Chen Zhaozhao couldn't help but laugh when he looked at their expressions.
"We have to wait until evening, so we can make fried tofu for dinner."
"I haven't eaten tofu in a long time." Chen Simei said.
Tofu is also a very luxurious dish here. The last time their family ate it was during the Chinese New Year when they went to the New Year's Fair and bought it at the market.
Some rural people in Huixi County who are good at making tofu only make it during the New Year's Fair and exchange it for things at the market.
Making tofu in exchange for something is very popular.
Generally you have to get it early enough to get it.
"It takes so long~" Chen Simei sighed.
Chen Xiaoni also sighed, "How long~"
Chen Zhaozhao was amused by her appearance. He glanced at the rag doll held tightly in her arms and deliberately teased her, "Xiao Ni, you won't be able to make tofu while holding the rag doll. In order to make tofu successful, you must
Can you throw away the rag doll?"
Chen Xiaoni hugged the doll tightly in fear and shook her head.
Chen Zhaozhao frowned, looking embarrassed, "But with the doll here, the tofu won't be made."
"Yes, Xiaoni, throw away the doll quickly." Chen Simei also teased her.
"No..." Chen Xiaoni hugged the doll tighter, pursed her lips and cried.
Chen Zhaozhao and Chen Simei were stunned.
"You two..." Liu Guihua came over and glared at the two of them, "Why are you teasing Xiaoni like this? You'll make her cry." Then she picked up Xiaoni and coaxed her, "Okay, be good, don't cry, you
Mom and Fourth Aunt are teasing you."
Chen Xiaoni was sobbing and looked very pitiful. Chen Zhaozhao was funny and distressed. He took his daughter from Liu Guihua's arms and coaxed her with a smile.
"I'm sorry, baby. Mom is wrong. Mom doesn't tease you anymore. Mom just teases you. We don't throw away the doll. In fact, we can only become better if we have the doll tofu."
Xiaoni particularly likes the rag doll her father bought, and she has been holding it since she got it.
"Ouch~ Baby Xiaoni, don't cry! Fourth aunt is teasing you~" Chen Simei began to make faces to coax Chen Xiaoni.
Chen Xiaoni stopped crying and pursed her lips, "Fourth Aunt is bad~"
"Ouch~ Why don't you say your mother is bad?"
Chen Xiaoni pursed her lips and said nothing.
"Oh, you little guy, you still know how to favor your mother." Chen Simei pinched Chen Xiaoni's face.
Chen Xiaoni smiled at her and leaned into Chen Zhaozhao's arms.
Chen Zhaozhao kissed her furry little head, feeling soft in his heart.
"Xiao Ni is so good~" Chen Damei, who was washing the pot, said with a smile.
Seeing Chen Zhaozhao and Chen Xiaoni being intimate, their faces were filled with joy, envy, and a little worry at the same time.
She had finished taking the medicine, but there was still no movement in her stomach.
I don’t know if this medicine is useful. The first two times I went to help at banquets, people in the village stabbed her over it again.
Chen Zhaozhao saw the sadness on Chen Damei's face and said, "Sister, don't worry, I believe I can do it."
"Really?" Chen Damei was not as excited as when he first got the medicine.
"Of course it's true. We've just finished taking the medicine, and it will take some time for it to take effect."
"Hey, let's wait a little longer."
"You have to relax."
Chen Damei nodded.
"Sister." Chen Simei said, "Did someone say something again?"
"Definitely." Chen Sanmei said, "Those women with long tongues just love to gossip and are very annoying."
"Sister, don't worry, Zhao Zhao said it will work, it will definitely work." Chen Ermei also advised.
"Yeah, don't worry." Liu Guihua said.
Although she said not to worry, she was actually a little anxious. Da Mei was already twenty-five and her birthday would be twenty-sixth in a few days. There was a child in the village who was the same age as her and gave birth to three children. The older one was six.
Seven years old.
"I'm already twenty-five~" Chen Damei said, "I'm too old. If I don't have another baby, I really can't have one."
"Twenty-five is not old. Twenty-five is still young. The book says that the best age for women to have children is between twenty-five and thirty. Besides, some people can give birth to children in their forties. Don't listen to the aunt in the village.
Nonsense." Chen Zhaozhao said.
She understands the thinking of rural people in this era. Basically, they get married at eighteen and have their first child at nineteen or twenty. After twenty-three, they are called old girls.
But after experiencing later life, she felt that twenty-five was really too young.
"Are you telling the truth?" Chen Damei asked in disbelief, "Is it true that someone over forty can still give birth?"
"Of course, will I lie to you? So you can rest assured." Chen Zhaozhao comforted Chen Damei again.
The tofu was cooked, and in the afternoon Chen Zhaozhao and the others pulled vegetable seedlings and picked vegetable moss.
The vegetable moss in the backyard can only be picked for the last time, and Chen Zhaozhao is thinking about what to plant.
This season, most people grow cabbage, but she can't grow it, because it's worthless in large quantities.
She thought about it and decided to plant beans.
Given the temperature in Lishan Village, it would normally be too early to plant beans, at least more than half a month later, but it doesn't matter. With Lingquan water, it won't be a problem.
Beans come on the market early, there is a market, and fresh beans are not sold. They can be made into pickled beans or dried beans, which are very good.
Chen Zhaozhao decided, so he took some carob seeds saved from the previous year and went back to his room to tinker with them.
In the evening, Yu Jing returned.
As soon as he got off his bicycle outside the hospital, he heard a surprised "Wow~" sound coming from inside.
He couldn't help but curl his lips.
Pushing his bicycle into the courtyard, Chen Dawang was the first to notice him and greeted him, telling him that Chen Zhaozhao and the others were in the kitchen.
Yu Jinggui put away his bicycle, took off his bamboo hat and raincoat and went over.
"What are you so happy about?" he asked as he entered the door.
"Dad." Chen Xiaoni's eyes lit up when she saw him. She was squatting by the wooden frame looking at tofu, but when she saw Yu Jinggui, she immediately got up and ran towards him.
Yu Jinggui put down the pot of oil he was carrying, picked up Chen Xiaoni, and held her softly in his arms. He felt warm in his heart.
"Dad, Tofu." Chen Xiaoni happily pointed to Tofu who was surrounded by people.
Chen Zhaozhao just picked up the wooden frame and put it on the kitchen table, then carefully took out the tofu from the wooden frame.
"Comrade Yu, you are here~" Liu Guihua was very happy to see Yu Jinggui.
Yu Jinggui greeted Liu Guihua and the others and looked at the tofu on the kitchen table. It was square, firm, white and tender. It looked very delicious, and the air was full of the fragrance of tofu.
"Looks really good."
Chen Zhaozhao looked at him and smiled brightly, "I thought you wouldn't come tonight."
"How could you not come if you promised to come?"
"It's raining, are you not wet?" Chen Zhaozhao asked, looking at him and finding that his trousers were wet, "Your trousers are wet, go and bake them quickly."
"Change into another one." Liu Guihua said and looked at Zhang Genshan, "Genshan, please bring a pair of clean pants for Comrade Yu to change into."
"Hey~" Zhang Genshan responded and walked to the room.
"The eldest brother-in-law's pants are short." Chen Simei said: "I think Comrade Yu should put his clothes here for later use."
"Yes, yes." Liu Guihua agreed, "We have been knitting sweaters and sewing trousers recently. Zhao Zhao, why don't you sew one for Comrade Yu?"
Chen Zhaozhao, "..."
Why didn't she realize that her mother was so capable before?
Yu Jinggui was a little moved when he heard this, but he saw the resistance on Chen Zhaozhao's face and smiled and said, "That's really troublesome for Comrade Zhaozhao. Don't worry, I will give you the money."