The modern fortune-telling history of a small shopkeeper

"No wonder I said why I didn't see Auntie, my Aunt's temper... hey."

No wonder she sat here for a long time without seeing her old mother come out. Qiao Jiaolan knows how her own mother is, and the sisters-in-law and aunts of her natal family are very good to the old lady. Tell me what happened to your own mother.

But that was her own mother, and Third Aunt Qiao couldn't bear to blame her, so she couldn't help but sighed, and said to her sister-in-law: "She is also getting old, sometimes her mind is not clear, and she said it herself. She couldn't remember what she said when she turned around.

Auntie is about to say something unpleasant, sister-in-law, don't bother with her. "

"It's all from my own family, so there's nothing to be careless about. I'm just afraid that my mother-in-law has something on her mind, so she won't tell us. It just so happens that you're here. If you don't come to me, I'm thinking of going to see you later. "Auntie Qiao sometimes gets angry at her mother-in-law for ignoring them when she speaks and does things, making it hard for them to be caught in the middle.

But some things are in the past, and she didn't really keep them in mind all the time, forget about the past, we are a family.Living under the same roof, we all see each other when we look up, how can we keep a dark face every day, it's better for everyone to talk about what's going on.

"Okay, I'll talk to Auntie right now. Sister-in-law, you sit here, I'll go and see Auntie." Qiao Jiaolan said a few words to her sister-in-law, and knowing that her mother was in the house, she went to her mother's house. The house is gone.

She knocked on the door outside, and after waiting for a while, her mother came out to open the door for her.

"Aniang, why did you go to bed so early?" It's not dark yet, so you went to bed so early?Qiao Jiaolan saw the old lady with loose hair, and knew that she was sleeping in the house early.

The old lady seemed not in a good mood, she opened the door and let her daughter come in and sit down, "Just lying down, you are here."

"Why are you here so late?"

"It's only now that I'm free, so I just wanted to come and see you." Qiao Jiaolan followed the old lady into the room, and seeing that the room was a little dark, she lit the oil lamp on the table, and the two of them sat in the room. talk.

"Auntie, how are you doing recently?"

"Just some old problems."

"If you don't feel well, we'll send you to the town to see a doctor. Don't hold back."

"It's just a little problem, don't be so troublesome, just sleep twice and it will be fine."

Qiao Jiaolan knew that at this old age, some minor illnesses and pains were inevitable, but she couldn't bear the money and refused to go to the town to see her, so she couldn't do anything about it.But judging by the old lady's appearance, it shouldn't be a big problem.

The two mothers said a few words of concern before she turned to the main topic.

The sister-in-laws dare not call her mother, but yes, the sister-in-laws are daughters-in-law, and it is another level for her to be a daughter-in-law.

Qiao Jiaolan explained the truth to the old lady well, explained the truth to the old lady clearly, and let her know that she can't listen to what others say about this matter.Knowing her mother's character, she should not speak too harshly, lest the old lady really get sick from anger, and it is not her daughter who feels distressed in the end.

After listening to her daughter's call, the old lady's face was silent, and she knew in her heart that this was the case, but she just couldn't bear it.

"Aniang, you are in good health. We daughters can go out to work and earn money without worry. With you and Dad here, we can often come back to sit at home and see you." The married daughter belongs to someone else's family. Even though she is dead, Qiao Jiaolan still misses her elderly father and mother in her heart, and she often comes back to see the two elders.

The father and mother are still here, and this is their home. If the two elders leave one day, they who are daughters will not know where their home is.

"En." The old lady responded, and couldn't help sighing, the anger in her heart was gone, and she said, "Aniang understands."

Seeing that it made sense to my old lady, Qiao Jiaolan breathed a sigh of relief, took out dozens of yuan from her pocket, stuffed it into the old lady's hand, and said, "Mother, you can use this money to buy food by yourself. Don't be reluctant to buy it, just tell me if you need anything, and I'll buy it for you."

Every time she came back, she would put some money in the mother's pocket. Today, when she came back to her mother's house, she deliberately stuffed dozens of dollars into her pocket for the old mother to buy something to eat.

"Hey, what do you do with the money again, you take it back." Knowing that her daughter's life is not easy, the old lady stuffed the money back to her daughter.

The mother and daughter pushed back and forth, Qiao Jiaolan put the money into A Niang's hands, went out, stood at the door and said, "Take it, A Niang, we go out to do business every day, and we don't make much money. , You can still earn dozens of dollars a day.”

"Mother, go to bed earlier, I will come to see you again some day."

Standing outside the door, Qiao Jiaolan waved to A Niang. Seeing the hunched back and white haired appearance of the old woman standing inside the door, she felt that A Niang was really old. She felt a little sore nose for no reason.

"Come back, it's getting dark, come back whenever you are free." The old lady waved her hand and asked her daughter to go back earlier.

"Oh, that's fine, Ma'am, you go to bed earlier, Ari and I are going back."

The moment I turned around, I saw from the corner of my eye that the old lady was still standing at the door to see her off. The woman's eyes were a little moist, she sniffed, and went out.

Now the sun was setting and it was getting dark. Chen Rui and his eldest brother were drinking tea and talking outside, waiting for their daughter-in-law to come out.

"Father, brother, Ari and I will go back first."

"Well, go back earlier while it's still dark."

After Qiao Jiaolan came out of her mother's place, she went to say goodbye to her father and elder brother, and finally pulled her sister-in-law to say a few personal words, which probably meant that she had mentioned the old lady, and the old lady couldn't figure it out. Qing, let my sister-in-law take more responsibility, don't worry about it.

As a child, after getting married outside, I still miss my parents who are still alive.

Qiao Jiaolan knew what kind of temperament her own mother was, but no matter how bad it was, that was also her own mother, so she still wanted her sister-in-law to be patient and not to argue with her mother.

"No, no, come back when you are free." Mrs. Qiao took the girl's hand and asked the girl and uncle to come and sit down when they were free.

Qiao Jiaolan held hands with her sister-in-law and said a few words before she let go of her hand and said, "All right. I don't have time to go to Mingming's place. I'll go to see them some other day. Let's go back It's over, brother-in-law, dad, let's go."

"All right, come here when you are free. They are all in the same village, and you will be there in a few steps."

"well."

Aunt Qiao stood at the door, watching the eldest sister and uncle go back.

Passing by two other houses on the way out, Sangu Qiao greeted her brother and sister-in-law.

"Is this going to go back? Come in and sit down, drink a glass of water before leaving." Huang Yan saw her aunt and uncle passing by, and called them to come in and sit at home.

Qiao Jiaolan talked to her sister-in-law at the door, and said with a smile: "I won't go in today. It's getting late. There are a group of young people at home. I have to go back and take a look at them. We will come back when we are free in two days." .”

"That's right, the grandchildren at home are still young, so I have to go back and help take a look. Come and play when you have time."

"Okay, let's go."

Huang Yan walked out of the door and said a few words to her aunt. She watched her aunt and uncle leave, saw her sister-in-law still standing there, and walked over to talk to her.

Once the two sisters-in-law and sisters-in-law stood together, they would have endless words to talk about. If it wasn't for the fact that it was getting dark now, they would have continued talking.

The two returned to their respective homes, and the sky gradually darkened.

***

Before dawn the next day, the members of their family began to grind beans to make tofu.

It's not easy to earn a little money these days. Everyone wakes up early and stays late, working from morning to night, and the little money they earn is enough to make ends meet.The men in the village who go out to fish in the river all go out in the middle of the night, rowing boats to go fishing in the river, and the women in some families also go out fishing with the men in the family.

In this year, there are no disasters or difficulties. As long as you are not a lazy person, as long as you work hard, you will not starve to death.People have a yearning for a better life in their hearts, and they all think that if they work hard to make money, life will be better.

The fire in the stove was burning brightly, and the boiling soy milk was gurgling and emitting white smoke. The whole kitchen was in full swing. Everyone didn't feel tired after getting up to work so early.When the soy milk boils, the fire in the stove should be lowered, and it will be fine to cook for two or three minutes. After the fire is turned off, remove the foam floating on it, and wait for it to cool.

Everyone made tofu the day before, and we will make it again today. Everyone knows how to make tofu, so it is faster to make today.

Today's fish was delivered a little earlier than yesterday. Uncle Qiao took the fish brought by his brother. The fish had just been caught, and his tail was still wagging when he picked it up. He laughed and said, "This fish is not bad today."

"Yeah, it's a little bigger than yesterday's." The two brothers only said a few words, and now Qiao Chunyuan was in a hurry to sell the fish, so he didn't talk to the eldest brother, and he had to send the fish over. Hurry up and leave.

This time, Uncle Qiao didn't chase his brother to give the fish money. Seeing his brother leave in a hurry, he shouted from behind, "Come back later and count the fish money."

"Okay, don't worry, it doesn't matter if you count slowly." Qiao Chungui waved his hand, and he walked away.

Uncle Qiao carried the fish into the big basin and shouted to the people in the yard, "The fish is here."

"Let's kill the fish first."

The head of the fish needs to be deboned, only the fish meat, and the blood on the head of the fish is cleaned, so that the fish balls are beautiful.The cleaned fish needs to be smashed with the back of a knife little by little. Fortunately, there are so many of them, and everyone divides the work and cooperates to make it quickly.

Making fish balls is delicate work. If you add more water or less water, more salt or less salt, the texture and taste of the fish balls are completely different.