Just at this moment, Lihua came in: "Daohua, Linghua, you two lazy girls! Hurry up and get dressed, it's time to eat!"
Daohua tried her best to suppress the urge to buy some clothes from the supermarket, and put on an empty cotton jacket and trousers despite the discomfort, while asking Lihua:
"Sister, what are Second Aunt and the others arguing about so early in the morning?"
Linghua pouted, rubbed her eyes with her little fists, and said to Lihua in a daze, "No, no, I haven't woken up yet."
Lihua came over and quickly pulled Linghua's upper body out of the quilt. She supported her back and helped her sit steadily. While she swiftly put her cotton-padded jacket on her, she did not forget to answer Daohua's question:
"What else could it be? They always argue with each other. It's just a coincidence that they both have to cook. They're fighting over who gets to use the big kitchen first! If I were to chat, they could have cooked a lot of food!"
In the past, the Xia family ate together as a family, and the four daughters-in-law took turns cooking.
Just steam the wild vegetable and millet cakes on a covered curtain, cook a big pot of porridge, and add half a pickled cabbage, and the whole family's breakfast is ready.
But now that we have split up, we can’t eat like this anymore.
Since we are not eating together, cooking naturally has to be done on a first come first served basis.
The people living in the big house usually live in town and don’t need the big kitchen.
The people in the fourth room woke up early, and before the second and third rooms woke up, Xia Youtian and Jiang had already brought back all the water needed for the day. Then Jiang made breakfast, and Lihua helped. Both of them were very quick and efficient, and breakfast was on the table in less than a quarter of an hour.
As Lihua spoke, she dressed Linghua, put on her shoes, and helped her jump off the kang. Daohua was also dressed neatly and climbed down from the kang on her own.
Lihua casually folded the quilt into a tofu-shaped block and stuffed it into the kang cabinet. Then she took a kang broom and swept the kang surface. In the blink of an eye, the kang was neatly tidied.
The three little girls walked hand in hand into the main room to have breakfast together.
The table had already been set up in the main room.
The yellow rice flour sticky bean buns on the table were emitting hot white steam, a large bowl of thin millet porridge was emitting an enticing aroma, the pickled vegetables were chopped finely, with a few drops of sesame oil and some chopped green onions... It was delicious just by looking at it!
Xia Youtian and Jiang have already started eating.
When Goro saw Rika and the others coming, he quickly stood up and asked them to come to the table.
Lihua took Linghua's hand and pulled Daohua's hand, pulled the two little girls aside, and asked them to wash their hands with the hot water from steaming buns in the morning. She also wiped the faces of the little sisters one by one with hot towels before letting them sit at the table to eat.
This was the first time that the fourth family sat together and had breakfast together in such a warm and friendly manner.
Before the family split up, the entire Xia family ate together for every meal.
The old man and the old lady had their own small table on the kang, and the others had a table for men, a table for women, and a table for the half-grown children.
If it was the fourth room's turn to cook, Jiang would have to take Lihua and Daohua with her and run around, while her son Sun Wulang and the younger Linghua could sit at the children's table first.
Xia Daohua sincerely felt that it was more comfortable for the whole family to sit together and eat together.
In her previous life, she ate alone most of the time.
I occasionally eat and drink with friends, and the memories of eating with my boss and colleagues at work a few years ago and eating with my family are all very distant.
Her parents divorced when she was very young. After they remarried, they seemed to have forgotten that they had a daughter. Her grandfather was with her through some of the most important moments in her life.
Later, her grandfather passed away and she was completely alone.
The reason why she had the dream of opening a supermarket was because when she was a child, she liked to play in the small shop at the entrance of the village. Her grandfather had told her more than once that he would save some money and open a small supermarket for her so that she could eat whatever she wanted.
Xia Daohua raised her head, blinked, and blinked back the tears that were about to fall.
Even though traveling back to ancient times was bad and uncomfortable in every way, there was at least one good thing - she finally had a family that cared about her.
The family sat together in a warm atmosphere, happily eating breakfast. As they ate, they quietly pricked up their ears to listen to the noise coming from the big kitchen.
Second Auntie was upset about the family division. Third Auntie was always stubborn and stubborn, unwilling to give in. Before the family division, these two had been fighting every now and then.
Now that they had a "legitimate reason", the quarrel became even more heated.
Jiang drank two mouthfuls of porridge to fill her stomach, then stood up and wanted to go over to stop the fight.
Lihua threw her chopsticks down angrily: "You're not allowed to go!"
Jiang was suddenly angry and amused: "Lihua, why are you so disrespectful? You're even controlling your mother?
Xia Youtian also frowned: "Lihua, how do you talk to your mother?"
Lihua said angrily, "Mom, why are you so nosy? If they want to argue, let them! If you try to mediate, won't both sides' anger be directed at you?"
Goro also nodded in agreement, and although his tone was calm, his complaints were even harsher than Rika's:
"Yes, mother, they both don't understand human language and can't tell good from bad. If you try to mediate, they won't see your good intentions and might even accuse you of being there to stir up trouble. You'd better not go through with this and just eat your meal!"
Daohua winked at Linghua, and the two of them rushed to Jiang's side, one on the left and one on the right, each pulling at one of Jiang's arms and not letting go:
"Mom, don't go, stay and have dinner!"
"Mom, please don't go. Linghua is scared..."
Seeing the children's unanimous attitude, Xia Youtian also spoke up: "The children are right. Hurry and sit down to eat."
Although Xia Youtian doesn't talk much, one word he says is more effective than ten thousand words from the children.
After hearing this, Jiang, though still a little uneasy, finally sat down. She picked up her chopsticks, picked up a sticky rice dumpling, took two bites, and then slowly drank the porridge with shredded pickles.
Seeing that Jiang had finally listened to their advice, the children breathed a sigh of relief. Daohua and Linghua also returned to their seats.
Xia Daohua picked up a yellow rice flour sticky bean bun and tasted it. It was soft, glutinous, and sweet, with a hint of bitterness, but it couldn't overwhelm the rich, wild aroma of grain.
The bean filling tastes very good too, with a strong bean flavor and a bit of natural fishy smell. When you chew it carefully, it has a slightly sweet taste, but it is obvious that no sugar is added.
"It's so delicious!" Xia Daohua praised sincerely.
"Are they delicious? We harvested these beans together in autumn! Do you still remember them, Daohua?" Lihua asked cautiously.
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