In the evening, Xu Hao accompanied Hongye to guess melon seeds, deliberately coaxing his sister to be happy, and deliberately lost a few handfuls in a row. Xu Qinglian and Xiao Yushi sat on the side and whispered, laughing from time to time.

Momiji tilted his head and thought about what to win, clapped his hands and said: "Yesterday, a green bamboo picked a few plum blossoms and placed them in my grandmother's house. ”

"Okay, I'll get it for you." It's just a trivial matter, Xu Hao patted his chest with arrogance and agreed.

Hongye glanced at her sister happily, snorted at the other side, and whispered: "Since my cousin came, my eldest sister has been accompanied, and my mind about cultivation has also faded, and I never mentioned the matter of cultivating the Buddha Hall, which is really good." ”

"yes, that's nice." Xu Hao sighed a little, but he didn't expect that out of a moment of righteousness, he even planted good fruits, it seems that he should help when he encounters similar things in the future, even if there is no return, he can ask for peace of mind.

While talking, Chunyue called Yingying downstairs and said, "Mrs. sent someone to inform me that I was a little tired of taking care of trivial matters today, saying that I didn't have to go over to eat, and said that the weather was cold and pay attention to keeping warm so as not to get sick, and someone should watch the coals at night, and don't forget to open a few windows for ventilation." The old lady was in a bad mood, so don't talk nonsense when you go to ask for peace. ”

"Yes." Xu Qinglian stood and listened, and after Chunyue finished speaking, she smiled and asked Xiao Yushi: "But it happened that the girl from Qianyuelan also came over, saying that she didn't have to go to say hello to grandma these days, let's start a group by ourselves, what do you want to taste?" ”

Xiao Yushi shook her head lightly and said in a low voice: "Everything is good, I have not been a picky eater since I was a child." ”

Xu Qinglian knew that her cousin was used to looking at people's faces, and she was careful all the time, never daring to show her heart. It was inevitable that she felt a little sour in her heart, pulled her little hands wrapped in white cotton, and said with a smile: "In the stone record that I heard from Hao'er last night, those young ladies opened a poetry club on a snowy day, appreciating plums and eating venison, I saw that you were eager to try it at that time, why don't we also eat venison?" ”

Xiao Yushi's eyes lit up, and she nodded with a smile, Xu Qinglian smiled with satisfaction, turned around and said, "You won Hongye?" ”

Hongye said proudly: "Brother, he's stupid, you don't need to say it!" ”

Xu Hao suddenly smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that this is a good intention, there is no good retribution, and you really can't leave your name if you do good deeds, and the people in the province will not accept your affection afterwards.

Looking at the eldest sister's smiling look, Xu Hao hurriedly said first: "Hongye has already instructed me to find plum blossoms, which is considered to be the settlement of gambling debts, what do you want, sister?" Let's start with it, I won't do it. ”

"Stingy." Xu Qinglian scolded with a smile, "I remember that you said that you brought back some fresh venison from the capital to replenish the body of the elders, you go and get a piece, and let us dip it and taste it." ”

"It's easy." Xu Hao immediately stood up and smiled: "You guys are thinking about roasting venison to eat, right?" In fact, the taste is not so good, the best is beef and mutton, you say that I am also greedy, you wait for me, let's eat barbecue together in the evening. ”

In ancient times, cattle were important cultivators, and they were not allowed to be slaughtered to eat, but this was difficult for large families, and occasionally cattle died due to accidents, which was nothing more than a fine of money, and the cow was not because of illness or plague, and your government would not bury the dead cow, right?

In this way, the cattle were unloaded into eight pieces, relatives and friends sent some over, and after a while, the relatives' cattle also had an accident, and their own delicious beef was eaten.

But in the end, beef is a rare thing, unless it is a rich and noble family, and you can't eat it a few times a year, as for the idea of opening a cattle farm to make a fortune, hurry up and rest, whether you have that ability for the time being, even if you raise more cattle, it is not enough to plow the fields.

Hongye is also a gluttonous girl, and said excitedly: "Brother, I'll go with you." ”

Xu Hao deliberately teased her and said, "Do you dare to watch the scene of cutting meat?" If you dare to see me, I'll take you there. ”

"It's not that I haven't seen it, and I look down on people." Momiji exclaimed unconvinced.

Xiao Yushi quietly looked at her brothers and sisters who were very intimate and fighting with each other, and couldn't help but feel envious in her heart, she didn't know that the Xu family planned to keep her all the time, and when she thought that she would return to the cold and gloomy home in a few days, her mood suddenly fell.

Xu Qinglian kept an eye on her cousin, and seeing that her face was dark, it was not difficult to guess what she had thought, and immediately put her arm around her shoulders and sighed: "Poor you can't return home, my mother said that I would keep you for at least three and five years, and I have already said hello to the Xiao family." ”

"Really?" Xiao Yushi was immediately moved, and immediately realized her aunt's kindness, her eyes were red with emotion, and she sat there with tears in her eyes.

Xu Hao's somewhat irritated lips twitched, yes, this is another consequence of doing good deeds without leaving a name, alas!

He couldn't stand the scene of the girl crying, so he glanced at the red leaves, and the brother and sister went downstairs quietly, leaving the eldest sister to comfort people by herself.

Barbecue is the most popular snack among the masses of the people in later generations, the money is not much, the food is happy, there is no restraint, it is too disturbing to the people.

Anyone who likes to eat barbecue knows that if you don't eat it for a while, you will feel very panicked, and the smell of the smoke and smoke when you smoke the skewers feels particularly attractive, and you can't help but have the desire to eat.

But I still remind you that barbecue is not hygienic after all, and you must pay attention to the source of the meat, and it is best not to eat it too often, it is really not good for the body.

Xu Hao ran to the big kitchen with the red leaves, and asked the cook to cut off a large piece of frozen venison, and asked for a large piece of frozen beef stored years ago, fortunately, there was fresh mutton and pork, and the most tender part was selected to make it ten catties and eight catties, and instructed the cook to cut it into thin slices and mix them with rice wine and various ingredients.

It just so happened that a colleague of the third uncle sent someone to send a New Year's gift from Shandong Kuaima, Xu Hao immediately robbed more than a dozen of them as a sea prawn, thought about it and asked the cook to prepare some fish to roast and eat, in addition to stir-frying a few vegetarian dishes and stewing a pot of rice transported from the north, plus a small jar of haode daughter red.

Xu Hao is the son-in-law, and the Xiao family is in charge of the family today, and these cooks and stewards are eager to please him, and they agree with a smile on their faces.

Hongye looked at the red gift list curiously, and said: "There are lucky oranges and Dunhuang melons, and there are even densely pickled lychees, this is rare, brother, I want to eat it." ”

"Dunhuang melon is cantaloupe, right, so the lychee is pickled?" Xu Hao guessed and turned his head and asked, "Is there any surplus?" Give us a copy. ”

The woman in charge smiled and said, "Although there are not many things, Brother Hao has spoken, so naturally there is." However, Brother Hao'er and the girl remember not to mention it in front of the old lady, the old man is old, some children are temperamental and picky eaters, this lychee Dunhuang melon is not a good thing to have all the time, once you eat it and remember it, even if you break the legs and feet of the people below us, there is no place to buy it. ”

Xu Hao nodded understandingly, but said: "In the future, all these good things will be sent to the old lady first, don't think that you are very smart, the old lady actually doesn't know anything?" Even if you are forced to buy it, you can buy it in the capital, and if you can't buy it, you will come to me again. ”

"This." The housekeeper woman looked embarrassed.

Seeing this, Xu Hao straightened his face, and said in an accentuated tone: "This is filial piety, if you want to get in the way, don't blame me for turning my face and being ruthless."

The woman in charge was startled, and hurriedly said: "The slave family just said a few words for the boys, pity them for their hard work outside in the hot and cold winter, since the third master has said so, then in the future, if there are good things to the old lady, it will be sent to the old lady first." ”

"That's how it should be." Xu Hao smiled with satisfaction, took the little hand of the red leaves and turned around and left, and seemed to think of something after walking a few steps, "Mom is actually worried that there are people in the old lady's house who are begging for power, and the boys complain a lot, and it is difficult to be a person in the middle, right?" ”

The woman immediately laughed bitterly, and the cooks complained of their bitterness. It's nothing more than someone around the old lady who is greedy and runs to reach out to ask for delicious food, and these rare fruits are difficult to buy, not to mention, the price is ridiculously expensive, the boys are not happy to run errands all the way, open their mouths to ask for benefits, can't buy for nothing, not to say the benefits, and have to be scolded, and when reconciling, the wives will accuse the following of spending money indiscriminately, often they offend people on several sides, and they don't end up in vain.

After listening to everyone's complaints, Xu Hao sneered: "I'm not used to those stinky problems, if you come again, you will say that it is a rule I set, who wants to satisfy their hunger and spend money to beg the boys to go." In the future, except for seasonal fruits and vegetables, I will only meet the orders of my grandmother and three wives, and everyone else will eat what they have, and if they don't have to eat, they will find their own way. ”

"With the words of the third master, we will be safe in the future." The steward's woman immediately rejoiced.

Xu Hao didn't think so, shook his head and said: "Don't be in a hurry to be happy, when the eldest brother and they come back, it's useless for you to use me as a shield when you open your mouth to ask for something, this person will use his brains to exploit loopholes, and he will definitely ask a few masters to come out for him." ”

The lady in charge smiled lightly and sneered: "I have the ability to move a few young masters, let's work harder below, and I recognize it, counting my fingers is nothing more than a few beautiful girls and old mothers, and the others at most occasionally say that they will move once or twice, such trivial things, I blush for them when I open my mouth, don't you bother the gentlemen, but make yourself look shameless." ”

"That's right." Xu Hao secretly said that the trivial matters at home are so irritating, he is too straightforward in talking and doing things, and he wants to deal with everything very patiently, wisely and skillfully, all of which are indispensable.

Thanks to the fact that the women comrades like to have fun, it makes people scratch their heads when they think about it, and it is no wonder that the emperor often deals with the trivial matters between the concubines and the palace and the eunuchs in a simple and rude manner, because it is really troublesome.