If you want to get a hen that lays golden eggs, you must be willing to sprinkle grain.
Yan Jiecheng knew this truth well, so even though he gritted his teeth, he could only agree to Xiaodang's request and took Xiaodang to a restaurant.
The restaurant is not big and the prices are very cheap. A plate of fried pork slices only costs two yuan, a plate of peanuts only costs 50 cents, and two bowls of white rice cost 30 cents.
Even so, Yan Jiecheng grinned in pain.
This money is enough for the Yan family to spend half a month.
Xiaodang was full and looked at Yan Jiecheng and said, "Brother Jiecheng, I had a great time today. Thank you so much. Let's go back now!"
"Go back?" Yan Jiecheng quickly stopped Xiaodang who was about to leave, with a smile on his face: "Xiaodang, aren't we going to the park today?"
"Ah...it's getting late outside now. I have to go to work tomorrow, so I want to go back and rest early."
"this....."
Yan Jiecheng didn't expect that he spent so much money today and didn't even get Xiaodang's hand.
He felt a little unwilling, but there was nothing he could do about it. After all, if he was too positive, he might arouse Xiaodang's dissatisfaction.
Yan Jiecheng touched his shriveled trouser pocket and felt really distressed.
All the money I earned in the past few days was spent today. It seems I have to work hard again.
Xiaodang looked at Yan Jiecheng's dejected look, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled proudly.
How could she not understand Yan Jiecheng's thoughts, but in Xiaodang's opinion, Yan Jiecheng was not worthy of her.
Among other things, Yan Jiecheng has been divorced twice. In this era, divorce is a shameful thing and is often labeled as dishonest.
How could I marry such a man when I was just a young girl?
As for today's gifts and dinner, they should be regarded as punishment for Yan Jiecheng's evil thoughts.
With this lesson, Yan Jiecheng will be prevented from following her like a tail in the future.
Although Xiaodang is young and does not have much experience in love, as Qin Huairu's daughter, she has seen how Qin Huairu plays with men with ill intentions since she was a child.
It can be said that he is very familiar with Yan Jiecheng.
When the two of them got home, it was almost six o'clock in the evening.
At this time, Li Donglai also finished his work in the seasoning factory and rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.
Seeing Yan Jiecheng and Xiao Dang walking side by side, and the atmosphere between them was a bit strange, Li Donglai stopped and said hello with a smile.
Xiaodang didn't expect to meet Li Donglai and was startled. He quickly pointed at Yan Jiecheng and said hesitantly: "Master, I met him on the road and I have nothing to do with him."
When Yan Jiecheng heard this, his heart dropped, but he didn't dare to offend Xiaodang. He could only nod his head with a trace of bitterness on his lips: "That's right, sir, we bumped into each other on the road."
"Really?" Li Donglai looked at them deeply, pushed his bicycle and entered the courtyard.
At this time, the courtyard was filled with a strong smell of meat. Li Donglai frowned slightly. In this era, everyone's life is very difficult. Who is willing to eat meat?
After entering the middle courtyard, the answer was revealed. It was not because Li Donglai's nose was so sensitive that he could smell the source of the aroma.
But as soon as they entered the middle courtyard, they heard Mrs. Jia Zhang standing in front of the faucet and saying loudly: "Tsk, tsk, this meat is really fragrant, tsk, tsk, it's so delicious!"
I saw Mrs. Jia Zhang holding an enamel bowl in her hand, holding trembling pieces of fat meat with chopsticks, stuffing it into her mouth, puffing up her cheeks, and making praises while eating.
Next to the faucet in the central courtyard is the busiest place in the courtyard. When eating, residents like to gather here with bowls in hand.
The residents ate Erhemian noodles, smelled the aroma of meat, and looked at Mrs. Jia Zhang's appearance. They couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and their eyes shone with jealousy.
Damn it Jia Zhang, your family only eats meat, why don’t you hide in the house!
Fortunately for the adults, although they were greedy for meat, they were able to restrain themselves. They just quickly took the noodles into their mouths, swallowed them in small pieces, turned around and left with the bowl in hand.
How can a child endure this?
No, after a while, three or four children came up to her and asked expectantly: "Aunt Jia, can we also eat some meat?"
Their greedy looks make people feel distressed after seeing them.
If it were anyone else, he might be soft-hearted and give some meat to the children.
But this is the Jia Zhang family!
I saw Mrs. Jia Zhang rolling her eyes at the children and saying coldly: "Go, go, go. If you want to eat meat, ask your parents to buy it for you. What, you have no money and can't afford it? Then
You deserve to have to watch our Jia family eat meat!"
What is shameless? This is it. At this time, Jia Zhang has completely forgotten that when the Jia family was in difficulty, they often received help from the residents.
People in this era are all about face. When the parents of the children heard what Jia Zhang said, they were filled with anger. They stretched out their big palms and slapped their children on the buttocks twice: "Little greedy cat, why are you so cold-blooded?"
, you don’t know what kind of family the Jia family is, maybe their meat is cheated from somewhere, even if it is given to us, we won’t eat it.”
When the children heard this, they all nodded: "Mom, you are right, even if it is given to me, I will not eat it."
Hearing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang almost fainted with anger. The meat in her mouth no longer tasted delicious. She shouted at the top of her voice: "Who are you? You can't afford meat. You just can't afford meat. You say these sarcastic words.
Just like whoever will give you meat."
At this time, Li Donglai happened to come over.
When Jia Zhang saw Li Donglai, she shrank her neck in fright, hugged the enamel bowl, and ran away.
She knew in her heart that the pork that Bangge had obtained was from a shady source. If Li Donglai hadn't noticed, there might have been big trouble.
Li Donglai was not in the mood to pay attention to Jia Zhang. Tomorrow, his little sister would take the train to go to school in the north.
Ding Qiunan made a large table of dishes tonight, waiting for him to go back and see his little sister off.
Li Donglai said hello to several residents, calmed their angry mood, and quickly returned home while pushing his bicycle.
really.
The Li family house was very lively.
In addition to Ding Qiunan, Ding Boren and Ding's mother also came.
Ding Qiunan cooked a large table of dishes, and the family gathered around the table, preparing to have dinner.
Sudden.
There was a knock on the door outside.
"Brother Donglai, are you at home?"
Ding Qiunan happened to bring out the dishes from the kitchen and went to open the door.
Standing outside the door were Silly Zhu and Yu Juhua.
Both of them were carrying something in their hands. Silly Zhu held a wooden box and Yu Juhua held a package.
"We're eating. It seems a little unlucky that we came here." Shazhu said a little embarrassed when he saw that the room was full of Li Donglai's family, and then he saw the table full of food.
Ding Qiunan reached out and dragged Juhua into the house: "What's the trouble? My little sister is going to school tomorrow, and we just get together today."
Yu Juhua was not the kind to be coy and said openly, "Sister-in-law, we are here for this too."
As she said that, she put the package on the chair and unwrapped it. There was a blanket inside.
"I got this through a friend. It's a pure wool blanket. I heard it's colder in the north than here, so I just let my little sister take it to school."
The blanket was very exquisite, with various patterns embroidered on it. Li Xiaomei walked over and stroked the soft blanket. She liked it very much, but she also knew that it was too expensive.
In fact, two days ago, Ding Qiunan took his little sister to the department store to buy luggage, and the little sister took a fancy to a blanket inside.
But the price of that blanket was twenty yuan, which was almost as much as a month's salary of an ordinary worker.
Li Xiaomei was worried about money and didn't speak at all.
And this blanket, both in terms of the exquisiteness of the pattern and the quality, far exceeds that blanket.
Li Xiaomei touched the blanket, with a trace of reluctance flashing in her eyes, but she still put it down and said to Yu Juhua: "Sister-in-law, this is too valuable, I can't accept it."
"Look, my little sister is so polite now." Yu Juhua said with a smile: "What's so precious about this? Over the years, our two families have gotten along like one family. In my eyes, you are my relative."
Sister, you are going on a long journey now, and my sister gives you something. If you don’t accept it, you will be looking down on your sister-in-law!"
Yu Juhua originally had a bold and unrestrained personality, and she spoke in an angry voice. Now she was pretending to be angry, which was a bit scary.
Li Xiaomei didn't know what to do for a while, so she could only turn her attention to Li Donglai.
Li Donglai nodded slightly: "Since it is your sister-in-law's wish, just accept it."
Li Xiaomei happily took the blanket back as a gift and prepared to put it in the box after eating.
Li Donglai saw that Silly Zhu was holding a wooden box in his hand and was about to walk up. He got vaccinated in advance: "Si Zhu, your wife has given you such an expensive gift just now. If you dare to give me anything more valuable,
Don't blame me for throwing it out for you."
Now Shazhu has contacted the big boss. Through the big boss, he got a lot of good things. He has everything at home, such as a record player.
"That can't be done!" Silly Zhu placed the wooden box on the table and slowly opened it under the expectant eyes of everyone.
Inside was a piece of paper.
Li Xiaomei asked curiously: "Brother Silly Zhu, are you going to give me a piece of paper? There is a huge difference between that and the one given by Sister-in-law Juhua."
"You kid, what do you know? This is not an ordinary piece of paper, it is a piece of paper filled with words..."
Silly Zhu continued to ramble on in a pretentious manner, but Yu Juhua couldn't help it anymore. She took out the paper from the box and handed it to Li Xiaomei: "Little sister, here are some recipes of home-made dishes compiled by your Silly Zhu brother. You are here."
Over there, you will definitely miss the taste of our hometown. If you are greedy, just follow the recipes and you will definitely be able to make meals with the flavor of your hometown."
Oh boy, it turns out to be a recipe!
Li Xiaomei's attitude suddenly became serious. Although Silhu was usually careless and didn't care about anything, he was actually very scheming.
He was particularly fond of his own recipes. There were several children in the courtyard who wanted to learn how to cook and asked Sha Zhu for some recipes, but Sha Zhu rejected them all.
Today he actually gave the recipe to himself!
Li Xiaomei felt that the piece of paper was a bit heavy, and said gratefully to Silly Zhu: "Brother Silly Zhu, thank you very much."
"What's the point? You're just like my sister." Silly Zhu scratched his head in embarrassment: "I originally wanted to give you some valuable gifts, but you also know that your sister-in-law is very strict, and I always
As soon as I got my monthly salary, my sister-in-law took it away... Oops..."
Before Silly Zhu finished speaking, Yu Juhua twisted his ears and said loudly: "What's wrong, you are so brave now that you dare to trick me?"
"No...no...my wife, please spare my life!" Silly Zhu was big and thick, but he didn't look enough in front of Yu Juhua, so he could only beg for mercy again and again.
Everyone in the room was amused by the interesting interaction between the two, and there was an atmosphere of joy in the air.
Although Ding Boren is only Li Xiaomei's uncle, he was the one who taught Li Xiaomei when she was young. Now that he sees that Li Xiaomei is going to school in another place, he is a little reluctant to leave her.
He gave Li Xiaomei a pen as a gift as a prize he had won at a ministry meeting a while ago.
"Li Xiaomei, from today on, even if you have grown up, I hope that you will enter the aviation academy and continue your efforts to become a real pilot as soon as possible and fly aircraft to protect your home and country."
Li Xiaomei took the pen, put it solemnly into her coat pocket, and saluted Ding Boren: "Don't worry, Uncle Ding, I will definitely follow your example, study hard, and win glory for the country."
The gift that Mother Ding gave to Li Xiaomei was a common one - a notebook, but this notebook was not made of cardboard, and the outer cover was made of red plastic.
This kind of notebook was very common in later generations, and it was even a bit backward, and most people looked down upon it, but in this era, it was still very fashionable.
The reason is very simple. The level of chemical industry in this era was relatively low, plastics were expensive, and plastic notebooks were rare.
After giving the gifts, the family sat at the table and started eating lively.
....
The other side.
The Jia family's house was also very lively.
The entire Jia family gathered around the square table.
There are seven or eight dishes on the square table, including fried pork with green peppers, braised pork, fried pork with potatoes, fried pork with cabbage, etc.
Every dish has meat in it.
Xiaodang had already eaten in the restaurant, so he also sat on the chair.
She looked at the dishes on the table and frowned slightly: "Mom, you didn't cook all those ten kilograms, did you?"
Before Qin Huairu could answer, Huang Yanling became unwilling: "Xiaodang, what do you mean? These meats are earned by Bangge. We are willing to eat them all. What does it have to do with you? If you don't want to, you can
Don’t eat it.”
When Xiaodang heard this, he was so angry that he trembled all over.
This is ten pounds of meat. If you eat sparingly, you can eat it for several days.
Now I have eaten them all.
Moreover, Huang Yanling still had this attitude and did not take her sister-in-law seriously at all.
"I won't eat!" Xiaodang stood up, turned around and ran back inside.
Throwing herself down on the bed, she felt that Yan Jiecheng was quite a nice guy, at least he wouldn't make her angry.
