Xu Shiyan remembered that in his previous life, after the fourth child got married, he was always close to the Wu family.
Xu Shide was transferred to Daying, and the Wu family also moved there.
Later, Xu Shide went to Xigang to work, and the second daughter of the Wu family also married to Xigang.
Xu Shide was particularly concerned about the affairs of his mother-in-law's family, and he also took special care of his sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Everyone in the Wu family was full of praise for Xu Shide.
The only thing is that I am not close to the Xu family. I come back to see the old lady twice throughout the year.
On the sixth day of June, the old lady’s birthday, and on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and the rest of the time, there was no one at all.
"Mom, things are already like this, let's think for the better.
The Wu family is just a little cautious about taking advantage, but it may not be that bad in other aspects.
Anyway, the fourth child is married and doesn’t live at home anymore, so out of sight and out of mind.”
We have children and are about to get engaged and married. It’s too late to say anything now. It’s better not to say anything to avoid making the mother feel uncomfortable.
Zhou Guilan sighed, yes, it has reached this point, there is no use regretting it.
Her son loves Wu Qiuyan wholeheartedly. What can she do as a mother?
The two of them had not broken up before, but now that the daughter of the Wu family has a baby in her belly, if she interferes with Huang's marriage, she will harm both of them.
What a sin, Zhou Guilan can't do such a thing.
"Forget it, what did you do when you were out for the day?" Zhou Guilan didn't want to mention the Wu family's troubles anymore, so she changed the topic.
"Oh, I went to Songjiang River, and then to Fusong. I drew a lot of skins in the mountains and sold them to prepare for the New Year."
Xu Shiyan didn't say anything about going to Donggang to find Zhou Zhang and his father and son. He can't talk about it yet, so he should keep it a secret for now.
"By the way, I'm still looking for some tickets, wait a minute."
He was so busy with work that day that he didn't even have time to see what votes Guo Shouye had given him.
Xu Shiyan hurriedly took out the stack of tickets from his pocket and sorted them carefully.
"Oh, there are quite a few, cloth stamps, sugar stamps, national food stamps, this one is for industrial stamps, for sewing machines."
Xu Shiyan also didn't expect that among the tickets Guo Shouye gave him, there was actually a sewing ticket. This thing was in short supply and ordinary people couldn't get it.
"Mom, see what kind of tickets you can use at home, and then take them back."
Xu Shiyan put all the tickets in front of his mother and let her choose.
Zhou Guilan shook his head, sorted out the tickets one by one, and handed them to Xu Shiyan.
"We don't need anything at home, so there's no need to buy it. Just keep it. Yingzi will have a baby next spring, so you can all use these."
Zhou Guilan is not the kind of old lady who takes everything into her hands. In her opinion, her son and daughter-in-law are better off than anything else.
The Xu family has a large population, so if she takes these things back, they won't be of much use. On the contrary, they will make her daughters-in-law jealous and cause further conflicts.
Mom didn't want it, so Xu Shiyan didn't force it. He just nodded and handed the stack of tickets to Su Anying.
"Mom doesn't want it, so just put it away first. Let's go buy something when we have time."
Sugar stamps can be used to buy brown sugar for Su Anying's confinement period, not to mention cloth stamps, which can be used by anyone.
When a baby is born, he has to make a blanket and two pieces of clothes, right?
After sitting down and talking for a while, the coldness on Xu Shiyan's body also dissipated, and Su Anying brought the rice to Xu Shiyan to eat.
Seeing that her son was safe, Zhou Guilan was relieved and said, "Okay, you eat first and I'll go back."
After you left yesterday, the fourth child regretted it and was too embarrassed to come.
You are an elder brother. If your younger brother makes a mistake, he should be beaten if he deserves it. Don't take it personally after the beating." Zhou Guilan stood up, put on her coat and scarf and walked out.
Being a mother is not easy, especially if there are many children in the family. A bowl of water must be leveled, and every child must be taken into consideration.
The old lady gave birth to six children in her life, and she felt sorry for each one of them, and she did not want to see her sons gradually drifting apart.
Elderly people hope that their children will be filial and the whole family will be harmonious and united, so Zhou Guilan could only come over to smooth things over for the fourth child.
"Mom, look what you said, as an elder brother, can I argue with my younger brother?"
Even if his mother made peace in person, Xu Shiyan couldn't care less even if he felt uncomfortable.
"When the fourth child gets married, no matter what work happens at home, let the sixth child always call me.
However, I won’t come forward when the fourth child gets engaged, so as not to embarrass the Wu family."
Xu Shiyan followed Zhou Guilan to the door and helped his mother tidy up her scarf.
"Mom, the road back home is slippery, how about I give you a ride?" It was quite late and it was dark outside, so Xu Shiyan was a little worried.
"No, you should go back to eat quickly. Your mother is not old enough to walk yet."
Zhou Guilan was not yet fifty years old and had a strong body. She waved to her son and walked away quickly.
Xu Shiyan looked at his mother's back and smiled, yes, my mother was over seventy in her last life, and she could still walk like flying.
The bodies of the older generation are really excellent, and cannot be compared to those of the young people in the future.
Seeing his mother walking away, Xu Shiyan turned around and went back to the house to eat.
There's nothing good in the farmer's courtyard. A pot of pickled vegetables, a plate of sticky spoon, and some porridge would be good.
"Where did the sticky fire spoon come from?" Xu Shiyan loved eating sticky food, and he was really hungry. He ate three sticky fire spoons in one go, and then he had time to ask.
"Our mother brought it to us, where else could it come from?
Our mother said that you like to eat it, and she also knew that we would definitely not have enough food in the mountains, so she specially sent a pot in the afternoon.
I said I would go get it when I ran out of food, but I packed two big buckets at home."
Su Anying watched her husband devour the food, fearing that he would choke, so she hurriedly went to get a glass of water.
"Does our family pack so many fire spoons every year? Two big buckets?"
The barrels mentioned in the farmer's courtyard are large wooden barrels. One barrel can hold nearly two hundred kilograms of beans.
Su Anying couldn't imagine how long and how long would it take to eat two large buckets of sticky fire spoons?
"In the past, when I was at home, I would also make fire spoons. At most, I would soak dozens of kilograms of rice. In that case, our sisters would also have to make it for a whole day."
It would take several days to pack two large buckets of sticky fire ladles, which is scary to think about.
"Can it be the same? Your family is full of girls and their appetites are small. Our family is full of young men, so they all might eat it.
Every winter, our family bakes hotpots and bakes pancakes. If you haven’t seen that scene, people say it’s almost time to catch up with the production team’s canteen.”
Xu Shiyan felt a little nostalgic when he thought about how he used to make hot pot spoons and bake pancakes at home.
"Sister-in-law, before my second sister-in-law got married, my mother and my sixth wife had to pack the fire spoons. One pack lasted several days.
In the end, Lao Liu was so tired that he used his hands to squeeze the adzuki bean filling into a big ball, and then wrapped it up."
The sticky dough for the sticky fire spoon is all ground together, but the adzuki bean filling must be cooked fresh every morning and wrapped all on the same day, otherwise it will become sour.
Xu Shiqin worked hard to wrap the stuffing so that he could finish it earlier.
"When my mother found out, she said, if there's not enough adzuki bean stuffing, put it in the sixth bag."
Xu Shiyan wanted to laugh when he thought of that time. His little sister was also very naughty sometimes.