The family finished breakfast at 6:30. After the child’s father went to school, Xu Xiangjuan made four more and sent them to her parents.
She knows that her mother has a sharp tongue but a soft heart.
There are four children in their family, two older brothers and one older sister. She is the youngest in the family. Her parents are very good to her. After her brothers and sisters left home, they never forgot to send things home. She would receive at least one package a month.
Her father is a bit chauvinistic, and his uncle's family always keeps an eye on the things that his brothers and sisters send to his parents. Although her mother is strong, she dare not argue with her father. There are always things occupied by his uncle's family. How could Xu Xiangjuan just watch her father send things away?
I remember when she was about to give birth to a baby, her sister sent her two cans of foreign milk powder. This stuff is so valuable, but one can was actually taken by her uncle's family.
Her mother had a fight with her father that day. After the fight, she came to her house to talk about it, and specifically mentioned that she and her father had had a fight, but her mother had never had a fight with her father before.
This milk powder is so refined and expensive, better than malted milk. Her aunt is not an easy person to deal with. She always instigates her uncle to come to the house to ask for things. Her uncle's family remembers when her brothers and sisters sent things better than their own family.
Before getting married, Xu Xiangjuan kept an eye on the things sent by her brothers and sisters. When she was still a girl, she could not take advantage of her uncle's family at all, and if they did, she would snatch them back.
After she got married, since they lived in the same village, she still kept in touch with her parents' home and kept the things sent by her brothers and sisters.
She used to assume that the packages sent by her brothers and sisters were hers, and she protected them like a child. She would not give them to anyone else except her parents. If her uncle's family tried to take advantage of them, she would drive them away.
She was still ignorant before she got married, but after she got married, her aunt directly called her a shrew. The men in the family couldn't stand her and they quarreled with her all day long.
Xu Xiangjuan ignored the gossip at that time, and she doesn't care about it now. As long as she doesn't take her things, she can say whatever she wants.
A can of milk powder was stolen. She remembered that she went to the store with her mother to get it back despite her big belly. Fortunately, they went early, otherwise the can of milk powder would have been stolen.
She wasn't embarrassed to snatch back her family's things. Her father said how could she take back things that had been given away, and it was embarrassing for her wife and children to snatch them back.
At that time, her father wanted to scold her, but she scolded him back so harshly that he was scared.
Dad only acts like a bear in front of Mom. In front of his grown-up children, he is just a bleating sheep.
Her mother said at the time that the baby in her belly would definitely be born strong. Even though she was making so much noise and scolding, there was no movement except for kicking her mother's belly a few times.
After her husband passed away, her parents used the money to support her with the funeral and raising the children.
But until the accident, her parents were still alive and well. Thinking back, she was quite ignorant when she was young. She only took things from home and rarely went out.
Niu Niu was still sleeping, and Xu Xiangjuan took Gua Gua to her grandmother's house.
At this time, people in the countryside get up early. Those who sleep in are considered lazy and will be talked about by the villagers and have a bad reputation.
"You send them home all day long, so what do you want to ask your brother and sister for?" A bowl of chicken last night and an egg pancake this morning.
I'm afraid he doesn't want to ask his older brothers and sisters for things, so he starts with his parents first.
She peeled a piece of fruit candy and fed it to her little granddaughter. In Wu Caifeng's eyes, her daughter was a person who would not do anything without benefits.
But now only the youngest daughter is with the old couple, so of course the good things should be given to the daughter. They would rather move all the things to their daughter's home than let their younger brother and sister-in-law take away even a piece of candy or a grain of rice.
"Grandma and Grandpa, eat it. It's delicious. My good mother made it." After eating the omelet and a candy, Gua Gua quickly said to his grandparents.
She was full, and since she would have food every day, she would not snatch food from her grandparents anymore.
Since her mother thinks she has a purpose, then just assume that she has a purpose. It just so happens that bicycles still require tickets now, and they won't be needed in a year or two. If you want to buy one, just buy it now, and there's no need to wait until then.
Although it is said that wages have increased in the past few years, bicycles are no longer rare and have gradually become cheaper, but it is better to buy one as soon as possible. There is no need to wait for several years to buy it. It is useful now. "We still need a bicycle ticket to buy a bicycle in our county. Mom, I will write a letter to my eldest brother and ask him to send a bicycle ticket next time he sends something. I want to buy a bicycle."
Wu Caifeng refused to agree when she heard that she wanted to buy a bicycle. "He wants to buy it? No matter how expensive the bicycle is, he has to buy it? Forget it! Don't think that I can write a letter to your eldest brother because I can't read. Even if your eldest brother sends the ticket, I will tear it up and not give it to you. What, that poor boy is rich now? He is not willing to walk a few steps, and he wants to use my daughter's money to buy a bicycle? You wish!"
He doesn't even have 32 legs, but he got her daughter and a nice yard to live in for 800 yuan. This poor boy is so lucky, and now he even dares to dream of a bicycle!
In fact, electrical appliances appeared in the 1980s, and the bride price was considered an electrical appliance, which was more expensive. However, the older generation in rural areas still only recognized the three turns, one sound and 32 legs.
Zhou Chengning actually gave Xu Xiangjuan 1,200 yuan, which was enough to buy 32 legs of the three-turn and one-ring machine. But Wu Caifeng refused to listen and insisted on 800 yuan. The remaining 400 yuan must have been given to her to save face and cheat her mother. Besides, 800 yuan was not as practical as the old trick above.
It was impossible for Xu Xiangjuan to show her mother the twelve hundred yuan. Given her mother's prejudice against Aning, she would think that the four hundred yuan was from her own pocket. She was too lazy to say anything. She was the one who had to live her life anyway, so she didn't take it seriously.
Xu Xiangjuan knew that it would not be easy to change her mother's opinion of her son-in-law. It was only when her husband was about to die in her previous life that her mother finally admitted that Cheng Ning had suffered too much in this life.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Mom, how could he want to buy it? If he wants to buy it, I will buy it for him? It's a bargain for him! If I really want to buy it, and I can ride a bicycle, I usually let the child's father take me here and there, so that I don't have to walk to wear out my shoes."
Speaking of shoes, it's October and the weather is getting colder, so I have to knit sweaters for the two children, one big and one small. I used to make woolen shoes for the smaller one, but she didn't make shoes for the older one because she thought her feet were too big and it would be a waste of wool. In the past, when it was cold in winter, her husband would always wear a few more pairs of thin socks with many holes, and wear cloth shoes or Liberation shoes on the outside.
She bought her husband's first pair of cotton shoes because that winter was too cold and his heels got frostbite and he couldn't sleep well at night.
These cotton shoes are not as thick and warm as the woolen shoes she made. When the children grew up and had their own financial ability, she didn't feel sorry for the wool and made woolen shoes for them. But they didn't wear them because they were ugly and couldn't go out. They bought cotton and velvet boots instead.
The daughter is so smart, and the son-in-law is a coward. He is afraid of his wife at home and outside. It is indeed unlikely that he would want to buy a bicycle. Moreover, it is even more impossible that he wanted to buy one and her daughter agreed. "Okay, just write a letter and tell your brother."
Her mother has the habit of hoarding wool, and a lot of it was sent by her brothers and sisters.
Women in their generation like to stock up, so she doesn't have to buy wool specifically. "Mom, winter is almost here. Look, you've knitted a lot of sweaters for Dad and yourself. My little Guagua doesn't even have a sweater to wear yet. I have to knit socks for Niu Niu too."
"Don't send me food anymore. Sending me food is bad luck. I owe you."
"Aren't daughters born to collect debts?" Xu Gensheng had almost finished his second egg pancake.
Afraid that her husband would have finished his meal, Wu Caifeng grabbed an egg pancake and ate it. After a few bites, she said nothing else.
Her mother was indeed good at hoarding wool, both thick and thin, soft and hard, all filled a large wooden box. Xu Xiangjuan selected several balls and put them in a woven bag to take home.
After returning home, Xu Xiangjuan found the steamer, washed it, and dried it in the sun. She kneaded the dough and let it rest before starting to prepare lunch. She cooked porridge, heated up the leftover stewed chicken from yesterday, and fried a plate of cowpeas.
When her husband was not at home and Guagua was still a little kid, she had to do all the work by herself. She had to go to the vegetable garden to cut the cowpeas hanging on the vegetable rack, cook and wash dishes by herself.
It’s been a while since I’ve put so much effort into cooking a meal.
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