Chapter 230 Geng Changqing comes to pay
New Year's greetings The New Year's Eve dinner was still the same as last year. Each family brought some meat, and everyone cooked it together at the old man's house and had a reunion dinner.
Su Mo brought fish and mutton this year, and made braised fish and mutton soup; the eldest wife brought a chicken this year and made chestnut stewed chicken; the second wife brought a rabbit and a portion of pork, and made braised rabbit meat and steamed pork with rice flour.
Seeing that the three daughters-in-law all brought so much meat, Li Yue'e prepared meat-wrapped dumplings, then chopped the stuffing and asked Su Mo to make pancakes.
The dinner was also hot and noisy.
After the meal, it was time to pay New Year's greetings. Each family paid New Year's greetings and gave out red envelopes in turn. The younger generation had to kowtow, and the two little ones were still too young, so Su Mo taught them to bow with their hands.
Not to mention, he acted very well and made the adults laugh.
Maybe it was the first time that An An felt such an atmosphere. Today, An An was very well behaved and cooperated with everything. He did whatever he was told to do.
The family gathered at Lu's house until about ten o'clock. Seeing that the children were sleepy, they went home.
Lu Xiaolan had been living with Su Mo recently, so she went back with Su Mo.
When they arrived at Su Mo's house, Lu Xiaolan took out two more red envelopes and stuffed them into the hands of the two little ones.
"Xiaolan, I gave it to you just now, why are you giving it again?" Su Mo waved her hand, wanting to take the red envelope back to Lu Xiaolan.
Since Lu Xiaolan got divorced and returned to her parents' home, she has been paying 15 yuan for food every month. She only gets 24 yuan in salary, and she also buys things for the family. How much money can she save?
Lu Xiaolan held Su Mo back, "Sister-in-law, don't, this is my intention as an aunt. This year, I really troubled you and my third brother."
"Xiaolan, we are a family, don't say such things."
"Yes." Lu Xiaolan nodded, "It is my blessing to have a family like you."
During the three-day holiday for the Chinese New Year, the service industry such as the supply and marketing cooperative does not have holidays. Tomorrow is Lu Xiaolan's turn to be on duty. After Lu Xiaolan fetched water and washed up, she went to bed to rest.
An An Le Le was also sleepy, and fell asleep not long after returning.
Su Mo couldn't fall asleep for a while, so she opened the red envelopes of the two little ones.
There were four two-yuan envelopes, which should be from the first and second wives. They probably saw that she had given two yuan last year, so they gave the two little ones two yuan this year. Two
one-yuan envelopes were given by Lu Xiaolan for the first time.
There were also four ten-yuan envelopes, which were given by Lu Boming and Lu Qing'an.
I don't know if everyone gave the same amount, or only hers were a little more generous. If everyone gave the same amount, with seven grandchildren in the family, the older generation would have to spend a lot of money to give out red envelopes.
Su Mo also opened the two envelopes that Lu Xiaolan had just given her, which were also ten yuan each. Su Mo sighed, this almost cost Lu Xiaolan a month's salary.
Thinking that there was still a lot of cloth that her aunt had brought over before, Su Mo prepared to ask Li Yue'e to take a piece of cloth and make a new dress for Lu Xiaolan.
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On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Lu Xiaolan went to work after breakfast.
In the commune supply and marketing cooperative, everyone had to work two days. Lu Xiaolan didn't have to go back to her parents' home this year, so she worked the first and second days of the New Year and rested on the third day.
Su Mo also got up early in the morning to work. She first cooked bone porridge for two little guys on the small stove, and then stewed the mutton bought from the supply and marketing cooperative.
The weather this year is particularly cold, and when Uncle Geng comes, she can drink a bowl of hot mutton soup first.
After finishing, Su Mo returned to the room and saw that An An had stood up and was walking tremblingly on the kang. Le Le was sitting on the side, clapping his little hands to cheer for his sister.
My sister An is so great. She is only seven months old and she has already started to walk.
An An also walks for a while, sits down to rest for a while, and then continues to walk. Even if she falls, she gets up and continues. She seems to be a hard-working person.
"An An, take a rest when you are tired. Your limbs are still weak now. Don't hurt yourself." Su Mo watched for a while and reminded.
An An nodded, walked for a while, and then sat down to rest.
Then, looking at Su Mo, she moved her lips several times before saying, "Mom, I'm hungry."
Su Mo has excellent eyesight. After seeing An An shout out "Mom", her ears quickly turned red, and she laughed. An An's ears turned even redder when she saw Su Mo laughing.
Seeing her mother smile, Lele quickly crawled to sit beside her sister and imitated her sister, "Mom, I'm hungry."
"Okay, I get it. Baby An'an can speak today, she deserves praise." Su Mo smiled and went out, took out the steamed eggs that she had made for the two little ones in the morning, took a small spoon, and fed them to the two little ones one spoonful at a time.
In the middle of the morning, Geng Changqing came over with a lot of things. With him came his guard.
Su Mo said yesterday that Geng Changqing would come today and asked the three elders to have dinner at her place. Li Yue'e was already here at this time. When she saw Geng Changqing coming, she greeted him and went back to call Lu Qing'an and the others.
Su Mo had already heated up the kang in the west room early in the morning. It was warm now. Su Mo welcomed them into the west room and brought two bowls of hot mutton soup for them to drink to warm up their bodies.
After Lu Boming and the others came over, Su Mo asked them to chat in the west room and put the child in the west room for them to look after. She and Li Yue'e started to cook.
The mutton soup was already soft. Before the holiday, Su Mo bought a big fat chicken at the supply and marketing cooperative and divided it into two halves. She used one half to make chestnut braised chicken and the other half to stew mushroom vermicelli on a small stove. She also made braised pork.
Geng Changqing brought beef. Su Mo had just sprouted bean sprouts before the New Year, so she made boiled beef.
In this day and age, cattle are good partners of farmers, so beef is very rare and hard to come by. Su Mo had been in the book for more than a year, but this was the first time she had eaten beef.
Then she fried two large pots of green vegetables, and the staple food was rice.
Geng Changqing's guards were so happy with the food. They usually ate in the cafeteria, and only went to the state-owned hotel occasionally for a bite. Secretary Geng's niece's cooking skills seemed much better than the chefs in the state-owned hotels.
Geng Changqing was also busy, and after dinner he had to go to the city later. The three elders didn't bother them too much, and after dinner they chatted for a while and then went back.
After the others left, Geng Changqing signaled the guards to wait for him outside the car, and then he took out three red envelopes, and gave the obviously thicker one to Su Mo, and the other two to the two little ones.
"New Year's money." Geng Changqing said with a smile, "I've been busy lately and haven't been able to take care of you. I heard from Changzheng that you also want to be transferred to Guangzhou with the army?"
Su Mo nodded.
"It's been a month now. Has he heard about your work arrangements?"
Su Mo shook her head, "There is no news yet. He called half a month ago and said he was going to special training. He hasn't called me yet, so he probably hasn't finished the special training yet."
"I do have a job here. The Foreign Trade Center in Yangcheng needs translators. If you want to go, I can recommend you."
"However, I can't guarantee whether this job can be successful. It all depends on you." After all, the job of translation is not something that anyone can do. You must have the ability to do it.
"If you want to go, I will ask them to send a sample manuscript, and you can translate it and send it back. If there is no problem, they will send you an exam notice. You can only arrange a job for you after you pass the exam."
Su Mo's eyes lit up. This is a good job. It is not only what she is good at, but also allows her to get in touch with things outside and accumulate a network of relationships. After the reform and opening up, she will have ready-made relationships to use.
"I want to go, Uncle Geng, please recommend it." Su Mo nodded vigorously.
Geng Changqing smiled, "Okay, then you wait for my news."
"I have to go to the city for something, so I'm leaving first. It's cold outside and the child is still in the house, so don't send him." After saying that, he left with the guard.