"Mom, what is a domestic snake? If the snakes are not mature, then they are divided into domesticated ones and wild ones?" Luo Baobao asked puzzledly.

Yang Ruoqing came to Luo Baobao, smiled and stroked her little head, and said: "Of course it is not raised at home, but we have a tradition in this area and believe that the snake that appears inexplicably in this home is a snake.

'The treasure of the house', so we can't evict it."

"Besides, like the snake before, it looks non-venomous at first glance. We might as well keep it. It can eat bugs and mice and protect our family's granary. This is a good thing!"

Yang Ruoqing's explanation successfully convinced Luo Baobao to accept it.

"Okay, let it go, then I'll go catch fireflies!"

Baby Luo happily went to the front porch and whistled, and the teddy dog ​​she had been living with day and night also gave up barking at the corner and turned around, shaking its short tufted tail and farting.

Following Luo Baobao...

Yang Ruoqing withdrew her gaze from the corner and said to Luo Fengtang: "The snake is gone, let's come back too."

Luo Fengtang nodded, took her hand and sat back on the cooling bed, continuing to enjoy the coolness.

A cluster of algae flowers bloomed beside the bed, and the small pink flowers exuded a faint fragrance. On this summer night, along with the chirping of cicadas and the croaking of frogs in the paddy fields in the distance, it was pleasing to the eye and refreshing.

With such a beautiful scenery on such a beautiful day, forget about all those worries. The bright moon is bright and the breeze is bright. Tonight, sleeping well with the person you love most is happiness!

When the sun rises from the east, a new day begins again...

At noon, Yang Ruoqing and Sun Xiaoduo went to deliver meals to the craftsmen. They saw the cattle dealer and Xiang Shengnan, but Shengnan's father was not there.

Maybe there's something going on at home, so I can't come over today?

Yang Ruoqing was thinking about it at the time, but didn't think about it deeply.

On the way home, Xiaoduo said to Yang Ruoqing and Sun: "My father-in-law seems to have gone into the mountains, and he took Jin Nan with him."

"Going into the mountains? Taking Jin Nan with you? Going to chop firewood or something else?" Yang Ruoqing asked curiously.

Xiaoduo shook his head, "It was said that relatives in the mountains sent a message asking them to go there, and they left before dawn. Shengnan still got up this morning and saw that his father and elder brother were not at home, so he asked his mother to find out

Arrived."

"Do they have any relatives in the family? Is it Katsuo's aunt's family?" Mrs. Sun also asked.

Xiaoduo said: "Shengnan's aunt's house is on Zhuangzi behind Xiangjiazhuang. It's not far away. It's at the foot of the mountain, not deep in the mountain."

Yang Ruoqing nodded: "Yes, in our concept, the so-called mountains should be like Sishanao and Sunjiagou. Only villages like this can be considered mountains."

"Does Shengnan's family also have relatives in Sishan'ao and Sunjiagou?" Ms. Sun asked again.

Xiaoduo shook his head, "Shengnan said no, but he doesn't know which village his father and elder brother went to, and his mother can't tell."

Yang Ruoqing smiled: "Uncle the cattle dealer must know who are the relatives of the Xiang family. Since Shengnan's father didn't come here today, the cattle dealer must have told our father about this. Maybe we can find out when we get back from work in the evening."

Already."

"Qing'er, Duo'er, what should we have for lunch? Should we just make do with the leftover food or something?" When they arrived at the door of the house, Mrs. Sun asked Yang Ruoqing and Xiao Duo for their opinions.

Hearing Sun's words and seeing Sun's face turning pale from the heat, Yang Ruoqing said: "Mom, I can eat anything. What, is it so hot that I have no appetite?"

Mrs. Sun nodded, "It's a bit hot. I don't want to eat those dry meals. I just want to eat something cold, anything soupy or watery."

Xiaoduo also said: "Sister, I am too, I just want to eat something soft, not too spicy and it will hurt my throat."

Yang Ruoqing said: "I'm going to make some mung bean soup. Duo'er, please accompany your mother to cool down in the ventilated area of ​​the main room first, and don't come to the kitchen."

Xiaoduo was also panting from the heat. Hearing this, he nodded and helped Sun into the main room.

In the backyard kitchen, Yang Ruoqing first stewed the mung bean soup, and in order to reduce the heat, she also put a few berberine roots in it.

Then, he packed up all the food he had left earlier and put it in the well to calm down, so that he wouldn't have to cook at night.

Considering that both Sun and Xiaoduo were too hot at noon and wanted to eat something easy to digest, Yang Ruoqing thought about it and planned to make a few bowls of scallion oil noodles.

Shred cucumber, add water and set aside, add minced meat and soybean paste and stir-fry into meat sauce, peanuts, cowpea foam, scrambled eggs...

Then pour all these ingredients on top of the cold noodles, add some oil, stir evenly and take it to the front hall...

When the sun went down, Yang Huazhong and the others came back from work and talked about the Xiang family's affairs with Sun and Yang Ruoqing.

"Brother Xiang himself doesn't know what Sheng Nan's father is doing in the mountains with Jin Nan. The Xiang family has no relatives in the mountains. If Jin Nan's marriage hadn't gone awry in the past, it would have been really bad.

We are real relatives, but the marriage has been ruined, and there are no more relatives in the mountains."

Hearing Yang Huazhong's words, Sun and Yang Ruoqing looked at each other.

"But Shengnan said that his father took his brother to visit relatives in the mountains. Shengnan heard this from Shengnan's mother. I didn't say which one specifically," said Sun.

Yang Huazhong thought for a moment and said, "This is a private matter of the Xiang family, so I won't ask about it."

Mrs. Sun nodded and turned around to cook dinner.

The next day, Shengnan's father still didn't come. Not only did he not come, but the cattle dealer didn't come either.

In the morning, Shengnan came to Yang Huazhong's house alone to help with work.

"Father-in-law, my uncle and my father took my eldest brother to the mountains to visit relatives. They left before dawn. My mother told me when I got up in the morning." Xiang Shengnan said.

"Your uncle said yesterday that your Xiang family has no relatives in the mountains!" Yang Huazhong was also a little surprised.

Xiang Shengnan shook his head, "Absolutely not. I haven't heard from my parents since I was a child, and I have never been to visit relatives in the mountains. But my mother told me this now. I asked her, what about her?

Don’t tell me either!”

Not to mention that Xiang Shengnan was confused, Yang Huazhong was also a little surprised. What on earth are the Xiang brothers doing?

"Your uncle and your father naturally have their own rules for doing things. Sheng Nan, come over for breakfast." Yang Huazhong greeted.

Xiang Shengnan shook his head: "Father-in-law, I won't eat. I ate it at home. You can eat it. I'll go to the Taoist temple first."

Mrs. Sun came over after hearing the sound and stopped Xiang Shengnan: "Breakfast is ready at my house. It's not too late for you to eat two buns before leaving. Come on, come on, come in..."

The mother-in-law's attitude and way of treating her son-in-law are different from those of the father-in-law.

Before Xiang Shengnan could organize the words of polite refusal in his mind, he was pulled into the main room by Mrs. Sun.

Xiaoduo blushed and stood at the table setting out the dishes and chopsticks. On the clean tabletop, there was a table full of steamed buns, steamed buns, dumplings, porridge, and side dishes.

The scouts Xiang Shengnan came over in the morning ate noodle soup and became hungry after walking for a while.

Seeing such a sumptuous breakfast at his mother-in-law's house, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva and growl in his stomach.

Xiaoduo couldn't help but burst into laughter, and naturally received a white eye from Mr. Sun.
Chapter completed!