Chapter 46 Why should she cook?

Chapter 46 Why should she cook?

There are three granddaughters in the family. Old Lady Shen loves the eldest granddaughter the most. She is also not bad to the second granddaughter and the youngest granddaughter.

They were supported to go to high school, and not only were they given a new set of clothes every year, but they were also given some pocket money. Compared with the girls in the same village, their lives were so much better.

In an era when people could not even get enough food, many families were reluctant to spend money to send their children to school. It was okay for boys, if they wanted to go to school, their families would be happy to send them there.

But the girls were not happy about it, thinking it was a waste of money and that it would be more cost-effective to work more at home and take care of their younger siblings rather than go to school.

There are few girls in the village who can study until high school like the girl in their family.

Shen Xue rarely went into the kitchen to cook since she was a child, but she still felt that Grandma Shen was partial to her and didn't treat her as her granddaughter.

"Grandma, I don't want to cook." Shen Shuyu doesn't have to cook, so why should she?

Even Uncle Shen was a little angry, "What are you thinking, girl? You don't like to cook for your own family, but you are happy to help the male educated youth cook for you.

I think you have been spoiled by your mother. If you don’t cook for the family, you will never have a single meal at home again.”

This girl is becoming more and more ignorant as she grows up. It seems that we can't just ignore her.

"Dad, my grandma and aunt just don't like me and are deliberately making trouble for me, and you won't help me?"

Liu Pandi came back from outside in a depressed mood. Seeing her daughter crying, she didn't even bother to ask what happened. She just wanted to go back to the house and hide.

Zhang Cuicui knew Liu Pan was not pregnant when she saw her expression. "My third sister-in-law is back. What did the barefoot doctor say? How many months is my nephew pregnant?"

Li Caixia said, "Mom has already steamed egg custard for her grandson, so my third brother and his wife can just wait to eat it."

Uncle Shen was a little excited when he heard what his two sisters-in-law said, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, what are you talking about? What little nephew and little grandson? Could it be that Pan Di is pregnant?"

"This is what my third sister-in-law said this afternoon. She said she vomited and was pregnant!"

Shen Xue stopped crying. Her mother was pregnant? How could this be possible? If her mother was pregnant, would she still have a place in this family? Would her parents still see her?

Uncle Shen didn't notice Liu Pandi's ugly expression. He thought his wife was really pregnant. He looked very happy and helped her sit down carefully. "Pandi, are you really pregnant with my son?"

"I... I'm not pregnant. I vomited this afternoon because I had a stomach upset."

After she finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at her man's face and ran back into the house.

It was all in vain. Uncle Shen's face looked really ugly. Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia didn't dare to say anything unpleasant.

The yard suddenly became quiet. Shen Shuyu lay in the room and felt that his ears were finally at peace.

The yard was not fun, so Gu Jiandong went into Shen Shuyu's room and saw that she was still sleeping. He stayed there for a while and then went out carrying the white radish.

The water in the water tank was almost used up, so Gu Jiandong went to fetch a few buckets of water.

He cleaned the yard again. Seeing Zhang Cuicui picking vegetables, he went over to help.

During this period, he gradually integrated into the Shen family.

Zhang Cuicui and Li Caixia also felt more sincere towards him. This child did not conflict with their interests. He was obedient and capable. With an extra laborer at home, they could relax a lot.

"Jiandong, what do you want to eat tonight? Ask your uncle to make it for you."

“I want to eat noodles.”

"Okay, I'll make it for you." Anyway, what they were eating was not the fine grains of their family, so Li Caixia didn't feel sorry at all.

"Jiandong, open the door, second aunt, go in and get out the flour." There are so many good things in the child's room, and she usually can't even go in to take a look.

Gu Jiandong opened his door and stood at the door and said, "Second Aunt, you have to go out after you pack the flour. You can't touch other things in the room."

"Hey, kid, your second aunt is not that kind of person." He even knows how to protect his own things. Who said this kid is stupid? Look how smart he is.

"Second Aunt, please pack more white flour. Shu Yu also wants to eat noodles."

"Okay." Li Caixia filled another large bowl with flour. "Do you want some fried eggs?"

"Eat, I want to eat two, and Shu Yu also wants to eat two."

There is a basket of eggs in his house, so Gu Jiandong is not afraid of having no eggs to eat.

For dinner, Gu Jiandong and Shen Shuyu had delicious noodles.

Shen Xue ate the corn porridge without any appetite, her eyes fixed on the noodles in the two people's bowls.

It's such a waste for a lazy and fool to eat such good food.

It would be great if I could give this to her.

Shen Qiu drank the corn porridge in the bowl and asked eagerly, "Sister, are the noodles delicious?"

"It's delicious, have a bite." Shen Shuyu generously picked up a piece of noodles for her with chopsticks.

Old Lady Shen said, "Xiao Qiu, your elder sister is so good to you, you must protect her in the future."

The noodles that her elder sister picked up for her were much bigger. Shen Qiu was so happy that her teeth were not visible. "Grandma, if anyone dares to bully my elder sister, I will just chop her with a kitchen knife."

"Good boy."

After eating, Gu Jiandong took Shen Shuyu back to the house. He took out a furry thing from his pocket and said, "Shuyu, I also brought you a gift today."

A furry thing was stuffed into Shen Shuyu's palm. Shen Shuyu felt something pecked her hand. She opened her palm and saw it was a bird.

"The little bird is so cute. It would be delicious if it were roasted."

Gu Jiandong's eyes sparkled. "Is it delicious? I want to eat some too. I'll go to the mountains to find more birds tomorrow."

"Okay, be careful when you climb trees. Don't fall down. Don't climb trees that are too tall. They're not safe."

When he got to the mountains, he was like a monkey, jumping up and down. Every day when he came back, his clothes were either torn or his pants had two holes. My aunt had to sew clothes for him every night.

His clothes used to be nice, but now they are tattered and every piece of clothing has patches on it.

The bird was still too small to be kept alive. After playing with it for a while, Shen Shuyu asked Gu Jiandong to take it to the kitchen to roast it. When it was cooked, there was only a little bit of meat.

Shen Shuyu didn't like it, so she let Gu Jiandong eat it.

There was no seasoning, just the taste of meat, but Gu Jiandong was not picky and finished it in two bites.

At this time, there were cicada monkeys. Shen Jiabao and his friends came back from taking a bath at the river, and the three brothers said they wanted to go out and catch cicada monkeys.

Shen Shuyu loves to eat cicada monkeys. Every year when the cicada monkey season comes, the three brothers will go out to catch them.

Catch it and fry it. The taste makes me drool just thinking about it.

Not only the three brothers would go out to catch them, but many young men in the village would also go out to catch them. In those days when there were few entertainment activities, catching cicada monkeys was considered an interesting activity.

No need to fry, it tastes just as good if roasted.

The three asked Gu Jiandong if he wanted to go.

Of course Gu Jiandong went. He was a playful guy and he couldn't sleep even if he was asked to go to bed so early.

"Shu Yu, are you going or not?"

Going to the forest to catch cicada monkeys, not to mention the many mosquitoes, you also need to be patient. Shen Shuyu just wanted to lie at home, "I won't go, you guys go."