Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Dinner table jokes.
Tomorrow is Sunday, a day of rest.
So Liu Tao and Liu Dongping had no plans to leave tonight. After all, they had come here with great difficulty, and it would be a waste of time if they went back after just sitting for a while.
Mu Zhuo's room was empty, just right for living.
The fish that was raised came in handy at night. The female comrades were all good at the job, so Mu Mian didn't need to help. She followed the old lady to her brother's room to make the bed, mainly because the kitchen couldn't accommodate so many people.
After the grandparents and grandchildren finished cleaning up, bursts of fragrance came from the kitchen.
The chef is Liu Tao. Due to the nature of her job, she usually eats in the cafeteria.
Although she doesn't cook often, her cooking skills are indeed the best. She made the children next door cry with envy. Mu Mian has already seen several children peeking around near her house.
When the dishes were served, it was dark outside, so Liu Shuangcui lit a kerosene lamp and placed it aside.
With two more people present, the house became a lot livelier. The kerosene lamp shining on the table added a bit of warmth.
The fish tonight was braised, with plenty of chili peppers. Mu Mian ate it with a sizzling sound, taking a mouthful of fish and spitting out water. His mouth soon became red.
Liu Tao looked at her little cousin and said, "I told you to scoop some out for yourself and add the chili peppers, but you refused. Do you think the spiciness is unbearable?"
Mu Mian said stubbornly, "It's not spicy! Hiss... Not spicy at all!"
She likes spicy food! She may have eaten spicy food before! The kind that loves spicy food! !
It's just that I have the body of a child, and I think I haven't developed the ability to eat spicy food yet.
But it’s really spicy!
The little girl's stubborn look made the adults laugh. When Mu Fugui saw that there was no water in his daughter's enamel pot, he stood up and poured her a cup.
Mu Mian followed her father's gaze, "Dad, I don't want hot drinks, I want cold drinks."
My mouth hurts when I drink it because it's hot.
Mu Fugui smiled, "Isn't it not spicy? You don't even dare to drink hot water?"
Mu Mian: “………………”
Dad, what's wrong with you?
Do you understand that life is hard and you should not be broken? !
Mu Fugui didn't pour hot water for his daughter. Mu Mian took the enamel pot and put a piece of fish in her father's bowl with a smile, "Thank you, Dad!"
Mu Fugui ate the gift from his daughter, slurping as he ate, "Our Xiaotao's cooking skills are incredible. I wonder which man will be so lucky in the future."
Liu Tao: "Second uncle, your concept is wrong. Women hold up half the sky! Who says that lesbians have to cook at home? I want to find a gay man who can cook for me."
Although he was refuted by the younger generation, Mu Fugui was not angry, but laughed, "Yes, yes, uncle is wrong."
Liu Dongping glanced at her niece and asked, "Where is the gay man who can cook? I've been looking for him for two or three years and still haven't found one?"
They are all 21-year-old girls!
Liu Tao was helpless, "Aunt, why are you talking about it again? It's not easy to find a partner just by saying so."
This time, Liu Shuangcui stood on her sister's side and echoed a few words.
Their eldest sister-in-law died early, and their eldest brother was a grown man. He was good at taking care of the brigade's affairs, but he was completely in the dark about the younger generation finding a partner.
If the two aunts don't worry about it, no one will worry about their eldest niece.
My eldest nephew has already gotten married and has two children.
To be unlucky, if their eldest brother dies one day, won’t Xiaotao be left alone?
They did want to introduce someone to their eldest niece, but her eldest niece had her own ideas and wanted to fall in love freely, so they could only mention it occasionally.
Of course Liu Tao knew that her two aunts were thinking about her, but she really didn't like any male comrades. There were some in the team who seemed to be interested in her, but she didn't like them. Most of them came because she had a job in the city.
Don't even think about it. The salary she worked so hard to earn is not for supporting her husband's family.
Seeing her aunt opening her mouth and about to say something, Liu Tao pointed at her little cousin who was sitting on the same bench with her and changed the subject, "Don't stare at me, talk about Xiaomian."
Her little cousin's laughter was getting louder and louder, and she was not afraid of having diarrhea tomorrow.
Mu Mian, the person who was suddenly mentioned, was eating fish quietly. She was small and had a small throat. Although she seemed to be eating non-stop, she actually didn't eat much at all, mainly because she was afraid of getting a fish bone stuck in her throat.
Although I didn't eat much, the strong spicy taste made my head a little dazed. It was so spicy and refreshing that I couldn't react for a while. I thought I was still in my twenties. Combined with the topic I just heard, I subconsciously replied, "Ah? What are you talking about me? I don't want to find a partner either."
She hasn't had a boyfriend yet, mainly because she hasn't met the right one.
"puff!!"
“Cough, cough, cough…”
Almost at the moment when Mu Mian finished speaking, several adults made the same noise, and the old lady was choked by saliva and kept coughing.
Liu Shuangcui patted her mother-in-law on the back and glared at her daughter, "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
Mu Fugui's eyes widened even more, and the man looked a little dazed.
Liu Tao laughed so hard that tears came out of her eyes. She kept laughing while wiping her eyes, "Hahahahahaha burp hahahaha…who said I found a partner for you? I meant that you are so spicy, be careful of diarrhea tomorrow."
Mu Mian, who realized it belatedly, said: QAQ
What did she just say?
Oh yes, find a partner!
She is only eight years old now! ! Who will find a partner for her? !
Mu Fugui finally came to his senses from his daughter's explosive speech. When he thought about the brat who might marry his daughter in the future, he suddenly felt that the food on the table was not so delicious anymore. He clapped his hands and gave up his ambitions, "Yes! Let's not find a partner! Dad can support you for the rest of your life!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Shuangcui slapped him on the back.
Liu Shuangcui glared at her man, saying that he didn't act like a father at all and just kept talking nonsense!
Having made a fool of herself, Mu Mian wiped her mouth with a handkerchief with an awkward but polite smile, jumped off the bench, and changed the subject abruptly, "I'm done eating, let me go see if the chickens have laid eggs!"
The three old hens that had fallen asleep: “????”
What a big pot!
After Mu Mian finished speaking, he didn't care about the adults' reactions and went back to his room without even looking at the old hen that was used as an excuse.
The peppers grown by the old lady herself are spicy not to the stomach but to the mouth. Although Mu Mian's eyes were red and his mouth was swollen from the spiciness just now, he actually didn't feel bad and would be fine after a while.
After lying on the bed for a while, Mu Mian took out the clothes and shoes he would wear tomorrow in the dark so that he could put them on and leave when the sun rose.
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Mu Mian slept with Liu Tao at night. The two cousins, who were more than ten years apart in age, were quite affectionate sitting next to each other.
Liu Shuangcui and Liu Dongping slept in Mu Zhuo's room. When Mu Mian saw that her mother didn't sleep with her father, an expression of "I knew it would be like this" appeared on her face.
The two sisters have something to say, but I don’t know if they will start quarreling while talking.
Mu Mian had no idea about this question. She slept until dawn and was woken up by her cousin. When she got dressed and went out, she heard her mother say, "You and your grandma go to the village entrance first. Don't run around when you get to the commune. Follow your grandma closely."
As he spoke, he handed Mu Mian a cloth bag containing two eggs and two cakes, which the two of them could eat later.
Mu Mian nodded obediently
Other families might only go with one person, but there were six people in their family, and it was impossible for them all to squeeze onto the ox cart.
As soon as the mother and daughter finished their conversation, Zhao Meihua came out of the kitchen with a basket containing some eggs, which she had saved during this period of time. She planned to take them to the purchasing station to exchange for money.
When the grandfather and grandson arrived at the village entrance, there were already five or six people sitting on the bike, all of them elderly aunts and wives.
One of them had a basket or a backpack next to him, and it was obvious that he was just like Old Mrs. Zhao, taking the eggs to exchange for money.
There was an auntie there who Mu Mian was familiar with. She was Cao Chunfeng, who was in the same group with her mother at work and was also Da Zhuang's mother. The mother and son were famous for their loud voices.
Cao Chunfeng saw them and shouted, "Aunt Zhao, are you going to the commune today as well? Why are you bringing Mian with you?"
As Mu Mian helped her grandmother get into the car, she replied with a smile, "Go call my brother. Of course I have to go! Aunt, you guys are here really early!"
Cao Chunfeng: "I just sat down too. I came too late last time and had to leave. Are your parents not going?"
Mu Mian moved his butt and adjusted himself to a comfortable position. "Yes, I have to go. My aunt and cousin came to my house yesterday afternoon. They will walk there together in a while. My brother finally got back from calling, so we must go!"
Aunt Li next to Cao Chunfeng said, "Zhuo boy hasn't been home for more than a year, I remember he didn't come back during the Chinese New Year last year. Can he come back this year?"
Zhao Meihua shook her head. "Who knows now? He will definitely come back if he can."
Aunt Li sighed and said, "It's good to be a soldier, but it's really hard not to see him for several years."
The other Aunt Wang seemed to have remembered something and looked at Zhao Meihua, "Your Xiao Zhuo will be twenty soon, right?"
Zhao Meihua: "It will take another half a year."
Aunt Wang: "He's not young anymore. If he doesn't come back for several years, won't you find him a partner? Don't let him be single when his children are old enough to help with cooking. It will be so embarrassing to spread the word!"
That expression was just short of saying "I have a girl I can introduce to you".
Unfortunately, his grandmother didn't respond. Zhao Meihua smiled and said, "He has his parents. I don't worry about it."
Mu Mian turned his little head, looking at this and that.
As expected, the pressure to get married exists everywhere, and it can be felt even when her elder brother is not around.
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