In the past, the family was in a poor situation. The three weak women in the family could not earn any money from working, so they relied on Uncle Ye to send them salary to subsidize their lives every month.
Ye's mother has been stingy for so many years, how could she be willing to spend money on buying delicious food?
She had already figured it out. Her family would buy no more than 20 kilograms of pork for the college banquet for the young couple. Add to that the 20 kilograms of pork distributed by the team at the end of the year, and it would be enough to invite relatives and friends to have a good meal.
How big can the banquet be if a fat pig is used as food and wine?
In the past, when we built a house and prepared a dinner after work, each person would eat one piece of meat and then finish it. If they wanted to have another piece, there would be no more.
Compared with a fat pig, it looks so shabby.
Now the village cadres have awarded them a whole big fat pig. Such an honor makes Ye Ma feel very sweet, sweeter than drinking sugar water.
She looked up and agreed simply.
Being poor makes the children lose points. The Ye family was poor before, but they have two children who are enrolled in key universities. Will they continue to be poor in the future?
After returning home, Ye Qingshui drew up a menu for the banquet. Although the Ye family had allocated a pig for the banquet, they couldn't just give out nothing and rely on the fat pig in the village for the dishes. This was not thriftiness, but taking advantage of others.
She opened Xie Tingyu's bonus allowance, which contained eight hundred yuan.
Ye Qingshui took out two hundred yuan and said, "Use it to add some chicken, duck, fish, flour, rice, and vegetables..."
In the past, when the Ye family held wedding banquets, Ye Qingshui was responsible for all the shopping. But after all, the stalls were small the first two times, and only a few dozen people were invited to eat, so twenty pounds of pork was enough.
Now the Ye family is going to prepare several hundred kilograms of meat and vegetables. It can't be too shabby to hold a banquet for the whole village.
Now that Ye Qingshui is pregnant, these chores fall on Xie Tingyu.
Xie Tingyu didn't want his pregnant wife to work hard, so after deciding on the food and drinks, he took the order and started to get busy. Buying ingredients, posting invitations, borrowing tables and chairs, setting up the stove, hiring a chef... no step could be missed.
Fortunately, he had several strong brothers, and the female comrades at the educated youth site were bold, careful and hardworking, so they worked together very efficiently.
Xie Tingyu did some calculations and decided that it would be better to buy chickens, ducks and fish in the countryside instead of at the supply and marketing cooperative. Not only did he not need to pay the bill, but he also avoided the price difference.
He spent two days collecting 20 chickens, 20 ducks and 40 kilograms of live fish in the village. He spent more than 100 yuan just on meat and vegetables.
When Mother Ye found out that her daughter and son-in-law spent 200 yuan on the wedding banquet, she was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth for a long time.
Ye Qingshui smiled and pursed her lips, saying, "Brother Yu and I have a total of 1,400 yuan in college entrance examination subsidies. Don't feel bad, mother. Money is earned to be spent."
Even this huge amount of unexpected wealth could not ease Ye Ma's heartache.
She kept counting, mumbling: "There will be many places where I need to spend money in the future."
If she had known that the village would give her a big fat pig, she would not have agreed to come. But she didn't know that after getting a fat pig, she would have to pay more money for the banquet.
In her opinion, going to college doesn't cost money?
Everything in the capital is expensive. My daughter can't live too poorly when she goes to study there, right?
Xie Tingyu made a cup of milk for his wife and said with a smile: "Mother, we will make more money in the future."
When the wedding day came, Ye's mother was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth.
The Ye family wanted to set up twenty tables of wine in total. Yejia Village vacated the basketball court in front of the village committee office and set up these twenty tables of wedding wine.
The fish is stewed with sauerkraut vermicelli. The transparent vermicelli is slippery and has absorbed the freshness of the fish. The sauerkraut and spicy taste are appetizing.
The taro braised pork is red and white, with three layers of fat and three layers of lean meat. It is fatty but not greasy. Rural people can bite off half a piece in one bite, and their mouths are full of oil. The more they chew, the more delicious it becomes.
The fat duck is made into soy sauce duck, with soft skin and tender meat, smooth and shiny as if coated with honey, and you can poke it through with chopsticks.
The wild hen is stewed into soup, and the chicken is shredded and mixed with vermicelli to make another dish.
The pork bones are boiled over high heat into a thick milky soup, which is used to make dumplings with thin skin and thick meat.
The soup dumplings are made of refined pork mixed with pig skin jelly. The tr6 has rich juice and tender meat filling.
The dumplings are slippery like smiling little girls, the pork soup dumplings are like big fat boys, and you can eat rice, dumplings and buns at will.
You can eat a lot from a pig. You can make sweet and sour pork ribs with meat, stew pork belly with fat and lean meat into Dongpo pork, stew pig lung with chili pepper into spicy pig lung, stew pig trotter with braised sauce into braised pig trotter, stir-fry pig ears with two-knife meat into crispy twice-cooked pork...
This was the first time in Ye Ma’s life that she had eaten so many delicious foods.
She stuffed her mouth with food and ate until it was full of oil.
The old lady grumbled in her heart for a while, thinking that it was worth spending more than 200 yuan on a wedding.
Although these dishes were not made by Ye Qingshui herself, she taught the chef how to make them. They tasted pretty good, and it was not a waste of these good meats and dishes.
However, in those years when people were hungry, it was the first time for rural people to have such a sumptuous meal.
However, the villagers never had time to eat. They didn't even have time to eat or have vegetables. They kept stuffing more food until their stomachs were full.
"The wedding banquet held by the Ye family this time was really well done."
The village brigade secretary thought.
Although there was a pig in the village, there were also chickens, ducks, fish, and plenty of fine flour and rice, and the villagers were not taken advantage of at all.
Yes, there is no limit to the amount of chicken, duck, fish and meat that other people can eat. If I had to pay for it myself, I would feel sad just thinking about it.
The uncle of the Ye family toasted at every table and his face was flushed with wine.
This was the first time in all these years that he was solemnly toasted by a prestigious elder in the village, and the village cadres were not left out. He was sensitive to the fact that everyone looked at them with a bit of respect.
The old lady was surrounded by people, chatting about family matters.
My sister-in-law was among a group of women, and was repeatedly asked how she taught her children and how they studied...
Even his baby-holding daughter-in-law was not forgotten. Countless people came to congratulate him and ask about his study methods.
After the wedding banquet, the villagers went home in twos and threes. Walking on the country roads, some villagers chatted with each other:
Needless to say, I'm envious.
Some people were also jealous: "Ye Shuiya's family is really going to turn things around. They have so much money to hold a wedding..."
"Isn't that nonsense? Their family has two famous university students at once, and the government reward and allowance alone is several hundred yuan."
When the village cadres heard this, they frowned and seriously corrected the member's wrong thinking.
"You won't be killed. People use the allowance to subsidize the village, but they feed ungrateful people like you. Don't let me hear such words again."
The top scorer in the national college entrance examination was from their village, and other villages were envious. The Ye family was no longer the Ye family that everyone could step on.
The village committee members find it difficult to estimate how capable Xie Tingyu and his wife will be in the future.
I am so busy trying to make friends with them, how can I let the Ye family feel cold?
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capital.
This year, everyone in the Xie family was waiting for Xie Tingyu to come back from the countryside.
The Xie family had a top scorer in the national college entrance examination. Not only did relatives and friends know about this honor, but even Xie Jun’s old leader rarely asked about it.
Just when Xie Jun was preparing to hold a graduation party for his son, he received a letter from the countryside, telling him:
"Tingyu won't be coming back for the New Year this year, so don't prepare."
"How can I not go home for the New Year?" Xie Jun's face changed.
Grandma Xie said happily: "Shui Ya is pregnant. It's too much trouble to go north."
Although Xie Jun didn't say anything, it was considered as his tacit consent.
But the expression on his face was not very happy.
Xu Maofang took the opportunity to fan the flames, "You are so delicate during pregnancy that you can't even go out? Didn't they enroll in schools in the capital? At the end of February, when school starts, they will have to go back to the capital..."
Xie Jun felt a little relieved after hearing this.
There’s only half a month left between the Chinese New Year and the start of school. Can’t I go back home for just over ten days?
Xu Maofang saw that Xie Jun's face relaxed a little after hearing what he said.
She added, "So many people are waiting to see Tingyu. A while ago, Mom was laughed at by the Zhou family. Zhou Pinghuai didn't do as well as Tingyu in the exam. The Zhou family is already having a banquet. Should we have one too?"
After hearing this, Grandma Xie did not share the same hatred for the enemy as Xu Maofang had thought.
She put away the invitation she had written. "What's the point of having a banquet if Tingyu isn't coming back?"
In her heart, her great-grandchildren are more important.
What if he got bumped or collapsed on the road? Wouldn't he regret it? Grandma Xie thought she would have to wait a long time before she could hold her great-grandson, but she didn't expect to get the news so soon.
Although she felt a little sad not to go home for the New Year, Grandma Xie became happy again when she thought that they would study in the capital in the future.
"Wait a minute. I'll send a telegram to the countryside to inquire about the situation. In case Shuiya is not feeling well, we'll have to arrange for her to delay her enrollment."
Xie Tingjue, who had just recovered from his leg injury, asked casually, "Aunt Fang seems to be anxious for them to return to Beijing?"
Xu Maofang laughed, "I am just concerned about Tingyu. It would be great if they could come back to celebrate the New Year together. It's so quiet in the countryside, it's nothing like the hustle and bustle of home."
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Yejia Village.
The New Year celebration in the countryside is quite lively.
Going to the market, posting peach charms, making lanterns, cleaning, steaming lucky cakes and peaches, steaming braised pork with pork... everyone was busy inside and outside, and it really brought a bit of the festive atmosphere.
Xie Tingyu bought some red paper and wrote the couplets himself. He wrote them well, and many people came to the Ye family to buy couplets from him.
It was the first time for Xie Tingyu to celebrate the New Year in Yejia Village. He and his uncle Ye were responsible for preparing the New Year’s Eve dinner.
The daughter-in-law was suffering from severe morning sickness and would vomit at the smell of meat. Xie Tingyu specially prepared a few side dishes for her.
When Ye Qingshui saw the sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner and smelled the meat, she stood outside the door and hesitated for a long time, not daring to go in.
Xie Tingyu specially moved a small table and put a few plates of hot and sour vegetarian dishes on it. He waved to his wife and said, "Shuiya, come and eat."
Ye Qingshui ate a few slices of pickled radish, and the stuffiness in his chest was relieved a little.
Ye Qingshui was not so pampered in his previous life. At that time, the Ye family's conditions were not so good and they could not eat meat every meal.
At that time, Ye Qingshui had no experience and didn't know she was pregnant. She didn't care about not being able to eat. She often went to the fields on an empty stomach.
Who cares about such a trivial matter as whether or not they can eat meat?
Ye Qingshui looked at the sumptuous meal on the big table, and then looked at the man who was eating the pregnancy meal with her during the New Year.
She felt a little ashamed, but also felt warm in her heart: "You don't have to accompany me, go and eat with everyone."
Xie Tingyu smiled and said, "I secretly ate my fill while we were cooking the New Year's Eve dinner just now."
He held a bowl of red date and shredded chicken porridge in his hand and handed it to his wife, "Eat it while it's hot. Eat more so you can have strength."
He was very pleased to see his wife finish the porridge mouthful by mouthful. But when she finished the last spoonful, she suddenly covered her mouth and hurried out.
Xie Tingyu had no choice but to serve her another bowl of porridge.
After Ye Qingshui finished vomiting, her legs and feet felt weak and powerless. She shook her head and said, "No, I'd rather stay hungry."
"It's New Year's Day, how can we not eat?"
Xie Tingyu touched her braid and said gently, "How about this, I'll feed you slowly, every bite you can eat counts, and we won't force you this time."
So... Grandma Ye, Mom Ye, Uncle Ye, and Aunt Ye were forced to eat a lot of dog food on New Year's Eve.
After Xie Tingyu finished feeding his wife, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Not to mention not going back to the capital for the New Year, Xie Tingyu began to worry that his wife might not have the energy to go back to the capital when school starts.
Fortunately, after the Chinese New Year, Xie Tingjue sent a telegram back to tell his brother that he had helped them to handle the procedures for delayed enrollment. The young couple was relieved and did not return to the capital until the end of March.
When Ye Qingshui was alone, he touched his belly with mixed emotions.
"You are such a clever little fellow."
"Are you worried about Dad and don't want him to go back?"
After February, the time when Xie Tingyu had a car accident in his previous life had long passed.
At the end of March, Ye Qingshui, who was more than three months pregnant, gradually stopped vomiting. She took the train with her husband and headed north with the admission letter.
Xie Tingyu booked a sleeper ticket for his wife. He touched his wife's belly. Although she was almost four months pregnant, her belly did not seem to be moving much.
Ye Qingshui's face seemed a little thinner.
Xie Tingyu happily said to the child: "Mom is going to take the train, baby, be good."
…
When the couple got off the train, Wen Zhihua came to pick them up.
She drove her car to pick up her son and daughter-in-law.
Xie Tingyu was a little dazed. He never expected that Wen Zhihua would come to the station to pick them up.
Ye Qingshui was shocked when he saw the car in front of him. Nowadays, only ordinary people can afford a car.
Although the mother-in-law had a cold face and spoke very little, Ye Qingshui didn't care.
It's such a cold day, it's nice of you to come and pick me up.
Although Xie Tingyu was surprised, he quickly recovered.
He greeted his mother politely, "Thank you for picking us up. Please drive steadily. Shuiya is a little carsick now."
When we returned to the military compound, Grandma Xie and Xie Tingjue were already waiting at the door.
When Wen Zhihua saw her eldest son, a smile appeared on her face.
Xie Tingjue breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was intact: "It's good that you're back."
He was deeply traumatized by the car accident, and because he was worried about Xie Tingyu riding in someone else's car, he asked his mother to drive to pick him up.
Grandma Xie deliberately touched her granddaughter-in-law's hand and said enthusiastically, "Come in, what are you doing here? The wind is strong, what if Shuiya catches a cold?"
She held Ye Qingshui's hand as they walked, "You've suffered a lot, right?"
"When Tingyu's mother was pregnant with them, she was also very difficult to take care of. She couldn't eat or sleep for three days. In a few days, grandma will accompany you to complete the procedures for taking a leave of absence from school."
“Being pregnant is hard.”
Originally, Ye Qingshui was worried that she would not be able to keep up with the progress and planned to take classes for one semester. However, now that her pregnancy reaction is so severe, she cannot attend the classes properly and can only apply for leave of absence.
Ye Qingshui nodded.
Grandma Xie glared at her grandson and said, "You can't just focus on your own studies. When you have time, go to the Physics Department to attend classes and come back to teach your wife. She dropped out of school for you, so you have to take responsibility."
What else could Xie Tingyu say? He could only agree.
"I will."
When writing a letter to the capital from the countryside, Ye Qingshui did not specifically mention his test scores, but only mentioned that he was lucky enough to be admitted to a university in the capital.
Even so, Grandma Xie felt it was impressive. Universities in the capital were very popular, and students from all over the country were trying their best to enroll in the capital, so the scores had to be quite high.
Physics is a popular major these days, and it is not easy to pass the exam. In this way, everyone does not have to worry about the couple living apart. Grandma Xie is naturally very satisfied.
"Shui Ya really did a good job this time. It's all Ting Yu who delayed you."
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