bad for ordinary people in the prefecture and county.

There was enough food, but there was always not enough food. Aunt Xu lived a delicate life. Vegetables, especially meat dishes, were eaten by the men working in the house first, and then by the grandson.Aunt Xu ate cucumbers by herself, and stared at her daughter-in-law Yunniang's chopsticks, coughing if she picked up an extra chopstick.

"Mother, let's cook more dishes tomorrow, there's not enough to eat." Aunt Xu's son said that he felt sorry for his wife's lack of food, and besides, he only had two bites of rice for one dish, and at the end of the meal, he wanted to eat a steamed bun, but there was no food left.

Aunt Xu put down her chopsticks and said: "You said it lightly, as if I was being mean to Yun Niang, how can you guys miss the dishes on this table? Women do less work, don't exert much energy, eat less It's only two mouthfuls, and there will be no less meat. How could I be so greedy when I was a daughter-in-law? I will be beaten on the back of my hand."

Suspected of being greedy, Yunniang lowered her head and ate dry steamed buns. Her husband was able to help her already. The mother-in-law was in charge of eating rice and buying vegetables at home, and she got used to it all the time.Besides, the mother-in-law saves so much, and what is saved is left to the husband and her son.

The Xu family has this bloodline.Every time Yunniang thinks of this, she doesn't think it's a good thing to eat an extra bite.

Just pick it.

"Now that Xiaowen is grown up, didn't you two still want to send Xiaowen to a private school to study? Doesn't it cost money?" Aunt Xu said to her grandson with loving eyes, "Xiaowen eats, let's eat more Vegetables, grow up."

Xu Wenbin is small, and there is half a bowl of vegetables in his bowl.

When Yunniang heard her mother-in-law say that she was sending her son to a private school, she still felt that the steamed buns in her hand were tasteless, so she poked Mr. Gu quietly under the table, meaning nothing, so stop talking.Aunt Xu's son came home again, and every time he said it ended like this, he couldn't help muttering that he was still short of food and half a steamed bun.

"I remembered, didn't the next door send some marinated water? There's a big bowl full, I'll get it." Yun Niang also felt sorry for the man, and the man helped her speak, but the mother-in-law took care of her lifeblood .

When I was in a dilemma, I remembered the bowl of water.

"What's in the water? Are you making water?" Aunt Xu opened his mouth now, frowning and said: "The life at home is not like this, and they even bought water, which is a waste of money."

Aunt Xu hurriedly said: "How can I spend money to buy water? It was delivered from the next door. What kind of braised food is it? It was sent with good intentions. Can I refuse to go back? It's outrageous, you don't like it if you don't like it for a while. OK, this stir-fried dish is fried with lard, and you can top it with bibimbap for the soup."

After a while, Yunniang came over with the bowl in the water, but still poured it into her own bowl.

As soon as it was placed on the table, no one in the Xu family moved their chopsticks, and they all looked at it with disgust in their hearts.Who is too poor to eat this?

Seeing that everyone was not moving, Yunniang asked her mother-in-law in a low voice, "Mother, don't you want to try it? Then let me try it?"

When I went to serve the dishes, the plate of mixed cucumbers on the table was clean, not to mention the plate of meat dishes. There was still half a bowl of rice in Yunniang's bowl. If there were no dishes, I would just eat without water, Yunniang thought. It's just disgusting, let's try it first.

"I didn't stop you from eating yours, and it's not expensive." Aunt Xu said.

Yun Niang picked up a chopstick, it was black, red and oily and she couldn't see anything. After cutting it, she put it in a bowl and buried it with rice, thinking about swallowing it whole, and waiting for it to be swallowed, swallowing bitter medicine with a dazed face. Squeezed, and then slowly let go.

good to eat.

It is fragrant and chewy, and has a meaty taste, but there is no fishy smell.

"Mother, it's delicious, it's really delicious." Yun Niang said.

Aunt Xu didn't believe it, but the daughter-in-law didn't dare to lie to her, so she took the chopsticks and pinched her mouth. She was stunned for a while, and the men, sons, and grandsons around the table asked one by one, "How is the old lady?", "Is it okay, mother? If it doesn't taste good, just spit it out.", "Is Grandma and grandma delicious? Is what mother said right?"

"……good to eat."

Aunt Xu swallowed the food before she came to her senses.

Really delicious.

"Try it quickly, it's delicious." Aunt Xu gave it to her grandson first.

Now there is no need for Aunt Xu to speak, the man and the son all put down their chopsticks, and the steamed buns are the ones that have nothing to eat. As soon as I put it in my mouth, I was still unbelievable, and the taste of the juice I tasted was mixed with my tongue. .

This, where is the water, why is it so delicious.