Chapter 101: If you like it, ask for another one
She did it right away. She first soaked the vermicelli and sesame leaves, then took a sand basin and scooped a ladle of white flour and a ladle of cornmeal, added water and began to knead the dough.
After washing the old beans, she cut them and put them in the basin, added flour and a little rapeseed oil and stirred.
She poured the boiling water prepared by Mingkai into the hot water kettle, and first fried a few eggs and put them in a bowl for later use. It looked like a lot, so she picked up a piece with chopsticks and fed it to Lu Mingkai. The little guy squinted his eyes while eating.
Then she began to put lard in the pot, and after putting the blended beans into the pot, a burst of fragrance came out soon. The oil and flour soon turned golden yellow. She scooped two buckets of water into it and covered it with a lid.
"Mom, this bean soup is so fragrant!"
"Isn't it, son? Mom also kneaded the dough. I'll make some big dumplings later. Eat more at noon!"
"Yeah!"
Lu Mingkai looked at the fragrant pot expectantly while paying attention to the fire in the stove. He was very serious.
Shen Meng found two tomatoes in the vegetable basket, washed them, cut them, and put them in the pot. She also sprinkled a handful of vermicelli and green leaves, covered the lid and simmered for five minutes. It was almost done.
She started to cut vermicelli and sesame leaves, mixed the stuffing, rolled out the dough and started to wrap the dumplings. She
added water to the small pot, put the steamer in place and started to steam the dumplings.
After the rice was ready, she found a radish, cut it into strips and mixed it, and a simple lunch was ready.
Lu Zhenping went home with Mingyang and his three children. They could smell the fragrance from a distance. Daqing and the other children were drooling. Mingliang pulled Daqing and secretly told him that he would bring him something delicious later. The children looked at him gratefully.
After returning home, they started to wash their hands and serve the meal. Shen Meng did nothing but wait in the main room, with a basket of dumplings piled high.
"Mingyang, go find a basket cloth and send some dumplings to your third aunt and Xiaogang. Mom steamed a lot, enough for our family to eat."
"Okay!"
Mingliang took the opportunity to say, "Mom, can I leave one for Daqing and the others? Just one will do. They are reluctant to leave when they pass by our door. They are so greedy."
"Okay, of course. These are wrapped in sesame leaves. They are not valuable. You can leave one for Daqing, Erqing, Gaogao, and Yaoyao, and send them to them when you go to school. This way your second grandmother can't say anything."
Lu Zhenping watched the two children take some dumplings out of the basket and give them away without saying anything. It was a good thing that his son was kind enough to repay his kindness, and he would not pick on it.
Last night, he also met Aman and his grandson whom Shen Meng had been helping. The old man's health has improved a lot, and he no longer suffers from lack of food and clothing. Although his living quarters are still very simple, his food and drink have improved a lot. It's just that this place is not safe, and the idle people in the village often steal their food.
Just as they started to eat, Mingyang came back with Lu Jiasheng. He walked to the main room with a gloomy face and sat directly on the ground.
"Brother, if you are free today, please help me with what we talked about last time. I have already told the village chief and the others that we will split up the family immediately. I have not been working for some time and I have entrusted 1,000 or 2,000 adobe bricks. It will be easy to build a house. I want to live alone with Jinghao and our two children."
Lu Zhenping knew what had happened at a glance. He was too lazy to ask because Lu Jiasheng had already talked about splitting up the family. This time he went to see the village chief and the party secretary himself, and it was obvious that he was determined.
"Okay, I'll come over later after dinner."
Lu Jiasheng breathed a sigh of relief. Smelling the fragrant food and thinking about the bland soup at home, he became even more eager to divide the family. He pursed his lips and said to Shen Meng, "Sister-in-law, I have something shameless to mention to you."
Shen Meng: "......."
Since you think it's shameless, it's better not to mention it!!!
"Hehehe, it's about the bricks and tiles. Can you help me get a strip of black tiles? A thatched house is fine, but I think since we're dividing the family and building a house, it's better to build it all at once."
"Don't ask your sister-in-law about this. She got the strip of bricks and tiles by accident and she owes a lot of favors to others. I'll do it for you. Let me estimate how much money you have."
Lu Jiasheng also asked, but he didn't expect that it would really work. He stood up and walked to Lu Zhenping and laughed several times.
"Brother, I still have more than 50 yuan in my hand. I think if we split up the family, I can get some money. It will definitely be enough to buy black tiles."
Lu Zhenping took three bites of a big dumpling, drank a mouthful of bean soup, and turned to look at Lu Jiasheng.
"Okay, I'll ask you later and get it for you as soon as possible. After the family splits up, you will have to live on your own. Earn work points well, take more jobs when you are free, and live a prosperous life."
The elder brother who always spoke little suddenly spoke to him like this. Lu Jiasheng's eyes were sour. He wiped his tears, hurriedly agreed, and hurried back to report to Xie Jing.
"Why don't you let me go to see Dr. Cheng?"
"You helped him at the beginning, so you certainly didn't want to repay him. Favors will run out one day, and it would be bad to trouble him again. I know some people, it will be quick, it's okay."
Shen Meng: "..."
You are wrong, buddy, I am not as noble as you think!!!
After the children went to school, Shen Meng took Lu Mingkai and Lu Zhenping to Lu's house. She didn't want to join in the excitement, she really missed the little girl in Xie Jinghao's family, a small and soft lump, like a cat in her arms, very precious.
Xie Jinghao didn't participate in the division of the family. She and the two children talked to Shen Meng in the house, and her face was very relaxed. She was full of expectations for the future division of the family.
"Sister-in-law, if you like girls, you can have another one!"
Hmm? ? ?
"No, no, I already have four children at home. I'm so busy every day. How dare I have another one!"
When Shen Meng said this, she reached out and wiped her belly. It was because the original owner had been doing farm work for a long time before, and the soft fat on her belly was gone. It's just that she didn't exercise well during this period of time, so the flesh is still soft. It's been like this for several years. If she has another child, I don't know if she can recover to be so slim in the future.
She likes children and plans to have one for fun, but the medical conditions these days make her very unconfident. She has been lying in the hospital for a long time, and she still has some reluctance to go to the hospital in her heart.
This time the division was not like the last time Shen Meng divided the family. It didn't take long. Soon Lu Zhenping came to lead the two people. When he arrived at the door, he just happened to hear the conversation between the two people. He looked at Shen Meng's rejection and his eyebrows jumped.
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