Chapter 60 How to Pay the Price
Ma Yushun was almost moved to tears when she saw the potato chips on the table: "My cousin really understands me!"
Wen Zhenyi looked at Ma Yinghe in confusion: "Mom, what happened to my second cousin?"
Ma Yinghe then told him about the setback he had just suffered: "If you don't give him a copy, he won't be able to sleep well today."
"How could there be no money for you? I made some first and gave them to the children."
Ma Yushun ate potato chips and said, "My cousin is the best. She still remembers us."
"Second cousin, you have to help me with something after we finish eating."
"Tell me what it is and I will definitely help you complete it." Ma Yushun was in a good mood now, and he even showed off his potato chips to the two conscienceless little kids sitting under the eaves.
Wen Yongman looked at the potato chips in his hand, then looked at the empty bowl. He had eaten too fast just now.
Wen Zhenyi saw that he was just like a child, so he smiled and shook his head. "Please help me take these children back later. I packed some mutton offal soup and husband and wife lung slices for them. I'm afraid they will get burned if they take it back by themselves."
"Okay, I'll take them back later."
Before Wen Yongnan and his friends could send the children back, their parents had already arrived.
"Is Uncle Wen home?"
Old Man Wen stretched his head to look outside the house and saw many people standing outside: "Here, come in."
Hu Zi's mother and the others came in. Seeing that Old Man Ma and the others were there, they all smiled and greeted them: "Uncle Ma is here too!"
Old Man Ma nodded and said, "I have two days off, so I'll stay with my in-laws for two days."
"Good, good." He looked at Hu Zi who was sitting under the eaves and said, "I'll come and take Hu Zi back."
Hu Zi's face was still stained with some potato crumbs and salt and pepper particles. When he heard his mother's voice, he licked his lips and ran over: "Mom, why are you here?"
"You kid, are you running to your sister Wen's place to get food again?"
"No, we brought potatoes from home in exchange."
Benben's mother also saw her daughter, and there were some scraps on her clothes: "You too?"
Benben lowered his head, not daring to look at his mother. He moved his feet slightly uneasily and whispered, "I brought potatoes too."
The parents of several other families also looked helpless. They were all ordinary people who worked in the fields and could barely make ends meet. Sometimes they felt indebted to their children.
But there is no other way. Their income depends on the few acres of land. During the slack season, they go to the town to do odd jobs to earn some spare money, so that they can occasionally buy a meal of meat. But now there is no pork, and they are helpless.
When Mrs. Wen saw them coming, she stood up and took out the children's baskets: "It's just right that you're here. It saves us the trouble of sending them back."
Gousheng's father looked at the two bowls full of meat in the basket and didn't dare to reach out to take them. "Auntie, what are you doing?"
Old Lady Wen stuffed the basket into his hands and said, "Today we bought some sheep and cow offal. You know how much cow offal we have, and they won't sell it in pieces. We can't finish it all, and it would be a shame if it went bad."
Ma Yinghe handed a basket to Hu Zi's mother and said, "Yes, just consider it as a favor to us. Otherwise, we would have wasted a lot of seasonings. It would be a shame if they went bad."
Hu Zi's mother looked at the two bowls of meat in the basket and said, "Aunt, let us give you some money. Even if it's just offal, you'll need a lot of ingredients to cook it."
Stupid mother also agreed: "Yes."
Now Mrs. Wen and the others didn't know what to say.
"My dear uncles and aunts, as you all know, this soup doesn't cost a few cents, and the same goes for the seasoning. Do you want me to charge you one cent or ten cents?"
Now the other people are in a dilemma. How should they pay the price?
Wen Zhenyi didn't mean to embarrass them: "How about this, if there is something at home that needs help in the future, uncle and aunt can come over to help us, which can be regarded as paying for this time. What do you think?"
"This..." Several families were a little unsure whether they should agree or not.
Mantou's father was straightforward: "Okay, if you ever need help, just tell me and I'll come."
"Thank you, uncle." Wen Zhenyi thanked with a smile.
Seeing this, the other families also agreed: "If you are too busy at home in the future, just tell us and we will come to help."
"Don't make excuses when the time comes." Ma Yinghe said jokingly.
A group of people laughed: "Sister-in-law, you are really looking down on others."
"Okay, go back and cook. Are you still planning on asking me to keep you for dinner?" Ma Yinghe smiled and drove them away.
Benben and the others said goodbye to everyone in the yard. Seeing that their parents were not angry, they breathed a sigh of relief.
Hu Zi's mother looked at Ben Ben's mother and said, "This niece of the Wen family is really different after waking up."
"No, but it's really good now."
Mantou's father silently pulled Mantou: "Good people will always be rewarded."
Gousheng's father looked at Gousheng and said: "Play with Xiaoman more often in the future."
"Dad, you're not angry!"
"I'm not angry, but you still shouldn't take other people's things casually in the future. You must ask us first."
"That's right. Now that you're here, you've sold us out again." Hu Zi's mother looked at Hu Zi, who was confused, and shook her head helplessly.
"I think this is just her polite words. She just doesn't want to embarrass us." Benben's mother understood it clearly.
Hu Zi's mother: "I can see that too, but if something really happens in the future, we should all lend a hand."
When Wen Zhen saw that they had all left, he prepared to eat Fuqi Feipian and mutton offal soup this afternoon, and stir-fried some of the remaining beef offal. As for the ox feet and oxtail, he planned to make them tomorrow.
Old Lady Wen and Ma Yinghe have learned a lot of home cooking recently, so it is not her turn to make side dishes and she was directly kicked out of the kitchen.
Ma Yushun looked at the empty bowl and asked, "Cousin, is this the only flavor of potato chips?"
"There are many flavors. If you like spicy food, I'll make spicy food for you tomorrow."
"Can you do more?"
"You want to take it back?"
"I suddenly don't want to go back. Uncle, why don't you let me stay?" Ma Yushun looked at Wen Chengwen.
Wen Chengwen laughed heartily: "Okay."
"You're so beautiful." Ma Can killed his idea before he could even feel happy. He also looked at Ma Rui'er who was about to make a move and said, "You can't do it either."
"Dad, how could you do this?" Ma Ruier looked aggrieved.
"You have to go back and help your mother. It's time to learn some cooking and needlework."
Ma Ruier felt uneasy when she heard about needlework: "Dad, is it okay if I don't learn needlework?"
Ma Can looked at his daughter: "What do you think?"
Ma Ruier fell directly on the table: "It's simply fatal."
Wen Zhenyi looked at her amusedly: "You don't like it so much?"
"Cousin, you don't know, this needlework is more painful than killing me."
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