Bai Ying smiled shyly, "Mom, the clinic received a subsidy today, so I wanted to make something delicious for us to celebrate."
"Okay, okay," Chu Xianglan said with a smile on her face, not even a hint of blaming Bai Ying. "This is indeed a great joyous occasion, but we can't eat it all alone. Hongbing, serve yourself a bowl and take it to your grandmother."
"Okay!" Bai Hongbing agreed obediently and turned to go to the kitchen to get a bowl.
Old Mrs. Bai gave birth to seven children in total, but only five survived, including four sons and one daughter. Bai Maozhong was the second child. He was stuck in the middle and was not favored. He could not get any benefits and suffered a lot.
Mr. Bai passed away a few years ago. According to local customs, the elderly live with their eldest son. Mrs. Bai is no exception. She usually lives in the old house. The other families give her pension money every year, but she uses the money given to her as a gift to support her most beloved youngest son.
Bai Ying certainly didn't want to give the delicious food she cooked to Old Lady Bai for cheap. She pulled Chu Xianglan's sleeve and whispered, "Mom, if we send it to Grandma, will we still be able to eat meat?"
Chu Xianglan couldn't help feeling embarrassed when she thought of her mother-in-law's behavior.
She has been married to the Bai family for so many years. Before they separated and lived together, Old Mrs. Bai was partial to other sons and gave all the delicious food to other families first.
Later, life became easier after the family split up. Whenever they made something delicious and sent some to Old Mrs. Bai, she would ask them to send a portion to other uncles, aunts, and sisters-in-law. In the end, not only was there nothing left, but there was not even enough to go around.
Those who got a share complained that it was too little, and those who didn't get a share complained. It was a completely thankless task.
Thinking of this, Chu Xianglan hesitated and looked at her husband beside her frequently.
Fortunately, Bai Maozhong was not foolishly filial. After thinking for a moment, he decided, "Then we won't send it this time. We'll buy more meat next time. We've been tired all day, so let's eat."
Hearing this, Bai Ying smiled.
Fortunately, her family members listened to her advice, and she is confident that she can lead them to a better life in this life!
Several people washed their hands, went into the house and sat down.
Huang Xia started eating without waiting for her elders to pick up their chopsticks. She kept stirring the bowl with her chopsticks to pick up the meat, smacking her lips as she ate.
Gounao stood aside, watching his mother eat with her mouth full of oil. He couldn't help but reach out to grab a piece of meat, but Huang Xia knocked his hand with a chopstick, "Eat, eat, eat! You only know how to eat. What kind of meat is a girl eating? You are not allowed to eat it!"
The bad dog pouted and started crying loudly.
Bai Ying, who had just sat down, couldn't help feeling a little overwhelmed. Not only did her sister-in-law have a bad temper, but she also favored boys over girls. She treated her own daughter even worse than her stepmother. Despite the opposition of her entire family, she insisted on giving Gou Niu this ugly nickname.
"Be good, Gou Nuo, don't cry." Bai Ying picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in Gou Nuo's bowl to coax her.
My third brother Bai Shuangliang works at an oil press in the county town. He usually lives in the factory dormitory and comes back once a week, so there are only seven of us having dinner at home today.
Huang Xia was not polite at all and ate almost half of the meat in the big pot of stewed potatoes. Bai Ying didn't intend to argue with Huang Xia for the sake of her elder brother.
She took out the things she bought from the supply and marketing cooperative and shared them with her family. The fruit, also known as Honey Three Knife, was bought for her parents. It is a specialty snack in Shandong Province, made by frying sugar, oil and flour. The mahjong-sized pieces are cut into three horizontal slices and the surface is covered with sesame seeds. It is soft and sweet. People nowadays love to eat it.
As for the malted milk, it was bought for Gou Nuo. Gou Nuo was only six years old. Not only was he dark and thin, his hair was also yellow, and he looked malnourished.
In the previous life, the eldest sister-in-law and eldest brother divorced, and the eldest brother raised Gou Niu alone. When he went to work at a construction site in the city, he fell off the scaffolding and died. Gou Niu, who graduated from elementary school, dropped out of school and went south to work, and has been missing since then.
Bai Ying thought about it and felt that she was an incompetent aunt. She would never let her elder brother and Gou Nao repeat the same mistake in this life.
"Yingzi, why did you buy such an expensive thing? How much does it cost?" Chu Xianglan looked distressed.
Bai Ying smiled. "It's not much money. Didn't the brigade give me a subsidy? I just wanted to buy you some gifts."
Chu Xianglan said, "How can you spend your money carelessly? You still have to save it for college! Tomorrow, have your father take some wine and ask Secretary Liu if he can enroll you in college this year."
Bai Ying shook her head, "Mom, it's really not necessary."
Since the movement began, in the past decade, admission to university has been based on background, not grades.
In the six months since she graduated from high school, her family had been saving money, planning to send her to college through the Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers recommendation system. However, after Bai Ying was reborn, she knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed at the end of the year, so she no longer needed to go through the Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers recommendation system.
Only Bai Ying knew about this, and she didn't dare to tell anyone else. When the Bai family heard that she didn't plan to go to college, they became anxious.
Bai Maozhong advised, "You kid! Even if your family has to sell everything they have, we'll send you to college. Once you get there, you'll be assigned a job in the city. How nice it would be to just sit in an office and drink tea!"
Bai Mo also said: "Little sister, are you afraid of spending money? Second brother will find a way to make money to support your college education!"
"I, I'll go out too..." Bai Hongbing was about to speak when he was interrupted by Huang Xia who pulled him hard.
Huang Xia picked her teeth, shaking her head as she expressed her opinion. "What's the point of a woman reading so many books? We'd better save the money to give me a son. Besides, my sister-in-law is already eighteen this year. If she delays any longer, she'll be an old maid. It just so happens that my cousin from my mother's family has taken a fancy to Bai Ying and is willing to pay a fifty-yuan betrothal gift to marry her! With this money, our family won't have to worry about food and drink for many years!"
"Old man, what are you talking about!" Bai Maozhong and Chu Xianglan both glared at Huang Xia.
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