Chen Xuanxuan's mother-in-law appears to be a quiet person. But she is very capable in her heart.

When she first saw her daughter-in-law lying in bed sick and in pain, she was almost scared to death.

Since the beginning of spring, the food in the house has been eaten up. If it weren't for her daughter-in-law, who goes to her parents' home every other day, and her family members come over every other day, how could their family eat so well every meal now? She has enjoyed a lot of delicious food in recent days!

I don't know if her daughter-in-law was deliberately hiding her shortcomings before, or if she thought that less trouble is better. When she first got married, she didn't take away the cooking job from this old woman.

Whenever Chen Xuanxuan's mother-in-law thought about how she was not smart enough at first and always worried that her daughter-in-law would take over her cooking job and then take advantage of her... she felt so regretful!

Oh, she didn't know how many opportunities she had missed in these years...

Just as she was distracted, Chen Xuanxuan had already returned to the house.

Chen Xuanxuan found that her four half-grown sons had caught a lot of crabs in recent days. After thinking for a while, she warned them seriously, "Your father and grandfather have gone out to perform corvée labor for the court. You can't run around in the past twenty days when they are not at home."

"Don't go fishing and catching crabs in the river on rainy days."

Her eldest son Gu Dazhu heard this and suddenly raised his head and said, "Mom, I want to help you reduce the burden of the family."

"With my sons to help, mother won't have to borrow food from my uncles anymore. Mother, it's not that I dislike anyone, I just feel sorry for you and my uncles. After all, life is not easy for everyone these days. If my uncle brings food every time, it will definitely make my aunts dissatisfied over time. Then, my uncle's family will have quarrels and fights every day..."

Hearing what Gu Dazhu said, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help but look at the child seriously.

She really didn't expect that the child, at such a young age, could actually think of this.

She originally thought that everyone in this family was pretending to be deaf and dumb, or that they were all stupid people who knew nothing.

Thinking that even an 11 or 12-year-old like Gu Dazhu could think of this, Chen Xuanxuan smiled at him and said, "The fact that you can think like this shows that you are a smart kid."

"But, sometimes, there is no need to be so clear between our relatives. Today we have received a lot of favors from them, and tomorrow we will have the opportunity to repay them. Through this interaction, the relationship between our relatives will become deeper."

After saying this, Chen Xuanxuan stretched out her hand and patted him lightly on the shoulder, "You are growing up now. In the future, don't go out on rainy days. Just do more work at home. I feel relieved to have you in this family. I am just worried that when your father and grandfather are not at home, those idle men in the village and outside the village will come here to harass us..."

When Gu Dazhu thought of those shameless men, he was startled.

Mother is right.

Father and grandfather are not at home, and mother and grandmother are women. Her brothers were still young and not as strong as him. Therefore, only he could protect her family.

If he went out on a rainy day, and if he encountered something and could not come back in time, who would come to support the whole family if they were bullied?

"Don't worry, Mom. My brothers and I will not go out on rainy days. Even if it is sunny outside, I will only work at home."

Seeing that Gu Dazhu was so sensible, Chen Xuanxuan couldn't help thinking in her heart, "It is true that children of poor families grow up early."

A boy of twelve or thirteen years old actually wanted to support the whole family.

Chen Xuanxuan was in a good mood and wanted to reward the children at home, so she set her mind on the crabs caught by Gu Dazhu and his brothers.

The crabs in this river are still big.

If this crab is cooked well, it can make a lot of delicious food.

Scrub all parts of the crab with a brush. Wash it clean and fry it directly in the oil pan. After frying, add some seasonings and stir it a few times, then you can start eating.

Chen Xuanxuan cooks very quickly.

Soon, a plate of fried crabs came out of the oven.

Each child ate two, and the adults got three. The whole plate of crabs was eaten up.

Because the crabs are fried. The crab shells are crispy and crispy. When the children ate the crabs, they ate up all the crab shells.

After eating, they still looked unsatisfied.

"Mom, this crab is so delicious."

Chen Xuanxuan listened and thought, it's fried in palm oil, how can it not be crispy and fragrant? How could it not be delicious?

Food is the most important thing for people.

Ever since it started to rain outside, Chen Xuanxuan took her mother-in-law and the children to eat and drink at home every day.

The weather was humid and hot, and everyone didn't like to move. Ten days passed in a flash, and Chen Xuanxuan and the others in the house had gained a lot of weight.

That morning, when Chen Daming came over with the goods on his shoulder, he was a little surprised.

"Brother, why did you come so early?"

Chen Daming: "I had to come."

"Someone sent me a message yesterday, saying that his child went to repair the river channel and had been soaked in water for the past ten days. He was worried that his legs would be crippled, so he asked me to personally deliver two tiger skin plasters to his son. It's just in time for him to make some hot meals."

"I thought to myself, it's the same to help one person, and it's the same to help two people. So I might as well bring more people."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan immediately thought of the three plasters she had left, so she hurried back to her bedroom, handed the things to Chen Daming, and also brought him five bags of spicy hot pot.

"Brother, I put a lot of chili and salt in this spicy hot pot. It's spicy and salty, and it ensures that people get enough nutrition. Give these two bags directly to my man and father-in-law. Give the other three bags to Captain Huang. You can do with the last two bags yourself."

After saying this, Chen Xuanxuan rushed to make him a big bowl of wontons.

It was stuffed with pork, with a thin skin, sprinkled with scallions and a spoonful of chili oil, and it tasted amazing.

Seeing that Chen Daming was eating very attentively, Gu Dazhu and the other children couldn't help swallowing a few mouthfuls of saliva.

Mother's cooking skills are getting better and better.

They feel so happy to eat the meals made by mother every day.

After Chen Daming finished eating five taels of wontons in one breath, he didn't even wipe his mouth, and raised his thumb to Chen Xuanxuan with a flushed face, "Third sister, you are the best when it comes to cooking!"

"When I save thirty taels of silver in the future, I will rent a shop in the county and invite you to be my chef! Don't worry, you are my sister, I will not treat you badly. As long as we have money to earn. I will give you 50% of the money we earn!"

After hearing this, Chen Xuanxuan was not very happy. Her mother-in-law hurriedly stood up and agreed for her, "That's really great!"