Chapter 60: Always giving things in return makes them distant
Wang Lianhua claimed that her injuries had not healed yet, and she refused to go to work. She used some of the compensation from her sister-in-law and mother-in-law to enroll Erqing in school.
She was determined not to let her child become a vagrant like her.
On the way home, Shen Meng said she wanted to tidy up her private plot. "Wait a minute, I'll go home and call Xifeng over. She didn't go to work today. Yaoyao and Gaogao will take Jinghao somewhere. Don't worry, Xiaomeng, Xifeng and I are very efficient. We can definitely finish it for you in one morning!"
"Thank you very much, sister-in-law. You go first. I'll go back and tell Jinghao that my eldest brother and Uncle Guai have already started working over there."
After Wang Lianhua left, Shen Meng went straight home and found a sand basin. She put half a basin of rose mint tea in it, with two rose petals and mint leaves floating on it. This is just right to drink in autumn. It can refresh the mind, relieve heat and fatigue. She put the sand basin at the edge of the field, put three bowls on it, and went to the field with them.
She actually doesn't know how to work, and now she is just imitating, watching how Shen Shoutian works, and she does the same thing, but she looks so clumsy when she works.
When Wang Lianhua and Xifeng came over, Shen Meng was holding a stalk of grass with both hands and trying hard to pull it out. He tried his best but couldn't get it down, and almost fell on his butt.
"Hey, little Meng, what are you doing? Are you playing around?" Xifeng was wearing a straw hat on her head, and she was very happy to see Shen Meng working.
She didn't do a good job, but she didn't feel ashamed. "I don't know what's wrong with this one, but I can't pull it off. I can't bear to leave my family's private plot!"
"Hahaha, since you can't do this, just pick the ones that are easy to pull, and we'll do the rest."
"You have thin arms and legs, and you don't look very strong. We work in the fields all year round, so this job is easy for us."
Wang Lianhua and Xifeng started to roll up their sleeves and work while chatting and laughing.
"Sister-in-law, Xifeng, I've got some water in the sand basin over there. If you're thirsty, just scoop some water and drink it."
"Oh, no hurry, let's talk about it after we finish the work," Sister Lianhua paused, turned her head and looked around before continuing, "Why are you so anxious to get your private plot done? What's going on?"
Human instinct is to gossip, and at this moment Xifeng also quietly stuck her head over to listen.
"I went back to my mother's house yesterday and saw that the thatch on the house was rotten. I asked my eldest brother to come and take away the straw. I was afraid that someone would say something bad about it. I had better fix it as soon as possible."
Wang Lianhua and Xifeng looked at each other and understood what she meant. They hurried to help with the work.
So it is said that daughters-in-law know the difficulties of daughters-in-law the best. Their mothers-in-law are all the most difficult and wicked mothers-in-law in Lujia Village. But even such people still suffer from the third aunt. It is conceivable that those who smile on the surface are very good at torturing others behind their backs.
With five people working, the speed was much faster. Shen Shoutian saw that his sister was really different now. When there was work at home, she could find several people to help after going out for a walk. This also showed that she was really living a good life. It was
almost noon when the work was finished. Uncle Guai and Shen Shoutian, one pulling the flatbed cart and the other driving the ox cart, pulled the stalks cleanly.
Wang Lianhua and Xifeng sat on the ground drinking rose mint water, feeling cool in their hearts.
"This water has mint added to it, and it tastes really different. How come it has a fragrance? What kind of flower is this?"
"Nothing. This was sent over from Zhenping's troops, from southern Yunnan. I think it tastes good, so I added it to the water and let you guys have a taste."
The two of them chuckled and drank up all the water in the bowl. They were willing to give them such good things to drink, and it was obvious that they didn't treat them as outsiders.
"Oh, it's getting late. Let's go home and make lunch. Let's go to Jinghao to pick up the baby, and then we'll go back."
"No, no, no, you guys have done so much work for me, I have to make a meal for you at least this afternoon."
Xifeng glanced at her, exerted force with her hands, and lifted the hoe head onto her shoulders.
"Why are you so polite? How much effort can you put in to do a little work? If you want to plant vegetables or plow the fields later, I'll let Yongjun come over to help you."
"Xifeng is right. We are sisters. We will definitely help each other if there is something. Mingyang and the others will also finish school. You should go back and cook!"
Shen Meng didn't insist when she heard them say that. Relationships are accumulated slowly through mutual help and understanding. If you always ask for things in return, it will make you feel distant.
"Okay, but you can bring your children to play at home tonight. I'll prepare some stewed pig's trotter soup for Jing. It's just a matter of adding two scoops of water. You can also have some."
"Okay, I won't be polite with you. Just let me know when you have work to do in the field."
The three of them chatted and laughed and took their children home. Shen Meng put Lu Mingkai in the living room to play. Fearing that he would be hungry, she made him half a bowl of milk powder and took him an egg cake.
"Baby, eat something in the room first. Mom is going to cook. Brother and sister will be home from school soon. They must be hungry."
"I will be good." Lu Mingkai drank a mouthful of milk, and there was still a milk mark on his lips. With his cute licking voice, Shen Meng was very fond of him.
"Yes, our little Kai is the best."
After settling the baby down, she went to the kitchen, cleaned the pot, and went straight into the living room. She moved a pot of beef soup, two hands of rolled noodles, and prepared five large bowls of side dishes.
She lit the hot beef soup in the stove and boiled it twice, then started to cook the noodles. She also found the canned meat sent by comrade Lu Zhenping, opened a slice and put it on the noodles.
The colorful look made people hungry. People who passed by her house after work stretched their necks to swallow their saliva.
Lu Mingkai was eating egg cake in the main room, and he couldn't eat the food in his hands after smelling it. He went to the kitchen with a choking sound.
"Mom, your baby is hungry and wants to eat...eat."
Shen Meng looked at him with a drop of crystal clear saliva hanging from the corner of his mouth.
"Eat this, mom cooked two bowls of noodles, we eat first, and wait for your brother and his friends to come back,
then mom will cook more." The little guy knew that he could eat first, his eyes lit up, turned around and ran to the main room, and soon he came back with his small wooden stool, put it down and went to wash his hands.
When he came back, there was already a bowl of beef noodles in his place. Children are easy to fool, she used a food processor to crush the beef slices, and the child didn't have to chew it at all.
"Eat it quickly, this is the canned meat sent back by your father's comrades, mom cut it into small pieces for you, so it's easy to digest."
"So yummy!"
She added a large spoonful of chili oil to her own noodles, and after mixing them, it smelled burnt, and Shen Meng couldn't help swallowing her saliva.
Lu Mingyang and his friends, who were carrying their schoolbags outside after school, could smell the fragrance from home from a distance.
"Brother, mom has prepared delicious food, run."
"Second brother, slow down, wait for me."
Lu Mingyang looked at his younger brothers and sisters who had already run over, and muttered "useless", but his steps also involuntarily quickened a lot.
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