Although Li Shu said all kinds of open-eyed nonsense, but in the mother Chen’s happy, Zhu Pingan also did not reveal Li Shu this little black belly, but also brought her another stool, to save this pampered young lady squatting out of the problem.
While Li Shu and her mother Chen were picking vegetables in laughter, Zhu Pingan was not idle either, Zhu Pingan had just learnt from his father about his mother Chen’s recent illness due to her worry about herself, and took advantage of this time to decoct a pair of traditional Chinese medicines prescribed by the doctor.
“Mother, eat the medicine while it’s hot, it’s all my son’s fault for causing mother to worry.”
After Zhu Pingan had fried the Chinese medicine, he served it in a bowl and brought it to his mother Chen, because he was worried that the medicine was bitter, Zhu Pingan also brought a packet of candied fruit at the same time, so that when his mother drank the Chinese medicine, she would eat a few candied fruit to change the flavour.
“Seeing you and Shu’er come back safely, my mother’s body has been well for a long time, so what medicine do I need to take.”Chen shook her head in a neutral manner, in her opinion, Zhu Pingan and Li Shu were the panacea, upon seeing Zhu Pingan and Li Shu return safely, Chen felt that the big stone weighing on her heart disappeared.
“Mother, I heard from father that you didn’t eat for days because you were worried, your body is so weak, the medicine still needs to be taken.”
Zhu Pingan insisted on holding the bowl of medicine, although he could also see that now his mother Chen’s spirit was much better, and he also knew that his mother’s worries disappeared after he came back, and the root of his illness was cleared, but after all, his mother’s body loss was so great because of her worries in the previous days that the medicine he was supposed to eat still had to be eaten.
“Listen to his nonsense ……” Chen glared at the lying father Zhu from afar and shook his head.
“Mother …… good medicine is better for the disease.”Zhu Pingan once again advised.
“Mother, husband is also worried about you. After taking the medicine your body will be better, and my husband and I will be relieved.”Li Shu washed her hands in the water basin and dried them with a handkerchief, then took the medicine bowl from Zhu Pingan’s hands and delicately advised Chen to take the medicine.
“Good, Mother will listen to Shu’er.”Chen sniffed and responded in one mouthful.
It was useless for Zhu Pingan to persuade her for so long, but Li Shu only said this, and Chen answered in one mouthful. While Chen was drinking the medicine, Li Shu looked at Zhu Pingan and revealed a pleased smile, her watery eyes shining brightly.
“Mother, eat the candied fruit.”After his mother Chen finished drinking the medicine, Zhu Pingan handed over the candied fruit in full doggy style.
“Didn’t hurt you for nothing.”Mother Chen received the preserves and nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, Zhu Pingan glanced at Li Shu without a trace, as if he had levelled the score, causing Li Shu to roll her eyes.
As the sunlight gradually rose to the middle of the day, the Zhu family also began to prepare for lunch, originally the mother Chen was going to cook herself, but Li Shu and sister-in-law Juan’er were mindful of Chen’s frailty and did not allow Chen to do it, and the two contracted out the cookhouse.
In the end, Li Shu was the cook, and her sister-in-law, Juan’er, did the rest.
At first, Chen was worried that Li Shu was too young to cook, but after watching Li Shu skilfully build a fire and start a pot, Chen put her heart at ease, and the next time she watched Li Shu skilfully frying and cooking, the smile of satisfaction on Chen’s face didn’t stop, and Zhu Ping’an was worried that his old lady would dislocate her smile……
Even, while cooking this moment of effort, Chen’s also carry a green onion gust of wind like going out with the next door of Auntie Li nagging will be home, and then not long after, almost half of the village of the lower river know Chen’s family newly entered the door of the second son in law cooking can be fragrant, more delicious than the town restaurant in the cooking ……
When Comrade Li Shu was sharpening her knife and cooking in the stove room, Zhu Pingan took a pair of scissors and rushed to the black bull …… click, click, click, and cut a handful of black hair on the bull’s tail, which was almost just enough to make the amount of a brush.
Zhu Pingan cut the tail of the cow, is ready to make a brush.
Zhu Pingan practicing writing commonly used that brush lost in the sea, that brush is Zhu father hand made, from the childhood to go to the academy to dabble in class to lost in the sea, has been used for almost ten years, lost after the pain for a long time.
But it was all right.
There was the big black cow in the family, and then asking his father to make one for himself was just fine.
Knowing Zhu Pingan’s idea, Zhu’s father happily answered, and also cut another handful of hair on the tail of the big black cow, preparing to make two brushes for Zhu Pingan, so that even if he lost another one, he would still have one. In the past, when he was still in the old mansion, Zhu father had also made brushes for his elder brother Zhu Shouren, but his elder brother Zhu Shouren had disliked it and had not used it, making Zhu father a little lost.
Now, see his son, who has passed the examination, so like to use their own brushes, Zhu father is very happy, and feel that their own hard work to learn the craft of making brushes, finally have a place to use.
So, as soon as he was happy, he made two brushes.
After this side finished making the brushes, the lunch over in the stove room was already ready, Li Shu made six dishes and one soup in one breath in the stove room, all of them were made with common dried mushrooms, bamboo shoots, green vegetables and so on, but they were made with full of colours and flavours, which made people have an appetite when they look at them.
“Sister-in-law, the cooking is really good.”Sister-in-law Juan’er looked at the table of food and praised Li Shu’s cooking from the bottom of her heart.
“No, Shu still has to learn from sister-in-law, sister-in-law cuts vegetables fast and well, Shu is far from good, sister-in-law can teach me two more hands.”Li Shu was modest, and asked her sister-in-law Juan’er for advice on cutting vegetables.
The two sisters-in-law got along very well in the cookhouse, and worked together to bring the finished meal to the table in the living room.
After arriving at the table, Li Shu took the initiative to take on the job of serving the rice, first serving the rice to her mother Chen and Zhu’s father, then her elder brother and sister-in-law, then serving a bowl of rice to Zhu Ping’an and calling out to her husband in a delicate voice.
Finally, only then did Li Shu serve herself a small half bowl of rice.
“Shu’er, why did you eat so little, serve more.”Seeing that Li Shu had only served a small bowl of rice, Chen couldn’t help but be concerned and asked Li Shu to eat more, in Chen’s eyes, this small bowl of rice was too small, and she wasn’t full at all.
“Mother, Shu’er has a small appetite.”Li Shu shook her head with a shallow smile.
“That’s not good either, too little to eat, when Pig’s son was little he could eat a big bowl full. Come, let mother serve you more.”Mother Chen said and got up, wanting to give Li Shu more rice, very enthusiastic.
“Mother, there’s really no need.”Under Chen’s enthusiasm, Li Shu’s small face was flushed.
“Good boy, eat more, eat more so that you can give mother a big fat boy.”Mother Chen was very enthusiastic, already looking forward to holding her grandchildren, in her opinion, although Li Shu had a big bum and was good at giving birth, she was still a bit thin.
The first time I saw Li Shu, she said, “I don’t know what to say.” ……
Li Shu heard the words instantly shy pretty face red, even the side of the Zhu Pingan are a little eaten by their own mother’s words.
Chen said and reached out and picked up Li Shu’s bowl, about to give Li Shu a meal.
“Mother …… it’s better for me to do it myself.”Li Shu reddened her pretty face, shyly stretching out her slender jade hand to take the bowl from her mother Chen’s hand.
“It’s fine, it’s fine if Mother comes.”Chen was very enthusiastic, but seeing as Li Shu insisted, she let go, but admonished, “Make sure to serve more ah.”
“Mm.”
Li Shu nodded, and then re-carried the bowl to serve the rice, in order to avoid her sleeves falling into the soup bowl, Li Shu pulled her sleeves up slightly, and then stretched her slender little hands to serve the rice, and then accidentally revealed the scars on her wrists.
“Shu’er, what happened to your wrist?”
Chen’s sharp eyes saw the somewhat hideous wound on Li Shu’s wrist, and although it had scarred somewhat, it was still very conspicuous
