Chapter 72 Huge changes at home in just one month
"Mom." Jiang Xiangxi looked up and called out respectfully.
Shen Qing responded instinctively: "Okay, you must be tired, come into the house and rest, I'll boil a bucket of hot water for you to take a good bath later."
The tall and burly man was stunned, with complex emotions flashing in his eyes.
His mother had never been so nice to him before, even though the hot water hadn't been boiled yet. She only showed him verbal care, but she had never shown him even verbal care before.
Especially since he was doing labor service for the Guan family this time. Before he left, his mother pounded the bed and cried loudly, pointing at his nose and scolding him. He had been prepared to be ordered around when he came back, but he didn't expect that during his labor service, his mother asked his eldest brother to bring him sumptuous food.
When he came back, he heard that his mother was willing to go to the Guan family to propose marriage, and she became even more concerned about him...
Guan Li on the side urged softly: "Go in quickly."
Jiang Xiangxi felt a surge of warmth in his heart. Looking at his home and family right before his eyes, he felt his blood boiling!
When passing by Zhou Chuncao, a cold laugh was heard: "Xiangxi, don't you know what your mother is like?
You are so old, but you are still as naive as a child. No wonder you haven’t even found a wife yet!"
He looked at Zhou Chuncao, his eyes turning cold.
His mother had not been very good to him in the past. He knew that his greatest use was his ability to work, but whether he was good or not was not something others could say!
"Aunt Zhou, I respect you as my mother's friend, but if you say something disrespectful to my mother again, don't blame me for being rude."
The words were spoken in a calm tone but were so harsh that Zhou Chuncao took a step back in horror.
How could she forget! Shen Qing's sons were ranked in order of filial piety from oldest to youngest. In the past, when life was hard, the eldest and second oldest sons were extremely filial. Now that life is easy, they have to worship Shen Qing as their mother.
It was just that being said like that by a junior made her feel embarrassed. She snorted and turned around, saying, "We'll see."
She would never believe that Shen Qing would be willing to give a betrothal gift to a woman who often stayed in her house.
Even if there is, it is probably very shabby. Anyway, Guan Li will not run away without a betrothal gift. Shen Qing may even be dreaming of Guan Li paying for her marriage into the Jiang family.
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Shen Qing had no feelings for Zhou Chuncao. She couldn't understand why the original owner wanted to be friends with Zhou Chuncao. After seeing how Sun Xiaomai and Zhou Chuncao behaved, she was not prepared to understand.
She happily walked in to prepare dinner, and shouted to the yard, "Ali and Xiaoshan, you guys stay for dinner. Xiangxi has been back for so long, it's a good time to get together."
Hearing about eating, Guan Xiaoshan felt embarrassed to refuse, but when he saw his sister's blushing cheeks, he swallowed it back silently.
My sister and Brother Xiangxi haven't seen each other for a month. If he goes back, my sister will definitely feel embarrassed to stay alone at the Jiang family for dinner.
"Thank you, auntie."
There were three more people for dinner, and Shen Qingman walked around the kitchen to see what to eat.
They have been eating pretty well in the past month. You can see that everyone has gained weight and is no longer as skinny as before. Their sunken cheeks have gradually filled in. In another month, they will be even, if not bulging.
But Jiang Xiangxi, who had just returned from labor service, was different. Although his brothers and sisters also did light work, they could rest when they were tired, drink water when they were thirsty, and have hot meals when they were hungry.
He could only eat cold, hard steamed buns with occasional lard scraps, and he had to move stones, carry wood, and pick up soil... Each task required real hard work. If he was lazy, the supervising yamen runners would whip him from behind. Even though he was a strong man, he lost a lot of weight and had to make up for it.
In the dream, he did not rest and eventually broke down due to the continuous work. She would never let such a tragedy happen.
There is only a month left before fleeing the famine, and she must use this month to nurse her family, especially Jiang Xiangxi, back to good health!
The basin contained the snails delivered this morning. They had not yet spit out all the mud and sand, but it didn't matter. She picked them out one by one with a needle. In the past, she had washed them with flour, but here she had already developed the habit of not wasting any food. Flour would never be wasted, so she used wood ash to wash them instead.
Wood ash is really a good thing. It has strong cleaning ability and sterilization effect. After scrubbing it, rinse it twice with clean water, and even the corners and crevices can be cleaned thoroughly.
The chives in the yard have grown. Cut a handful and stir-fry them with snail meat. This dish is not easy for children with weak stomachs to digest, so don't let them eat it. You can add dried chilies and stir-fry to make it spicy.
The bucket contains the delivered bighead carp, so we can have two meals a day.
After stir-frying the fish bones, add boiling water, then add the thinly sliced fish meat, transfer to a clay pot and simmer over low heat;
The fish head is used to stew tofu, and cornmeal pancakes are stuck along the edge of the pot - she has tried it, and cornmeal pancakes stewed in an iron pot are more delicious than white flour pancakes!
Later, he bought a small iron pot with two handles and first baked more than ten white flour pancakes, and then stewed lard residue with wild vegetables.
Shen Qing was busy cooking dinner in the kitchen, while Jiang Xiangxi in the house kept his eyes busy.
He thought about a lot before he came back. From being prepared to face his mother's rage at the beginning to being confused and bewildered after his eldest brother repeatedly sent him expensive food, he just wanted to come back quickly to see what happened at home.
But no matter which one, the scene before him was something he had not expected.
Everyone in the house was working, but they were doing jobs he had never seen before, even Ali and Xiaoshan were among them.
What shocked him most was that his aunt was back!
"Aunt?" He called hesitantly, not understanding the situation.
Is my aunt coming back to stay temporarily? I can tell the Liu family that there is a lot of work to do at home and that my aunt can't even come for half a day because there is no one to cook.
Jiang Yu sat on a chair with a simple cane beside her. She looked up at her nephew and said gently, "Well, Ali has been waiting for you for a long time. You should talk to Ali for a while. We can still chat later."
Jiang Xiangxi's eyes fell on his aunt's legs tied with wooden strips and the crutches beside them, and he instantly became furious.
Jiang Yu noticed it and comforted him, "It's okay. Your mother and the entire Jiang family have let me vent my anger. From now on, we can live a good life as a family."
Jiang Xiangxi understood that his aunt was not staying temporarily, but had actually returned to the Jiang family!
What happened at home during the month he was away? How could such a big change happen?
But this change was so good that he suddenly felt that there was hope for the future.
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Dinner started early. Everyone was delighted to see the dishes, but Jiang Xiangxi, Guan Li, and Guan Xiaoshan were shocked.
Four dishes, all with meat! Even though the corn cakes are the same, they taste more delicate, fragrant and soft than my own. What's going on?
Jiang Xiangxi looked at the white tofu simmering in the large iron pot, swallowed his saliva and asked, "Mom, did you know I was coming back today?"
So I went to buy tofu specifically.
Shen Qing looked bewildered: "I don't know."
Oh, the second son doesn’t know that his third uncle’s family makes and sells tofu!
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