The Xie family's house is quite old, and the tiles and walls show obvious signs of time.
Xie Qingxiao went and moved back some of the remaining bricks and tiles from their factory construction, then climbed up the ladder and went onto the roof.
In Lin Xiangyi's view, Xie Qingxiao was tall and strong, and the tile was broken and fragile.
She was terrified: "Xie Qingxiao, be careful! Don't fall down."
Xie Qingxiao: "It's okay, I'll just be careful!"
"Xiangyi, the beams are still very solid, don't worry," Xie's father also said.
Xie's mother saw that Lin Xiangyi was really worried, and glared at Xie's father: "Go and hold the stairs."
Father Xie: “…” When Xie Qingxiao was not at home, he had gone up to repair the roof before, so why didn’t his wife seem so worried about him?
Well, in the final analysis, it’s because his daughter-in-law is not as considerate as his son’s daughter-in-law!
They were so happy to see their dad on the high roof that they could not even walk steadily. They sat down on the ground, tilting their little faces to look at their dad on the roof, shouting "ah ah", as if they wanted him to go up and play.
Their grandfather responded intermittently, as if he didn't understand what they were saying, which made them so anxious that they were about to cry.
"Sister-in-law!" At this time, a young man came to the door. He was an employee working in a braised food factory, and he was holding a large piece of pork belly in his hand.
"Hey?" Lin Xiangyi hurried out: "Why are you here? Is there something wrong?"
"My family slaughtered a pig, and my parents asked me to bring you some meat," the young man said shyly, and was about to stuff the pork belly into Lin Xiangyi's hand.
"Did you kill the pig?" Lin Xiangyi glanced at the pork in his hand. It weighed about five pounds, half of which was fat, and the remaining half was fat and lean pork belly, which should be the best meat.
She knew what the young man's family meant. They were simply expressing their gratitude for the young man coming to their house to work.
Lin Xiangyi wanted to refuse, but after thinking for a while, she asked, "Did you kill pigs? How many did you kill? Did you eat them yourself or sell them?"
"We killed three, not just to eat them ourselves, but also to sell some of them..." the young man whispered.
In recent years, most people who raise pigs in the countryside raise them for consumption during the New Year and other festivals, as well as for making oil for the following year. If there are any leftovers, they will see which family in the village is in need, and then exchange them for money or other things.
The bolder ones would even take them to the city to sell.
It is estimated that more people will raise pigs and sell them in the city this year.
However, this year many people from Longjing Village went to work in Xie's house and earned some money. Now that they have money, the villagers should be able to consume a lot of pork.
Lin Xiangyi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked, "Then our family would like to order more, such as pork belly or something, do you have any more?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" the young man said immediately, turned around and ran back to get it.
"Wait a minute!" Lin Xiangyi hurriedly called him back and hurried back to the house. When she came out, she took a few big unity notes and stuffed them into the young man's hand: "Take as much as you can, including the few pounds of meat you just brought!"
The young man was shocked: "No, sister-in-law, how can I take your money! This, this meat is for you to eat..."
"I know what you mean," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile, "If we want less, we will accept your small gift, but since we want more, of course we still have to pay. How can we take advantage of you for nothing? It's not easy for your parents to raise pigs at home, so take it quickly!"
The young man scratched his head, thought about it, stopped arguing, and went back to get the meat.
After the young man left, Xie's mother looked at the meat that Lin Xiangyi brought back and said in surprise: "He wanted to give us this meat for free?"
"Yes!" Lin Xiangyi said helplessly: "I guess he is not the only one. There will probably be many people sending us things today and tomorrow."
"Why is that?" Xie's mother was surprised when she heard this.
"How can you be so stupid, old woman!" Before Lin Xiangyi could even open her mouth, Xie's father, who was holding the ladder next to her, said, "Don't you think about how many people in the village are working for your son and daughter-in-law now?"
Anyone who is a little bit capable will express his/her opinion more or less.
Xie's mother suddenly realized and asked, "What should we do? Should we accept the gift?" Would it be bad to accept it?
"We should just accept the inexpensive ones. They are gifts from people during the New Year and other festivals. We should just give some fruits or biscuits as gifts in return. As for the expensive ones, we should not accept them and find reasons to refuse," said Lin Xiangyi.
"Okay!" Xie's mother agreed.
Lin Shan asked, "But Xiangyi, why do you want to buy so much meat? We have plenty at home, including pork, beef, mutton, and bones."
This year, Lin Shan came to celebrate the New Year and brought a lot of meat with him. He put it in the refrigerator, filling it up. There is enough food for the New Year.
"Yes!" Xie's mother reacted: "Your father and I want to kill some chickens tomorrow! They were sent by your eldest sister and the others. There are chickens, ducks and geese!"
Xie Qingxiao and Lin Xiangyi's business is getting better and better. Xie's father and mother no longer farm or raise livestock, and they can buy whatever they want to eat.
A few days ago, Sister Xie sent them a few chickens, ducks and geese so that they could slaughter them and eat them during the New Year, so they didn't need to buy any more.
There is so much meat, we can’t even finish it, why do you still want to buy it?
"The pork belly can be used to make braised pork. I'll bring some back for my two sisters when they go home for the Chinese New Year," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile.
Mother Xie was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect Lin Xiangyi to be so thoughtful.
When a daughter-in-law treats her sister-in-law well, the mother-in-law will naturally be very happy.
Xie's mother was very touched, but said, "You don't really need that much, do you?"
Lin Xiangyi just gave out three great unity cards, right?
"It's okay. We can eat the rest ourselves or give them away as coming-of-age gifts," Lin Xiangyi said with a smile. Many people will give them gifts this year, so why don't they give gifts to many people?
For some people, instead of expensive gifts, it is better to give practical and unique gifts, which may be more to their liking!
Hearing this, Xie's mother quickened her pace in wrapping the zongzi: "Then I have to wrap the zongzi quickly, because I have to make braised pork later..."
"Mom, don't worry, I've done it, I'll go make the braised pork!" Xie Qingxiao said on the roof.
"You can do it?" Lin Xiangyi asked in surprise.
"I've seen others do it, but I'm not very good at it. Can you teach me?" Xie Qingxiao said with a smile.
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