Aunt Liu Si and Aunt Wang immediately laughed when they heard her say this.
"What's the big deal? If we can learn how to make preserved duck by helping you, then we won't lose out."
Jiang Manman didn't hide anything. It was just a wax duck recipe, and in her opinion it was no big deal.
She knows so much more, there's no need to be so servile.
The two aunts worked efficiently. They boiled the duck feathers with boiling water and knew that she wanted duck down.
Help her pluck all the duck's down.
"Hey Jiang Zhiqing, can this duck down really be used to make clothes?
Why haven't I seen anyone using it?
We all have cotton now, and it is very warm to use cotton to make things.”
How should Jiang Manman explain to them that cotton is thicker and down jackets are lighter?
After thinking about it, he simply said:
“Duck down can not only be used to make clothes, but also quilts and mattresses.
But we can’t make clothes yet because the fabric is not good and it gets frizzy easily.
I'll keep it for now and make it when I have good fabric."
Aunt Wang looked at her with great interest and said:
"I heard that you are going to visit relatives on the island during the New Year, but it's far away.
You and Director Zhou should be careful on your way. I heard there are a lot of thieves here.
You can sew a pocket on your pants and put your money in it, it will be safer."
Jiang Manman has her own space, so she doesn't have to worry about this problem.
As for Zhou Ye, with his skills, it should be impossible for a thief to get close to him and steal his things.
If Aunt Wang also meant well, Jiang Wenmanman responded with a smile:
"Aunt, this is a good idea. I will make one later."
"Make two, one for you and one for Director Zhou."
After hearing what Aunt Liu Si added, Jiang Manman smiled.
She felt it necessary to make four, after all, they needed to be changed and washed, right?
"Oh, Auntie is right."
"Hey, you said Director Zhou's parents are on the island. When you go there, can you bring back some salted fish?"
It’s hard for Jiang Manman to agree to this.
"Let's talk about it later. It shouldn't be a problem to carry ten kilograms, but if I carry more, I'm afraid it won't work.
It would be a big loss if you were caught for speculation.
Hearing her say this, Aunt Liu Si and Aunt Wang also nodded and said:
"That's right, if we are caught as profiteers, that would be bad.
When the time comes, if you bring back ten kilograms, we will exchange them with one or two pieces of fish, and we will just have a rare meal of them.
You may not know that last time, our family finished the whole salted fish in one meal.
The bad thing about having a large family is that no matter how much food you eat, it’s never enough.”
After Aunt Wang finished speaking, Aunt Liu Si also said:
"That's right, every family has its own problems.
If you ask me, the people in your family should just separate. Why do they have to live under the same roof?
You are going to split up the family, and a salted fish can give your family of four two more meals.
If we don’t divide the family, even a salted fish won’t be enough to share.”
Aunt Wang sighed as she plucked the duck feathers.
“Who says it’s not?
It's not that I don't know my father-in-law. He won't split up the family. He likes the whole family to live together in a lively atmosphere.
If you ask me, how can living together be fun?
That’s annoying.”
Jiang Manman thought that in two years the land would be distributed to each household.
We will definitely have to split up when the time comes, so I won’t say much now and just listen to them.
Aunt Liu shook her head.
"Compared to your old man, my old lady is really smart!
We were separated early in the morning, isn't it good for us to live our own lives now?
We also gave her gifts and money during the Chinese New Year and other festivals.
A truly wise old man would never force his sons to live together.
How can a bowl of water be held level if all the water is squeezed together?
There will inevitably be complaints at that time, and I don’t understand what your father-in-law is thinking.”
"Well, I can't say much about him.
It’s better for Jiang Zhiqing and Director Zhou. They live a simple life here, unlike us who have so many worries as a big family.”
As Aunt Wang spoke, everyone looked at Aunt Liu Si.
"Hey, what does your second daughter-in-law think?
I heard that the city girl broke up with Liu Jianguo completely.
It seems that she is really in love with the educated youth named Xiao at the educated youth point.
You say that because of this incident, Lao Liu and Lao Er’s family are almost losing all their face, right?
I don’t think his family asked for an explanation or anything.”
"What can you say?
He is the secretary, we can't accept him.
Besides, when young people talk about marriage, if they get along well, they stay together, and if they don’t, they separate.
What is there to say about this?
In my opinion, it would be better to break up earlier. If they get married, and the girl falls in love with someone better, they will have to get divorced by then.
Then Liu Jianguo would become a second-married man, and it would be hard for him to find a wife later."
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