My courtyard shelter

time flies.

It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month in a blink of an eye. This year's Lantern Festival was also deserted, but Xu's mother still prepared a very sumptuous meal.

On the one hand, it is to celebrate the Lantern Festival, and on the other hand, it is also to send off the eldest son and his family.

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In addition, she also cooked a pot of glutinous rice balls.

Tangyuan means reunion. The old man’s meaning is very straightforward. He hopes that the eldest family can move to Yanjing as soon as possible, so that the whole family can be truly reunited.

Before dinner, Xu’s mother served a bowl of glutinous rice balls to everyone in the family. The glutinous rice balls were filled with sesame seeds and were not large in quantity, only five or six in each bowl.

"Grandma, I want more." Dabao likes sweets, so he eats them quickly.

Yang Lina took away the bowl and spoon: "Don't eat, dinner is about to start. Grandma made your favorite fried fish steak."

Father Xu smiled, scooped up a glutinous rice ball from his bowl, and put it into Dabao's mouth. As a grandfather, the last thing he wanted to do was to see his eldest grandson suffer any injustice.

"Dabao... likes grandpa!"

Dabao said vaguely while eating glutinous rice balls.

Lele happened to not like eating glutinous rice balls, so she simply moved the bowl in front of Dabao: "Dabao, be good, I'll give you all the second sister's!"

Yang Lina glared at her youngest daughter, and then put the bowl back. If the old one can't control it, why can't he control the little one like you?

In the end, all the glutinous rice balls went into Xu Dong's stomach.

After a noisy dinner, Xu's mother and her two daughters-in-law began to pack their luggage. Because there were too many things, Xu's mother bought two large suitcases a few days ago.

"Boss, this bag contains dried sea cucumbers. I packed twenty of them for you. There aren't many left at home. You should keep them for yourselves and don't give them away." Xu Ma warned.

"I know, Mom!" Tan Aifang agreed.

"This big bag is full of dried shrimps. Shrimps are rich in nutrients. It's best to cook a little every day. Do you remember?"

"remember."

"The remaining big bag is filled with emperor goose oil. Be sure to put it in the refrigerator as soon as you get back. If there is a power outage and it goes bad, don't be reluctant to throw it away. If not, I will ask someone to bring it to you."

Tan Aifang looked delighted. This big bag of oil was enough for her family to eat for a year until she went to Beijing tomorrow.

Yang Lina took out a big lunch box: "Sister-in-law, I have prepared some bread and snacks for you to eat on the way."

"Thank you." Tan Aifang quickly took the lunch box.

"We are all one family, no need to be so polite."

Xu Ma picked up a few bottles of Maotai wine and put them in the suitcase: "This is the wine that the third child prepared for his eldest brother. He is told to drink less. He can only drink one or two glasses at most during a meal."

Tan Aifang nodded again.

"You can bring this last bag of dried fish to my mother-in-law. I heard from Jingyi that her grandmother likes this."

"Thank you mom!"

Tan Aifang felt very emotional. At present, supplies are so tight, especially meat. She didn't expect her mother-in-law to be so generous, which makes people moved.

Xu Ma waved her hand: "If Jingyi is free during the summer vacation, you must come to my place to spend the summer vacation."

"It depends on the situation. If we can come, we will definitely come."

Tan Aifang assured.

…

Early the next morning, Xu Bin's family of three took the high-speed train back to Luyang. They encountered a sandstorm on the way. It wasn't until about 6 p.m. that the train arrived at the station smoothly.

After leaving the train station, the three of them went straight to grandma's house.

After my aunt opened the door, she saw a family of three covered in luggage and quickly invited them in.

"Mom, eldest sister and the others are back from Yanjing."

Xu Jingyi looked around the house and didn't see her uncle or cousin. She couldn't help but wonder:

"Aunt, where is my uncle? He went to Suzhou so early?"

"No way, the construction site is busy, and you know how hard it is to find a job now." My aunt replied.

"When did you leave?" Tan Aifang asked.

"On the train in the third grade of junior high school, I only stayed at home for two days."

As soon as my aunt finished speaking, grandma came out on crutches, looked at the family of three one by one, and finally took her granddaughter's hand and smiled:

"You're all fat. It's good to be fat. The food in the capital is to feed people."

"Grandma, my grandma brought you a gift." Xu Jingyi said excitedly.

"What gift? Take it out and show it to me."

Tan Aifang opened a large backpack and put all the important things in the suitcase. The backpack contained gifts specially designed for giving to others, which was easy to take out.

"Mom, what do you think this is?"

Grandma took it and saw that it was quite heavy. She almost missed it.

"Isn't this a small fish?"

Xu Jingyi quickly explained: "Grandma knows that you like to eat dried fish, so she specially packed some for you to take home."

"Isn't this too much?" Grandma said in surprise.

"It's okay, it's about ten kilograms, Mom, just take it!" Xu Bin waved his hand generously.

"How embarrassing is this? It's too expensive." Grandma trembled with her lips.

The aunt on the side was already ecstatic. After hearing this, she immediately helped to persuade: "Mom, since it is my brother-in-law's family's heart, you should accept it!"

"Hey, Dabin, thank your mother for me later."

"Okay, I will definitely convey it to you." Xu Bin nodded.

Tan Aifang took out a big bag from her bag again. Faced with the curiosity of her aunt and others, she quickly explained:

"Mom, this is the salted fish Dabin bought for you. It's twenty kilograms in total. I wonder if you need it?"

"Yes, we need it." My aunt agreed without hesitation.

The little cousin next to her heard that there was salted fish and kept looking into the bag. If Xu Jingyi hadn't pulled her aside, she might have put her head into the bag.

"Miaomiao, salted fish is raw. It needs to be cooked before it can be eaten."

The little cousin was not disappointed and her interest remained unabated.

My aunt pushed her little daughter aside, took the bag and flipped through it. So many salted fish made her happy.

Grandma asked quickly: "Dabin, how much did you buy this salted fish?"

"Mom, two thousand yuan per catty, you just need to give 40,000 yuan." Tan Aifang rushed to answer.

This was discussed in advance between her and the head of the family. Even if her family subsidized the remaining 400 yuan to her mother's family, they could not help the rest, but they could still afford a few thousand yuan.

My aunt heaved a sigh of relief. She thought it would cost hundreds of thousands. The prices in Luyang are so outrageous, and there is often no demand for them.

"Wait a minute, I'll get you the money." My aunt ran to the bedroom immediately after she said that.

Because there are frequent power outages in Luyang, and the situation is unstable, no one dares to deposit all the money in the bank. Basically, every household will keep some cash for emergencies.

Therefore, my aunt's family is not short of cash.

"Don't be so anxious, it's the same if you owe it first." Tan Aifang quickly reminded that her brother's family still has to pay off the mortgage, and the financial conditions are not good.

My aunt quickly came out with the money: "It's okay, the head of the family made a little money last year, you can just take it with peace of mind."

In fact, my aunt made a good calculation. If she sells a part of these salted fish, she can recover all the costs, and the rest is pure profit.

Why not?

Tan Aifang had to take the money and roughly counted it, but found that the number was wrong:

"Why is there an extra 10,000?"

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