Chapter 59 Gossip
While everyone in the family was talking to her eldest sister and her family, Chu Dan took Chu Hong to the kitchen to clean the dishes to be cooked at noon, and gossiped with her: "My eldest brother-in-law is very generous this time. He brought two kilograms of peach cakes and a fish."
Chu Dan picked up the dying silver carp from the basin and showed it to her: "The silver carp weighs about four pounds. How are we going to eat it?"
"Cook the fish head and tofu together." Chu Hong was also greedy: "Fry the rest and stir-fry the fish cubes with spicy sauce."
It’s also because she’s not good at cutting, otherwise she would have just made some fish fillets.
"The Su family bullied my eldest sister before, it must be because Accountant Su was promoted to the position of branch secretary." Chu Dan was relieved: "I think my eldest brother-in-law's attitude is very good this time, it must be because our father went to collect the vegetables."
Chu Hong glanced at her sister and didn't say anything that would make her unhappy.
Anyway, by the fifth day of the New Year, we will know what my brother-in-law is thinking.
She didn't mind the rumors, but she was afraid that her elder sister would not agree.
For lunch, there was fish head and tofu, fried fish cubes with chili peppers, stir-fried vegetables, and boiled bacon and radish.
Su Hongqi was very indignant and felt that the Yue family was too stingy towards him.
The only good dish on the table was fish, which I brought myself. There were few pieces of bacon in the radish, and what my father-in-law gave me were bacon bones. They looked big, but there was no meat at all.
People say that sons-in-law are precious guests, but they are too stingy.
In fact, this dish cannot be said to be bad, it’s just that his psychological expectations were too high.
It is said that my sister-in-law got a lot of money after the divorce. But after Xiaoyuer came back, she always had candy in her pocket. When I asked her what delicious food she ate at her grandmother's house, she knew eggs, meat, biscuits, and sugar water.
His annual gifts in previous years were not so sumptuous. At most he got half a fish and two pounds of biscuits.
This year, his parents asked him to bring a whole fish, which was very generous of him. He thought there would at least be a whole plate of meat.
He didn't know that Secretary Song deliberately gave him bones to eat because he didn't like him.
Chu Hong hid it from her grandparents and sister, but she didn't hide it from her biological father.
Secretary Song wanted to go there in person to watch over it on the fifth day of the New Year.
However, he gave up the idea. There were too many people who knew him, and it was not appropriate to follow him. He was worried about alerting the enemy.
But he had also made up his mind that if Su Hongqi was really so bold, he would take the opportunity to deal with him.
If Chu Tong wanted to take the opportunity to divorce, she would not be afraid of any objections since she had the evidence in her hand.
If Chu Tong values her reputation and is unwilling to divorce, then by keeping this weakness in her hand, the Su family will not dare to bully her and her daughter in the future.
Xiao Yuer still likes his grandma's house very much and is willing to stay for a few more days.
Many people think that children are ignorant and cannot read people’s expressions, but in fact they understand everything.
Especially Xiaoyuer, who was not valued at home and had to give in to her cousin. She watched him eat delicious food while she swallowed her saliva.
Although she is young, after everyone in the family goes to work, her grandmother still asks her to do chores such as lighting the fire, washing vegetables, and even sweeping the floor.
But at her grandmother's house, everyone treated her like a child and often held her in their arms for a while.
She helped to light the fire, and her second aunt praised her for being sensible and capable, and said that she was young now and didn't need to be so sensible.
Although she was a little confused, she was very happy in her heart.
So when Su Hongqi proposed to leave, her grandmother asked her to stay for two more days, and Xiao Yuer nodded obediently: "Okay, Mom, can we stay a few more days?"
"The relatives at home haven't left yet." Su Hongqi smiled and made an excuse: "Wait a few days, let them go home and stay for a few days."
In fact, he doesn’t care whether his wife and daughter go back with him or not.
But his old man had told him to take advantage of the New Year holidays to get along better with Chu Tong and not to beat or scold her.
And he had to be closer to his daughter, in case the child couldn't keep a tight rein and the Song family got something out of her that they shouldn't know.
After all, from New Year's Eve to today, many educated youth have come to the Su family to pay New Year's greetings, and these things he brought were all given by them.
Wu Xiu did not stay for long, but whispered to Chu Tong: "Don't really believe that a daughter who is married off should be thrown away. This is your mother's home. If the Su family treats you badly, just bring your daughter back to live with you."
What she could give her eldest daughter was the idea that her family would support her.
Instead of being like those old-fashioned people who say that if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Divorce is shameful and also brings shame to your parents' family.
Chu Tong smiled gratefully at her mother, then walked away, looking back every few steps.
On the morning of the fifth day of the New Year, Chu Hong stayed in bed until nine o'clock.
There are fewer vehicles passing by now, and it would be almost noon by the time you get here from the city, so Chu Hong is not in a hurry.
When we were having noodles at home in the morning, I knew that the sisters couldn't get up, so I cut the noodles and left them there.
Grandma Song just came home from outside. Seeing her get up, she joked, "You really know how to live. In order to save breakfast, you got up just now and can eat it with breakfast and lunch."
Having said that, the man honestly went to light the fire, fearing that she would starve.
Chu Hong even pushed the issue further, "Grandma, fry two eggs for me first, then add water to cook the noodles."
Grandma Song didn't know what she was going to do, so she retorted: "We had good food during the New Year this year, either fish or meat, and you even had two fried eggs for one meal, are you trying to rebel?"
Chu Hong said, "My father asked me to go to town for something. I won't be back for lunch. I'll be hungry if I don't eat more."
When Grandma Song heard this, she thought her granddaughter had important things to do, so she stopped talking and immediately took out two eggs from the earthenware jar.
After Chu Hong finished washing up, Grandma Song urged her granddaughter again: "Go check if the bicycle tire is inflated, and then prepare the things you need to bring."
After a while, Chu Dan, who had been out visiting friends, came back. Seeing her grandmother holding a large bowl of noodles with two fried eggs on top, she stared at her grandmother with wide eyes and complained, "Grandma, you're cooking for my second sister again."
Then he acted coquettishly towards Chu Hong: "Sister, can you give me a fried egg?"
Even during the Chinese New Year, it is impossible to eat eggs every day, let alone fried eggs?
Chu Hong felt sorry that she came back at such an unfortunate time, but she still lied with her eyes open: "I only asked grandma to fry me an egg, and she said to fry an extra one for you."
"Grandma is urging me to go out and call you?"
Chu Dan was still easy to coax. She went over to eat a fried egg, then sat beside her contentedly and gossiped with her: "There was a commotion at Sixth Aunt's house again. It was said that Wu Zhiqing went to Sixth Aunt's house for a few days in a row to eat but didn't work."
Chu Hong slurped her noodles and asked, "Have the captain and our dad gone yet?"
"They were originally in a meeting in the office, and were invited over." Chu Dan stood up and ran to the toilet in the yard outside: "I came back to use the toilet, and I have to go watch the fun again."
Grandma Song also took off her apron and followed him out: "I'll go take a look too."
Well, everyone loves gossip.
If Chu Hong didn't have something to do today, would she also want to join in the fun?
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