Four Foods in the Mountains

Cen Ning was stunned for a moment, and then apologized: "Auntie, that's unfortunate, I originally wanted to make some for Brother Zhi to try something new, so I didn't make much, and the family is gone."

"Oh, that's right." After hearing this, Mrs. Li forced a smile, then turned her head and said to the son in her arms, "Did you hear that? It's gone, so don't make a fuss about eating."

When Brother Zhu and his nephew heard this, they were sad that they would not be able to eat the sweet and sweet chestnut pancakes. The tears that had just stopped rolled down in big drops, and they cried again at the top of their throats: "Mother, I want to eat..."

After all, Cen Ning is still young and has no children, and Yu'er in her natal family is the most down-to-earth, and she can't hum a few times a year.

Seeing brother Zhu and his nephew crying in front of him now, he coaxed at a loss: "There is no chestnut cake, can I mix honey water for you, please? It's too sweet."

It would be good if it was placed on weekdays, but the chestnut cake is really soft and sweet, Brother Zhu and his nephew couldn't stop crying for a while: "I want woo woo... I want chestnuts..."

Mrs. Li hugged her son, glanced at Lu's courtyard and said, "Brother Ning, do you still have chestnuts in your house? If not, the half basket that Brother Zhu carried back yesterday has not been moved by our house, or I will wait later I'll grab some for you, can you make some chestnut pancakes today?"

In normal times, Cen Ningnian would have agreed based on his friendship with Brother Zhu and Aunt Qian's face, and it was all about making the child happy.

It's just that making cakes has to stand in front of the stove and watch the fire all the time. He is really uncomfortable today. Standing in front of the stove for a while is afraid that his legs will shake.

So I could only say softly to Mrs. Li: "I'm really sorry, Auntie, I really can't do it today. I'll do it next time. I'll give you some more to try, okay?"

Hearing what Cen Ning said, the smile on Li's face stopped, nodded, hugged her son, turned around and left.

Mrs. Li hugged her son and walked to the gate of her yard, Brother Zhu rushed out like a cannonball, bluffing her: "Oh, Brother Zhu, why are you running so fast?"

Brother Zhu stopped the car, opened his mouth and asked, "Sister-in-law, where did you go with this kid?"

Mrs. Li was stunned, walked into the yard, sat down, drank a sip of water and said, "I didn't go anywhere, I went outside for a walk."

"You still lied to me!" Brother Zhu said, "Did you take him to Brother Ning's house to ask for pancakes?"

Mrs. Li wiped her son's tears with a cloth towel, and looked at Brother Zhu's attitude with a little displeasure: "Brother Zhu, isn't it just a pancake? Do I want more?"

Brother Zhu has a bad temper, and now he said angrily: "I said I would buy other snacks for this kid, sister-in-law, you also agreed, but when I ran to the entrance of the village, you took him to find him. Ning'er, aren't you bluffing me!"

As he said that, Brother Zhu slapped a bag of jelly beans and jujubes on the table.

Li's face couldn't hold back, and he was a little annoyed when he saw this: "Your nephew is just clamoring to eat the chestnut cake made by Brother Ning. What can I do? Do I just watch him cry? I am his mother, I It hurts!"

The implication is that brother Luo Zhu has wronged his own nephew because of Cen Ning, an outsider.

Hearing what his sister-in-law said, Brother Zhu couldn't suppress the anger in his heart: "I don't love him? I don't love him. Why should I go to the entrance of the village to buy snacks for him? I can't help but ask for chestnut cakes? Years ago When this kid was crying and clamoring to eat the preserved fruit that your sister-in-law brought back from your mother's house, why didn't you also run back to your mother's house to ask for it? Why did you let him cry!"

Brother Zhu was quick-spoken, seeing that she couldn't compete with him, Li was angry at Brother Zhu for using her mother's affairs to mean her face, so she wiped her tears and went to ask her mother-in-law for justice.

Aunt Qian has been in the house listening to the commotion in the yard.On one side is her daughter-in-law and grandson, and on the other is her brother, she doesn't like to be biased on either side.Originally, they wanted to simply let them fight to understand it, but the two of them fought violently, and the daughter-in-law even shed tears.

She opened the door and came out, hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, isn't it just a child who is greedy, we are all a family, and it is not a joke to make a fuss over this matter, just accept it."

Feeling wronged in her heart, Li cried, "Mother, isn't it just a few chestnut cakes? Ning Geer hasn't shown my face yet. On the contrary, my family is not used to seeing me first, so what can I say?" I also added a big fat boy to the family! Besides, on weekdays, Brother Zhu always gives some to the Lu family when he comes back from fishing, so why can’t the family eat a few pieces of cake from his family?”

Aunt Qian was still comforting her daughter-in-law, thinking that her daughter-in-law has been married for so many years, and she has no other shortcomings except a little bit of greed.

But after hearing this, he couldn't help but said: "You can't say that. It's not like you haven't been in the kitchen. Brother Ning's cakes are made of flour and sugar. Do you need money for the flour and sugar? Just at the entrance of the village." The chestnut cakes are sold for a copper coin."

"Besides, when brother Zhu gave someone something, when did he not return the gift? Last time you saw brother Zhi's bellyband was beautiful, and brother Toning sewed the same one, but you gave him cloth and colored thread ? Didn’t that person embroider it well and send it to you?”

"But, but our family also introduced him to a good job of embroidering quilt covers. Two quilt covers can have more than 100 words at least."

Mrs. Li is still a little unconvinced, but Aunt Qian's face has changed: "You child, I always said hello in the past, how come you don't understand things now? Just for a job, don't you think our family can handle the Lu family? Is it okay? Don’t mention this matter again, otherwise people in the village may blame our family for being poor!”

Seeing that her mother-in-law, who had always been good-tempered towards her, turned pale, Li Shi lowered her head and bit her lip, and stopped talking.

The family was in a stalemate when someone knocked on the courtyard door. Looking up, it was Cen Ning standing at the door.

Brother Zhu rushed to meet him, a little surprised and a little embarrassed: "Ning'er, why are you here?"

Aunt Qian also hurriedly asked Cen Ning to come in and sit down.

Cen Ning smiled softly, stepped into the yard and said softly: "My aunt went to my house for the first time with my nephew in my arms. Not only did I not drink a sip of tea from my house, but I also let my nephew come back empty-handed. It really shouldn't be. I just cooked a bowl Candy chestnuts, here to give you a taste."

Then he went to coax Brother Zhu and his nephew: "Good boy, try it quickly, it's sweet too!"

As soon as Mrs. Li left, Cen Ning thought about it, and was not happy that a trivial incident would cause a rift between the two families, so he took the leftover bowl of chestnut kernels at home and cooked candied chestnuts.

This stuff is easy to make. Boil caramel sugar into a thick syrup and put chestnuts in to cook together. It tastes delicious and he can bear it.

Seeing Cen Ning bring food to the house, Aunt Qian and Brother Zhu felt a little embarrassed, and Li Shi also felt uncomfortable.

"Well, this was originally caused by the greedy children in the family, how could you bother you like this? I even made a special trip to eat." Aunt Qian apologized.

Cen Ning put down the candied chestnuts, and said with a smile: "Aunt Qian, you take good care of me on weekdays, and this time, Sister Ru and his mother asked me to embroider the quilt, thanks to you and Brother Zhu, I should have come to thank you long ago. "

The more Cen Ning said this, the more Aunt Qian felt uncomfortable. She always remembered that the second boy of the Lu family and Cen Ning were real people, and they would help each other after they got acquainted.

Afraid that today's incident would make Cen Ning worry, he hurriedly told Cen Ning to sit down and went to bring him some dried fruit.

Before he could say anything, Brother Zhu, who had been silent all this time, stood up, put the bowl of candied chestnuts in front of his nephew, then Aunt Qian and Mrs. Li greeted him behind him, and pulled Cen Ning away with all his strength.