There are problems with the Zheng family. What Zheng Lanping did was wrong, but what Zheng Laosan did was even worse. His mother is unreasonable and his sister is willful. He should have spoken out in opposition. I don't believe he firmly disagreed with taking Zheng Lanping. What can Zheng Lanping do? What can his mother do to him?
How could he let Wu Mei face all this? What could Wu Mei, a daughter-in-law who hadn't even married yet, say? If she firmly disagreed, she would offend the old woman and her sister-in-law. How could she have a good life after marrying into the family?
He's been a soldier for six years, how could he not be able to control his own sister? Why can't I believe it? "
Xie Yun said, "Even if Zheng Laosan refuses out loud, Wumei will still have a hard time marrying into the family. If Zheng Lanping and her mother get humiliated by Zheng Laosan, they will definitely blame Wumei. Zheng Laosan is the one who makes money, so they can't offend him to death, so they can only let Wumei bully them. Zheng Laosan is not at home and can't protect her. Even if he knows, he will probably try to smooth things over and let Wumei bear the consequences. After all, it is Wumei who will suffer, not him."
"That's true. Zheng Laosan is no match for him, and neither are the Zheng family. Fortunately, Wu Mei broke off the engagement, so she doesn't have to suffer through marriage. Aunt Xu did a good job this time!"
What surprised Xie Shen the most was the generosity shown by Aunt Xu today. In the past, when they, the kids, asked Aunt Xu to help process sparrows, Aunt Xu would charge two-thirds of the money as processing fee. But today, she actually opened the candy bag and let everyone eat it, which really opened Xie Shen's eyes.
He said with a serious face: "I was wondering if Aunt Xu had some conspiracy!"
Xie Yun and Zhang Ruifeng almost died of laughter.
Zhang Ruifeng said to him, "We ordinary people can barely get enough to eat, so where do all these conspiracies and schemes come from? How can we have the energy to engage in such schemes? Even if we do have some ideas, we would use them to think about how to fill our stomachs.
Aunt Xu is a man of few words, stingy when it's time to be stingy, and generous when it's time to be generous. Everyone helped out with such a big thing today, and if Aunt Xu were still stingy, that would be outrageous. But now that she's so generous, so many people will praise her when they get home, saying she's open and forthright.
You, learn from your Aunt Xu."
Xie Shen blinked his big eyes, as if thinking about something.
Xie Yun added a little water to the pot. After the water boiled, he put half a portion of braised pork in it, added two pieces of cabbage, and a little salt. After stirring it a few times, he put a steamer in the pot, put the steamed buns from lunch on it, and covered the pot.
In less than ten minutes, a simple dinner is ready.
Although simple, it was delicious and the whole family was very satisfied with the meal.
Xie Yun and Xie Shen were busy all afternoon and were hungry.
After dinner, Xie Shen went to wash the pots and dishes, while Xie Yun and Zhang Ruifeng continued to clean the two chickens.
Xie Yun said to Zhang Ruifeng, "I'm going to the commune tomorrow morning. I promised to take Mumu out for some fried dough sticks. Then I'll go to Comrade Li's house and give him some food. The day after tomorrow I want to go to the county again and give Director Qin some cabbage and radishes."
"Yes. Anything else?"
"No need, just give me some of the things I grow myself. They don't need anything, it's just a thought."
Zhang Ruifeng nodded and said, "Then let Mumu come with me tomorrow morning. I'll take him to eat fried dough sticks. You're going to Comrade Li's house, but it's inconvenient to bring him with you. I'll have him go to work with me. You can still lie down for a while."
"Alright."
Xie Shen said, "If my sister gets up late, will there be any fried dough sticks to eat?"
Xie Yun said, "I don't know. I'll go check tomorrow. If it's gone, I'll get up early the day after tomorrow and go to the county. I'll go eat it when I pass by the commune."
Xie Shen then smiled and said, "That's good. If sister doesn't want to eat, then I won't eat either."
Zhang Ruifeng smiled and said, "Eat, everyone go eat. I'll go eat tomorrow too. Binbin, don't get up too late. When you get there, go eat at the restaurant. Even if there's no fried dough sticks, there are other options. If there's really nothing left, you can go to the supply and marketing cooperative and buy some snacks."
"good."
After Xie Shen finished cleaning up, he went to bed, and the mother and daughter continued to chat.
Zhang Ruifeng asked her, "Did your Aunt Xu really pin Li Aiyun to the ground and beat her?"
"Really? Aunt Xu was riding on her, beating her left and right. Li Aiyun was almost driven crazy by her."
Zhang Ruifeng laughed and said, "Serves her right! This old woman is so mean. What nonsense are she saying! Your Aunt Xu has really shown her power today. She's a heroine!"
Xie Yun smiled and said, "Who says it's not? Director Yan said there will be a women's meeting tomorrow night. Let's talk about this together and encourage the women comrades."
"I'll go tomorrow too."
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