"But the company can only grant me two months of leave." Cheng Zhenyu took a big mouthful of rice and looked at her mother. "Mom, since you're retired now, why don't you help me take care of the baby? I can pay you, but your wife didn't..."
Hearing her eldest daughter say that she would give her money, Zhao Fangrui held her breath. Could it be that she was after the few dollars from her eldest daughter?
Also, her eldest daughter's words were really unpleasant to hear. As her mother, I knew her temper, so I just listened to it and let it go. If Xiaomei heard this, she would definitely feel uncomfortable.
Cheng Zhenyu ignored his mother's expression and said to himself, "Jiawang wants me to just stay at home and take care of the kids, saying that his salary is enough to support all of us.
But I'm doing a good job, why should I leave? Being able to support someone doesn't mean they're doing it well. I don't want to live a life where I rely on a man for money and have to make ends meet every month! Mom, you're my mom, and Little Lion is your grandson..."
Cheng Zhenzhu listened to her elder sister's words and actually felt a bit of modern women's ideas. Earn your own money and spend it yourself. On this point, her elder sister was quite clear-headed. But mother really should have a good rest...
"How about finding a nanny to help?" Cheng Zhenzhu suggested. In modern times, if a working woman doesn't have anyone to help with childcare, she usually hires a nanny. Even in this era, there are similar jobs.
"Looking for Mom?" Zhao Fangrui and Cheng Zhenyu exclaimed in surprise.
"That's what I said. This idea still needs to be decided by you, elder sister and brother-in-law..."
"Then I'll have to think about it carefully." Cheng Zhenyu fell into deep thought. Her eldest sister's suggestion was not bad, but it was not easy to find a nanny. And what if she found someone like her mother-in-law?
But his mother didn't want to take care of him, and she didn't want to take care of him either, so she had to find someone to take care of him...
There was a long silence, and the topic was dropped for now. Zhao Fangrui and Cheng Zhenzhu didn't stay long, carrying their empty bowls and heading home. When they reached the yard, they saw a group of children circling around two buckets.
"What's in the bucket?" asked Zhao Fangrui.
"Zhenbao brought back some loaches and eels." Wang Xiaomei said while holding her little girl who had just changed her clothes.
This little girl in her family was very brave. She just went into the bucket and fished with both hands. Her brothers only fished out loaches...
"Eel?" Cheng Zhenzhu was a little surprised when she heard the word. She walked over to take a look and saw that there was half a bucket of eel.
"Mom, this one is so ugly, even uglier than a loach~" San Tiao was a little disgusted with the eel. Although loach was also ugly, but it was delicious, so he didn't dislike it.
"It's really ugly!" Liu Tiao was disgusted and threw it aside after pulling it, and went to play with loaches. He wanted to eat loaches, and the loaches made by his mother were the best.
"Ugly? This is called yellow eel, and it's delicious. It's delicious whether you fry it with scallions, ginger, sugar, wine, and soy sauce, or steam it, stir-fry it, or shred it by hand." Cheng Zhenzhu tempted the children. Although, she also thought it was a bit ugly.
When the children heard this, their eyes lit up and they stared at the eel bucket with gloomy eyes, their saliva starting to water.
"Mom, I want to eat it! I don't feel sick about it." As he said that, Liu Tiao took out a big one with one hand, his eyes shining.
This is a real little foodie...
"Then I'll make it for you tonight. First, keep it in water and don't let it get killed." Cheng Zhenzhu brought two buckets to the kitchen and sprinkled some seaweed mud on the side.
......
In anticipation of the delicious ugly eel that evening, the children all went on a hunger strike in the afternoon. Liu Tiao couldn't resist, so he grabbed two sweet potato strips and sat by to watch his mother kill the eel.
"Mom, aren't we eating loaches today?" Yi Tiao couldn't help asking when he saw that his mother only killed eels and didn't move the loach bucket.
"Want to eat loach?" Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the children standing in a row with amusement.
"I want to eat!" The five kids nodded in unison.
Seven and Eight had never eaten loaches before. Looking at the black bugs, they couldn't say "I want to eat them".
Six saw that the team was not in order! He stuffed two sweet potato strips into his mouth and immediately nodded to Seven and Eight.
"Tell me what you want to eat, and then mom will make plenty~" said Liu Tiao cleverly.
"I want to~" Seven and Eight covered their chests, saying something they didn't really want to eat. They didn't really want to eat these black, smelly bugs, and they didn't look like they had any meat. That big black bug had meat...
"Okay, I'll make it if you want, but you have to peel it yourself. Mom still has to deal with the eels."
"Okay!" Yitiao nodded, and after counting the number of people, he arranged for his brothers to peel loaches in an orderly manner. Qitiao and Batiao also quickly arranged their positions. As for grandma and aunt, they could go and rest. Xiaolu sister just needed to leave them alone...
The seventh and eighth fish were still small after all, and they had never tasted loaches, so they thought they were just black little bugs that were slippery and difficult to catch. It took them a long time to catch one, and in the end they were pushed aside by the sixth fish because they were dissatisfied with its slow movements.
"Seven, eight. Just watch me peeling them and don't make any trouble." Liu Tiao said like an elder brother while peeling loaches.
Cheng Zhenzhu, who was processing eels nearby, was overjoyed. Last year, Liu Tiao was shunned aside. This year, the little guy has grown up, can do some work, and has younger brothers, so he's now scolding people. From the tone of his voice, he seems quite arrogant...
The seven and eight brothers looked at each other, then tacitly moved their stools over to their one brother's side. They'd seen that the six brother was the slowest, even slower than the three brother, and not as clean...
Hey! These two little bastards! Six "swoosh" four eyes, and a little brother "swoosh" two eyes. I decided not to bother with them for now.
"Okay, that's enough, stop it..." The big one and seven children started working together. After two hours, they had processed a lot of eels and loaches. Cheng Zhenzhu saw that it was getting dark and called the children to a halt.
"Mom, are we ready?" The children washed their hands and gathered around with anticipation on their faces.
"Do it, do it right away." Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the two large pots, planning to stir-fry one and braise the other. She would also stir-fry shredded potatoes with vinegar, stir-fry cucumbers with meat, stew eggplant, and add another pot of tomatoes with sugar.
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