Chapter 23 Family Reunion
Han took the radish, took a bite, and nodded, "Don't say, the radish grown by my mother tastes really good. It's not spicy, sweet and crispy, and delicious." She is a clever word, and it's good to make her say it taste delicious.
Zhu also took a piece and ate it, "Mom, leave some seeds next year, this radish is good. I will go back and ask if I want it in the restaurant. This red color is good, and it is good to make a platter or something."
"Oh, okay, if the restaurant really wants it, we will have more than one more next year and we can earn some money." Chen was very happy when he heard this. No matter whether he could sell it or not, at least his wife has this family in her heart, that's all.
The other brother Zhixin and others were chatting there. Zhide looked at his younger brother and felt a little sad. He had long been a scholar, but he didn't have the courage to take the provincial examination. Unexpectedly, his younger brother would really get into the exam. "Oh, Lao Wu, the fourth brother will benefit from you in the future. If you become prosperous in the future, don't forget your fourth brother?"
Zhixiang didn't know what his brother was thinking, so he smiled and said, "Fourth brother, our brother, why don't you benefit from it? Isn't my brother's? I told me that my brother should also take the provincial examination, no matter what, he should try it. If he passes the exam, our father will be so happy that he can't sleep?"
After hearing Zhixiang's words, Zhide really had the idea of going to the provincial examination. If he could pass the imperial examination, he could at least become a minor official. Isn't it better than teaching? "Okay, the fourth brother has this idea, but it seems that he will have to wait for another three years, and I will also take the exam. When the fifth brother is free, he will help me tell you some of the things about the provincial examination."
Zhixiang naturally agreed, all of them were brothers, so there was no need to hide them. Zhixiang looked back at Zhixin, "Brother, when will our family start ginseng planting? I will go there too."
Zhixin has drunk a lot today, and now he is a little drunk. "I'll go tomorrow, so you don't need it. It's better to read books at home or go out to see your classmates. In total, it's just five or six feet tall. It won't be enough for so many people, my father, Wenhan, Wencheng. It's time for the children to practice. If you can't just study, you have to understand how you live this day." Zhixin got up and walked towards his house, "Okay, my alcohol has also come up. Go back to the house to sleep. I'll have to go up the mountain tomorrow. Third and fourth brothers, don't leave today. Stay at home for one night, and let your sister-in-law make some delicious food at night." After that, he left.
Zhiming was listening to Zhide and Zhixiang talking about the provincial examinations, but he didn't understand them. He got up and went to the old lady's house and sat next to Chen. "Mom, the sticks at home look good this year, right? I told our shopkeeper that all the ginseng this year are given to him, which is one percent higher than what we sell. Do you think this is the case?"
Chen was very happy after hearing what his third son said. The three old couples belonged to the Gu family. Although they lived in the county town and were far away from home, they were all worried about the family and never forgot the family if there was any good thing. "Okay, that's fine. The price of this first % higher can be sold several taels of silver. Huixin should also talk about marriage, and the fifth brother should also talk about his wife. There are more places to spend money in the future. It would be great if he could sell more."
Han listened to them and secretly curled his lips, but said nothing else.
Xue knew that everyone was staying at home tonight, so she went out to see what food to make at night. "Mom, you, the third and fourth wife, and the fourth wife, are talking here. I'll go see what food to make at night. It's rare that the third and fourth families are at home. Our own house is also lively at night." After saying that, he walked out.
After hearing this, Zhu also came out. "Sister-in-law, I'm with you, you can't be busy alone." The sister-in-law and chopped two cabbages in the garden. Xue asked Wenhan to go to the town to see if there were any tofu sellers, and then buy some vermicelli to come back.
Wen Han took the money, scooped some soybeans and left. The ones who bought tofu were not only sold, but also exchanged beans. Ordinary merchants exchanged beans. It was already in the early days, so they had to go to the town quickly, or the ones who sold tofu would go back.
Xue and Zhu discussed some dishes, and finally decided to stew cabbage, tofu, vermicelli and potatoes. There were not too many celery at this time, which was enough to eat. In addition, the dried fish dried by the children in summer were fried on a plate. Chen said to kill another chicken and stew some mushrooms. This would be four dishes. This is good. The dishes were all filled with some meat, which was bought yesterday. The staple food was naturally rhubarb rice. I planted some millet this year and ground it out a few days ago. This was a rare thing to eat on weekdays.
Wenhan also bought the tofu and vermicelli, so Xue's vermicelli soaked the vermicelli in hot water and cut the tofu into pieces. Two stoves, one with chickens stewed in it, and the other with stir-frying. "Wenhan, come back with some firewood, there is not enough firewood at home."
"Hey, mom, I'll go now." Wenhan agreed, turned around and went out to carry the firewood. Wencheng was idle and went out too. Not long after, the two of them hugged each other and put them next to the stove. "Mom, is there anything else to do? If not, I will take my brothers out for fun."
"Go and play. You are not idle this autumn, so it's time to take a break. Tomorrow, with your father, we will go up the mountain to get ginseng plants. You guys can help pick them up." The children at home are very sensible. They have gotten back a lot of things this autumn. After these things are dried and sold, they just sell cotton to make winter clothes for the children. These two young men have a lot of clothes and are fast-growing, so they can't wear old clothes for a long time.
Wen Han naturally led his younger brothers out to play happily, and Wen Xing, the boy from Zhide's family, also went out to play with everyone.
Seeing the children running away all of a sudden, Xue said with emotion: "You said this second wife is the same. Why can she bear such two good sons? It's so cruel."
"No, if it were me, I wouldn't be able to bear these two children. I'm looking forward to it, hoping to have a son, but she's so good, she just threw her son away." Zhu also muttered. "By the way, sister-in-law, would you say I could adopt Wenchang? It just so happens that I don't have a son, and my nephew is not the same as my son?" Zhu thought about it for a long time, and today he happened to discuss it with Xue.
"In theory, Wenchang is our nephew, just like his son, and there is nothing wrong with adopting him. However, you two are still young, so you don't have to hurry to adopt the child. Maybe you can still have it in two years. What will Wenchang do then? Take time to tell our mother about this and see what she means. I don't think our mother can agree." Xue said while talking, he didn't stop and cut the cabbage. As the pot was hot, he started to stir-fry the cabbage.
"Is that okay? I want to talk to my mother to try it." Seeing that Xue had poured the cabbage into the pot, Zhu went to cut potatoes. The sister-in-law and the sister-in-law were busy in the kitchen, and they were sweating for a while.
The two of them worked hard for a while and finally prepared all the food. At this time, the children who went out to play also came back. Xue asked the children to wash their hands and prepare for dinner. Jingya and Jinghan also came to help serve the dishes, set dishes, chopsticks, etc. There were two tables at home, and they just sat down. The children were so happy when they saw so many good dishes. "Grandma, it's almost the New Year today. It's good to eat at noon and evening, which is great." Wencheng said while eating.
"When our family lives well, we will eat like this every day." Chen felt a little sad when he looked at the children. He lived this life, and the children couldn't get some delicious food.
Wenxing there still doesn't want to eat this one, and the one who doesn't like it. Zhide couldn't help but scold him when he saw it. Han stared at Zhide. Chen and the old man saw it, and he felt a little displeased, but he didn't show it. Chen picked a few pieces of chicken and put it in Wenxing's bowl, "Come on, my grandson is a rare trip back and eat some chicken."
Wen Xing saw the chicken and quickly asked his mother to make it for him to eat. Jingxian, who was beside him, looked at it and said, "Brother is so embarrassed. He is so big, so he still asks his aunt to feed him."
Zhu quickly glared at Jingxian, "Hurry up and eat, so many dishes can't block your mouth." As he said that, he picked up the meat and put it in his daughter's bowl.
The old man looked there and was really unable to see it. "I said, "The fourth brother, you are too spoiled with children. Wenxing is five years old this year, and Jingxian is five years old, two months younger than Wenxing. Look at Jingxian, she eats by herself and is neat and neat. Wenxing still needs to be fed to. Which year is she going to feed? Are she twenty or fifty?"
Before Zhide could speak, Han said, "I don't like to listen to Dad, my Wenxing, that's a boy. We are very precious, but just feeding a meal. What's more amazing?" It's true that Han held Wenxing, and her daughter Jinghe was sitting there by herself. Although Han also fed her, she didn't hold her. Jinghe was only over three years old.
Jinghan looked around and knew that Aunt Fourth really favored boys over girls. I really don’t understand, so what’s wrong with girls? Isn’t girls also raised by their parents? Why bother with treatment?
When the old man heard Han's words, he sighed helplessly, "Oh, your children, just do whatever they love, and you will understand from now on."
At noon, the men drank a lot of alcohol, but they didn't drink it at night. They had to go up the mountain to work tomorrow, so they naturally couldn't drink it. Everyone hurriedly finished their meal, and Chen arranged the rooms for the third and fourth families to stay in, and everyone went to rest.
Chapter completed!