Seeing that there were still two lines of snot hanging on Songjiang's nose and his hands were as dirty as black charcoal, Su Changzhu said: "Go and play rabbit with Xiao Wu. He is building a nest for the rabbit. Go and have a look."
Hearing the rabbit, Su Songjiang pursed his lips hesitantly, but finally shook his head, "I don't want the rabbit, I just want to play with her."
After saying that, he jumped down from the chair, ran to Xiao Jinbao and smiled at her.
"Why are you laughing?" Li Xiu'e sat down again holding Jinbao and patted her grandson's head gently.
"She's pretty!" Su Songjiang pointed at Jinbao and said.
"Of course your sister is pretty!"
"My sister?"
Li Xiu'e nodded, "Jinbao is your cousin, and her father is your father's brother, do you understand?"
Su Songjiang thought for a while and seemed to finally understand, "My sister is so beautiful!"
He said that he wanted to pinch his sister's cheek, but his grandmother slapped her dirty hands away, "You can't touch your sister."
Yao Hua, who had felt a tension in his heart before, breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he didn't touch it!
He knew that there were no wells in the mountains and it was difficult for everyone to get water, so they couldn't take a bath every day, but they had to wash their hands, right?
This child is really dirty...
But Jinbao was so cute that anyone who saw her couldn't help but want to hug her and squeeze her. He was really afraid that Su Songjiang would touch Jinbao with his dirty hands.
"Mom..." Zhang Guilan ran back panting from the kitchen, "Mom, that fish is slippery and slimy, and it doesn't even have scales on it."
"What?" Li Xiu'e asked doubtfully.
"What should I do with that rustic catfish that has beards? I've never killed it before, and the sticky stuff can't be washed away no matter how hard I wash it."
Li Xiu'e was embarrassed, "I've never seen that fish before."
Yao Hua said at this time: "It's very simple! Just keep rubbing the fish with salt to clean the layer of mucus on the surface of the catfish."
"Salt?" Zhang Guilan said, "How much salt does it cost to wash fish with salt? It's such a waste."
"If you don't use salt, then use flour..."
"How can we have flour at home? Oh, this fish is too expensive, and it needs to be washed with flour."
Yao Hua frowned and thought for a while, "If there is no salt or flour, we can only wash it with hot water, not too hot, about 80 degrees."
"80 degrees?" Zhang Guilan looked confused.
"The boiling point of water is 100 degrees, and 80 degrees is when it is almost boiling but not yet boiling," Yao Hua finished explaining and asked, "Do you understand?"
Zhang Guilan didn't understand, "Hua Hua, why don't you go to the kitchen with me and take a look?"
Yao Hua was worried that Su Songjiang would touch Jin Bao's face with his dirty hands. After thinking about it, he stepped forward and held his wrist, "Shall I take you to the kitchen to find your mother?"
"Mother?"
"It's your mother, okay?"
After all, Su Songjiang was only a three-year-old child, and he was most attached to his mother. When he heard that he could go to his mother, he nodded quickly and said, "Okay, I'll go to my mother."
Xiao Jinbao looked at Yao Hua doubtfully.
Why did he take his little cousin away?
No one else understood Yao Hua's intention, only Grandma Jinbao guessed it.
My grandson-in-law...
Hahaha, he is really smart, considerate and attentive. She will feel confident handing Jinbao to him in the future.
The sun sets in the west.
Before dinner, Su Xiaomeng pulled his fourth brother home. On the way, Su Siyong wanted to regret it several times.
When Da Gouzi first found him, he directly said that the family separation had nothing to do with him and that he would not eat any fish.
"It has nothing to do with the family separation. It was Jinbao who said he wanted to see you. Fourth uncle, don't you want to see Jinbao?"
"Jinbao? Third brother's daughter?"
Ergouzi on the side nodded and said: "Yes! Jinbao has been back to the countryside for a few days, and she always said that she wanted to see her fourth uncle. If you don't go to see her, Jinbao will definitely be sad."
Being deceived by Er Gouzi, Su Siyong agreed: "Okay, then I'll go there in the evening."
Later, everything he thought about was wrong. How old was Jin Bao? A baby who was less than two years old probably couldn't even speak clearly. How could he possibly say that he wanted to see him?
"My mother must have told Da Gouzi and Er Gouzi to say this and use my niece to trick me," Su Siyong said angrily, "I won't go!"
Su Xiaomeng hurriedly pulled him, "Fourth brother, it's just a fish meal for the whole family. Why do we have such hatred? Isn't it okay to just sit together and eat fish?"
"From the day my eldest brother ignored my wife's life and refused to even give me two eggs, they and I are no longer a family."
"What about your parents? They raised you so well and didn't treat you badly, don't you think so?"
Su Siyong snorted, "I'm just superfluous. My parents don't care about my son at all! It's been so long since Xiangqin and I moved out. From the time we built the house to now, have they ever asked me?"
Su Xiaomeng knew that the fourth brother had a lot of resentment in his heart, and he could not resolve it for a while.
"Hey, we've already reached here. Let's go in and sit down. We can talk about anything."
With that said, he told what he heard in the production team today.
"Brother, do you know that he met a wolf in the mountains this morning?" Su Xiaomeng asked.
Su Siyong was stunned, "Wolf?"
He didn't have a good relationship with the people in the production team. When everyone got together to chat, he didn't join in to listen.
"I heard that the wolf not only didn't bite my elder brother, but also gave him a rabbit in its mouth."
"What?" Su Siyong didn't believe it, "Are you kidding me? It would be good if the wolf didn't eat him, so why give him the rabbit?"
Su Xiaomeng lowered his voice, "I heard from Big Gouzi that Jin Bao was there at the time and said 'sit down' to the wolf, and the wolf sat down obediently. Then the wolf went back to the grass and took out the rabbit."
Su Siyong was surprised, "Is it true or false?"
"There's no need to lie to me, big dog. Fourth brother, you really don't want to meet Jinbao? She is the only girl in our Su family for several generations!"
Seeing that the fourth brother's eyes were gradually starting to waver, Su Xiaomeng took advantage of the situation and said, "My parents always say that our Su family's daughter is a lucky star. I'm sure it's true."
"Okay, then I'm just going to see Jinbao. I won't eat fish or anything like that. I don't want to owe them any favors."
The two brothers entered the door of Su's house together and heard laughter coming from the kitchen in the distance.
"Bah, bah, bah..." After tasting too much MSG in one mouthful, Zhang Guilan kept spitting, "What does this smell like? It's very weird."
Ye Xiangqin dipped her fingers into some MSG, lowered her head and tasted it hesitantly, frowning and said, "Is this really expensive? More expensive than sugar?"
"It's much more expensive! Dad Gouzi said that most people can't afford this MSG, and it's only used in high-end restaurants that entertain foreign guests."
"Sister-in-law, do you think the tongues of those foreign guests are different from ours?"
"Hahaha, who knows? We've never seen foreigners, right? I'm not used to eating this stuff. I think it's better not to put it in the fish. Just put some salt in it."
Ye Xiangqin nodded, "Yes, if it tastes weird, it will ruin these fish."
Seeing how busy the kitchen was, Su Xiaomeng did not expect that the elder sister-in-law and the fourth sister-in-law would be talking and laughing together while cooking.
Su Siyong was also stunned.
After a while, he suddenly felt betrayed, rushed forward, grabbed his wife's hand, and said angrily: "Why are you here?"
"Si Yong..." Ye Xiangqin was startled by her husband, "I'm here to help."
"Who asked you to come here to help?"
Just as Su Siyong finished questioning, Zhang Guilan stepped forward and said, "I asked the big dog to call Xiangqin? What's wrong? Can't you just cook for the whole family?"