Chapter 1028: The Lazy and Bad Sister-in-law of a Blessed Farmer (23)

 “Gudong…”

Xu Sanqiu couldn't help but swallow.

He turned his face away in embarrassment, looking up and down, left and right, but did not dare to look at the braised pork on the table.

Xu Yin asked the two of them to sit down, and then poured out all the remaining rice in the pot.

She likes to eat crispy rice. She just shoveled a piece of crispy rice for herself. The layer of soft rice on top is still in the pot, which can barely hold two shallow bowls.

“Dad, third brother, I didn’t know you were coming, so the rice wasn’t cooked enough. You eat first, and I’ll give you a bowl of bone soup noodles.”

Cui Mengjin also said: "Dad, third brother, you have walked all the way, are you thirsty? First drink a bowl of mung bean soup to moisten your throat, and then try the braised pork stewed in Yin Yin. This meat is best eaten with rice."

 Xu Mancang and his son: “…”

who are they?

 Where are they?

 What are they here for?

But after walking ten miles, the little bit of wild vegetable porridge in my stomach had long been digested. It was good that I didn't see the big red meat and smell the aroma of the meat. It would be strange if my stomach didn't sing about the empty city at this moment.

Xu Yin made a bowl of simple buckwheat noodle soup for each of them with a soup base, blanched a few green vegetables, sprinkled with a handful of chopped green onion, and finished it in a few minutes.

"Dad, third brother, eat! You're welcome! I happened to go to town today and cut some meat. I couldn't stand it today, so I stewed it when I got back. So lunch was later than usual, so we started eating. .”

Xu Mancang and his son stopped refusing. Each of them finished a bowl of noodle soup and ate a piece of braised pork. They were so satisfied that the pores all over their bodies dilated.

 But they refused to eat the rice that was served to them.

 “Son-in-law, eat! We actually had dinner before we came here.”

 Speaking of this, the father and son's dark faces showed the same blush, and they were ashamed.

“By the way, Erya, why are you so thin?” Xu Mancang looked at the second daughter and asked with a frown.

Sanya was right, he was indeed so thin that he almost lost his appearance. If he met him on the road and Erya didn't call him, he really wouldn't recognize him.

Xu Sanqiu said quickly: "Erya, did your mother-in-law give you a hard time? Otherwise, how could the family be separated in such a good way? And you are assigned to this corner?"

“Ahem.” Xu Mancang winked desperately at his stupid young son. His son-in-law was sitting next to him. Aren’t you making things difficult for your son-in-law?

Cui Mengjin smiled and said, "Dad, it's okay. Speaking of this, it is indeed the old Cui family who is being unreasonable."

"Dad, I am healthy and thin. It was unhealthy to be like that!" Xu Yin changed the subject, "By the way, dad, we are planning to build a few adobe houses and are looking for help. If you are not busy recently, come and help me. , How can outsiders and my mother-in-law feel at ease, right?"

These words made Xu Mancang smile happily, and he immediately said that he would go back and call for more strong laborers.

"Your cousins ​​and cousins ​​have nothing to do for the time being after the farm work. I'll call them over. I can help you erect the adobe house in three days."

 After saying that, there was no further delay, and he went back to the village to call for people.

Xu Yin’s cousins ​​dare not come?

 Thinking about how tough she was in the past, even if they were asked to bring their own rations, they would not dare not come to help.

Not only did people come, they not only brought their own rations, but they also used carts to push several baskets of adobe bricks that they had dried themselves. They were all made during the off-farm period and were reserved for their son to get married and build a house. Since Erya needs it, give it to her first!

 Xu Yin didn’t think of borrowing it at first. Worried about not having enough, Comrade Xiaojin and I got up early and worked in the dark these days to make adobe bricks. When we saw the adobe bricks sent by our parents’ family, our eyes lit up: That’s right! You can borrow it or even buy it!

purchase? ? ?

“No, no, no! This is what we did when we had nothing to do, and it doesn’t cost any money. You can use it! Use it!”

“Yes, yes, yes! Feel free to use Erya! It’s still early for my kid to get married!”

joke!

Who dares to collect money from Biaohan Erya? Are you tired of living?

Xu Yin didn’t expect her natal relatives to be so honest and enthusiastic, which was beyond her expectation.

Based on the few brief descriptions in the plot, I would have thought that the original family did not like to see married women because they favored sons over daughters.

 At the moment, it seems to be okay.

Since everyone refused to accept the money, she put some effort into food.

 On the day of building the house, Cui Mengjin’s leg injury completely healed.

As the man of the house, of course he has to take on the heavy responsibility of building the house without letting his wife interfere at all.

　　Before, there was no way to recuperate, and his wife did all the heavy work at home. Now that his legs are healed, he would not be a man if he allowed his wife to do heavy work again!

 Xu Yin couldn't stop him.

Fortunately, at night while he was sleeping, she quietly checked his pulse. The leg injury was healed, and his body functions were almost adjusted through the recuperation. Later, she continued to follow up on the food, which definitely adjusted his body inside and out. As strong as an ox.

She had discussed with him in advance how to build the house. For example, the kitchen should be built separately and not connected to the main room to avoid being smoky; the main room should be in the middle to separate the bedrooms and warehouses; Dawa Village is not suitable for digging cellars. , so the warehouse should be larger, with a small skylight for ventilation in the north and south; a bathroom is separated in the back half of the bedroom, the floor is paved with stone slabs, and the drainage ditch is connected to the fertilizing pool...

 In short, the general requirements for three large adobe houses are to be open, bright and transparent.

Bamboo timber for rafters has been found since we moved into the old house. We cut it down early and hung it horizontally under the eaves, where it has dried very well.

 Adobe bricks and foundation stones are also available.

Cui Mengjin and the villagers and relatives who came to help built a new house in full swing.

Xu Yin is not idle either.

 She went to the lake to fish and catch shrimps early in the morning. She caught snails and kept them in the water. She vomited out the sediment before cooking them.

After breakfast, we went up the mountain. Although her luck was not as good as that of the koi sister-in-law, she had a systematic warehouse. If she really couldn't catch pheasants or hares, she would just pick a pheasant from Taoyuan Star. The smallest Taoyuan Star pheasant could also be caught. Buy two local pheasants and bring them back to stew mushrooms; or directly ask the duck farmer in the village to buy an old duck stewed with dried bamboo shoots;

I asked Hu Zi’s family to order a plate of tofu. Half of it is made into tofu soaks, and a few are put in when stir-frying green vegetables. It is oily and goes well with rice. The other half is made into tofu mixed with green onions and fried tofu with mushrooms.

The people who came to help saw that the food was both fish and meat. The food was so good! The staple food is dry rice!

Even though only white rice is served at noon on the first day, followed by rice, multi-grain rice or coarse grain steamed buns, it is dry at least, which is much better than porridge!

Goudan Daddy and Tiewa Daddy were fine, knowing that Meng Jin's wife often cooked these dishes to eat, but Xu Yin's relatives from her mother's side were worried, fearing that they would settle the score with them after the fall of Erya, and wait until the house was built. Will they be made to spit out the food they have eaten?

 But such a good dish is something I can’t even look forward to during the Chinese New Year.

Just close your eyes - if you have wine today, you will get drunk today, and you will be worried tomorrow. Let’s talk about it after eating!

 Better to die from hunger than to die from starvation!

In this way, with the help of everyone, it really took only three days to erect three adobe houses.

 (End of this chapter)