Chen Zhaozhao insisted, and Liu Guihua also wanted her daughter to come. After some persuasion, Chen Dawang agreed and asked Chen Sanmei and Chen Simei to call for help.
Chen Sanmei and Chen Simei left, Chen Dawang and Zhang Genshan went to chop wood, and Liu Guihua took Zhang Xiaoni and Chen Damei to the kitchen.
Chen Zhaozhao returned to the room, and she had to play the role of the wounded.
After a while, Liu Guihua brought a bowl of bone soup.
Maybe it's because the quality of pork bones in this era is good, or maybe it's because it's too bland in this era. Chen Zhaozhao could smell the fragrance through the door.
"Wow~it smells so good~" Chen Zhaozhao exclaimed with a smile.
Liu Guihua looked at her smiling face, and her sad face also smiled, "Drink more if it smells good."
"This is too much." Chen Zhaozhao looked at a bowl full of soup, oily flowers and meat. The aroma was fragrant, whetting people's appetite.
If it were in her previous life, she would have been able to finish the drink happily if she had lacked oil and water in her stomach. But now, although she is short of oil and water in her stomach, she still feels it in her head. She looks greasy at the oil.
"I don't drink so much, bring me a small bowl and share it out."
"How much is this, drink quickly, Xiaoni and I are going to help your elder sister." After Liu Guihua said this, she pulled Chen Xiaoni away, and Chen Zhaozhao couldn't stop shouting.
Helpless, she had no choice but to get up and go to the kitchen with the bowl in hand. It just so happened that she could take this opportunity to put some spiritual spring water in the kitchen. As long as she put a little into the water tank, the taste of washing vegetables and cooking with that water would be greatly improved.
This is what she verified this morning.
And this way the taste won’t be enhanced too much, it’s just right.
"Mom, how much rice should we cook for lunch today?"
When Chen Zhaozhao came outside the kitchen, he heard Chen Damei ask sadly.
"You have to cook enough. Let's cook nine tubes of rice. Don't make people hungry."
"Cooking so much? No need, who can eat all they want these days?" Chen Damei said melancholy.
Chen Zhaozhao's family uses a bamboo tube to measure rice. One tube of rice is about eight taels. Usually, their family saves money and only nine people can cook two tubes of rice.
"They have helped us a lot. Since we are treating guests, there is no reason to neglect the guests." Liu Guihua insisted, "Just cook so much."
"Hey, okay." Chen Damei reluctantly agreed.
Chen Zhaozhao felt sad and pushed the door open into the kitchen.
The three people in the kitchen heard the movement and looked towards her. Liu Guihua was surprised, "Why are you here if you don't lie down well?"
"Mom, eldest sister, I'm sorry, I made it difficult for you." Chen Zhaozhao apologized holding the soup bowl, "Don't worry, I will make sure you don't have to worry about food and clothing.
Now feel free to cook enough rice, stir-fry enough vegetables, stew the other bone that dad bought and serve it to the guests, and leave the rest to me."
"Okay, don't worry about this. Those bones were bought by your father to replenish your health. How can you use them to entertain guests? Let's kill a chicken and there are still a few eggs at home, so they should be enough."
"Yeah, you don't have to worry about these things." Chen Damei also said.
They didn't take Chen Zhaozhao's words seriously at all, but they were happy to hear what she said and knew she had such a heart.
As she spoke, Liu Guihua frowned when she saw Chen Zhaozhao still had a full bowl of soup, "Why haven't you drank it yet?"
"I can't drink so much." Chen Zhaozhao said as he put the bowl on the stove, went to the kitchen cabinet and took out two rice bowls, each filled with half a bowl of soup.
Half the bowl is pure soup, and the other half is filled with some meat.
She handed the meaty one to Chen Xiaoni, "This is for Xiaoni."
Chen Xiaoni looked at her confusedly. Since she was still unable to hold the bowl firmly, Chen Zhaozhao put the bowl on the kitchen table next to her.
He picked up the other half of the bowl and said, "That's all I drink."
"How can you only drink so much?" Liu Guihua disagreed.
"Okay." Chen Zhaozhao finished the soup in one gulp, "Well, it tastes really good, but it's just too greasy. Mom, eldest sister, please bring the remaining soup to the table at noon and share it with everyone."
"This is for you to replenish your body." Liu Guihua disagreed and gave it to Xiaoni. She agreed, but it wouldn't work if they all drank it.
"I don't want to drink it. It's too boring. Let's leave it like this. If it's not served at noon, I'll save it for you to eat at night."
Chen Zhaozhao did not argue with Liu Guihua. He picked up the bowl for Chen Xiaoni and squatted in front of her with a gentle smile. "Xiaoni, can you feed me?"
Chen Xiaoni looked at her and blinked, then looked at Liu Guihua.
Liu Guihua took the bowl from Chen Zhaozhao's hand and said, "Go and have a rest. Xiaoni can drink by herself without feeding."
As she said that, she put the bowl on the kitchen table and moved a taller bamboo chair, "Xiao Ni, sit here and eat."
Chen Xiaoni sat on the bamboo chair by herself, then held the spoon and drank sip by sip. Chen Zhaozhao looked at her and thought she was so cute, and was very moved in his heart.
Chen Xiaoni took two sips, turned around and shouted: "Grandma, aunt, let's drink together."
Chen Zhaozhao was stunned for a moment, as were Liu Guihua and Chen Damei.
They all smiled and looked at Chen Xiaoni.
"Xiao Ni, be good. Grandma is busy now. If you don't want to drink, Xiao Ni will drink first."
"Xiao Ni, be good, my aunt is busy now, Xiao Ni, please drink."
"Yeah." Chen Xiaoni responded, hesitated and looked at Chen Zhaozhao, "Mom, are you still drinking?"
Chen Zhaozhao was immediately moved and said, "Mom has already drank. Mom won't drink. Xiaoni will drink."
"Mom needs to recuperate." Chen Xiaoni said softly.
Chen Zhaozhao was even more moved and couldn't help but go over and hug her and kiss her, "Mom, it's enough to replenish your body. Xiaoni is still growing. Xiaoni drinks well."
"Yes, Xiaoni is still growing, please drink quickly, Xiaoni." Chen Damei looked at Chen Xiaoni with eyes full of love, turned to look at Chen Zhaozhao and said.
"Xiao Ni is so good, you are so lucky."
Chen Zhaozhao looked at the envy in Chen Damei's eyes, thinking that Chen Damei had been married for four years and still had no children, and there was a rumor in the village that she couldn't give birth if she didn't live up to expectations.
After the previous life, when the conditions were better, Chen Damei and Zhang Genshan went to the county hospital for a check-up. The doctor said that it was Chen Damei's fault and that no matter how he treated it, it would be useless.
Chen Damei went through a lot of hardships to give birth to a child, but it still didn't work out.
What was the specific cause of her infertility? Chen Zhaozhao thought about it and the problem was quite big. I wonder if this spiritual spring water can cure it?
Chen Zhaozhao decided to find an opportunity to test it first to see if it was useful or not. If it was useful, she would have to try it first in any amount.
Chen Zhaozhao chatted with Chen Damei for a few words, and Liu Guihua urged her to rest. Chen Zhaozhao could only leave obediently. Before leaving, he touched Chen Xiaoni's little head and said, "Xiao Ni drinks well~"
Chen Xiaoni nodded repeatedly, looking a little excited. The eyes that looked at her were no longer timid and fearful but sparkling.
Chen Zhaozhao left the kitchen with satisfaction. As soon as he walked to the main room, he saw Chen Sanmei and Chen Simei coming back with Chen Ermei.
She immediately greeted her, "Second sister!"
Chen Zhaozhao didn't expect them to come back so soon. He thought that the third and fourth sisters would encounter some obstruction in the past.
"Zhaozhao, are you okay?" Chen Ermei was a little excited when she saw Chen Zhaozhao, "I'm sorry, the second sister couldn't come to see you in time."
"It's okay." Chen Zhaozhao observed Chen Ermei's condition and asked, "Are you okay?"
Chen Ermei smiled slightly, "What can happen to me? I'm fine."
Chen Zhaozhao saw the bitterness in her smile. The second sister was the gentlest among all the sisters. She never spoke out about her bitterness. Firstly, she felt that the family ugliness should not be publicized, and secondly, she did not want her family to worry.
In the previous life, their family had reached the point of no return, and they only knew what kind of life she had lived in the Zhang family.