Chapter 19, Craving for Chicken
No matter how other families were doing, at Grandma He's house, Mei Xue and Grandma He were busy making Liaoshui Baba. The fragrance wafted out when the water boiled and the Baba was put in.
Waves of fragrance.
"Grandma, it smells so good. Let's make more." Mei Xue was almost drooling with greed.
"Okay, grandma will make more for you. As long as you like it, you can eat it every day." This is all made from home-grown rice. We have a stone mill at home. If you want to eat it, just soak some rice.
It doesn't take much effort.
"We can't eat it every day, grandma. Let's not eat sweets. I'll prepare some dishes later and we'll eat something salty." Mei Xue didn't like sweet taste very much.
"Sure. We have some pickled vegetables at home. Go get out half a bowl of the oil residue later. We'll fry the pickled vegetables with the oil residue. It's so delicious." For some reason, her appetite has improved a lot in the past few days.
Normally she would only have one bowl of rice for a meal, but now, I don’t know if it’s because she sees Mei Xue eating so happily or what, she can eat two big bowls.
"Okay, I'll listen to grandma." Mei Xue listened without any objection.
The Liaoshui Baba at noon was eaten up by the grandmother and granddaughter as soon as it came out of the pot. If she was not afraid of upset her stomach, Grandma He felt that she could have eaten three or two more.
It’s a pity that as I get older, my appetite isn’t as good as when I was young, so I can’t eat it anymore.
After eating and drinking, Mei Xue washed the pots and bowls and then took her grandmother for a walk in their small yard.
After all, it is flour. If I sit down right after eating it, I’m afraid I’ll have a bloated stomach.
"Grandma, our chickens are not small anymore. Should we eat them ourselves or sell them?" Mei Xue walked to the back of the house and looked at the chickens running around, her mouth watering.
But she also knew that the chicken was a precious thing and she would definitely not be willing to eat it herself.
"You've just finished eating, and you're thinking about it again. If Xiaoxue wants to eat us, just kill her." Grandma He dotes on Mei Xue very much.
It looks like she would kill him if she said so.
Mei Xue laughed happily, "No, I'm full now and can't eat anymore. Let's talk about it in a few days." Mei Xue said jokingly.
"But this chicken is not small anymore. It won't grow meat or milk if we raise it any longer. Why don't we sell it sometime? Then we can buy some chicks and raise them."
She knew her grandmother would definitely not be willing to eat it, so it was more likely that she would sell it.
"Okay, let's catch some more now, so they'll be just right for the New Year. Raise more this year to nourish you." Looking at Xiaoxue's frail body, Grandma He said with a worried look on her face.
"Grandma, I'm thin but I'm strong. I don't need any nourishment. You should give me more nourishment." Mei Xue said with a smile, half leaning on Grandma He's shoulder.
"All of them, all of them." Grandma He felt very warmed by being cared for.
She doesn't have a daughter, but if she had one, she would probably be as caring as Mei Xue.
My grandson is lucky to marry Xiaoxue.
At the beginning, Grandma He was still a little unhappy in her heart, but she didn't disagree. She owed the Mei family a favor and it was time to repay it. If it wasn't for Mei's father at that time, Xiaoze might not have been born, right?
Grandma He looked at Mei Xue. Her eyes and eyebrows were very much like her father's. Both father and daughter were good people.
Mei Xue was being stared at, and immediately sensed the gaze, and turned back to look at her grandmother, "What's wrong, grandma?"
"It's okay, I just think you look more and more like your father."
Speaking of parents, Mei Xue didn't respond, put away her smile, and looked at the chicken on the ground seriously.
Seeing Mei Xue like this, Grandma He knew that she had said something wrong, "Okay, it's almost time to go, go to sleep for a while, and go find Mei Lian to make clothes in the afternoon."
Mei Xue smiled, helped her grandmother into her room, and let her rest first.
"Okay, I'm fine. I'll close my eyes for a while. You go to sleep for a while. You were tired yesterday." Grandma He urged Mei Xue to go to bed.
Of course Mei Xue did not disagree.
As soon as she woke up, before Meixue went out, Aunt Meilian ran over, looking like she was in a hurry.
"Aunt Meilian, why are you running?" Mei Xue was sweeping the yard when she saw Aunt Meilian coming in.
"Are you and Third Aunt okay? Are you hurt? What about Third Aunt? Is she hurt?" He asked three questions as soon as he came in.
Mei Xue couldn't get a word in.
Seeing Aunt Meilian stop and look worried, Mei Xue smiled and said, "It's okay, grandma and I are fine. Grandma is still sleeping and will get up soon. Come and sit for a while. I'll get you a glass of water."
Meilian heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that everything was fine. "I ran into Aunt Zhang and Aunt Chen at Uncle Xingsheng's place in the brigade. They said they were beaten by you and Aunt San."
Mei Xue came out of the kitchen with a glass of water and laughed when she heard Aunt Mei Lian's words, "Yes, I fought with grandma because she had a foul mouth and deserved a beating."
"Were you and Aunt San beaten?" Aunt Meilian asked as she took the cup of water.
"No, it was one-sided. She was beaten by both me and my grandmother." Mei Xue was very excited when talking about the battle.
This is the first time she has taken action since she came into this world!
After drinking the water and catching her breath, Aunt Meilian looked at Meixue with a look of "you did a good job" on her face, "They deserve it. They also spread bad things about you and Aunt San everywhere. People like them deserve to be beaten."
"Aunt Meilian, where did you go at noon? Weren't you home?"
"Oh, your sister Lixia's son has diarrhea. He might have caught a cold yesterday. He hasn't recovered this morning. Your sister and I took the child to see a doctor." Aunt Meilian explained.
When Mei Xue heard this, she understood. No wonder she hadn't seen him for so long after the quarrel. It turned out that he had taken his child to see a doctor.
"Is the child feeling better now? He's so young, it's best not to take any medicine." Mei Xue asked with a worried look on her face.
Seeing the worry on Mei Xue's face, Aunt Mei Lian was very happy. This child is good and sensible.
"It's okay. I didn't prescribe any medicine, but Uncle Xingsheng pressed the child's stomach to warm his body. That's why we came back late."
"As long as the child is fine, I'm thinking of going to see you in the afternoon." Mei Xue was relieved when she heard that the child was fine.
"What's wrong? Do you have something to talk to your aunt about?" After relaxing, Meilian's legs were very sore. She had run all the way back and was worried that something might have happened to her Third Aunt and Xiaoxue.
When she asked them, they didn't say anything. They just complained and cried, which gave her a headache.
"I bought some cloth yesterday. I want to make two sets of clothes for grandma and two quilts. I want you to help me wrap the edges."
When I heard about making clothes, I thought it was no big deal. "Okay, you can bring it over later. It just so happens that it has been raining these two days and there is no work in the fields."
"Thank you, Aunt Meilian. I'll come over after grandma wakes up. By the way, Aunt Meilian, have you eaten?" I forgot about this in my excitement.
Aunt Meilian shook her head, "Not yet." Then she stood up and said, "I'll be back first. You can let Aunt San sleep a little longer. I can make clothes very quickly. There's no rush."
"Then come home and eat something. Grandma and I had Liaoshui baba for lunch, and we have quite a few left." Mei Xue hurriedly kept him.
The cooked ones have been eaten, and there are still some that have not been cooked.
"That won't do. Your sister Lixia and Uncle Zhengcai haven't eaten yet at home. I have to go back and cook something." Aunt Meilian hurriedly shook her head.
(End of this chapter)
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