Volume 1 Chapter 109 Gu's parents are coming to propose marriage
Gu Tingxiao followed her into the kitchen. Sheng Wanyan said she didn't need his help, but the man refused to leave.
"Help me chop the meat."
"good."
Sheng Wanyan took out a pheasant and gave it to him. Gu Tingxiao took it and started chopping it.
Grandpa Sheng and Grandma Sheng looked at the two young people in the kitchen and glanced at each other.
This future grandson-in-law is the right person.
Sheng Wanyan found an excuse to ask him to wash the vegetables, and she secretly put three drops of spiritual spring water into the chicken soup.
Today's dinner is very rich, with chicken soup, stir-fried pork, steamed eggs, a vegetable, white flour buns and grandma Sheng's pickled radish.
They can have dinner once Mr. and Mrs. Sheng come back. Gu Tingxiao had eaten the fish cooked by Sheng Wanyan before, and it tasted amazing.
Today's dishes are all made by the little girl, and the vegetables are particularly sweet and fresh.
The girl has a good skill in cooking, but when they get married, he will definitely not let her hang around the kitchen every day.
The girl is capable and smart, and he hopes that after marrying him, she will be able to do the job she likes.
I'm a grown man, and it won't hurt to do more work.
"Drink some soup to replenish your body."
Sheng Wanyan served a bowl of chicken soup to everyone in the family and added a few slices of ginseng to the soup.
Grandma Sheng has been drying ginseng slices at home for several days. There is no sun outside, so she spreads the ginseng slices on the ground with a cloth and lights a coal stove to slowly dry them.
It just so happens that Gu Tingxiao is coming this time, so he can take the ginseng slices for Sheng Wanze with him.
Gu Tingxiao took a few sips. The chicken soup was very tasty and had a very refreshing fragrance that he couldn't taste.
"Little Gu, take more supplements. You can't have any problems with your health when you're a soldier."
Sheng's mother was very enthusiastic and, fearing that he would feel embarrassed to pick up food, she picked up two pieces of meat for him.
“It’s delicious.”
Sheng Wanyan felt happy when she heard his praise. After all, if she worked hard to cook a meal and everyone still complained about it, it would be a thankless task.
But this is not the case in the Sheng family. No matter who cooks, everyone will eat it all and say it is delicious.
People who cook like this will feel happy when they hear it and feel that the hard work is worth it.
"Little Gu's family should be here in five days, right?"
Her in-laws are coming, so she must prepare well.
Thinking back to that poor son of mine, he had informed me at the last minute that his in-laws were coming, and I had to make hasty preparations. If my daughter hadn't brought back a few pieces of meat, I would have been so anxious.
At least this time it was proposed by myself, and Xiao Gu also notified me in advance, so I had time to prepare and would not make my future in-laws feel that I was disrespectful.
"Yes, my parents will arrive in five days. They need to spend a day at my aunt's house to visit Mr. Ning, and then they will come to propose marriage."
Gu Tingxiao explained his parents' plans clearly so that the Sheng family could also know what was going on.
When Sheng's mother heard this, she nodded. After all, since the brother and sister-in-law came, it was only natural for them to go and see their sister first.
"As it should be, our family will be waiting at home then."
"Excuse me, auntie."
When Gu Tingxiao heard that the time for the proposal had been confirmed, he felt relieved that his wish had finally made some progress.
After dinner, Gu Tingxiao wanted to help wash the dishes, but was driven out of the kitchen by Sheng's mother.
"Aunt, I'm coming."
"You're not needed. Go out and chat with the guys."
There is no way Sheng's mother would let him wash the dishes. Although Xiao Gu is her future son-in-law, you can't just order him around by relying on his status, right?
Mother Sheng couldn't do this. She thought that she should do what she could do herself, and if she couldn't do it, she could just trouble the younger generation.
Besides, she is not a person who tries to show off her strength. If she can't do something, she will just say it directly.
"Come on, come on, play chess with me."
As soon as Grandpa Sheng finished his meal, he pulled Gu Tingxiao to play chess. He usually liked playing chess very much, but unfortunately this world does not allow playing chess outside. It would be bad if he was caught.
So usually he could only play chess at home with Sheng's father or granddaughter. Since the last time Gu Tingxiao played a few games with him, he found that Gu Tingxiao's chess skills were very good.
I always think about the layout and moves of each chess game.
Whenever Gu Tingxiao came, he couldn't help but drag others to play a few rounds.
Gu Tingxiao was pulled away by Grandpa Sheng, and then he stopped helping Mother Sheng wash the dishes.
Grandma Sheng got a new sewing machine and she is on her way to sew every day.
This is the family. Grandpa Sheng is playing chess with Gu Tingxiao, Sheng Wanyan is sitting next to the sewing machine helping Grandma Sheng, and Father Sheng is running to help his wife wash the dishes.
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The Sheng family has been preparing for the future in-laws to come these days. Sheng Wanyan knows that food is the most precious thing in this era.
So she always found ways to get things from home. When Sheng's mother saw the meat she brought back, she simply covered it with snow from the shelf outside the kitchen window.
She covered the floor and the ground with a thick layer of snow so that no one upstairs or downstairs would notice it.
This was taught to her by Sheng Wanyan. This way the meat can be frozen and preserved for a longer time.
If you want to eat fresh meat in winter, you don’t have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. Sheng’s mother thinks it would be nice if there was a place like this to keep food fresh in summer.
She had heard that there were refrigerators and air coolers in foreign countries, which could be turned on at home in the summer to make the house cool.
But she had never seen it, and didn't know if it was as good as everyone said.
Sheng Wanyan brought back a lot of meat, as well as pheasants and rabbits, enough to keep the family entertained for a while.
"Girl, where did you get so much meat?"
Although Sheng Wanyan brought back some money from time to time, when added together, it was almost enough for the family to get through the winter.
"Nana, I have a colleague whose family works in a slaughterhouse, and I used my connections to buy it for him."
"Some of my colleagues come from rural areas and often go to the mountains to hunt wild animals and sell them secretly. I am not familiar with them, so I bought some of them back."
Grandma Sheng nodded when she heard this, and Sheng Wanyan really did not lie, there really were people in their factory who were secretly doing business.
After all, not all of her colleagues in the factory were from the city like her. Many of them were from the surrounding villages and got their jobs by using connections.
No one would say anything about these things. After all, who doesn’t lack meat?
You can buy meat through multiple channels, but you still report it without knowing what is good for you. Isn't this causing public outrage?
Sheng Wanyan knew who was selling supplies and how to trade, but she had never traded with anyone.
After all, there are unlimited supplies in my space and I can never use them all up.
She doesn't need to take the risk, why bother?
And if it weren't for the high risks in the black market, she wouldn't have kept hiding like this. She could only wait until it opened up in a few years before making her next plan.
"That's good, but you have to be careful, people's hearts are the most unreliable."
When Grandma Sheng heard that it was the cotton mill workers who were trading with each other, she felt relieved.
But he still gave Sheng Wanyan a few words of advice. After all, human hearts are unpredictable and no one knows what will happen.
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