Fields of Gold

Chapter 68: housewarming

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The soup is a thick soup that has been simmered overnight with pork bones, making it a delicious pork bone soup. The staple food is steamed buns made of white flour and millet flour.

Each table has eight vegetarian dishes, four meat dishes and one thick soup. This kind of banquet is one of the best in the village. And there are some dishes that everyone has never seen before. Although the ingredients are simple, they are extremely delicious. I have eaten, there is no one that does not say good.

There is a woman who has always been on good terms with Mrs. Liu and secretly learned from her, how can she make radishes and cabbage in so many ways and still taste so good. Mrs. Liu glanced at her daughter quite proudly, and said, "Most of these tricks were thought up by Cao'er. She pointed out from the side, and my sister-in-law and I made them."

Everyone in the village knows that Yu Xiaocao, the second daughter of the Liu family, has forgotten many things in the past since Xia Tian broke her head, but she did not expect that after losing her memory, she became smarter, and she is also very talented in cooking. . He couldn't help but praise again and again.

Mrs. Li came over at lunch time, first looked at the brand-new old house with sourness, and said sour words: "We are not as lucky as our second brother and sister. The family has a single family and lives in such a big house..."

The kitchen was so busy that even a few sisters in the village who had a good relationship with the Liu family came to help early. Regardless of her mother Zhang's scolding, Yu Caidie also came to wash and pick vegetables, and helped borrow dishes and chopsticks. She was extremely busy.

Mrs. Li was fine, she didn't even help with the food, she dragged her son to pick up a table, and sat down. When eating, as if he had been hungry for eight lifetimes, he played with his chopsticks very fast, picking up meat and vegetables and putting them in the bowls of himself and his son. The neighbors at the same table looked at her and shook their heads.

There were ten tables for the banquet, and Liu's dishes were very sufficient, and there were quite a few leftovers. After eating and drinking, Mrs. Li was not in a hurry to leave, and basked in the sun in the yard with her arms folded. Generally speaking, the leftovers are given to the kitchen helpers, and each person will share some back.

Fortunately, Mrs. Li, I couldn't find her when I was cooking and cleaning up the dishes. When I was sharing the leftovers, I licked my face and squeezed her past: "Second brother and sister, there are so many leftovers, you can't finish them, share them." Take it back to me. Let my mother and third brother also try your handicraft... "

"Sister-in-law Dashan, it's not like you haven't eaten the meals cooked by sister-in-law Dashan when the family was not separated. It's only been a few days, and you miss sister-in-law's cooking?"

Hai Xing's daughter-in-law next door to the Yu family is quick-talking, and she has a good relationship with Liu Shi. They often collect firewood and cut pigweed together, and ask Liu Shi for embroidery work from time to time. At this time, she had a sarcasm on her face, and her words were true.

Mrs. Li pretended not to hear, found a washed soup basin, and immersed herself in filling it with vegetables. She was tricky, picking up meat dishes such as rabbit meat and chicken nuggets, and she almost divided half of the remaining meat dishes. Holding the soup pot as full as a hill, she glanced greedily into the pot, and reluctantly left with her fat waist twisted.

Heizi rushed out from the backyard when he heard his mother's call, holding a small pheasant with tied wings in his hand, and said cheekily: "Second Aunt, there are two rabbits and a pheasant left in your backyard, share one among them. I'll take it home. I haven't tasted meat in over a month!"

Yu Xiaocao was overjoyed: Who grilled half a plate of chicken nuggets by himself just now? The rabbit meat and chicken just now ate up to the dog's belly

Mrs. Liu is also aware of the virtues of the mother and son, so she doesn't bother to argue with them, and just wants to send the two plague gods away as soon as possible. The helping women all shook their heads. Yu Hai had one leg limping, Mrs. Liu couldn't do heavy work, and the children were still young. As an aunt, Mrs. Li, not to mention helping out, had the nerve to come and fight the autumn wind. With such relatives, the Liu family is quite unlucky.

Sending away a few helpers, Yao Shi saw that it was still early, so he also left with the eldest daughter-in-law. In the evening, the three Yu Xiaocao siblings huddled together on their parents' kang, and the family calculated their recent expenses.

"Although the cost of labor and materials is not much to build a house, five taels of silver are spent on doors, windows and furniture. Building a house is hard work, and everyone brings their own dry food. Xiaocao suggested adding a steamed bun and a bowl at noon Porridge and steamed buns are made of white flour mixed with millet flour or sweet potato flour, and it cost nearly a tael of silver to buy all kinds of flour.” When building the house, Yu Hai had trouble with his legs and feet, so he stayed at Yu’s house all the time. Count the expenses to him.

Yu Hai touched Xiaocao's head and said with a smile: "Cao'er is right. Although our money is not spacious, people come to help, but we can't let people work on an empty stomach. Every family in the village has little oil and water, and they eat coarse food in the morning. The noodle pancakes have been used up at noon, so it’s time for an extra meal. I heard Brother Li praise our family’s sincerity, half of the steamed buns are mixed with white flour, and he brings an extra piece of bean cakes every day. Woolen cloth!"

Dongshan Village is a small fishing village near the sea. Most of the villagers make a living by fishing. The surrounding area is sandy land, so they can only grow some crops that are not picky. Most people eat coarse grains such as bean flour, potato flour and millet flour, and they are willing to buy some white flour all year round during the Chinese New Year. Steamed buns mixed with half white flour have become a good thing in everyone's eyes.

Mrs. Liu looked at the second daughter who was getting smarter and smarter, smiled and continued: "For today's banquet, most of the meat and vegetables were brought by Brother Zhao. It cost more than three hundred cash to cut the pork, and I bought noodles and vegetables. Adding up is nearly one tael of silver. There are still more than five taels of the original twelve taels."

Yu Hai thought for a while, and said: "Your natal family is not well off, and the ten taels of silver you sent over was also borrowed together. We can't let the elders pay the debts for us. The remaining five taels of silver, Find someone to take it back to my mother-in-law tomorrow. It doesn’t matter if our life is hard, we can’t drag the mother-in-law’s family down anymore.”

This is a family. When there is a need, we will do our best to help, understand and care for each other...

Xiaocao feels the warmth of home. Although she lives in poverty, she is not working alone. She has a father, a mother, and brothers and sisters.

She smiled and moved to Dad's side, lifted the quilt covering his lap, and said: "It's time for massage again, Dad, enjoy your daughter's filial piety to the fullest!"

The wound on Yu Hai's leg healed quickly, and most of the scabs had fallen off. A few days ago, when Yu Xiaocao accompanied him to the Tongrentang in the town for reexamination, Dr. Sun, who had judged him innocent, looked at his ruddy face and full of energy in surprise, and praised him repeatedly.

Even in modern times, this is considered a medical miracle. The calf was comminuted, and there was almost no piece of flesh on the whole leg. A big hole was scratched on the back, and the internal organs were almost visible. The wound on the leg was too large, and the person was burned unconscious. Without advanced medical equipment and complete medicines, this person can still stand in front of him alive. If it is not a miracle, what is it

While Dr. Sun was amazed, he could only attribute it to his good physical fitness, high desire to survive, and being favored by the god of luck.

After checking the injured leg and the wound on his back, he also checked Yu Hai's pulse, but he was determined to be fine. Dr. Sun said, "You don't need to take the medicine. The tendons of the leg are seriously injured, so you need to give him regular massages." , maybe you can throw off the crutches."

At that time, Yu Xiaocao earnestly asked Dr. Lin about massage techniques, and took advantage of the opportunity of the massage every day to stick the little butian stone on her father's injured leg, and let the little butian stone use its spiritual power to slowly nourish the body. Break the injured tendon.

The multicolored stones on her wrist seemed to have slipped down on her scarred leg unintentionally. With her massage movements, the pale golden light that only Xiaocao could see slowly flowed along the direction of the hamstrings...

Yu Hai felt that there was a comfortable warm current where his daughter kneaded with her little hands, and the soreness on his legs gradually receded. He quietly closed his eyes, and fell asleep comfortably under his daughter's massage...

"Cao'er, thank you for your hard work. You teach my godmother how to massage, and I'll just come later." Seeing her daughter shaking her tired hands, Liu said distressedly.

Xiaocao shook her head and said, "Mother, this is an opportunity for my daughter to show her filial piety. You can't stop it. Xiaolian asked her to learn it several times, but I didn't teach her! Father and mother love me so much. No matter how hard I have suffered, I should give my father a massage."

After a tiring day, the family went to bed early. Yu Xiaocao lay quietly on the warm kang. Even though the straw was spread under her body, the cotton on the quilt was hardened, and the patches were patched one after another. , much warmer and more comfortable.

After confirming that Xiao Lian beside her was fast asleep, Xiaocao raised her left wrist, gently said to Xiaobutianshi, "Little Tangyuan, little Tangyuan..."

[If you want to call me Xiaotangyuan again, Ben Shenshi will turn his back on you!]Pale golden light spread out, slowly condensing into a golden kitten with big head, pointed ears and short body. The little guy stared at Xiaocao with his round eyes angrily.

Yu Xiaocao tapped the little guy's bare head with her fingertips, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay! I don't want to call you Xiaotangyuan. What do you think I should call you? How about I give you a new name?" You can name it, let's call it... little bald head, how about it?"

The little golden ball of light flapped its wings to avoid Xiaocao's fingers, and said angrily: [In the future, I will be a girl. The name 'Little Bald' is too ugly. This God Stone has a name, it was given to me by Empress Nuwa, it's called 'Yuanzi', doesn't it sound nice?]

"Pfft—Yuanzi? I'm still Fangzi! I think it's better to call you Xiaotangyuan, which fits your round figure, it sounds nice and cute! That's it, I'll call you Xiaotangyuan from now on, objections are invalid!" Yu Xiaocao forcefully gave Xiao Butianshi a name.

"Little Tangyuan, tell me, how long will it take for my dad's legs to heal? Can he still walk normally?" Yu Xiaocao asked slightly worried. These days, although father was always smiling in front of mother and them, she could see a touch of loneliness from his smile.

The former father was high-spirited, good at fishing and hunting, and also made some simple bamboo utensils. If he could never live without crutches again in his life, he would probably be unhappy...

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