He found an excuse to help Cheng Lixue so that she wouldn't have to go home and become Liu Cuilian's punching bag.
Firstly, Chen Suwen did want to buy chickens and ducks for the New Year, and secondly, she wanted to help her.
Cheng Lixue had no prior conflicts with the original owner of this body, and she had just spoken up for her, so I'll help her out in return.
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January 30th in the Gregorian calendar, the eve of the Lunar New Year.
On this day, Chen Suwen and her whole family were busy together, with Zhou Qingyun and his sons killing chickens and ducks.
Chen Suwen also ordered half of a half-pig from the meat processing plant, made some meat sauce, and is planning to make braised pork hock today.
Of course, the bread oven in the backyard was also put to use.
We're having a barbecue today. We'll make a poached chicken, roast the remaining duck, and grill the pork too.
Sitting not far from the bread oven, Zhou Cunzong peeled and ate tangerines while muttering to his wife that his mother had become much gentler lately.
The tangerines were brought back by Chen Suwen a couple of days ago. She went out on her bicycle that day and came back with two large baskets of tangerines.
There were indeed two large baskets, totaling nearly 100 kilograms of tangerines.
According to his mother, since it's so rare to have fruit to eat during the Lunar New Year, they should buy more.
She also said that she collected them herself in the countryside.
She said that some people in the countryside grow a lot of tangerines on their hills, so she goes there to buy more so she can take them home and eat them as much as she wants.
Tangerines are so addictive that the more you eat them, the more addictive they become. In any case, Zhou Cunzong already had a huge pile of tangerine peels in front of him.
He didn't feel like he was eating too much at all; he kept peeling oranges with his hands.
After peeling a tangerine completely, he put the segments into Shen Wenxiu's mouth.
Is it sweet?
Shen Wenxiu chewed on the tangerine in her mouth and nodded after hearing his question, "It's very sweet and delicious."
Satsuma mandarins are really sweet and delicious.
Decades later, many people still suspect that the mandarins were treated with saccharin, but the fruit farmers are still cursing and complaining.
How much does a pound of mandarin oranges cost? How much does saccharin cost?
They lost a fortune by using saccharin, okay?
After all, tangerines are really cheap in Guangxi Province, and fruit vendors will only offer them a lower price when they buy them.
People would think 10 yuan for three jin is expensive, and might even ask for 10 yuan for five jin.
Satsuma mandarins are just so delicious.
Chen Suwen brought back nearly 100 jin of tangerines yesterday, and only one night, less than 24 hours later, about 30 jin have already been eaten.
If Chen Suwen hadn't said that eating too many tangerines would make their skin more yellow, they might have shown off all the tangerines in one day.
Zhou Cunzong put half of the peeled tangerine into his wife's mouth and the other half into his own.
"Have you noticed? Ever since you gave birth to Shanshan and Xiaohu, Mom's temper has improved a lot."
"Could it be that my mom isn't actually that sexist?"
You know, his mother had completely different attitudes towards the twins who were born together, but now that his wife has given birth to twin daughters, his mother hasn't gotten angry at all.
And in the past few months, it seems his mother has been treating them even better.
"Isn't this good?" Shen Wenxiu glared at him. "Do you want Mom to dislike us daughters?"
"Or do you want Mom to torment and scold me constantly because I gave birth to a daughter, so that you'll be happy?"
"Are you trying to torture me to death so you can quickly find a wife who can give you a son?" Shen Wenxiu pinched Zhou Cunzong's ear and scolded him.
"No, no...that's not what I meant...honey, let me explain..."
Zhou Cunzong was threatened by Shen Wenxiu, who pinched his ear, and he quickly begged for mercy.
When Chen Suwen passed by the couple, he glanced at them briefly, and Shen Wenxiu let go of his hand.
"My temper has improved?" Chen Su looked at her adopted son with a half-smile. "Then do you want to experience your mother's warm, spring-like maternal love?"
Zhou Cunzong seemed to sense danger and quickly shook his head.
No, no, no, his mother is really scary at this moment.
Seeing that he had indeed backed down, Chen Suwen stopped making things difficult for him.
"Go pick some starfruit from the starfruit tree over there at the intersection," Chen Suwen instructed her adopted son, asking him to help with the work.
"Huh? What do you need star fruit for? It doesn't taste good."
There is a starfruit tree at the intersection of Guangming Road, which should be over twenty or nearly thirty years old.
This starfruit tree produces a lot of fruit every year, especially around the Lunar New Year.
But now, almost no one picks the fruit from this starfruit tree.
The reason is simply that this starfruit tree produces sour fruit, not a sweet variety.
Every year, the star fruit that hangs heavy on the branches is mostly picked and eaten by pregnant women who crave sour flavors.
Zhou Cunzong really couldn't understand why his mother wanted him to pick those sour and unpalatable star fruit.
Chen Suwen patted him on the shoulder, "Hurry up and go."
"If you miss the New Year's Eve dinner, I'll teach you a lesson." Chen Suwen slapped him hard again.
In Guangdong Province, especially in Guangzhou, star fruit typically begins to ripen between November and December.
Star fruit has a relatively long fruiting period, and it is a fruit tree with a particularly high yield, so when it bears fruit, the tree is practically covered with fruit.
Chen Suwen once went back to her hometown with her classmates and saw the starfruit tree. She was amazed by the tree being full of starfruit.
Her classmate also said that the starfruit tree wasn't well cared for; it was planted in the yard simply for landscaping purposes so that there would be fruit to eat.
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