Mountain Village Chicken Tycoon

Chapter 170 Making Dumplings

After the arrangements were made at the hotel, Ma Jinchang hurried back to the village.

He didn't go home directly, but first went to the house of Liu Yuhou, a villager with whom he had a good relationship, and asked him to go to the restaurant early to help take care of the tenants.

In Central Shandong, when you get married and give birth to a child, the gift given by relatives, family and neighbors is called tea money, while the gift given by friends, comrades-in-arms and classmates is called hanging account.

Order tea money, which means that I didn't buy snacks and tea, so I gave some money.There is not much restriction on ordering tea money. In 2004, when Ma Jinchang watched his confinement, villagers in Fenghuangling Village could take 5 yuan or 10 yuan, but most of them still paid 20 yuan.Then those relatives, Ma Jinchang's two older sisters, each brought 200 yuan with them.But Li Ling's parents followed [-], which is a relatively heavy gift.On the day of confinement, relatives and friends should go to the house to sit and look at the doll first.

Putting up the bill means that the money has to be written on the bill, and when it's over, when the friends have a happy event, they have to pay it back.To pay bills is to meet the minimum standard for drinking. In 2004, the standard for drinking was 20 yuan, and most of the bill customers also paid 20 yuan for gifts.On the day of Wangyuezi, Zhang Zike went directly to the restaurant to drink.

The Ma family in Fenghuangling Village is now a single household, and the only relatives who come to watch the confinement are Ma Jinchang's two sisters' family and Li Ling's natal family.

When Ma Jinchang returned home, he saw Shen Yue'e making dumplings with his mother.

"Zhuang Zhuang's aunt is here."

"Brother Jinchang, Qingshan arranged for me to come and help."

Hearing that it was arranged by Zhao Qingshan, Ma Jinchang nodded, feeling very grateful in his heart.

When my sisters and brothers-in-law and sister-in-laws come, they have to have some snacks and tea first, and then go to the restaurant.

In Central Shandong, especially in Zhaizi Township, the custom of entertaining distinguished guests is very different from other places.

As the saying goes, Sanli Road changes the customs, Wuli Road changes the accent, and each place has its own customs. The customs of Zhaizi Township are also very different in the entire Luzhong area.

At 08:30 in the morning, the first to come to Ma Jinchang's house were his two older sisters.

Ma Jinchang's two older sisters are not biological sisters, but the older sisters of his second uncle's family.

In fact, Ma Jinchang's second uncle was ten years older than Ma Jinchang's mother.

Speaking of which, Ma Jinchang's second uncle was actually not Ma, but the adopted son of Ma Jinchang's grandfather Ma Lianshan, and later he called Ma Jinchang's father Ma Hongci in line.His second uncle's name is Zhou Jiang, who was originally an orphan. After being adopted by Ma Lianshan, he settled down in Fenghuangling Village.Later, Zhou Jiang married the daughter of the Liu family in Fenghuangling Village. During the land reform, the Liu family took care of her and appointed a middle peasant.

After the land reform, Ma Jinchang's mother and son had a very hard time. If Zhou Jiang's family hadn't helped out, they would have starved to death.

When Zhou Jiang was alive, he also thought of Ma Lianshan's kindness in adopting him, and asked his two daughters to take care of Ma Jinchang before he died.

As for Ma Jinchang, Zhou Jiang's two daughters are also called elder sisters, and he would carry things to visit his elder sister during the holidays.

Ma Jinchang is already in his fifties, and his older sisters are naturally in their seventies.

Seeing that Ma Jinchang's niece was coming, Ma Jinchang's mother, Mrs. Zheng, hurriedly stood up and walked towards the door of the house with her little feet, saying as she walked, "Jinchang, hurry up and welcome your two sisters."

After Zhou Jiang's death, his two daughters also took good care of Ma Jinchang's mother Zheng, and Zheng was naturally grateful.

Thinking back to the time when the war was in turmoil, to be able to survive, and to pass on these descendants, naturally everyone is grateful in their hearts.

Ma Jinchang's two elder sisters are both in their 60s, and they already have grandchildren in front of them. Seeing the 80-year-old aunt trembling and about to walk out of the door to greet her, she naturally quickened her pace.

"My dear mother, what are you doing? It's not the first time you come here, so why are you here?"

Ma Jinchang's eldest sister married to a family named Cao in Qingquanling Village, south of Nanshan Mountain. Ma Jinchang usually only called her eldest sister and second sister, but he didn't know their names very well.He only knew that the eldest sister's nickname was Xiuyun, and the second sister's nickname was Xiumei.

When Zhou Xiuyun saw the aunt coming out, she hurried a few steps in a panic, put the things at the door, and then hugged Mrs. Zheng.

At this time, Ma Jinchang, who was mixing milk powder next to him, also quickly screwed the cap on the bottle and came out to welcome him.

"The eldest sister and the second sister are here."

Mrs. Zheng grinned from ear to ear, took Zhou Xiuyun's hand and said, "His eldest sister, please be happy."

Zhou Xiuyun patted Zheng's hand and said, "Happy, happy, if my father is still alive, he must be even happier."

"That's right, Jinchang was the one my father talked about the most before he died." Zhou Xiumei also followed.

The two sisters are both in their 60s. Wrinkles are beginning to appear on their faces, their fingers are withered, and their skin is dry. However, they are still relatively agile in their movements and walk with strength.

The family said and entered the house.

Shen Yue'e stood up with a smile, recognized Zhou Xiuyun and Zhou Xiumei, and hurriedly said: "The eldest sister and the second sister are here."

"The Zhongheng family is here too, let's wash our hands and make dumplings."

Zhou Xiuyun and Zhou Xiumei put down their things, asked Mrs. Zheng to sit down, washed their hands, and then went to the back room to look at their sister-in-law Li Ling who was in confinement and her nephew who had just been discharged from the hospital. The two told Li Ling After a few words, he stuffed some tea money under Li Ling's pillow, and then went outside to start working.

Ma Jinchang's new home is spacious and bright. The five large tile-roofed houses were very advanced in that era.

"Jinchang, your boss treats you so well, you have to be diligent and careful when working for him in the future."

Although Ma Jinchang is also in his fifties, in Zhou Xiuyun's eyes, some tasks still need to be ordered.

"Hey, big sister, I see."

Shen Yue'e next to him hurriedly said: "Elder sister, brother Jinchang is working hard at Qingshan's house."

Zhou Xiuyun nodded with a smile and said, "This is the best."

Generally speaking, Wang Yuezi's biggest guests on this day are the old man's family, and people like Ma Jinchang's sister, although they are also guests, but on this occasion, in the situation of Ma Jinchang's family, they are the only ones who serve others. Son, it's not their turn to serve them.

If Ma Jinchang has many brothers and can have several sister-in-laws or younger sisters-in-law working, then the two sisters Zhou Xiuyun and Zhou Xiuyun will be guests honestly when they come this time. Not now, there are no working women in Ma Jinchang's family, so the two of them I came here early this morning to work.

Under normal circumstances, Ma Jinchang's father-in-law's family would not come until around ten o'clock.

(End of this chapter)