Chapter 210 We Will Not Let Our Family Fall into Ruin
After settling her father down, Zhou Ling turned around and went home without even drinking a sip of water.
Chinese New Year is tomorrow and her family hasn’t bought all the New Year’s goods yet!
Zhou Ling rushed back home and saw Zhao Min chopping dumpling stuffing with his child on his back.
"Have you finished buying New Year's goods?"
Seeing Zhao Min chopping dumpling stuffing, Zhou Ling picked up the child from her husband's back and asked a question.
Zhao Min smiled and said, "We have almost finished buying New Year's goods..."
Zhou Ling looked at her man with a smile on her face and felt very happy in her heart.
Zhao Min asked about his father-in-law's health condition. Zhou Ling told him the truth and also told him that Cui Shufen wanted to separate from Zhou Tao.
The affairs of the Zhou family are a mess. The husband has his own reasons and the wife has her own reasons. Zhao Min, the son-in-law of the Zhou family, really can't like the Zhou family.
"I guess they won't be able to keep us safe for a few days before they start to make trouble."
Zhou Tao and his wife are willing to split up the family business, but on the condition that they are not allowed to receive pension benefits.
Zhou Ling sighed: "I have done my best for them, let them make as much noise as they want!"
If it weren't for blood ties, Zhou Ling really didn't want to get involved in anything related to her mother's family.
Zhao Min hesitated to speak, and Zhou Ling asked him, "What do you want to say?"
"My family paid for Dad's hospitalization. What did my second brother and the others say afterwards?"
No one's money comes from the wind. It's not that Zhao Min is stingy, but Cui Shufen has three sons. If Zhou Jiefang has no money to see a doctor, they can help pay the medical expenses, but this money cannot be paid by the couple.
Zhou Ling glared at Zhao Min and said, "You know the situation of my mother's family. How can they have money? Let's talk about this after the New Year!"
Zhao Min thought: If I don’t talk about it now, it will become a matter of argument after the New Year.
Zhou Ling knew exactly what Zhao Min was thinking, but what could she do?
No matter how bad Cui Shufen and Zhou Jiefang are, they are her biological parents who gave birth to her and raised her. As a daughter, she should repay their kindness.
Zhao Min didn't say anything else. He picked up the kitchen knife and prepared to chop the dumpling stuffing. Zhou Ling entered the house carrying the child.
With a creaking sound——
The door to the outer room was opened and Zhao Min looked towards the door.
Li Jingchu entered the house carrying a piece of pork weighing more than three pounds.
"Uncle, my mother asked me to send a piece of meat to your house."
Zhao Min hurriedly took the pork. Zhou Ling heard the noise and came out of the house holding the child.
Li Jingchu turned around and was about to leave, but Zhou Ling called her nephew with a smile.
"Goudan, come in with me, I'll get you something delicious."
Li Jingchu shook his head and said with a smile: "Aunt, I have to go home. I still have work to do at home!"
This year it is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and those who can afford it are preparing food.
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jingchu trotted away. Zhao Min smiled and said, "Goudan is becoming more and more sensible."
Li Jingchu got home and went to Ma Sanjia with a piece of meat.
Not long after he left, Li Jingen, who had gone to deliver meat to Li Hongjun's house, came back.
"Gousheng, send this piece of meat to your second uncle's house..."
Li Jingen looked at his mother and said, "Mom, I've been to five or six places. Can you let me take a break?"
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zhou Yong used his connections to buy more than 400 kilograms of pork, more than 50 kilograms of spareribs, more than 20 pig trotters, and a lot of pig offal…
Pork is used as a favor through connections, and each family doesn’t get much, just over three pounds of meat.
As for the pork ribs, pig's trotters and offal, they kept them for themselves.
"Mom, my dad is back."
Zhou Yong went to the commune early in the morning. Zhou Kerou was playing with Li Jingan on the kang in the east room. When she saw her father coming back, the little girl excitedly went out to greet him.
Li Caiyun followed closely behind. Zhou Yong's bicycle handlebars were full of items. Not only that, there were two cloth bags stacked on the back seat of the bicycle.
The items were brought into the house one by one. Zhang Guifang's heart bled as she looked at the items Zhou Yong had bought.
"Don't you have two chicks at home? Why did you buy two more?"
There are nine people in the Li family. What can two chickens do?
Zhang Guifang opened her mouth, but swallowed the words back.
Zhou Yong took out fifty kilograms of beef from the cloth bag. Zhang Guifang didn't say anything, but she felt in her heart that her son-in-law was becoming more and more spendthrift.
In fact, it’s not Zhang Guifang’s fault that Zhou Yong was a spendthrift, because Zhou Yong spent more than 300 yuan on New Year’s goods.
In Zhang Guifang's view, this was a kind of luxury and waste, but as a mother-in-law, she couldn't say much.
After all, everyone has to eat the New Year's goods that Zhou Yong bought, and the items have already been bought. If she says anything about it, everyone will be unhappy.
Take out the beef and cut it into small pieces, take out the lamb legs and lamb chops and cut them into small pieces.
After putting the other items in their proper places, Li Caiyun and Zhang Guifang, mother and daughter, got busy.
Zhou Yong played with his little daughter and son for a while, then he took the shoulder pole and bucket to fetch water.
After he left, Zhang Guifang, mother and daughter, were the only ones left in the outer room. She could no longer bear it.
Li Caiyun listened to her mother's chatter and paused while cutting the beef.
"Mom, we're exhausted after a year, just eat something!"
Zhang Guifang glared at her daughter and said, "You are so easy to say. You don't even think about the children's future. How much does it cost to educate five children for a year? Goudan, Gousheng and Gangpao will grow up and get married and have children..."
Li Caiyun smiled and said, "Mom, we've already bought them a house, isn't it just the betrothal money that's missing? Zhou Yong and I are still young, so we can definitely save enough for the betrothal money for the three brothers..."
Even if Li Baotian's salary is not counted, she and Zhou Yong only earn more than 100 yuan a month. Spending more than 300 yuan on New Year's goods is not excessive in Li Caiyun's opinion.
But as an old person who has been frugal all my life, how can I tolerate my children spending money lavishly?
Zhang Guifang sighed: "Money is accumulated bit by bit. Even if you are young, you can't spend money like this..."
Li Caiyun knew that Zhang Guifang said these words for their own good, but some accounts cannot be calculated that way.
In Zhou Yong’s words, the purpose of making money is to enjoy life. If you are stingy with yourself, what is the point of making money?
While you are young, eat whatever you want. When you are old and your teeth are all gone, even if the most delicious food is placed in front of you, won’t it be useless?
Moreover, Li Caiyun and Zhou Yong have a plan for their lives. Every month she will save 80 yuan, and the rest of the money will be used for daily expenses of the family.
Zhang Guifang listened to her daughter's words and said, "I said one word, and you have ten words waiting for me. I am too lazy to say anything to you..."
Seeing that her mother was unhappy, Li Caiyun hurried to Zhang Guifang to comfort her.
"Mom, don't worry, we won't ruin our family. You have to trust your daughter on this point..."
Zhang Guifang looked at Li Caiyun, and a smile gradually appeared on her face: "Okay, Mom is just giving you some advice. You earned the money yourself, so it's your business how you want to spend it..."
Li Jingen came out of the east room eating an apple and interrupted the mother and daughter's conversation.
Li Caiyun continued to cut up the beef, and Zhang Guifang naturally would not be idle either. She took out some sauerkraut from the sauerkraut jar and prepared to chop it into dumpling filling for later use.
"Gousheng, after you finish eating the apples, take the meat to your second uncle's house..."
Li Jingen responded incoherently, and Zhou Kexin limped back into the house from outside with tears in her eyes.
"Niuniu, what's wrong with you?"
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