Chapter 17 Will she do it?


    Jiang Xia glanced at Tian Caihua and said, "If my sister-in-law thinks this house is better, I can change it with my sister-in-law."


    Tian Caihua: "."


    Zhou''s mother walked in with a red, white and blue bag at this time and asked casually: "What are you changing with your sister-in-law?"


    Tian Caihua immediately said, "No, Jiang Xia was joking. Mom, what else should I move? I''ll move! I ran out after that."


    Zhou''s mother was inexplicably noticing that she didn''t care about her and gave Jiang Xia a big red, white and blue bag in her hand: "This is A Lei''s clothes, please put it back to your room."


    "Okay." Jiang Xia paused for a moment and then responded.


    Zhou Chenglei told her when cleaning the house today, fearing that his parents would not agree to the separation of the family. He did not say about their divorce, but only said about the separation of the family and told her not to say it for the time being.


    Jiang Xia had no choice but to take it and carry it into his room.


    She thought about it and didn''t help him sort it out.


    The bed and wardrobe in Jiangxia''s room were new. Zhou''s mother also cut some characters of different sizes of tillage with leftover red paper when they got married, and pasted them on the wall, windows and doors, looking like a newcomer''s room.


    Jiang Xia''s wedding dowry was fully equipped with thirty-six legs, and there were also two Phoenix bicycles, one man and one woman, a sewing machine with South China brand, a Shanghai brand watch, and a Hongxing brand radio.


    It is only the early 1980s, and these dowries are already very respectable, especially in rural areas. Of course, in the city, there are already people who dowries in TV sets rather than audio recorders.


    In a few years, washing machines, refrigerators, and TVs will become high-end matches for getting married.


    Jiang Xia took out his clothes from the red-skin suitcase and put them in the wardrobe.


    Zhou''s mother came in with a black plastic bucket and a long-handled wooden lid. She said to Jiang Xia: "Xiaoxia, take out A Lei''s clothes and give me the bag, and I will use it to hold a quilt."


    Jiang Xia had no choice but to open the red, white and blue bag and take out Zhou Chenglei''s clothes.


    Most of them were white shirts and military uniforms, as well as boxers and vests. Jiang Xia quickly stuffed these close-fitting clothes into the wardrobe, as if they were hot.


    After taking it out, Jiang Xia took out the bag and gave it to Zhou''s mother, her face was a little red, but when she saw Zhou''s mother put a black bucket behind the door, she curiously said, "Why is this bucket behind the door?"


    Zhou’s mother: “This is a urine bucket, used at night. You can also use it for drizzling vegetables when you put urine on it.”


    Jiang Xia: “…”


    Put a urine bucket in the room, won’t it smell bad?


    Zhou''s mother saw Jiang Xia''s surprised expression, and thought that Jiang Xia was a city man, she asked, "Do you want to put one in the room?"


    Jiang Xia hurriedly shook his head: "No need."


    Zhou Chenglei walked in at this time.


    Jiang Xia quickly changed the topic: "Grandma and brother helped us do a day''s work today. You go buy some seafood and come back. I will make two tables of meals to thank them, which can be considered as celebrating our move to a new home."


    Jiang Xia didn''t say that, Zhou Chenglei was just thinking that he was thinking. He came in to tell his mother that he would go to buy seafood and ask her mother to go to the vegetable garden to pick some vegetables back.


    Jiang Xia proposed it, which surprised him a little.


    Zhou''s mother was also a little surprised. Jiang Xia actually thought of these things. As for what she said about cooking two tables of meals, Zhou''s mother was not relieved.


    She smiled and said, "I''ll go to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables. A Lei, go buy seafood."


    Zhou Chenglei nodded: "I was just about to buy it."


    Then he said to Jiang Xia, "Just let my mother cook the food, don''t have water wet hands."


    Jiang Xia nodded, "I know."


    After hearing his son''s words, Zhou''s mother looked at Jiang Xia and took out the urine bucket.


    My son is very nice to her, but I don’t know if he really will give it wrong.


    As for letting Jiang Xia cook? Will she? Mother Zhou dared not expect too much!


    Today she helped her do some small work like this, and she didn''t make any trouble at all, so Zhou''s mother was Amitabha.


    Zhou''s mother didn''t know that Jiangxia had some cleaning up the yard, otherwise she wouldn''t have thought so.


    Next, Zhou Chenglei went to buy seafood. Zhou''s mother went to pick vegetables, brush the pot, clean the stove, then wash rice and cook rice, pick flowers and clean dishes for later use. These dishes and chopsticks have not been used for a long time and have accumulated dust. The great grandma brought a piece of pork belly, which was more than three pounds and a few fresh cucumbers. Jiang Xia was very embarrassed.


    The grandma said happily: "Next, I will make braised pork for everyone tonight, and I will join the new house, and my family will be prosperous."


    The great grandma said so, and it would not be good to refuse. Jiang Xia Cheng took over with a smile, "Grandma Cheng is so generous, I will make braised pork for my grandma."


    The grandma smiled, "I have bad teeth and I like to eat braised pork that melts in my mouth."


    "Make sure the entrance is melting!" Jiang Xia said with a smile.


    The grandma smiled and went to burn the fire.


    The braised pork that melts in the mouth is not difficult to make, but it takes time.


    Zhou Chengxin came home and moved a big iron pot. The two iron pots were cooking together, which was fast enough.


    When the family is separated, a large iron pot is served.


    Tian Caihua was worried that Jiang Xia would not know how to cook, so she said, "I''ll cook, you can wash the dishes!"


    Jiang Xia smiled and said, "It''s okay. Thank you for your hard work today. I''ll cook. My sister-in-law will help me."


    Tian Caihua didn''t insist after hearing this. It was not her family''s treat. She didn''t do well and it was not her who was embarrassed.


    And when cooking food for so many people, I can''t eat too much smoke.


    Zhou''s mother happened to pick two large baskets of vegetables back, including beans, eggplant melons, cucumbers, vinegars, and cabbage.


    Tian Caihua went out to wash vegetables.


    Zhou''s mother saw Jiang Xia in charge of the chef and looked at Tian Caihua: "Why did you ask her to cook? Can she eat it?"


    Tian Caihua: "She doesn''t need me to help, she has to do it herself."


    Tian Caihua felt that her mother-in-law was partial and went to wash vegetables with a bad face. Her grandmother''s daughter-in-law also helped her wash them. She was not good at looking bad in front of outsiders, so she didn''t show any shame.


    Zhou''s mother hurried in to help.


    Jiang Xia was making cucumber shots. She just took a look at the dishes that Zhou''s mother picked and knew what to cook.


    She has soaked the braised pork cut into the same size in light salt water. The meat soaked in light salt water will become soft and will be easier to cook and taste better. In addition, the blood water can also remove the fishy smell.


    While soaking, she made a cold cucumber.


    Zhou''s mother was a little surprised when she saw that Jiang Xia was pretty, and she was not wrong with salt and sugar, and wine and vinegar. She was a little surprised, and then she went out to wash vegetables with confidence.


    After the pork belly is soaked and dried, Jiangxia pours the meat into a hot iron pot without adding oil. She stir-frys like this and stir-fry on the sluggish heat to let it oil until the surface of the meat turns golden.


    Jiangxia will remove the excess oil and use it to fry eggplant melon or stir-fry vegetables.


    Then she added seasonings such as ginger, green onion, dried chili, sugar, salt, soy sauce to the braised pork, and continued to stir-fry until the rock sugar completely melted and the pork belly was colored. She added water and wine, and after boiling, she put it directly into a casserole and simmered it on a low heat next to the stove.


    Jiangxia washed the large iron pot, then fry the eggplant in oil, and then made a dish of stewed eggplant with beans and perilla beans.


    Tian Caihua brought the washed vegetables in and saw that she used so much oil to stir-fry eggplant melon, and she was amazed!


    Oh my god, is this eggplant melon or oil?


    Fortunately, the family was separated, and she didn''t dare to let her cook without separation.


    But it smells good! It''s so delicious!


    Looking at the oily purple eggplant and green beans, I wanted to eat it.


    Zhou Chenglei also bought seafood and came back, including bamboo-linked shrimps, green crabs, tiger spots, mud fish, small red squids, and white shells.


    When he saw Jiang Xia’s hand, his eyes flashed with surprise, and then his eyes fell on her white little hand. Thinking of the blisters on her hand, he walked over and reached out to pick up the spatula handle on her hand, "I''ll do it."


    The tall figure suddenly approached. Jiang Xia subconsciously turned around and looked back. His elbow accidentally hit his waist. Because of this turning action, Zhou Chenglei stretched out his big hand and held her little hand.


    (This chapter ends)