Chapter 372: At least the diet is nutritionally balanced
Jiang Ping took the big backpack to Shang Ruoting and opened it.
She took out some small clothes, a small quilt, and a small hand-knitted hat from it.
"Ruoting, Mom started preparing these after she got home. I thought you were pregnant with one, so I only prepared one of each."
"I didn't expect you to be pregnant with four children this time. Mom has been making up for it these days when she has nothing to do."
After taking out the things prepared for the children, Jiang Ping took out some preserved fruits.
Shang Ruoting looked at the preserved fruits her mother-in-law brought her, and the corners of her lips twitched.
Hawthorn preserves, sour plum preserves, dried apricots, and a large piece of hawthorn cake...
In fact, she doesn't like sour things very much, but likes sweet things.
Since her mother-in-law brought her from far away, Shang Ruoting naturally had to show that she liked it.
"Thank you, Mom. I'll eat these slowly."
"Ruoting, just eat as much as you can. If you run out, ask your dad to mail you some more."
After saying that, she took out a large stack of bills from her backpack.
Grain coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons, industrial coupons...
"Ruoting, these are what your father and I have saved over the past few years. Just buy whatever you want to eat."
"Hey... I still have a few bills for electrical appliances. Unfortunately, you don't have electricity here, so I can't use them..."
Dangdangdang... bang bang bang...
As Jiang Ping finished speaking, a loud gong sound was heard outside the door.
Shang Ruoting hadn't heard this sound for a long time. In the past, people would only ring the gong when someone made a mistake or when something happened in the village.
Jiang Ping and Shang Ruoting looked at each other and walked to the gate together.
A village official was seen banging a gong and shouting, "Attention everyone! There will be a meeting in the threshing ground at 2 p.m."
"Everyone, please pay attention. A meeting will be held in the threshing ground at 2:00 PM..."
"Ruoting, your village will have a meeting this afternoon," Jiang Ping said.
Shang Ruoting nodded: "If Mom likes to join in the fun, you can go and take a look."
Jiang Ping shook her head: "Let Tan Chen go, we will stay at home."
She has been in the Northwest for twenty years and has seen a lot of things like this. It's nothing more than something being announced in the village.
Speaking of Tan Chen, Jiang Ping had been there for almost half an hour but still hadn't seen him.
"Ruoting, has Tan Chen gone to work in the fields?"
Shang Ruoting nodded and went back to the yard with Jiang Ping.
"He went out early in the morning and saved a lot of eggs at the farm. He planned to bring them back first."
As the two were talking, Tan Chen came back pushing a cart with several baskets on it.
Half of the basket was filled with chicken eggs, and the other half was filled with duck eggs.
The eggs laid by their chickens and ducks are big. A basket can hold 100 eggs, but here it can only hold 80.
"Mom, when did you come?" Tan Chen pushed the cart aside.
Jiang Ping washed a wet towel and walked over to her son: "Wipe the sweat first."
Then she explained, "Mom just got here because she heard Ruoting was pregnant with quadruplets. She was so worried that she asked the hospital for a long vacation."
Shang Ruoting originally thought that her mother-in-law had taken a few days off to come over this time, but she didn't expect that she had actually taken a long vacation for her four children, who she didn't know whether they were grandsons or granddaughters.
Tan Chen was very happy. After all, he had only spent a few days with his biological parents since he recognized them.
This time Jiang Ping took a long vacation, so the mother and son could have more opportunities to spend time together.
Old Mrs. Shang came back from the backyard with a basket full of vegetables. She chatted with Jiang Ping for a while before going into the kitchen to get busy.
Jiang Ping is also a hardworking person, and hurried over to help.
Before dinner, Mr. Tan came back accompanied by Xiao Liu, carrying a basket of fish he had caught.
He didn't feel strange at all when he saw Jiang Ping. His daughter-in-law was pregnant with quadruplets, which was a huge happy event. If she didn't come, he would have to call her himself.
Finally, Mrs. Shang and Jiang Ping made a small fried fish dish together before serving the meal on the table.
Looking at the table full of meat and vegetable dishes, Jiang Ping felt that it would be better for her daughter-in-law to stay in Sihe Village to take care of the pregnancy than to go to Beijing. At least the diet would be nutritionally balanced.
The family had a nice lunch and rested for a while, then Shang Ruoting went to the threshing ground accompanied by Tan Chen.
Many villagers had gathered in the threshing ground. Since each family was not required to send only one representative this time, many families had several people come.
At two o'clock, Zhao Fa got a loudspeaker from somewhere and yelled at everyone to be quiet.
The villagers immediately stopped talking and all stared at Zhao Fa.
Zhao Fa didn't keep anyone in suspense.
"I called everyone here today because I have something to announce: electricity will be coming to several villages in our Liuhe Commune."
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd was in an uproar.
People who knew each other and their families gathered together and whispered to each other.
Shang Ruoting and Tan Chen were both very happy, as they understood very well the benefits of having electricity.
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