The clock on the cabinet made a ticking sound, mixed with the crackling sound of firecrackers outside, but the house was unusually peaceful.
In the early 1980s, fabric curtains, Venetian blinds, Roman blinds, antibacterial gauze curtains, etc. were not popular. When Jiang Zao and Xiao Shuisheng got married, Gu Xiufang made two new bamboo curtains for them to hang.
The blue-green bamboo with a white background does not block out much light.
The light from behind the curtains was dim. Jiang Zao stayed with Xiao Shuisheng for another five minutes before getting up. "I'm going to help Mom cook. You should get some more sleep."
It's tiring to stay in the laboratory all year round.
Jiang Zao wore cotton trousers over her sweater, and black velvet trousers over the cotton trousers, with a red jacket on top, which was festive for the New Year. She pulled up her shoes and was about to get up when Xiao Shuisheng suddenly opened his eyes. His voice was a little nasal, as he had just gotten up: "You comb your hair first, I'll go get some hot water, and when I come back I'll wash your face."
Jiang Zao was wearing a red jacket, which made her skin look even whiter.
Xiao Shuisheng couldn't help but stretched out his hand and touched it: "Wait until I come back."
Jiang Zao held him down: "You can sleep more."
After they got married, Xiao Shuisheng would get up first every day, heat the house, boil some hot water and call her to get up.
We eat at home in the morning on New Year's Eve, and go to my grandparents' yard in the afternoon to prepare meals for staying up all night. Not only them, but also Jiang Shan's family.
There is no one in the house during the day, so just light the stove when you come back at night.
The stove didn't need to be lit, but Xiao Shuisheng was afraid that he wouldn't be able to start it. Xiao Qiang and Huo Xiaoman took advantage of his absence to bully his wife.
"I can't sleep well without you."
Jiang Zao's mouth twitched slightly: "How old are you?"
Xiao Shuisheng put on the black sweater that Jiang Zao knitted for him: "How old do you say I am? That's how old I am. I will do whatever you say."
Jiang Zao: “…”
She sat in front of the solid wood dressing table, applied some almond honey, and braided her hair into two braids to make it easier to work. Fashionable women now have started to perm their hair, but Jiang Zao had no trouble working in the food factory. The rustic braids on her head gave her an indescribable purity.
Before leaving, Xiao Shuisheng couldn't help but kiss her on the lips.
"My wife is so pretty."
He went to the kitchen to get a basin of warm water, filled two cups of water for brushing teeth, brought it back and asked Jiang Zao to wash first. After Jiang Zao finished washing, he washed it.
After packing up Jiang Zao and preparing to go out, Xiao Shuisheng held her back and rubbed some almond honey on her slender hands.
"What a luxury! This is for wiping your face."
Most people can't afford Gongdeng brand almond honey.
To be precise, Jiang Zao was reluctant to apply it before getting married.
Xiao Shuisheng raised his eyebrows and said, "My wife wants to use it to wipe her feet, so she can afford it."
Jiang Zao held Xiao Shuisheng's face and kissed him hard: "You are really enlightened!"
"Make good money so I can wear gold and silver in the future."
If a man wants to work hard to make money and spend money on you, don't discourage him or pretend to be a good wife and mother. What if he stops working hard if you pretend?
Ginger and jujube are going to live a good life.
Xiao Shuisheng also didn't like the person next to him beating around the bush with him: "Okay."
There was a faint scent of almond honey on his hands, and Jiang Zao even sniffed it before leaving.
Smells good!
It really tastes like money!
Xiao Shuisheng had a sweet morning.
Xiao Wensheng was not in a good mood.
Huo Xiaoman has been acting so weird lately.
"Why don't you go help mom and grandma with their work on New Year's Eve?"
Xiao Wensheng stood by the window and questioned Huo Xiaoman.
Ever since Jiang Zao got married, Huo Xiaoman has stopped working and doesn't even wash her own clothes. She wants her mother to help her wash them, but Xiao Wensheng thinks it's embarrassing, so he squats by the well to wash them while everyone is still asleep.
It would be fine if it happened on normal days, but she was still lazy on New Year's Eve. What would people think if that got out?
Huo Xiaoman had woken up a long time ago and pretended to be asleep. Upon hearing this, she snorted coldly: "You didn't think of me when you were dividing the eggs, but you thought of me when you were cooking!"
Speaking of this, Xiao Wensheng became even angrier.
God knows what Huo Xiaoman said at home when he came home from get off work. He wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
"How dare you bring up the egg issue? How dare you ask for it back home from the reward the ginger and jujube factory gave her?"
Neither he nor Shuisheng gave all of their wages to their family, and most of the time they ate and drank food provided by their family.
Huo Xiaoman keeps all her salary in her own hands.
It’s almost the same whether the family has been divided or not.
In this situation, if the sister-in-law goes to ask for the benefits from her brother-in-law's factory to subsidize her family, people will laugh their heads off if this gets out!
Sometimes he really wanted to open Huo Xiaoman's head and see what was inside.
Xiao Wensheng is a good man.
He has a stable job and a good salary. His wife didn't say anything after giving birth to a daughter. He felt that they were both young, so they could talk about it in two years. At worst, Shuisheng was married, and if he gave birth to a boy in the future, the Xiao family would not be extinct.
He has never hit his wife or scolded his daughter.
In this era, the brothers Xiao Wensheng and Xiao Shuisheng were hard to find even with a lantern.
Huo Xiaoman felt fortunate at first, but gradually, her inherent inferiority complex, when met with Xiao Wensheng's doting, fostered a very bad sense of arrogance.
She had been looked down upon and despised since she was a child. With the help of a man, her conditions suddenly improved. She had the capital to look down on and confront others, and things became out of control.
"I'm also a member of Lao Xiao's family. Why shouldn't I have the right to share Jiang Zao's things? I'm her sister-in-law! Do you think she respects me?"
"As my younger brother's wife, she has no sense of respect or inferiority, and is full of tricks. If I don't cook, she'll go to my mother and show her affection. If the newspaper doesn't give out benefits, she'll eagerly give them to her factory if they do."
"Who told her to show off? Why didn't I ask for anything else? Blame her if you want to!"
They are all daughters-in-law of the Xiao family. She is the eldest sister-in-law and is a head taller than Jiang Zao since she got married.
It was a big mistake for Jiang Zao to put the things on her desk instead of sending them to her room. It would be a capital crime not to share them with her!
Huo Xiaoman frowned, her eyes glaring shrewdly, and she lay on the bed, shouting at the top of her lungs in a completely ungraceful manner.
Xiao Wensheng pinched his nose with a headache: "Alright, alright, blame me for being too talkative, go to sleep."
He finally understood that he could no longer expect her to participate in family activities, and it would be good if she could just keep her mouth shut.
During the Chinese New Year, I want to see a skinny and small six-year-old.
Standing at the end of the bed, she watched her quarreling parents at a loss. She looked like Xiao Wensheng and a bit like Gu Xiufang, with fair skin, big eyes, a quiet personality, and a maturity that was beyond her age.
She ran to the door with her short legs, pushed it open, walked out, and jogged all the way to the kitchen.
The food on New Year's Eve morning was pretty good.
Gu Xiufang beat an egg and put minced meat on it to make minced meat steamed egg, which she paired with millet porridge. There was meat, eggs and porridge.
The eggs were selected, and Jiang Zao was chopping the meat. While chopping the meat, she accidentally knocked the garlic off the chopping board. She put down the kitchen knife and bent down to pick it up.
A thin little hand held the garlic and handed it to her, saying in a milky voice: "Auntie is giving it to you~"
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