Chapter 126 Finger Spinner, Grinding Tofu
Because Mingdai had to take care of Zhou Sinian, she had not been to the captain's house for a long time. Aunt Huang and Sister Huang brought Tiedan and Goudan to visit their "big brother".
When they arrived, Mingdai and Zhou Sinian were playing with finger spinners on the kang. Mingdai specially asked Liu Dazheng to help her make a small one. It was placed on a wooden tray. It was like fighting crickets, with each fighting the other. The winner could draw a line on the loser's face.
So what Huang and the others saw was Ming Dai painted as a little cat.
Woo woo!
She just played this game with Zhou Sinian because she was depressed!!!
Aunt Huang held back her laughter as she watched Mingdai come back with her face washed, then she handed her the basket she had brought.
A basket full of sticky rice dumplings, frozen hard.
"We made some yesterday and gave you some to try."
Mingdai looked at the quantity and estimated that it was not just a little bit, but half of it was delivered, right?
Indeed, Auntie Huang felt that during the short six months that Xiao Ming had been in the countryside, he had been thinking only about the village and their family, and was particularly kind to the children, giving them many good things.
They can't just come in and not leave, they have to take advantage of the New Year's opportunity to return some gifts.
Give and take, that is the way to get along with each other.
Mingdai did not refuse. She asked everyone to get on the kang, and she took the basket to the kitchen and brought over the kettle of hot water.
A bowl of steaming hot red date tea was brewed for each person, and the two children and Zhou Sinian drank malt milk.
Goudan had already seen the finger spinner that Zhou Sinian was playing with, and he rubbed his little butt towards it, not even bothering to drink the maltose.
Tiedan also looked greedy, as if he was having a lot of fun.
Ming Dai took out another one and handed it to them: "Go and play."
The two encouraged children sat over happily. Zhou Sinian looked at the two little potatoes with disdain and soon they started playing together.
Aunt Huang looked at Zhou Sinian who was sitting on the kang, and his face did not look good.
"Zhou Zhiqing, is this still not well? It's been half a month, right?"
Ming nodded: "He's fine now, but he still needs to be taken care of. His health was already very poor before, and this illness brought him all the symptoms."
Aunt Huang nodded in agreement: "This little boy has a pale face, he needs to be taken good care of."
Ming Dai nodded, thinking of her plan, and asked Auntie Huang: "Auntie, do you know which family in our village has a cat?"
Aunt Huang looked around the room and asked, "What's wrong? Are you making trouble?"
Ming Dai did not argue: "I want to adopt one and keep it as a pet. I wonder if anyone has one."
Aunt Huang thought for a moment and said, "Maybe Aunt Dazui in the village has one. I remember their old cat had kittens some time ago. If they have one, I'll get one for you."
Ming Dai nodded happily: "I'd prefer a yellow one."
Aunt Huang waved her hands: "That's no problem."
While the two were talking, Mrs. Huang was attracted by the sweater that Zhou Sinian was knitting halfway.
It is still red, but this time Zhou Sinian challenges jacquard and intarsia stitches, creating a 3D visual effect based on plain stitches, with red plum blossoms leaping on it.
This was jointly figured out by Liu Dazheng and Zhou Sinian. In Zhou Sinian's room next door, there is a basket with relief craftsmanship. The plum blossoms on it are made of red wool kindly provided by Zhou Sinian.
"Mom, look!"
Mrs. Huang pointed at the unfinished sweater and said, "Zhou Zhiqing's craftsmanship is getting better and better. He can even embroider on sweaters!"
Aunt Huang also looked over and saw that, sure enough, red plum blossoms were blooming on the sweater. They didn't look out of place, but were very beautiful.
"Wow, I didn't expect Zhou Zhiqing to have such great craftsmanship! No one in our village can do such good handicrafts."
Zhou Sinian lowered his obedient ears with satisfaction, coughed lightly, and pushed the basket of wool balls beside him over. He didn't say anything, but his meaning was very obvious, that is, let them look at it as they please.
Mingdai took the basket, and the three of them looked at Zhou Sinian's raised mouth and smiled.
Oh my, this Zhou Zhiqing is so interesting!
After playing for a while, Aunt Huang asked to go home. Mingdai took the opportunity to ask her to come over tomorrow to help grind the beans as she planned to make tofu.
Auntie Huang happily agreed and planned to make some herself and bring it over tomorrow to make together.
Seeing that the two children were reluctant to part with their thumb spinners, Zhou Sinian generously gave them two of the ones he thought were the ugliest. The two children were so happy that they grinned foolishly while holding the spinners.
After seeing them off, Zhou Sinian got down from the kang, stretched himself, and told Mingdai that he wanted to go into the space.
Mingdai also wanted to put back the bean buns that Auntie Huang gave her, so the two of them locked the door and went into the space.
Zhou Sinian has recently fallen in love with fishing, which is the only activity that Mingdai does not restrict him from doing.
He didn't go directly, but first took a small basket to the strawberry field and picked a basket of strawberries.
They usually cannot consume all the strawberries in the two long rows, so they pick them when they turn red and store them in the warehouse. They have already stockpiled quite a lot.
After washing the strawberries, he first sent a portion to Mingdai at the pharmacy. He then took a plate for himself and went to the pond with his own sweater basket.
Arriving at his designated fishing spot, he began to fish.
Zhou Sinian fishes purely for fun, so he doesn't pursue results, and his daily bait depends on what he eats.
For example, today’s bait is strawberries.
He eats the tip of the strawberry, while the lucky fish eats the butt of the strawberry.
In the warm sunshine and gentle breeze, Zhou Sinian lay comfortably on the lounge chair, looking at the water, eating strawberries, and occasionally knitting a sweater. There are only two words to describe him:
Comfortable!
He was feeling comfortable here, and Mingdai was getting medicine for him in the pharmacy.
In order to let him have a good rest these days, Mingdai added a lot of tranquilizers into the medicine. Now that he has almost recovered, Mingdai plans to make some changes.
At the same time, some ointment should be boiled. The scars on Zhou Sinian's body need to be treated, especially the ones scratched by the tiger's claws. As long as it is involved in exercise, it will definitely hurt and itch, but Zhou Sinian is used to it and never says anything.
In fact, grinding tiger bones into powder and adding them to ointment would have a better effect, but Mingdai didn't intend to take the risk and decided to wait and see.
The next day, early in the morning, Aunt Huang brought her two daughters-in-law and children to the educated youth site.
Mingdai has cleaned the grinding disc and soaked the beans.
The children were arranged to play with Zhou Sinian on the kang. Mingdai brought some fruits and hot tea and asked Zhou Sinian to serve them.
Tiedan and Goudan are very outgoing. Huang Tao took Huang Xing and dared to just watch at first, but they got familiar with them later.
Zhou Sinian looked at their identical red headscarves and nodded with satisfaction. They were his little brothers!
Outside, Mrs. Huang was helping her mother-in-law and her younger brother and sister-in-law wash their hands, using soap luxuriously.
Aunt Huang looked at her eldest daughter-in-law who was carefully cleaning the cracks between her nails and felt that there was nothing wrong with Zhou Sinian's love of hitting people; it could even cure laziness!
Zhou Pandiai rubbed his hands and looked at the kitchen, feeling envious at the brand-new furniture and neat cabinets.
Looking at his sister-in-law who was talking intimately with Xiao Ming, he felt aggrieved.
My mother-in-law didn't bring her here because she thought she couldn't bring her out herself!
Just now, my mother-in-law was planning to bring only yellow peaches and yellow apricots, but she fought for it herself and was able to come and take a look.
Xiao Ming, the educated youth, came home so many times, but he only spoke to his mother-in-law and sister-in-law, and he was just a nodding friend to her.
They must be looking down on her because she didn't give birth to a son!!
Why is my life so miserable? !
If Mingdai knew her thoughts, she would feel that Aunt Huang was wronged. She did not get close to Zhou Pandui because she knew that they were obviously not the same people and could not be friends.
After having been in contact with the Liu family for a long time, she also knew what kind of person the second daughter-in-law of the Liu family was.
In Huang's words, her daughter-in-law is the most foolish person in Liujiawan. She also suffers from paranoid delusions and always thinks that people look down on her because she has not given birth to a son.
It’s so funny, Auntie Huang doesn’t care at all, okay?
No matter what, they are all descendants of the Liu family. She has two grandsons and two granddaughters. Aren’t those two good words a good thing?
Why have so many grandchildren?
If they are well-educated, their granddaughter will also bring them honor!
Therefore, the only person in the Liu family who cared about whether she could give birth to a son was herself.
It's just that Zhou Pandai can't see clearly. The character she has developed since she was a child and her mother's family's brainwashing have made her blame everything that goes against her, which has made her what she is now.
Fortunately, she is a timid person and listens to Liu Laiwang very much. Apart from annoying people on a daily basis, she has not done anything bad.
Aunt Huang turned a blind eye to her because she was good-looking and had two pretty daughters.
As for the different treatments she mentioned, Aunt Huang admitted it.
They must be treated differently!
The eldest daughter-in-law is not a perfect person either, and she often does stupid things, but she is obedient and willing to change. She doesn't hold grudges, and she does things the same way, always with a smile on her face.
Where is she?
Because of the issue of having a grandson, she and the old man have taken turns to say that they have never disliked their granddaughter, nor do they think she is guilty of not being able to give birth to a grandson.
But Zhou Pan just watched and didn't listen!
Instead, she thought that Auntie Huang was implying something about her and cried even harder!
Later, Auntie Huang simply stopped caring and warned Liu Laiwang to keep his wife under control, otherwise they would be separated and their family would be disowned!
Who made him marry this awful daughter-in-law because he liked her face? !
Amid Sister-in-law Huang's joy and Zhou Pandi's sadness alone, the stone mill began to turn.