In the early 1980s, as the eldest sister returned to the city with her family, Su Xueqing suddenly realized she had transmigrated into a book.
There was no spare room at home, so Su Xueqing s...
Chapter 4: Cut into small pieces. Did you look at me in a bad way?
"Okay, I'll go find my second sister." Su Xueqing nodded.
Su Xueqing was about to walk out when Su's mother pulled Su Xueqing again and said, "Say a few words to your second sister, don't make a scene then."
"Okay, I understand." Su Xueqing said.
Compared with Amelia Su, Su Yanan's temper is slightly better and not so noisy. When Su Yanan returns to her parents' home, she also brings food to Old Lady Su. If she eats here, she will also bring vegetables and the like. Su Yanan's in-laws are pretty good. Her husband works in a factory and gets a salary every month.
At the beginning, when Amelia Su went to the countryside, Su Yanan saw it all. The propaganda said it was to build the countryside, and some people deliberately said that the countryside was very good, but Su Yanan didn't think so. Su Yanan made preparations early and looked for a partner early, so as not to be thrown into the countryside when the time comes.
As for asking her parents to give her the job, Su Yanan knew it was unrealistic after a little thought. If one of her parents gave the job to Su Yanan, she would get married soon after she got a job, and it would be unlikely for her to give the job to her parents. Su Yanan would take the job with her, and after getting married, it would be impossible for her to hand over the salary to her parents.
Su Yanan is very clear in her mind that a daughter who is married off is like water spilled out. Her parents don't want to help her too much, and her daughter doesn't want her parents to become a burden to them. Su Yanan doesn't blame her parents for not giving her the job. She is married, and as long as her husband has a job, she doesn't have to go to the countryside.
When Su Xueqing went to find Su Yanan, Su Yanan was washing clothes in the yard downstairs. Su Yanan and his wife lived in a tube building, and many people in this area took their clothes to the faucet downstairs to wash clothes. The water from the faucet downstairs was large, just right for washing clothes.
"Second sister." Su Xueqing bought three apples on the road. These three apples were for Su Yanan's family.
Su Xueqing usually saves some money, she earns from writing and publishing articles, and also earns money from her parents. Su Xueqing is not a great writer, and she does not publish novels, but some short articles about architecture and other things related to Su Xueqing's major, and she earns as much as she can.
At other times, Su Xueqing also went out with professors and classmates for practice. The school had funding, so Su Xueqing wrote down what she saw. Su Xueqing had good grades. Before she awakened her past life memories, she could still feel what she heard subconsciously and still explain it clearly. Therefore, a professor was very optimistic about Su Xueqing and took her to see ancient buildings.
But they were basically in the vicinity of the South City, not far away. If they went to places farther away, professors would prefer to take senior students, or boys. Sometimes they had to go to remote areas, and girls would have problems going there, but boys were stronger and could handle it.
"Sister is back, and mom asked you to go have dinner." Su Xueqing said.
"Sister is back?" Su Yanan was surprised. She washed the clothes, poured out the dirty water in the basin, and continued to collect water.
"Yes." Su Xueqing said, "Eldest sister and the others live in the beds in the living room, and I'll sleep in the school dormitory. Eldest sister...she suffered in the countryside, so her tone might be a little bad. Mom said that she would tell you first, so that you don't have to quarrel with eldest sister."
"When we were kids, I had a lot of arguments with her," Su Yanan said.
Su Yanan and Su Yamei are two years apart in age. They are close in age, so the two children like to fight. Su Yanan thought about it and knew what Su Yamei cared about. Among the four brothers and sisters, only Su Yamei went to the countryside.
Who can I blame for this?
Who made Amelia Su the oldest, and who made Amelia Su not know how to find a suitable partner?
It was reasonable for my parents not to give up their jobs. There were many people in the family, and my third brother was the only male in the family. My youngest sister was the youngest, so it was not her turn to go to the countryside.
Su Yanan understood clearly that when she got married, her parents prepared some dowry for her, and that was enough.
"Wait a moment, I'll rinse the clothes again, and then we'll go together." Su Yanan said, "The children are at a relative's house, so we won't take them with us. Your second brother-in-law is working overtime at the factory, and we don't know when he'll be back. I'll leave him a note."
"Okay." Su Xueqing nodded.
After Su Yanan hung up the clothes, she took the three apples home, left a note, and then went downstairs with Su Xueqing.
The distance between the two sides was close, so Su Yanan walked with Su Xueqing, and Su Yanan asked a few more questions.
"Did the eldest sister give you a cold look?" Su Yanan was not at the Su family, she knew what Su Yamei's attitude was.
As early as when Su Xueqing was born and her name was determined, Su Yamei said that Su Xueqing's name was different from theirs. Su Xueqing's name was not given by Su's father and mother, but by Su's mother's good friend. That good friend was a nurse in the hospital and is now the head nurse. Su's mother has asked for help from others. That friend's family happened to have no daughter, so Su's mother asked her daughter to recognize that friend as her godmother.
Su Xueqing was born in the first month of the lunar calendar. It was cold and snowing. After Su Xueqing was born, the snow stopped and the weather became clear. A friend of Su's mother named the child Xueqing.
Amelia Su is fifteen years older than Amelia Su, and Su Yanan is thirteen years older than Amelia Su. Su Yanan doesn't care whether Amelia Su really doesn't understand or pretends not to understand, she only cares about whether she understands or not.
"Mom and my eldest sister just had a quarrel." Su Xueqing said, "Second sister, don't add fuel to the fire. My eldest sister is still with the child, and she has nowhere else to go in the city, so she has to stay at home."
"Why should I quarrel with her? She doesn't live in my in-laws' house." Su Yanan said, "It's not my family's money that's being spent, but my third sister-in-law must be upset. After all, you usually live in school, that is, you live in the living room at home during holidays. You are still a college student after all, and my third sister-in-law likes you, but my eldest sister...tsk tsk tsk tsk, it's okay for her to come back by herself, but she brought a burden with her, one big and one small."
Su Yanan thought that if her sister-in-law did this to her, she would definitely make a scene. It was impossible for her to let those people stay in her house forever. Food, clothing, housing and transportation all cost money. The family's financial expenses were already very tight, and they really couldn't support so many mouths.
"Eldest sister wants to stay, but she doesn't know how to say nice things, right?" Su Yanan continued, "You can live in the school dormitory. If there is anything going on at home, just pretend you didn't hear it. You are so young, and those things are none of your business. It's not you who caused eldest sister to go to the countryside. As for eldest sister, she is just jealous of us. She is jealous that I don't have to go to the countryside, that my parents are nice to my third brother, and that you can go to college."
"Second sister." Su Xueqing looked around and saw that there were other people on the road. "Second sister, don't say that."
"That's the truth." Su Yanan said, "That's what my eldest sister thinks. I've fought with her for so many years, and we've been sisters for so many years, don't I know her? Don't worry, she's back in the city, she's not living in my husband's house, she doesn't offend me, and I won't say anything about her."
Su Yanan looked at Su Xueqing, "You don't understand my elder sister. Stay away from her, especially in the recent period. After a while, she will suffer a blow and wilt. You have to wait and see until she is well-tempered. Then she won't dare to make trouble."
"Second sister, you think of it as pickled bacon." Su Xueqing was speechless when she heard Su Yanan's description.
"All those educated youth are like this. When they just come back, they make a lot of noise to let others know that they are back and want to stay." Su Yanan said, "It will be much better later. Without a shock, they still think they are gods from heaven. When they come back, everyone has to worship them."
Haha, it’s the same whether the family is there or not. Many families have many brothers and sisters, that’s why people have to go to the countryside.
Su Yanan didn't look down on the educated youth, but a small number of them were like that. They felt that their families owed them something.
"Since my elder sister is back like this, there will be trouble for a few days." Su Yanan said.
"Second sister, stop talking." As they were about to reach the intersection of the alley where the Su family lived, Su Xueqing was afraid that other people would hear what Su Yanan said, so she quickly signaled Su Yanan to say less.
Su Xueqing went to buy some bananas and apples, which her mother had asked her to buy. Su Yanan bought some stewed food, as she couldn't go to dinner empty-handed, and as a married woman, she still had to bring something back.
Although Amelia Su and Su's mother had just had a heated argument, when Su's mother went to cook, Amelia Su also went to help. The kitchen was a little small and couldn't accommodate so many people, so Amelia Su washed vegetables in the backyard. Su's mother and Su San's wife were in the kitchen, and Su San's wife was cutting the roast chicken.
Mrs. Su thought about it, and finally she didn't keep the chicken legs, but cut them into small pieces. Mrs. Su didn't know whether Su Yanan and his wife would bring their children over. If Su Yanan and his wife brought their children over, there would not be enough chicken legs to share.
Su Yanan and his wife have more than one child. If they have more children, it would be bad if the children fight over the chicken legs. Even if the children don't fight over the chicken legs, who will eat the chicken legs if they are placed there? This is also a problem. It would be better to cut all the chicken legs.
Mrs. Su wanted to keep one chicken leg for Amelia Su, but if she did that, Amelia Su would become the target of public criticism, and Amelia Su's mouth would not be good. Mrs. Su simply cut both chicken legs into small pieces to reduce some trouble.
Mother Su saw that Third Sister Su cut the roast chicken into smaller pieces, but she didn't say anything bad. There were so many mouths to feed, and if the pieces were too big, everyone would eat them up with just one chopstick.
"It's cut well." said Su's mother.
"Mom, mom, I bought the pork head that Dad likes to eat, and I have to cut it into pieces." As soon as Su Yanan arrived at the Su's house, she took the braised dishes she bought to the kitchen in the backyard.
Before Su Yanan arrived in front of Amelia Su, the voice came first.
"Hey, big sister, you are washing vegetables." Su Yanan said with a smile, "You just came back, why don't you sit down and rest, I will wash it."
Don’t look at what Su Yanan said about Amelia Su in front of Amelia Su. When Su Yanan really got in front of Amelia Su, she still knew how to cover up and behave better.
Xu's mother next door had been standing in the backyard for a while, thinking: Why hasn't the fight started yet? Fight now!
"Mom." Xu Ruyun went to the backyard and saw that Xu's mother was still holding the vegetables. She looked next door and said, "Mom, I'm going to sleep at my aunt's house tonight and will be back tomorrow."