Volume 1 Chapter 92 Returning to the Village for the New Year 1
Everyone was asking questions one after another, and Sheng's mother answered some of the questions she could in a roundabout way.
"Yes, I'm a soldier. Positions and other things are not important. The main thing is to be good to my daughter."
"So your son became the battalion commander, is that true?"
There was nothing to hide about these things. Sheng's mother nodded and admitted it. Everyone gasped when they heard it.
I didn't expect this to be true. Among the young people in their village, there is no one more promising than Sheng Wanze.
He is a battalion commander at such a young age. What great ability does it take!
The village chief's grandson served in the army for five years and became a company commander, which was considered very impressive. He also married a woman from the city.
Unexpectedly, the son of the Sheng family is even more powerful. He is directly the battalion commander and married a woman from Kyoto.
Kyoto is the capital of the country. Everyone has only heard of it but has never been there.
The Sheng family really has such good luck. When she was young, Grandma Sheng was bullied the most by her mother-in-law, but now she has become the most envied old lady in the village.
After an hour and a half by ox cart, they finally arrived at the village. Uncle Sheng took them directly to the village chief's house to get the key.
When the village chief of the Red Flag Team 2 saw them coming back, he immediately asked his wife to get the key.
"This year your whole family is back, so we have to have a good New Year's celebration."
"How many days will you be back this time?"
Village Chief Sheng and Grandpa Sheng are also good friends, and the two of them started chatting right at the door.
The village chief's wife came out and quickly welcomed them into the house to sit down, and generously poured them five cups of sugar water.
"Auntie, you are too polite. We can just drink boiled water."
When Sheng's mother saw that the village head's wife was so polite and even took out some melon seeds and walnuts for them to eat, she quickly refused.
"What's the big deal? There's not much else in the village except for the mountain products."
"The village will be distributing pork soon. Would you like to buy some?"
Today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, a good day to distribute pork in the village. Now everyone is waiting in the open space in the village.
Grandma Sheng nodded when she heard this. Her family’s household registration was not in the village, so they were not allowed to participate in anything that happened in the village.
Although they don't work in the fields in the village, they have no objection to buying the big ones with their own money.
"Okay, it's a good time to buy some meat and have some fun together in every household."
Village Chief Sheng nodded, and seeing how exhausted the family looked, he quickly asked them to go home and rest.
"Here are the keys. My wife and my daughter-in-law cleaned the house two days ago. You can move in directly."
"Thank you, village chief."
Grandma Sheng knew that they had to send some gifts to the village chief's family before they left. After all, the village chief's family had helped take care of the house for so many years.
Sheng Wanyan followed her family back to the house at the end of the village. It was a small courtyard with three rooms, a utility room, and a front yard and a back yard.
The backyard is the kitchen and utility room, and the front yard is empty and usually used for hanging clothes.
There is firewood in the utility room, neatly arranged. Grandpa Sheng gave some money to the village chief when he left last year.
Ask him to find some people in the village to help him prepare some firewood so that he will have it this year.
Fortunately, Grandpa Sheng had foresight, otherwise where would we find firewood in this heavy snow?
It was Sheng Wanyan’s first time sleeping on a kang. There were bedding for making the bed in the closet at home, but they were all old.
These beddings are no longer soft, but they can be used as bed pads so that sleeping on the kang will not be too hard.
Mr. and Mrs. Sheng brought back three quilts, made the kang, and packed up the things they brought back.
The family went out to watch the fun. This was Sheng Wanyan's first time seeing a pig being slaughtered, and she was very curious.
As soon as I got there, I saw a butcher. He stabbed the pig's neck with a butcher knife and used a large basin to catch the pig's blood.
After the blood had been drained, the butcher began to cut the pork. The aunties in the village all lined up and everyone got the piece that had the most oil and water.
"Oh, I want the pig's belly, not the pig's trotters."
Pig's trotters are all bones, and no one wants them. They only want the fat meat.
Sheng Wanyan really wants to eat pig's trotters. Braised or stewed pig's trotters are so delicious.
"Mom, buy some pig offal, pig lungs, and pig trotters so we can make soup."
After hearing this, Sheng's mother nodded, took out money to buy a pig's trotter, and she took all the pig offal that everyone looked down upon.
"Two more pounds of meat."
When Sheng's mother saw the meat, she didn't miss it. Since it was available for purchase, she didn't have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to queue up.
Village chief Sheng didn't know why she spent so much money to buy pig offal, but it was other people's decision and he couldn't influence it.
"Two dollars in total."
The advantage is that you don’t need a ticket to buy things in the village, and you can still pay at the village price.
Mother Sheng took out the money, and everyone didn't know what to say when they saw her spend two dollars to buy these things.
It would be better to spend some money on buying more meat instead of these useless things.
But everyone was more jealous, jealous that the Sheng family was so generous and willing to spend money to buy these useless things.
I wonder why they would be willing to spend money except during the Chinese New Year and other festivals? ? ?
And it’s just two dollars at a time, which is something a whole family might not be able to earn back even if they work in the fields for a whole day.
It's really true that comparing yourself with others will make you feel thwarted.
Mother Sheng knew that her daughter could turn these things into delicacies, not to mention that she was already a little craving for the stir-fried pig intestines made by her daughter.
Then braise some pig's trotters and make some pig lung and wolfberry soup. I wonder how delicious it will be.
Mother Sheng, don’t worry about other people’s opinions. Isn’t it the whole family that should be happy during the New Year?
Mother Sheng bought the meat and is going to have dinner with Grandpa Sheng's family tonight, the first day of the new year, so she took the two pounds of meat over.
I also brought two kilograms of melon seeds and two bottles of wine.
After all, Grandpa Sheng and Uncle Sheng are brothers connected by blood, there is no reason to make things so awkward during the New Year and other holidays.
When Grandpa Sheng and his family saw them coming with meat in their hands, they were very enthusiastic.
Although I was jealous in my heart, I still had to save face.
After all, Sheng's father and mother work in the city, and they might be able to help their children in the future.
When Grandma Sheng saw her sister-in-law, she smiled politely, and when Grandma Sheng saw her, she could only nod in welcome.
After all, the two had many conflicts when they were young, and the reason they can now sit at the same table to eat is also because of this Chinese New Year.
Grandma Sheng looked at Grandma Sheng, whose rosy face she had and the new clothes she was wearing.
I am about the same age as her, but I look like an old woman in her seventies or eighties.
When she was young, she was very proud of having many sons. But now, in front of her brother's wife, where is the courage she had when she was young?
We have to curry favor with them and find a good future for our grandchildren.
If worst comes to worst, when something happens, you still have a relationship to work with.
But Grandma Shengda understood these principles, but she still felt uncomfortable.
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