Li Chunhua didn't understand what Fu Wan was up to, but based on her years of experience, she was sure the dish would taste good.
Just think about her two sons, who got married and had several more children, making a family of nearly ten people, and she was worried sick about how to feed them every day.
If these mantis shrimp can be cooked well, they're everywhere in this field, so wouldn't we be able to bring them all back as vegetables?
Thinking of this, Li Chunhua quickened his pace in cooking crayfish, and his whole body was filled with energy.
"By the way, Auntie, where are my eldest cousin's wife and second cousin's wife?"
She felt something was strange when she was eating lunch. Apart from the children, only Ye Jianguo and his wife were home eating. She didn't see her two cousins-in-law.
Li Chunhua paused in her hand as she scrambled the lobsters, then sighed, "One of my brothers from my maternal family went home to give birth, and the other went home to throw a tantrum."
That day, news came from her family that her eldest daughter-in-law, Chen Guifang, had given birth. She gave her a bag of brown sugar and five yuan and told her to go back and visit.
Unexpectedly, her daughter-in-law Liang Cuifen saw her as soon as she turned around and insisted on giving her five yuan and a bag of brown sugar.
Mingming gave her this much money when her sister-in-law gave birth last month.
Liang Cuifen didn't get what she wanted, and instead said that Li Chunhua looked down on her daughter, so she packed her things and ran home.
Li Chunhua was truly wronged. She had two sons, and her eldest daughter-in-law also had a son. The only daughter in the family was born to her younger daughter-in-law, whom she adored.
He would even occasionally take out some of his own savings to buy candy, and he would always give a couple extra pieces to his granddaughter, Ye Xiaofeng.
As expected, the children were all there to collect debts. Li Chunhua wasn't going to tolerate her youngest daughter-in-law. Let her go home if she wanted; let's see who gets anxious first.
Seeing Li Chunhua's gloomy face, Fu Wan quickly changed the subject, "Aunt, how's the person you introduced to my brother?"
Li Chunhua perked up, "I just went to her house and told her to have your brother come over to her house with me later."
"That girl is a very nice person, but her family is not well-off. They are somewhat sexist and their son is very thin."
Hearing this, Fu Wan felt that the matter might not work out. After all, neither Fu Laoda nor Ye Xiaocui had any preference for sons over daughters, otherwise they wouldn't have been able to let the divorced Fu Wan live so comfortably at home.
"Ah Wan, now that you're divorced, why don't you ask your aunt to find you someone else?"
Fu Wan shook her head vigorously, "No need, no need, I'm doing just fine."
We've only just gotten out of one pit, how can we jump into another?
Li Chunhua disagreed, saying, "Your brother will get married sooner or later."
There was one more thing she didn't say: it's rare for a sister-in-law to let her sister-in-law live in the house all the time.
Fu Wan wasn't an innocent little girl; she understood perfectly well what Li Chunhua meant.
"Don't worry, Auntie, I can build my own house."
Ye Xiaocui always gives half of her income to Fu Wan, and she should have more than a thousand yuan by now.
She was even thinking of going to a bank in town to deposit the money.
Just then, Fu Ming and the others returned, with Bai Qianzhou following behind, carrying a pheasant in his hand.
Fu Ming was carrying a snakeskin bag, and Fu Wan could even see something moving inside the bag.
"Aunt, Wan, what are you talking about!"
Fu Ming threw the snakeskin bag on the ground, then went to the well, used a ladle to scoop water, and drank it down his throat.
Don't drink untreated water!
Fu Wan called out irritably, while Bai Qianzhou slowly followed Li Chunhua into the kitchen, picked up a bowl, and poured a bowl of plain water.
Fu Mingcai ignored Fu Wan. What did that girl know? The well water was ice-cold and even tasted sweet.
Only a fool like Bai Qianzhou would be so particular about drinking plain water.
Fu Wan stopped trying to persuade him when she saw that he wouldn't listen. After all, if he had parasites, he would be the one suffering from stomach pain.
"Why do these mantis shrimps look a bit like baby lobsters?"
Fu Ming walked over to Fu Wan and reached out to grab the crayfish.
Unexpectedly, a fiercer one pinched his finger, causing him to howl in pain.
Seeing his nephew's appearance, Li Chunhua shook his head. The child grew up in Qingshan Village and only returned to Fujia Village after he turned three. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that Li Chunhua raised him.
"You're still the same as when you were a child."
Fu Ming grimaced in pain, but still managed to yell at Li Chunhua, "I'm not a child! What child can catch two big rabbits like that!"
Li Chunhua was overjoyed upon hearing this. She opened the snakeskin bag and saw that there were indeed two brown wild rabbits, each weighing about seven or eight pounds.
"We're in for a treat these next few days!"
"You little rascal, all my worrying about finding you a partner wasn't for nothing!"
Although she was supposed to give some money as a matchmaker, she planned to give it to Fu Ming later, but she hadn't told Ye Jianguo about it yet.
“Ah Ming, you should talk to Ah Wan. I’m saying I’ll find her another family, so she won’t have nowhere to go after you get married.”
The next second, Fu Ming objected, "Who said that Wan wouldn't have a place to live after I get married? My family can build a house! If my wife can't even tolerate my sister, why would I marry her?"
These words made Fu Wan feel good, but she was also thinking about building herself a house.
Let's not even talk about buying a house in the county or city. Building a small villa in the village would be fine if she didn't live there anymore, but instead let Boss Fu and Ye Xiaocui live there.
Go back and ask the village chief for approval of the residential land!
Seeing how protective Fu Ming was of Fu Wan, Li Chunhua felt relieved. She had taken care of Fu Wan for a while when she was little, and she had said back then that the Shen family was no good, but unfortunately, the rumors were unpleasant, and Fu Wan had no choice but to marry into the family.
Bai Qianzhou, standing to the side, remained silent, occasionally patting his head. He started to get a headache as soon as he heard Li Chunhua say that Fu Wan should find someone else to marry; it was a dull, throbbing pain in his head.
Because there were too many shrimp, Li Chunhua couldn't bear to fry them. In the end, Fu Wan put the shrimp into boiling water, cooked them, and then took them out to stir-fry with spices.
Then pour in the drained shrimp, add some rice wine brewed by Li Chunhua, and soon the aroma will fill the air.
Since Li Chunhua didn't need to help in the kitchen, she took Fu Ming to Ye Guozhu's house behind the house.
Ye Guilan was chopping firewood in the yard when she saw Li Chunhua at the door and quickly stopped to greet her.
"Auntie, what brings you here?"
Huang Xiuying, Ye Guozhu's wife, quickly came out of the kitchen. "Chunhua, you're here already?"
Li Chunhua responded and then introduced them, "This is my nephew Fu Ming. You two used to play in the mud together when you were little. This is your sister Guilan, and this is Aunt Li."
Fu Ming was a little embarrassed at this moment, but he nodded and called out to the people.
Huang Xiuying looked rather unwell. She patted Ye Guilan's hand, signaling her to go to the kitchen.
Li Chunhua was a little confused. Wasn't the meeting supposed to be a matchmaking session? Why did the person leave?
Just as she was wondering, Huang Xiuying looked Fu Ming up and down, her gaze finally settling on Fu Ming's legs.
"Chunhua, I heard that your nephew's leg is lame and he'll be crippled from now on. Why didn't you say so in the first place?"
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