Chapter 172 Hot Pot
Shen Shaojing's body trembled slightly.
He was trying hard to suppress all his emotions.
Shen Yueyao felt a little worried when she saw her fourth brother like this.
But she knew that any words of comfort at this time would be useless.
Only by becoming stronger can he let go of those words.
Otherwise, those words would always be etched in his mind.
“Just mother, does that Miss Xu really have a good reputation?”
Cui said, "I just heard what people said, I don't know the details."
"How many people told you that?"
"I just heard it from one person."
Cui and Shen Chengzhou did not get angry in person because they were afraid that Shen Shaojing still liked Miss Xu and that they would say something that would embarrass Shen Shaojing.
In fact, it’s all for my son.
Back then, no one dared to speak to them in such a way.
They don't have to suffer any grievances.
But now they are just country people, and their identity is no longer what it used to be.
Shen Yueyao touched her chin and said, “So the rumors are not credible. Madam Xu is like this, Miss Xu must not be like her mother.”
Shen Shaojing said: "No matter what Miss Xu does, let's put this matter aside, and I will not go to the Xu Mansion again."
He has passion and self-respect in his heart.
Besides, Shen Shaojing had no contact with that Miss Xu.
At most, I've seen her a few times, thought she was good, and liked her.
But today, after being humiliated by Madam Xu like that, and looking at those eyes that looked like Miss Xu's, Shen Shaojing felt that the vague liking he had for Miss Xu in his heart was gone.
Shen Yueyao looked at the expression of the fourth brother and realized that he didn't understand feelings either. He was like a blank piece of paper. When he met someone like Miss Xu, he thought she was pretty, had good temperament and a good reputation, so it was normal for him to like her.
But the vague feeling of not having been together is just a bud.
So there is no need to worry about Fourth Brother. I guess he will calm down after a while.
In fact, in Shen Yueyao's view, a 19-year-old who has just started college in the technological age is still a teenager.
But in this era, even if you are old.
"Fourth brother, people in this world are different. There are good girls and good parents, so don't let this incident affect you."
Shen Shaojing looked at his sister's worried expression and said, "Sister, I understand."
Just like the eldest and second sister-in-law are very bad, but the third sister-in-law is very good.
After returning home, Ye saw that everyone looked unhappy. She wanted to ask something but didn't.
As if she understood something, Ye said nothing and just tried to change the subject to talk about Xuanxuan and Dabao and Erbao.
"The three children had a great time this morning, playing games together. They played hopscotch, which was very clever..."
When she saw Xuanxuan, Dabao and Erbao, Cui felt her heart was healed.
Seeing the pure eyes of the children, all the unhappiness and depression disappeared.
"My Xuanxuan, Dabao and Erbao, come here, give me a hug and a kiss."
Shen Yueyao said: "I thought about it, let's have hot pot at noon, let's make hot pot."
Shen Yueyao believes that everyone will feel better after eating a hot pot.
When it comes to eating hot pot, everyone is stunned and doesn't know what it is.
However, because of this sentence, everyone's attention was drawn to it.
Even Cui was curious and asked, "Yueyao, what is this hot pot you're talking about? How come I've never heard of it?"
Shen Yueyao said: "Hot pot is a way of eating, a way of calling it."
"It's still early, let's make hot pot together."
"Hot pot is the best when the weather is cold. After eating it, you will feel warm all over and have a comfortable feeling."
"Once you've tried it, you'll know how delicious it is. In the future, when you have free time, you can eat hot pot at home, with the whole family sitting around the stove and eating. It's so delicious."
Ye became excited when he heard this and was curious about how to make hot pot.
Everyone wanted to help.
Shen Yueyao said: "Everyone work together and learn how to season it."
"With peanut butter."
Ye quickly said, "We have this at home. There's a whole jar of peanut butter that you gave me before."
As she said that, Ye went to get it.
Shen Yueyao asked, "Mom, do we have mutton or pork at home?"
"We have pork, but no mutton. If you need mutton, I'll go buy it. Our Xinghua Village is close to the town, so it's convenient for shopping."
Xinghua Village is a large village, right on the edge of the town, which is equivalent to the place where the town and the countryside meet.
There are many kinds of things in the town. After Cui had money, he would go to the town to buy some things on weekdays.
After a long time, she also knew where things were sold and where the prices were cheap.
In order to save some money, Cui would bargain.
"Besides the mutton, do you need anything else?"
In fact, Shen Yueyao wanted to get some beef, but in this era, cattle were very protected. No household ate beef, nor did they kill cattle.
So it's hard to buy beef in small towns.
Shen Yueyao said: "Just buy more mutton, I will cut it into slices when I get back and eat it when I put it in the pot."
"We have vegetables at home. We can plant cabbage, spinach, and leeks."
"Coriander is used for seasoning, and it's also grown in the fields."
"It just so happened that my third sister-in-law's brother's family gave me some garlic and mushrooms, which can be used as seasoning."
"And Dad, please help me build a simple stove in the yard so we can put the pot on it..."
Shen Chengzhou listened to his daughter's words and went to work.
Shen Yueyao looked around the house and told her mother what was going on.
Shen Shaojing said: "I'll go buy it, mother rest at home."
His parents had been busy for him all morning, and Shen Shaojing didn't want to make them suffer any more.
"We have a bullock cart at home, so it's very convenient to go to town and back very quickly."
Looking at Shen Shaojing's expression, Shen Yueyao said, "Okay, fourth brother, go."
Shen Yueyao thought it would be good for Fourth Brother to calm down on the road.
And so the whole family got busy.
After Shen Yueyao prepared the seasoning for a while, she started chopping the meat and making meatballs.
This way, there is lamb, pork, meatballs, vegetables and so on, which is enough for everyone to eat.
Xuanxuan, Dabao and Erbao didn’t understand anything. The three little friends were playing and laughing in the yard.
Listening to the children's laughter, Shen Yueyao, Cui Shi and the others gradually felt relieved.
…
But Shen Shaojing drove a bullock cart to the town and bought some of the things his sister mentioned.
When I was about to go back, I passed by an alley and suddenly saw a maid.
That maid seemed to be Miss Xu's maid.
Shen Shaojing lowered his head and prepared to walk over, but the maid walked over and said, "Master Shen, our young lady asks you to come over."
Shen Shaojing's heart instinctively jumped.
Miss Xu is looking for him?
Does she know him?
But thinking of Madam Xu's expression, his face hardened, he frowned, and said, "I have something else to do, so I won't go over."
The maid refused to give way and insisted, “Don’t delay Mr. Shen’s time. Our young lady just has a few words to say.”
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