Meng Fuyan found married life very pleasant.
Gu Tingzhi has to go to work every day and is not at home most of the time. She can stay at home by herself without having to do anything. She just needs to take care of herself, eat whatever she wants, and buy whatever she wants without any burden.
When she got bored, she would go back to her parents' house and play with her two little devil brothers. Life was very easy for her.
Originally, she thought that the Gu family would not let them off so easily and would definitely come looking for trouble, but to her surprise, Xu Honghua remained very quiet, so quiet that Meng Fuyan found it somewhat unbelievable.
As she settled there, she gradually got to know her neighbors. However, it was clear that the residents around her were generally much older than her, mostly around the same age as her parents, and their children were about the same age as her.
Most families have children working outside the home, while only a small number of younger children, like younger brothers and sisters, stay at home and continue their schooling.
Therefore, Meng Fuyan doesn't usually encounter many people her age in this area. Whether they are in school or working, they are mostly not at home during the day.
But today, when Meng Fuyan went out to buy groceries, she ran into an auntie. Meng Fuyan recognized her; she was from the house in front of hers. The auntie's husband's surname was Li, and he was in the same grade as Gu Tingzhi. He was over forty years old and had several children, the eldest of whom were married and working away from home.
This aunt seems to be surnamed Xue from her maternal family, but here, to make it easier to distinguish, many people call her by her husband's surname, usually calling her Aunt Li or Sister-in-law Li.
Aunt Li's eldest son was older than Meng Fuyan and only two or three years younger than Gu Tingzhi. They already had children, so when Meng Fuyan met Aunt Li, she naturally called her "Auntie."
There are supply and marketing cooperatives and grocery stores inside the military unit, so Meng Fuyan went to buy vegetables.
For the past two days, I've been lazy and haven't wanted to do anything, so I've been eating at my parents' house. Yesterday, I promised the two little ones that I would cook something delicious for them, and we arranged to have lunch at her house today. So, Meng Fuyan came over early to buy some things.
The nanny took the two little ones out for a stroll and happened to run into Meng Fuyan. Knowing that they were going to their sister's house for dinner today, the two little ones immediately ordered the food themselves.
The fish was huge and very conspicuous in the large plastic basin. After seeing it, Dundun stood on a small stool and leaned over the edge of the basin to look at it, extremely excited. "Sister, a big fish!"
It was a very large rectangular plastic basin, taller than Dun Dun's body, filled with more than half a bucket of water, and the fish were all very big; at a glance, it was full of fish.
Meng Fuyan glanced at the fish; it was still very fresh. She asked Dundun, "Want to eat it?"
Dundun nodded immediately, "Yes!"
There's a lot of seafood today, and some shrimp too. Meng Fuyan pointed to the large shrimp and asked, "What about those? Want some?"
Dundun nodded again, "Eat!"
"There are still some spare ribs over there, do you want some?"
Eat!
She's a foodie; she wants to eat everything.
The fish were still alive. Dundun pointed to the biggest one and insisted on buying the largest one.
"Big, big sister..."
The sales clerk was very familiar with the two chubby twins. These days, it's rare to find children who are so fair and chubby. These two little ones often come out to play, and many people in the compound know them.
Seeing that Dundun liked it, the salesperson smiled and said, "We have a lot of seafood today, it's nine cents a pound, no coupons required!"
Rarely encountering someone who doesn't require a ticket, Meng Fuyan immediately said, "I want the biggest one."
The staff immediately grabbed it, weighed it, and it was indeed large, weighing a full 22.5 jin (16.75 kg).
"Where are the shrimp? Do you need a ticket?"
"I don't want that one either, they're the same price."
Actually, sometimes these fish and shrimp aren't that expensive, sometimes as low as seven or eight cents, but since you don't need a coupon, it's understandable that they're a little more expensive.
"Then give me another five pounds of shrimp."
With a large family, both dishes need to be quite flavorful to taste good. Meng Fuyan thought for a moment, then bought some spare ribs and cooked them a little lighter for the two little ones.
They can eat less fish and shrimp.
The ribs are pretty good today, with plenty of meat on them. They're 70 cents a pound, and you have to use meat coupons to buy them.
Pure pork costs only 80 cents, and this kind of pork with bones is naturally not as good as meat, plus it doesn't have any oil, so even fewer people want it.
But there are always those who are well-off and buy them to improve their lives, so the military doesn't supply a lot of these spare ribs, but there are often some available, and Meng Fuyan would buy them whenever she came across them.
I bought two jin of pork ribs and received two jin of meat coupons. The total came to 26.15 yuan.
It wiped out more than half a month's salary for an average person.
Meat products are really expensive these days.
Aunt Li was also nearby. Seeing Meng Fuyan spending so much money on these worthless things, she immediately started grumbling.
"So much money, and you're just buying this cheap stuff? You really don't know how to manage money! How can you do this? Fatty pork is so delicious, and it only costs 80 cents. You could have bought dozens of pounds of meat with this. This is such a waste! Hurry up and change it. There's still a lot of meat over there, and it's top-quality meat with so much fat!"
Meng Fuyan forced a smile, "There are many people in my family, and it's rare to find such fresh fish. The kids also wanted to eat it, so I bought it!"
Aunt Li looked at the twins, their fair and tender little bodies, and said disapprovingly, "These two children are obviously spoiled by the amount of good food they eat. They're just too pampered. How many good things will they have to eat when they grow up? They're so young and they're already eating so much. What will happen if they develop this habit?"
Meng Fuyan's face turned cold. She ignored her and picked up her things, preparing to leave with her younger brother.
Aunt Li was displeased to see that Meng Fuyan was not doing as she was told and was about to leave. She quickly stopped Meng Fuyan, "Hey, hey, what's wrong with you, young lady? I've told you, you can't spoil children like this. All the things you bought with so much money are not worth it. This isn't how you live your life..."
"Auntie, I don't think I spent any of your money. My family is large and we haven't eaten fish in a long time. We just happened to find such good fish. If you like meat, go and buy it. I won't fight you for it. If you want fish, there are plenty over there. You can go and buy it yourself. My family wants to eat fish today."
Aunt Li was displeased after being rebuffed by a young girl. "You think you have a lot of family members? Who are you trying to fool? You just married into the family, right? How can a young couple have a lot of family members?"
Meng Fuyan squinted, feeling that the person in front of her was a bit strange.
“My family also lives in this residential compound. Is it wrong for us to have more people?”
Aunt Li glanced at the twins, a look of understanding on her face. "Oh, I get it. These two are your brothers, right? You're using your husband's family's money to support your own brothers!"
This kind of thing is quite taboo for women of Aunt Li's age, especially middle-aged women with sons, since they all have daughters-in-law.
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