The next day, the Cheng family got up early.

After the leftovers from last night, Cheng Zuolin went down to the field after having breakfast.

According to Wang Guifang's arrangement, Cheng Shouqiang rode his motorcycle to the yard to buy fish.

Mu Tianfen and Wang Guifang worked together to cut a pile of sweet potato vines and poured them into a large iron pot, asking Cheng An to cook pig food for the pigs.

Cheng An sat in front of the stove and added a shovel of loose coal from time to time.

The loose coal was bought at the internal price from the coal mine where Cheng Shouqiang worked. The coal quality is better, but it is not very burned.

The stove is only that big, and it is impossible to add too much at once. Therefore, when cooking a large pot of pig food, someone must guard it.

Mu Tianfen and Wang Guifang naturally won’t do this job. They are too “out of use”.

So, after explaining Cheng An, Wang Guifang took a sickle and a basket on her back, and went to the field to cut rice.

Mu Tianfen, carrying a basket, went to the private area behind to "seek for vegetables" (find vegetables and pick vegetables).

In a blink of an eye, everyone left.

Only the young man Cheng Ping was left slugging rice in the main hall, and rebelling with a few fat pigs in the pigpen.

...

"Sister, the loach has been spitting out almost everything. Can you help me explode it later? I'll help you burn the fire."

Cheng An tried hard to lift the wooden barrel containing pig food to the pigpen, and Cheng Ping followed up from behind.

Although he lost yesterday afternoon, he caught a lot of loaches and kept them in clean water.

"Let's see later. I'm feeding the pigs. After feeding, I have to scoop up the remaining pig food and free it up to clean it. My mother-in-law comes back to make some tofu."

Cheng Ping thought for a while and said, "Then I'll help you."

"……good."

Cheng An turned his head to look at him and nodded.

In the pigpen, several fat pigs saw someone coming. They all came to the stone trough, holding their heads raised and hummed.

Cheng An first scooped a few scoops into the stone trough. After he thought that he could lift the wooden barrel, he picked up the wooden barrel and poured it directly into the stone trough.

Pigs rush to grab food, and the pig food in the trough is reduced at a speed visible to the naked eye. The feeding speed cannot keep up with the speed of their eating.

The unsatisfied pig took his head and mouth and arched the arch, so powerful that it seemed that he was about to break out in the next second.

"Here you come! Don't make trouble!"

While drinking, Cheng An took the pig food into the pigpen bucket by bucket. When the pigs were 70% full, she gradually became obedient and quiet. She was so tired that she was sweating all over her head.

The arms were even more exhausted and they took a while to recover.

During this period, Cheng Ping kept helping Cheng An scoop pig food from the pot into the bucket so that she could lift it directly out, which saved her a lot of effort.

Cheng An rubbed Cheng Ping's head, took a breath, cheered up again and began to brush the pot.

Once, twice, three times, four times... I won't give up until there is no odor.

Then, take out a few pieces of lotus root, wash it, chop it, throw it into a large antimony pot with the pig's feet, and stew it on the fire pit in the main hall.

I scooped half a porcelain basin of rice from the rice jar, picked the stones and husks, and washed them.

Add water to a large iron pot and boil. When it is half-open, pour the rice in. Cook until it is 70% or 80% cooked, drain it with a basket. Then pour it into a large steamer and steam it over high heat.

When Cheng An poured rice into the steamer, the second mother-in-law Xia Ming would bring his eldest daughter-in-law and the youngest mother-in-law Li Lanlan to help.

The twelve-year-old cousin Cheng Li and the 10-year-old Cheng Xin followed behind with their two-year-old cousin Cheng Hao. Seeing the busy and sweaty heads of Cheng An, the siblings, smiled.

Xia Minghui spoke first: "Cheng An, you two siblings are getting things done quickly, they are all starting to steam rice! Where is your mother-in-law?"

"My second mother-in-law, youngest mother-in-law, aunt. My mother-in-law went to the private area to ask for food."

Cheng An shouted one by one, then took a brush and brushed the rice grains in the gap in the basket into the steamer, covered it with the steamer. Then, he signaled Cheng Ping to burn the fire.

When Grandma Yao saw this, she walked over and pushed Cheng Ping with a smile and said, "I'll set the fire. Cheng Ping, your face is red."

"I want it! Thank you, Grandma Young." Cheng Ping smiled and moved out of the position, "I'll go see the fire in the fire pit."

As he said that, he rushed into the main hall.

"You should choose to sprinkle these water spinaches? Take a basin and I'll pick them outside." Xia Minghui glanced at Li Lanlan indifferently, looked left and right, and found a job for himself.

"College students are worthy of being college students. When doing things, they are capable." Aunt Qin Lan stood still and looked at Cheng An and praised her.

Cheng An laughed in his heart, what does it have to do with whether he can do it or not? Besides, she hasn't been admitted to university yet.

If college students call her like this, is it mostly ridiculed or sincere? Who doesn’t know what it means?

When she first heard the villagers call this, she would seriously correct it. She said that she was just admitted to high school and was not a college student.

But as the only one among the same children in the village, who is in high school and is a girl, it is impossible not to be criticized.

The village praised her in an open manner, mocked her in secret, and cursed her for not getting into college. She also laughed at Cheng Shouqiang and Wang Guifang for being stupid, and she gave birth to a girl so many books. If she had that money, it would be better to save up for her son to marry a wife.

Not only the villagers think so, but the Cheng family also thinks so. One of them is Qin Lan.

Thinking of Cheng Li and Cheng Xin going to school in the past, Qin Lan didn’t give her a few dollars to pay for information, but she was willing to buy lipstick to dress up...

Cheng An smiled and didn't say anything.

Qin Lan didn't care, and clicked Cheng Li and Cheng Xin, "You two really have to learn from your sister Cheng An. You can study well and do housework. You can do anything."

"It's not like you two. You can't read or work. I really don't know what it's useful to have you two..."

"Auntie, my mother-in-law hasn't come back yet. I don't know how to order tofu. Come and help me make it? Your skill in ordering tofu is the best in the village." Cheng An interrupted her with a smile.

Qin Lan was praised by Cheng An and showed some pride on her face, "Success. I will show off my skills today. College student, please look good."

"must."

Cheng An smiled and turned to the two sisters who were disliked by Qin Lan and looked indifferent, saying, "Cheng Li, Cheng Xin, please take Cheng Hao to the main hall, the kitchen is very hot."

"Well, sister, I know." Cheng Li nodded simply, but did not move in a hurry. She pointed to a bag of garlic on the low table and asked, "Sister, are you peeling these garlics?"

Cheng An nodded.

"Then leave this to me." As he said that, Cheng Li called Cheng Xin and took her little Cheng Hao to the main hall to peel garlic. With Cheng Ping, four children of all sizes in the main hall were doing their own things while chatting and making fun of each other.

With the steaming fireworks in the kitchen and the tick sound of cutting meat and stomping vegetables, Cheng An's expression was in a moment of trance. He felt it was unreal and extremely friendly. After all, in many years after that, even the New Year was celebrated, he rarely saw such a lively scene.
Chapter completed!