Chapter 262: Stupid Son
Jiang said hurriedly, "This matter is not your fault. It was Cheng who was meddling in other people's business and making trouble. You saw how miserable she was just now. Mother has already helped you get revenge. Don't take it to heart. Let's eat and drink as usual."
Mrs. Hu also said, "Your grandfather has already gone to find Mrs. Cheng's man. Your uncle Xingsheng is a man of rules. I think your aunt Cheng won't dare to make trouble for a while."
Song Yuntang looked at the two of them with a smile.
"Thank you, mother and grandmother, for trusting me."
"We've all lived to this age, is there anything we don't understand?" Mrs. Hu said, standing up. "Now that the matter has been resolved, I'll go back first."
"Thank you for the trip, parents." Jiang looked at Xu Yongwang, "Go and see mother off."
Xu Yongwang hurried forward and held Hu's arm.
"Mom, I'll take you back."
Xu Wencheng and others had already dumped the lotus roots and lotus pods in the yard. It looked like a big pile, and they estimated that the total weight was about 100 to 200 kilograms.
Jiang glared at Xu Wencheng and said unhappily, "You little bastard, if you hadn't waited until now to come back, would you have caused so much trouble?"
Xu Wencheng stood aside obediently, "Mom, I know I was wrong."
Xu Erniu and Xu Changgen knew that they also had a part in it, so they stood there obediently with him and did not dare to speak.
Jiang thought that the children had been busy in the water for the whole morning and must be hungry, so she didn't have the heart to scold him.
"The food is on the table. Erniu and Changgen should have eaten at my house. After you finish eating, divide the lotus roots and take them back."
Xu Changgen and Xu Erniu nodded quickly.
"Hey, thank you, auntie."
After thinking for a while, Jiang bent down and picked up a lotus root from the ground. "There may not be enough food for lunch. I just happen to have lotus root. I will go and stir-fry another dish."
Then he looked at Song Yuntang, "Tang'er, serve the rice. The lotus root will be ready soon."
"Hey, coming right up."
Song Yuntang put the medicine box away in the room, then went to the kitchen to get some food.
When Xu Yongwang got home, the food was already on the table waiting for him.
He sat down at the table and picked up the chopsticks.
"Eat it all. We can talk about other things after you're full."
The three young men were probably hungry, so they picked up their bowls and started eating. Seeing this, Jiang put two chopsticks of food into each of their bowls.
"Don't just focus on eating, eat some vegetables too. I didn't expect there to be two more people at noon today, so the rice may not be enough."
Xu Erniu and Xu Changgen were eating and said vaguely, "Auntie, we are very satisfied to be able to eat white rice."
Usually they have brown rice porridge at home. Only during the Chinese New Year or other festivals, or when something good happens at home, their mother will cook brown rice for them.
We may not be able to eat white rice many times a year.
I didn't expect the food at Xu Wencheng's house was so good, with white rice for every meal.
After dinner, Xu Wencheng and his two companions came to the yard. They had dug too many lotus roots today, and they would not be able to finish them if they shared them back home. After the three of them discussed it, they decided that each of them would take 10 to 20 kilograms back home to eat, and for the rest, they planned to borrow Song Yuntang's mule cart to take them to town to sell tomorrow.
The three of them were here to do serious business, so Song Yuntang naturally would not object to borrowing the mule cart.
Anyway, the mule cart will not be needed on the farm these two days, and she has no plans to go out tomorrow. It won’t be too late to go to the town the day after tomorrow.
I'll take advantage of these few days of free time to make more pills.
No one knows how the business of Taoxia Pavilion and Wanqingsi is doing. According to the previous business of Yujun Pavilion, the pills in the other shops of Taoxia Pavilion should be restocked soon.
While Jiang was cleaning the kitchen, Song Yuntang helped Xu Yongwang skin and remove the internal organs of the snake they picked up from the mountain.
However, she didn't dare to touch snakes. Most of the time she just poured water and passed things to them. Skinning and removing the internal organs of the snakes were mainly done by Xu Yongwang alone.
Seeing that the snake had been cleaned by Xu Yongwang, she first went to the vegetable garden in front and cut a bunch of leeks. She picked them, washed them, cut them into small pieces, and fried some leeks and eggs.
Wipe the table in the main room with a clean rag, sprinkle some white flour on the table, and take out the fermented dough to knead and release the air.
After kneading, divide it into small pieces. Some of it is made into dumplings with leek and egg filling, and the rest is made into white flour steamed buns.
Looking at the big white steamed buns, Xu Wencheng swallowed for no reason.
"Sister-in-law, is there anything you won't do?"
Song Yuntang smiled lightly, "There are many things I can't do."
"for example?"
"I can't swim."
As she spoke, she put the large dumplings and steamed buns with leek and egg filling into the steamer. After adding water to the pot, she placed the steamer on the pot for a second proofing.
Xu Wencheng followed her in and out all the time, and once he saw that someone needed his help, he would immediately go and lend a hand.
"It's a pity that you are a girl. If you were a man, I would definitely teach you how to swim."
Song Yuntang couldn't help laughing out loud.
"If I were a man, we wouldn't have had the chance to meet."
"That's right." Xu Wencheng scratched his head. "If you were a man, my brother would definitely not marry you. Then we wouldn't know each other. If we didn't know each other, I wouldn't be able to teach you how to swim."
Xu Yongwang, who was resting on a recliner, heard the conversation coming from the kitchen and couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his eyes.
How could he have given birth to such a stupid son?
Jiang, who was doing needlework in the room, also felt her scalp tingling.
This little son...
When he was born, was his heart thrown away along with the placenta?
Fortunately, Tang'er is patient and willing to talk to him. If it were her, she would not be able to tolerate it even if it was her own son.
After the buns had risen for a quarter of an hour, Song Yuntang saw that they had all become fluffy, so he started to light the stove.
Seeing this, Xu Wencheng hurriedly pushed her aside.
"Sister-in-law, let me do it."
Song Yuntang did not refuse. "After the water boils, steam it for 25 minutes. After turning off the fire, do not open the lid immediately. Let it sit for a while so that the buns do not collapse."
Xu Wencheng patted his chest and made the promise.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law, just leave it to me."
Song Yuntang nodded and continued to make her pills.
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A quarter of an hour later, the fire in the stove went out.
The aroma of white flour buns mixed with leek and egg filling wafted throughout the yard and could even be smelled by the neighbors nearby.
"Auntie, what delicious food are you making at home?" asked a young woman standing at the door holding a three or four-year-old child.
The child looked pale and thin, and looked timid.
Jiang saw the person coming and said with a smile, "These are the steamed buns made by my Tang'er. The fire has just been turned off. I'll get one for Xiaohua."
The woman hurriedly took out a copper coin from her patched purse.
"Aunt, it was Xiaohua who drooled at the taste that made me bring her here. We won't eat it for nothing, so let's buy one back to satisfy her craving."
Jiang declined.
"No need. It's not easy for you too. Consider this steamed bun as my treat for Xiaohua."
The woman was determined to put the money into Jiang's hand, "Aunt, you must take it, otherwise I won't want this steamed bun."
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