Chapter 17 The best sister-in-law in the 1980s (17)

Sister-in-law Xu's mind was not on the chatter. She was so excited that she couldn't sleep last night. Her sister-in-law treated her so well, and she wanted to repay her.

No, last night when I was having dinner, I heard my sister-in-law saying that the food in the canteen is not as delicious as the wild vegetables at home. I couldn't help but think of a place where the shepherd's purse grows slowly because of the shade. In July, I could still dig out a few buds, and I started to think about it. In the morning, after boiling water and simmering porridge, we went out to dig wild vegetables.

It’s a pity that no one makes rice cakes in summer, because they can’t be kept in the rice cakes, and they become sour within two days. Otherwise, I would fry a shepherd’s purse rice cake for my sister-in-law, and she would definitely like it.

Li Qiaohong felt even more congested when she saw her holding a basket without looking back.

Just then, Xu's mother went to the yard to feed the chickens. Li Qiaohong rolled her eyes and smiled flatteringly: "Aunt, where are you getting up so early to do the work? Cuihua should do these things. Where is she? She won't pay them back. Are you sleeping?"

"How can she be so lazy? There is no lazy person in our family. Feeding chickens is not a big deal, I am very happy. By the way, I picked up two eggs and stewed them for my daughter to eat."

After Xu’s mother fed the chickens, she squatted down and picked up four eggs from the chicken coop, smiling and narrowing her eyes.

 “It’s a good day, I gave birth to four.”

 Li Qiaohong: “…”

 If one plan fails, then another plan will be used.

"Yinyin is on vacation? Why don't you go out to play? Are you being dragged into work by Cuihua? I heard that Cuihua has a wife, she won't use this as an excuse to share the work at home to Yinyin, right? This is a sister-in-law too unacceptable…"

"You're too noisy!" Xu's mother gave her a dissatisfied look, "My Yinyin just finished her exam yesterday and is still sleeping. With so many people in the house, it's not her turn to get up early to work. But you, let my family How long have you been chatting at the door? You haven't done the laundry yet? You're not using this as an excuse to be lazy, are you? Tsk! Fortunately, I didn't fall in love with you back then..."

Muttering in his mouth, he turned around and entered the house.

Li Qiaohong was so angry that everyone was trembling.

 “Good intentions are treated as a donkey’s liver and lungs!”

 Li Qiaohong’s mother-in-law came back from the private land and saw her standing in a daze outside Xu’s yard. She frowned and said, “Why are you still here, from the third family? Have your clothes been washed? After washing, go and clean the pig pen.”

“Mom, my clothes haven’t been washed yet.”

 “Then hurry up! Those who grind and chirp know how to be lazy.”

Li Qiaohong looked aggrieved, hugged the wooden basin and walked away angrily.

Xu's mother listened to the noise outside the wall for a while in the main room, then sneered: "Idiot! With such a brain, you still want to find fault with our family."

Even if she dislikes her daughter-in-law, it is not her turn to make irresponsible remarks.

What's more, she has also discovered these days: her daughter-in-law's sewing work can make much more money than farming, chopping firewood, and carrying dung. Maybe it is true as her daughter said. Next year, she can build a big house and live in a new house, so she can do less housework. What.

The more Xu Mu thought about it, the more beautiful it became. She scooped out flour more generously than before, scooping out two large bowls.

 The breakfast at Lao Xu’s house that day was sumptuous—millet and mung bean porridge, diced sausage and shepherd’s purse pancakes, and a dish of scrambled eggs, which was as good as a holiday.

The sausages were stuffed before the Chinese New Year last year, and there are not many sausages left. I originally planned to replenish my father Xu’s body during the double grab. Seeing that my daughter was much thinner when she came back this time, Xu’s mother gritted her teeth, cut half a piece, and washed it. Chop it into cubes, stir it into batter with chopped shepherd's purse and white flour, and spread it into pancakes to eat.

I’m willing to put in vegetable oil, and the bread will smell so good!

Even the smoke coming out of the chimney of Old Xu’s house seemed to have a meaty aroma.

The villagers passing by swallowed hard: What kind of day is it today? Why did the Xu family cook meat dishes so early in the morning? Let no one live anymore! What a crime!

 The children from the left and right families were even crying and rolling on the ground in the early morning.

 “I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat! I don’t want to eat nothing!”

"Where can I get meat for you this early in the morning? Get up quickly! My clean clothes are all dirty." "No, no! I can't afford it! If you don't give me meat, I won't do it." rise!"

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The Xu family didn't care what was said outside. They locked the courtyard door and ate in the house eating oily and fragrant shepherd's purse meat pie.

“Yinyin, eat more! This is specially made for you.”

Xu’s mother worked hard to get pie and scrambled eggs for her daughter, for fear of being eaten by her daughter-in-law.

 “Mom, you eat too.”

 Xu Yin divided the pie in the bowl between her parents, keeping only one piece for herself, and put another piece into the bowls of her sister-in-law and nephew.

“Everyone eats! Our family is making money now. Mom, don’t save money in the future. You should eat and spend, otherwise what is the use of making money! Besides, only when you are full can you have the strength to make more money!”

Xu's mother was a little unhappy at first. The sausage was for her daughter's health. No one else could eat it except the old man.

But after hearing what my daughter said, it made sense: "That's right, then just eat, and do more work after eating."

 The family had a delicious and nutritious breakfast of wet and dry meals.

 After the meal, Xu Yin rushed to clean the table and wash the dishes, and asked Mrs. Xu to go back to the house to rest for a while.

 The breakfast was made by my sister-in-law. It was not easy to cook breakfast for the whole family while pregnant.

Xu's mother was very unhappy: "Why don't you let your sister-in-law do the washing? It's better for her to do the housework with your delicate skin and tender flesh. It's all a blessing. It doesn't matter if you don't chop wood or pick dung. Why do you refuse to wash the dishes?" Give it to you? No! Let her come! If she dares not wash it, I..."

“Mom, I want to wash it myself, it’s none of my sister-in-law’s business.”

Xu Yin grabbed her, fearing that she would find trouble with her sister-in-law.

"Do you know what people in the village are saying about me behind my back? They say I'm lazy, that I've been spoiled by my family, that I only eat and don't work, and that I will marry into Huo Huo's mother-in-law's family in the future. They also say that a lazy girl like me, I'm afraid no one will want…"

 “Which stinky **** is so rude? I’m going to settle the score with her!”

Xu’s mother was so angry that she rolled up her sleeves and wanted to find someone to settle the score.

"Oh, there are a lot of people who have said it, but I just didn't dare to say it in front of you. I was very angry when I heard it, but when I calmed down and thought about it, they were right. I am really lazy. I can't cook rice or bowl. I know how to wash the clothes and throw them to my sister-in-law to wash when they are dirty. I don’t sweep the yard as often as Doudou. I don’t know how to hold the oil bottle when it falls over. I have only been to the edge of the field at the farthest point of our land, and I have never gone down it in so many years. But... no wonder people say that about me."

Xu Yin, who worked hard to avoid being cannon fodder, looked at Xu's mother pitifully.

“Mom, you don’t want me to be unable to find a good partner in the future, right? People with good conditions don’t want to find a lazy girl like me.”

“Hmph! I refuse even if they want to! I have no plans to find someone from the village for you. After you graduate from high school and ask your brother to help you, your chances of staying in the city are very high!”

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 Xu Yin couldn't resist her mother's fighting power, so she wiped her face deeply.

"But even if you find a partner in the city, shouldn't you bring him to your home? What if you go out and hear people in the village say this and regret it?"

 “He dares!”

Daddy Xu couldn't help coughing: "You two can still quarrel even if there's nothing wrong with you!"

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 (End of this chapter)