Chapter 1015: The Man Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse (4)
Chapter 1015: The Man Comes Riding on a Bamboo Horse (4)
Although the grain in Yue Niang's hands seems heavy, in fact, the grain she bought is of low quality with more old grain and less new grain.
And to make the food heavier, she even put two bricks in it.
When Xiao Gencai saw Yue Niang coming back, his first reaction was to take the bag of grain and test it. When he found that there was no problem, he let Yue Niang pour it back into the flour jar.
As for the rice jar, just leave it empty for now!
Anyway, I don’t have the money to buy it now.
"You go and cook first! I'll wait here for my son." Xiao Gencai instructed Yue Niang.
"Okay, husband!" Yue Niang picked up the bag, placed the flour in the back of the kitchen, and began to cook slowly - since she had already eaten, she didn't care when the father and son of the Xiao family had dinner.
Not long after, Xiao Jianlu also came back, but the dried meat was still in his hand, and it seemed that he had not been able to give it away.
When Xiao Jianlu returned home, he saw his father sitting in the yard. He was stunned at first, and then quickly hid the dried meat in his hand behind his back.
Xiao Gencai acted as if he hadn't noticed his son's action. He took off his shoes and knocked them face down, muttering to himself, "There wasn't any sandy ground today! Why do my feet keep getting hurt?"
"Dad, I'm going back to my room first!" Xiao Jianlu said this, but he was heading towards the kitchen.
"Stop!" Xiao Gencai, who had already cleaned his shoes, stood up. "Didn't you go to give a gift? Why did you bring this dried meat back?"
At this time, the paper wrapping the dried meat was wrinkled and had some water stains.
"The teacher didn't want it!" Xiao Jianlu told the truth.
But this is just the conclusion.
The truth is that this piece of dried meat had been stored for too long and was not handled properly. It might be fine to eat it at home, but it would be a bit unpleasant to give it to others as a gift.
But Xiao Jianlu has been eating this kind of dried meat for years, so of course he doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.
Compared with the things given by some classmates, the dried meat today can no longer be said to be of low quality, which makes Xiao Jianlu feel embarrassed.
The teacher knew Xiao Jianlu's family situation, so he didn't blame him. He just said, "Zi Qiu! I appreciate your kindness, but you can take this dried meat back! I don't like to eat this. I'm old and my teeth are not good. I can't eat this."
Xiao Jianlu was also stupid, and actually believed the teacher's well-intentioned excuse.
When he was carrying the dried meat home, he passed by the corridor of the private school and heard two students from middle-class families discussing the gift-giving.
A: "What gift did you give me?"
Person B: "Jerky! My family runs a pork shop, so it's the most convenient thing to buy. Plus, my mom is really good at making it."
Person A: "I also gave you some dried meat, but I also prepared other gifts that the Master seemed to like very much."
B: "Speaking of dried meat, I know an interesting story. It seems that a fool gave a piece of spoiled dried meat to the master."
Person A: "Is this true? Didn't the Master lose his temper?"
B: "No, I heard that he is very knowledgeable and the teacher gave him a way out."
Xiao Jianlu could no longer hear what the two people said afterwards. He only knew that he had embarrassed himself again - giving spoiled dried meat as a holiday gift.
After hearing what his son said, Xiao Gencai felt ashamed, but he still forced himself to say, "It's okay. When you do well in your studies and become an official, you can repay your master. He is willing to protect you, which shows that he has high hopes for you."
When Yue Niang brought out the noodles, the Xiao father and son were still chatting.
"Eat!" Yue Niang smiled and placed the noodles in front of her husband and son. "Although it's not very oily, it's enough to fill you up."
Seeing only two bowls, Xiao Gencai was stunned for a moment and reminded him, "Go get a bowl and I'll give you some of my noodles. We're all family and we won't have to eat alone. You just watch."
Yue Niang nodded shyly, then took a bowl and handed it to her husband, but when the noodles were in the bowl, she picked up the bowl and walked towards the kitchen.
"It's just some noodles. Don't go to the kitchen to eat it. Come to the table and eat with us!" Xiao Gencai felt that his wife was very well-mannered, but sometimes she was too well-mannered.
Yue Niang shook her head and said, "My husband, etiquette cannot be abandoned. I'd better go to the kitchen!"
After Yue Niang left the yard, Xiao Gencai said to his son Xiao Jianlu, "Next time you take something from home, tell your mother about it. Didn't you see how worried she was today when she thought the meat was lost?"
"Got it!" Xiao Jianlu said perfunctorily.
However, the father and son found it difficult to swallow the noodles.
Because Yue Niang added two handfuls of bran to the dough when she was kneading it.
While kneading the noodles, Yu Niang complained in a low voice: "Eating noodles, it depends on whether you can stretch your throat. You even stole the meat and it hit me. I wonder if you dare to do it again after losing face this time!"
It turned out that Yue Niang had known that Xiao Jianlu was going to give gifts in the next few days, and she had deliberately replaced the meat with spoiled meat.
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