Leisurely Farmer's Family: A Strong Man and His Broken Leg Son-in-law

After saying what needed to be said, several people discussed the dishes at the banquet. After roughly deciding on the dishes, Xu Hong stood up and said she wanted to go home, leaving the Liu Maolin brothers to help clean up the house.

When they came, Liu Yan went to the mountain to pick mushrooms, and Zhao Tianyu was the only one at home looking after the children. She was worried about this.

After Xu Hong left, Qi Chunhua couldn't sit down. She looked at Liu Fusheng and Nian, her face seemed to be hesitant to speak. The place where she was sitting happened to be facing the sun. Liu Yu could see clearly and felt a little confused. curious.

"Third Aunt, but there is something else."

"It's not a big deal. Let's wait until your marriage is over!" Qi Chunhua said with a smile.

Her expression was relaxed and not worried. Seeing that it did not seem to be a bad thing, Liu Yu did not break the casserole and ask the truth. Anyway, she would know when the time came.

Nian didn't even want to ask after hearing this. It was recent years, and it was just the marriage of her third grandson. She asked the old couple to help her find out if there were any girls of the right age in the nearby villages, so that she could send a matchmaker to visit her.

The old couple had been following this matter since Liushan was sixteen years old, and now that Liushan is twenty-two years old, the girl and her brother have been asking about it, but only a few of Liushan's have taken a serious look at it.

Nian glanced at Qi Chunhua and waved her hand, telling them to go back and rest early.

She told her that the third daughter-in-law just didn't have to worry about it. She had to shave her head and pick a girl because she was hot. Who knows if the child would fall in love with a girl one day and then he would beg for help in front of his parents.

Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't accept the offer, Qi Chunhua followed her husband out. Although she was a little dissatisfied with her mother-in-law's lack of interest in her second son's marriage, she also knew that the root of the matter was still Liu Shan.

As soon as Xu Hong's sister-in-law left, the Liu Maolin brothers followed their mother's instructions and started working. The houses at home were all made of adobe, with walls made of yellow mud mixed with chopped wheat straw.

The house was originally built to be spacious. Although it was a mud house, it still had five upright rooms. Liu Yu had just picked up the tiles on the roof in the autumn, so she didn't need to worry about it now.

"You two, mix some mud and patch up the peeling wall in the house. The sun has been good recently, so it will all dry up in a few days."

After giving instructions to his two sons, Mr. Nian asked Liu Yu to take advantage of the two brothers' efforts to reconcile with each other and move all the furniture placed against the wall so that they could do something for them later.

Yellow mud was easy to find. Liu Maolin and Liu Maoye pushed the cart to the foot of the mountain and brought back half a cart of soil. For easy access, they dumped it directly in the yard.

Liu Fusheng took a wheat cutting knife and cut a basket of finely chopped wheat straw from the wheat straw pile. After Liu Yu moved the two cabinets, he went to the river to carry back two buckets of water. He had never done this kind of work. Give the bucket to Liu Maolin.

Pick up the shovel by yourself so that you can mix the mud later.

Yellow mud and wheat straw formed a round shape with a high perimeter and a concave center. Liu Maolin carried a bucket to add water to the concave center, while Liu Maoye and Liu Yu picked up shovels and mixed it in little by little.

After a while, the yellow mud and the wheat straw were mixed together. After waiting for a while, the mixture was evenly mixed again. This was repeated three times until there were no small hard clods of dry soil in it, and Liu Maolin said "It's done."

Throughout the afternoon, the three of them worked on repairing the walls of the west and west end rooms until it was almost dark. Liu Maolin scraped off the last peeling wall before putting away the ladder.

"It's cold at night, so put the kang on the stove. It's not dry yet, so don't let it freeze. Once it's crispy, it won't last long."

Liu Maolin told Liu Yu that he wanted to go home.

Nian was cooking in the kitchen, but they were not allowed to leave.

"After all this afternoon's work, if I don't stay for a meal, Mei Xiang's mother and Shige Zi's mother won't be able to say that I'm a slut and don't even give me food for my work!"

Liu Maoye looked a little embarrassed, but Liu Maolin told the truth: "My mother is not like this. I have never whispered to you like this behind my back!"

Looking at the faces of the two brothers, Nian knew what was going on and snorted. The eldest daughter-in-law didn't care about these things, but the younger daughter-in-law might have really muttered to herself behind the scenes.

Nian glanced at Liu Maoye and didn't mention him, nor did she care for her two sons. No matter what they said, as long as they didn't say it in front of her, she had no right to know. Anyway, she had a clear conscience.

Dinner was steamed soft white steamed buns and stir-fried sour chili and radish slices. It is rare to see fishy meat in a farmhouse, and there was no meat at home. Nian's hands were so good that he scooped out a large piece of lard, stir-fried the sauce until fragrant, and finally mixed in the radish slices and sour sauce. chili.

For a moment, the kitchen, the yard, the aroma of sauce, meat, and the spicy aroma of sour chili mixed together, not to mention how delicious it smelled.

Liu Yu cleaned the dried mushrooms that had been soaked in advance, and finally boiled half a pot of mushroom soup.

When the food and soup were ready, Liu Yu set the table in the kitchen and scooped out water and put it on the basin stand.

After washing their hands, everyone gathered around the small table in the kitchen. It was a cold winter day and it was already dark outside. Nian asked Liu Yu to close the kitchen door and light the cotton oil lamp on the stove. The room was still empty. All the steam is orange.

Put a piece of radish slice, covered with oily sauce, and put it on the steamed bun and take a bite. The mouthful is filled with the aroma of meat and the spicy taste of sour chili, followed by the aroma of wheat and ferment. Several people were also hungry and ate with big mouthfuls. Meals.

It wasn't until he finished two steamed buns that Liu Maolin said: "My mother's cooking skills are better. Mei Xiang and her mother can't cook it this way."

"Be careful if my sister-in-law hears it, she will let you eat white radish every day." Liu Maoye joked. When his mother handed him another steamed bun, he hurriedly waved his hand to show that he was full.

"Here, there is no shortage of food for the family." Nian frowned and stuffed a steamed bun into each of his two sons' hands.

Seeing that the brothers no longer refused, he relaxed his brows.

After dinner, the two brothers were about to get up and go home. Before they could open the door, the kitchen door was pushed open from the outside.

"Ah! I haven't finished eating yet!" Qi Chunhua smelled the aroma of meat as soon as she entered the house. She looked at her man's rosy face and glossy lips after eating, and she felt a little satisfied.

"We've finished eating. Here's a bowl of fungus soup. Do you want to drink it? The steamed buns are still hot, but the vegetables are gone." Nian handed the soup that had just come out of the pot out and went to pick it up in the stove basket. Steamed bun.

"Mom, don't be busy. I've eaten, and I can't put it in at all now." Qi Chunhua waved her hand and refused.

"This black cloth comes here in the middle of winter. I'm afraid that the third child will fall while walking." Nian put the soup on the bamboo grate of the big pot and covered it to avoid being spoiled by rats and insects, and started to joke with the two of them.

"Hey! I didn't come here to pick him up." Qi Chunhua was also a little embarrassed when her mother-in-law teased her in front of her juniors and father-in-law.

He said hurriedly: "Lian Sheng's mother came back from Gouziling this afternoon and said that the Xie family couldn't choose an auspicious day. She said that her cousin's coffin was ready. When the Liu family said they would break off the engagement, she agreed on the spot."

"So, the marriage between the two families is completely cancelled!" Nian said as she poured two or three ladles of water into the outer pot and soaked the bowls and chopsticks in it.

"Yes, it's a pity. The men of the Xie family are all the same. No matter how well they are born, it's obvious from their physique that they are very strong. They are certainly capable of plowing and turning the soil. If Ren Pan wants to give it to Brother Xian again, I’m afraid it will be difficult to find such a husband!”