Ever since she lost the money yesterday, her husband has been displeased with her, and even her eldest son is blaming her for not keeping the money properly.
Reluctantly, he took out a handkerchief from his pocket, opened it layer by layer, pulled out a pile of loose change, counted out five dollars and handed it to the policeman.
The police pulled him for a long time before he was willing to let go. The young man was speechless. What had he been doing before? Why did he tear other people's clothes during a fight?
Finally, the police comrade counted them out and handed them over to Mrs. Li.
Old Mrs. Li doesn't care whether the money is in coins or not. She wouldn't care even if the money handed to her is only one cent.
"Thank you, police officers! Thank you, police officers! We ordinary people owe it to you to take charge. We can't let people bully us to death and no one cares."
As he said this, he glanced calmly at Old Lady Liu who was standing aside with an angry look on her face.
After the police officer left, Mrs. Li spat in front of Mrs. Liu, collected the money in her hand again, and then carefully put it into her pocket.
During the whole process, he kept provoking the other party with his eyes, which made Mrs. Liu so angry that if she had not just lost five dollars and still had some rationality, she would have pounced on him again.
"Hey, what's that look in your eyes? If you dare to hit me again, I won't just ask for five dollars next time. I'll ask for fifty or one hundred dollars.
Oh no, how can your family still have this much money? I heard that you lost the money at home. Hahaha, you got your comeuppance! Just wait for your eldest daughter-in-law to quarrel with you.
You've offended several of your sons and daughters-in-law all at once. You won't have anyone to support you in your old age. I think you'd better go back to the countryside and farm. At least you can make a living."
Humph, it was Old Lady Liu who always laughed at her for coming from the countryside. If her sons hadn't been so successful and found jobs in the city one after another, she would never have had the chance to enjoy life in the city.
But who can blame her for the fact that all her sons are filial?
"Your son is good, but what's the point of having more sons? You still can't even give birth to a penis. You should consider that in the future, the Li family will not even have a son to help them.
Your second son will be a bachelor for his entire life, and even if he gets married, he won’t be able to keep a wife.”
If people start quarreling at this moment, it will be like poking each other in the lungs.
But Old Lady Li didn't care. What was wrong with giving birth to a girl? Women hold up half the sky.
Even if her four sons all have daughters in the future, they can stay at home and find sons-in-law. As long as her sons are promising and have money, why would she be worried that her daughters won't be able to find sons-in-law they like?
"Bah, bah, my son is well-off, and you're worried about not being able to find a wife? You should consider whether your daughter-in-law will kick you out of the house. Everyone knows that your daughter-in-law dragged you out to the yard and scolded you for half the night. Oh, if I were you, how could I have the nerve to come out after losing all my face?"
As Old Lady Li spoke, she reached out and patted her face.
As soon as these words were spoken, Old Lady Liu's face flushed red and she was so angry that she almost pounced again.
But Old Mrs. Li stood there calmly and patted her pockets where the money was.
That look seemed to be saying, "Come and hit me if you dare. Let's see how much money you have to pay me."
After watching the excitement, Li Cuiying pulled He Xiaoying away from the crowd.
"The Liu family has been having a lot of bad luck lately, but they deserve it. I think they're just getting their comeuppance. Xiaoying, it's a good thing you were so determined to get a divorce. Otherwise, how would you have lived with him in the future?"
He Xiaoying also felt that this sentence was very correct.
"I've been wondering if my child saved my life. If the child had been born safely, no matter what life his family was going through, I wouldn't have had the courage to divorce him for the sake of the child.
But it's okay. It's unlucky for the child to be born into his family. I will pray for him to be born into a good family in his next life."
He Xiaoying was really glad that the child had not died at birth, because it would have been difficult for her to raise the child.
And given her physical condition, how could she get milk to feed her baby if she didn't have enough to eat all day?
The Liu family would not be willing to cook fine grains into rice porridge to feed her child. Rather than starving to death in his house, it would be better for her to be born into a good family in the next life.
The two planned to take the things they bought back home first and move there after the house over there was habitable.
He Xiaoying didn't have a ticket, but because of her experience and the fact that Li Cuiying took her there, many of the things she bought were defective, which were not only cheap but also did not require a ticket.
I bought a small pot, which is enough for cooking by myself, as well as bowls, chopsticks and plates.
He bought some towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and washbasins, and also some cloth and cotton, and sent them to make two thin quilts for the person.
There's no way around it. At this time, even if you have money and tickets, you can't buy much cotton.
However, if there is a kang in the house, you can still sleep even if the quilt is a little thin. At worst, you just need to make the kang warmer.
He Xiaoying planned to pull some more grass to spread on the bed. This way, it would not only be warm but also would not require a quilt. Then, she would not feel cold if she covered herself with two small quilts.
When I got home, Jiang Mengxue was preparing stir-fry: cabbage stewed with mushrooms and fried potatoes with duck legs.
An Xin and Gu Huaicai were also helping to pick vegetables and peel potatoes.
Take the rice out of the pot and put it on the kang, otherwise it will get cold if left outside in a short while.
Of course, it is impossible to visit someone without bringing food. An Xin brought two bowls of flour, which is a mixture of Job's tears and sorghum flour, and Gu Huai brought a big bag of dried sweet potatoes that she had dried herself.
In fact, the food supply for urban residents is not much now, only 30 kilograms per person.
Some heavy physically demanding jobs will require more food, but the maximum amount will not exceed 40 kilograms.
This is equivalent to a person's daily ration of only one kilogram, so everyone's daily food intake is fixed. If you eat one more bite at today's meal, you will have to eat one less bite at the next meal, otherwise you will not be able to finish the ration until the end of the month.
The food ration of urban residents is 30% fine grains and 70% coarse grains. Most people would give up fine grains and replace them all with coarse grains. Ten kilograms of fine grains can be exchanged for thirty kilograms of coarse grains, which can feed one more person.
Jiang Mengxue found it difficult to adapt to eating coarse grains every day for a long time.
She didn't understand before and thought that eating whole grains was good for health and there was nothing wrong with eating them every day.
But when I really came to this era, I found that it was not that easy. The so-called coarse grains now can be called fine grains.
You can eat cornmeal pancakes, sorghum flour, or sweet potato flour for three meals a day, and it won’t take long before you have enough to eat in a day.
Moreover, the so-called flour is not particularly fine. Most of it is flour with particles, and the shells may not be removed completely. In short, the taste is difficult to swallow.
The rice I made for lunch today was mixed with some millet and broken rice, and a lot of dried sweet potatoes that Gu Huaicai brought. It wasn't delicious but it was pretty good. This is the only dry meal we can have when relatives come to our house.
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