Chapter 120 120. The legendary seventh cousin
As the aunt talked, she was also greedy.
Simply raised his voice again: "Qiao Qiao - pick some more **** flowers for my aunt, I'll go back and make rice soup to drink!"
The rapeseed flowers were sparse. They grew by themselves from seeds that fell down at some point, and no one cared about them. They bloomed wildly.
Qiaoqiao burrowed into the flowers with the basket on her back, picked a good spot, opened the small box in her arms, and then grabbed the bumblebee's fat **** and put it on it.
The stalk of rapeseed flowers is high, but the flowers are delicate. After the bumblebee climbed up, the whole flower was visible to the naked eye and trembled slightly, which was obviously an unbearable weight.
Qiaoqiao sighed and had already forgotten his bamboo shoots.
Here, Song Tan was also aroused. Now he moved his fingers, and the thin spiritual energy on his fingertips drifted away in the wind. The whole bamboo forest rustled, and even the branches seemed much greener.
There are more and more bamboo shoots sprouting under my feet.
She moved her toes, looked at the right position, and dug out a plump bamboo shoot. The aunt was overjoyed: "Oh! This one is big! It hasn't been unearthed yet, so it must be tender!"
"Let's go back to the salad - oops, this one is a bit old, but it's okay. Let's break it off and go stew the duck. The old duck in the vegetable market has become cheaper recently."
She was digging and mumbling, and every dish seemed to be close at hand. Song Tan finally couldn't bear it any longer: "Auntie, why are you so good at eating?"
Auntie laughed loudly: "Because of the chef I just mentioned, you have to call me seventh cousin! When I was a child, he cooked banquets in our village. I followed him and learned a little bit from him."
All right.
Seventh cousin.
Not to mention that Song Tan traveled through time for more than a hundred years before coming back. Even if she hadn't traveled through time, she couldn't tell the difference at all.
There are really too many relatives.
Fortunately, my aunt finally changed the topic from food to people—
“Your seventh cousin, judging from the young people we are talking about these days, it’s as good as the soles of your shoes.”
“I heard that when the brigade was still a collective canteen, the villagers said that the brigade leader didn’t ask him to cook—just because his cooking was so delicious, everyone didn’t have enough to eat, and the planned food was not enough.”
嚯!
Then Song Tan was really in awe.
Why don’t the older generation like to eat wild vegetables? Because in their memory, wild vegetables are boiled in water, and a drop of oil in a pot of food is a luxury.
At that time, who could cook delicious wild vegetables?
But according to my aunt, this seventh cousin can do it!
That is indeed remarkable.
Song Tan couldn't help but be moved.
Because she took the time to take stock of the next tasks—
Peach trees should be planted on the mountain.
After plowing several fields, it is also necessary to spread the seeds and transplant the seedlings.
The rice fields need to be filled with water and then plowed to prepare for transplanting.
In the middle, you have to feed pigs, chickens, ducks and dogs.
Tea leaves will continue to be picked.
It is possible to cooperate with the spiritual energy formation, but because of her current lack of ability, and it cannot be too contrary to reality, appropriate weeding and insecticide work must be done.
Is this the end?
Calculating it this way, for a long time, the family has been in this state of constantly inviting people over, but the food at home tastes so good that everyone’s appetite has doubled or tripled.
Meals for a dozen or so people must be prepared for twenty or thirty people. Ulan is at home now. Although she only has one meal at noon, she has to start cleaning up in the morning. She is also responsible for washing pots and dishes at noon. That means she is stuck on the stove every day!
Song Tan has long wanted to find someone to share the burden.
She and Qiaoqiao have to dig holes and dig soil in the mountains every day, and clean up the corners that cannot be reached by machines... No one in the whole family is idle at the moment.
Didn’t you see that Zhang Yanping was driven to the mountain to practice?
Because of this, it was really hard not to be moved by Song Tan when her aunt praised her chef so highly.
“Auntie, what is the seventh cousin doing now? Are you still taking over the banquet?”
The aunt's eyebrows drooped again: "In the community opposite me, there is a new building, and the house price has now risen to 8,500!"
That's what I said, but my aunt didn't look very happy.
“Your seventh cousin is really awesome. When he was young, he used money to secretly buy a house in the city. However, when the area was later demolished, he didn’t ask for the money and only wanted the house.”
“Originally, it was prepared for my son, but as a result, my son went to XJ at a young age and got married and started a career there.”
"Your seventh cousin is getting old. He thought that his son would not be able to support him in old age in the future, so he took on an apprentice and taught him his craft, but he had to be responsible for providing for him until he died."
It turned out that the apprentice was also a white-eyed wolf. He thought he had learned it, so he packed up a roll and ran to a big coastal city.
The aunt groaned angrily: "The family couldn't support them at that time. Where are the four sons? The half-grown boy graduated from junior high school and was as skinny as a skeleton. Your seventh cousin took him with him and taught and fed him. I was fed him something to drink, and later I was given arrangements to take the high school entrance exam.”
“When that family brought me here, they kowtowed to your cousin with tears in their eyes and said that they would serve you forever.”
“At the end of the day, people packed up their luggage and ran away. The family also said that your seventh cousin specializes in picking up bargains and working for free. His son has been with you for five years and he hasn’t received a penny..."
“Bah!”
Song Tan was speechless.
Honest people have their own sorrows, but black-hearted people have their own freedom.
She could only comfort her: "It's okay, auntie, think on the bright side. My seventh cousin is now living in the city. He has no worries about food and clothing. He has no worries about life and is quite comfortable."
The aunt sighed again: "There are good things in the city, and it is convenient to go to the hospital. But your seventh cousin and his wife are not comfortable... You also know that in the new community, the property management is good, and vegetable plots are not allowed in the community. ”
"Last time during the inspection, we pulled out all the cabbages that your seventh cousin had planted in the cracks of the bricks... Your seventh cousin is very sad. He walks around the community every day and has nothing to do. He buys vegetables and meat and is very selective. It doesn’t even taste good to eat.”
Can vegetables be grown in the gaps between floor tiles?
What kind of master must he be! Song Tan was amazed.
“Then...sell a new house and buy one with a yard?”
The aunt glanced at her and said, "Your seventh cousin is already sixty-seven this year. Do you think someone as young as you can do anything? I guess they want to go back to the village to live, but they are afraid that no one will send them there if they have a headache or fever." The hospital...is suffering.”
When the aunt said this, she was also moved in her heart: "Tan Tan, you can't farm at home for the rest of your life, right? Otherwise, you go home and discuss with your parents to take over the seventh cousin as a chef."
“Seventh cousin is in good health, so you can let him be the chef.”
“If you are not in good health, you can drive them to see her. Don’t worry, you don’t need to spend any money. The couple has savings.”
“When the time comes, you will take good care of your seventh cousin and his wife until you are old. They secretly said that when you can no longer walk, find someone to take care of you, and the house will be given to whoever can take care of you well.”
Auntie’s heart gets hot when she thinks about the house. If it weren’t for her niece, she wouldn’t have said:
“Just say, it’s great to get a big house for free! You can choose whatever you want when you get married in the future!”
We seem to have quite a few children living in the border areas here. Brothers and sisters of the older generation of relatives have heard that they have settled there and will not come back...
Or come back once every ten or eight years...
(End of this chapter)