The little cook in the book has fallen asleep

On the 18th day of the second lunar month, the sun was shining brightly and the breeze was blowing gently.

This day is considered an auspicious day for getting married.

The old house of the Cheng family was covered with red "囍" characters, but the day that should have been lively was deserted and even there were few people helping.

The kitchen in particular seemed unusually deserted. There were many fresh ingredients placed at the door, but upon closer inspection, there were a lot of vegetables but very little meat.

Some are just some pig scraps, such as lard and some leftover meat, and the quantity is pitifully small.

The news that Cheng Chen took a few thugs to Cheng Tielin's house to rob things two weeks ago had spread throughout Qingshan Village. After Cheng Chen and Liu Hua were caught, they were even more talked about.

The Cheng family spent forty taels of silver to bail Cheng Chen out of the cell. As for Liu Hua, although he was given a verbal warning, he was also detained for seven days before being released.

But everyone is talking about the fact that Cheng Chen could be so cruel to his third uncle's family, so to other families in Qingshan Village, he is a time bomb.

So on the day of the Cheng family's wedding, only Cheng Chen's maternal grandfather's family, Cheng Tieniu's family (the old man's fourth brother), Cheng Tiemu's family (the old man's fifth brother), and Cheng Cuihua's family (the old man's youngest sister) came to help.

"Where are my third sister-in-law and the others? Why didn't they come?" Cheng Cuihua has always liked her third sister-in-law, so she asked.

"Oh, little sister, don't you know? Your third sister-in-law's family has severed ties with our family!" And they haven't taken a penny from the old Cheng family. Liu Ping (Liu Hua's sister, Cheng Tielin's fourth brother's wife) was very happy.

"What? Breaking off the engagement? Why didn't anyone tell me?" Cheng Cuihua asked in surprise.

As a daughter, Cheng Cuihua should have been favored, but Old Lady Cheng was patriarchal and insisted on marrying her to a widower in exchange for dowry for the fourth and fifth sons to marry.

As a result, Cheng Tielin and Mu Qiu opposed it and ran to the county town to find a good family for her without the knowledge of the Cheng family.

Her mother-in-law is kind and her father-in-law doesn't care about anything, so she is the one who is in charge of the household after she gets married.

Even her dowry when she got married was given by her third brother and sister-in-law. The betrothal gift from the Jiang family went into Old Lady Cheng's bag and not a penny was given to her.

Later, she heard that her third brother's youngest daughter had died and that her third brother wanted to divide the family property. Her third sister-in-law asked the villagers to pass a message to her, asking her not to interfere in the matter.

Later, she gave birth to three children in succession and never returned to her parents' home. It was always her third brother and his wife who would bring their nephews or nephews and grandchildren to the county town to see her.

"As a married daughter, why should I tell you?" Liu Hua has been locked up in the cell for seven days and now hates Cheng Tiezhu's family. Wouldn't it be better for them to just deliver the things obediently?

Not only did they have to take it themselves, but they also reported it to the police and had them arrested. Now my son has lost his job in the county (working as a thug in a casino).

"You!! Aunt, that means my mother is now a guest in your house, right? Mom, let's go! Let's go to the side and wait for the banquet!" Cheng Cuihua's daughter Jiang Wuyou immediately took her mother's hand and was about to leave.

Her mother is five years younger than her father. After she married into the Jiang family, it was her father who did the cooking and washing. Her father was a carpenter, and her mother was in charge of the money he earned, so her mother never suffered any grievances in the Jiang family.

Moreover, over the years, she had only seen people from her third uncle's family bring them mountain products and interact with the Jiang family. The other members of the Cheng family were simply like Pi Xiu who only came in and never left!

"You! You are just a little girl, a married daughter, why do you interrupt? And what right do you have to say what the adults are talking about? You have no manners and are disrespectful to your elders!" Liu Hua was so angry that she said something without thinking.

"Sister-in-law, you're too polite. My daughter Wuyouxin is outspoken. Elder? Only those who act like elders are elders. If you don't act like elders, how can you be respected by the younger generations?" Cheng Cuihua squeezed her daughter's hand, signaling her to calm down.

"Sister-in-law, today is your family's wedding. I, a married daughter, am just here as a guest. I will take Wuyou and the others out for a walk. They have never been to Qingshan Village since they were young!" Cheng Cuihua patted her daughter's hand and motioned for her to call her two younger brothers.

Jiang Ling took on a big job, so she didn't let him come. She had originally planned to stay here for one night, but looking at the situation, she decided to take the children back tonight.

As soon as Jiang Wuyou entered the main hall of the old Cheng family, she saw her two younger brothers being surrounded by several grandchildren of Cheng Tiezhu's family asking for things. She laughed and immediately pulled Jiang Songren and Jiang Songtao away. Behind the three of them, she heard the roars of the naughty children.

Cheng Cuihua took her daughter and son to a small cave in the back mountain, took out a basket of cakes and a piece of bacon, and went to Cheng's house.

"Third sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, are you home?" Cheng Cuihua shouted outside the Cheng family's door.

"Squeak" the door of Cheng's house was opened a little, and a little head popped out. He took a look at Cheng Cuihua, but didn't recognize her!

"Auntie, who are you looking for?" Cheng Xiaoba asked, mainly because she looked much younger than grandma, so he chose to address her as Auntie over Grandma.

“Who… are you looking for…?” A pink ball with its hair sticking upside down appeared from behind.

"Child, I'm your aunt, I'm looking for your grandma!" Cheng Cuihua's heart softened when she saw the two adorable babies in front of her.

"Grandma, my aunt is here!" Cheng Xiaoba shouted loudly, calling out Grandma Cheng from the kitchen.

"Let them in quickly!" Old Mrs. Cheng thought that her sister-in-law should come to attend Cheng Chen's wedding, so she said immediately.

The door was opened by two little kids. Jiang Wuyou loved the two kids so much. She was already married, and her husband's family treated her very well, but there was still no news from her after three years.

She reached out and picked up Cheng Yu. The little baby was so adorable that she wanted to steal him home and raise him.

Cheng Yu was not afraid of strangers and smiled at Jiang Wuyou.

"Cuihua, come in quickly. Xiaowu, push your eldest brother out to talk to his two uncles. Xiaoqi, take out your grandfather's tea and brew it. Grandma will come and get it later!" After Grandma Cheng arranged all the work, she pulled her sister-in-law, niece and nephew to sit under the big tree.

After a while, Cheng Lixiao was pushed out by Xiaowu and Xiaoliu with a chess set in his hands. He used to go to Jiang's house with his grandfather to visit his aunt, so he naturally knew whether his two uncles were good at chess or not.

A few boys met and went to another stone table to play chess affectionately.

Jiang Wuyou hugged Cheng Yu lovingly, and then reached out to rub Cheng Xiaoba who was sitting obediently beside him.

"Hey, third sister-in-law, where are my third brother and his nephews and their wives?" Cheng Cuihua looked around and didn't see anyone else, so she asked.

"Oh, they went to the fields to plant seedlings and will be back soon. Why did you come downstairs?" Old Mrs. Cheng thought that they would have lunch at Old Cheng's house before coming downstairs, but they came down so early.

The seedlings in the field were planted three days ago. Today, Mr. Cheng took his son and daughter-in-law to plant the seedlings.

"Oh, don't mention it. They told me that you broke off the relationship, so I asked about it, and my sister-in-law scolded me. She also scolded my Wuyou, so I brought them down." Cheng Cuihua didn't expect that her cousin (Liu Hua and Liu Ping are old lady Cheng's nieces) would become more mean as she got older.

"It's okay, it's okay. Have lunch here. Your nephew and his friends just shot a rabbit, and we'll have braised rabbit meat for lunch." Old Mrs. Cheng said enthusiastically, then went back to the kitchen to make three more bowls of rice.

"Mom, this third aunt is so nice. I like my third uncle's family!" When Jiang Wuyou went to her eldest uncle's house, the nephews only wanted to ask for things from them. But when she arrived at her third uncle's house, the nephews treated them with candies and tea, which made her feel very warm.

"Your third uncle's family has always been very nice. It was your third uncle and his family who helped me get together with your father. Even your mother's dowry was subsidized by your third aunt..." After saying this, Cheng Cuihua didn't know what she was thinking and looked up at the top of the tree.

"Oh, I don't have a daughter, who else can I give it to if not you?" Old Mrs. Cheng interrupted her reminiscence and said immediately

As soon as Old Lady Cheng came out, she heard what her sister-in-law said. Besides, she didn't give anything, just a pair of silver bracelets and a pair of silver earrings. The old man only gave her ten taels of silver.

"Besides, there wasn't much. The family hadn't been divided at that time, and your third brother was honest, so everything was confiscated and he didn't save much." said Old Mrs. Cheng.

"It's enough. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have fallen out with mother and the others, and you wouldn't have split up the family!" Cheng Cuihua said guiltily.

Cheng Cuihua had always been very clear that the child who died in the infancy of her third sister-in-law and her family might have been conceived by her mother to vent her anger, so after her third sister-in-law and her family separated, she never subsidized her mother's family again.

"Oh, let's not talk about it. It's the same without you. The conflict between me and my mother-in-law has not been going on for just one or two days.

Also, your eldest brother is unreliable, we are here, you will always be the little aunt of our Cheng family! If you are wronged, just come to the third sister-in-law's house!" Old Mrs. Cheng never blamed her sister-in-law. If there was no sister-in-law, the old woman would definitely have other ways to torture her.

"Yes, you are the little aunt of my Cheng family. Your third sister-in-law is right!" Old Master Cheng came in from the door held by Xiaoliu's hand. Just now, Xiaoliu came to call him and said that grandma asked him to go home because the aunt was back.

His son and daughter-in-law said that they didn't have much time left, so they asked him to go home and accompany his aunt, so he came back first.

The two brothers Jiang Wuyou and Jiang Songren greeted Mr. Cheng, who happily told them to continue playing and not to bother with him.

Then he squatted by the well, washed his hands and feet, and went back to his room to change his clothes.

When Grandpa Cheng came out, Grandma Cheng was already cooking in the kitchen, so he went into the kitchen to light the fire. Listening to his sister and wife and looking at little Cheng Yu, he was also happy.

(Author has something to say: Don’t worry, the appearance of Aunt Cheng is to lay the foundation for Cheng Yu to go to the county town to do business. Do you want a detailed recipe?

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