Xiaoqin returns to her parents' home
Yangxian county seat.
A tall young couple came out side by side from the highway section’s staff housing compound.
They each wore a long woolen coat, the man's was dark blue and the woman's was purple. The woman had big fashionable curly hair, and they looked very well matched.
The man looked to the left and discussed with the woman: "It's still early, let's go buy some meat and vegetables for my mother-in-law."
The woman rolled her eyes and said, "Why buy meat? Didn't my mom just kill a pig yesterday? Just buy a bag of egg cakes!"
The man frowned: "Isn't this too little? We still have my brother-in-law and the old lady. Let's add something else."
The woman's eyes widened: "Why add anything? Just buy it for my mother. She doesn't deserve it..."
Seeing his wife's frown, the man had to give up and turned into the supply and marketing cooperative.
After a while, he carried a bag of lonely egg cakes and called to his wife, "Let's go!"
The two spent six dollars and took a shaky bus to Xiagou Village.
The two pigs slaughtered by Lao Qin's family were still on the chopping board.
The whole family was very tired yesterday and slept till dawn.
Today, Yang Xiu stayed away from the meat on the chopping board until he got instructions from Hu Yufeng.
In the morning, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were busy washing the intestines and stuffing blood sausage.
When the blood sausage was put into the steaming pot, Yang Xiu still didn't hear her mother-in-law say anything, so she had to bite the bullet and go forward to ask:
"Mom, Xiaoqin is coming today. Should we wait until they get here before eating breakfast?"
Although Qin Xiaoqin in the dream chilled Hu Yufeng's heart, on one side was the illusory dream, on the other side was the daughter whom she had truly loved for 21 years. Hu Yufeng naturally gave more weight to her daughter.
So a few days ago, I sent someone to tell them to come today.
When she met Yang Xiu and asked, she thought for a moment and asked Yang Xiu to cut some meat and fry it.
"Cut it while sitting or squatting. Yang Xu doesn't like to eat fatty meat..." she explained.
After explaining, he remembered something and called Yang Xiu, "Please prepare some tofu and pig's blood. Xiaoqin loves the pig's blood stewed tofu you make."
Seeing Yang Xiu enter the kitchen, Hu Yufeng turned into the house to check the time.
It was about nine forty, she estimated.
So he sent Qin Yu out to see if the bus had arrived.
As soon as the pot of blood sausage came out of the pot, Qin Yu ran in and said that her aunt was here.
Hu Yufeng hurriedly put down the steamer and walked out. Yang Xiu also put down the work in his hands, wiped his hands, and followed behind holding Qin Yu's hand.
Qin Xiaoqin and Yang Xu just walked into the yard.
As soon as he saw Hu Yufeng, he raised the egg cake in his hand and said loudly: "Mom, look, your son-in-law brought you an egg cake."
Yang Xu scratched his head in embarrassment after hearing this.
He greeted his mother-in-law with a smile.
Qin Xiaoqin was still trying to show off her "thoughts" to her mother: "I told her not to buy it, but Yang Xu refused to listen to me. He said you were very busy at home and had never tasted the expensive food in the city, so he insisted on buying it for you to try."
Yang Xu stood by and tilted his head awkwardly to study the ground.
Hu Yufeng forced a smile: "I'm sorry that Yang Xu spent so much money. Don't be so polite next time. It would be great if you could save the money to buy food for Nini..."
Yang Xu had no choice but to raise his head and said modestly: "Look at what you said, I was thinking of buying some more, but the car was about to leave and I didn't have time..."
Qin Xiaoqin was still whispering to Hu Yufeng: "Keep it for yourself, don't give it to the two children, their parents will buy it for them."
Hu Yufeng was startled, fearing that Yang Xiu would hear what she said.
She quickly broke free from her daughter's hand and said to her son-in-law with a smile: "You sit down, I'll go cook for you..."
Qin Xiaoqin grumbled in dissatisfaction: "She is the one who cooks the meals, Mom, you can take a rest for a while."
"She" refers to Yang Xiu. Unless it was just for show, Qin Xiaoqin never called Yang Xiu "sister-in-law".
In the past, Hu Yufeng didn’t think there was anything wrong with her daughter, but today this name was particularly harsh.
The thorns made her quicken her pace.
Everything is normal in the kitchen.
Yang Xiu was concentrating on cooking and looked like she heard nothing.
Hu Yufeng felt relieved and asked Yang Xiu, "Did you go and call Wenli?"
Yang Xiu's men paused for a moment, then replied calmly, "Yuyu has gone to see it, and it's almost finished."
Tomorrow is the 22nd, and Qin Wenli is going to the market to sell tofu.
Originally, Yang Xiu should have been grinding tofu, but today was the "big day" when the Qin family's daughter returned to her parents' home. Chef Yang Xiu didn't dare to delay and had to let Qin Wenli and the old lady prepare the food.
After hearing this, Hu Yufeng said, "I'll go and take a look," and then turned and left.
Then Yang Xu's question was heard.
It seems that the son-in-law is bored, so Yang Xiu took him out to see something new, thought.
Qin Xiaoqin felt very bored sitting on the kang and didn't want to deal with Yang Xiu.
Just then, I heard voices of conversation coming from outside the yard.
She quickly put on her shoes and got off the kang. As soon as she went out, she saw her brother and husband coming in carrying an iron bucket.
She subconsciously screamed, "Yang Xu, put it down quickly. This coat is precious. What if it gets dirty?"
Yang Xu stopped at a loss. Qin Wenli paused, put down the bucket in his hand, took Yang Xu's, and said to Yang Xu without turning his head: "You go in first, this bucket is heavy, I can carry it."
Yang Xu looked at his empty hands, then at his brother-in-law's hurried back, and once again wanted to sigh to the sky: Don't just look at the face when choosing a wife! ! !
After all this, I finally managed to eat my meal.
Seeing that Yang Xiu and the old lady were not at the table, Yang Xu politely said, "Where are grandma and sister-in-law? Come and eat together. They worked hard to prepare such a big table."
He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking. He was really used to being falsely polite and couldn't control his mouth. He couldn't help but feel nervous as he held the chopsticks.
As expected, his wife lived up to his expectations. As soon as he finished speaking, she started to talk:
"Whose wife is sitting at the table? Mom is so nice to her that she has reserved most of the vegetables and meat for her. Besides, cooking a meal is not that hard. Anyone can do it..."
Yang Xu was in a dilemma whether to eat with the chopsticks or not.
The mother-in-law opposite had a stiff expression on her face.
He didn't even dare to look at his brother-in-law next to him.
After a long while, Qin Wenli spoke again: "Yang Xu, hurry up and eat the meat. Your sister-in-law has to feed two children, so she won't come. You guys eat well..."
Yang Xu obediently ate a piece of steamed bun and a piece of meat, so he just blocked his mouth.
Hu Yufeng also silently picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks for her daughter and said, "Eat it quickly."
Everyone looked strange during the meal, which ended hastily.
After the meal, Yang Xu didn't dare to say anything about helping to carry the dishes, and Qin Wenli calmly cleaned up the dishes.
Seeing his wife sitting on a low stool in front of the stove, Qin Wenli's expression eased and he advised: "You should eat more meat. It's not like you can't afford to feed them yourself. Why save money..."
Yang Xiu was puzzled, but she felt warm at her husband's kindness.
After Qin Xiaoqin had her meal and took a nap, she went to find Hu Yufeng.
Hu Yufeng was dividing the meat with Qin Wenli and Yang Xiu in the kitchen.
Lao Qin's family sends pork to relatives, friends and neighbors every year, and this year is no exception.
However, what surprised Yang Xiu was that since Qin Xiaoqin got married, every year Qin Xiaoqin had to select the meat first before distributing it to others.
This year, Hu Yufeng didn't wait for Qin Xiaoqin and directly asked them to cut the meat.
At this moment, Qin Xiaoqin came in and saw the pork cut into pieces, her face fell.
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