Chapter 46 The Unreasonable Second Brother
Oh yes!
Xinbao immediately hugged his second brother and patted his back: "Don't be afraid! Xinbao is with you."
The second brother suppressed his laughter and said, "Then it's settled."
He stood up and held her hand: "Xinbao, are you hungry? My brothers and sisters have been making syrup all morning and have occupied the whole pot. I can't help you cook, but I made wontons. Wait a minute, I'll cook them for you."
He rolled up his sleeves and went to the kitchen.
The little girl followed him like a little tail. The second brother was afraid that she would make trouble, so he closed the door and said, "Don't come in. It's dangerous for a little kid to enter the kitchen."
Big Brother Tang and his friends left in a hurry, leaving all their things spread out and not yet put away. Second brother seldom works in the kitchen, so he looked at the pile of things in front of him, walked around in circles, and seemed to have no idea where to start.
Xinbao asked him: "Can Dede cook?"
The second brother looked back.
The kitchen was a half-door, a wooden board that was about the same height as the baby. She was standing on tiptoe, with her two little hands resting on the door, revealing only a pair of black, bright grape eyes that rolled around as she stared at him, like a little kitten.
The second brother was touched by his sister's cuteness and said with a smile: "Second brother can't do it, but could Xinbao do it?"
Milk ball nodded.
She nodded, and her little face shrank back, leaving only the small bean sprout on top of her head exposed, and nodded twice.
The second brother was touched by her cuteness again. He laughed twice, turned around and slowly packed his things, while teasing her casually: "What would Xinbao do?"
She said: "Xinbao can do anything!! Whatever you want to eat, Xinbao will make it!"
"Hey!" The second elder brother laughed and said, "Then Xinbao, look at what's at home and make something for me! I'm not picky!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and saw Naituanzi who had come in at some point, holding a kitchen knife upside down with both hands. The second brother was almost scared to death by her: "Xinbao!!"
He rushed forward and snatched back the kitchen knife, while holding onto the shelf to catch his breath, he scolded her: "What are you doing!"
Xinbao was confused: "Xinbao gave me this to make sweet and sour sauce!"
She still has it!! Seeing the little sister looking up with an innocent look, the second brother covered his chest and said, "What... sweet and sour sauce?"
Xinbao pointed to the pot and said, "There's sugar in the pot, we can't waste it! So Xinbao made sweet and sour sauce."
Second brother: “……?”
The way he looked at his sister, it seemed... quite like that?
He thought for a moment, put the kitchen knife down, and drew a circle at the door with his feet. He carried the baby over and put it inside: "Don't move here. You can't leave this circle. Then you tell me and I'll do it."
She said: "But..."
He said fiercely: "No buts! You must obey!"
But the circle is too small! ! It can’t even fit both feet!
The girl looked at the circle carefully, sighed, and supported herself against the wall with one hand, raising one foot: "Hey, you cut first... ten pears, cut them smaller." She pointed with her little finger: "This small."
The second brother nodded and started cutting the pears.
His movements were very unskilled. Naidanzi watched eagerly from behind. He then switched hands and feet to support the other side.
After switching back and forth twice, he still hadn't finished cutting. Milk ball couldn't help but complain: "Damn, you're too slow! Xinbao is so tired!"
The second brother asked, "Are you tired just standing there?"
As he spoke, he turned his head and saw her like this, speechless: "Why are you doing the Golden Rooster Stand? No, I mean why are you standing on one foot?"
Naituanzi's eyes widened, and he couldn't believe that his second brother could be so unreasonable: "You were the one who said we can't leave the circle!!"
She pointed at the circle under her feet with her little hand: "This circle can't hold Xinbao's two feet!!"
Second brother: “…”
He burst out laughing, and then couldn't laugh anymore.
Smiling, he walked over, drew a big circle again, and put a small stool on it, "Brother is wrong, you drew the circle too small."
He smiled and pulled her over: "Xinbaoer, please take a seat... Is it ok now? What's the next step?"
Boss Xinbao sat and gave orders, with great pomp and circumstance: "Put it in the pot, add half a bowl of water! Put it on the fire!"
Sweet and sour sauce is usually made with ketchup, but you can use anything else as well, as the flavor is just that. However, fruits oxidize easily so you have to eat them quickly.
Put the chopped sea buckthorn into the sugar pot, add water, shake it slowly to wash off the sugar hanging on the wall of the pot, and the sea buckthorn will become jam. Then add vinegar and a little salt, rub it slowly in circles with the back of a spoon until it is evenly mixed and bubbles appear, then drizzle a small spoonful of hot oil on it.
Serve about half a bowl of it, scoop some with a spoon and pour it on the steamed buns.
The second brother sat down, fed his sister a bite, and took a bite himself. It was sweet, sour, fragrant and smooth, with a special pear fragrance. The second brother couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "Not bad!!"
It's really good, even better than ketchup. Many people can't get used to this sweet and salty taste, but it's actually very delicious when it's mixed well. Xinbao took his hand and took another bite.
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Just then,
Outside, someone called out, "Auntie! Is Auntie home?"
The second brother frowned, gave the steamed bun to Xinbao, wiped his lips, and went out.
Naituanzi followed behind and stretched his little head to take a look. He saw Tang Zhaodi standing by the fence, twisting the corners of her clothes with both hands, looking timid.
She herself didn't know it, but in fact, in the eyes of others, her posture was exactly the same as when Xiao Liu showed weakness.
No one in the Tang family is ugly. Even though Mrs. Liu is old and mean, she was a beauty when she was young. Tang Zhaodi is also very beautiful, but she always keeps her head down and looks at people secretly with her eyes turned up, which makes her look indescribably sneaky.
The second brother said calmly: "What's the matter?"
Tang Zhaodi twisted the corner of her clothes again and asked softly, "Second brother, is my aunt at home?"
"Whether she's here or not is none of your business. Don't call her aunt, and don't even deserve to be called brother." The second elder brother saw that there was no one around, so he spoke very rudely: "The elders above have severed the relationship, so naturally there is no relationship below. The care we provided before is just like feeding the dogs. Don't come again in the future. You're annoying me."
Tang Zhaodi was anxious, "I don't know anything! I don't know any of that! I didn't know my mother was hiding before! I didn't know grandma wanted to sell Xinbao! None of this has anything to do with me! I'm just a child, you can't find me no matter how hard you try! I really don't know anything!"
The second brother showed a mocking look on his face.
After all, he was still young and had no speaking skills, so he couldn't wait to say what he had prepared. Sima Zhao's intentions were also clear.
The second brother chuckled and said, "Are you refusing to acknowledge your mother?"
Tang Zhaodi was stunned.
She really didn't want to acknowledge that mother! But even though she didn't have much experience, she knew she couldn't say that, so she cried, "I've always regarded my aunt as my real mother... I want to see my aunt, you tell me to see my aunt, I'm at home now, I have to get up before dawn, wash clothes for the whole family, feed the chickens and grow vegetables, my life is too hard, please save me..."
She cried with tears in her eyes.
The second brother was really amused by her stupidity.
Mrs. Lin treated her well in the past because she treated them as her relatives, or in other words, she treated them as human beings!
Now that things have gotten to this point, they are almost enemies, and she actually thought they would feel sorry for her? Don't listen to this too happily!
Besides, what she is doing now was done by the eldest wife in the past!
It was the six-year-old twins who risked their lives to do it. It was he who dragged his sick body and his fourth brother who dragged his lame leg, who did it day after day!
At that time, they didn't even lend a hand, and now they did it themselves, and they feel so wronged...
Her mother is like this, and she is like this too. Why should they feel wronged? How can they have the nerve to feel wronged? ? Is it their due for Qing to wait for food?
(End of this chapter)