Yao Xiujuan panicked, "Brother Tian, ​​I'm fine, I just thought about it these past two days..."

Chu Tian sighed in his heart, but smiled at her and said, "It's okay, let's eat..." Then he picked up the chopsticks and started eating the chicken leg rice that he had been looking forward to for a long time, but now made him not very happy.

Seeing Chu Tian eat, Yao Xiujuan breathed a sigh of relief. She thought, even if she said it, what would it matter? In the winter of the Northwest, besides a few hardy vegetables like potatoes, radishes, and cabbages, what else can be eaten?

The family of three finished their meal in silence. Chu Tian stood up and was about to clear the dishes, but Yao Xiujuan stopped him and took the dishes from his hands. "Brother Tian, ​​forget about it during normal times, but don't do it this year."

Chu Tian was puzzled, "What happened at the end of the year?"

Yao Xiujuan picked up the bowl and chopsticks and walked out, saying casually, "Didn't mother say before? At the beginning and end of the year, only the daughter-in-law can do the housework herself. This is the only way to ensure a happy family in the next year, and the husband and children are healthy..."

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This is outrageous, it's outrageous, it's outrageous to the extreme!

Liu Zhaodi even came up with such a ridiculous excuse to keep her daughter-in-law as a slave? And Yao Xiujuan actually believed it? It's simply unreasonable. Not to mention that his soul is not from this era, even he wouldn't believe it, okay?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Seeing Wu Ya wiping her mouth with her sleeve after dinner, Chu Tian hurriedly shouted, "Wu Ya, wash your hands after dinner and wipe your mouth with a handkerchief."

He stood up and strode towards the outer room, grabbed Yao Xiujuan who was about to wash the dishes, and said to her in the face of her puzzled gaze.

"I don't believe what my mother said. I think the happiness of a family depends on the whole family. Health is a matter of one's own making. Besides, I've already washed the carrots at noon, so you go and rest for a while, and I'll clean up..."

Yao Xiujuan, “······”

Today is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar year. Although there are few ingredients at home, Yao Xiujuan still plans to prepare some. For example, she had already kneaded some dough while cooking at noon, planning to use some of it to fry pancakes in the afternoon and some to steam red date buns. She also thawed some pork, planning to chop some of it into fried meatballs and save some for making dumplings...

Therefore, even if Chu Tian didn't let her wash the pots and dishes, she would still have no time to rest.

After a busy afternoon, the pot in Chu Tian's house was never idle, either steaming buns or frying things. The aroma was so fragrant that it could not be stopped, making the educated youth living in the educated youth camp feel particularly uncomfortable...

Chen Jiefang sniffed and exclaimed, "Wow, it smells really good. Is something frying?"

Wu Shengli greedily gulped down a mouthful of water, "It tastes like meatballs, I really want to eat them, I haven't eaten meat in this month..."

Li Jianmin flipped a page of the book in his hand and said calmly, "Want to eat meat? Take some money and ask the other players to exchange some..."

The two exchanged glances upon hearing this, then quickly rummaged through their packages. After a moment, they looked at Li Jianmin with the banknotes in their hands, their eyes full of anticipation, "Jianmin, do you want to exchange them?"

Li Jianmin sniffed the aroma of meat and oil in the air, put down his book, took out some money from a box beside him, and said firmly, "Exchange."

Unexpectedly, when they walked out of the dugout, they found that there were many people who had the same idea as them. The three male and female educated youth in another dugout, no, except Song Jiao, Li Aihong and Zhang Juhua, all the others had also come out.

No one spoke, but they all looked at each other and walked in the same direction as if they had telepathy.

"Bang bang" "Bang bang"

Chu Tian and Yao Xiujuan had just finished frying some food and were preparing to steam buns when they suddenly heard a knock on the door, which felt very strange.

"Who is it?"

The educated youth outside all looked at Li Jianmin, and Li Jianmin spoke helplessly.

"Hello, Brother Chu Tian, ​​we are educated youth and want to talk to you..."

Chu Tian and Yao Xiujuan looked at each other, wondering what the educated youth wanted to do with him. However, the educated youth were quite polite, and Chu Tian couldn't keep them out forever...

"Wait a mininute."

As Chu Tian said this, he went back to the inner room and put on his cotton-padded jacket. He then opened the door of the dugout and was about to walk out when he saw more than a dozen men and women standing outside. He was also shocked.

"Hey, what are you all doing blocking my door? Do you have something to tell me?"

As he spoke, he did not forget to scan the faces of the educated youth one by one. When he found that there were two educated youth who were not causing trouble, his tone became much more polite.

The female educated youth lowered their heads in embarrassment when they heard this, while the male educated youth looked at Li Jianmin one after another. Li Jianmin felt everyone's gazes and cursed in his heart, but walked forward with a smile on his face.

"Brother Chu Tian, ​​you know, we came at the wrong season. The food was originally provided by the regiment headquarters, and we are too embarrassed to ask the regiment headquarters for food..."

Chu Tian raised his eyebrows and looked at everyone with a smile, "So? What do you want from me?"

In fact, he probably could guess what they were here for, but he still wanted to hear what they had to say...

Li Jianmin always had a proper smile on his face. "Brother Chu Tian, ​​tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and we don't have meat coupons. Even if we did, we wouldn't have time to buy meat. So, can we use the money to buy some of your fried meatballs?"

After a pause, he continued, "I know you won't fry a lot, and we won't buy much either. If each person can buy one or two to try, it will be considered as eating meat..."

Chu Tian waved his hands hurriedly, "Comrades, it's not that I don't want to, it's just that speculation is illegal. I'm just a farmer, so I can't..."

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