On the wood stove, the chicken in the pot is stuffed with small flower rolls, giving off an enticing aroma.
They were all there. The small steamed buns were taken out and placed on a plate. Li Qingmei then sprinkled in the red and green chilies that her daughter had cut in advance, stirred them evenly, and served them out.
"Wow~ my sister-in-law's cooking skills are getting better and better." Qiu Jianjun felt his appetite grow wild just by smelling the food.
"This was done by Yuling. I just gave her the blame." Li Qingmei was not worth stealing the child for such a small amount of credit.
"Our Yuling really lives up to that saying... By the way, she's good at both housework and the living room. I wonder what kind of young man will be worthy of our daughter in the future."
Qiu Yuling smiled, but secretly complained in her heart. It was a traditional Chinese tradition. When children were young, they were asked about their studies. When they were older, they were asked about their work. After they started working, they were asked about their partners. Then the cycle continued: asking about having children, their children's studies, their children's work, and finally their children's partners...
She didn't pretend to be shy and toasted her uncle, "Uncle, thank you for taking care of our family over the years. Your niece is in the wine."
Wow, he did it just by stiffening his niece's neck. Not only was Qiu Jianjun stunned, but even Qiu Jianshe was anxious.
"What's wrong? Is your throat spicy? Eat the food first. You are a girl, you don't drink this. Eat, eat. Your uncle is not a stranger..."
"Oh, yes, I'm not a stranger, it's unbecoming for me to do these things. Girls are not allowed to drink like this outside, remember?" Qiu Jianjun was also shocked, and then he raised his head and drank the wine that his niece offered him.
It took him a while to control himself and he didn't cough. He quickly scooped out a mouthful of rice to calm himself down. He was almost worse than a little girl.
At the dinner table, people naturally talked about Old Wang's daughter.
"Brother, that's right. You meet Captain Wang a lot, so reply first and tell him that we're also interested in this marriage. Let's have someone prepare and we'll find time to finalize it."
After Li Qingmei finished speaking, Qiu Jianjun slapped his thigh and agreed. "The Wang family is truly amazing. Their eldest son, like our Dahe, is also in the army. They have a harmonious family tradition and their children are accomplished. They're a perfect match for our Dashu."
Qiu Jianshe hesitated for a moment, "Is it Yuling's elementary school classmate?" The one who was making so much noise?
Li Qingmei nodded. "He's been to our house quite a few times. You've seen him before. He's not a mean person, and his personality is quite good."
"It's not enough for us to think about it. We have to ask our Dashu if it can be done. Firstly, the girl is still young. Secondly, she has been spoiled by her family. I'm afraid she must be tired from living like this." Qiu Jianshe rarely spoke, but every word he said was to the point.
Li Qingmei raised her eyelids and told him to help his cousin eat. "Can you force a cow to drink water if it doesn't want to?"
I'm annoyed that he never worries about the right thing. Your son is unhappy, so what can I do about it?
Qiu Jianjun then continued, "That's good. In my opinion, this is really a good marriage. It's much easier to get along with than those delicate girls out there. You don't know that the higher-ups sent a batch of educated youth children to Chengguan Commune, both boys and girls, and they were so delicate..."
During the time it took to have a meal, she had secretly planned everything about her third brother's marriage. Qiu Yuling found it both interesting and boring.
Not wanting to get involved, he got up and found something to do.
It just so happened that she brought some glutinous rice when she came today. She originally wanted to ask her mother to make oil cakes to wrap the rice dumplings, but she found out that her mother had already made it in advance, so she had some left over.
But today, after drinking a cup of white wine, I suddenly felt craving for some fermented glutinous rice.
Get started right away. Steam the washed glutinous rice, take it out while it's still hot and pour it into cooled boiled water. Spread the glutinous rice to cool it down, then filter it with a colander and place it in a small covered basin.
He put a little sweet wine yeast in it, mixed it evenly, pressed it flat, poked a hole in the middle, covered it with a lid, wrapped it with the soft cloth that Qiu's mother used to cover steamed buns, and brought it into the kitchen.
When she finished her work and came out, her third brother had already sent her drunk cousin back.
"Mom, these are the rice dumplings that my aunt asked me to bring back. I couldn't refuse, so I took them." Qiu Dashu handed the things to his mother and asked, "Where is his sister?"
"It's okay, just leave it there. I also sent some to your aunt yesterday. Your younger sister was here just now, but now she must have gone to the toilet in the backyard.
"Are you still hungry now? I'll roll one for you?"
"No, I can't eat anything. It's my first time drinking, and I'm still a little dizzy."
"Then go in and sleep. There's nothing you can do to help, and there's no point in standing here."
"Mom, I'll get you some good things." After saying that, Qiu Dashu happily went to get his luggage.
"Here, this is the money I saved this year. I'm giving it all to you. Here are the tickets. I've used up the ones that are about to expire. These are still early. You can keep them and use them wisely..."
There was also a bag of various labor protection supplies, which he took out one by one and presented to his mother as a treasure.
"From now on, you and my dad should be more careful and stop trying to earn full work points. I'm here for you."
Li Qingmei didn't argue with the drunkard and counted the bills twice. "One hundred and sixty-nine yuan, two rubber shoe coupons, five soap coupons, two towel coupons, how come there are two bath coupons?"
"Oh, I misplaced the bath ticket. Please give it to me. We don't need it here. It belongs to the factory."
Hearing this, Li Qingmei pulled it out and handed it to him, "It's better than your brothers. You have a hand like mine, and you can save things."
"That's right, grandma always said that I look most like my mother." Qiu Dashu packed the bath ticket and replied with a smile.
Qiu Yuling turned a corner and overheard the conversation between her mother and her third brother. "Let me see if your most promising child has been replaced by someone else."
Li Qingmei paused, and she ran away after saying "I'm going to check the accounts."
"Third brother, you didn't leave any for yourself?"
"No, I will get rich next month. My parents raised me up so much, so I should take advantage of the fact that your third brother hasn't gotten married yet and show my filial respect to them for a few more years."
"You are very conscious. Are you pointing at me?"
Qiu Dashu laughed, "No, Third Brother wanted to tell you that you are a girl, you don't need to be like your brothers, supporting the family is what we men should do.
"Just spend your share on yourself. The female workers in the factory are all very good at dressing up. On their days off, their skirts are so big..." He said as he stretched out his arms to show Qiu Yuling.
"I was thinking of buying you one like that someday."
"Have you bought it?"
"Wait a minute." Then he stood up and went to get something.
Qiu Yuling opened her mouth. She was just joking, but she didn't expect that he would actually buy it.
"Here, try it on. It's the most popular among the female workers in the factory."
Qiu Yuling took it and it was a red checkered dress with a white collar, puff sleeves, and a wide hem with a cinched waist.
Li Qingmei stood up without knowing when. "Go try it on and see if it fits. Your third brother has good taste. It seems like our Yuling has never worn a skirt even after growing up."
Qiu Yuling jumped off the stool and onto the ground. "Well, the first floral dress in my life was bought by my third brother!"
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