Chapter 100 Dinner with the Shen Family

Mother Shen frowned, her tone reproachful, "Work points can be earned through hard work, and the food earned is for eating. Xiao Ning came to see us, and as the eldest sister-in-law, you shouldn't have spoken like that."

Jin Yuyan said indignantly, "What did I say? The food we earn through hard work points is all going to be taken away just because she came here once. What are we going to eat after that?"

The atmosphere at home suddenly became tense.

Shen Bingting and Shen Ziming both had sullen faces.

The once happy family is on the verge of falling apart because of this unexpected disaster.

Jiang Ning never expected that they would argue like this over a meal. The hardships of being sent down to the countryside were far more severe than she had imagined.

She thought for a moment and then said, "If we don't have enough food, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some."

After saying that, she turned to Shen Ziming and said, "Brother, please take me to the supply and marketing cooperative."

"Tsk—"

At this moment, Jin Yuyan scoffed, "He has no money or tickets, it's pointless to send him."

Jin Yuyan arrogantly believed that Jiang Ning had called Shen Ziming over because she wanted money and food coupons from him.

Their family lived in this village, and the little bit of money they had received as subsidies was long gone. When they were first sent down to the countryside, Shen Mo would occasionally ask someone to send them some money and coupons, but Shen Bingting and Yang Lan were afraid of implicating Shen Mo, so they refused and told Shen Mo not to send them these things anymore.

They were sent down to be reformed. If someone with ulterior motives catches them and reports them for engaging in capitalist hedonism while in exile, they will be in even worse shape, and Shen Mo will also be implicated.

“Yes, I have some.” Jiang Ning opened her small handbag and took out a thick stack of food coupons and money.

These were all national food coupons that Shen Mo had given her before.

Shen Mo couldn't eat much by himself before, so even if Jiang Ning ate a lot, he wouldn't use much by himself.

When Shen Mo gave her the bankbook, he also gave her all the food coupons.

Jiang Ning always kept the food coupons in the cabinet. Whenever Shen Mo needed to buy something, he could just take it himself. She also usually kept some pocket money next to the food coupons, but Shen Mo rarely touched that money.

Jiang Ning brought a lot of food coupons and some cash with her when she came to visit.

She didn't bring her bankbook with her; she left it in the family compound.

When Jin Yuyan saw the thick stack of grain coupons and money in Jiang Ning's hand, her eyes reddened. She hadn't seen so much money in a long time.

She glared angrily at Shen Ziming beside her, thinking, "Useless man."

“This…” Shen’s parents exchanged a glance. Shen’s mother stepped forward and pushed Jiang Ning’s hand back. “Xiao Ning, we can’t let anyone with ulterior motives see these things. If someone reports us, it will implicate you and Shen Mo.”

“Mom, don’t worry, I have a visitation permit approved by the county government.” Jiang Ning took out the visitation permit approved by the county government.

Father Shen took the visitation permit first and examined it carefully. The visitation permit was indeed approved.

But nowadays you need a letter of introduction to do anything, and you don't know how many places you would have to go to to get such a visitation permit.

The father's eyes softened. Shen Mo was lucky to have married such a good wife.

"This daughter-in-law is very good." Shen Bingting praised his wife in a low voice. Yang Lan saw the satisfaction in her husband's eyes. Shen Bingting was arrogant and always looked indifferent to everyone. He had never praised his two precious sons like this when they had achieved great success.

"Brother, let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things." Jiang Ning looked at Shen Ziming and stuffed the money into her bag as she spoke.

It's time to cook now, but going back and forth to buy groceries will take a while. If it's delayed any longer, we won't be able to have lunch.

Standing by the stove, Shen Qianqian's slightly dim eyes flickered when she saw the money notes in Jiang Ning's hand.

Chen's mother stopped Jiang Ning, who was about to leave, saying, "Don't go to the supply and marketing cooperative yet. We still need to go to the fields this afternoon. It will take a lot of time to go back and forth, and we won't have time to eat if we go."

Jiang Ning knew that there was a time limit for them to work in the fields, and now it seemed that they were running out of time.

She nodded. "Okay then."

Then, she remembered something, and her eyes lit up.

He walked up to the two black cloth bags he had brought, took out one of them, and found several pieces of cured meat inside.

It was given to her by Sister Li when she gave the grain to her.

They say it won't spoil in this weather if you put it in your bag.

Jiang Ning then brought the cured meat with her.

Now is the perfect time to eat it.

The Shen family hadn't seen so much meat in a long time; they only ate meat a few times a month.

Jiang Ning took the cured meat to the stove, added water to the pot, and put the cured meat in.

After cooking, she took it out and sliced ​​it. She also saw a bunch of garlic sprouts lying in the corner, which she could use to stir-fry the cured meat.

When Jiang Ning was in the kitchen, others could only help out. Chen's mother picked vegetables beside her, watching Jiang Ning with satisfaction as she did so.

Jiang Ning deftly fried the cooked cured pork in a pan, then stir-fried a small green vegetable that Chen Mu had prepared. The cured pork smelled delicious even after just a quick stir-fry, and the aroma even wafted out of the cowshed.

The villagers passing by couldn't help but peek into their house. The Shen family had been sent down to Dahe Village, and they had never smelled such a fragrant aroma in their home before.

"Is Qianqian there?"

Just then, a male voice came from outside the cowshed.

Shen Qianqian, whose eyes had been somewhat dull, brightened up upon hearing this voice.

"Brother Anze!" Shen Qianqian looked up suddenly and immediately ran out the door.

Zhou Anze had come to ask Shen Qianqian if she still had any face cream, but he didn't expect to smell their fragrance, which made him crave it.

He took out a hard-boiled egg from his pocket and handed it to Shen Qianqian, saying gently, "Qianqian, you must be tired from working in the fields today. I brought you an egg."

When Shen Qianqian saw the egg in Zhou Anze's hand, her eyes reddened, and she was deeply moved.

She carefully took the egg from Zhou Anze's hand. "Brother Anze, have you eaten?"

"No, I'm just about to go back to the educated youth settlement for dinner," Zhou Anze said.

"My family just finished cooking, why don't you have some too?" Shen Qianqian pulled Zhou Anze's wrist and led him into the house.

Now that these words had been spoken, Chen's mother, upon hearing them, also said, "Zhou Zhiqing, come in and eat with us."

In fact, Yang Lan did not want Shen Qianqian to get close to this Zhou educated youth. Her husband had told her before that this man had ulterior motives.

Unfortunately, my precious daughter likes it.

Her parents had said it many times, but Shen Qianqian had never listened.

Zhou Anze was pulled into the house by Shen Qianqian. The fragrance in the house was even stronger. Usually, when he came here, he could only smell nauseating odors. If it weren't for the fact that he could get the snow cream and Pechoin from Shen Qianqian without spending any money, he would not want to step into this place.

Today is an exception.