Chapter 27 Great news!
Ye Lan waited all night for the two to come back yesterday, and she was extremely anxious. But now she didn’t know where to call the village phone, so she could only worry at home.
This morning, the family was absent-minded when they went to work, and their work efficiency was reduced. They returned home early at noon.
Ji Jiamu walked into the yard
, put down the hoe, and said to Ye Lan: "Mom, I'm going to the town to check. It's been a whole day, there must be some news!" Ye Lan said: "Okay, okay, you hurry up, you can buy some food in the town at noon."
When Ji Jiamu turned around and was about to leave, he saw Tong Xiayue and Ji Jiashu coming back together.
Ye Lan said happily, "Old man! Jiashu is back!"
Ji Zhiyong ran out from the main room and asked anxiously, "What did the doctor say?"
Tong Xiayue said, "Mom and Dad, the doctor said Jiashu is fine, and that his throat is recovering. If he recovers, he will be able to speak soon! I couldn't find a phone in the town yesterday, so I couldn't tell you and made you worry."
The family was originally worried that Ji Jiashu had tuberculosis because he was coughing up blood, but now they have received such an amazing news. This is simply great news!
Ye Lan hurriedly stepped forward, took Ji Jiashu's hand and said tremblingly, "Jiashu? Is what your wife said true? Will you really be able to speak again in the future?"
Ji Jiashu's eyes were red and he nodded heavily.
The clouds of sorrow that had hung over the Ji family finally dissipated. The family cooked a pot of cornmeal with the cornmeal they brought back, and had a delicious meal with pickled vegetables and leftover salinated large intestines from last night.
In the afternoon, everyone went to work again. People in the fields found it strange that the Ji family, young and old, had sullen faces in the morning and had done nothing. But in the afternoon, they were completely different. Everyone was full of energy and soon all the work left in the morning was completed.
Li Aihua, who was in charge of digging drainage ditches nearby, joked when he saw this: "Cuihua! What did you have for lunch? Everyone is listless this morning. Let's go back and have a meal. We won't be able to catch up with the energy in the afternoon!"
Zhang Cuihua smiled and said: "What did we eat? Cornmeal porridge!"
Li Aihua said doubtfully: "Cornmeal porridge? The aroma of meat from your family can be smelled all over the village every day. How can you hide it from anyone? You are hiding it. Are you afraid that others will come to your house and steal the meat?"
Zhang Cuihua was unhappy when she heard this. How could this person talk like that? What does what her family eats have to do with her!
"Li Aihua, what my family eats has nothing to do with you. If you want to eat meat, just go buy it yourself!"
Originally, she wanted to tell Ji Jiashu that he might be able to speak in the future, but she thought that after all, he couldn't really speak yet, and it would be difficult to deal with if something happened in the future after saying it, so she thought better of it and didn't say it.
Li Aihua just couldn't stand other people's lives being better than hers. She would say a few sour words if any family lived a little better. Such things happened from time to time, so no one took it seriously.
In the afternoon, Tong Xiayue and Ji Jiashu also came to work. Today's work assigned to the Ji family was to plant peanuts.
The whole family was busy in the fields. With two more laborers in the afternoon, the efficiency increased a lot. By the evening, all the peanuts in the two acres of land were planted! The three brothers of the Ji family are really good at work!
Tong Xiayue got off work early as usual and went home to cook.
When she got home, she first took out the pig lungs, pork belly and pork belly that Ji Jiashu had put in the well water yesterday. She first got close to smell them and found that they were still good and the color was also fresh.
The temperature of the well water is relatively low, so things placed on the surface will not go bad.
The pig lungs, which were the most difficult to clean, had been cleaned yesterday, so she cut the ingredients and put them directly into the casserole to stew.
The pig lung soup can clear heat and moisten the lungs. Ji Jiashu can drink more of it, which is also good for his throat.
When the pig lungs are almost cooked, put the radish in, and finally sprinkle some salt to season!
Then cut a little more meat and put the remaining meat into the well for storage.
Cut the cut meat into slices, pour the steamed meat rice noodles into a bowl, and then put the cut meat slices into the rice noodles one by one, until they are covered with rice noodles. Find another large bowl, put the sweet potatoes into the container first, and then spread the meat slices covered with rice noodles on the surface. After
spreading the slices one by one, cover the sweet potatoes completely, and steam them in a pot with cold water. After
the steam comes up, steam them on low heat for about 40 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are soft.
Sprinkle with green onions and coriander after taking them out of the pot.
During this period, she also made stir-fried shredded potatoes, vinegared cabbage, and today she also made steamed buns with white flour. Looking at the snow-white steamed buns packed roundly in the steamer, her appetite increased greatly!
When everyone came back from work, they saw that the table was filled with sumptuous dishes. Although everyone was happy to eat so well every day, even the secretary who had good conditions could not stand such a fuss every day.
Ye Lan: "Daughter-in-law of Jiashu, your cooking skills are incredible, they all look delicious!"
Although Zhang Cuihua was happy, she couldn't help but worry about the family's future expenses: "Brothers and sisters, how can our family eat like this every day? After these few days, it will be the same in the future?"
Ji Jiamu poked his daughter-in-law with his elbow, thinking that her brothers and sisters worked hard to make food every day, but she still talks too much!
Tong Xiayue walked to Xiaoni, reached out and touched the little girl's head, and said with a smile: "That's all thanks to Xiaoni. I brought the mushrooms she picked to the town and sold them for six yuan! It's okay to improve our food a little bit."
After saying that, she took out the White Rabbit milk candy she bought in the town today from her pocket. The little girl first heard that the mushrooms she picked could be sold for so much money, and then saw the White Rabbit milk candy that only children in the city could eat. She jumped up and down with joy: "Auntie is the best!"
Tong Xiayue peeled the candy and put it into Ji Xiaoni's mouth. A sweet taste filled her mouth, and the little girl's eyes were smiling into a line: "So sweet! Thank you, Auntie! !”
After saying that, he pulled Tong Xiayue over and gave her a kiss!
Tong Xiayue: “Okay, let’s eat!”
Tong Xiayue took out the remaining four yuan and prepared to give it to Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian quickly refused: “Sister-in-law, I can’t take this money anywhere, keep it for yourself.”
Tong Xiayue: “Second sister-in-law, this is the money Xiaoni earned from picking mushrooms. Of course you take it. The other two yuan is used to buy some things that are needed at home.”
Zhao Qian still refused: “You two went to pick mushrooms together. What can a little girl like her pick? You also caused you to encounter wild boars in the mountains! You also sold the mushrooms with great effort! Keep it quickly and don’t give it to me. If you really can’t, just keep it with you to buy vegetables and other household expenses in the future.”
The two argued for a long time before Zhang Cuihua stepped in to resolve the issue: "Okay, you two are really something. Is this money too much? Third sister-in-law, just take it. We haven't split up anyway. Your cooking is really delicious. In the future, you will be the one cooking more at home, and we will always have to buy some fish and meat. Just keep it."
The family still admired the new daughter-in-law. She could earn money by picking mushrooms in town, which was much faster than working in the fields. But it was risky after all. When eating, everyone reminded her to pay attention to safety and be careful not to get caught.
Tong Xiayue: "Today's dishes are all light, considering Jiashu's throat and Xiaoni. If you feel it's bland, you can dip it in chili sauce."
Although the dishes are a bit light, they are still very tasty, and Tong Xiayue's homemade chili sauce is even more spicy and refreshing! I can eat two big steamed buns with the chili sauce!
Today we ate white flour steamed buns, which we haven't had for a long time. Everyone was very satisfied with the meal. I always felt that the living standard of the Ji family has improved since the third child got married!