Food for the people

The little girl is right, their house is indeed not far from Qiao Yu's house, the second yard is the one that turns right and then right when you go out, it looks no different from the houses in this area from the outside, and the two brothers don't usually go out for a walk. , so I have no impression of this family.

The courtyard door was ajar, but the little girl opened it with a push.

As soon as she stepped into the courtyard gate, the little girl immediately became lively, and she lost her shyness towards Qiao Yu and the brothers, and shouted at the top of her voice: "Grandma, I'm back, brother, I'm here too."

There was a sound from inside the room, and an old lady in a coarse cotton padded jacket opened the curtain and came out.

The little girl jumped up and ran to the old lady's side, and tugged at her hand.

Qiao Yu bowed his hands to the old lady and said, "Happy New Year, grandma."

Qiao Ling also saluted and greeted him.

The old lady patted her granddaughter's head and replied with a smile, "Happy New Year, Happy New Year."

He said to Qiao Yu again: "Come on, come in quickly, don't stand at the door, it's such a cold day."

Qiao Yu stopped being polite and led Qiao Ling into the door.

There is a brazier in the house, just like Qiao Ling's house, there are not many furniture, and most of them are a bit worn out, but they are very clean. There are several plates with bowls on the square table against the wall, as if they have been prepared long ago. up.

Without waiting for the old lady's instruction, the little girl quickly dragged two stools and placed them beside the brazier, then looked at Qiao Yuqiaoling, and motioned for them to sit down.

When the two of them sat down, the little girl hurriedly ran out to get two coarse porcelain cups, and reached out to pick up the kettle on the brazier to pour water for the two of them. Her movements were so swift that she didn't look like a child younger than Qiao Ling.

Qiao Ling quickly stood up and picked up the water bottle before the little girl reached out, and said, "I'll do it."

The little girl then retracted her hand.

The old lady was picking up something from a cloth bag on the wall, when she heard this, she looked back and said, "Let her do it, it's fine."

Qiao Yu was very ashamed. It's no wonder that the children of the poor are the parents of the poor. This one is more mature and sensible than the other, because of his unreliable father. Back then, I really doted on him, at least when he was this old, he absolutely didn't have this understanding.

"Come on, eat this."

The old lady grabbed something and put it in Qiao Yu's hands, only then did Qiao Yu realize that what she had been grabbing for a long time were a few dried persimmons.

Wrapped in a layer of hoarfrost, it is moderately soft and hard, and it looks like it was made by myself.

"Try it, and I'll bring you some when you like to go."

While talking, the old lady stuffed a few into Qiao Ling's hands, and gave two to her granddaughter, and watched them eat with a smile.

It was the first time for Qiao Yu to see this old lady. Looking at Qiao Ling's appearance, she must have never seen her before, but the old lady acted as if they were relatives, and even treated her own grandson.

Kind, warm and kind.

Qiao Yu naturally lived up to her kindness, and after tasting one, she boasted, "It's delicious, thank you grandma."

The old lady smiled and narrowed her eyes, "It's good as long as it's delicious, and I'll decorate it for you to eat at home later."

Qiao Yu said, "Then thank you grandma first."

Then he turned around and took the half smoked duck wrapped in oil paper, handed it to the old lady and said, "This is half a smoked duck. I made it myself. It tastes good. Grandma will try it too."

The old lady refused to accept it: "Oh, why are you so polite?"

Qiao Ling said from the side: "The smoked duck made by my brother is really delicious."

The old lady was taken aback, then smiled and said, "Okay, then I'll take it and have a taste."

After speaking, he took the things and went to the kitchen.

"My brother hasn't had time to ask you, what's your name?" Qiao Yu asked, looking at the puffy little girl who was eating persimmons.

Hearing his question, the little girl quickly swallowed the food in her mouth and replied, "My name is Yueyue."

Qiao Yu looked around, and then asked, "Are you and grandma the only ones at home?"

He had been here for a while, but he didn't see anyone else. It stands to reason that those who celebrated the Chinese New Year shouldn't be all at home.

Yue Yue replied: "There is also my brother, but these days my brother is on duty and he is not at home. Grandma said that my brother will be back today."

Before Qiao Yu could ask again, there was a shout from outside.

"Grandma, Yueyue! I'm back."

Yue Yue, who was sitting opposite Qiao Yu, jumped up and shouted, "My brother is back."

He ran out in a hurry.

Qiao Yu also stood up and said to Qiao Ling, "Go, go say hello to him."

The two went out and saw a tall and thin young man standing at the door of the kitchen. He was wearing gray thin cotton casual clothes in winter, but his forehead was slightly sweating. It looked like he had run all the way back.

Holding several large and small packages in his hand, he was talking to the old lady while passing things to her.

Seeing Yueyue jumping three feet high onto him, she quickly put down her things to catch him, glanced back, and saw Qiao Yu brothers coming out of the house.

Qiao Yu smiled at him.

He was taken aback for a moment, but soon smiled at Qiao Yu.

Yue Yue whispered in her brother's ear: "These are two brothers from the neighbor's family. Grandma called me over to have dinner with us."

After Yueyue finished speaking, the old lady came out from the kitchen, and while dragging her grandson to Qiao Yu's side, she introduced to her grandson, "Grandma called you two friends on her own initiative, do you have any objections? "

Brother Yueyue smiled and said, "What are you talking about? I'm not too happy if people want to come over, so what's your opinion?"

As he spoke, he warmly greeted the two of them to come in and sit down, which was exactly the same as the old lady's personality.

Qiao Yu was not polite to them either, she let them in and sat in again.

On the other hand, Qiao Ling couldn't cope with this kind of situation, some hands were neither hands nor feet.

After everyone had entered the door, the old lady told her grandson to fill up the stewed vegetables in the pot, "The stewed hoof is missing, so go and fill it up, and eat when it's done."

After speaking, he lifted off the covered bowls on the table one by one, and greeted Qiao Yu and Qiao Ling to sit down.

There are a total of six dishes on the table. Although they don't seem to be exquisite, they smell very fragrant and have a lot of portions. The stewed chicken, stewed fish and stewed meat are all filled to the brim.

After a while, Brother Yueyue brought in another small pot, which was full of soybean stewed pig's trotters. The old lady moved a little bit in front of Qiao Yuqiaoling and let the stewed pig's trotters be placed in front of them.

"Eat quickly, don't be dazed, it's cold, it won't taste good when it gets cold."

Yue Yue trotted to the kitchen to get a few small cups, divided them up and put them in order.

Brother Yueyue took out a sealed jug from the bundle he brought back, poured out half of it and warmed it in the brazier, and said, "It's cold, drink something warm."

As soon as the wine comes out, the aroma of the wine overflows and fills the room.

Qiao Yu didn't drink much, but he still drank some good wine. He could tell that this wine was completely different from the wine he bought before. The aroma of the wine was long and strong, and the price would definitely not be cheap.

"My name is Song Siming. I haven't asked my little brother what's your name yet?"

Brother Yueyue poured out a glass of the heated wine for his grandma, poured another glass and put it in front of Qiao Yu and asked.

Qiao Yu smiled, took the wine and raised the glass to him.

"Qiao Sheng, this is my younger brother Qiao Ling."

Song Siming smiled and poured himself a glass, then walked around Qiaoling and turned to Yueyue, "Don't drink this, be careful to get drunk again, grandma cooked fermented glutinous rice, Yueyue went to pour that for brother."

Yue Yue hummed, Qiao Ling was embarrassed to wait here, and got up to go to the kitchen with Yue Yue.

"Yueyue said that you live next door, did you move here recently?"

Song Siming doesn't look too old, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, he is very energetic, and he has an indescribable sense of neatness in doing things, which makes a good impression on Qiao Yu.

Of course, this family has a very good impression on Qiao Yu.

Qiao Yu nodded and said, "Well, it's been less than half a year since I moved here, and I was sick for the past few months, so I didn't move around much."

Song Siming smiled and said, "No wonder, I haven't seen you much."

"Don't ask too many questions. These two children are just like your brothers and sisters. They are poor children who have lost their parents. I don't think they have any relatives to go around during the Chinese New Year. We don't have any extra people in our family. They are called They come over for a meal, and you're annoying asking questions."

The old lady took a sip of her wine and suddenly interrupted.

Qiao Yu laughed: "How could it be? Isn't it right for friends to talk about it?"

The old lady glanced at him and said with a smile: "Look at how good he is at talking. Our family, Siming, is outspoken. Don't take it to heart."

Qiao Yu said: "Of course not, I have to thank grandma for calling us here."

The old lady waved her hand: "Thank you, it's just a meal. As you can see, there are only three people in our family. It's the New Year's Eve, and it will be lively when there are many people."

Qiao Yu was quite moved in his heart. Whether in his previous life or now, he has seen many wonderful things like the Zhao family aunt, but this is the first time he has seen someone like the old lady.

"Okay, eat quickly, it will be really cold if you don't eat."

The old lady picked up a large hoof tip for Qiao Yu, and Qiao Yu reached out to take it, and thanked her again.

"Stop thanking me, I've said it several times for a meal, and besides, I won't invite you to dinner in the future."

Only then did Qiao Yu smile and shut his mouth.

The old lady took another piece for her grandson, "Hurry up, I haven't seen you for half a month, I think you have lost weight again."

"I've lost weight anywhere, and I don't eat or drink too much. I think I've gained a few pounds." Song Siming said, taking a sip of his wine.

"It's just right if it's heavy. Only when it's heavy can you do more work for the master."

Song Siming looked up at Qiao Yu, and saw that he was eating without looking up, so he hummed again.

Yue Yue and Qiao Ling came in with fermented glutinous rice, Qiao Yu reached out to pick Qiao Ling, and naturally changed the topic to eating.

"Is it sweet? Give me a taste."

Yueyue immediately boasted after hearing the words: "It's so sweet, grandma even cracked eggs, it's delicious."

Qiao Yu picked it up and took a sip. It was delicious, warm and slid down his throat, sweet and sour, appetizing and quenching thirst.

"Drink more if you like it. I make a lot of it. When I leave, I will decorate it for you to go home. If you find it troublesome, you can drink it with hot water without breaking eggs."

The old lady really didn't hide her secrets at all, she wanted Qiao Yu and the others to take back everything, Qiao Yu respectfully agreed, thinking in her heart that if she accepted it, she would send something back to repay the favor.

The meal was enjoyable, just like a family. Qiao Yu was not in good health, so he only drank two glasses of wine. Drink again, was stopped by Song Siming.

"If you drink less of this wine, it will warm your stomach, if you drink too much, it will hurt your body. Don't drink it. I'll pretend for you. If you want to drink it tomorrow, you can continue to drink it. There's more."

The old lady was not in a hurry when the glass was taken away, she nodded and agreed to drink it tomorrow.