The children hadn't dared to eat yet. After Grandma sat down, they had to wait for Mom and Dad before they dared to pick up their chopsticks. Today, Liang Shengdi's conscience got a change of heart. After finishing one bite, she didn't take another. Instead, she held back and waved to the two people still in the kitchen.
"Hurry up, it won't taste good if it gets cold!"
Only after everyone was seated did the children dare to pick up their chopsticks. The youngest, Lin Shumei, sat on the elevated rattan chair specially made for her by her father. She pointed her little finger at the scrambled eggs, then at the bamboo shoots, and then at the stir-fried meat with mushrooms. She was so busy that she didn't know which one to eat first.
The most popular dish was not the fried eggs with leeks or the fried meat with mushrooms, but the bowl of braised bamboo shoots. It was so delicious. Fortunately, Chen Chunhua cooked a lot today. Not only did she throw in the ones Liang Shengdi dug today, but she also threw in the three that Lin Guoqing brought back.
The second and third boys had no time to talk at all. They just picked up the dishes and started eating. Lin Shuying ate much faster than usual.
The meal was eaten in complete silence. By the end, even when the third brother was burping, he still insisted on putting a bamboo shoot in his mouth. Liang Shengdi waited until she had finished the plate of braised bamboo shoots, then took the plate and pried off the last layer of rice crust from the rice cooker.
She took the rice crust and smeared it on the oil and soup in the plate. It was so delicious that she wanted to ascend to heaven.
Lin Guoqing touched Youloulou's mouth, touched his belly and sighed, "This is the life I live, even gods can't change it."
Everyone in the room, big and small, sat there contentedly, just like the drug-addled people in those cautionary tales decades later, much to Chen Chunhua's amusement.
"As long as we continue to work together as we have these past two days, we can live like this every day!"
Liang Shengdi felt that she had never eaten so happily in her life. A meal had three dishes, and all three dishes were made with oil. She was afraid that even if she married the emperor, she would not be able to eat such good food.
What did she say? As long as she followed her daughter-in-law, she would definitely have meat to eat! In the future, even if Chen Chunhua asked her to pick up manure, she would do it!
You know what, when they were about to clean up after dinner, Liang Shengdi specifically asked in a low voice whether Chen Chunhua was going out to sell bamboo shoots tonight. She vaguely remembered that she had said this at noon.
After Chen Chunhua nodded, Liang Shengdi snatched the bowl from her hand.
"I'll do it, I'll do it. I'll wash it today. You guys are all going to do something big tonight!"
Chen Chunhua & Lin Guoqing: ...
Lin Guoqing really felt a little scared at this moment. It felt just like when he was a young man and Youqing and others were listening to ghost stories in the fields in the middle of the night.
Was he being too positive?
"...Mom, can you wash the dishes?"
"I can wash it! It's just a bowl, how can I not wash it! When I was young..."
With a "clang", before Liang Shengdi could finish telling about her deeds when she was young, a bowl was sacrificed heroically.
Chen Chunhua hurried over to sweep up the broken porcelain pieces. There were many children at home, and if they got pricked, it would be all over.
"Mom, forget it, let me do it. You've been tired all day. Have a good rest so we can continue tomorrow, okay..."
After much persuasion, the two finally persuaded the old lady to go back to her room and lie down. Lin Guoqing wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and sighed.
"I'm tired when this old lady doesn't want to work. I'm still tired when she wants to work too much."
Chen Chunhua grinned, "Okay, stop standing here. You stayed up all night yesterday. You should go to bed early today."
"Okay, I won't compete with you for the dishwashing job today. I'll do it tomorrow." Lin Guoqing nodded. He was really sleepy. It was not easy to get through the whole day. In addition, he had just eaten so much that he started yawning.
Thinking that I had told Chen Chunhua everything I needed to, I felt relieved to get a basin to wash up. When I turned around, I saw bamboo shoots and mushrooms piled in the corner.
"Hey, are you going to carry this basket of bamboo shoots and mushrooms to pick vegetables, and then carry them back to our county?" Lin Guoqing suddenly remembered the pain in his shoulders last night when he was carrying dozens of kilograms of vegetables and almost had bleeding marks.
"That basket of bamboo shoots is really heavy. Why don't you finish harvesting the vegetables and then come back. At least the round trip to Su County will be easier."
Chen Chunhua also thought so. Liang Shengdi's digging of bamboo shoots saved her a lot of time. Their home was not far from the village entrance, so it would not be a problem to come in and get them when the time comes, and they would not be discovered.
"I'll leave an hour later and carry the big basket. I'll come back to get the bamboo shoots after I've harvested the vegetables."
"Okay, then you can get some sleep later. It's not easy to get through the night," Lin Guoqing said, and suddenly remembered how hungry and cold he was last night.
"Wait a minute, put on an extra layer. It's still very cold at night. Put on an extra layer so that your shoulders are thicker and the backpack is not so tiring. By the way, do you have any dry food at home?"
Chen Chunhua shook her head, "What do you want dry food for?"
Lin Guoqing: "It's not me who wants it, it's you who wants it. You don't know how hard it is to get hungry in the middle of the night. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that I spent three cents to buy a sesame cake last night. I was so hungry!"
Chen Chunhua: ...Just now I was thinking about how much money Lin Guoqing made, and I didn't calculate the specific costs and income in detail. If he hadn't mentioned these three cents, she would have thought it was a net profit.
"So it should have been seven dollars and forty-four cents?"
Lin Guoqing hissed, "No, isn't that the point? The point is that I told you to bring some food and drink, otherwise you'll be thirsty and hungry!"
This woman is really money-obsessed. Does he know that he cares about her?
Chen Chunhua has lived with this man for her whole life, so how could she not know what he meant? She just wanted to tease him. This man is more adorable when he is stupid.
"Okay, okay. I'll steam two sweet potatoes and bring them over. Go wash them yourself!"
His tone was full of perfunctory, which made Lin Guoqing so angry that he hummed and went out to get a basin.
By the time she finished packing everything, it was almost eight o'clock.
Lin Guoqing had already closed his eyes on the bed. He was so sleepy that he fell asleep with his hands touching the pillow. He was even snoring lightly.
Lin Shuying had also finished her homework and was lying on the table, teaching the second and third children to recognize words in the dim light. Although the fourth child, Lin Shumei, could not even speak complete sentences, she had to sit next to her sister and babbled along.
Seeing her mother come in to get the bamboo hat, Lin Shuying bit her lip and called her,
"Mom...are you going out so late?"
Although the adults didn't tell the children what they were doing specifically, as the eldest child in the family, Lin Shuying had some idea.
"Would you like me to come with you and help you?"
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