Peach Gum
"Qing'er, you don't need to say anything. I understand. I understand everything. I didn't misunderstand you. I know that Xiao Hei is ignorant. I will have to talk to him properly later."
Yang Huamei was anxious and quickly told Yang Ruoqing, her face turning red again.
But this time it was not anger, but shame.
Yang Ruoqing was not the kind of person who would refuse to give in to the other party even if she just grasped a reason. She also said to Yang Huamei in a friendly manner: "Auntie, thank you for your consideration. My parents and I welcome you from the bottom of our hearts.
I believe you can see our sincerity."
Yang Huamei nodded repeatedly, "That's for sure."
Mrs. Tan also laughed at this time, "Well, you have really worked hard to prepare so many dishes. My third daughter-in-law, you are an honest person. I clearly asked you to prepare two meals!"
Mrs. Sun breathed a sigh of relief and said modestly as usual: "It's not much. There are so many people. It's too little to eat..."
Yang Huamei also gave Sun a grateful smile, and Sun returned a generous and friendly smile.
"Third sister-in-law, let me help you set the dishes and chopsticks." Yang Huamei rolled up her sleeves and said.
Mrs. Sun habitually wanted to politely refuse the guest Yang Huamei, but was stopped by Yang Ruoqing, "Mom, please let my aunt help. She is not an outsider. I just want to go out to invite Xiaohei's father, and by the way, I can also find my father.
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In this case, Sun followed Yang Huamei.
Yang Huamei was also smart and quickly washed the handles and then started to prepare the dishes and chopsticks.
As long as the third sister-in-law lets her help with some work, the embarrassment can be resolved, otherwise it will be embarrassing at the dinner table later.
Mrs. Tan didn't leave either, and continued to stay in the kitchen to calm the atmosphere.
"Hey, third daughter-in-law, why did you stew sweet soup? What's in that soup? It doesn't smell bad, and it's really fragrant!" Mrs. Tan pointed at the earthen pot on the small stove, which was simmering and bubbling.
The caramel colored soup asked.
Yang Huamei also quickly looked over there and said, "It really smells good."
Sun smiled and said: "It's peach gum stewed with red dates. Xiaohua brought the peach gum back from the capital last time. The third child has not had a good gastrointestinal condition for the past six months and is often constipated. Xiaohua said that peach gum can regulate the stomach."
"Qing'er also said that eating peach gum can help women rejuvenate and nourish their beauty. Haha, I stewed some of it today as a side dish."
Hearing that peach gum can beautify the skin, Tan immediately became more interested and said to Yang Huamei: "This is good stuff. Mei'er, you must have two more bowls later."
Yang Huamei couldn't laugh or cry. Could it be that after drinking two bowls, she would instantly become younger and more beautiful?
Besides, this kind of earthen pot is used to boil medicine. When it is full, it can only hold two bowls. If you drink two bowls at once, isn't that just eating alone?
"It will be served to the table later and everyone will have a taste." Yang Huamei said with a smile.
Mrs. Tan stood bent over the small stove and looked at the peach gum in the stove.
Ever since she heard that this stuff was good for women, Mrs. Tan became interested. While Yang Huamei was delivering bowls and chopsticks to the main room in the front yard, Mrs. Tan asked Mrs. Sun: "This thing is called peach gum. Is it made from peaches?"
Did you do it?"
It looks a bit like white fungus. Could it be that the peach flesh was dried in the sun and then mixed with some mountain starch and cooked? If that is the case, then you can make it at home!
Sun smiled and shook her head, "I thought it was made of peaches at first, but later Qing'er told me, if it's so easy, why bring it back from the capital? Qing'an County doesn't even have to buy it, we only have Changhuai here.
You can buy it in other states, and it’s still very expensive.”
"Think about it," Ms. Tan tilted her head and pondered, and then asked, "After talking so much, what is this thing made of?"
Sun said: "Qing'er said it is made of the essence of resin extracted from the bark of the tree."
"Ah? I've been working on it for a long time. Isn't it made of peach meat? What kind of tree is it? The most indispensable thing here is trees." said Tan.
Mrs. Sun smiled and shook her head, "I don't know either. You'd better ask Qing'er about this later."
Soon, Yang Ruoqing came back.
"Qing'er, have your father and Xiao Heiye come over?" In the kitchen, Mrs. Sun asked Yang Ruoqing while loading the dishes.
Yang Ruoqing smiled and nodded, "I met my father and the others while I was walking. It turned out that he had invited Mr. Hei a long time ago. They came together and were sitting in the main room right now. By the way, my father also invited me
Mr. Ga also invited me over for a cup of wine."
Upon hearing this, Ms. Sun's hands became stronger when loading the dishes, "Okay, then you can bring me some more bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses. I'm going to put the dishes here."
"Okay!" Yang Ruoqing immediately got busy.
Soon, all the food was placed on the dining table in the front hall.
The Eight Immortals table in Yang Huazhong's family is slightly larger than the Eight Immortals table in other people's homes. When we first built the table, we considered that the number of people in the family would increase in the future, and the table would be too small to sit comfortably.
So at this moment, Lao Suntou takes the main seat, Wang Hongquan takes the second place, and Yang Huazhong takes the position of waiter and food receiver. Xiao Hei dominates the place alone.
As a result, there are already people from all directions.
Seeing Yang Huamei helping Tan come over, Lao Suntou and Wang Hongquan stood up almost at the same time, saying hello in unison: "My mother-in-law, come sit here with me."
Both of them are related to Tan's family. One married his daughter to Tan's son, and the other married his son to Tan's daughter.
But because of the huge age difference between Yang Huazhong and Yang Huamei, there is also an age difference of more than ten years between Lao Suntou and Wang Hongquan, who are of the same generation.
At this moment, the two of them stood up at the same time and gave up their seats to Tan, the oldest person. Even Yang Huazhong couldn't say anything. He could only stand there and watch with the wine bottle, waiting for Tan to make a decision.
Mrs. Tan glanced at them with one eye, waved her hand and said: "It's just a common meal, don't pay attention to that. You drinkers sit together, and I'll sit down with Mei'er and eat together."
In this case, Yang Huazhong could speak. He quickly invited Lao Suntou and Wang Hongquan to sit down again and poured them wine.
Here, Yang Huamei patted Xiao Hei on the shoulder: "Go a little further inside. This stool is for three people. Don't occupy it by yourself."
Xiao Hei grunted reluctantly and moved to the side, finally making room for someone else.
Yang Huamei sat down next to Xiao Hei and supported Tan and Wang Hongquan to sit in a row. In this way, mother and daughter were actually sitting at right angles to each other.
Yang Ruoqing and Sun came over with the remaining food. Yang Ruoqing looked at the location and asked Sun to sit with Yang Huazhong, while she sat down next to the old Sun.
In this way, there will be a right angle between himself and Xiao Hei.
Xiao Hei had already caught a fried small yellow croaker in his hand and chewed it very crispy. There were bright yellow rice noodle grains around the corners of his mouth, and his fingers were covered with oil.
Chapter completed!