She was lucky today. She met a carriage on the way and took her for a while, so she arrived home earlier than usual at around three o'clock.
"Here, why are you buying meat?" Li Xiulan looked at the things in her hands and was a little surprised: "Why are you buying these old candies?"
"I'm thinking that it's the Chinese New Year. There are many children in both families, and the adults don't care much. The children always have to be happy in response to the festival."
"Third brother and sister, you actually bought meat and sweets? Then shall we eat meat at night? Our family has never eaten sweets even when Lin Lin and I have been growing up. This time I really have to thank my third aunt."
Liu Yuemin came out of the house when she heard the sound. When she saw what Chen Lishu was holding, her eyes immediately lit up. She reached into her bag and grabbed a large handful of them and put them in her pocket.
Originally, two kilograms of candy was not much. Each family could only share one kilogram. As soon as she took a handful, nearly one-third was missing from the bag.
Chen Lishu had just entered the room and said that her mother-in-law's family should share half the things. Now seeing the actions of the second daughter-in-law, Li Xiulan opened her mouth. She didn't say anything.
After all, she was in her twenties, but because she was so anxious about eating, she blushed and said that she really couldn't afford a meal.
But he couldn't stand it, so he said angrily: "Hurry up and cook when the time comes!"
Liu Yuemin was unwilling: "Mom, where are the three daughters-in-law? Why should I go?"
"Just because I'm your mother, you can go if I tell you to. There's so much nonsense! If you don't want to cook for a while, I'll make it, but don't eat it."
Seeing her mother-in-law getting angry, Liu Yuemin pouted her lips even though she was reluctant.
"You've been tired for the whole day. Go back home and have a rest. I'll call you after dinner."
"Thank you, Mom."
Chen Lishu said, went back to the house and sorted out the things she had brought back to her parents' home on the second day of junior high school, and gave the rest to Li Xiulan.
Li Xiulan originally wanted to put the candies into the kang cabinet, but when she turned around, she saw a few kids standing by the kang, staring eagerly. After a moment of hesitation, she took out a handful of candies and gave two to each of them. The kids immediately
He ran away happily.
"Mom, eldest sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, and little sister-in-law, this is the money you spent on the hairdressing before. I have always recorded the amount in my book."
After dinner, Chen Lishu took out a square-character notebook that she had borrowed from her younger sister Gu Xingping.
It records her income and expenditure in detail, as well as the number of hairdressers this time.
"You kid, I'm just helping you. How much money do you need?" Li Xiulan waved her hands repeatedly: "Your dad and I can still move, but we don't want to ask for your money."
"Yes, Sister-in-law, I'm here to help, too." Gu Xingping received her mother's look. Although she was a little disappointed, she still said.
"Mom, little sister, this is what you are doing wrong. If the third brother and sister want to give you money, just accept it. Why are you being polite to her? She makes a lot of money after deducting our money."
As Liu Yuemin spoke, she still felt that what she said was quite reasonable. She turned back to look at Gu Xingmin: "The father of the child, do you think what I said is right?"
Gu Xingmin immediately nodded in agreement: "Daughter-in-law, you are right. Don't give up."
"You don't have to interfere in their women's affairs. If you don't want to stay here, go back to the house!"
Don’t give it up. Is this human language?
Gu Shoufu couldn't stand it, and his daughter-in-law couldn't say anything, so she just scolded her son.
"Mom made a total of fifty-six, rounded up to sixty. It should be one yuan and eighty cents, rounded up to two yuan." Chen Lishu said and put the two yuan in front of Li Xiulan.
"My sister-in-law makes the most, a total of one hundred and ninety-seven. It's calculated as two hundred, so it's six yuan."
Zhang Qin's palms were sweating with excitement as she looked at the six dollars in front of her. She had earned six dollars in just a few days. The production team only charged a few cents per work point. Besides, this was much easier than the production team's work.
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Then came Liu Yuemin and Gu Xingping, who both chipped in three yuan each.
Gu Xingping was so happy as she held the three dollars in her hand. She felt as if she was about to fly.
She only got three yuan for doing needlework for a few days. She usually couldn't save three yuan a year from the pocket money her mother gave her.
"I have already made an agreement with them today that we will come out with another 500 flower heads before the fifteenth day of the new year. If we wait until the production team starts work, we may not have time."
"Third sister-in-law, can you still make money?"
Gu Xingping heard that she could earn a few more yuan before she was fifteen. Then when she starts school, wouldn't she be able to buy the skirt she has been dreaming of for a long time? Chen Lishu smiled and nodded: "Of course."
Zhang Qin was also very happy after hearing this: "Third brother and sister, I will go to your room later to get some fabrics and rubber bands to make."
"Third sister-in-law, I'm going too." Gu Xingping, not to be outdone, immediately agreed.
Liu Yuemin felt a little disdainful when she saw the two people's reactions. They were getting the bigger share, but they only had such a small share. What was there to be happy about?
But thinking about it, I saw a few people getting up and immediately chased after them: "It's nothing, anyway, why don't I go get some too."
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New Year's Eve soon arrived. The cloudy sky finally cleared up. The Gu family got up early. While washing themselves, they found clean and tidy clothes for the children.
After breakfast, the children kicked up two pieces of candy and a handful of melon seeds in their pockets, and ran out to play wildly. The remaining adults began to prepare a sumptuous dinner.
Li Xiulan went to bring back the frozen meat, frozen tofu, and frozen fish, and fished out the sauerkraut from the water tank. Chen Lishu and her three sisters peeled potatoes, washed cabbage, and soaked fungus. They also mixed noodles and chopped stuffing.
Prepare to make dumplings.
I was busy until mid-afternoon, and finally prepared six dishes: grass carp with bean paste, fried fungus with eggs, frozen tofu with cabbage and potatoes, sauerkraut stew, braised pork head, and a plate of peanuts.
Among them, the douban grass carp was made by Chen Lishu. The fish was caught by the team before by digging a net under the ice at the river. The Gu family was given a grass carp. There was doubanjiang made by Li Xiulan at home, so she took it and used it.
Unexpectedly, everyone liked it after eating it.
"Sister-in-law, this fish is really delicious. If they go to dig fish tomorrow, I will go with them. You can still do this when you come back." Gu Xingye said.
The Gu family, especially him, has never been very fond of eating fish. He thinks there are too many fish bones and is always unsatisfying to eat. In addition, the seasonings are limited, and if you don't cook it well, it will smell fishy. So generally the Gu family doesn't cook fish.
But the Chinese New Year is different. Having fish and meat can indicate plenty every year. So every family must make one.
"Okay, third brother, as long as you can catch big fish, I will make boiled fish and pickled fish for everyone."
"Sister-in-law, what is boiled fish? Is it boiled in water? Is it delicious? There is also pickled fish. Can fish be stewed with pickled cabbage?" Gu Xingping asked puzzledly.
Others also looked over curiously. After living for so many years, they had never eaten the two kinds of fish she mentioned.