90s Little Struggle

Chapter 37
Xiao Hong thought to herself, there are not many drinks on the market now, so of course you think it tastes good.

After she took a sip, she also felt that the taste was really good, so she took a bottle for each of her stepfather and mother: "Uncle, Mom, don't be reluctant, let's drink together."

If Xiao Hong hadn't inserted all the straws in, Wu Julan and the others would really be reluctant to drink.

Because they are also used to it, there are good things to leave for the little ones to eat.

The eldest daughter is so caring, making Wu Julan's heart as sweet as drinking honey.

Their family is happy and harmonious, but Mrs. Zhao is full of thoughts.

There are two sons in their family. It is said that there are sons who have passed on the family line and established a family. The sons can stand straight.

What's more, among the four brothers of the Zhao family, the elders have one son and two daughters, and the son is still in junior high school.

My two sons are grown up. The eldest son learns carpentry from his father, and the second son is also a sophomore in high school. If he can be admitted to university, he will be able to earn a job.

The third child was lame and didn't even have a wife, the fourth child had only one biological daughter, and the remaining two daughters were both oil bottles.

It is said that their family is the most promising.

But now that the eldest son is about to marry a wife, she can no longer laugh.

Zuo Village is the innermost part of Zuo Mountain, and the transportation is inconvenient. Young girls want to marry out, and men want to marry their daughter-in-law, so they need to pay more money as a bride price.

She also found a few suitable partners for her son, and finally settled on Qiancun Shen Yuhong, but he asked for a bride price of 300 yuan and a new house.

This is not a small amount of money. You must know that Zhao Laoer, a master carpenter, is only five yuan a day now?

And Zhao Laoer can't find a job every day.

What's more, the new houses now, even if they are not red brick houses, can't be built without three hundred.

They are a family of four, farming, raising chickens, ducks, and pigs, plus the carpenter's wages that their father and son receive from time to time, the maximum is five or six hundred yuan a year.

But for the food, drink and clothing of the family, the youngest son is studying, the parents of both sides have to be filial, and there are human relationships, it is not bad to have two hundred left all year round.

What's more, the family didn't separate in the past few years, and the family's money was used up by the third child to see a doctor. Now they only have more than 600 yuan in their hands.

She originally wanted her son to change his partner, but the boss was very satisfied with Shen Yuhong, and said that he would work hard to earn another two years before he proposed marriage.

But at this time, the future mother-in-law pointed out a way for her in private: "Your sister-in-law's family sells lo mei for a lot of money, and pigs that cost a few cents a catty are bought in the water to be marinated, and sold for one yuan per catty. "

"We don't need money for firewood in the countryside. It's just the cost of buying some waste materials and pigs' water. Go and see for me what seasoning they use. If you teach me, then there will be no need to build a new house, and the bride price will be paid. It can be less than a hundred."

Zhao Ersao was also moved.

Although this is sorry for the fourth family, it can save the family several hundred yuan.

Therefore, in the past few days, she often went to the fourth family's house, and sometimes she would help when she saw them washing pigs into the water.

They were working on the pig's head yesterday, and she also helped to burn the straw to burn the pig's head and the fine hair. I don't know how their business is doing today?
Also this morning, while there was no one in their house, they quietly took a spice bag wrapped in gauze and delivered it to Shen's house. I don't know if the fourth family will know?

If they don't sell pigs into the water in the future, that's fine, and I don't have to feel sorry for them, because they stopped doing this business themselves.

The more she thought about it, the more upset she became, so she simply went to the fourth family's house.

Wu Julan was picking beans at the door, and when she saw her coming, she greeted her with a smile: "Second sister-in-law, sit down quickly, I picked a lot of beans, you have to take it with you."

In the countryside, at this time, beans, eggplants, gourds, loofahs, etc. are mostly vegetables, especially the long beans, which are too late to eat. Many people will dry them when the weather is good, and wait until winter to eat stewed meat, that is A good dish.

"No, I just heard that Xiao Hong is not feeling well, come and ask her if she feels better?"

"It's much better," said Wu Julan, who used to be at the bottom among her sisters-in-law.

Especially this second sister-in-law, who gave birth to two sons, would sometimes mock her with a gun and a stick.

Wu Julan took Xiao Fang to marry Zhao's fourth child, but later she only gave birth to Yanyan and no son, and she also felt that she was sorry for the Zhao family, so she just endured it and didn't dare to talk back to her second sister-in-law.

Now that the second sister-in-law and her family are getting close, she is of course very happy, and said generously: "Second sister-in-law, we will not do the business of pig offal in the future, we should make braised pig heads and trotters, and I will give you some tomorrow." Try it."

You know, although their family is in the lo-mei business, she is willing to keep more food for herself.

The second sister-in-law Zhao pretended to be curious and asked, "Why don't you sell pigs into the water?"

Even if the second sister-in-law treats their family well now, Wu Julan doesn't want her to know that her two daughters almost had an accident.

After all, the second sister-in-law's mouth is not tight, if it is spread out with embellishment, even if her two daughters are fine, who knows what will happen.

At that time, it will affect my two daughters to find a partner.

She also wouldn't say that the sound of pigs entering the water was robbed, which made them seem incompetent.

Wu Julan said it nicely: "Xiao Hong thinks it's too troublesome to wash the pigs into the water. When they go to school, I will be too busy. It's better to braise the pig's head and trotters to save trouble."

"That's right." Mrs. Zhao really believed her words, and she felt sour in her heart. Even though she didn't know how much money they earned, she saw that their family's food was very good recently, and her complexion improved. few.

What's more, if you don't make any money, how can you be willing to send a bowl of stewed vegetables to your in-laws' house and your brother's house from time to time?
At this moment, Mrs. Zhao's heart moved, and she said quickly: "We are all a family. If you think it's troublesome to get pigs into the water, can you let me do it? I just want you to teach me how to do it?"

Wu Julan looked at her in shock: "This, this..."

Of course she didn't want to.

Now, apart from being able to serve a public job after graduating from university, whether you want to learn carpentry or masonry, you have to learn from a teacher.

Even if they don't do the business of pigs now, then she can't bear to just teach her like that.

The second sister-in-law Zhao looked eagerly: "You also know that Junying is looking for a partner, and our family really doesn't have much money, so just promise me?"

Xiao Hong, who came down from upstairs, just heard this, she rolled her eyes silently, she really didn't know that the second aunt would be so thick-skinned, and would not give any benefits, just wanting to be a white wolf.

My mother couldn't refuse, she didn't want to be taken advantage of, and said with a smile: "Second Aunt, it's not that we don't want to do the pig business, but that there are only two meat stalls in the town, and others are envious of our business, so they put the pig The water was robbed, and we had no choice but to change jobs.”

After finishing speaking, she sighed with worry on her face: "As for the pork head meat business, I don't know how many days it can last. Who knows if they will come to grab us too."

Xiao Hong is very good at selling miserably: "They are from the town and know a lot of people, so we can only suffer from being dumb!"

(End of this chapter)