noffsinger Chapter 26 Stop! Stop it now!
Chapter 26 Stop! Stop it now!
Under the oppressive power of his parents, Da Niu kept his mouth pursed and dared not utter a single word.
After Da Niu stopped talking, the three of them became a loving family again!
After arriving home, Lin Xi took out 75 copper coins and gave them to Da Niu, saying, "Go and have the old house send over the bath tub."
Da Niu held the copper coin and muttered to himself, "Old house, old house, old house, those are your parents, you don't even know to call them."
Although he cursed a thousand times in his heart, Da Niu was quick to act, running into the old house and placing the copper coin in Lin Yong's hand.
"Grandpa, my father sent me to get the bath tub."
Lin Yong looked at the copper coin in his hand, his smile was as bright as could be, and the wrinkles on his face were as deep as could be.
He immediately picked up the bath tub and followed Da Niu to the neighbor's yard.
Hearing the noise, Lin Xi, who was in the kitchen, and Gao Mengli, who was in the yard, both looked at Lin Yong, who had walked to the door.
Lin Yong felt as if two arrows had pierced his heart.
It's uncomfortable, agonizing, painful, and unwell.
He immediately realized what was going on and almost forgot about the two men's character because he was "money-grubbing".
His foot felt as if it were welded to the gate, weighing a thousand or even ten thousand pounds, and he couldn't take a single step inside.
He was a little scared of the two of them, so he immediately put the bath tub on his shoulder down at the gate of the courtyard.
His retreat made him move with light steps, as nimble as a swallow, and he ran back to the old house next door in a flash.
Gao Mengli and Lin Xi exchanged a glance, both looking disgusted.
This guy is really something, not even delivering to the door. His after-sales service is terrible.
Gao Mengli walked to the door and carried the bath tub back under the eaves.
Seeing that his parents were somewhat displeased, Da Niu shrank back and wanted to explain to his grandfather, but found that his parents didn't seem to care at all.
Forget it, let's not say anything more, lest we make things worse and his parents won't let him go to the old house to buy things anymore.
Gao Mengli put down the bath tub and handed the basket under the eaves to Da Niu, saying, "Da Niu, go up the mountain and pick some pine needles."
"Hey!" Da Niu took the basket and ran outside happily.
Gao Mengli took out the dried Spicy Grass from yesterday, put it in a stone mortar, and repeatedly pounded and ground it with a stone pestle. Then she poured it into a fine sieve to sift out the coarse impurities.
I also ground the licorice and poria cocos I bought from the pharmacy into a fine powder.
Lin Xi quickly poured all the 1 jin of glutinous rice flour she had bought that day into a basin in the kitchen, then carried it out and placed it on the table in the yard.
He drew another bucket of water from the well and set it aside for later use.
Pour the ground herbs, licorice, and poria cocos from Gao Mengli into the glutinous rice flour, add an appropriate amount of water, and start mixing and kneading.
The best way to make yeast is to use the flowers of *Lysimachia christinae*, but it hasn't bloomed yet this season. However, using the branches is just as good.
After seeing Lin Xi knead the dough, Gao Mengli got up and left.
She looked around and saw a haystack not far away. She ran to the haystack, grabbed a bundle, and carried it back.
The neighbor, the owner of the haystack, saw someone stealing his straw and was so angry that he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists.
He quickly ran out, ready to teach the thief a lesson.
But suddenly the thief turned around, and when he saw her face, he was so frightened that he loosened his grip.
He was angry for a moment, but that was all.
As Gao Mengli passed by him, she glanced at him and muttered to herself with some disdain, "His looks... are a bit disappointing."
Dajun was even more unhappy. Stealing things was bad enough, but to add personal attacks on top of that was bad enough.
His heart shattered, and he turned and ran away.
Gao Mengli pouted and walked back with the dry straw in her arms.
As soon as Dajun got home, he hugged his wife and started complaining, saying that Gao Mengli had called him ugly.
His wife looked at him with a smile in her eyes and gently poked his forehead.
"You know, she was just talking about you. It's a miracle she didn't beat you up. Besides, you're not exactly pretty anyway."
Upon hearing this, Dajun felt even more aggrieved, his lips pouting high.
What happened to the saying "beauty is in the eye of the beholder"?
It turns out his wife just had eye boogers...
In just a few breaths, he was dealt two severe blows. Was he even allowed to live like this...?
When Gao Mengli returned home, she took out a clean portion of the straw from the middle of the bundle in her arms and laid it flat in a winnowing basket.
Lin Xi pinched off pieces of dough the size of glutinous rice balls, rolled them into balls in her palm, and then placed them on the dry grass.
After he finished kneading it all, Gao Mengli covered it with another layer of dry straw, then covered it with gauze, and placed the winnowing basket in a ventilated place to ferment for three days.
"Mengli, what do you want to eat for lunch?" Lin Xi asked Gao Mengli after washing her hands by the well.
"Let's eat dumplings. Make a lot, and later we can scoop some out for Da Niu to take to the old house next door to exchange for some vegetables." Gao Mengli rubbed her chin and thought for a moment, it seemed that dumplings were the only option.
After all, her family has no farmland, let alone vegetables. They've been eating noodles lately, and it's been a bit difficult for them to poop; they need to eat some greens.
"Okay!" Lin Xi quickly returned to the kitchen and started boiling water and kneading a pound of dough.
"Mother, here are the pine needles you wanted." At this moment, Da Niu also returned and handed Gao Mengli a basket full of pine needles.
Gao Mengli immediately took it, and saw Da Niu looking at her expectantly.
What? You want me to praise you?
She paused for a moment, preparing to praise her eldest son.
But the words that came out were turned into assigning tasks: "Go to the old house next door and make me a wooden frame, shaped like two palms, with a frame on all four sides and four small wooden strips in the middle. Make sure to leave a gap, half an inch deep."
Gao Mengli thought for a moment, "Bring back an extra plank."
Da Niu blinked his eyes. His grandpa's business had come knocking again!
Gao Mengli turned to the kitchen and called out, "Xixi, deduct five copper coins for Da Niu."
Upon hearing this, Da Niu quickly ran into the kitchen and took the copper coin from his father's hand.
He rushed to the old house, shouting, "Grandpa, Grandpa, buy some planks!"
Lin Yong looked up and saw Da Niu place the copper coin in his hand.
"Grandpa, my mother said she wants to make a wooden frame..." Da Niu told Lin Yong about Gao Mengli's request.
So he carried a plank home first.
Gao Mengli placed the wooden board in the corner of the wall, intending to start making rough paper after finishing her meal.
Because she simply couldn't stand using corn stalk leaves as toilet paper.
After adding the meat to the scallion and ginger water, Lin Xi stirred it and then started making dumplings!
Da Niu was also helping out, but his eyes were glued to the bowl of meat on the stove the whole time.
"Dad, aren't these dumplings too many...?" He felt a pang of regret.
After all, his family hadn't separated during the Lunar New Year, and they had eaten dumplings, but the filling always contained a lot of cabbage.
Although it was delicious, the meat was a bit fishy.
This is all stuffed with meat, not to mention the waste.
What if it doesn't taste good? Da Niu was worried and hoped his father would stop quickly and add some cabbage to neutralize it.
Lin Xi glanced at the meat in the bowl, then continued wrapping dumplings, showing no intention of paying any attention to Da Niu.
That brat, it's none of your business.