As the old saying goes, a big tree has branches, and a big people have families.
For a large family like the Fu family, with a large number of grandchildren in the third generation, the family should be divided after the youngest son gets married.
Su Ruanruan thought so in her heart, but she also knew that she couldn't say this.
The older generation likes to live together as a whole family; it is lively and looks like a prosperous family.
Even if there are frictions when a big family lives together, every life has its ups and downs. If an arm is broken, just hide it in your sleeve, sleep on it and wake up, and life can go on as usual.
Not only Fu Chunshan and Wang Maoni were unwilling to split up the family, but none of the six brothers in the Fu family, including their wives, wanted to split up the family.
As long as they don't split up, they will all live in the captain's house.
Although Fu Chunshan's personality is such that he would not abuse his power to benefit his family, he could still get more advantages than others in some big and small matters.
Once the family is divided, it’s another matter.
After Su Runrun sorted out the original owner's memories, she knew that separation was impossible, so she only wanted to follow Fu Wenjing to the army.
As long as she goes with the army, it doesn't matter to her whether the family is divided or not.
When she went to join the army, the emperor was far away and the mountains were high. Communication was not well developed at that time, so there was no chance of contact at all, let alone any friction and conflict.
As for not dividing the family, Su Runrun didn't care at all as long as she had to send back half of Fu Wenjing's allowance every month.
She has just come here, and it is not easy for her to have many acquaintances here. But after she joins the army, she will have Taojin with her, so she won't have to worry about money at all.
The only problem now is how to follow Fu Wenjing to join the army.
The two had only been married for one day, and Su Ruanruan was not sure whether it was appropriate to bring up this matter with Fu Wenjing now.
Would Fu Wenjing want her to follow the army?
Or he would feel that he could not be filial to his parents and wanted to keep her as his daughter-in-law to take care of his parents on his behalf.
After all, in this era, many men have this idea.
"Ruanruan, what are you thinking about? It's time to eat!"
Hearing Fu Wenjing's voice, Su Ruanruan pulled herself out of her thoughts and looked towards the door, "I'll be right there."
While agreeing, Su Ruanruan stood up and walked quickly towards the door.
Just as she reached the door, Su Runrun heard Li Laidie's voice again.
"Seventh brother's wife has to be called even for meals. If you don't know her, you might think she's the eldest daughter of some capitalist!"
In this era, calling someone a capitalist's daughter is no different from cursing them to death.
Su Ruanruan's face turned cold. "Our Su family has been poor peasants for eight generations, and we have never produced any capitalists, let alone what the daughters of capitalists look like. Second sister-in-law opened her mouth and asked, have you ever been the daughter of a capitalist? Otherwise, how would you know what the eldest daughter of a capitalist looks like?"
"you!"
Li Laidie was so angry that her eyes almost popped out of her head. Just as she was about to retort, she was stopped by Wang Maoni who suddenly appeared at the door of the main hall.
"Old Second, what are you doing chewing maggots here? I think you are just too full. You don't need to eat anymore. The grass in your private plot is almost taller than you. Go down to the field and pull out the weeds!"
Upon hearing this, Li Laidie's expression changed instantly.
Pork was stewed at noon, and she could smell the fragrance while standing in the yard.
It was so hard to have a meal of meat, how could she miss it?
Li Lai Di's face was full of smiles as she explained to Wang Mao Ni, "Mom, wasn't I just joking with my seventh brother's wife? She was young and took it seriously, so why did you take it seriously too?"
Wang Maoni's expression did not ease up, but she smiled coldly, "You can joke about this? You said she is the daughter of a capitalist, then what is our family if we marry her? You think your father is too tired as the captain, and you want him to come down and have a good rest, right?"
"No!" Li Lai Di's face turned pale. "Mom, I swear to God, I don't have such thoughts. I just said it casually. Look at my stinky mouth. Why did I say this when there are so many other things to say? I will never say it again."
Li Lai Di said this, and slapped herself on the face with her hand, then turned to look at Su Ruan Ruan, smiling shamelessly, "Sister-in-law, I was not thinking clearly just now, and I was talking nonsense. Don't hold it against me. Second sister-in-law apologizes to you."
Su Ruanruan smiled sweetly at Li Lai Di, "We are all family, and my second sister-in-law has apologized to me, so I will definitely accept it. But I still want to remind my second sister-in-law that trouble comes from the mouth. Second sister-in-law, please think before you speak in the future. It's okay in front of your family, but if you say this to outsiders, it won't be so easy to let it go."
Li Lai Di's face was distorted, but Wang Mao Ni was watching from the side, so she could only smile and nod, "Seventh brother's wife is right, I will definitely change it."
Wang Maoni glanced at Li Laidi coldly, then turned and went into the house.
As soon as Wang Maoni left, Li Lai Di's expression changed instantly and she stood up straight, "Seventh brother's wife is really good at talking."
Su Ruanruan smiled and thanked him, "Thank you, second sister-in-law, for praising me."
After saying this, Su Ruanruan didn't care what Li Lai Di's expression was, and pulled Fu Wenjing's sleeve, "Let's go to the kitchen to help serve the meal!"
Fu Wenjing nodded with a smile, "My wife is really capable. Let's go together."
They were not the only two who went to the kitchen to help serve the food.
The kitchen was crowded at this time.
After all, we may not be able to eat pork during the Chinese New Year and other festivals, but we can eat it today, and no one wants to fall behind.
Su Runrun originally really wanted to help, but there were people all over the place and she couldn't even get into the kitchen, so she had to give up and leave the kitchen with Fu Wenjing.
They are located in the central and northern part of the country, and they not only eat noodles but also rice. However, they do not grow rice here; the rice is shipped from other places.
If city dwellers want to eat rice, they can just go and buy it with their food coupons and money, but village dwellers don’t have the same conditions.
If you have relatives in the city, give them more money and ask them to help you buy something.
If you don’t have any relatives, you can only go to the black market by yourself. You don’t have to buy things with money, bartering is also possible.
The Fu family also has some white rice, all of which are broken rice. They are basically used to cook porridge and are not steamed for consumption.
They occasionally steamed rice at noon, but they ate two-grain rice, which was made by steaming sorghum rice and millet together, which was actually mixed grain rice.
This kind of rice doesn't taste as good as white rice, but it's more filling.
Those who can eat solid rice are considered to be well-off.
The Fu family had this kind of rice for lunch today.
Rice is a common dish, nothing special about it. What is special is that there is meat in today's dish.
Three pounds of pork belly is not a small amount, but the Fu family is large.