"What a bunch of beasts! Mei Ya, don't go back, stay in Lugou Village. I'll go tell your parents later." If you stay any longer, you don't know what kind of person you will be beaten into.
When they returned to their home, they saw Su Ying wandering outside the yard.
"Sister Su Ying? Why are you here?"
Su Ying finally saw Zhang Xingrong and hurried over to her: "How are you? Are you okay? How is Comrade Zhang Hewu? Is he really..."
She didn't know how to say the word "murder". She felt that Zhang Xingrong and his sister were such good people that it was impossible for them to kill someone.
Zhang Xingrong understood what she was worried about and said, "Don't worry, no one was killed!"
Su Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief: "The people in the village outside are just talking nonsense, I believe you!"
"Sister Su Ying, I want to cook, please help me light the fire!"
"Okay, I miss your cooking!"
Zhang Xingrong asked Mei Ya to rest, but Mei Ya insisted on working. She had no choice but to let Mei Ya sit and light the fire, and asked Su Ying to wash the vegetables while she started to prepare food.
The vegetables in the garden were growing very well, with the chives growing the fastest. She first made scrambled eggs with chives, frying a few extra, and then kneaded the dough to make chive and egg dumplings!
The sweet potato leaves were growing quickly, so she used pickled bamboo shoots and chili peppers to make a spicy and sour stir-fry. It was perfect for the sweltering weather. The potatoes weren't quite done yet; if they were, she'd make a spicy and sour potato shreds. The water spinach was growing well, though, so she added a garlic stir-fry.
Simple farm dishes are rare for people at this time.
"Wow, they smell so good! I haven't eaten dumplings in a long time!" Su Ying couldn't help swallowing her saliva. "Rongya, if my dad sends me white flour in the future, I'll give it all to you. You make better dumplings than I do!"
Zhang Xingrong asked the two to wait for a moment while she picked up seven or eight dumplings and went to catch the stone.
"Sister!" Shitou ran up to Zhang Xingrong excitedly when he saw her. Aunt Mei said that her sister was busy and asked him to stay with Wangshan for the next two days. Although he was very happy to be with Wangshan, he also missed his second brother and sister!
Zhao Xiaomei saw Zhang Xingrong coming back and hurried over to ask what was going on: "Rongya, how is Wuzi? I heard that Wuzi was involved with a dead person."
"No one died, don't worry, Aunt Mei!"
"That's good, that's good!" Zhao Xiaomei patted her lips and let out a sigh of relief. "I was really scared to death. Those people outside are just talking nonsense!"
Zhang Xingrong said, "Aunt Mei, thank you for taking care of Shitou. These are dumplings that people in the north eat. Take them! Sister Su Ying was grateful for my treatment of her face, so she gave me some flour. I made some dumplings, and you can try them."
"That won't do!" Aunt Mei was too embarrassed to take it. "Take it back. Shitou is still eating the jelly you taught us to make here. He hasn't eaten any grains!"
"Here!" Zhang Xingrong stuffed it in. "Maybe I'll need you to help look after the stones in the next few days!"
After stuffing it in, she was afraid Aunt Mei would stuff it back in, so she hurried away, pulling the stone with her. After walking a few steps, she called out to Luo Wangshan to go play with her. Luo Wangshan loved going to Zhang Xingrong's house to play, so when he saw Zhang Xingrong calling him, he quickly ran over, only to be scolded by Aunt Mei.
Shitou happily returned home with his sister and was full of curiosity when he saw Mei Ya sitting in the kitchen.
"Shitou, this is Sister Mei Ya. Like you, Sister Mei Ya is often beaten by Rong Zi, so she's staying with us for a while."
Mei Ya and her siblings were not familiar with the people in the eldest wife's house before, so they were inevitably shy.
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