Chapter 640 Black History
Classmate Le had been busy all night since he woke up at midnight. Breakfast was naturally not monotonous. There were newly made dumplings and steamed buns, as well as nutritious chicken soup that had been cooked for four hours, a stir-fried shredded pork with sour beans, and a Blanched baby greens, a steamed sea cucumber, and a basket of freshly boiled free-range eggs.
Mrs. Chao, Mrs. Wang and Professor Wanqi were particularly puzzled. When Xiao Lele made so many breakfasts, what time did she get up to work?
They really didn't think about how good they should eat in the morning. For breakfast, just some porridge or something would be enough, otherwise they would just eat leftovers or leftovers. Who would have thought that Xiao Lele would make several kinds of breakfast in the morning.
The Le family is hosting a banquet tomorrow. They have a lot to do that day, so they don’t waste time and finish the meal quickly while the handsome guys clear away the dishes.
Le's father went to feed the pigs, chickens and ducks, while Le Yun prepared bath water for his brother to take a bath.
Babies all love to play in water, and so does little Leshan. He loved being in the water. He even started crying when he was brought out, but he only cried a few times and was kissed by his sister with a smile on his face. Tears turn into laughter.
After helping her brother get dressed, Le Yun held her brother and played with him, teaching him the pinyin alphabet, reading famous Tang poems that are easy for children to learn, and playing with a clock in her arms. After her brother fell asleep beautifully, she put him on the bed to sleep.
When she went upstairs to dry some medicine and was about to teach the handsome guys how to grind tofu, Zhang Poluo and Sister-in-law Zhao came to Lejia to help with four chickens.
"Yueqing, there's no need to return the gift. It's too troublesome to bring it back. We'll just give it to Zhou Qiufeng." Zhang Poluo handed the local chicken to Yueqing.
When going to the countryside to drink three-day wine for children, they usually give chickens, pig's feet, and eggs to the mother. After receiving the gift, the host will have to take one part back. The ratio of taking back to giving back is 3:1 or 2:1, that is, three parts of the return. One share, or half in return.
"This is too much."
Dad Le was quite embarrassed to receive the four native chickens. Even if most people in rural areas raise native chickens, it would be very generous to give them two as a gift. The Zhang Poluo family gave four as a gift, which was too generous.
"There's so much nonsense, just accept it."
Zhang Poluo didn't like his mother-in-law, so he went straight into the Lejia main room by himself. As soon as he stepped through the door, he saw Xiao Lele running from the back of the house to greet him with a smile. "Uncle Zhang" made him happy, and he nodded: "Xiao Lele, do you want to marinate chicken feet today?"
"Yes, braised chicken feet and braised pork. The brine has been boiled over the fire. It is my exclusive recipe. When the braised vegetables come out, please ask Uncle Zhang to try it and see if it tastes good."
Le Yun ran to the main room to face Zhang Poluo and discussed in a sly manner: "Uncle Zhang, when you go to Uncle De's house to help kill the pigs later, can you help collect as much pig blood as possible? I will do it tomorrow morning. Eat pork blood soup dumplings.”
"It's okay, it's easy to say if I have my share."
"Of course there is. Uncle Zhang, Aunt Zhao, Uncle De, and the others all have a share. I will prepare a potion first, and then Uncle Zhang will help me mix it with pig blood."
"Go on, go on." Zhang Poluo looked more and more happy at Little Lele's weird elf, and asked her to get busy while he and his wife sat back and waited for Liu Lu.
Le Yun happily went into the refrigerator room to pick up a small bucket, filled it with water, put the medicine she had prepared earlier in it and mixed it well, and also made a bucket of potion mixed with chicken blood and duck blood.
Not long after, Liu Lu and his wife also came, also bringing four native chickens, no need to return gifts.
Le Yun washed her hands and went to get the cold mung bean soup in the early morning for the four of them to drink.
Zhang Poluo, Liu Lu and the others drank a bowl of health-preserving soup and felt very comfortable. They carried two small buckets containing specially formulated potions to Cheng Youde's house.
When Chen Dalian and his wife arrived at Lejia, they saw a few handsome guys outside the house. He smiled naively. He Xiaoba recognized the person and shouted into the house: "Little beauty, Gao Gao who gave us fish and shrimp yesterday." The neighbor is here.”
Liu Shao, Luo Shao and others invited the villagers to sit in the Le family's house, and Chen entered the Le family's main room with a naive smile.
Le Yun walked from the back of the house to the main room. When she saw the guest entering the house, she really didn't have much impression. The visitor was a little thin, but very energetic. The left side of his face was obviously slightly larger than the right side. He was holding four native chickens on the back of his hand. There is really a small black ringworm on the fetus.
He was bringing his woman with him. She was a slightly fat woman with short hair and not too tall. She was about 1.57 meters tall. She was wearing three-quarter casual pants and a casual T-shirt.
Chen Dalian’s wife’s surname is He. Sister-in-law He is from Shancheng in the neighboring province C. Girls in province C are known as spicy girls and have distinctive personalities. Even though Sister-in-law He and the man returned to the man’s hometown to settle down for a short time, she has a straightforward personality and can enjoy herself in the village. .
Zhou Qiufeng was at home. When he saw Chen Dalian, Sister-in-law He came, she hurriedly greeted him: "Hey, Big Face, Sister-in-law He, why are you so polite? Your family just came back not long ago. Please take these chickens home and feed them to lay eggs for you." The kids eat it.”
"There is no reason to take it back after you have brought it. There is no need to return the gift. We did not bring the return gift, otherwise it would be troublesome to take another one home."
Chen Dafa smiled honestly, and when he saw the girl from the Le family, his tanned face showed an even bigger smile: "Xiao Lele, do you still remember Uncle Dafa? When you were a child, you climbed the big locust tree outside the village to see if the owl would come down. It was Big Face who carried you down, remember?” “Ah!” Le Yun was not very impressed at first, but when the old incident was mentioned, she covered her face and said, “Uncle Big Face, please don’t expose me.”
She had no friends to play with when she was a child, so she played wildly by herself, running around everywhere. It can be said that there was no big tree or haystack in the village that she had not visited. As for catching loaches and fish in the water, and picking fruits and birds from the trees, All done.
The worst time I ever climbed a tree when I was a kid was climbing an old locust tree outside the village to see baby owls. When I climbed up, I didn’t see the baby owl. What I saw was a black and white snake coiled in the hole of the tree. I was so scared that it slipped and fell from the tree. It got stuck, and then, ahem, unfortunately, there happened to be another nest of ants on the tree. When it hit the ant nest, the ants swarmed and attacked.
That time she got stuck in a tree and cried miserably. Fortunately, an uncle from the Chen family found her and climbed up the tree to rescue her.
When she was rescued, she was covered in ants, her face and body were stung with pimples and blisters, and her eyes were so swollen that she could not see anything.
Soon after she was rescued by her uncle surnamed Chen, before her injuries healed, the person who rescued her became her son-in-law.
Because she was really very young at that time, only a little over three years old, and Chen Dalian was not in the village and was not commonly seen, so her memory of Chen Dalian faded.
Mentioning the glorious old story of climbing the old locust tree, Le Yun's memory quickly revived. That incident was one of her dark histories. She was really stung by ants that time. It can also be said that she was bitten by ants the most since the founding of the village. A miserable one.
At that time, her grandparents were frightened by her tragic appearance. She almost thought that she could not be cured. Fortunately, she was lucky. Her grandfather gave her medicine for several days and soaked her in medicine every day for several days. After seven or eight days, her whole body became swollen. As it slowly subsides, it can start to be lively and crazy again.
"Little madman, remember?"
The little madman of the Le family covered his face in embarrassment, while Chen Dalian smiled. The little madman was a nickname given to the girl from the Le family by the older generation in the village. The father of the little madman also had a nickname "Xingpao" because Yueqing He has a quick temper, like a firecracker, it will crackle when lit.
"Uncle Big Face, I remember, please don't expose your background again, otherwise I will expose your background to Aunt He behind your back later." Le Yun bit her finger, please don't call her a little crazy, she is not crazy. .
"Okay, if you remember, Uncle Big Face will not reveal your background."
Chen Dalian originally wanted to amuse the little lunatic Lele family, but when he saw Yueqing coming, he stopped teasing the little girl and smiled at his brother: "Yueqing, little Lele has grown so big in a blink of an eye, we should be getting older and older. , why are you younger?”
"I have a good girl who is studying medicine. Of course she is getting younger and younger. Sister-in-law He, sit down quickly. My little cotton-padded jacket was exposed and I am a little unhappy. I forgot to say hello to you to sit down."
Dad Le saw Sister-in-law He who was smiling so hard at his girl that he hurriedly greeted her.
"We can sit by ourselves."
Sister-in-law He answered cheerfully, pulled two chairs and sat down with her husband, still looking at the Lejia girl. The Lejia girl was so tender, as green as a scallion, even hotter than the hot girls from her hometown. Still hot.
Zhou Qiufeng handed Yueqing the native chicken brought by Chen Dalian, and she went to wash her hands before talking to Sister-in-law He.
After talking to Chen Dalian, Le Yun slipped away to get food and also brought mung bean paste to a couple.
Dad Le took the chicken to the cow and pig pen and locked it up. He washed his hands and came back to greet Chen Dalian and Sister-in-law He. Mr. and Mrs. Chao Er and Professor Wanqi went to pick vegetables in the back garden and have not returned yet.
Chen's big-faced sister-in-law He didn't sit down for long after drinking the mung bean paste. She went to Cheng's house first to see how the preparations for killing the pig were going.
The meat pigs used by Lejia for the wine business are pigs raised by Cheng Youde's family. Sister-in-law Liu has kept them for Lejia for a long time. They are fed with whole grains such as sweet potatoes, pumpkins, rice and corn flour, and they are not fed with feed to gain weight.
Because the day's work was not particularly urgent, Cheng Youde Liu's sister-in-law only started the stove to boil water after breakfast and prepared tools and supplies for killing pigs and chickens, while Cheng Wu watched over the fire.
Zhang Poluo and his wife and Liu Lu and his wife went to Cheng's house and worked with Cheng Youde to wash sieves and dustpans for draining water, help sharpen knives and wash buckets, and prepare palm leaf strips for tying meat, spoons for blanching pig hair, etc.
Later, Cheng Youliang and his wife, Sister-in-law Li, also went to their cousin's house to help. Cheng Youliang and Cheng Youde are cousins. His father and mother are still alive. His brother Cheng Youcai does business in Yu Town, Shennongshan and bought a house on the street. His mother I live with my eldest son in my hometown.
His wife is from Shangzhuang Township. Since her family has few people, she would go back to her parents' house every year to help. Usually, Cheng Youliang would help the villagers at home, and Sister-in-law Li would go back to her parents' house to help, so neither end would be left behind.
When Chen Dalian He's sister-in-law came to help, Liu Lu and others were very surprised. Chen Dalian's father, Chen Wu, had fallen out with the Le family. It was not surprising that Chen Dalian's sister-in-law He still maintained a relationship with the Le family when she came back. After all, everyone was good at acting back then, so it was rare to take the initiative to help like this. It also showed that Chen Dianlian was still the straightforward Chen Dianlian who only helped with care but not with relatives, and he was still their good buddy.
Sister-in-law Liu Cheng Youde warmly entertained Sister-in-law Chen Dalian He, drinking tea and eating melon seeds first, and then doing work.
(End of chapter)