Tian Shengnan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement, “Ever since I went to the countryside, Zhu Jiawen has never been home. Even when he was free at the end of the year and could take leave, he never went back. It seems that this is the purpose of getting married. This wife might even be serving her in-laws and handing over her salary every month, just like that, supporting Zhu Jiawen’s parents for nothing.”
Shen Jiaojiao said angrily, "Isn't this too calculating? It's really despicable."
"Jiaojiao, Xiaoyue, when you look for a partner in the future, you must keep your eyes open. You can't just agree to date someone as soon as they start pursuing you. You must find out about their family members and whether they are married or have a partner or fiancée."
"If it's a divorce, you also need to look at the reasons for the divorce. Was it because the woman cheated on him and found another woman, or because she physically abused her daughter-in-law, or because the mother-in-law tormented her and forced her to divorce and leave? If the mother-in-law is bad and the sister-in-law is bad, you can't marry him no matter how good he is, because they are easily influenced and will always side with their own family and never with their daughter-in-law."
"Marriage is a lifelong commitment, and there can be no carelessness."
"If any young men in the production team try to get close to you, you must tell me. If you can't handle it, we'll go to Captain Qian or Aunt Meihua and they'll definitely stand up for us."
Although Lu Xiaoyun married Liang Zhaodi and Qian Liang married Nie Xiulan, and Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue's crisis was resolved, there are still dozens of households and hundreds of people in Fengshou Brigade. There are also old men, widowers, and hooligans, so we still have to be careful.
Shen Jiaojiao and Jiang Yue nodded as if they had been taught a lesson. Jiang Yue even patted her chest and said, "Xiaoxi, don't worry, I'm still young and don't plan to find a partner so early."
Although she was not favored at home, she had seen with her own eyes what kind of life her mother lived, and she would never live like her mother.
If she gets married and has a daughter in the future, she will definitely treat her daughter well and make up for all the things she lacked in her daughter. She will never treat her daughter like her mother treated her.
Tian Shengnan nodded thoughtfully. She didn't have a boyfriend now, but she would definitely need to find one in the future. Listening and observing more now would help her accumulate more experience later.
In this day and age, it's impossible to avoid marriage and children, because the gossip from those around you will drown you. When you reach a certain age, your family will be extremely anxious. Since you can't change your fate of getting married, you naturally have to choose a marriage partner who is good in every way.
At noon, Wenxi heated up some steamed buns and made a cabbage and minced pork soup. Everyone drank the cabbage and minced pork soup while eating the steamed buns filled with pork and cabbage.
After a quick lunch, the six of them started preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner. Two men were in charge of tending the fire, and four women were in charge of cooking. Tian Shengnan and Shen Jiaojiao used the stove, while Wen Xi and Jiang Yue used the tripod iron stove.
Chestnut stewed chicken, braised pork stewed with potatoes, braised fish, crucian carp stewed with tofu, braised pork offal, braised eel segments, stir-fried yellow heart cabbage, stir-fried shredded potatoes with vinegar, stir-fried wild vegetables, stir-fried leeks with eggs, cold cilantro salad, mushroom soup.
There are meat dishes, vegetarian dishes, and soup; a total of twelve dishes.
The staple food is steamed buns and mantou made in the morning. They can be heated up and eaten directly, so there is no need to go through the trouble of cooking rice.
We used two pots together and it took several hours to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
Looking at the table full of delicious-looking dishes, everyone couldn't help but swallow hard, especially Tian Shengnan. She had been in the countryside for several years and had never experienced anything like this before. It was wonderful to be able to befriend Wenxi and the others. She would also help Wenxi as much as possible and do her best to protect her.
Fortunately, she always kept herself pure and didn't collude with the others, otherwise she wouldn't be living such a life!
"Everyone, please sit down and eat. It won't taste good if it gets cold." Wen Xi said, and sat down first, followed by everyone else.
"This sumptuous meal is all thanks to the ladies. Without you, there wouldn't be this meal, and I wouldn't have known that New Year's Eve dinner could be so lavish," Song Lan said.
“Weren’t you men also helping out? You all contributed and deserve credit,” Wen Xi said modestly.
Since they were all children and there were no elders present, there was no need to worry about table manners. After that, everyone started eating. Some of the dishes were made by Tian Shengnan, and it was obvious that her cooking skills were not as good as Wen Xi's. However, everyone was smart enough not to say anything and just kept saying how delicious it was.
No one who works hard to cook wants to hear others criticizing their cooking skills. If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it. But if you do eat it, you should acknowledge the fruits of someone else's labor.
The table was laden with delicious meat and vegetables, and everyone enjoyed the meal immensely.
While people in Wenxi were enjoying a lively meal of fish and meat, the situation at the educated youth settlement was not so good.
Although Nie Xiulan brought over a pot of radish and pork rib soup from home, it couldn't change the meagerness of the New Year's Eve dinner. A group of people sat around the table, but there were only six dishes on it, one of which was brought over by Nie Xiulan.
The staple food is cornmeal porridge. Although this is a central plain region where rice is the main food, people eat various whole grains to fill their stomachs, so it is normal to have cornmeal porridge.
Looking at the stir-fried cabbage, stir-fried bok choy, and stir-fried wild vegetables in front of her, Nie Xiulan's chest heaved uncontrollably. Didn't they just distribute meat at the end of the year? Where is everyone's meat? Did they all hide it away? She even kindly brought over radish and pork rib soup, and this is how she gets treated?
"Didn't we just get our meat distributed at the end of the year? Why isn't anyone cooking it? I thought everyone would be making a big feast for New Year's Eve today." Nie Xiulan had a smile on her face, and you couldn't tell she was angry, but she was actually about to go crazy inside. After all, she had brought a few ribs with her!
"Everyone finished the meat on the day it was distributed," Chu Wan'er said. Moreover, everyone cooked their own food and ate separately, without mixing it together.
Because some people have large appetites, eat a lot, and eat quickly, they are easily taken advantage of. Therefore, everyone took turns cooking and eating meat that day.
Chu Wan'er didn't care at all whether the New Year's Eve dinner was meager, because Qian Qiusheng would bring her meat over.
Watching Chu Wan'er eat her bland food with such a delicate air, Nie Xiulan was almost driven mad with anger. "Well, it was the right thing for me to bring radish and pork rib soup today. It'll be good for everyone to have some nourishment."
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