White radish is stewed in the mutton soup. The color of the soup looks good and it smells strange. But for Jiang Xinyu, she really can't stand the smell of mutton, and she can't stand it!
Chen Zhengyu saw her pinching her nose with a disgusted look on her face, and said speechlessly: "You are really unlucky. I waited in line for the mutton for more than half an hour today and went to the town before dawn, which means there is a lot of supply today.
Otherwise, how could we have such a good fortune now?"
"Third aunt said it was your birthday yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't be willing to buy mutton."
Yes, the original Jiang Xinyu and his birthday were on the same day. Jiang Xinyu herself wondered if this was another version of herself in parallel time and space.
Chen Xiuyun rolled her eyes at Chen Zhengyu, "If you weren't greedy, how could you queue up even though it's still snowing before dawn?"
"Mom, how did you know there was mutton for sale in town today?"
"Yesterday I went to the secretary's wife's house to borrow a sewing machine. When the secretary came back, he brought half a catty of mutton and said it would be available this morning. I have never seen Zhengyu so active in the morning before. He even stayed up even if he just wanted to eat.
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Chen Zhengyu didn't react at all when being called greedy and lazy. After all, he had a clear understanding of himself and didn't think there was anything wrong with being lazy and greedy. He also felt that people who are not lazy at work are stupid.
Jiang Xinyu didn't drink mutton soup, so she put the sweet potatoes in the stove and roasted them over low heat.
Although Chen Xiuyun said she was showing off, she still cracked three eggs and steamed a bowl of custard for her, and added two drops of sesame oil when it was served.
The smell of the mutton soup was so strong that Jiang Xinyu couldn't stay in the house after eating the steamed eggs and sweet potatoes, so she simply got up and went to Chen Yi's house.
Chen Yi's family has guests at the moment. They are two educated youths from the educated youth area who want to live together. They are discussing with Widow Wang about renting a house.
Widow Wang's family has a small population and a lot of mud houses, but she has never thought of renting them out. After all, it is not that convenient for outsiders to live in them and do anything.
After sending the people away, Jiang Xinyu asked: "Where is Su Zhiqing? I don't seem to have seen her for a while."
Widow Wang: "She returned to the city, didn't you hear?"
Jiang Xinyu really hadn't heard of it, and she wasn't an important person anyway, so she put it aside after hearing about it.
Chen Yi was ordering cabinets in the house with a small hammer, making a "dong-dong" sound.
Jiang Xinyu looked at the small shabby house covered with red floor tiles, and the walls were covered with newspapers and cloth. There was a vertical mahogany cabinet in the corner of the bed, with double doors, and a mirror attached to the cabinet.
There is also a simple small wooden shelf behind the door, which is specially used to store things.
Although the house is small, compared to the wedding room of the two of them later, it is like a sky and a floor, but it is neatly tidied up, which is much better than the houses of many people in the team. At least it won't get muddy all over the floor if it rains.
All necessary basic furniture is also available.
"Do you think there is anything missing?"
Jiang Xinyu shook her head, "It's pretty much the same, that's it, I won't be able to live here long anyway."
Although she thought it was a waste when he laid the floor tiles before, she thought it was pretty good after it turned out like this.
Widow Wang was processing mutton in the kitchen, and soon the smell of mutton soup came from the kitchen.
Yangtang successfully persuaded Jiang Xinyu to quit. After Jiang Xinyu returned home, Chen Xiuyun knitted gloves again.
The gloves are half-sized, and at first glance they are for Ogawa.
"I want to go to your eldest sister's house. I don't know if the house has been built. Chen Yi happened to have sent mutton. Your eldest sister is pregnant, so I gave her a pound."
Chen Xiuyun was knitting gloves on her hands, thinking about her eldest daughter, and thinking about getting more cotton to make two quilts for her younger daughter as a dowry, but her heart was worrying all the time.
There were three kilograms of mung beans soaked in the bucket in the back room. Jiang Xinyu poured out all the water and put them up to dry again, and made another pot of mung bean soup that night.
The next morning, the smell of white radish soup stewed with tube bones woke Jiang Xinyu up.
The hand-rolled dough made by Chen Xiuyun is very chewy, and when put into the white radish broth, it tastes fresh and fragrant. Even without meat, it is still delicious. Adding some vinegar to the soup will make it even more fragrant.
It's getting cold, so Chen Xiuyun is doing some mending work at home. Chen Zhengyu goes to work, and Xiaochuan breathes.
I had a runny nose and played wildly with the kids on the team.
When Jiang Xinyu bought salt and walked back from the consignment point, she saw Aunt Du, the matchmaker in the village, talking to an older, strange lady.
The two aunties were talking with great joy, and it seemed quite lively.
Aunt Du is a well-known matchmaker in the village. People from other villages have come to her to help her arrange a kiss, but her reputation is not good. She accepts when people give her something. Some of the kisses she said were inappropriate, and she was even kicked out of the house.
Pass.
"What? You have a son? He is adopted by someone else? Why didn't I listen to Jiang Cuicui?"
Aunt Du nodded and was about to continue talking when she saw Jiang Xinyu walking towards her, staring at her.
Jiang Xinyu stopped when she came up to her, "Auntie, what were you talking about just now? Why do I hear that you want to introduce someone to my mother? Well, are you ready?"
Aunt Du turned her head away unnaturally. She still remembered the last time she was beaten out by Chen Xiuyun with a broom.
The lady next to Aunt Du looked Jiang Xinyu up and down, and her eyes lit up when she saw the small leather shoes on her feet. It seemed that what Jiang Cuicui told her about her eldest sibling's family was in good condition was true.
It was rare that Liu Laosan brought two fishes to her and asked her to say that she was a relative. People like Liu Laosan looked up to the sky. Who did he give face to?
"Does the eldest daughter have a partner?"
Jiang Xinyu said straightforwardly: "You were found by my aunt from the Advanced Brigade, right? Go back and tell her not to make such crooked ideas. If your own family is full, just mind other people's business."
The matchmaker didn't expect her to be so rude, "How can a girl like you survive without the backbone of your family? Don't you feel bad for your mother when she is alone in the future? You have thrown away the water for your married girl, and you have not done anything for your mother.
Think about it? It’s like not having a man in the family who calls the shots. If someone bullies you, no one will support you..."
The matchmaker murmured what she thought was a reasonable persuasion. After listening to it, Jiang Xinyu picked her ears and said, "There is a male in my family now. If you don't have anything to do, you can go back."
The matchmaker was reluctant and followed her, talking and slapping her hands when she got excited.
"You are still young and ignorant. What can a little boy do? There still needs to be a man in the family to have someone to rely on. The conditions of the house I mentioned are guaranteed to satisfy your mother. When you get married in the future, you will be fine.
There are people who will support you sisters even when you are wronged, and your mother will have someone to rely on when she gets old."
The matchmaker has already inquired about the situation of Jiang Xinyu's family. Today, when the Wuliqiao Brigade came to Chen Xiuyun's house, she also wanted to go to the door of Chen Xiuyun's house to mention it to Chen Xiuyun. By chance, she bumped into her colleague Aunt Du, so they stood together and said a few words.
The matchmaker spoke so forcefully, and her voice was right at the entrance of the courtyard. How could Chen Xiuyun not hear it while sitting in the room.
Seeing Jiang Xinyu enter the hospital, she took Xiao Hei on her leash. The matchmaker felt bad, so she stayed away from the big dog. She stuck her head and shouted: "Sister Chen, I am Matchmaker Yang from the advance brigade. I'm here to help you find a match."
, the other party’s house is a large brick house with tiles, the yard is as big as yours or two yards, and the conditions are no worse than yours.”
Jiang Xinyu was surprised when she heard this. She thought Jiang Cuicui was looking for the kind of person who was too poor to open the pot and had the attributes of Zhang Tiezhu.
From what the matchmaker said, the conditions are pretty good? But as long as he has a relationship with Jiang Cuicui, there must be something wrong with the man.