Happy Life in Siheyuan

Chapter 682
"Brother Tieniu, when did you come back?"

Seeing Lin Tieniu's figure, Qin Jingru immediately asked with surprise.

As she spoke, she dropped the broom in her hand and ran to Lin Tieniu, just like a little daughter-in-law welcoming her husband.

"Hey, slow down, don't fall!"

Seeing Qin Jingru's excited face, Lin Tieniu couldn't help but say something.

"Hey, it's okay, the snow hasn't melted yet! It won't hit me!"

Qin Jingru smirked, and then said carelessly.

"Well, where's your sister Xiao'e?"

Lin Tieniu nodded, looked around the yard, and asked with a soft smile.

"Oh! She's cooking in the house!"

Qin Jingru was taken aback for a moment, then pointed into the room and said.

"She cooks?"

Lin Tieniu frowned, and then asked in surprise.

You know, as a young lady, Lou Xiao'e has never been in the sun since she was a child. How could she suddenly start cooking?

Moreover, can the cooked rice be eaten?
"That's right! Sister Xiao'e has been cooking for the past few days. She said that you are a man and can't let you cook all the time. She also said that when you come back, she will let you teach her how to cook!"

Qin Jingru nodded, and then said seriously.

"That's it! Then let's go into the house! I want to see what kind of food your sister Xiao'e can make!"

Hearing this, Lin Tieniu was stunned, and then said with a smile.

After speaking, he dragged Qin Jingru into the house.

As for the snow in the courtyard, it doesn't matter whether it is swept or not, it's just that Qin Jingru has nothing to do, so he finds work for himself.

Soon, they came to the kitchen and saw Lou Xiaoe who was frying Chinese cabbage in front of the stove.

Looking at it like that, it looks very orderly. If Lin Tieniu didn't know what Lou Xiao'e was like before, I'm afraid he wouldn't believe that Lou Xiao'e had no cooking skills at all.

"Hey, Tieniu, you're back!"

When Lou Xiaoe heard the movement, she turned her head and saw Lin Tieniu's figure, and she was immediately pleasantly surprised.

"Well, I just heard that you were cooking when I came back. You are really impressive! I didn't expect that Miss Lou would have a day of cooking."

Lin Tieniu nodded, then joked with a smile.

"What's the matter? You can cook, but I can't?"

Lou Xiao'e stared at the words, and then said angrily.

Really, thanks to her thinking about learning how to cook so that Lin Tieniu can earn enough face in front of the guests in the future, she just laughed at her like this when she came back.

"Yes, I can! I still look forward to being able to stretch out my clothes and eat and open my mouth at home in the future!"

Lin Tieniu straightened his expression, and then said seriously.

"Virtue!"

Lou Xiaoe rolled her eyes, then laughed and cursed.

"Hey, don't just talk too much! This dish is almost mushy!"

Lin Tieniu glanced at the pot, and then hastily reminded him.

"what!"

When Lou Xiaoe heard this, she exclaimed in surprise, and then hurriedly took the spatula and started to stir fry vigorously.

Perhaps because she was too nervous, she shoveled a lot of Chinese cabbage in the pot.

Seeing Lou Xiaoe's flustered look, Lin Tieniu couldn't help shaking his head secretly, and then quickly stepped forward to help.

Soon, Lou Xiao'e stepped aside from the position of holding the spoon, and stood beside her with an embarrassed expression on her face.

She originally wanted to take advantage of Lin Tieniu's business trip to learn how to cook well, and then give Lin Tieniu a surprise, so as to improve her status in Lin Tieniu's heart.

Unexpectedly, she messed up the matter directly.

"Sister Xiao'e, are you okay?"

Qin Jingru moved to Lou Xiaoe's side and asked with concern.

"Jingru, do you think I'm stupid? I can't even cook a stir-fried Chinese cabbage like that!"

Lou Xiao'e glanced at Qin Jingru, and then couldn't help asking in frustration.

"No! Didn't you do a good job yesterday! If you do more in the future, you won't have such problems!"

Qin Jingru shook her head, then said seriously.

"Hopefully so!"

Lou Xiao'e glanced at her fried cabbage, and then said a little depressed.

She didn't know the reason, but after cooking for the past few days, she felt that she didn't have the talent to cook at all. Even if she managed to make the dishes, the taste of the dishes was hard to describe.

According to this situation, not to mention giving Lin Tieniu a face, it would be good if he could not waste food.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel worried for a while, and then hurriedly pondered in her heart what advantage she still had.

After all, she can't really be a vase by Lin Tieniu's side, can she?

Seeing Lou Xiaoe's gloomy face, Qin Jingru rolled her eyes and felt a little elation in her heart.

At the beginning, she still felt that she was not as noble as Lou Xiaoe, and she was not as noble as Lou Xiaoe's natal family, but now seeing that Lou Xiaoe couldn't even cook a fried Chinese cabbage, the pressure in her heart suddenly Much less.

Although her culinary skills are much worse than Lin Tieniu's, at least she is much better than ordinary people. If she entertains guests, she can handle them no matter what.

What's more, she can continue to learn how to cook with Lin Tieniu, and one day she will be able to cook delicious meals.

At that time, she can rely on this to firmly occupy a place beside Lin Tieniu, and she no longer has to worry about being compared by others.

At this time, Lin Tieniu was completely unaware of Lou Xiaoe and Qin Jingru's careful thoughts. After cleaning up the burnt Chinese cabbage in the pot, he rolled up his sleeves and got busy.

It didn't take long for the smell of burning in the kitchen to be covered by a delicious and attractive smell.

When Lou Xiaoe and Qin Jingru smelled the fragrance, they didn't bother to think about their own thoughts, they all stared at the delicious food in the pot, with a hint of greed on their faces, just like two little greedy cats.

Seeing their performance, Lin Tieniu felt a little joy in his heart, and then quickened his hand movements to serve up the cooked dishes in the pot.

Then, he was busy cooking the next dish, and by the way, gave Qin Jingru and Lou Xiaoe a live teaching.

Qin Jingru and Lou Xiao'e looked at Lin Tieniu's flowing movements and listened to Lin Tieniu's tricks, a sense of astonishment flashed across their faces.

When cooking the last dish, Qin Jingru had a thought, and suddenly said that she wanted to try it.

Lin Tieniu didn't refuse when he heard the words, and directly gave up the stove.

Qin Jingru picked up the spatula with a confident face, and then stood in front of the stove ready to show off her skills.

The result was just as she expected, the dishes were much better than what she had cooked before.

Seeing Qin Jingru cook delicious meals so easily, Lou Xiaoe felt envious and worried at the same time.

Being from a wealthy family, she understands very well that as a concubine, in addition to serving the head of the family well, more importantly, she must be able to help the head of the family.

Only in this way can I be in an invincible position, and can not be looked down upon by other aunts and wives.

What's more, even if this is not the case, then she has to show her own value, and she can't just stay by Lin Tieniu's side to eat dry food!

That's why she thought about starting with cooking first, but because of her lack of talent, she made a fool of herself in front of Lin Tieniu.

Thinking about it, she sighed secretly, then hurriedly picked up the food and walked towards the living room.

Since the culinary skills are not comparable, then you have to work harder.

Seeing this, Qin Jingru frowned, and then hurried forward to help with the bowls and chopsticks.

Before she knew it, she and Lou Xiao'e had begun to compete.

Perhaps, this is the nature of women competing for favor!

Lin Tieniu didn't care about this at all, just smiled, and followed them to the living room to sit down and prepare to eat.

From the beginning to the end, he didn't expect the women around him to have no conflicts at all. As long as there were no problems of principle, he would not take care of them.

Moreover, even if there is any conflict, he only needs to gather people together and communicate in depth, and it can be easily eliminated.

Just like now, after eating, he dragged Qin Jingru and Lou Xiaoe into the bedroom, and it didn't take long for them to become sisters who watched and helped each other.

When everything calmed down, Qin Jingru and Lou Xiaoe had already fallen asleep cuddling each other, and it was completely impossible to see that they were still competing with each other.

Just as Lin Tieniu took some time to put some supplies brought back from the island country into the basement of the courtyard, in the courtyard, Xu Damao also sneaked into Shazhu's house while there was no one in the courtyard, planning to do something nice with Hu Xiaotao.

"Hey, why are you here?"

At this moment, Hu Xiaotao was about to take a nap, when she suddenly saw Xu Damao coming in, she frowned.

Ever since Lin Tieniu threatened her with her good sister, she has given up the idea of ​​using Xu Damao to make Sha Zhu go crazy and kill people, so as not to piss off Lin Tieniu accidentally.

What's more, nowadays, in order to make money and pay off debts, Silly Zhu, besides going to work, goes out to pick up private work every day. It is not easy to notify Silly Zhu to come back shortly.

Therefore, how could she still do such a thankless thing!
"What's the matter? You won't forget our previous agreement, right?"

Xu Damao frowned when he heard this, and then asked with a smirk.

"Agreement? Why don't I remember any agreement with you?"

Hu Xiaotao's face turned cold, and she immediately pretended to be confused.

Although she has given up her previous idea, it doesn't mean that she won't need Xu Damao in the future, so she doesn't want to make the relationship with Xu Damao too rigid.

"Hey! Last time we negotiated a good price, you don't want to go back on your word, do you?"

Xu Damao was taken aback for a moment, then said with a displeased face.

Originally, he was a little bit reluctant to part with the 300 yuan, and planned to negotiate the price with Hu Xiaotao, but now seeing that Hu Xiaotao was pretending to be confused with him, he immediately put that little pain behind him, and only thought that he must give it to him. Hu Xiaotao got it.

"What price? I don't even know what you are talking about! If you have nothing to do, please go back! My man will not be at home now, so don't let people gossip!"

Hu Xiaotao frowned, then said in a deep voice.

"you"

Seeing Hu Xiaotao's serious look, Xu Damao couldn't help hesitating.

Could it be that he really remembered wrongly?

However, he clearly remembered that Hu Xiaotao agreed at the time, and even offered a sky-high price of 300 yuan, so he couldn't have heard it wrong, right?
unless
Unless Hu Xiaotao is deliberately playing with him!
Thinking of this, his expression changed, then he stared at Hu Xiaotao, and asked angrily, "Stinky bastard, what are you playing with me? I've already brought all my money, and you're still playing stupid with me here." ?”

"Xu Damao, keep your mouth clean for me? If you dare to talk nonsense again, I'll call you a hooligan, and we'll see who will be unlucky then!"

Hu Xiaotao sharpened her eyes, then pointed at Xu Damao's nose, and said loudly.

"Okay, count on you being cruel, let's wait and see later!"

Seeing that Hu Xiaotao didn't seem to be bluffing, Xu Damao immediately gave in, and quickly said a harsh word, then quickly turned around and wanted to leave, for fear that he would really be cheated by Hu Xiaotao.

"Wait a minute! I'm not finished yet!"

Seeing this, Hu Xiaotao hurriedly shouted.

Xu Damao paused, then turned around and looked at Hu Xiaotao with a puzzled expression, not knowing what else Hu Xiaotao had to say.

"If I'm right, your daughter-in-law used to be in that kind of business too!"

The corner of Hu Xiaotao's mouth curled up, and then she said with a playful face.

After finishing speaking, she saw that Xu Damao was about to refute, so she waved her hand and interrupted him, and then said: "Don't try to fool me with words, don't forget what I used to do, your wife is a I can tell just by looking at it."

"If you are sensible, don't mess with me, otherwise, I can't guarantee what will happen!"

"Please go slowly, I won't send you off!"

When Xu Damao heard this, his heart sank suddenly, and his face became very ugly.

Afterwards, he took a deep look at Hu Xiaotao, then quickly turned around and left.

At this point, he was no longer thinking about whether he could get Hu Xiaotao, but thinking about how to make Hu Xiaotao shut up.

If the neighbors in the neighborhood really know that he married a cousin, then how can he have the face to stay in this courtyard in the future? He is not such a fool as Shazhu!
At the same time, he couldn't help hating Lin Tieniu. If Lin Tieniu hadn't meddled in his own business, how could he have fallen to such a state.

Thinking about it, he even had the urge to kill Lin Tieniu, completely forgetting that the main reason why things turned out like this was because of his own indiscretion.

When Hu Xiaotao saw Xu Damao leaving just like that, a mocking smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Originally, she was not 100% sure that Xu Damao's daughter-in-law was a cousin, but seeing Xu Damao's reaction later, she immediately became convinced.

In this way, she can use this point to make some fuss, such as using this incident to threaten Xu Damao and let Xu Damao find a way to deal with Lin Tieniu.

Or, let Xu Damao cooperate with her to set up a trick for Sha Zhu, and let Sha Zhu get involved with Xu Damao's wife.

Otherwise, she could get some money from Xu Damao to spend.

In short, this was an unexpected surprise for her, and it made her originally depressed mood become brighter all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)