90s Little Struggle

Chapter 20

In summer, the days are long and the nights are short.

It's seven o'clock in the evening, and it's not completely dark yet.

The cool breeze is blowing cool, but the weather has cooled down a lot.

Zhao Laosi ordered wormwood to repel mosquitoes in the yard. Xiao Hong and Xiao Fang brought out the food and put them on the old wooden table in the yard. Zhao Yanyan, who was holding the chair, was a little cautious, but couldn't help but take a few more glances at Xiao Hong This strange sister.

Yanyan was still young when Xiao Hong came here last time, and Yanyan, who is only eight years old this year, doesn't have much impression of her.

Zhao Yanyan envied her appearance of being fearless.

When grandma scolded her before, she had actually come back, but when she heard grandma scolding, she didn't dare to show her head.

But I didn't expect that this strange sister was not afraid of grandma at all, and she was very envious of being able to spend so much money.

She also wants money to buy delicious sesame lollipops, milk-flavored biscuits, and all kinds of delicious candies.

"Xiao Hong, eat more." Wu Julan felt that her daughter had been wronged, first poured her a bowl of sparkling wine, and then gave her a fish: "Try this squid, although it is a bit small, it still tastes good. good."

After Xiao Hong ate it, she praised: "Mom, your craftsmanship is really good. This fish is fresh and tender, and it is very delicious."

This is her sincere words, the price of this small fish is cheap now, but it will be difficult to buy such a fresh and delicious fish if you want to eat it later.

Thinking about it this way, I feel that life in this mountain is also wrong.

The air is fresh, the food is delicious, and it is very suitable for the elderly.

"Then you eat more." Wu Julan smiled even more, and picked up a lot of prawns for her: "This prawn tastes good too."

"Mom, I can pick it up myself, and you guys should eat more." Xiao Hong smiled when she saw Yanyan who was full of envy, "Yanyan, you need to eat more to grow taller."

"Yes, let's eat it while it's hot. It's fresh." Wu Julan was secretly relieved when she saw that her daughters could live in harmony, and she smiled even more happily.

A plate of braised squid in brown sauce, fried shrimp with sauerkraut, scrambled eggs with leeks, cucumber mixed with sugar, stir-fried beans, and the orange sparkling wine that comes out when the lid is opened is even more delicious, making the whole family very satisfied .

Xiao Fang got up very diligently to clean up the dishes: "I'm going to wash the dishes, you guys enjoy the cool outside!"

Yanyan couldn't help hiccupping: "This sparkling wine is really delicious."

Of course, the price is also expensive, so parents are rarely willing to buy it back to eat.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Xiao Hong expectantly, mainly because this sister was rich.

Xiao Hong pretended that she hadn't seen it. If she agreed, she would come, and her stepparents would definitely not ignore her.

But children are clever, and it would be bad to point at themselves in the future.

Seeing that she was not afraid of people, she came to look for roosters and hens to eat under the small table, and asked with a smile: "Mom, why don't you raise more chickens at home?"

She wants to eat chicken. The chickens here may be free-range chickens in the back. The taste of free-range chickens is particularly delicious.

Moreover, she vaguely remembers that the supply of chickens, ducks, and fish here will be in short supply in the future, because the mountains and rivers here are good, and they are all raised in captivity in the mountains and forests. There is no need to feed them, the chickens and ducks will find their own food , the chicken is especially good.

Anyway, the price is twice as expensive as outside, and they don't have to send it out to sell it themselves. The rich people outside drive in and buy it.

She now thinks that this family is not rich, but she is not willing to spend money to support the family, so she can only find a way to make them work hard to get rich.

Only when the family has money, they will be willing to spend money for them, in order to improve the living conditions of the family.

Of course, the most important thing is that she is also greedy for meat.

Besides, I don't need her to feed the chickens.

Wu Julan sighed when she heard her words: "Every family wants to raise more chickens and ducks, but they are afraid that if they raise too many chickens and ducks, they will easily get plague."

"Like last year, more than half of the chickens and ducks died in every household in the village? Our chickens are all plagued, and there is no one left. I feel so distressed!"

Xiao Hong also remembered that now that chickens and ducks have plague, everyone can only use local methods to treat them, that is, feed some oxytetracycline tablets. Whether they can survive or not depends on God's will.

But in the future, there will be more medicines for chickens, and new disinfection work will be done. Chicken plague is actually not so terrible.

It's a pity that she just had a little impression, but she didn't quite understand it.

Therefore, I can only regret that the case of raising a family to become rich was aborted before it started: "Yes, chicken plague is really terrible."

Zhao Youqiang thought that Xiao Hong was greedy for meat, so he pointed at the overbearing rooster that snatched food and pecked at other hens: "This chicken is too overbearing, should I kill it tomorrow?"

Wu Julan was a bit reluctant: "It's too hot now, why don't you wait?"

At the beginning of spring this year, she raised twenty chicks, eight ducklings, and two goslings.

It's a pity that when the chickens and ducks were young, some of them were killed by mice, and some of them failed to feed. In the end, there were only three big roosters, eight hens, five ducks, and two geese left.

It's not long before the hen lays eggs, so she must be reluctant to kill it.

She has already thought about how to eat the remaining three roosters. One will be given to her mother-in-law as a dish during the Chinese New Year, the other will be kept for them to eat during the New Year, and the last one will be reserved for guests.

"What are you waiting for!" Mrs. Zhao walked in quickly, and said beamingly, "Xiao Hong has come to our house, so she is a member of our family. Let's have dinner together tomorrow, and I'll bring you a chicken."

She seemed to be a different person, and smiled at Xiao Hong with fiery eyes: "I like this child more and more the more I look at it."

"Good boy, you were wronged earlier, but grandma loves you later."

Zhao Youqiang and Wu Julan looked at each other, they didn't forget that more than an hour ago, the mother-in-law wanted to drive Xiao Hong out, but now the change was too drastic, and she was so surprised by her change that she couldn't speak.

"Thank you grandma, I finally have a home again." Xiao Hong also looked at her gratefully, but she knew in her heart that she must have gone to Mrs. Jiang to tell her fate.

Obviously, she was very satisfied with what Mrs. Jiang said, so her attitude changed drastically.

Thinking about it this way, the money that was given to Mrs. Jiang earlier is not so distressing.

Granny Zhao smiled from ear to ear: "Yes, this will be your home from now on."

Now when she thinks of what Shensuan said, she is still very excited.

People were shocked when they heard Xiao Hong's birthday horoscope, saying that she is one in ten thousand with a good fortune.

He also said that the home she stayed in before was able to live well because of her.

Mrs. Zhao thought about it, isn't it? The ex-husband of the fourth family married again and gave birth to a son. They also have money, and they all drive tractors.

Besides, if someone has no money, how can they be willing to give Xiao Hong so much money?
Thinking about it this way, looking at Xiao Hong is as pleasing to the eye as it is, and naturally she is willing to stay in the fourth family.

Therefore, he was very willing and planned to kill a chicken for her and give her a welcome feast.

She told her son again: "Fourth brother, don't just sit around, hurry up and put some fish and shrimp in the cage, so you can add some food tomorrow?"

(End of this chapter)