Chapter 305: Also Eye-catching

You have to know that meat is a valuable commodity now, but it was a rare commodity in the past. Normally, you wouldn’t see the taste of meat all year round, and you would only get a little bit during the Chinese New Year.

But now it’s not the New Year or any festival, but Xia Jing actually cut such a big piece.

This piece is as big as a palm and probably weighs at least one kilogram.

"Mom, didn't I buy fabric for four sets of clothes today? If each set costs five dollars, I can earn twenty dollars. I haven't eaten meat for a long time, so I want to buy some to satisfy my hunger. Besides, you must not have eaten well in there. You are living here, so I can't let you not have any food, right?"

In fact, Xia Jing mainly wanted to eat this pound of meat herself, but she knew that her mother at home would definitely not refuse to give it to her.

Since you can’t defend against Xia’s mother, you might as well say something nicer!

Sure enough, Xia's mother smiled when she heard this: "Oh, I knew that my Jingjing is the best. You are filial, unlike that little bitch Xia Liang, who never leaves anything delicious or fun for me! How could I give birth to such a heartless thing! He ran off to the provincial capital to play without taking me with him!"

Hearing that Xia's mother was still scolding Xia Liang at this time, Xia Jing felt even better: "Mom, you don't know, my sister has been very successful recently. She has been making clothes for people in town for some time. I heard that she made hundreds of dollars!"

When she heard that there were several hundred yuan, Xia's mother's eyes widened! She had lived for many years and had never seen several hundred yuan!

Damn it, the little money she had saved in the past was said to have gone to that little bitch Xia Liang!

"All that money is mine! When that damn girl comes back, I'll ask her for it!"

"Mom, but my sister is different now! Do you think she will give it to you obediently?"

Xia Jing reminded her kindly. Mother Xia thought about what Xia Liang had done some time ago. She felt uncertain in her heart. She didn't know what had happened to that girl suddenly and she didn't listen to her.

The most important thing is that they are now in the territory of Yangliu Village, and Xia Liang has recognized the wife of the village chief of Yangliu Village as his godmother. That Aunt Li is a fierce and unreasonable person, and he really has no chance of winning against her!

"No matter what, I am her mother! What's wrong with her giving me some money as a filial gift? Putting aside other things, whose daughter doesn't want a dowry when she gets married? I don't want much either, just give me the two hundred yuan dowry first! Humph, if she doesn't care, I will go to the town to sue her!"

Xia Jing curled her lips in disdain: "Mom, please stop whining here. You know Xia Liang's husband is a soldier. He is also capable. Can you sue him?"

"What's wrong with being a soldier? Can soldiers be unreasonable? I really don't believe that soldiers can be unfilial!"

"When that damned girl Xia Liang comes back, I'll take all her money! Does she really think she doesn't need to worry about me anymore now that she's grown strong enough?"

Xia Jing would not refute her mother at this time, and she did not want Xia Liang to have an easy time.

I don't know how much money Xia Liang has secretly earned during this period of time. Now Xia Liang is no longer a good person. He doesn't give me any good things. He has really changed his personality.

"And you, be quiet!" After talking about her older daughter, Mother Xia looked at her younger daughter and said, "You are my good and obedient daughter. You won't be like your sister, will you?"

Xia Jing hurriedly shook her head: "Mom, please don't compare me with my sister. Look, I'm right next to you. I was afraid that you wouldn't eat well in there, so I bought some meat. You know my conditions at home are not very good now, and I don't have much money, but I still bought a pound of meat. I bought it for you! I'll just eat a few bites."

Xia Jing is actually very greedy and she also wants to eat meat.

Nowadays, people don’t eat much oily food, and meat is a rare commodity. Who doesn’t want to eat more?

"Humph, you still have a conscience! You damn girl, hurry up and cook!"

Mother Xia nodded in satisfaction. "But I haven't settled accounts with you yet for your secret marriage to Zhou Hao! You were reluctant to ask Zhou Hao's family for the 200 yuan betrothal gift I mentioned before, so you have to pay me back as soon as possible now! Jing'er, don't forget that I am your real mother. Everything I do is for your own good! If you are wronged in your husband's family in the future, I will be the only one who can help you vent your anger. Do you understand?"

Xia Jing wanted to curse her mother. Her mother was really stingy and she absolutely favored sons over daughters. She never forgot to exploit her daughter at any time. No matter how much she tried to please her, she was not as good as the son who ignored her!

"I'll talk to you after I make some money! I don't have any money right now. Look, I haven't even started making any money yet, but I've already invested another hundred dollars!"

Mother Xia's eyes rolled around. Xia Jing said that she spent 100 yuan to buy these fabrics, so they should be able to sell them for at least 120 yuan after they are made. At 5 yuan per piece of clothing, even if she could only make one piece a day, she would make 150 yuan in a month.

More than what her husband earns working in a factory.

My little daughter has done as much as her husband for nearly half a year in just one month. Shouldn't it be a piece of cake for her to save two hundred yuan?

Is it really that profitable to make clothes? She was a little tempted. Their home was not far from here, and if she could get a sewing machine, she could also make clothes!

It just so happens that she can help her daughter and learn a little bit at the same time during these few days!

"Do you think I'm amazing? Both of my daughters can make clothes, which means I'm amazing. Otherwise, how could you learn it?"

Thinking of her two daughters' abilities, Mother Xia was very proud.

Xia Jing didn't reply after hearing this, and quickly lit the fire to cook.

In the past, when she was at the educated youth center, she seldom cooked. When it was her turn to cook, it was usually Xia Liang who helped.

But after being assigned here, if she didn't do it, no one else would. When she started to light the fire, the kitchen was filled with smoke all day long. People who knew she was cooking thought she was cooking, but those who didn't thought she wanted to burn down the kitchen.

Now she is doing it quite well, practice makes perfect.

Just like making clothes.

Xia's mother said that this was her natural talent, and her two daughters inherited it from her. Xia Jing just curled her lips at this and did not comment.

In fact, it was quite a surprise that Xia Liang could make clothes at first. After the Zhou family bought a sewing machine, Xia Liang started to try to make clothes.

There was no one to teach him at that time, and Xia Liang was able to do it after just a few days of trial and error.

Later, Xia Liang was the one who made all the clothes for the Zhou family, and occasionally she would also make clothes for her neighbors and charge a little money for them.

Later, Xia Liang was also given the clothes of the Xia family. At that time, Xia's mother asked her to learn how to make clothes from Xia Liang.

At first she was quite interested, but after a few days she couldn't sit still. She didn't have as much patience as Xia Liang, and the clothes she made were just so-so.

Of course, Mother Xia didn't know all this. It was really ridiculous that she regarded these as her genes.

But Xia Jing was too lazy to correct it.

Meng Xiaoxiao was very excited to see meat at home for the first time. In the past, whether at home or in the army, she could eat meat every now and then, but after coming to Yangliu Village, she could only dream about eating meat.

Although she had eaten it once in town some time ago, she had long been addicted to meat.

When I suddenly saw him today, Meng Xiaoxiao didn't bother to be polite and started eating right away!

The same thing happened to Xia's mother. There wasn't much meat in the dish to begin with, and Zhou Hao saw that the two of them were eating the meat, so he didn't want to be outdone.

Xia Jing, on the other hand, reacted slower and only picked up one piece. When she finished eating and wanted to eat the second piece, she found that all the meat in the dish had been eaten.

"You, you..."