Classmate Le has been busy all night after waking up at midnight. Breakfast is naturally not monotonous. There are freshly made dumplings and steamed buns, as well as nutritious chicken soup that has been cooked for four hours, and a stir-fried pork with sour beans. Silk, a blanched baby greens, a steamed sea cucumber, and a basket of freshly boiled local eggs.
Old Mrs. Chao, Mrs. Wang and Professor Wanqi were particularly puzzled. What time did Xiao Lele get up to work after making so many breakfasts?
They really never thought about eating in the morning. How good, for breakfast, just have some porridge or something, otherwise you will just have to eat the leftovers or leftovers. Who would have thought that Xiao Lele would make several kinds of breakfast in the morning.
The Le family will host a banquet tomorrow. There are a lot of things to do that day, but they are not too fussy and finish the meal quickly while the handsome guys clear away the dishes.
Le’s father went to feed the pigs, chickens and ducks, while Le Yun prepared bath water for his brother to take a bath.
Babies all love to play in water, and so does little Leshan. He loved being in the water. He even started crying when he was brought out, but he only cried a few times and was laughed at by his sister. After two kisses, Mimi's tears turned into laughter.
He helped her brother get dressed. Le Yun held her brother in her arms and played with him. She taught him the pinyin alphabet, read famous Tang poems that are easy for children to learn, and played with him for a while. She waited until his brother fell asleep beautifully before letting him go. Let him sleep on the bed.
When she went upstairs to dry some medicine and was about to teach the handsome guys how to grind tofu, Zhang Poluo and Sister-in-law Zhao came to Lejia with four chickens to help.
"Yueqing, there is no need to return the gift. It is too troublesome to bring it back. We will only bring the portion for Zhou Qiufeng." Zhang Poluo handed the local chicken to Yueqing.
When you go to the countryside to drink three-day wine for children, you usually give chickens, pig's feet, and eggs to the mother. After receiving the gift, the host will have to take one part back. The ratio of taking back to taking back is 31 or 21, that is, Three copies in return for one, or half in return.
"This is too much." Dad Le felt quite embarrassed after taking over the four native chickens. Even if most people in rural areas raise native chickens, it would be very generous to give two as a gift. Zhang Poluo's family Four of them are given as a gift, which is too generous.
"There's so much nonsense, just keep it." Zhang Poluo didn't like his mother-in-law, so he went directly into the Le family's main room. As soon as he stepped through the door, he saw little Lele coming out of the house. Then he ran over and greeted him with a smile. He said "Uncle Zhang" and he was elated. He nodded "Xiao Lele, do you want to braise chicken feet today?"
"Yes, braise chicken feet and braise pork." The brine has been boiled over the fire. It is my exclusive recipe. When the brine comes out, let Uncle Zhang try it and see if it tastes good."
Le Yun ran to the main room to meet Zhang Poluo. , discussed in a thief manner: "Uncle Zhang, when you go to Uncle De's house to help kill the pigs later, can you help pick up as much pig blood as possible? I will make delicious pig blood soup dumplings tomorrow morning."
"Okay, okay, it's easy to say if you have my share."
"Of course I do. Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhao, Uncle De, and the others all have their share. I will prepare a potion first, and then Uncle Zhang will help me mix it with pig blood." ."
"Go, go." Zhang Poluo looked at Xiao Lele more and more.He was happy and asked her to go to work quickly, while he and his wife sat and waited for Liu Lu.
Le Yun happily went into the refrigerator room to pick up a small bucket, filled it with water, put the medicine she had prepared earlier into it and mixed it well, and also prepared a bucket of potion mixed with chicken blood and duck blood. .
Not long after, Liu Lu and his wife also came, also bringing four native chickens, no need to return gifts.
Le Yun washed her hands and went to get the cold mung bean soup in the early morning for the four of them to drink.
The four of them, Zhang Poluo, Liu Lu, drank a bowl of health-preserving soup and felt very comfortable. They carried two small buckets containing specially formulated potions to Cheng Youde's house.
When Chen Dalian and his wife arrived at Lejia, they saw a few handsome guys outside the house. He smiled naively. He Xiaoba recognized the people and shouted into the house, "Little beauty, yesterday The neighbor who gave us fish and shrimp is here."
Liu Shao, Luo Shao and others invited the villagers to sit in the Lejia house, and Chen entered the Lejia main room with a naive smile.
Le Yun walked from the back of the house to the main room. When she saw the guest entering the house, she really didn’t have much impression. The visitor was a little thin, but very energetic. The left face was obviously slightly larger than the right face, and he was holding a bag in his hand. I was holding four native chickens, and there was a small black ringworm on the back of my hand.
He was bringing his wife, a slightly fat woman with short hair and not too tall, about 1.57 meters tall. She was wearing three-quarter casual pants and a casual T-shirt.
Chen Dalian’s wife’s surname is He. Sister-in-law He is from Shancheng in the neighboring province C. Girls in province C are known as hot girls and have distinctive personalities. Even though Sister-in-law He and the man returned to his hometown to settle down for a short time, Because of his straightforward personality, he gets along well in the village.
Zhou Qiufeng was at home and saw Mr. Chen’s big-faced sister-in-law He coming. She hurriedly greeted him, “Hey, big-faced Mr. He, why are you so polite? Your family just came back not long ago. Please take these chickens back quickly.” I feed you raw eggs for your children to eat.”
“There’s no point in taking them back. There’s no need to return the gift. We didn’t bring the return gift, otherwise we’d have to take another one home. Trouble." Chen smiled honestly, and when he saw the girl from the Le family, his tanned face showed an even bigger smile. "Little Lele, do you still remember that when you were little, Uncle Big Face climbed the big locust tree outside the village to see if the owl came down? , I was the one who hugged you down with a big face, remember?”
“Ah woo” Le Yun was not very impressed at first, but when old things were mentioned, she covered her face and said, “Uncle with a big face, please don’t expose me.” "
When she was a child, she had no friends to play with, so she played wildly by herself, running around everywhere. It can be said that there was no big tree or haystack in the village that she had not visited. As for catching loaches in the water, Catch fish, climb trees to pick fruits and catch birds, and pass by all the way.
The worst time I climbed a tree when I was a kid was climbing an old locust tree outside the village to see baby owls. When I climbed up, I didn’t see the baby owls. What I saw was a black-and-white snake coiled in the hole of the tree. I was so frightened that I slipped and fell into a tree and got stuck. Then, well, unfortunately, there happened to be another nest of ants on the tree. When I hit the ant nest, the ants swarmed and attacked.
That time she got stuck in a tree and cried miserably. Fortunately, an uncle from the Chen family found her and climbed up the tree to rescue her. Of course, when she was rescued, she was covered in ants. Covered on face and bodyThe bites were all covered with bumps and blisters, and my eyes were so swollen that I couldn't see anything.
Not long after she was rescued by her uncle surnamed Chen, her injuries were still not healed, so the person who rescued her became her son-in-law, because she was really very young at that time, only a little over three years old. Chen Big Face was not in the village and was not seen very often, so her memory of Chen Big Face faded away.
Le Yun’s memory was revived instantly when she mentioned the glorious past of climbing the old locust tree. That incident was one of her dark histories. She was really stung by ants that time. It can also be said that she was the victim of the whole village. She was the worst bitten by ants since the founding of the People's Republic of China. The tragic look at that time frightened her grandparents, and she almost thought it couldn't be cured. Fortunately, she was lucky, and her grandfather gave her medicine for several days, and she soaked it with medicine every day. After a few days, the edema all over my body slowly subsided, and I was able to jump around like crazy again.
"Little Madman, I remember." The little Madman of the Le family covered his face in embarrassment, while Chen smiled. The Little Madman is a nickname given to the girl from the Le family by the older generation in the village. The little lunatic's father also has a trumpet called "Sounding Cannon" because Yueqing has a short temper, like a firecracker, it will crackle when ignited.
"Uncle Big Face, I remember, please don't expose your background, otherwise I will expose your background to Aunt He behind your back later." Le Yun bit her finger, please don't call her "little" Crazy, isn't she crazy?
"Okay, remember, Uncle Big Face will not expose your background." Chen Big Face originally wanted to tease the little lunatic of the Le family, but when he saw Yue Qing coming, he stopped teasing the little girl and started laughing at his brother. Laughing, "Yueqing, little Lele has grown so big in a blink of an eye. We should be getting older and older, but you are getting younger instead."
"I have a good girl who studies medicine. You are getting younger and younger, Sister-in-law He, sit down quickly, my little cotton-padded jacket was exposed, I forgot to tell you to sit down," Dad Le said hurriedly when he saw Sister-in-law He smiling so hard at his girl.
"We can sit on our own." Sister-in-law He replied cheerfully, dragged two chairs and sat down with her husband, still looking at the Lejia girl, the Lejia girl was really good-looking. Tender, as green as onion, hotter than the hot girls from her hometown.
Zhou Qiufeng handed the chicken brought by Chen Dalian to Yueqing, and she went to wash her hands before talking to Sister-in-law He.
After talking to Chen Dalian, Le Yun slipped away to get food and also brought mung bean paste to a couple.
Le’s father took the chickens to the cattle and pig pens and locked them up. He washed his hands and came back to greet Chen Dalian and Sister-in-law He. Mr. and Mrs. Chao Er and Professor Wanqi went to pick vegetables in the back garden and haven’t come back yet. .
Sister-in-law Chen Dalian drank the mung bean paste and did not sit down for long. First, she went to Cheng's house to see how the preparations for killing the pig were being done.
The meat pigs used by Lejia for the wine business are pigs raised by Cheng Youde's family. Sister-in-law Liu has kept them for Lejia for a long time. They are fed with whole grains such as sweet potatoes, pumpkins, rice and corn flour, and no feed is given. Gain weight.
Since the day's work was not particularly urgent, Cheng Youdeliu's sister-in-law only started the stove to boil water after breakfast and prepared tools and supplies for killing pigs and chickens, while Cheng Wu watched over the fire.
Zhang Poluo and his wife and LiuWhen the Lu couple arrived at Cheng's house, they also washed sieves and dustpans with Cheng Youde, helped sharpen knives and wash buckets, and prepared palm tree strips for tying meat, spoons for blanching pig hair, etc.
Later, Cheng Youliang and his wife Li sister-in-law also went to their cousin's house to help. Cheng Youliang and Cheng Youde are cousins. His father and mother are still alive, and his brother Cheng Youcai is doing business in Yuzhen, Shennongshan and working on the street. I bought a house and my mother lived with my eldest son in my hometown.
His wife is from Shangzhuang Township. Because her family has few hands, she would go back to her parents' home every year to help. Usually Cheng Youliang would help the villagers at home, and Sister-in-law Li would go back to her parents' home to help, so that neither end would be left behind.
When Chen Dalian’s sister-in-law He came to help, Liu Lu and others were very surprised. Chen Dalian’s father, Chen Wu, had a falling out with the Le family. When Chen Dalian’s sister-in-law He came back, she was still arguing with the Le family. It is not a surprise to maintain the relationship. After all, everyone was good at playing back then. It is rare to take the initiative to help like this. It also shows that Chen Dalian is still the naive Chen Dalian who only helped with care and not kissing. He is still their good friend. Dude.
Sister-in-law Liu Cheng Youde warmly entertained Sister-in-law Chen Big Face He, drinking tea and eating melon seeds first, and then doing work.