Sweet 80s

Lin Xiangdong pointed behind him with a look of disgust on his face: "I'm being talked to by Chang Dazui."

Li Xiuzhi pursed her lips and smiled: "How old are you, kid? You still call me that."

Aunt Chang's husband died early in her life, so the adults secretly called her Widow Chang and the children called her Big Mouth Chang.

Aunt Chang is a chatterbox. She likes to chat about family matters most on weekdays. No matter who she meets, she will talk endlessly.

He comes to the house for free meals every now and then, which really annoys Lin Xiangdong.

Now that Aunt Chang's children are all working in the city, she wishes she could stay with every household for ten days or half a month.

"Go, bring her back and let her rest."

After Li Xiuzhi gave the order, Lin Xiangdong stuffed another cherry into his mouth, turned around and left.

Aunt Chang held Wang Shuping's hand and muttered something while laughing.

Lin Xiangdong hated gossiping women the most, so he walked over to Wang Shuping and grabbed her arm.

Although he had no intention of offending Aunt Chang, he spoke with a hint of annoyance in his tone.

"What are you doing? Go home and cook."

After saying that, he turned to Aunt Chang and said, "Aunt, we came back home suddenly and didn't know that we didn't cook enough food. I won't be polite to you today."

After saying that, the two turned around and left quickly.

Aunt Chang curled her lips, glared at Lin Xiangdong's back and said to herself: "You are almost thirty and you can't even speak. You have no future in your life. Ugh."

Wang Shuping turned her head to make sure Aunt Chang had left, then she breathed a sigh of relief: "You came just in time. She's such a chatterbox, even more so than our girl."

"People in the Northeast talk in interesting ways. But she always wants to teach people a lesson. It's so annoying."

Farmers like to chat and relieve boredom when they take a break.

It would be fine if she was just talking about daily life, but she has an unpleasant habit, which is that she likes to criticize others.

For example, someone did this thing in a dishonest way, or did that thing in an irregular way.

If a wife doesn't give birth to a child, there must be something wrong with her. If a woman gives birth to a girl but not a boy, there must be something wrong with the man.

In her mouth, no one in the village is a good person.

There is no one else like her who can annoy all the villagers so much that even dogs avoid her when they see her.

When Li Xiuzhi saw Wang Shuping coming back, she picked up the enamel basin and went to greet her.

"mom."

"Hey, Xiao Ping, come and have a taste of this fruit, your dad picked it especially for you."

"Thank you, Mom."

Lin Xiangdong took the basin, picked out the ugly fruits from it and fed them directly into her mouth: "This one is ugly, this one is the most delicious."

In front of her mother-in-law, Wang Shuping somewhat embarrassedly put the fruit in her mouth and took a bite. The fruity aroma with a scent of the mountains immediately filled her mouth.

"Is it sweet?"

"Well, it's so sweet."

Li Xiuzhi looked at the loving couple and felt her heart was much sweeter than the fruit. She turned around quietly and went into the kitchen to get busy.

"Try this, wild cherries are better than those grown artificially."

Another fruit went into his mouth.

"Mm, it's delicious. The core is small, the flesh is thick, and the juice is very juicy. It tastes sour and sweet."

Erbao was standing on the stone table, jumping anxiously and clamoring to eat too.

Lin Xiangdong stared at him for two seconds, his eyes rolled a few times, and he said with a malicious smile: "Okay, Dad will pick the sweetest one for you."

As he spoke, he shook the basin.

I found a few cherries with slightly yellow skin and a very round surface. They looked very beautiful and I put them in the hands of my two sons.

Then, he gently nudged Wang Shuping with his elbow: "Look."

Although Wang Shuping didn't understand what he meant, she still looked over.

I saw the two sons put the cherries into their mouths and chew them unscrupulously.

The expressions on their faces changed countless times in an instant.

At first, he frowned unconsciously, then tasted the food carefully with a wry smile on his lips.

After a while, the cherry in the mouth was chewed into pieces, and the juice was like a metal ball carrying an electric current, and the sour taste hit the throat all the way.

Then the cubs' eyes widened, their facial muscles twisted and wrinkled, as if they were trying and forcing themselves to accept this sour mysterious fruit.

It was not until the juice splashed out more wantonly that the two of them suddenly realized what was going on and quickly stuck out their tongues to try to spit out all the cherries.

“Hiss~ Ha~ It’s so sour~”

The saliva formed into lines, hanging on their lips.

He felt that the spitting was too slow, so he just started to shovel the food out of his mouth, trying to get rid of the painful experience as soon as possible.

Seeing that his 'evil plan succeeded', Lin Xiangdong slapped his thigh triumphantly, laughing so hard that his whole body shook and he fell backwards.

During this time, he had to take a quick breath and cough a few times, his face flushed with laughter.

The last time Wang Shuping ate hawthorn, she deeply experienced the sour feeling.

She picked up the teacup on the stone table and gave the two children several gulps of water, which made them feel better.

Li Xiuzhi heard the noise outside and came out to see what was going on.

When she found out that Lin Xiangdong had played a trick on her precious grandson, she was furious and started scolding her son.

"Oh my goodness, you are such a grown-up, yet you bully two children."

"Those two fruits are sour..."

"Nonsense, you've been eating wild fruits since you were a child, how can you not tell which ones are sour and which ones are sweet? You did it on purpose."

"What does it have to do with me? My dad picked the fruit. If you want to blame you, blame him."

"You're still arguing with me, I'll let you be arguing!"

Li Xiuzhi took out a broom from the corner and raised her hand to hit him.

"I was wrong, I was wrong. I won't dare to do it again." Lin Xiangdong shamelessly stepped forward, held up the hand that was about to fall, and begged for mercy while hugging his angry mother.

"You are so unruly every day. It's a good thing it's Xiao Ping. If it were another girl, no one would want to be with you."

Wang Shuping's eyes flashed several times, she lowered her head and the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Lin Xiangdong felt that he had lost face in front of his wife. The smile on his face gradually faded. He turned around, sat on a stone bench beside him and stopped talking.

"Mom, he's not like this usually. He just came home and was happy to see you and Dad. Besides, sour food can stimulate appetite. The kids will definitely eat two more bowls of rice in a while."

Wang Shuping's few words eased the slightly awkward atmosphere. She then walked behind Lin Xiangdong, patted him on the back and said to him.

"I finally came back, so I went to ask my dad if there's anything I can do around the house. I'd like to ask him to lend a hand. Oh, and be careful with your arms."

After saying that, she followed her mother-in-law to the kitchen and started cooking.

In the kitchen, Li Xiuzhi had already prepared many ingredients before they arrived, and they were just waiting to be put into the pot.

Wang Shuping guessed what would be for lunch by looking at the various dishes placed in the bowls and basins.

She picked and washed the fungus, bean curd sticks, day lily and vermicelli that had been soaked in advance: "No matter how I make stews, they are always not good enough."

"It's a big stew, just like the hotpot you guys have in Northeast China. There are hundreds of families with different flavors. No one family's is better. Just cook according to your own taste."

"Yeah, but mom's cooking is still delicious."

Li Xiuzhi smiled and cut the onion into small pieces.

She was concerned that her grandson couldn't eat spicy food, so she only added two dried chilies to enhance the flavor and also rubbed a small handful of Sichuan peppercorns for later use.

Then add cooking oil to the pan, heat it up, put in the tofu cubes, and fry slowly over low heat.

"Oh, by the way, Mom, Xiangdong seems to be very annoyed with Aunt Chang. He spoke so aggressively just now. I'm afraid that if he says something inappropriate, we'll start arguing again."

After hearing this, Li Xiuzhi pursed her lips and laughed.

This smile made Wang Shuping more curious.

"What's wrong, Mom? What did I say wrong?"

"No, no, you're right, our little five is the one who annoys me the most."

"Ah? Why?"

Li Xiuzhi was recalling the events of more than ten years ago, and her hands were not idle. She fried the tofu, which had been fried on both sides until golden brown, and put it on a plate for later use.

Cut the cabbage stalks into small pieces and tear the leaves into pieces by hand. Scoop two spoonfuls of bean paste from a ceramic jar and put it into a wok to stir-fry until red oil comes out. Then add onions, ginger, garlic and peppercorns.

After the aroma comes out, add two dried chili segments and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the pork belly slices and stir-fry over low heat.

"Aunt Chang took a liking to Xiangdong when he was still in school."

"Ah?" Wang Shuping was confused for a moment and didn't understand what her mother-in-law meant.