MTL - After Dressing Up As a Stepmother, I Transformed the Whole Family Into Working In the Fields

On the bank of the river, Dalang, who was catching fish with his younger brothers, sisters and guests, suddenly smelled a strong aroma of barbecue.

 In a blink of an eye, a fish swam past his feet.

 Qi Xianguan shouted: "Dalang, fish! Fish!"

The anxious look made him wish he could go down into the river to help him catch the fat fish he finally encountered.

 It's a pity that Shitou and Agu just told him not to go into the river to avoid catching the wind and cold.

Even though there is the sun in the sky at this time of year, the river is still cold. Not only Qi Xianguan wanted to go down to the river but couldn't, but the two young masters of the Song family were also begged by their servants not to go down into the river.

However, the four Dalang brothers and sisters had no restrictions. They picked up their homemade harpoons, rolled up their cotton trousers, and went down to the river.

The river water is not too cold, and the water is half shallower than in summer. The water in this fishing beach is only as deep as Siniang’s thighs.

But she and Sanlang were just here to make up the numbers. They had been standing on the big rock holding a wooden fork to direct the eldest brother and the second brother to catch fish.

Erlang is not very good at catching, so he follows his elder brother with a fish basket. When the elder brother catches one, he pretends to be one. The important thing is to participate.

 So as Dalang, the main force, looked around, the children all looked at him with concern.

The second son of the Song family said regretfully: "Dalang, you just missed a big fat fish."

Qi Xianguan was more polite and asked directly: "Da Lang, why did you look so dizzy just now?"

Dalang shrugged the tip of his nose. It smelled so good. He looked at his friends on the shore in surprise: "Don't you smell a very strong meaty aroma? It's so fragrant that it makes me drool."

Hearing his words, everyone raised their noses and sniffed, as if it was true.

Siniang’s eyes lit up and she made a bold guess: “Could it be that Aniang and the others have already done it?”

As soon as he finished speaking, Sanlang jumped off the stone, tumbled back to the shore, quickly put on his shoes and ran towards Lotus Courtyard.

 While running, he said: "I'll go and help you take a look first! I'll call you when I'm done!"

Having said that, Dalang and the others could not wait to notify him of his return. They looked at each other and, needless to say, made a tacit agreement to stop work and put on their shoes. They carried half a frame of fish and hurried to the Lotus Courtyard.

Even before we arrived, the smell of barbecue that was so fragrant as to make us hungry came to our nostrils.

The adults saw them and quickly waved them over to try the freshly baked lamb kebabs.

 Not only meat, but also vegetarian. If you are tired of eating meat, try two skewers of vegetarian dishes, which is a great relief.

Saburo screamed and looked at the adults who were already sitting at the table with their mouths full of oil, his eyes filled with annoyance.

Qin Yao saw the fish basket in Erlang’s hand, and while passing the grilled meat skewers to the brothers and sisters, she asked funnyly:

 “Did you catch a fish?”

"Yes, yes!" Siniang answered for her brother. Her hands were not empty, she held up the meat skewers and put them into her mouth. She was so fragrant that she jumped up and down, "Mom, it's delicious. Next time we will have a barbecue." OK?"

"Okay." Qin Yao nodded and took the fish basket handed by Erlang. Five or six small fish **** wide were struggling slowly in it due to lack of water.

“Awang, kill him and roast him!” Qin Yao ordered.

Ngawang agreed, and the children cheered and gathered around to watch the fish being killed. You squeezed me and I pushed you, fighting for the first bite of the grilled fish.

Miss Song and the two young masters are older and are embarrassed to argue so much, but they follow eagerly behind to watch. Qi Xianguan hadn't even eaten two bites of the barbecue before Liu Ji captured him and assigned him a charcoal stove and a plate of meat skewers. "The teacher's meat skewers will be given to the younger brother."

“What about you?” Qi Xianguan quickly grabbed him.

Liu Ji pointed at Song Zhang seriously, "Junior brother has to greet the guests. Mr. Song has been busy since the first time he came here. I haven't had time to sit down and have a cup of tea with him. Can you understand, right? "

 Qi Xianguan: "Okay then."

Picked up the barbecue and placed it on the iron net. He imitated Qin Yao's flipping action and shook his head happily. This barbecue was quite fun.

“Master Song!” Liu Ji laughed and came to Song Zhang who was skewering meat. He naturally took the meat skewers out of his hands and put them aside. He led the person to the mountain wall and washed his hands with mountain spring water.

Liu Ji gave him the 'Awang brand' soap, "It's really hard work, sir. How can I ask someone to do the work as soon as the guests come? My wife is not polite, so please be considerate of me."

Song Zhang took his hand out of Liu Ji's and smiled slightly awkwardly, "Liu Ju is so polite. I'm just waiting to bother you first. What's more, this barbecue is more interesting if you do it yourself, what do you think?"

“Yes, yes, yes, you can have enough food and clothing by yourself.” Liu Ji smiled and rinsed the bubbles on his hands. He flicked his hands, took out the handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Song Zhang, “Master, wipe your hands.”

Song Zhang glanced at the handkerchief. It was clean and quite elegant.

 Taking the handkerchief and drying his hands, he handed it back to Liu Ji, "Thank you very much."

Liu Ji hurriedly waved his hand, "You're welcome. We've been busy all morning. Let's go to the teacher's place to take a rest?"

Song Zhang couldn't refuse. He originally wanted to meet Gong Liangliao, but unfortunately the old man's temper didn't look very good. From the moment they met until now, he only bowed to him from a distance.

Now that the opportunity has come, even if he thinks Liu Ji is a bit flattering, he still goes with him.

As long as Liu Ji was around, the situation never got colder. With him as a bridge, Song Zhang and Gong Liangliao finally talked.

From time to time, several people laughed loudly behind her. Qin Yao couldn't concentrate on eating barbecue and couldn't help but look back.

I don’t know what Liu Ji said. Gong Liangxiao laughed so hard that his face turned red. Song Zhang couldn’t help laughing. She even put her arms around him, as if the two of them were already very close.

　　“I haven’t seen my brother smile so heartily for a long time.”

With a faint smile on her lips, Mrs. Song suddenly said with emotion: "I followed him to Kaiyang County, and I have been busy with official duties. She always said that when he finished the work, our family would go out for an outing, but we couldn't wait. After finishing one thing, there will be another one."

“In a blink of an eye, my three-year term is about to expire, and I only have a few days to spare before I leave.”

Qin Yao's action of grilling meat was a little unexpected. His term is about to expire?

 Yeah, in the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

Qin Yao asked tentatively: "According to Madam, Mr. Song is about to leave Kaiyang County?"

Mrs. Song nodded and said with some reluctance: "Yes, the news of the transfer has been passed down. After the year, she will leave Kaiyang County and go to Qingzhou Prefecture to take up the post."

Mrs. Song didn’t say what position she was in because it hadn’t been determined yet. She only knew the place where she was about to be transferred temporarily.

 But Qin Yao saw that Mrs. Song's expression was more joyful than sorrowful, and guessed that Song Zhang was about to be promoted.

With only a slight hesitation, Qin Yao put aside the trace of sadness in her heart and smiled, "Then I have to say congratulations to Madam in advance."

Mrs. Song smiled and nodded, and invited Qin Yao to go to Qingzhou Mansion to play with them when she was free.

Qin Yao agreed immediately, but both of them knew that Zijin Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion were far apart, so it would be difficult to meet again in the future. (End of chapter)