The thick soup stewed with small white fish, like snow-white milk, is rolling in the pot, exuding a rich and delicious fragrance. Two more drops of Lingshi water were added to the soup base, and only salt was used as seasoning. The fish soup is already very fresh, adding other seasonings would be superfluous. When it comes out of the pan, sprinkle some coriander powder and two drops of sesame oil, which will make people appetite after smelling it.
Under the expectant eyes of Xiaocao and the two maids, Mrs. Fang tried to drink a small sip, the strong aroma seemed to arouse the "greedy" in her stomach. The soup base is delicious, and the fish meat is delicate. Unknowingly, a bowl of fish soup and half a bowl of fish meat was eaten up by Mrs. Fang.
Pearl and Linglong held each other's hands, with tears of excitement in their eyes. Madam's appetite has been worryingly poor recently, and she doesn't eat as much as a cat in each meal. If she insists on eating, it will have the opposite effect—all the little food she managed to eat will be vomited out. Madam hasn't finished a bowl of soup for a long time, especially with meaty food. The two loyal girls are happier than eating them in their own mouths.
Mrs. Fang dipped the corner of her mouth lightly with a handkerchief, savoring the deliciousness in her mouth. Although he still wanted to drink a few more sips, he restrained himself. She also knows that no matter how delicious the food is, there must be a limit, so as not to spoil the appetite.
Seeing Xiaocao's sincere smile, Mrs. Fang gently stroked her smooth and shiny hair, and said softly: "It's hard for you! These days I just want to let me eat more, and I'm tired and thin! Today, your family is busy building a house again, and you have to go back to help your mother after cooking for me. I really don’t know how to thank you... "
"Godmother! The family doesn't speak two different languages. You are my godmother, you are as close as my own mother. Now it is a special period. If you don't care about who? My mother has Aunt Zhou and Grandma. Helping my grandma, I won’t be able to get in the way when I go! Goddamn, I won’t listen to you if you say things like this again!” Xiaocao pretended to be angry, puffing her face like an angry toad!
Mrs. Fang smiled and said: "Okay, okay, okay! The godmother is wrong, what you said is, you are welcome! You have been busy all morning, go home and have a rest. I am also tired, lying in the room In a moment..."
Yu Xiaocao helped the godmother to lie on the bed, took the thin brocade quilt and put it on her body, watched her close her eyes, and then quietly left the inner room, lowered her voice and said to Linglong: " Watch the time, don't let the godmother sleep for too long, lest you won't be able to sleep at night and feel uncomfortable!"
Linglong agreed, and sent her out of the room. When she came back, seeing her wife opened her eyes again, she smiled and said: "Madam, you are really lucky, Miss is filial!"
Mrs. Fang smiled at the corner of her mouth, and nodded slightly: "The most correct thing your general has done in his life is to recognize Xiaocao as his daughter! This child is a blessing, and even Dr. Sun praised her for some medicinal recipes." My son, it is very helpful to the general's health! If she didn't take the trouble every day and make medicinal food in different ways for us to take care of our bodies, I'm afraid it would be difficult for me to have a child of my own in this life!"
Linglong hurriedly said: "Miss is such a nice person, but you and the general just happened to meet. This is also your luck!"
Mrs. Fang nodded slowly, covering her belly with her hands, and a kind smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: Isn't this child blessed? Before he was born, he had a sister who devoted himself wholeheartedly to him. Maybe, she has only such a child in her life, and she can feel relieved to have such a kind and capable sister as Xiaocao as a companion!
When Xiaocao came to the house, she saw that the uncles and uncles who came to help were eating lunch in full swing. On the open space next to it, a brick wall had been erected as high as a person in a few days, and it looked solid and dignified. In Dongshan Village, apart from the village head's house, there is no other house that is willing to build a brick and tile structure. When Yu Hai sent someone to deliver the first cart of blue bricks, the villagers started talking about it.
Some said that since the separation of the family, Yu Hai has been selling stewed vegetables, growing early-ripening vegetables, and pounding big watermelons. It seems that he has earned a lot of money, otherwise how could he be willing to spend a lot of money to build a brick house
Old Yutou, who was about to come to the old house to help out after lunch, met an old buddy who usually had a good relationship. When the old man saw him, his face was wrinkled with a smile, and he raised his voice and said, "Old Yu, have you gone to help your second son again? Your second son is really amazing. He can hunt in the mountains, fish in the sea, farm and do farming. Business, everything can't trouble him! Old Yu, you can just wait and enjoy the blessings in the future!"
Old Yu loved to hear this. He was really happy for his second son who built a new house. There are a total of five large tile-roofed houses with blue bricks, and there are also attached rooms. Although the frame hasn't been up yet, I can see that the house will be magnificent in the future! Although he doesn't live in the old house, when it comes to his second son, who doesn't give a thumbs up? His old Yu's face is bright!
"Isn't it? When the family was separated, the contract clearly stated that it is enough to pay some coarse grains every month! The second child is a benevolent person, and he does not forget to respect the elderly when he is well. He automatically exchanged the coarse grains every month. It became refined grain, and I also gave five taels of money to sell vegetables! Cough! Our village grows vegetables by ourselves, and fish is also caught in the sea. How can we ask for so much money for vegetables? I said give it back, the second child he Don't let it go, let us save it, don't be nervous if we want to add something in the future!" Old Yu's words were not without showing off.
I thought that after that incident, the second child's family would be estranged from him again, but I didn't expect that the second child's family should be filial to him, and secretly gave him five taels of silver every month. After he knew the true face of Mrs. Zhang, for the sake of the third child and the little girl, he still lived a seemingly incongruous life.
However, he will not let Mrs. Zhang dominate the family anymore, and he is absolutely unambiguous when it is time for him to make a decision. He also privately saved the money given by the second child. Not only does he have two children, the third son and the younger daughter, but he also has an older daughter who is married far away!
well! The eldest daughter is still blaming him! ! More than ten years have passed, except when the second child married a daughter-in-law, she came back once, and she never returned to her mother's house for so many years. That time, she was only talking to her second child, and treated everyone else indifferently!
It's no wonder that the eldest daughter is such a strong person, but she was married far away by Zhang to a place where birds don't shit, and she married a widower who was much older than her. At that time, he was also in a daze, why did he listen to Zhang's words and didn't inquire carefully? When the sedan chair arrived, it was too late... Alas! Thinking about it now, he is really sorry for Cuiyun, for losing money to Cuiyun's two children...
Speaking of the Northeast, when he went to the town last time, he heard from the merchants there that there was no rain in the Northeast this spring and summer, which is a sign of severe drought! I don't know how the eldest daughter is doing now... No, he has to ask someone to send a letter to ask about the situation. If there is a drought, he has to tell the eldest daughter: Although your mother is gone, you still have your mother's family.
Greetings to the neighbors along the way, Lao Yu came to the old house. The first thing I saw was the scene where the nephew Yu Jiang and the eldest grandson were busy weighing seafood. There was a long queue in front of the two, apart from the villagers of Dongshan Village, there were also some unfamiliar people who were proud of the fishermen next door.
Because the person in charge of the fisherman's seafood collection raised the price arbitrarily, the seafood he collected was not good enough, the storage was not proper, and there were often rotten ones, so the purchase point was canceled by the person in charge of the Zhou family workshop. Therefore, Yu Jiaao's people will catch up with dozens of miles to come to Dongshan Village to sell seafood.
Although the income of collecting seafood is only a few pennies per catty, it can't hold back the amount of seafood collected. He calculated in his heart that the second child's family can earn a few taels of silver a day just by harvesting seafood. Yu Jiang can share more than one or two if he talks less in a day, right
well! If it wasn't for Mrs. Zhang's work, the second child might take care of family affection and let Da Shan do Yu Jiang's errands, which is much better than fishing! Da Shankong has a lot of strength, but his fishing skills are not as good as him. After a day of exhaustion, he still can't make a lot of money... It's useless to say anything now, just those things that Mrs. Zhang did, don't worry. He said that he helped Dashan, so it would be good if he didn't vent his anger!
Old Yu saw that the meal was in full swing in the yard, and the strong smell of meat wafted over with the wind. The corner of Lao Yu's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself: The food for the second child who built a house is too good, right? Not to mention the meat in the stew, I also drink the iced mung bean soup as water. It's not so easy to spend money, remember to remind him next time! Old Yu did not enter the yard, but nodded to Yu Hang who greeted him, picked up the shovel and began to mix the mud!
At that time, there was no concrete, and the bricks were made of yellow mud with strong adhesion, mixed with crushed straw. The built house is also very strong! Old Yu felt that he owed his second son a little, so he came to help Yu Hai from the first day he built the house. And he never eats in the old house, as if this can dilute the guilt in his heart.
Yu Hai, who came over after a good meal, and the villagers who helped out in the village saw Lao Yu busying himself under the scorching sun as soon as they came. Yu Hai hurriedly put the straw hat on his father's head, and said in his mouth: "Father, why did you come so early? The sun is so strong now, it won't be too late to do it after the heat subsides later!"
"It's summer, it's raining that day, maybe it will rain! Build the house while the weather is good. Don't you have to build the two old houses next to it before the autumn harvest? God waits for no one, Our fishermen are all used to the sun, so what is this little sunshine?" Old Yu wiped his sweat off his head and continued to work vigorously.
Seeing this, the others were naturally embarrassed to rest. Liu Pei climbed onto the scaffolding made of bamboo poles, and while smearing mud on the bricks, he said, "Uncle Yu, don't worry! Let's go back later today, and the walls of the house are almost ready! There shouldn't be any problems when the beams are erected tomorrow." question!"
Old Yu spat in the palm of his hand, held the shovel and kept shoveling mud into the bamboo basket, nodded and said, "Yeah! Let's try to go up the beam tomorrow! Er, the beam up is a big event, and the firecrackers are ready." Is it? Have you bought all the dishes for the guests?"