"Second Aunt! You're back just in time. I was just about to go out to look for you. The meal is ready. Tonight we're not only having chicken stewed with potatoes, but grandma also specially made cicada tofu and chicken blood porridge. It's so delicious!" When Tian Tian mentioned the chicken blood porridge, she couldn't help licking her lips.
Just now, she and the three of them, Tian Baobao, would go over and steal a bite from time to time. Although they didn't eat much each time, there were so many of them. Old Mrs. Tian had no choice but to secretly hide the chicken blood porridge to prevent the three of them from continuing to steal it.
Chen Guihua couldn't stop smiling when she heard this. "Let me go in and see if I can help. It's tiring for the two of you to cook for the whole family."
After saying that, Chen Guihua trotted into the house.
Tian Tian shook her head helplessly and continued to run to find her mother and father.
Her parents came back quite quickly. After all, their eldest son was back. Although they didn't show it outwardly, they were still excited in their hearts.
"Where is your brother? Is he out?" Lin Meiyu saw that Tian Yuan was neither chopping wood in the yard nor lighting a fire in the kitchen, and was about to go to the west room to take a look.
"My brother fell asleep. He has been sleeping since afternoon lunch and he hasn't woken up yet." Tian Tian said with a yawn.
Fortunately, Tian Yuan was not moving now. Just now, Tian Yuan's snoring was so loud that she could hear it in the yard.
"Then I won't call him!" Lin Meiyu immediately gave up the idea of going to the west room, "Let him continue to sleep there!"
After the family had prepared all the food and put it on the table, Tian Tian ran over and called Tian Yuan.
"Are they all back?" Tian Yuan was woken up from his sound sleep. He was still a little confused and sniffed. "Smells good! What did you make for dinner?"
Tian Yuan woke up and went downstairs to put on his shoes.
"Our grandma killed a hen at home and stewed it while you were sleeping. Everyone is waiting for you to get up and eat!" Tian Tian said.
"Our grandma specially killed a chicken?! Wouldn't it be nice to keep the chicken and let it lay eggs? We won't lack meat for food." Tian Yuan also knew what a chicken meant to a family. He strongly disagreed when he heard Tian Tian say that.
"It's not that I killed it just for you. I wanted to kill that chicken for a long time. It doesn't lay eggs now but eats grain every day. Besides, it's the autumn harvest time, and I want to nourish everyone's body. After all, the autumn harvest is so tiring. If you don't eat well, it will be a pure waste of effort." Tian Tian said.
The two of them went to the outer room together. Old Lady Tian turned around and saw Tian Yuan, and said with a smile: "Tian Yuan, are you awake? Just help me get the dishes and chopsticks."
Old Lady Tian handed the bowl and chopsticks to Tian Yuan and said, "Grandma, you have done so much work by yourself, why don't you call me? I can also help you get firewood and cook."
"Just cook some food. It won't tire me out. Besides, your brothers and sisters can help you."
Tian Yuan took the dishes and chopsticks into the house, and faced his parents and uncle and aunt, asking about their well-being and explaining things to them.
After finally finishing the conversation, everyone finally quieted down to eat.
The chicken that had been stewed over firewood for an entire afternoon was already tender. The chicken was fat and had a layer of yellow fat floating on it.
Mrs. Tian put a handful of vermicelli into the dish before serving it. Now everyone was silently picking up the vermicelli.
This vermicelli was made by Grandma Tian last year using sweet potato starch. It can't be kept in the pot for very long. If it is left in the pot for too long, it cannot be picked up by picking it up and it breaks if it is picked up.
This meal was said to be prepared for Tian Yuan, but Old Mrs. Tian mostly gave it to people like Lin Meiyu who did farm work outside every day.
Just like Chen Guihua stared at the chicken in the pot and ate it, Old Mrs. Tian didn't say anything else.
For example, Tian Tian had been clamoring for meat before, but when the meat was actually cooked, she ate very little. After eating two bites of meat, she kept eating chicken blood porridge and the dried potatoes in the stewed chicken.
The whole family ate up all the food that Old Mrs. Tian cooked tonight. Even though they didn't finish the meal, everyone was still very full.
After dinner, Tian Tian and Tian Yuan picked up all the dishes and washed them. After everything was cleaned up, Tian Yuan went back to the house and took out all the things he had prepared for others.
Tian Yuan bought a pair of Jiefang shoes for the brothers Tian Lisong and Tian Lilin, a red silk scarf and a box of vanishing cream for Lin Meiyu, and a box of vanishing cream for Chen Guihua.
Everyone was very happy to receive the gifts, but Lin Meiyu couldn't help but say a few words about Tian Yuan's wasteful spending.
Chen Guihua on the side was very happy. She didn't have her own vanishing cream yet and had never used vanishing cream before. Before, it was the clam oil bought by Old Lady Tian for her and Lin Meiyu. This vanishing cream was the first time she used it.
"Oh, sister-in-law! Tian Yuan bought this especially for you, so stop talking about him. He happily bought something for you, but you're saying it's too expensive and blaming him for buying things indiscriminately. He's not happy about that either."
Chen Guihua looked at the vanishing cream in her hand happily. She opened the lid and wanted to try it, but she was reluctant to touch it as the smooth surface of the vanishing cream was so thick. In the end, she could only put it under her nose to smell it, then carefully covered it up and put it in her pocket.
"You know, I've been married for so many years, and apart from my mother sometimes buying me some clam oil out of pity, I haven't received anything else. My Tian baby always makes me angry all day long, but I didn't expect that today he would benefit from Tian Yuan's help and even put on some vanishing cream. Tian Yuan is really promising. If I had a son like him, I would live a happy life."
"How can it be as exaggerated as you say? Isn't the second brother very good to you? I saw him pouring water for you to wash your feet last night! And how capable is your Tian baby? Not only does he stay by your side every day, but he also massages your legs at night. Don't be ungrateful for what you have."
Everyone pulled Tian Yuan aside and asked him some random questions, such as what it felt like to take a train, and whether other cities were different from their small county.
If it weren't for the recent busy farming season, I guess all the aunts from the neighborhood would come over and dig up everything about Tian Yuan since he left their team.
Their family members still felt sorry for Tian Yuan, so after doing some things, they all went back to their rooms to sleep.
They had no other houses here. They stewed chicken in the small house for the whole afternoon. The kang was so thick that no one could sit on it. It would burn people to death if they tried to sleep on it at night. So Tian Yuan slept in the room at the west end with Tian Lisong and the others.
Seeing that Tian Zhuo had fallen asleep, Tian Yuan tried to call Tian Zhuo again, but found that Tian Zhuo didn't move. Then he took out some money from his bag and handed it to Lin Meiyu.
"Mom! This money is my salary from the Chinese New Year until now. I spent a lot of money on buying things for everyone this time. I have more than 20 yuan. I kept some money for my own transportation. I will keep half of the remaining money for my family, and the remaining half and the remaining tickets will be given to my grandma."
Tian Yuan's monthly salary was not much. He was just an ordinary soldier, and his monthly salary was only 8 yuan, plus other coupons, such as cloth coupons, food coupons, and sugar coupons.
But because Tian Yuan neither smoked nor drank, and there was not much to spend money in the military camp, he saved all the money and tickets, and he saved a lot of them.
He saved more than 60 yuan in the past six months, and spent more than 20 yuan on these things, plus 10 yuan for the round-trip fare. The remaining 30 yuan was divided between Old Mrs. Tian and the eldest wife of the Tian family.
"Mom can't take this money. Just keep the fifteen yuan. Use it to buy some delicious food when you go back by bus. Besides, you're an adult now, you can't be without any money in your pocket. Mom and Dad are doing well at home, and there's not much to spend money on. Just keep this money and give the rest to your grandma." Lin Meiyu confiscated it.
She felt that the children should carry some money in their pockets, especially a grown-up guy like Tian Yuan who went out alone. Whether he was dating someone in the future or treating his comrades to a meal, he had to carry some money in his pocket. In case something happened, he couldn't be without a penny.
"Listen to your mother about this. You have to have some money in your hands. You can't be penniless. Your parents at home have food and clothes, so you don't have to worry about them." Tian Lisong also agreed with Lin Meiyu's decision.
Fifteen yuan may not sound like much, and it is not enough to buy a more expensive cup of milk tea. But in the countryside, people like them sometimes cannot even earn ten yuan a year, and they work very hard. These fifteen yuan are only two months' salary for Tian Yuan.
Seeing that his parents refused to accept the money, Tian Yuan put the fifteen yuan back into his bag and went to find Old Mrs. Tian with the remaining half.
When Old Mrs. Tian saw the fifteen yuan, she didn't intend to take it. Her family was indeed not short of money now. They had made a lot of money from selling ginseng before, and they haven't spent a penny yet.
Combined with the money they saved in previous years, their family is not short of money.
And now you need tickets to buy things, and you have too much money to spend.
Old Mrs. Tian kept the tickets that Tian Yuan brought back. Many of them were food coupons. If they were all exchanged for food, the food pressure on their family during the autumn harvest would not be so great.
For the same reason, Tian Yuan was asked to take the remaining money back immediately.
Tian Yuan was speechless. He never expected that he couldn't send the money.
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