good old days

Chapter 41 It's New Year's Eve

When I wake up again, it will be New Year's Eve.

Jiang Xinyu and Jiang Yuzhu didn't have new clothes to wear this year, but new cotton was added to the old patched cotton jackets, and the old cotton was also taken out to dry.The coat is not new, but the sweater inside is a new one brought back from the Shanghai stock market. Although it has been worn for a while, it is considered new.

Jiang Xinyu learned from the memory of the original owner that children these days would pick up the old clothes of their elder brothers and sisters, and there may not be a new one for several years.After all, cloth tickets are not easy to come by, even if there are cloth tickets, it costs money to pull cloth.Some families even spin homemade cloth to make clothes.

Jiang Xinyu went to town every day in a military overcoat with Comrade Chen Xiuyun, and today she woke up wearing the same military overcoat with a sweater inside, and her lower body was the only pair of unpatched trousers owned by the original owner, which were still black.

After Jiang Xinyu washed, she put the pot on fire, steamed the steamed buns with red dates, white noodles and a few steamed buns, and Comrade Chen Xiuyun put the chopped fish into the pot.

There are still three fishes sent by Chen Yi that are kept alive in the basin. I killed one this morning and stewed it for eating. The remaining two Chen Xiuyun plans to keep for the eldest daughter to eat when she returns to her natal home, and another one when the Lantern Festival is celebrated. , the five fish are clearly arranged.

Today, every household is willing to eat good food. No matter whether they have money or not, they will have a whole plate of meat at night.

In Jiang Youfu's house next door, Ma Meili was not very comfortable. A while ago, the family handed in a new year pig, and the pig was rated as a third-class pig. Mrs. Li was dissatisfied, but she still got some money, which was all squeezed by her.

Not to mention that Ma Meili didn't get the meat, and she didn't get any money. Who did the old lady keep the money for?Aren't they the two boys Zhang Fengmei gave birth to?Although the meat was distributed in the brigade years ago, it was marinated to make bacon, and it was to be eaten slowly next year. Even today, it is impossible to eat with an open stomach.

Ma Meili felt a little distressed when she thought that the smoked fish that Chen Xiuyun gave her would be served at night.When Mrs. Li said that the third child's family would come to dinner at night, she was instinctively unhappy. She dared to say that Zhang Fengmei couldn't get anything good.

Ma Meili rolled her eyes, and said to old man Jiang: "Father, is it inappropriate to call only the old three's family instead of sister-in-law, mother and daughter?"

Old man Jiang nodded, "Go and tell them later, come to dinner tonight, it's Chinese New Year, the whole family is lively and lively."

Mrs. Li's face fell down again, thinking of what happened a few days ago, Chen Xiuyun's cold-blooded and ruthless, it's fine to be unfilial to her mother-in-law, and it also made Zhang Fengmei have a reputation as a thief and couldn't hold her head up in the brigade. Thinking of these Seeing the unlucky faces of Chen Xiuyun's mother and daughter, San Sao Ba Xing, she couldn't eat anymore.

"What are you calling them for! Those who celebrate Chinese New Year are looking for bad luck!"

Ma Meili thought to herself that letting Zhang Fengmei come over was just looking for bad luck. She and Zhang Fengmei had an enmity, and for a while they didn't talk when they met each other. Compared with Zhang Fengmei, Ma Meili was more willing to deal with Chen Xiuyun.

Old man Jiang glanced at Mrs. Li, the corner of his mouth curled fiercely, and Mrs. Li stopped talking immediately.

Ma Meili felt envious when she smelled the smell of stewed fish coming from next door. During this time, Chen Xiuyun's family did not eat less meat and fish. The mother and daughter are small, so they must be able to eat with an open stomach.Unlike their family, although the family is separated in name, the mother-in-law has the final say on how much meat can be cut every time there is meat to eat. Don't eat much, let alone let her and Pan Di eat much meat.

If Jiang Pandi picked up an extra piece of meat, not only Mrs. Li would squint at her, but Ma Meili would also be unhappy.

At Jiang Xinyu's house, when the fish was stewed, Chen Xiuyun put out a large plate of vegetables and asked Jiang Yuzhu to soak two bowls of malted milk after serving them on the table.

Jiang Yuzhu soaked three bowls directly.

Chen Xiuyun said: "It's a waste for me to drink."

Jiang Xinyu disagreed, and said sweetly: "Mom, you don't waste money. In the future, our family will not talk about making you suffer. Mom will live well, and the three of us will be better!"

Jiang Yuzhu nodded, "Little sister is right!"

Chen Xiuyun had a smile on her face, she thought, who said that a girl is not as good as a son?

The fish is stewed with dried radish and stalks, which is full of the taste of the fish soup, and it is also delicious.

At [-], the meal was quite high in the morning. White flour steamed buns served with stewed fish, and sweet and delicious malted milk. The mother and daughter ate with their stomachs open, and there was still half of the pot left.

Compared with the old Jiang's life in the former owner's memory, Jiang Xinyu is not too comfortable now.

Mrs. Li can't see her granddaughter and daughter-in-law eating meat, but if there is meat in the dishes, they are eaten by the males in the family. The reputation is that the males in the family are strong laborers and should eat better.

Although they can't eat meat a few times a year at Lao Jiang's house, Jiang Jianmin and Chen Xiuyun will subsidize the three sisters in private, and they always eat more malted milk and peach cakes than other girls in a year.

Chen Xiuyun planned to cook three meals today, and ate the leftover fish at noon. As for the evening, she wanted to stir-fry a few dishes.This year, her family will not post Spring Festival couplets or set off firecrackers, but there must be a lot of food on the dinner table.Anyway, it was the first year that the mother and daughter lived alone.

As soon as the mother and daughter finished eating, Ma Meili came.

"Sister-in-law, parents let you go to dinner at night, and our family is also lively."

Chen Xiuyun said: "Talk to dad that I won't go at night. Mom sees that I won't be able to eat, so I won't bother people." In his heart, Chen Xiuyun didn't want to give Mrs. Li anything.

Ma Meili continued to persuade, but Chen Xiuyun was unmoved.

Jiang Xinyu was blanching food for Xiao Hei and Zhu Wa. The cornmeal and chopped wild vegetables were mixed with wheat bran. She didn't seem to have any appetite after blanching, so she simply lifted the lid of the pot and scooped up a spoonful of the leftover fish soup.

Seeing this scene, Ma Meili frowned, "Why are you prodigal? Is that for animals?"

Ma Meili has never tasted this kind of fish soup herself, the little girl of the sister-in-law's family is really not good at life!I also feed the dog cornmeal, how much food the sister-in-law's family has is enough to spoil it.

Jiang Xinyu blinked and said, "Then what do you feed them?"

Ma Meili was speechless, looked at the little black dog circling around the food bowl, and thought to herself, shouldn't this dog pick up shit and eat it outside?If it were her, she wouldn't be willing to feed the dog food, even if it was a pig, it could be exchanged for money and tickets after it was raised, so what's the use of raising a dog?Pure waste of food.But thinking of the reason why Chen Xiuyun's family kept a dog, and thinking of Zhang Fengmei, she felt like laughing again.

Chen Xiuyun wouldn't mind if her daughter made fish soup in the dog bowl, and fed the cornmeal, so what's a little fish soup?
If the dogs are fed with food, the dogs will only recognize them as their masters and wag their tails at them. Some people will bark and bite. Might as well feed the dog.

In Chen Xiuyun's heart, Mrs. Li is not as good as Xiao Hei in her heart.

(End of this chapter)