Chapter 43 Such precious food is sent out!

"The sweet potatoes sent by Tian Da Kui?"

When Xu Ping heard that these were the sweet potatoes sent by Tian Da Kui and not the ones Wang Ziru bought at the grain station.

After hesitating for a moment, he sat down and said, "It's strange that the Tian couple suddenly sent you so many dishes and even food!"

In the early 1980s when resources were scarce, everyone lived a hard life. Even the better-off families in the village could only eat corn grits porridge.

Are Tian Da Kui and his wife not in their right minds?

Such precious food is being sent out!

Baoer took the little windmill and went to the kitchen to play around with his father, and then ran to play around with his mother.

I heard my second aunt ask his mother.

The child was also a child who spoke without restraint. He pointed at the windmill with his little finger and walked over and said, "Second Aunt, Uncle Tian wants Mom to help him."

"How else can you help Tian Da Kui?" Xu Ping's mouth twitched, and her face was suddenly full of disdain.

"Mom said that she will go to the mountains to find medicinal herbs tomorrow for Uncle Tian." Baoer said, blinking his dark eyes.

Xu Ping was surprised and asked, "What disease did Tian Da Kui have? Aren't you a midwife? He's a grown man, can you cure him?"

"It's not a big deal, just a minor illness." Wang Ziru went along with it and did not intend to tell Xu Ping that the one who was sick was not Tian Da Kui, but Han Xiuxiang.

But Xu Ping's stupid brain was so stupid that she actually thought that Tian Da Kui was sick.

He sat down by the fire, roasting meat while glancing at the third son's wife from time to time.

Look at what she is wearing. She is well dressed and eats well. She is probably the most well-off young wife in the village.

She is pretty and the man loves her...

In the past few days, when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Xu Ping had fantasized countless times while lying in bed. If she had been born a few years later, she would be willing to marry the third son of the Zhai family. Now that the third son is back, which woman would not want to have such a good life?

"Bao'er! Go see if daddy has finished cooking the vegetables. The sweet potato porridge is ready." Wang Ziru saw that the sweet potato porridge in the hanging pot was bubbling and almost cooked.

Baoer rushed into the kitchen and asked, "Dad! Is the food ready?"

Xu Ping turned her head to glance in the direction of the kitchen and vaguely saw the third child cooking in front of the earthen stove. She was extremely jealous.

Such a good man is hard to find even with a lantern.

Xu Ping got up and walked into the thatched hut, carrying the roasted pork. She planned to take advantage of the fact that the third brother had just finished cooking and there was still firewood in the stove to boil a pot of water, wash the meat first, and then cook it here.

I saw Zhai Ximo holding a spatula in his hand, standing next to the earthen stove, cooking seriously.

There were already two bowls of food on the stove.

A bowl of cabbage and a bowl of radish slices.

In the pot, Zhai Ximo was frying wild mushrooms. "Third brother! Are you frying chicken offal?"

"Well, the chicken was slaughtered the day before yesterday, and all the chicken offal was left over." Zhai Ximo had already heard his second sister-in-law go to the kitchen to roast meat. Without even looking up, he held a spatula in his hand and kept stir-frying in the big iron pot.

Xu Ping's eyes were full of greed. How could a family of three eat so many dishes?

Inside the iron pot, there was smoke and a fragrant aroma.

Xu Ping stood nearby, staring at the stir-fried chicken offal in the pot, and complimented him, "Old Third, you really know how to cook. You even know how to stir-fry wild mushrooms and chicken offal together. Adding garlic sprouts makes it even more fragrant! One day, I'll go to the mountains and pick some wild mushrooms and stir-fry them."

"When the time comes, pick some garlic sprouts from the field behind your house..."

"Um."

Zhai Ximo ignored his second sister-in-law's chattering beside him.

The iron pot was full of steam and sprinkled with salt. He skillfully scooped up the fried garlic sprouts, wild mushrooms and chicken offal.

He turned around, took the cooked dishes and went straight to the kitchen to eat.

He knew that his second sister-in-law was waiting to use the stove, but he didn't even look at her the whole time.

Xu Ping watched the tall back of the third brother as he walked out, and found that he seemed to have no interest in her at all, and didn't even look at her.

I felt a little disappointed.

He turned around, quickly scooped a bucket of water and poured it into the iron pot, then boiled and washed the pork with a somewhat depressed mood.

…

After Liu Xiangqin finished her work in the yard, she walked into the kitchen and saw Xu Ping boiling and washing pork.

Seeing that the second brother's family had nothing to do and ate pork, Liu Xiangqin felt a little unhappy and said sarcastically: "You are also imitating the third brother and his wife. You don't have to work at home, but you still eat meat."

"Who said that you have to call the workers at home before you can eat meat?" Xu Ping sneered.

"Your Jiahao has a skill. If he works as a carpenter for a few days, he can make some money. With money, he can eat meat. However," Liu Xiangqin glanced at the second son's wife, "we asked Jiahao to help build a few doors this time, but we didn't ask for wages."

"Oh! I heard Jiahao talk about this. Forget it. We are a family, so let's help each other. In the future, when we build a house, we will ask big brother to help with bricklaying. Big sister-in-law, you must remember this favor today."

"That's natural."

Liu Xiangqin responded quickly.

The two families were originally taking turns to help, and they will owe a lot of favors to others when building the house this time, and they will definitely repay the favors when the time comes.

It’s better than calculating the wages, Liu Xiangqin thought to herself.

At this moment, Liu Xiangqin smelled a sweet fragrance.

She sniffed curiously, "This... seems to smell like sweet potatoes. Did the third brother and the others cook sweet potatoes?"

"Not only do they eat sweet potatoes, they also eat white rice."

Xu Ping said gloomily.

Liu Xiangqin was immediately shocked, "Did they go to the grain station to buy rice?"

The land in the village was also distributed to each household. These days, rice is as precious as a luxury.

The third brother and his wife were quietly cooking sweet potato porridge at home...

Walking out of the thatched hut kitchen, Liu Xiangqin felt a little angry. She had been married to the Zhai family for so many years, when had she ever had a satisfying sweet potato rice porridge?

He immediately hated the third son's wife.

If Wang Ziru hadn't instigated the division of the family that day, how could this family be divided?

She was lucky, as she had a share of the family property, had food and drink, and a man to serve her. On the other hand, Liu Xiangqin and Xu Ping had endless farm work to do every day. They were really at a loss!

Inside the kitchen, Zhai Ximo knew that his sister-in-law had been standing outside the door for a while.

He completely ignored his sister-in-law's intention.

Holding the earthen bowl and picking up some vegetables for Bao'er, I suddenly remembered what my second sister-in-law had just said, that after picking wild mushrooms, she would go to the field behind their house to pull some garlic sprouts.

He knew very well that his two sisters-in-law were very cruel.

By then, it won't just be a matter of pulling out a few garlic sprouts.

These days, my eldest brother’s family is building a house, so he might also pick some garlic sprouts when cooking.

Hearing the footsteps of the elder sister-in-law leaving, Zhai Ximo said, "Tomorrow morning, you should pull back all the garlic seedlings planted behind the house."

Wang Ziru was eating the fragrant and delicious sweet potato shreds and white rice porridge, and was stunned, "Why did you pull it all back? Can you finish it?"

"If you don't eat it, and let them eat it, don't come to me to complain."

"No, the dry land behind the house was allocated to us. It is our vegetable. Who else except your mother dares to eat it without our permission?" Wang Ziru said with a hint of sarcasm on her lips.

Only then did Zhai Ximo lower his voice and tell his wife what his second sister-in-law had just said.

Finally, he glanced at the surprised expression on his wife's face and added, "My eldest brother will start building the house tomorrow. When he does, he will go to our field to pick some garlic sprouts and fry them for dinner. If my eldest brother came forward to tell me about this, could I still refuse?"