Chapter 126 Mrs. Xu's temper
Xu Xing'er walked out with a basket and was coming back from outside. Seeing this, Xu Xing'er greeted him, "Master, are you back? Have you eaten yet?"
Old man Xu looked tired, and even his back, which was usually straight, collapsed a little. He dragged his feet into the house.
"My mother asked me to bring the food, but the cake was dropped by the milk. Eat some while it's hot." Seeing this, Xu Xinger put the braised pork and bean potato pork on the stove and opened the cupboard to look. There were still several cakes mixed with noodles, but they didn't buckle a bowl and plate. It was a little hardened by the wind. She cut them into several pieces with a knife, and then squatted down to add firewood to the stove pit, ready to heat them up.
Old Xu went into the room and walked around. He saw the broken plates and dirty cakes on the ground. His face was gloomy. He looked at Mrs. Xu and didn't say anything. He came out behind his back and said to Xu Xinger, "Don't be hot. Take the vegetables and go to your house for lunch!"
Xu Xinger was stunned. She didn't expect old man Xu to say so. He usually doesn't pretend to be a few sons. If he has to say which one he likes better, he seems to be better for the boss. After all, he is the eldest son. Moreover, he has always held the air of the elder and never went to his son's house for dinner. Today, the sun really came out in the west.
"Ok, but... what about milk?" Xu Xinger asked with her eyes to the room.
"She dropped all the plates. It seems that she doesn't want to eat them. Let's just eat our own." Old man Xu walked out with his hands behind his back.
Xu Xinger put two bowls of vegetables and buns together in the cupboard. She hesitated for a moment and didn't enter the room to say anything. She put on the basket and followed Mr. Xu home.
Xu Laosan has come back from the field, washed his face and hands, and has begun to drink at the table, but he hasn't moved his chopsticks yet, waiting for Xu Xinger to come back and eat together.
Several people at the table stood up when they saw Mr. Xu coming in. Xu Laosan and Ye were even more surprised.
"Dad, why did you come here? Is there anything wrong?" Xu Laosan got up and gave up his seat to old man Xu, "Let's eat together!"
Ye went out to get a bowl of chopsticks, poured a glass of wine for Mr. Xu, and said, "Dad, whether you eat it or not, it's good to sit down and drink wine and eat two mouthfuls of dishes."
Shanzi politely said hello before sitting down again.
Xu Xinger put the basket back in place, washed her hands and came in and said, "I haven't eaten yet. He said come and eat with us."
Xu Laosan didn't think much about anything. When he saw his father rarely come to have a meal, he was very happy. He kept picking up vegetables for the old man and touched two glasses of wine. Finally, he blushed when he drank it. He seemed to be a little drunk and his interest was getting higher and higher.
Old Xu has been silent. Xu Laosan drank a glass with him. When he didn't touch the glass, he buried himself in drinking and didn't move his chopsticks to pick up vegetables.
Xu Xinger knew that he was drinking wine, so she couldn't persuade him, so she could only try to put vegetables in his bowl.
Old Xu did not refuse to come. He ate whatever was in the bowl, but he still drank more wine. He was already drunk on the table before he finished eating.
Xu Laosan helped him to lie down on the bed. The family finished the meal silently. Even the peaches who were drooling before just finished eating quickly, and then slipped back to the West Room to play by themselves.
After having lunch, Xu Xinger sent Shanzi out and said very sorryly, "Today's lunch is relatively rich. I specially left you at home for a meal. I didn't expect such a situation to make you have no appetite."
"Who said I had no appetite? I was full!" Shanzi patted his stomach and said that he had eaten very well. "You have a good rest at home these two days. You can go to the city after July and a half. At that time, Tang pears are just covered and you can sell them by the way."
"Why?" Xu Xinger still owes money for ginseng and can't wait to earn more. How can she not go to the city to sell pickles? She shook her head resolutely and said, "If you have something to do, I'll go by myself. Manager Chen still has to send radish strips!"
"The doctor told you to have a good rest and have a good rest at home these days. I will send radish strips tomorrow and say hello to Sister Mei by the way." Shanzi refused to compromise at all and said with a straight face, "If you don't listen to me, I will tell my aunt that you fainted in the mountain today."
Xu Xinger was immediately stabbed in the door and had no choice but to respond.
Shanzi rubbed her head with a smile and said, "Well, it's sunny outside at noon. Go back quickly, take a nap and run around everywhere."
"I know, it's more nagging than my mother!" Xu Xinger said so, but there was still a smile on the corners of her lips.
"Xing'er, this is Shanzi, isn't it?" Brother Cheng happened to come out of the house and saw two people standing on the path at the door and talking. She also took two steps forward and looked at the mountain quietly. She was not short and energetic, but she was tanned, which was better than her son.
"Aunt, have you had lunch?" Xu Xinger didn't feel strange at all and greeted her as usual.
Shanzi noticed that he looked up and down at his eyes, only pretended not to find it, nodded with a smile, and also followed Xu Xinger to call people: "Good aunt!"
"Okay, okay." Brother Cheng said with a smile, "I often hear Xing's mother mention you and praise you. I always say that if my brother Cheng has the ability like you, I will be much more worry-free."
"Aunuch, don't praise me. I'm embarrassed." Shanzi had a proper smile on her face, exchanged a few politely, and turned back to Xu Xinger and said, "Go back quickly. Don't bask in the sun outside. Tell your aunt thank her for leaving me to eat. My aunt's cooking is much better than my mother's cooking. I'm full today."
"You can talk, just give my mother a ecstasy." Xu Xinger glanced at him with a smile on her eyebrows, "Let's go quickly and be careful on the way!"
Just as Cheng's mother wanted to say something, she saw Xu Lingzi turn around from the intersection and raised her voice, "Xing'er, is your father at home?"
"Suntie, what's wrong?" Xing'er greeted him and said, "I just went to see that you were not there. Have you had lunch? There are dishes and cakes at home. Come in first and eat something later.
"You took the dishes in the cupboard, didn't you?" Xu Lingzi asked.
Xu Xinger nodded and said, "Yes, what's wrong?"
"Did you see your grandfather when you went there?" Xu Lingzi asked anxiously.
"My grandfather is at my house. I just had dinner and drank two more glasses of wine. I'm sleeping in the east room now. What's wrong?"
"Oh, it's okay, just stay here. I didn't see him when I got home. I didn't know what happened, so I came to look for him.
Xu Lingzi breathed a sigh. She had just returned from Xu's second house to cook. She saw the stove full of broken porcelain pieces, such as bread, braised pork, beans, potatoes and so on. When she entered the room, she saw Mrs. Xu sitting on the kang and was angry and asked nothing. Old Man Xu disappeared and was scared into a cold sweat.
Xu Xinger looked at her face and knew that things should not be so simple, but she didn't ask anything. Hearing her stomach grunting protest, she laughed and said, "My sister-in-law, the world is the biggest to eat. If you have anything, you have to fill your stomach before you have to fill your stomach. Come into the room quickly."
Xu Lingzi had dinner and pulled Ye into the house to spit out bitter water. She has really had enough of family affairs these days.
Xu Laoer is still lying on the kang and can't get up, and Yingzi refuses to leave the house. Mrs. Xu's temper is getting worse and worse day by day, and she often loses her temper for no reason. Chen doesn't show up at all on the pretext of raising the fetus.
Xu Laoshi and Lingzi are so busy that they have to hit the back of their heads on the head. They have to face the strange eyes of the villagers outside. When they go home, they also have to face Mrs. Xu's unnamed temper and abuse.
Xu Lingzi became more and more excited. She threw herself into Ye's arms and cried, "Sister-in-law, I don't care about doing more work, but I'm too tired and uncomfortable these days!"
Ye stroked Xu Lingzi's hair and comforted him softly, "I know you feel uncomfortable, but things have happened, so we can only face it, can't we? It will be fine after this while. Why don't you come and help me take care of some children these two days? I'll take care of my mother.
"I just spit out bitter water, can I really put it aside?" Xu Lingzi wiped her tears and shook her head and said, "Besides, if I dodge every day, my mother may do something else at that time!"
Xu Lingzi knew that Mrs. Xu was her own mother, and she could hardly stand it now, let alone her daughter-in-law to take care of her.
At present, the family is like this, and only the third brother's family is more reliable. She doesn't want to let Mrs. Xu and Ye's relationship freeze. What's more, Xu Xing'er stared at it. Even if Ye didn't say anything, Xu Xing'er would be very tricky if she made trouble.
Xu Xinger was not interested in Xu Lingzi's complaints. In fact, she didn't need to listen and knew what she said, so she didn't follow into the house at all, but cleaned the jar in the stove.
After buying the garlic, it has been soaked in water for seven days and changed the water three times. Today is the seventh day. The spicy taste in the garlic has almost been soaked out. It's time to take it out and pick it.
Take the soaked garlic into the fence and drain the water, put it layer by layer in the jar, sprinkle salt while spreading it, and finally put it into the mouth of the jar, gently roll it on the ground, let the garlic mix well with salt, and then put it in the shade behind the door.
Xu Lingzi came out of the room with red eyes and complained. She couldn't hide and go back all the time.
Xu Xinger got up and said, "Sister, I'll go with you and bring back the bowl by the way. There are only a few bowls of noodles at home in the evening. If you don't bring them back, it won't be enough."
"Ah... bowl..." Xu Lingzi was stunned at first when she heard the words, and then quickly said, "Well, what, oh, by the way, the dishes you brought haven't been eaten yet. Just wait for me to go back and pour out the dishes and wash them clean before I bring them back for you."
Xu Xinger greeted Ye and said, "Mom, won't you go and see it together? I don't know if the milk's body is better.
Hearing this, Ye nodded repeatedly and said, "It's time to go and have a look. I've been busy today and haven't passed yet."
Xu Lingzi didn't expect it to be like this. Her words became more and more difficult to speak, and she stammered, "Well, sister-in-law, you still have to take care of the child. Well, if you have this heart, I, I will tell my mother..."
Ye thought that Mrs. Xu had a bad temper recently. If she didn't go to face her all day, she might not know how to turn over the old debts afterwards.
"Well, sister-in-law, let me tell you the truth. Don't be angry." Seeing that she couldn't avoid it, Xu Lingzi finally gritted her teeth and said, "My mother was at home by herself. I don't know what she was angry about and smashed the dishes and so on. When I went home, I fell all over the ground, so I came here without eating..."
When Ye heard this, her heart seemed to be blocked by something. She was very uncomfortable. Her lips muffled a few times, but she could spit out half a word.