Chapter 67 Second Update: Mutton and Mutton Bones

The Ye family also prepared some snacks.

Since the second half of this year, the Ye family has been living a really good life, so they prepared more than in previous years. Wang Lai Di prepared a small amount of fruit candies, biscuits, and dried fruits from the south, and of course, more melon seeds and peanuts.

The children who chose to come to the Ye family to pay New Year's greetings first were very surprised. They quickly went to inform their good friends that if they came later, they would miss out on good things like candies, biscuits and dried fruits.

Ye Yu did not fight with the children for the food, and chose not to take a look and left the room.

There were a few old men in the front yard talking about what happened last night. I hid in the corner of the backyard and eavesdropped, and found out that it was about the "Nian Beast".

How could the news spread so quickly?

Some of them are quite accurate, and the route of the Nian Beast Yu is clearly known from where it goes to where it goes; some are very exaggerated, such as the Nian Beast has ten eyes, ten claws, and a pair of flying wings, which was witnessed by so-and-so with his own eyes.

“…”

Well, that's quite exaggerated.

Some things cannot be banned, otherwise, by the end of the world, metaphysics would exist in different forms all over the world. No matter how much people try to silence them in public, they cannot stop them in private.

Ye Yu didn't know whether the Nian Beast prank would be useful. Even if he had to spend one more Spring Festival next year for the investigation, it would still be a profit. Who knows, this thing might appear every year.

The second day of the first lunar month is also called Son-in-law's Day, which is the day when a married daughter returns to her parents' home with her son-in-law and children.

Wang Lai Di is a daughter who married far away. She does not plan to return to her parents' home this year. She plans to go back to Wangjiagou during the Spring Festival at the end of this year, mainly to see Ye Yu's life and living environment, and ask her parents' family to take care of her daughter.

Although the plan has been made, it still depends on the factory's work schedule.

In an era of inconvenient transportation, daughters like Wang Lai Di who married far away often had to bear all the hardships alone.

Ye Lan can't come back this year, but fortunately Ye Xing got married recently, so there is almost never a shortage of Son-in-law's Day.

"Why are you looking at me?" Ye Yu reached out and touched his chin, but didn't feel a single grain of rice.

Wang Lai Di:

"Why am I looking at you?"

Ye Yu is eighteen years old this year. Her two sisters are basically married at this age, but Ye Yu is an educated youth who went to the countryside. Wang Lai Di really doesn't want her to get married so early. If she marries a country bumpkin or an educated youth from other provinces, she will be able to see her daughter less and less in the future.

As the saying goes, "A daughter who is married off is like spilled water." This is not only due to the idea of favoring boys over girls, but more importantly, it is because the daughter's family is helpless about her daughter's future. If her daughter marries closer, at least they can take care of her a little.

"Mom, why are you overthinking so much?" Ye Yu, however, was nonchalant. She was still stuffing food into her mouth, swallowing it slowly before replying, "In the future, I'll either find ten or eight good-looking sons-in-law, or I'll support myself... No, no, no, don't stare at me. It's unlucky during the Chinese New Year. What? Retirement issues? Look at the forest rangers. They're still strong in their seventies and eighties. When they're really old, won't their unfilial children and grandchildren still be there to protect the country? Maybe they can even go to a state-owned retirement home to earn a living."

Ye Weiguo only half listened: "My children and grandchildren are very filial, I can earn money to support my third sister now!"

When his eldest sister Ye Xing got married, he was still young and didn't notice it. Then his second sister got married for the second time and his third sister went to the countryside in turn. He thought more than once that it would be better if his sisters didn't get married.

Ye Baoguo couldn't make any money, but he still promised: "I can pay half of my salary in the future."

First, he was reluctant to see his sisters get married; second, his third sister was very capable, and wherever she was, life seemed to be better than before, just like their family now.

Ye Yu: "Wow."

Ye Hongjun and Wang Laidi: “…”

Well, let’s drop the topic.

No matter what, it makes them feel happy to see that the brothers and sisters have a good relationship.

After breakfast, Wang Lai Di and his wife began to take care of themselves, and they paid as much attention to it as they did on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and even went one step further in terms of face-saving projects.

Even the three siblings were not spared.

Around ten o'clock, Ye Xing came to pay New Year's greetings while holding her youngest son who was still struggling to walk. Liu Dahai followed behind her, holding her eldest son's hand with his left hand and holding the New Year's gift in his right hand.

The Liu family is a family that values social etiquette. Many of the New Year gifts are prepared by Director Liu's wife. Even if they are not good at socializing due to their status,

There are differences in the things prepared by the two sons' in-laws, but they are still better than those of ordinary families.

This year's New Year gifts have increased by 20%, including two kilograms of pork, two kilograms of brown sugar, two kilograms of biscuits, and two kilograms of persimmon cakes. These are all good things that come in pairs. Just these two kilograms of pork, even though it seems that there is not much fat and it is all lean meat, cannot be said to be bad.

In addition, Ye Xing personally knitted a pair of woolen gloves and a pair of socks for each of her parents, and prepared a box of vanishing cream and two industrial tickets for Ye Lan and Ye Yu. Ye Baoguo and Ye Weiguo received blue ink and notebooks. They were the only ones in the family who were still studying.

These are her own careful selections.

In front of her son-in-law, Wang Lai Di first took Liu Dahai's things and said that he didn't need so many things. Liu Dahai was not a very good social person, and they were so polite to each other that the word "awkward" was written on his hair.

It was not until the eldest grandson called out "Grandma and Grandpa" and the younger grandson said "Grandma" that Ye Hongjun and Wang Laidie showed truly happy smiles and quickly handed over the red envelopes.

Each red envelope is 1 yuan, which is more than Ye Baoguo and Ye Weiguo’s, but not too little either.

Although Ye Yu and her two siblings are elders, they have not yet started a family and are considered junior elders. Even if they prepare red envelopes, they are only a few cents as a token of their appreciation.

They were asked to receive their two nephews, especially the eldest nephew Liu Wenlin, who was nicknamed Wen Ge'er and could run and jump.

Ye Baoguo and Ye Weiguo were very happy to be the elders. They took out all the toys they played with last night. There was no child who didn't like to play with them. The three of them quickly started playing together. In fact, it was mainly Ye Weiguo who played, and Ye Baoguo was just an extra.

There is no need for Ye Yu's help at all.

Ye Yu didn't want to play with kids of this age either, mainly because if she made them cry, not only could she not take the child home, but she also had to comfort them herself. She couldn't stand the awkward conversation between two grown men, Ye Hongjun and Liu Dahai, so she got up and went to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, the mother and daughter were much closer. Wang Lai Di was whispering about how Ye Xing was doing recently.

"fine."

"fine."

As soon as Ye Xing finished speaking, she realized there were two accents, and the other one came from behind her.

"Am I considered the roundworm in your stomach, sister?" Ye Yu blinked at her.

"I'm really doing fine," Ye Xing smiled helplessly. "Come to think of it, the wild boar meat you sent back last time really scared my parents. Can you just hunt wild boar like that? Don't take risks like that in the future and make my parents worry about you anymore."

The wild boar meat pleased my father-in-law, mother-in-law, and even my sisters-in-law. They said that although life in the countryside was hard, it was rich in species. They even asked if they could get some more wild boar meat as a gift. Pork is really hard to come by in the city now.

They said they could exchange it for a high price.

Of course Ye Xing found an excuse to refuse. Not to mention that this thing might involve speculation, the danger of hunting wild boars alone made it impossible. She would never say that the wild boar meat was hunted by her third sister. She only said that her third sister had exchanged it with someone and had to rely on luck.

The second time Wang Lai Di gave it to her, she even refused and pushed it back.

This time when I went back to my mother's house, in addition to telling Ye Yu not to take risks, I also told her that everything is excessive or insufficient.

Ye Yu:

“…”

Wang Lai Di was still worried that it would be bad for Ye Lan to refuse like this. Ye Lan said no. In fact, since Ye Lan married the officer and Ye Baoguo was selected for the sports training team, her mother-in-law has treated her better than before, which can be seen from this year's New Year gift.

As for the man Liu Dahai, she had no requirements for him, as long as he didn't beat his wife after a few drinks like some men in the factory. Besides, men were afraid of their parents-in-law, and with them watching, such things would not happen.

Of course, Ye Xing couldn't tell all of this, so she only chose to talk about part of it.

Ye Yu felt tired after listening to this, and couldn't help but sigh that if life was full of tricks, it would be too hard.

Ye Xing smiled softly: "What's so hard about it? I don't have to worry about food and drink, I don't have to work in the fields or forge iron, I just sit in the office every day, it's not busy, and when I go home to take care of the children, my mother-in-law helps out. This life is much easier than most people."

"Okay, as long as you feel happy. If you have any problems, just let me know by telegram or letter. Believe me, your sister is a big devil in the eyes of those who defend the country." Everyone has their own way of living. Not everyone treats every day as the last day like the people in the apocalypse. Ye Yu did not force it.

Ye Xing suddenly smiled and said, "I have something I need your help with."

When Ye Xing stuffed her youngest son Wu Ge'er into Ye Yu's arms, the great devil Ye Yu looked at the white and fat caterpillar cub as if facing a great enemy and almost surrendered.

Eye to eye:

“…”

It's so soft, doesn't it have bones? Do such soft creatures really exist?

Seeing this, Wang Lai Di and Ye Xing both laughed. Apart from anything else, the aunt and niece look a bit alike, and both are fair and tender. It really looks a bit like an older child holding a younger child, which is quite funny.

Seeing Wu Ge'er pouting, Ye Yu quickly stuffed him back into his mother's arms. This guy didn't mean to cry, he was just smacking his lips. He turned his head curiously, looked at Ye Yu, and gave her a sweet smile.

From this perspective, she looks quite like Ye Xing.

In the past, Wang Lai Di would use all the pork her son-in-law brought to her house for lunch on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and she would take great pains to cook a table full of delicious dishes to entertain him.

It’s the same today, but there’s no need to put too much thought into it, as some of the ingredients have been put away as suggested by Ye Xing.

The mutton soup and bone soup alone are already quite delicious, and they are cooked together with other vegetables such as pumpkin, potato, radish, tofu, as well as the southern specialties sent back by Ye Lan and his wife, various seafood and salted fish.

It is regrettable that Liu Dahai seems to dislike the smell of lamb or seafood. He picks up lamb more often than vegetables, and he would rather avoid seafood if possible. His eating habits are very average.

But despite this, he couldn't say that this kind of hospitality was not good enough. After all, there were dishes and meat, and the meat was in a big pot.

Ye Yu expressed his delight at the news, but perhaps his gloating was too obvious, so Wang Lai Di stepped on him hard.

Ye Xing's taste was similar to that of Wang Lai Di and the others. Everything he ate and drank was very delicious. His sons were the same. Even the youngest one jumped around with all his strength when he smelled the mutton soup. He even got some of the milky mutton soup to taste, and after liking it, he drank half a sip.

Then smile at everyone you see.

The mutton soup is very effective in dispelling cold and replenishing yang. On the way back in the afternoon, although there was a cold wind blowing in her face from time to time due to the clear weather and melting snow, Ye Xing felt warm all over. Wen Ge'er kept asking when she would come to her grandma's house again.