Chapter 6 Braised Pork
Fortunately, Secretary Song still had some sense and closed the lid immediately: "You can just take it back and eat it yourself. How can I let you spend money?"
Then she patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, we should be the ones to thank you. You saved my Chu Hong last time, and helped my Chu Tong yesterday. I don't know how to thank you."
"Yeah." Chu Hong also suppressed the two claws that wanted to make mistakes, moved her eyes away and agreed: "Why don't you give it to Chu Chu and the others to add a dish?"
After saying that, he went to serve him some food.
Today is another day to eat rice since my grandparents are not around.
Gu Ci pointed to the net bag beside him and said shyly: "I also bought some meat and bones. I'll borrow your stove to cook them and then send them to them."
He said sincerely, "Thanks to your care, my grandpa and his family can meet each other. This is really a small token of my appreciation. I hope Uncle Song will not despise it."
Chu Dan's eyes moved from the apples and oranges in the net pocket on the bamboo chair to his face. She seemed more and more satisfied the more she looked.
She is good-looking and generous. What a great partner!
But when he thought that he was Lao Chu's grandson, he looked away with regret.
There were more than one good-looking man, and if he got involved with Old Chu, he would have to go and keep them company.
She couldn't bear such hardship, so she immediately pushed those little thoughts out of her mind.
After they exchanged polite greetings, Secretary Song finally asked his daughter to heat up the braised pork.
When Chu Dan heard the good news, he immediately picked up the lunch box containing the braised pork and went to cook the food.
After stuffing a few handfuls of pine needles in, the stove fire suddenly became brighter, and when you opened the pot, the fragrance was overwhelming.
Chu Hong specially divided it into two large bowls, and sent it together with the roast chicken to Chu Chu and the others as a side dish.
The Song family also waited for her to come back before starting to eat.
The braised pork with skin and meat is fat and lean. Put it in your mouth and chew it for a few times, the aroma of the meat explodes in your mouth. It is fat but not greasy and has a long aftertaste.
Chu Hong couldn't help but eat piece after piece. Paired with white rice, it was really delicious. She even had two big bowls of it.
At the end, there was still some broth left, so Secretary Song simply took a bowl and scooped half a bowl of rice, stirred it and then ate it. It was also very fragrant and went well with rice.
After dinner, Chu Dan went to clean up the dishes. Chu Tong saw them talking and was worried that her daughter might hear something she shouldn't hear and let it slip, so she took her back to her room.
Secretary Song promised to take care of Mr. Chu and the others.
Gu Ci thanked him again and again, handed him a cigarette, and then asked in a low voice: "Uncle, can I be transferred to the educated youth center here?"
"I'm afraid it won't work." Secretary Song took his cigarette and sniffed it: "When you went to the countryside, your household registration was changed to Lingtou Village."
"Unless you get married, you have to be a live-in son-in-law to transfer your household registration."
After saying that, I couldn't help but glance at him, and my heart moved: "How old are you this year?"
This young man is as good-looking as Zhong Guobing, and he is smart in handling things, and much more perceptive than the previous son-in-law.
Chu Hong said she wanted to find a son-in-law, and if the two of them were attracted to each other, he would be happy to see it happen.
Gu Ci's face flushed: "I'm eighteen."
He also went to see the Party Secretary of Lingtou Village last night with two packs of cigarettes. What Party Secretary Su said was similar to what Party Secretary Song said.
Since he has gone to the countryside, he must want to take care of his grandfather and others at close range.
He had never thought about finding a partner before. He always felt that he was still young, and girls were either too delicate, narrow-minded, or too scheming, which scared him and made him not want to find a partner.
After serious consideration last night, he still couldn't make up his mind to marry a lesbian stranger.
Now when he heard Secretary Song talk about being a live-in son-in-law, he couldn't accept it.
In the past, his neighbor was a son-in-law who married into the family. His mother-in-law would always be rude to him, his wife also thought he was incompetent, and even his children looked down on their own father.
Anyway, he just swallowed his anger and lived a cowardly life for half his life. He even found out that his wife had someone else outside. Although he was an honest man, he was not without temper. While his children were in school, he put a demon in the bacon and tofu soup, sent the Yue family to hell, and he took the money and ran away without knowing where.
After hearing about this tragedy, families who had live-in sons-in-law became much gentler and polite to them.
Perhaps that person didn't expect that sacrificing the Yue family would benefit the son-in-law from another family.
Secretary Song smiled when he heard this: "You are still young, so there is no need to rush."
"Since they are close by, I can just quietly come and see them when I have time."
She was one year younger than his daughter, so he thought it was inappropriate and gave up the idea.
She also reminded him: "You must not let outsiders know that you have found your relatives, otherwise people with bad hearts will remember it and you will suffer as well."
When Chu Hong heard her stepfather asking him about his age, she suspected that he had some bad intentions, luckily Gu Ci was young.
Although she didn't mind finding another handsome and sensible male educated youth, he was too young, and she thought: an old cow eats young grass.
Besides, in my previous life, I was still unmarried at the age of 27.
I'm only nineteen years old now, there's really no rush.
If there hadn't been so many ugly guys coming to propose marriage to her before, she would have thought of waiting for a few years before looking for one.
The legal age for marriage now is 20 years old for men, right?
But nowadays in the countryside, people don’t care about these things. Having a wedding banquet is considered a marriage, and few people will go to register for a marriage certificate.
For example, when she married Zhong Guobing last year, she was only 18 years old and they did not get a marriage certificate.
Therefore, Chu Hong was also worried that he would become a lost lamb, and sincerely advised him: "I will take care of them here, you don't have to worry too much, I will go to my eldest sister to inform you if there is anything."
Speaking of her elder sister, she took the opportunity to ask, "I heard that your youth cadre center is right next to my elder sister's house?"
Gu Ci secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, it's just across a piece of land."
It is also because they live close that Sister Song’s sister-in-law goes to see them three or five times a day, which is really a bit scary.
In order to show off her well-informedness, she also mentioned that Chu Hong was abandoned by the educated youth, and said that she bullied others by taking advantage of her power, and that her ex-husband became her son-in-law because of her threats...
He just remembered all this last night.
Although he felt that Chu Hong was not such an unreasonable person, there was still a little worry in his heart, fearing that she would fall in love with him.
Chu Hong has a "hostage" in hand. If she threatens him again, he will be helpless and can only compromise.
Before coming here, I had already prepared for the worst.
Especially when Secretary Song asked about his age, he thought of robbing a man.
In the end, nothing was said?
After chatting for a while, he stood up and said goodbye with some trepidation.
"Wait." Chu Hong stopped him, "Take all these things over to them."
When Gu Ci heard the word "wait", his whole body froze, fearing that she might have some improper thoughts, but it turned out that he was overthinking.
After some refusal, he finally carried half of the things to his grandfather's place.
Now that it's raining, they can rest.
Chuchu and her two brothers were learning to read together. When they saw him come in, they rushed over and hugged his legs and smiled, "Brother, the meat for lunch is so delicious."
When Gu Ci heard this, he felt extremely upset. In the past, his cousin would only choose the fattest and leanest meat when eating it, and he never thought that she would be so happy just to eat meat.
"Brother will buy you more delicious food in the future." Seeing that Mr. Jin and Doctor Jia were also there, he invited everyone to eat fruit together.
Grandma Chu gave everyone an apple and an orange.
Lao Jin sniffed the fragrance of the fruit and said, "I almost forgot what fruit tastes like."
Grandma Chu carefully put the rest into an old bamboo basket and stuffed it under the bed before telling him, "Don't come here so often. If someone notices, you might be implicated."
Grandpa Chu also agreed: "Yes, don't call us grandpa and grandma in the future, it's better to be careful."
Lao Jin also said: "The village cadres are all good. They didn't make things difficult for us. You really should not come here so often."
Doctor Jia looked at him and asked in a low voice: "You bought all this on the black market, right? Did you see any cotton?"
Gu Ci nodded: "There are few people on the black market on rainy days, so I didn't see any cotton for sale."
"But I have cotton coupons. When the weather clears up, I will go directly to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy them."
This time when he went to the countryside, he extorted more than 600 yuan from his father, and a lot of tickets. His stepmother was so distressed that she cried and even had a fight with his biological father.
Unfortunately, there were only three pounds of cotton coupons, but there were more cloth coupons, wine coupons, and tobacco coupons.
These tickets are in great demand on the black market.
He sold all the tickets that were about to expire and got more than ten kilograms of cotton tickets in exchange.
"I have also made an agreement with Party Secretary Song that the cotton will be delivered over here, and his family can help make clothes and quilts."
Grandpa Chu patted his shoulder with relief and heartache: "You have grown up and can take care of us."
A few months ago, he was still a young man full of vigor and vitality, looking forward to a wonderful college life.
Now they have gone to the countryside as educated youth, and we have to take care of their food, clothing and shelter.
Grandma Chu's eyes turned red: "We are the ones who are holding you back."
If she had known this earlier, she would not have let her grandson live in her home.
As a result, there is no father-son relationship between him and his son-in-law over the years.
The son-in-law will definitely be more partial to the children who grew up in front of him, and the one he marries later will definitely not be willing to help.
It will probably be a long time before my grandson can return to the city.
"Grandma, don't be sad." Gu Ci took out a handkerchief and wiped her face: "We are also a family. I am very happy that I can find you."
Lao Jin and the others left first and let them talk properly.
In order to reassure their grandson, Old Chu and his friends naturally only report good news and not bad news.
During the chat, Gu Ci heard his grandparents praising Chu Hong for her kindness. They often helped them secretly. Although the food was coarse grains, they could still eat until they were 70% to 80% full. They also often secretly gave them some eggs.
For his own personal safety, Gu Ci couldn't help but gossip: "I heard that her ex-husband was also an educated youth? And they're divorced?"
"Yes, this silly girl gave up her university place to her ex-husband," said Grandma Chu, looking disappointed, "and ended up meeting Chen Shimei. That guy is such a jerk."
They have also heard about Chu Hong's glorious deeds many times.
Therefore, Grandpa Chu praised her for her ability: "She is still young and capable. Now she has a reputation and money. It won't be difficult for her to find a partner in the future."
"Sister is the best." Chuchu also joined in the fun: "She also gave us candy. When those people scolded us, Sister taught them a lesson. She is really amazing."
And I felt particularly distressed: "Sister, did you give them candy?"
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