The smile on Chen Lishu's face faded a bit: "Xiaohui, how old are you this year?"
Lin Xiaohui didn't understand why she suddenly asked about her age, but she still replied: "Seventeen, what's wrong, Sister Lishu?"
Chen Lishu looked at her with a half-smile but said, "I'm afraid it's not good to be curious about other people's pregnancies at such a young age when you're not married yet?"
As she finished speaking, Lin Xiaohui's face suddenly turned red.
"How did you promise me when Xiaohui came?" Lin Xiaoyue's face sank, and she looked at her with a rare stern look.
"Sister, I just asked out of curiosity, I don't mean anything else."
"You are curious about so many things. You worry about things that my parents don't care about. Our village's big wall clock is not as big as yours."
The "Big Wall Clock" in Gu Xingping's mouth is the famous "Everyone" in the village, who can have a hand in everything. He got this nickname because of his big rectangular face.
Lin Xiaohui's face turned blue and white, and she pursed her lips tightly and stopped talking.
Although she didn't know who the "big wall clock" Gu Xingping mentioned was, she didn't sound like a good person. She felt a hatred for both Chen Lishu and Gu Xingping in her heart.
Because of Lin Xiaohui's incident, Lin Xiaoyue had no shame in staying any longer, so she reluctantly said a few more words and got up and left with the others.
After sending the person away, thinking that she and Gu Xingping would go home in two days, Chen Lishu decided to take back the vegetables from the vegetable field and dry them in the sun, so that she would have vegetables to eat in the winter.
"Xingping, you can come with me to take back all the dishes later."
Soon the two of them went to the kitchen, picked up a basin, and went out to the vegetable patch in front of the window to start picking vegetables.
Wang Yufen stood in front of the window of her house and glanced at her sisters-in-law in the vegetable field opposite. Their expressions changed. She immediately went to the kitchen to get a basin, took Wei Xiaoya and went out.
Because Chen Lishu didn't always come over, Gu Xingdong rarely opened fire. After the vegetable fields were planted, he never told which family member would pick them.
The one who benefited the most from this was Wang Yufen. Other military relatives only picked it once or twice for the sake of face, but she was the only one who hardly bought vegetables for most of the summer.
"Are your brothers and sisters busy?" Wang Yufen took Wei Xiaoya downstairs with a smile and stepped forward to say hello.
"Yeah." Chen Lishu stopped what she was doing and replied with a smile: "I'm going back in two days, so I just need to pack up these vegetables and dry them out. I can also have some dried vegetables at home in the winter."
When Wang Yufen heard what she said, she thought that her guess was correct. Seeing that Gu Xingping had already picked half a pot of eggplants, she felt anxious and said, "I'm also thinking of coming here to pick some vegetables and put them back to dry."
She has said so, but if I don't believe it, she won't give in.
However, she was destined to be disappointed.
The smile on Chen Lishu's face remained unchanged, but her hands kept moving, picking four or five bright red tomatoes in a row: "That's really unfortunate, I've almost picked them all."
The smile on Wang Yufen's face was a little forced when she saw her action: "Brother and sister, you are not here, so Camp Commander Gu can't eat so many dried vegetables. I'm afraid it will be a waste, right?"
"Sister-in-law, even though there are a lot of things, there's not much after they've been dried." While she was talking, Chen Lishu had already picked a few persimmons in front of her.
Gu Xingping also picked a whole pot of eggplants.
Looking at the vegetable patch that had almost been harvested, Wang Yufen felt depressed.
In order to keep it for a long time, she thought of keeping it for a while and then picking it all off. Who would have thought that Chen Lishu would come halfway.
"Little girl is getting more and more beautiful." Seeing that she had almost picked it, Chen Lishu stood up, praised with a smile, and then picked a big, red tomato from the pot and handed it over.
Wei Xiaoya grabbed Wang Yufen's lapel, looked at Chen Lishu with deer-like eyes, and hesitated for a while before reaching out.
"Eat, you know how to eat all day long. Do you want whatever others give you? What if the rat poison poisons you!" Wang Yufen suddenly shrugged at Wei Xiaoya with a sullen face. The child was frightened and the persimmon on his hand fell off.
On the ground.
"Wow -" Wei Xiaoya curled her lips and burst into tears.
Chen Lishu completely stopped smiling: "Xingping, let's go when we've finished picking."
Turning around to say something to Gu Xingping, the two of them took the basin and went straight back to the house, leaving Wang Yufen alone to stare at the sobbing Wei Xiaoya without saying a word for a long time.
"There is something really wrong with this person. When we pick our own vegetables, it seems like we have touched her things. I have never seen anything like this." When she returned to the house, Gu Xingping said angrily.
"Forget it, you won't see him until you look down. You know what kind of person he is, so just don't interact with him in the future."
All the men in the family area worked together, and even for Gu Xingdong's sake, she didn't want to get into too much trouble with anyone, so she made up her mind to try to have as little contact as possible in the future.
Chen Lishu and Gu Xingping spent the next whole afternoon drying vegetables.
The two of them first washed and cut the eggplants into slices, placed them on the curtain and took them out to dry on a stool. Then they turned out the canned bottle that brought the meat sauce to Gu Xingdong, washed it, put it in a pot and boiled it in boiling water for a while to sterilize it.
After the bottle is cooked, place it in a ventilated place and empty it.
Then Chen Lishu washed the tomatoes and cut them into criss-cross patterns on the top. After everything was ready, blanch them in boiling water and peel them.
"Sister-in-law, is this okay?" Gu Xingping had never seen tomatoes cooked like this before and couldn't help but ask curiously.
Chen Lishu smiled: "Don't worry, I'll make cherry meat for you after it's marinated. The sour and sweet ones are particularly delicious."
Gu Xingping couldn't help but swallowed when she heard what she said: "I really wish I could eat it now."
Chen Lishu smiled: "Your third brother will have a rest tomorrow, so we can go to the market to buy some meat. I will cook it for you tonight."
While the two were talking, they kept moving their hands and quickly prepared three large cans and bottles of tomato sauce.
Chen Lishu took it to a cool place and put it away. When she came back, she saw that it was almost time and started preparing dinner.
Gu Xingdong, Wu Zheng and the others separated, walked downstairs and smelled the aroma of the food at home, and their steps speeded up unconsciously.
"What are you going to make delicious today? I can smell the aroma from a long way away."
Gu Xingping was placing dishes and chopsticks on the table. When she saw him, she asked and said with a smile, "Sister-in-law made fried pancakes and also made egg and persimmon soup."
Gu Xingdong's eyes lit up, he quickly went into the bathroom to wash his hands, and then went to the kitchen.
Seeing Chen Lishu standing busy in front of the stove, she glanced at the door and saw that Gu Xingping hadn't come over. She leaned closer and lowered her voice and asked, "What did you do at home today? How was your rest?"
Chen Lishu felt angry when she saw him. She reached out and slapped away his hand on her shoulder: "Get out of here."
I can tell with my toes that I must have been angry because I tormented him too much last night.
Gu Xingdong stared at her for a long time, then suddenly said: "You said this, don't regret it!"