Farmer's wife: My husband came back and the house was in chaos

Yao Qingnian took out the cleaned snake, cut it into pieces, threw it into the pot to blanch it, then took it out, washed it and put it back into the pot.

I originally wanted to fry it with oil, but my family was very poor and we didn’t even have any onions, ginger, or garlic, let alone oil.

There were a few lumps of coarse salt on the salt shaker.

Throw a small piece of salt into the pot, cover it, and start stewing the snake meat.

When Liu Shu came back from work, she saw Yao Qingnian busy in the kitchen. A sweet aroma filled her nose and her stomach growled unconsciously. What was she cooking? It smelled so good.

Putting down the hoe, Liu Shuyue fetched water to wash her hands and looked towards the kitchen.

"Mom, you're back. Sit down for a while. It's almost time for dinner."

Yao Qingnian turned around and saw Liu Shuyue peeking into the kitchen. When Liu Shuyue saw that she had seen through her, she showed an embarrassed expression and went back to the house with her hands behind her back.

The food was almost cooked, Yao Qingnian put out the remaining fire in the stove, and then shouted loudly: "Yinuo, call grandpa and grandma to come out for dinner."

There was a huge pot of snake soup, and even a big bowl couldn’t hold it all.

"Coming!"

Yinuo smelled the fragrance, ran out and sat obediently at the table.

"Have you washed your hands? Go wash your hands before you eat, otherwise there will be germs."

"Ok."

Yinuo went to wash his hands obediently.

Liu Shuyue also came out and saw the meat on the table, and had the illusion that it was New Year's Day.

"What is this? It's not a festival, where did the meat come from?"

“Dragon meat is a rare delicacy in the world”

Yao Qingnian kept the question in suspense.

"Just brag! Why don't you say it's swan meat?"

Liu Shuyue looked at her playful appearance, and her mood inexplicably relaxed, but she was still harsh in her words. Yao Qingnian didn't care. After spending these days together, she knew that Liu Shuyue was a person with a sharp tongue but a soft heart.

"Mom, let's call Dad out to eat together!"

When Yao Qingnian came here, she treated this place as her home. If she wanted to have a good relationship with her family, the first step would be to create more opportunities for them to spend time together and let them slowly believe that she had really changed.

"No need, I'll just bring it in for him."

"If you let Dad get out more often to see the sun, it will help his legs and feet recover!"

"Yeah." Liu Shuyue went into the house and carried Lu Mingchuan out after hearing that it was good for his legs and feet.

Yao Qingnian moved a stool and helped Lu Mingchuan sit down. He hadn't left the room for a long time and had the illusion that he was in another world. A breeze blew over him, and he felt refreshed, all his past troubles swept away.

"Come, try it and see if it tastes good! There's more in the pot!"

Yao Qingnian scooped a large bowl of meat and soup for each of the three of them.

Liu Shuyue didn't hesitate and took a sip of the soup first. She couldn't tell what it was, but she felt it was fresh and delicious, so she couldn't help but drink two more sips.

Yinuo didn't move. Thinking of the scary snake, he couldn't put down his chopsticks.

"Why don't you eat, Yinuo?"

Yao Qingnian looked at Yinuo who wanted to eat but didn't dare to eat, and couldn't help but smile.

“I don’t dare to eat…”

"Why don't you dare eat it? Yao Qingnian, what kind of meat is this? Stop keeping us in suspense!"

Liu Shuyue thought of Yao Qingnian's past behavior and began to doubt her again, so she put down her bowl and chopsticks.

"Yinuo, eat it with confidence! This broth is extremely delicious. I guarantee you'll want more after eating it."

Yao Qingnian picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.

"Grandma, this is snake meat."

"What? Snake meat is poisonous, how can we eat it?!"

"Of course, as long as it's processed properly, it won't be poisonous. If you don't eat it, I will."

After coming here for so many days, she has either been eating instant noodles or brown rice porridge and has not had a proper meal. This snake soup is really delicious, with its original flavor, without any additives and no fishy smell. The meat is tender and fresh. After taking a sip of the soup, she felt like she was alive again.

Seeing how happily she was eating, Yinuo couldn't help but picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, his eyes wide open.

“It’s really delicious!”

Yinuo quickly forgot the terrifying sight of the snake, with only meat in his eyes.

"Eat it! Huai Jin and I went hunting in the mountains before. There wasn't much to eat, and we ate snake meat before. But this snake looks pretty big. How did you catch it?"

Liu Shuyue was relieved when she heard that it was not poisonous. She still had the same doubt as Lu Mingchuan: how did Yao Qingnian, a woman's husband, catch such a big snake?

"Knock, knock, knock" someone knocked on the gate.

"Who is it? Here I come!" Liu Shuyue walked over and opened the gate.

Chen Daniu's mother Wu Chunmiao and his wife Luo Erya were standing at the door holding a basket.

"Shu Yue, is your daughter-in-law here?"

"She's here, Chunmiao, come in and talk."

Liu Shuyue thought, could it be that Yao Qingnian is getting into trouble?

When the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of Daniu's family entered the yard, they saw Lu Mingchuan and others sitting there eating. They heard that Yao Qingnian either beat or scolded her parents-in-law, but now they saw that Lu Mingchuan's family was sitting there eating in harmony.

"Chun Miao, why are you here? Have you eaten? Come and sit down and have a bite."

Lu Mingchuan saw that the person was Wu Chunmiao, so he greeted him and asked them to sit down. Lu Mingchuan and Daniu's father were old acquaintances and they often made appointments to have a drink together.

"We've eaten. Mingchuan, are you feeling better?"

"Same as always, not bad. What brings you here today?"

"We are here to thank Qingnian. It was thanks to her that Daniu's problem this morning happened. If it weren't for Qingnian, our family wouldn't know what to do!"

Wu Chunmiao pulled her daughter-in-law to kneel down and kowtow to Yao Qingnian. Yao Qingnian was caught off guard and quickly reached out to help them both up.

"We are all from the same village. If we encounter this, we will help as much as we can. Aunt, you don't have to take it to heart. Get up quickly. You are torturing me like this."

The situation of Chen Daniu's family was found from the original owner's memory. Chen Daniu was originally going to be conscripted into the army with Lu Huaijin and others. His father couldn't bear to let his son go, fearing that his family would be extinct, so he went to the battlefield instead of him.

There are many families in the village who are in the same situation as theirs. Life is already difficult, and the labor force has to go to the battlefield, which undoubtedly makes the situation even worse.

"You should. You saved Daniu, so you are our family's savior!"

"It's good that he's okay. Remember to let him rest well in the next two days so that he can recover quickly."

Chen Daniu's family is pretty nice and they know how to be grateful. It seems they didn't save the wrong person.

"We don't have anything valuable, so Qingnian, please take this basket of eggs."

Luo Erya handed the egg to Yao Qingnian gratefully.

"This is impossible!"

Eggs are very precious in this era. Most villagers would not eat the eggs laid by chickens themselves but would sell them for money. Chen Daniu's family is not well off, so he is thoughtful to be able to get such a basket of eggs.

Liu Shuyue and his wife listened for a long time before they understood that Yao Qingnian had saved Chen Daniu, and Chen Daniu's mother and wife had specially brought eggs to thank Yao Qingnian.

"Qing Nian, just accept it! Our Daniu's life is nothing compared to this basket of eggs!"

Seeing that Yao Qingnian didn't take it, Wu Chunmiao took the egg from Luo Erya's hand and put it on the table.

"We are all from the same village, and everyone needs help when they have a problem. I appreciate your kindness, and you can take the things back."

Yao Qingnian picked up the eggs and returned them to them, but the two of them turned around and ran away as if they had agreed beforehand.

Yao Qingnian looked at Liu Shuyue with a somewhat amusing look.

"what happened?!"

Yinuo told Liu Shuyue everything that happened in the morning.

"We went to collect grass for pigs in the morning. When we came back, we heard someone shouting for help. We walked over and found out that it was Uncle Daniu who was bitten by a poisonous snake. My mother saved him at the critical moment. The snake we are eating now is the one that bit him."

"I see. Daniu and his friends are having a hard time too. I'll find a chance to send the eggs back. What do you think?"

"I have no objection, mother, you can send it back!"

Yao Qingnian and Yinuo continued to eat the meat with relish, and they ate up all the snake meat.

Liu Shuyue and Lu Mingchuan looked at each other, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on their faces.