Chapter 5130 Don’t force it
Changping Village.
Yang Huazhou came back from the county. The carriage carried a lot of ingredients bought from Qing'an County, many of which were not available in small places like Qingshui Town.
There are also some snacks, which are very particular. Usually they are reluctant to eat them, but this time they spent a lot of money just so that the daughter-in-law on the 16th could come to entertain relatives and friends and give a good impression to the daughter-in-law's family.
On the evening of the 15th, Bao Suyun invited the female relatives of the family, Sun and Cao Bamei, to help pack the ingredients.
This is also the custom in this area. When a banquet is required for an important event, relatives at home must be invited over a day or two in advance to discuss it. The men are in charge of the front and the women are in charge of the kitchen.
"My fifth uncle and my fifth aunt really spent a lot of money on this trip to get a wife. Look, there are a lot of fresh foods raised in water in the basins and buckets that we have never seen before. "
In the backyard kitchen, Zhao Liuer was busy working while talking to Bao Suyun.
People are in high spirits during happy events. The smile on Bao Suyun's face couldn't be contained. He pointed to the pots and buckets lined up at his feet and introduced them to everyone:
"These crab rivers Everyone recognizes shrimps, loaches and the like, so I won’t go into details. What’s soaked in this basin is said to be a sixty-year-old, and the big head next to it, with a bunch of tentacles underneath, is said to be an octopus..."
"Sixtieth? I used to eat it when I lived with Yongjin in a restaurant in the county town." It was Cao Bamei who said this.
"Second sister-in-law, how does the sixty-six shells taste? I look a bit like the big shells on the river beach here." Zhao Liuer asked curiously.
Cao Bamei looked like she was reminiscing and said: "How can I say, the big plate I ate at that time was stir-fried with green and red chili peppers, and the meat inside was not very spicy. Do you know if the sand inside has not been spit out? The reason is that it needs to be eaten with the spicy soup to taste, otherwise just chewing the meat will be a bit fishy."
Everyone else looked at Cao Bamei with wide eyes, hearing what she said. He said that he was even more curious about the taste of sixty-year-olds.
Sun said: "No matter what the flavor is, let's try something new. At least we can say a few words to others about it later."
Everyone nodded.
Zhao Liuer saw the octopus lying in the bucket. Out of curiosity, he took a chopstick and netted it and tapped it lightly.
As a result, the octopus that was lying there with eyes closed and seemed unconscious suddenly started to move. Its small eyes opened, and several tentacles came from all directions and wrapped around the chopsticks instantly.
In the blink of an eye, he crawled along the chopsticks to Zhao Liuer's fingers, wrapped them around the back of her hands and wrists, and slid into her sleeves.
It was cold and smooth, as if several small snakes had been drilled into it. Zhao Liuer was afraid of such soft things, and she screamed in fear.
Sun grabbed the octopus's head and tried to pull it off. As a result, the tentacles were stretched as long as maltose, and dense fleshy suckers were exposed under the tentacles, which were firmly attached to Zhao Liuer's arm. It was so strong that amazing.
"Hurry up, help me pull it off quickly, I'm so scared of this damn thing!"
Zhao Liu'er stamped her feet and was so scared that she almost cried.
Bao Suyun and Cao Bamei also rushed over one after another, some pulling at this and some at that, but the strength of this octopus was amazing, and the women were flustered. After struggling for a while, they hurriedly pulled the octopus The clawfish was pulled off and put back into the bucket, and the lid was closed.
At this time, Zhao Liuer's smooth and white arms were red. She really wanted to cry, but she held it back.
Tomorrow is an auspicious day for the fifth aunt's family, so there are no tears.
"I'll go to Mianmian's room to wash up and come back later." After saying this, Zhao Liuer hurriedly ran out of the kitchen.
There was still a faint smell of salty fishy smell on this arm. She had to wash it well, wash it with a lingering scent of soap.
When Zhao Liuer almost rubbed several layers of skin off her arm and returned to the kitchen, everyone in the kitchen was still talking about what happened just now. When they saw her coming back, everyone laughed. "Liu'er, is your arm okay?" Bao Suyun walked over with concern on his face.
Zhao Liuer was a little embarrassed, "Fifth Aunt, I'm fine. It's because I had to poke it for fun, which made you guys worried."
Bao Suyun shook his head, "What's the point? You guys are helping us After trying it, we will have experience when we pick it up later.”
Zhao Liuer smiled with a red face and returned to the crowd to pick up the ingredients together.
Except for Yang Yongqing’s daughter-in-law Mo and Tan, almost all the women in the old Yang family came to help.
Those who have children, such as Liao Meiying and Cao Bamei, Zhao Liuer, also brought their children with them. The three girls in the family, Mianmian, Xiuxiu, and Xiaohua Xiaoduo, can help take care of them. The front and backyard are lively. It doesn’t work.
When it was almost dinner time, Yang Huazhou came to the backyard kitchen.
Bao Suyun said to him: "Lao Wu, it's almost time to cook dinner. Everyone eats here at night. You can go to the old house to pick up your mother."
Yang Huazhou nodded. : "Okay, I'll go right away."
After Yang Huazhou left, Bao Suyun, Sun and the others This said: "I wonder if my mother will give him face if Lao Wu picks him up in person."
Ms. Sun glanced at the door of the kitchen, "Logically speaking, my mother should give face to the fifth brother. Tomorrow The arrival of Dabao’s daughter-in-law is a big deal for the whole old Yang family, so she should take care of the overall situation!”
Bao Suyun nodded, "I hope so."
Cao Bamei joked: "It would be best if my grandma gets sick. She will go wherever there is a meal."
Big guy The son was stunned, yes, when Mr. Tan was ill, no one recognized anyone but the food in the bowl.
No matter who brings food to her, she will accept them all.
The skinny old lady who used to be less than eighty pounds now weighs almost a hundred pounds. There are obviously several more pieces of meat on her cheeks, as if she had been stung by a bee.
"Well, what we were most worried about in the past was that your breasts had this disease. Now it seems that this disease has some benefits." Mrs. Sun said with emotion, and everyone else couldn't help but laugh.
After a while, Yang Huazhou came back, alone, with a very ugly look on his face.
Looking at his appearance, Bao Suyun guessed it immediately.
"What? Mom can't come over?" she asked.
Yang Huazhou shook his head, not wanting to make Bao Suyun sad, so he changed his explanation: "My mother said she was getting older and it was inconvenient to go back and forth at night, and she couldn't eat, so she stopped coming."
"What about tomorrow?" Bao Suyun asked again.
Yang Huazhou squeezed out a smile: "We are Dabao's parents. We are here, and everyone is here, including our mother. Besides, she is also blind, and it is really inconvenient to go back and forth. Just Let her go, okay?"
Bao Suyun nodded, feeling like a mirror.
To put it bluntly, she just felt that Dabao was not of the blood of the old Yang family, so she used this non-visiting method to express her attitude.
Forget it if you don’t come, don’t force it!
(End of this chapter)