Chapter 197: Treat Everyone Equally
Qiao Xuan picked a lot of mulberries and plums from the garden, washed them and put them in a bamboo basket for everyone to satisfy their cravings after lunch.
She didn't go to the fields to work, but just wanted to make sure everyone had better food.
It’s a pity that no one here seems to have cucumbers, and I don’t know if cucumbers have become popular.
If there are cucumbers, cut them into shreds and mix them with the noodles to make them more refreshing.
If she wanted, she could make all the fruit trees in the garden bear fresh fruit all year round.
But this is too unscientific, and it would scare people if you really did it. So at this time, loquats have already gone, and there are still a small amount of plums, mulberries, and bayberries, which will also go away in about ten days at most.
But peaches, grapes, and watermelons are ready to go, followed by figs, and then pears, dates, pomegranates, etc. are almost ripe.
Uncle Shao was still angry with Fang, and his face was not looking good. But the whole family had obviously had enough of the second and third wives over the years. Their own mother took the lead in the rebellion, and they certainly didn't want to be dragged down, so they pretended not to notice Uncle Shao's face.
Uncle Shao became even angrier.
In the afternoon, I simply stopped doing my own work and went to help the third room.
The most difficult one is the third room. After all, Liu Lang is a scholar, and he is the only son in the third room, so there are not many people to do the work.
As the eldest brother, how could Uncle Shao watch the third branch miss the spring ploughing?
But later, when the second wife saw this, she felt unbalanced and said that the eldest brother should treat everyone equally. He couldn't just help the third wife and not the second wife.
When Uncle Shao heard this, he felt a little uncomfortable.
In his opinion, everyone is a brother. Although they have separated because their parents are gone and the population of each family is increasing, they are still a family.
As a family, we should be close to each other. You help me, I help you. If someone has difficulties, other families will come to help. We should work together and live a good life together.
There are many males in his family, so he really doesn't think it's a big deal to help the second and third rooms with work.
As for the third room, my sixth nephew is weak and a scholar, so he cannot go out to work in the fields. It is normal for him to help my third brother and his wife.
But my second brother's family has enough manpower, so what does he mean by that?
Why must he help? If he doesn't help, he will say that we are not fair.
But this is not a question of whether to treat the bowl of water equally.
It seems that my second brother and his wife don’t understand how hard I work for this family.
Uncle Shao was deeply saddened.
He forced himself to explain to the second wife, and Uncle Shao looked unhappy after hearing what he heard. But thinking that Niu had at least brought a servant back from the first wife to serve her, he kept silent.
Uncle Shao was refreshed again: Look, look! My second brother is not ignorant of the truth. Look, once I explain it to him, he will understand.
Uncle Shao went to the third room to help, and Fang and others didn't care.
Anyway, it doesn't matter if he's missing. It won't affect our own business. Let him do whatever he wants.
No one had been to the city in recent days, and Shao Xiaoqi had not gone into the mountains to hunt. Some people from other villages were carrying tofu and selling it from village to village, so Fang bought several pieces of tofu.
Qiao Xuan cooked in the evening. She fried the tofu until both sides were golden brown, and made a dish of stir-fried tofu with green pepper and mushroom.
I slaughtered a big catfish and stewed it with the sauce used for the noodles at lunch.
Kill two more crucian carps, cut them into small pieces, coat them with flour, deep-fry them, and then braise them. Thicken the sauce and pour over the sauce after serving.
Make another bamboo shoot soup and stir-fried beans.
The five dishes were pretty good.
8 am and 8 pm
(End of this chapter)
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