Chapter 170 It’s not easy to be a son-in-law (please subscribe)
Author: corner kissing pig
Chapter 170 It’s not easy to be a son-in-law (please subscribe)
Lin Lu suddenly felt a lot more relaxed by staying in the kitchen with Li Xingruo on the pretext of helping with the work.
It's not that I can't cope with chatting with Uncle Li outside, but I'm just a little frightened. I'm afraid that I'll say the wrong thing or do something not good enough. When I think about the two or three days of getting along like this, Lin Lu feels a little numb.
"Okay, it's none of your business. You can go out and have tea with my dad."
Li Xingruo took the big basin in his hand, put the chickens, ducks and geese in it on the chopping board, trimmed the corners skillfully with a knife, and then put the whole one in the pot to stew.
"No, Sister Xingruo, I'll dig some ginger for you... Where is the ginger?"
"My mother is digging outside."
"...Then I'll peel the garlic for you!"
"I don't usually see you loving peeling garlic so much at home?"
"Who said that! I like peeling garlic the most!"
Seeing him clinging to her side like this, Li Xingruo was angry and funny. After all, it was her own home, but she was ten thousand times calmer than Lin Lu. The mood of the two of them at the moment was somewhat similar to what they usually felt at his home.
It's like switching over.
Lin Lu stood by the sink and was trying to peel garlic. Li Xingruo suddenly came over, stood on tiptoes and took a bite on his face.
Normally, he would have dared to hug her back and push her back, but he didn't dare to do so now. Instead, he was so frightened by her sudden teasing that he looked outside the kitchen in panic and helped her.
The pair of pretentious glasses on the bridge of his nose, his face a little red, lowered his voice and said: "Sister Xingruo, what are you doing?! I will be finished if Uncle Li and the others see me later!"
"hey-hey……"
Seeing that he was like a young lady, Li Xingruo became even more excited. She really wanted to hug him and make him faint.
"Aren't you usually like this at your house? Why don't you dare to come to my house?"
"How can this be the same! Uncle Li will hit me with a knife later!"
"It's okay, no one saw it anyway... Stop hiding, come here!"
"..."
Lin Lu had nothing to do with her. His Adam's apple rolled twice and his heart was beating wildly. He didn't dare to make any big moves, let alone make a sound, so he could only swallow his anger and be pushed into the corner by her.
The slightest movement outside the living room, or a sudden whistle coming from the road in the distance, can make his heart suddenly rise to his throat like a frightened bird. Not to mention, this nervous and exciting feeling is really exciting.
Blame the one above.
It felt like a long time passed, but in fact it was only a moment. Li Xingruo finally let him go. As if he was full, he wiped the corners of his mouth with satisfaction and pretended to wash the vegetables.
Her courage seems to be great, but it is not that great. It is just to show the majesty of her sister, so that if he dares to bully her, she will dare too!
It felt so good to bring Lin Lu home. With her parents supporting her, she could do whatever she wanted to him, but he didn't dare to say a word.
"What did you just talk to my dad about?"
"It's nothing, just checking the household registration normally, how do I know you, what do you usually do..."
"You didn't backstab me, did you? Did you follow what I taught you?"
"said……"
Lin Lu recalled Uncle Li's expression and reaction just now, and still a little nervously checked with Li Xingruo: "Sister Xingruo, what do you think your dad's impression of me is?"
"I didn't know that this is my first time bringing a boy to your home. How do you feel about it?"
"Probably...okay?"
"Well, that's probably no problem. I don't know what my dad's impression of you is, but I know that my dad is quite nervous just like you."
"Is it true or false? I can't tell."
"Because you are more nervous than my dad. Of course you can't tell. My mom and I can tell. No matter who comes as a guest, my dad always puts his legs on the sofa when he sits on it. It's not like now.
It's like meeting with the leader, sitting straight."
After hearing what she said, Lin Lu felt a little more balanced. It would be unfair if he was the only one in the family who was nervous.
"Then what did Sister Xingruo talk to auntie outside just now?"
"What else can we talk about? Let's talk about you."
"..."
Don't say it so easily! Please be considerate of your brother who is at the center of the conversation!
"What's your impression of me?"
"Well."
Li Xingruo's delicate brows furrowed, and Lin Lu's face immediately tensed.
Then her expression instantly relaxed again, and Lin Lu was stunned for a moment before he realized that she was teasing him.
The young man became angry because of embarrassment. Why didn't he notice that Sister Xingruo was so naughty? Don't let him take the chance, otherwise she would have to beg for mercy!
"Sister Xingruo, tell me quickly!"
"Oh, there's nothing to say. Let's just leave it like that. We just met and we didn't even eat. You still want my parents to praise you so much, but I can see their current impression of you.
You're all pretty good. My mom said you look really good, but you just don't look like you're twenty."
"...Have you noticed that I am nineteen years old?"
"That's not true. My mother looked at you from side to side and thought you were about the same age as me."
"Do you think I look old?"
"It has nothing to do with your appearance. What I mean is that she thinks you are quite mature and quite reliable in terms of your words and actions. Let me tell you, my mother can read faces!"
"Huh? Is it the image that comes from the heart?"
"Yes, she used to learn from my older cousin and she is very accurate in reading people's faces. That's why you must come and have a look this time."
"Then what do I look like?"
"I say you have a clear face, will be rich all your life, have beautiful eyebrows, a stable personality, a good temperament, a straight and high nose, a sense of responsibility, and a very reliable person. Your face will be square and round, and your personality will be gentle and caring."
Hearing what Li Xingruo said, Lin Lu straightened up a bit.
"Auntie is really good at judging people."
"...if I compliment you just a few times, my tail will rise to the sky?"
Lin Lu breathed a sigh of relief. If his aunt really praised him so much, then he didn't have to worry too much about her. After all, people who can read faces are more willing to believe what they can see from their faces, and they can't tell.
Superstitious, there is a certain scientific basis for psychological analysis.
The two of them were chatting when they heard footsteps coming from outside the kitchen. They quickly fell silent and stood reservedly, busy washing vegetables in a sink.
"Auntie." Lin Lu hurriedly said hello to Chen Yingping who walked in.
"Xiao Lin, are you hungry?" Chen Yingping also asked with a friendly smile. She was holding another basin with peeled ginger cubes and other ingredients.
"Are you hungry or not? We came back after having breakfast!"
"Young people today are so tall." Chen Yingping stood beside him and compared herself. She was a little shorter than her daughter, so she had to look up at Lin Lu to look at him.
"I usually do sports, play basketball and so on, and I also go to play badminton with Xingruo on weekends." Lin Lu smiled.
"That's good. Xiaoruo is just a lazy person. She doesn't listen to my orders to exercise more and drink more water. She only knows how to play badminton. We used to play badminton outside the gate. Hey, she still dislikes me now.
Can hit!"
"Auntie, is she usually busy opening a shop?"
"There's nothing busy or not, they're all regular customers. The town is just that big. Her father and I don't have much to pursue. We just need to live a simple life. I always hoped that Xiao Ruo would find a partner. Xiao Lin, can you come today?"
I am very happy to meet and have dinner with my aunt."
Compared to Uncle Li, Aunt Chen is more talkative. After all, they are both businessmen and they are doing small business. They usually rely on their eloquent words and what they say is nice, but Lin Lu knows that he cannot relax, Xingruo
My sister also reminded him that her mother pays most attention to details.
"I'm very excited to have the opportunity to try my aunt's cooking. I've been thinking before that if Xing's cooking is so delicious, I won't be able to eat more than three bowls of it."
"Hey, Xiaolin, what you said is right. Don't be polite later. No matter whether it suits your appetite or not, you must eat enough. I still remember that when her father met Xiaoruo's grandparents, they were so strong.
This little guy didn’t even dare to eat, and later he said he was very hungry!”
As the saying goes, the more a mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, the more interesting she becomes. A sensible mother-in-law is usually nice to her son-in-law, in exchange for the son-in-law being nice to her daughter. This is probably Lin Lu’s innate advantage. As long as she doesn’t try to trick her into committing suicide, Chen Yingping
He is quite enthusiastic here.
Of course, the main thing is that we haven't reached the stage of discussing marriage yet. It's the first time we've met each other, so the important thing is to get to know each other better.
"Xiao Lin, just come to the kitchen and your aunt will come. You can go to the living room to drink tea and watch TV."
"It's okay, auntie, I don't know how to cook. When my mother usually cooks, I help in the kitchen. Seeing that auntie and Xingruo are busy working, if I take a break, I will be embarrassed to eat later.
"
"Then Auntie will give you a task. Later, the braised duck and braised goose will be simmered in a large pot of firewood. The pot in the kitchen is not big enough. Xiaoruo, go and go with Xiaolin to set up the firewood pot outside Menping and light a fire. Wait.
I'll mix the ingredients and start marinating it."
"Make a fire! I'll go! Let's go, Lin Lu, come with me to get the pot!"
Hearing that the fire was about to be lit, Li Xingruoke became excited, as if his primitive instincts had been awakened. He called Lin Lu and went to the utility room to fetch the stove and the big pot.
"What are you doing?"
Uncle Li, who was leisurely smoking and drinking tea in the living room, asked. Lin Lu was not in the living room. He also felt a lot more relaxed. He took his feet out of his shoes and stepped on the sofa. He usually wore slippers. When Lin Lu came out, he asked.
, he calmly put his feet down and put them back on his shoes.
"Let's make a firewood hotpot. My mother said we'll cook it outside later!"
"Let me do it."
"Oh, you don't need to come, Lin Lu and I can handle it!"
"Xiao Lin, these pots and stoves are heavy and big, be careful not to stain your clothes."
"It's okay, Uncle Li! I'm very strong too!"
Lin Lu first took the stove out of the utility room. Growing up in a big city, he had never seen such a thing before. It was said to be a stove, but it was actually made of an asphalt barrel cut into half, in a semi-cylindrical shape.
There are two handles welded on both sides of the stove for easy carrying, and the bottom is the bottom of the original barrel. After the fire is burned, the ash will not be everywhere. There is a square opening at the bottom. This is the opening for plugging firewood into the stove, and there is also one at the rear.
A few small openings, this is the chimney of the stove.
"Sister Xingruo, did you buy this stove?"
"My dad made this himself! He has been using it for seven or eight years! I learned it from people on the construction site and turned waste into treasure!"
"Awesome...where to put it?"
"Here here."
Lin Lu came out of the living room carrying the stove. Outside was the doorstep of her house, and beyond was the road. Two cars, one black and one white, were parked on the right. Under Li Xingruo's command, Lin Lu carried the stove to the door.
It is placed on the cement floor on the left side of the ping.
It was already eleven o'clock in the morning, the sun was very hot, and there happened to be shadows here. After staying in the house for a long time, Lin Lu suddenly felt refreshed and relaxed when he came out.
It’s no wonder that when sons-in-law and wives from out of town return to their parents’ homes, their almost unanimous attitude is to go out and wander around, look at the scenery, and play with chickens, ducks, and geese. After all, staying in the house is really tiring! It’s even more difficult if the dialect is not spoken.
Finished!
Isn't there a joke that says that if you see a group of strange strangers in the village during the Chinese New Year, they can't understand the dialect and will only giggle when they meet, but don't worry, they are not bad people, they are just sons-in-law from out of town.
Not to mention working more for performance, even if it is not for performance, Lin Lu is willing to work more. After all, as long as there is work in hand, there is no need to sit and drink tea in the living room with Uncle Li and stare at each other, even at Sister Xingruo's house
I have a field, and I'm willing to help plant rice seedlings and harvest rice when I come back.
"You go inside and take out the pot and lid. Wash them at the faucet next to it. I'll light the fire!"
"Why does it feel like Sister Xingruo gets inexplicably excited when it comes to making a fire?"
"Oh, go ahead!"
Lin Lu put down the stove and went inside to carry the pot. This pot was also the largest he had ever seen in his life. With such a long arm span, it was still difficult to carry the iron pot that was as big as half a person. There was a cleaning machine near the outdoor faucet.
There were several plastic bags stacked next to the fine brushes and other items. Inside were the feathers from the chickens, ducks and geese that the mother and daughter had killed before. Someone collected the duck and goose feathers. Based on the price alone, no one wanted the chicken feathers.
Already.
While Lin Lu was washing the big pot and the lid, the girl in a skirt next to her was lighting a fire in the stove. She used some dry firewood and scraps of wood that were not found in the hardware store. She looked like a naive girl when she excitedly lit the fire.
There was a strong contrast with the temperament brought by her gentle skirt, which made Lin Lu feel that she was more real and lovely.
Li Xingruo squatted on the ground, put some paper and small wood chips under the firewood, and started burning it with his father's lighter. The paper and wood chips started to burn, but the firewood did not catch fire at all.
"Sister Xingruo, can you do it?"
"...It's windy!"
"There's no wind."
"...Stop being so verbose, you can do it!"
The forest road is on.
Just like her, she looked ashen and disgraced, and the firewood hadn't been lit yet.
"It would be nice if there were rice straws and bamboo chips. It's so difficult to catch fire with this firewood! I lit the fire at my grandpa's place and it burned easily."
If Dora C looks a little embarrassed, is it because he has lived in the city for a long time and the fire will no longer burn? Of course not! It must be that there is no combustion-supporting material!
"what is it now?"
"You can only use the final secret code!"
Li Xingruo ran back to the house and took a kerosene lamp used for worship. She turned on the kerosene lamp and poured the kerosene inside on the firewood. A pungent smell of kerosene suddenly filled the air.
"The food that will be cooked later won't be poisonous, right?" Lin Lu asked worriedly.
"Idiot, it will be gone after it burns out. What do you think the gas used at home is? I want to light it up!"
"Be careful!"
Li Xingruo first lit a paper towel, then threw the paper towel into the stove. With a huff, it was like turning on a gas stove. A raging fire started from the stove. The smoke suddenly rose so high that it was only a couple of meters away.
The forest road a few meters away also felt the oncoming heat wave.
Not to mention, the moment the fire suddenly started burning, my mood was as intense as setting off fireworks. Looking at Li Xingruo next to me, her excited look was like a little witch who was keen on setting fires.
"The pot hasn't been put down yet!" Lin Lu reacted.
"No hurry, no hurry, let's burn the firewood first." Li Xingruo said calmly: "Go and bring more firewood."
When Lin Lu came over after carrying a load of firewood, the kerosene in the stove had also burned out, and the fire was much smaller. But fortunately, the firewood in the stove was finally lit. Compared with the fire just now, the firewood now burned out.
It will seem much gentler.
"Human civilization started from such fire!" Dora C Ruo gave him popular science.
"Sister Xingruo knows so much." Lin Lu boasted.
Lin Lu is also a little addicted to lighting fires. In a big city, there is no place for him to light such a big fire. It can attract fire engines in minutes. He picks up some small sticks, branches and leaves with great interest and throws them into the stove.
, watching them burn into ashes in the primitive fire, the inspiration for the element of fire kept popping up in my mind.
Perhaps this is his talent. He can always supplement and improve his artistic system from various details of life.
On the other side, Chen Yingping came out with marinated duck and goose in the basin.
Lin Lu was very sensible and quickly went over to take the basin, then carefully placed the heavy pot on the stove.
"Xiao Lin, be careful, don't burn your clothes."
"It's okay, Auntie, I'm watching."
As the flames stirred the bottom of the large iron pot, the remaining water droplets in the pot began to sizzle and evaporate rapidly.
Chen Yingping took a spatula of the same size and shoveled it in the pot a few times. When she felt that the temperature was almost the same, she started pouring oil into the pot, then added sliced ginger and other spices and sauteed until fragrant.
"It feels like a picnic." Lin Lu said, smelling the fragrance in the air.
"Watch and learn carefully, my mother's skill at braised duck and goose is excellent!" Li Xingruo said proudly.
"Xiao Lin's hand is good at painting. There is no need to learn this. It's up to you to watch and learn hard!" Chen Yingping said with a smile.
"I know how to make it, but I don't usually have such a big pot. The bigger the pot, the more fragrant it will be."
"That's right, Xiao Lin should try it later. The duck and goose braised in this firewood pot will definitely taste different from what you usually eat."
"Auntie, I can already smell the fragrance!"
Chen Yingping added a lot of water to the pot, then put the duck and goose in, and then added onions, ginger, rock sugar, cinnamon, star anise, salt and sauce for seasoning.
Lin Lu was very impressed. He didn't know if Aunt Chen had a measuring cup and a scale in mind. With such a big pot, the amount of seasonings could be easily placed accurately?
After the soup boils, cover the pot and let the ingredients in the pot simmer.
"Okay, I'll go to the kitchen to make other dishes. Xiaoruo, just watch the fire here. When it's almost done, remember to turn it over."
"I know, I know!"
Chen Yingping went inside. Lin Lu and Li Xingruo sat on a small bench and watched the fire together. As time went by, the aroma in the air became stronger and stronger, and drifted gently to the roadside with the breeze. Every time there was
When pedestrians pass by, they will sniff and take a curious look at the cauldron.
"Why don't you go in and have tea with my dad?"
"No, I want to accompany Sister Xingruo to light the fire."
Lin Lu looked around the room, then suddenly came up to her and gave her a smack on her pink face.
"That's it?"
"if not……"
"Coward, look at me!"
"...! Sister Xingruo, calm down! I'm going to shout!"
"Just shout."
How could Lin Lu dare to speak out? He was calling "catch the thief". Before he could speak, Li Xingruo tilted his head and came over and blocked his mouth.