The dishes were a fried hairtail, a stewed mackerel, a stewed vegetable dish with tofu, and a dish of winter melon with dried shrimps.
There were many people, but the dishes were all very large, served in large bowls. When the family was eating, Aunt Su He specially steamed a bowl of egg custard for Xiaobao.
Su He was very happy to see that this auntie was giving Xiaobao special treatment.
The old lady also took out a small basket from behind the kitchen stove, which contained several scallion pancakes. She gave one to each of the four older children, and the adults got no share.
The six-year-old child of the Tong family is named Tong Dahai, and the four-year-old is named Tong Xiaohai. They are both nicknames. Tong Min said that their full names will be given to them when they start school.
Dahai and Xiaohai felt that they had two new friends at home, and they were very happy at first. But when they saw that the two brothers Damao and Xiaomao also got scallion pancakes, they felt that the arrival of the two friends had taken away the scallion pancakes that belonged to them, and they became a little unhappy.
Tong Min glared at the two children and told them not to complain, saying that the children did not understand and it was the adults who lost face.
Aunt Su He was a clear-headed old lady. She said directly to her two grandsons, "Oh, Da Mao and Ma Mao brought egg cakes, milk candies, brown sugar, and cloth. Leave these for them to take back. Dahai and Xiaohai will only need the scallion pancakes. They won't need anything else!"
The two brothers, Dahai and Xiaohai, exchanged a glance and spoke in unison, "Da Mao and Xiao Hai, thank you for the gifts! Eat the scallion pancakes while they're hot! They're made with white flour, and my grandma makes them especially delicious!"
I was not in good spirits when I got off the train, but after having dinner and seeing my friends, I became more energetic.
However, Su He didn't know much about this place, so she just told them not to leave the yard and they could only play with Dahai and Xiaohai in the yard.
This room, which served as both a dining room and a living room, had a curtain hanging in the middle, near the back. It was obvious that Aunt Su He slept behind the curtain. The room inside was occupied by Tong Min's family of four.
The houses in this modern city are not spacious. A family with two rooms like this is considered to be relatively well-off. It is not uncommon for a large family to live in ten rooms!
Xiaobao fell asleep in Su He's arms. The four boys were playing in the yard. They were given egg cakes to play with, and they were told not to leave the gate, so they stayed there obediently.
Aunt Su He asked her to put Xiaobao on the bed, clean up the dishes on the table, and change the water. My cousin's wife also took out the sugar jar and added a spoonful of sugar to each bowl.
Su He didn't want to drink the sugar water and refused it, saying that they were short of water on the road. Instead of drinking the sugar water, she would just add a little salt to the water to make it taste better.
After hearing what she said, her cousin's wife went to the kitchen next door to get a bowl, poured a pinch of salt into the bowl, brought it back, and let Su He put it in herself.
Su He pinched a few grains of coarse salt and put them into the water. She had been on the train for a whole day and night, and it was summer, so she was sweating a lot. It would be appropriate for her to drink some salt water. She really couldn't drink sugar water.
Jin Weiguo saw her putting salt into the water, and followed her example by putting two grains of salt in.
Several adults were talking around the table. When it came to Teacher Wu's name, Aunt Su He actually knew who Xiao Wu was.
The old lady was so angry that she gritted her teeth before she even opened her mouth, and then she talked about the "Little Wuzi" who reported Teacher Wu!
From this aunt, Su He finally understood what her mother-in-law had said. It was really frustrating!
After hearing this, her fists stiffened! She really wanted to pick up a knife and chop that shameless old man!
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