Now I heard Mrs. Yuan talking about the situation of the two sisters in the Tang family. Their grandmother wanted to raise the two sisters, and their grandmother also wanted to raise the two sisters. The two old ladies were fighting over it!
Mrs. Yuan: "I heard from the organization that they sent people to investigate the situation. Both families' hometowns are full of children. I guess even if we take the two sisters with us, they probably won't have a good life!"
Teacher Wu: "Oh, this Cuiying is really confused. She's taking good care of her two children and receiving a pension, but why is she so depressed that she can't enjoy her good life and insists on going to a labor camp!"
In the west wing, the low square table that the family used to eat at was now placed here. Several children lay on the table and scribbled on it. Damao was the first one to write seriously.
As Mrs. Yuan was talking, she looked down and saw Damao's handwriting. She began to praise him, "Oh, Damao, come show it to Grandma Yuan. I haven't seen you for a few days. Damao can write now, and your handwriting is so neat!"
It would have been fine if Mrs. Yuan hadn't said anything, but as soon as she said this, Ermao and Xiaobao also came over, vying to show off their "works"!
Su He asked Mrs. Yuan to stay: "Mrs. Yuan, you will be alone at noon, come to our house to eat together!"
Teacher Wu chimed in: "At noon, we have vegetable porridge, not white rice and meat! I'll go get some pot stickers later, with some dried radish, and that's it. It's not a fancy meal, so don't be disgusted!"
Mrs. Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll go get some food from my family. I'm too lazy to cook. Does anyone have any extra food?"
As Mrs. Yuan was talking, she went home to get something.
Teacher Wu muttered, "Dean Yuan's salary is nothing. Even if you have money but no coupons, you can't buy anything even if you go to the supply and marketing cooperative. I don't think Guifang is as bold as you, daring to go to the black market. But we're lucky here. There are farmers in town selling eggs. They even sell hens and roosters that aren't ordered at home! Otherwise, we'd all be short of oil!"
Su He: "Is Dean Yuan's salary very high?"
"Isn't that high? Back then, he was a well-known second-level professor! There are only a few first-level professors in the country, and even fewer second-level ones. He also received a special allowance from the ministry of 100 yuan a month, so his monthly salary was over 30,000 yuan!"
Su He nodded. Dean Yuan's salary was high, but even with special supplies, he would only get two more kilograms of egg coupons, two more kilograms of pork coupons, and a little more sugar and wine.
Sister Yuan's wife is very careful about her reputation and never dares to go to the black shop to exchange things. Besides, her two children are grown up and are not around. Sister Yuan is alone most of the time, so she has to deal with it all day long!
In fact, the Jin family’s lunch is not really dry.
We had vegetable porridge for lunch, but it was filled with a lot of clam meat, some newly grown spinach, and two drops of sesame oil.
The vegetable porridge was simmered on the fire wall stove until it became extremely thick. The rice was even boiled to the point of blooming and seeping into the soup.
The pot stickers are made by Teacher Wu. He kneads the dough, adds a little salt and an egg, and then pulls them into the size of a palm. He then sticks them to the edge of the pot. There is water at the bottom of the pot, and they will be cooked when the water boils.
Su He looked at the pot stickers and muttered, "It would be more delicious if I could stew fish in a big iron pot with pot stickers on the edge of the pot!"
As the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were talking, they prepared to wait for Mrs. Yuan to come and then eat together. Su He had already served the food for the three children and left it to dry to prevent the children from getting burned.
But after waiting for a long time, Mrs. Yuan still didn't come, and both the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law felt uneasy.
Teacher Wu: "You take the three children to eat, I'll go and take a look!"
She put on a thick coat, cotton shoes, and a hat, then went out to the next door. Not long after, Teacher Wu came, but his face didn't look very good!
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