Chapter 187 Maocai
The rice is ready, it is white rice, and the dishes are cooked by Wang Susu and Chen Ling.
The local custom is that on the second day of the homecoming banquet, the daughter should cook a meal for her parents as a filial piety, just like she did when she was a girl before getting married.
But Wang Susu was pregnant and it was inconvenient to work on the smoky stove, so Chen Ling had to be the main cook, so she helped out.
In addition to a few home-cooked dishes, Chen Ling also specially made dry pot maocai. The maocai of later generations is not very good, but in this day and age, it can be called a killer The aroma wafts out of the utensil is even more enticing than instant noodles.
Chen Ling brought enough seasonings. After it came out of the pot, half of the village was filled with a strong spicy aroma. It drifted into the house with the wind and made people swallow their saliva.
Some people even walked out of the door, sniffing and looking around, cursing in their hearts, trying to see which house it was from.
At this time, Wang Qingzhong and Guo Xinping returned to their home, changed into clean clothes and came out. When they walked here, they also smelled the strong and attractive fragrance. They took two strong breaths and said, I glanced at it and wondered what kind of food was being cooked at home. It smelled so good.
He quickened his pace and hurried home.
The two of them had already traveled a long way up the mountain road. They were tired and hungry. Their stomachs were already growling with hunger, so there was no time to wait.
"Zhong, you're walking so fast, are you rushing home to eat meat?"
"Your sister is married so close to the county seat, isn't her life easy? Now that she's back, she's stewing meat every day. Come on, it smells so good, it smells so delicious..."
"When will your brother-in-law treat me to a meal of meat?"
A young man of the same generation will do this? He came out with a bowl and made fun of Wang Qingzhong and his wife.
"Just you? Eat meat?"
Wang Qingzhong glanced at him sideways, "Okay, I still have two dead meat lumps on my heels. If you want to eat them, I'll scrape them off for you and put them in your bowl. Do you want to eat them?"
"You, you, you, You Zhong..."
The young man was furious, causing a burst of laughter.
But Wang Qingzhong had already taken his wife and walked over in a hurry.
Go home.
Then they talked and laughed and sat down to eat.
The dishes Chen Ling cooked today all taste outstanding.
But as expected, the most popular dish is the dry pot maocai.
Most of the contents of the wok were poured into the porcelain basin. The oil was steaming. They were quail eggs, meatballs, tofu, vermicelli, potatoes, lotus root slices, and the leftover duck intestines and duck blood from yesterday. , pork belly, ham...
The full porcelain basin is quite sufficient.
Pick up a pair of chopsticks and eat it in your mouth. It is spicy and fragrant. It is a delicious food that has never been experienced before, and it conquers many people at once.
Whether it is an adult or a child, the chopsticks are all stretched into the porcelain basin containing the vegetables. Several pairs of chopsticks are coming and going, and they are almost fighting.
He didn't even bother to talk, he was all immersed in eating the rice. Wang Qingzhong couldn't help but shout that it was delicious.
Even the old cat at home lay down by the table early, with his head raised, waiting for someone to feed him.
When the vegetables in the porcelain basin bottomed out, several people were still a little unsatisfied.
Chen Ling and Wang Susu didn't move much. They just picked up light vegetarian dishes and ate them. At the same time, they took care of Wang Zhenzhen and his two little nephews. If they couldn't reach them, they put a few chopsticks into their bowls.
Not only Gao Xiulan and his wife, but also Wang Qingzhong and his wife became more and more satisfied with the two of them.
"Mom, your daughter and your son-in-law are cooking for you today, are you happy?"
Guo Xinping approached her mother-in-law and whispered.
“That’s not true, I’m so happy.”
The old lady glanced at her second daughter-in-law and asked Wang Qingzhong and Chen Ling with a smile on her face: "How many drinks will you two have with your father? There is still a lot of food left."
"I can't, yesterday. I drank too much at night and I can’t drink today..."
Wang Cunye waved his hand and said to Chen Ling: "You and your second brother can drink, and I will get you some wine."
" I'll come, I'll come..."
Chen Ling quickly got up and walked over.
After holding half a jar of wine, the two of them poured it into wine cups and were ready to drink.
Wang Qingzhong raised his wine and said: "Lingzi, your second brother, I'm not very good at talking. I heard what my eldest brother said when he came back, and I planned to let you sell food with me."
< br>"I feel happy to see you guys getting better and better now. You and Susu will live a good life in the future. If you need help with anything, my eldest brother and I will be on call."
After that, I looked up. He raised his glass and drank a cup or two of the liquor with a gulp.
Seeing this, Chen Ling drank the glass without saying a word.
"Haha, good job."
Wang Qingzhong smiled and praised: "My brother doesn't like drinking. I never drink to the fullest at home. Today we two brothers have a good drink."
"Okay, second brother, when you are no longer busy, you can take your sister-in-law and Dongdong to our place to play for a few days. Then I will drink with you every day..."
"Haha, okay. "
The whole family was talking, and Chen Ling and Chen Ling clinked two glasses of wine from time to time.
Most of the dishes on the table have not been touched except for the fresh ones.
Pork head meat, fried pork liver with green pepper, shredded chicken with pepper and sesame seeds, stir-fried duck blood, sweet and sour fish...
Wang Qingzhong enjoyed both eating and drinking this time.
He kept telling Wang Cunye that he had never fought such a rich battle before, and today he had taken advantage of Chen Ling.
As he spoke, he loosened his belt.
He works hard all year round and eats a lot.
Not to mention Chen Ling’s appetite.
Most of the food on the table was eaten by the two of them while drinking and chatting, which saved them from eating leftovers in the evening.
After the meal, Guo Xinping went to the kitchen to do some busy work, boiling water and making tea for everyone.
Then the whole family, the wives and the dolls were sitting by the bed, surrounding some new photos that Wang Susu had brought, and the old photos that had been sent back before. They were also taken out and looked through in their hands. With.
Wang Susu was beside her, pointing to the people and sceneries in the photos, and telling them interesting things about taking pictures with great interest. Gao Xiulan and Guo Xinping were attracted by what she said, and were often made to laugh. They kept asking questions. What a joy.
Chen Ling, his father-in-law, and his second uncle were sitting in the main room drinking tea. The three of them chatted all over the world, ranging from food, medicine collection, hunting, and all kinds of weird mountain secrets. The War of Resistance, great men and various national events.
They chatted lively, and Guo Xinping came out to give them more tea and fetched brown sugar from the kitchen. Chen Ling and Wang Qingzhong especially put too much in their tea bowls.
"You two drank a lot at noon, and drank some brown sugar tea. Your stomach is comfortable and your body is warm..."
"Otherwise, it is winter and it will be cold on the mountain after noon. It’s time to catch a cold and feel uncomfortable at night.”
"Thank you, sister-in-law."
"Oh, what can I say to the whole family?"
Guo Xinping turned around with a smile and shouted: "Zhenzhen, take them out to drink water. The lunch dishes are salty. , don't drink water to get angry..."
"I added saccharin for you, it's not hot now, come and drink it"
"Second sister-in-law, what are you doing when you pour the water? Don’t ask me what I drink...”
"When I came back, I brought orange powder, malted milk, and soy milk powder. They are all much better than water made with saccharin."
Wang Zhenzhen came out with his two little nephews, unhappy. road.
"Okay, okay, we are really advanced now. If you don't drink saccharin, you won't drink saccharin. My sister-in-law will pour it for you again..."
"Tell me, which one should I drink?"
Guo Xinping smiled.
She has watched this sister-in-law grow up and calls her her sister-in-law. Sometimes she takes care of her even more thoughtfully than her own son. Of course, her sister-in-law is also very close to her.
So this little girl doesn’t dare to act coquettishly and make requests to her parents, elder brothers and sisters-in-law.
On the other hand, they always like to be a bit a little bit abrasive when it comes to them.
"Well..."
Wang Zhenzhen thought for a while and didn't know what to drink for a while, so he turned around and asked his two nephews: "What are you two drinking?"
"I drink orange powder."
"I drink that milk powder..."
The two little dolls raised their little hands, each asking for the same thing.
When Wang Zhenzhen saw this, he said: "Then I will drink malted milk, so that we are all different and can drink it interchangeably."
Guo Xinping immediately didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and was about to give it to them Prepare.
But Wang Cunye stood up and stopped him, and said to his little daughter with a fierce face: "I will call your second sister-in-law when I come back. I think you want to be beaten..."
"Xinping, no matter what they are, you will depend on them in everything." You should learn to be more squeamish in the future."
"What's the matter, Dad, just make a cup of sugar water."
Guo Xinping smiled: "I've been away for three months. It’s only been two days since she came back, so don’t keep lecturing her.” He looked at his sister-in-law who was already pouting: “We are really the most sensible people, and we can write essays, how good it is.”
Then he went to pour some drinks for the three little guys.
Wang Cunye sighed helplessly when he saw this, and said to Chen Ling with a headache: "See, you are spoiling her, and you will have no control over her when you grow up."
Chen Ling said a few words of comfort, He called Wang Zhenzhen and his two little nephews to the front, and quickly made the three little guys happy.
After these two days of getting along, he also saw the nature of his father-in-law's family.
Both the two old men and their son and daughter-in-law are very upright and traditional people.
The eldest uncle and his wife are gentle and serious people. They are highly educated but kind-hearted.
The second uncle and his wife are carefree, forthright and straightforward, and have the temperament of an ordinary farm couple.
Both families made Chen Ling feel kind and warm.
At the same time, I feel very lucky. Meeting such a good family member can save me a lot of trouble.
As the saying goes, to understand your daughter to the best of your ability, you must first look at your mother's heels.
The meaning of this sentence is that when marrying a daughter-in-law, when the man is on a blind date and does not know the girl, he should first check whether the mother-in-law’s heels are clean.
If it is not clean, it means that you have not washed your feet for a long time and you are a sloppy person.
If there is a sloppy mother, there will be a sloppy daughter.
Being sloppy is not just about not being clean, but also about not being careful about running the house, being impatient in taking care of your children, etc.
The reverse is also true.
To be able to raise a girl like Wang Susu, this family is really not bad.
At this time, Wang Zhenzhen became lively again. He and his two little nephews exchanged drinks and squatted on the ground to play with wooden tops. With a twist of his little hand, the wooden tops began to spin, and the three little guys counted. , whoever spins in the shortest time will lose. The loser will drink water, and the winner will drink a drink.
Having a lot of fun.
“She is really smart. She was able to write letters before she entered the third grade. She has even learned to write essays in the past six months. When Susu and I picked her up, the teacher praised her several times.”
Chen Ling said to her father-in-law: "Dad, Zhenzhen is indeed a girl with potential. Study hard and you will definitely be admitted to college in the future..."
"Humph, she's the only one who still wants to go to college? She's like a little monkey, can she do it?"
Wang Cunye puffed out the smoke from his pipe in his mouth, then took a sip of tea from his tea bowl and asked Chen Ling : "Did the teacher really praise her?"
"Really, Susu told my sister-in-law just now, several times."
Chen Ling nodded.
Wang Qingzhong smiled beside him and said: "Dad, have you forgotten? It's true that my brother and sister-in-law are teaching me, and I can read newspapers in the second grade."
"It's different. Writing an article is completely different from reading a newspaper..."
Wang Cunye glanced at his youngest daughter and saw that she was eavesdropping with her ears raised, so he immediately changed the subject.
"She was taught by your elder brother and sister-in-law. I don’t know what she will be like in the future. Let’s wait until she reaches middle school."
That’s what she said.
In fact, he was proud in his heart.
My little daughter has been very sensible since she was a child.
Although the whole family pampered her and pampered her, they did not spoil her.
Not only sensible, but also smart and thoughtful.
The second grade can read newspapers and write letters.
When she was in school in the town, she secretly wrote letters and sent money to Wang Susu, and even asked the teacher to send them for her. This would be difficult for other girls of the same age to do. Most girls at this age still only care about playing.
Later, it was Wang Susu who sent a letter back, and the whole family found out what had happened.
Such a little person dares to write a letter.
"Yes, but I think that if you are so smart, you will definitely not fall behind in your studies."
Chen Ling said with a smile.
Although the father-in-law didn't say anything, Chen Ling already knew from the raised corners of his mouth that the old man was secretly having fun.
It’s just that I didn’t say anything.
My second uncle, Wang Qingzhong, was a little confused and started to doze off. He opened his eyes with bleary drunkenness and responded, saying yes, yes, yes.
"Sister-in-law, we drank all the wine again, please help us get some more."
After getting tired of playing with the top, Wang Zhenzhen also fed his two little nephews until their bellies bulged. He kept running out to pee.
“Have you finished drinking again? What else do you want to drink this time?”
Guo Xinping asked with a smile.
"Plain water, my brother-in-law said, if you drink too much sweetness, your teeth will get bugs and it will hurt."
Wang Zhenzhen thought about it for a while and felt that he had drunk enough drinks and was satisfied. , then said.
"Hey, you are willing to listen to your brother-in-law."
Guo Xinping glanced at Chen Ling and went to pour water for the three little guys.
Wang Zhenzhen also looked at Chen Ling with a smile. It was as if he had discovered a new world. His eyes widened and he shouted: "Hey, brother-in-law, why didn't you use a new cup? Are you using dad's cup?" "
"Don't you think our father's cup is unclean? "
Because Wang Susu came back, the old couple prepared all new things for them, including bowls, chopsticks, tea sets and so on. Small items.
But Chen Ling does not use a new cup now, but uses the enamel jar in the main room. It has been very old for many years. Wang Zhenzhen felt very strange when he saw it.
She was so surprised that Chen Ling was stunned for a moment, and then she said angrily and funny: "You, really, I just said good things to you in vain."
"Dad is right, I should give you a good beating."
Hearing his son-in-law's words, Wang Cunye couldn't help laughing.
“Now you know how much people hate her, right?”
Seeing Chen Ling’s face looking a little embarrassed, my father-in-law smiled again and said, “Otherwise, I would have almost forgotten what she said now. I remember when you and Su Su got engaged, your father told you that you had your own bowls and chopsticks since you were a child, and you refused to even use the bowls and chopsticks used by your father and mother, saying it was weird because you had saliva on them. Taste..."
Wang Cunye didn't care about such a trivial matter, but found it interesting: "I heard that your grandma teased you later, saying that this kid in our family is weird. Could it be that he has a daughter-in-law? Why don't you go to your mother-in-law's house with your bowls and chopsticks? Don't make your mother-in-law angry and kick you into the pig pen."
He couldn't help laughing again when he said this.
This is indeed true.
When they first got engaged, Chen Ling was not willing to drink water from his father-in-law's teapot. Chen Juncai felt embarrassed and explained the matter.
"Have you changed it now?"
"Hey, you have changed it a long time ago. This problem has been with me since I can remember..."
Chen Ling smiled.
At this time, Wang Susu and three other people also came out.
Hearing them talking, he sat next to them and listened.
“When I was one or two years old, I would run around all day long. Whoever built a house, dug a sweet potato well, cut down a tree, ran wherever there was excitement, and wouldn’t let anyone go. I cry when I go, and I can’t eat well when it’s time to eat.”
“My grandma and my mother are following behind me, holding a bowl to feed me, but I keep running around and putting the food in the bowl. The rice got cold quickly. Knowing that babies have weak stomachs and will easily get sick if they eat cold food, my grandma and mother put the rice into their mouths, chewed it up and held it in their mouths. This kind of rice would not be too chewy. It’s cold, I can’t catch a cold after eating it.”
"When he caught up with me, he grabbed my head and forced it into my mouth. Later, I remembered that it was still like this. How could I bear it? Gradually, I felt that everything used by adults was not clean, and I refused to use it again. "
This method was taught to his mother by her grandma, and later I heard it from Wang Lixian's wife. I have to say that Chen Ling's previous mysophobia was indeed greatly affected by this method.
After he finished speaking, several people came to their senses and said it was no wonder.
It feels really awkward to think about feeding like that.
Wang Qingzhong also opened his drunken eyes with force, and echoed with a big tongue: "That's so, no wonder..."
He was getting drunk.
Gao Xiulan said quickly: "Xinping, please put him on the bed and sleep for a while. He drank a lot at noon."
"Oh... no need... I'm not drunk... That little bit of wine is nothing...it's just like gargling your mouth..."
Wang Qingzhong waved his hand and stood up unsteadily: "Lingzi, let's go, I will take you to catch the snake."
Before he finished speaking, he slid down the chair and fell to the ground, purring to recite sutras.
His behavior made Wang Zhenzhen and the two little kids laugh non-stop.
Wang Susu couldn't help but smile. She hadn't seen her second brother live like this for a long time. He only did this every time he was happy and drank heavily.
Chen Ling didn't expect that his second uncle had such a side, so he quickly picked him up and helped him to the bed with Guo Xinping.
After Wang Qingzhong lay down, Guo Xinping was still talking: "Your second brother knows how to show off his strength, and he drinks alcohol to show off his strength. This is called a bad habit."
(End of this chapter)
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