Chapter 97 Daily Life of Pampering Wife

Liu Lan was stunned for a moment. Did Li Zhan hear what she just said or not?

After thinking for a while, she whispered, "I'm telling you, don't tell anyone! It's from Xu Jiayuan, the educated youth who came to our village. Although it hasn't been made public, Xu Jiayuan is dating Qiaoqiao! When he returns to the city, Qiaoqiao can marry him there!"

Liu Lan thought, if Li Zhan knew that her future brother-in-law was a city dweller, wouldn't he give her more money to build a good relationship with him? So she looked at Li Zhan with expectation.

Lizhan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xu Jiayuan?

Although it was a bit too arbitrary to conclude that he was the one who attacked Juanjuan just because a piece of clothing had almost all of its buttons missing, at least there was a clue for investigation.

Li Zhan did not ask any more questions. Liu Lan and Li Qiaoqiao might not know more, and asking more questions would only arouse their suspicion.

Seeing that Li Zhan didn't respond, Liu Lan felt annoyed and had to ask again with a stern face: "Zhan'er, can the ten dollars a month be..."

Li Zhan interrupted her and said coldly, "Mom, I was just about to tell you about this. I thought about it, and my brothers have been married and had children for several years. Now my third brother has also moved out, and my second brother is also earning work points. My wife has also taken the kid from my eldest brother's family to our house for adoption. The burden on you is not as heavy as before..."

Liu Lan's heart sank. How come this development... was different from what she had imagined?

"After the Chinese New Year, Xiaowen will also go to primary school in town, and the tuition and other expenses are also expenses, so the 10 yuan per month I originally gave you will be reduced to 5 yuan per month starting from next month."

Liu Lan was anxious: "Zhan'er, this... How can I live with these five yuan! And what about the kid's schooling! Look at how many families in the village send their children to school? Those who do are laughed at by the villagers behind their backs. This kid can still go to the mountains to pick some wild mushrooms or cut pig grass to earn a few work points at home..."

Li Zhan didn't waste time talking to Liu Lan: "It's settled anyway. My wife will be back soon from visiting friends, so I'll go back to the house first."

After saying that, he walked towards his door without looking back, leaving Liu Lan almost fainted!

This is all just the advice of that little vixen Xia Juanjuan! How can you cut the price in half just because it's only ten yuan?

Li Zhan entered the house and found that Xia Juanjuan had returned and was washing cabbage in the yard.

Seeing Lizhan coming back, she looked at him with a smile and said teasingly, "Why are you back? I thought you were going to have lunch in your mother's room."

Li Zhan smiled and said, "How can that be possible? I'm still waiting to eat the meal my wife is cooking!"

He did not mention the clue of finding the button, mainly because he thought that Xia Juanjuan must be terribly frightened after being attacked, and there was no need to let her recall this matter again.

Xia Juanjuan did not mention her progress with Aunt Wu. She was planning to take revenge on her own.

Xia Juanjuan deliberately made the sound of the water very loud, and said in a cool and coquettish tone: "Anyway, without you, the three kids and I can eat more! You sit in your mother's room until noon, and you are still afraid that she won't cook for you?"

Lizhan sighed, this is really possible.

He walked over and got a towel, pulled Xia Juanjuan's hand out of the water, wiped her hands, and held them in his palm to warm her for a while. Xia Juanjuan was at a loss as to what to do. How could she even utter the teasing words that were on the tip of her tongue?

She struggled twice, blushing and whispering anxiously, "You...what are you doing! Let me go. What will happen if the brats see it?"

Li Zhan felt a little aggrieved. He was holding his wife's hand, and was he afraid of being seen?

But he let go, pushed Xia Juanjuan aside, and bent down to wash the vegetables. The water was indeed very cold: "I'm at home these few days. If you need to wash vegetables, call me and I'll do it. The water is so cold, I'll get frostbite later."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment, and felt a sweet and warm feeling in her heart.

Even in the era before she traveled through time, there were many chauvinistic men who never did housework.

In the 1970s, even if the country vigorously promotes it, the idea of ​​gender equality is not so easy to penetrate into rural areas.

Not to mention 100%, but at least 95% of men probably come home with 2.5 or 8 million yuan to spend, and have nothing to lose.

Such a fierce battle is rarer than a giant panda!

"Well, since you took the initiative to buy vegetables, you can have lunch today!"

As he said that, he went to start cooking. Xiao Wen was still sensible enough to run to the kitchen to light the fire and heat the pot.

Stir-fried bamboo shoots, mushrooms and chicken offal. Blanch the bamboo shoots, drain and dice. Wash and dry the chicken offal, leaving a small half and chop the rest into small pieces.

Scoop out a large piece of white lard from the enamel bowl and put it into the pot to stir-fry until melted. Add scallions, ginger, and garlic, and add some bean paste. After stir-frying until fragrant, add chicken offal, mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots, stir-fry together, add salt and sugar to season, and it is ready to be served.

The chicken blood version of Maoxuewang is also simple. Blanch the bean sprouts and cabbage in boiling water, then put them in a large bowl for later use. Add the chicken blood and luncheon meat to the boiling water, and also add the unfried chicken offal to the pot and cook for a while, then remove them.

Next comes the most important step of seasoning.

The bean paste alone was a bit thin, so Xia Juanjuan had already prepared some butter hot pot base in advance. She added oil, scallions, ginger and garlic to sauté until fragrant, then put the bean paste hot pot base, soy sauce, salt, etc. into the pot, scooped in water and brought it to a boil, then put in the chicken blood, chicken offal and luncheon meat to simmer, and added some diced winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms.

After a while, I took out the ingredients and put them on the bean sprouts and cabbage, added minced garlic, poured hot oil on them, and sprinkled them with chopped green onions, coriander and a handful of sesame seeds...

The staple food was steamed buns made of white flour and sweet potato flour, and millet porridge. The family of five sat around the warm coal stove in the house and ate with relish!

Li Zhan looked at the mixed-wheat steamed buns on the table and said, "I just told that woman that I'll reduce her monthly allowance from 10 yuan to 5 yuan. Don't be too frugal. Eat the thin-wheat steamed buns when you need them. I think we don't have much coal briquettes left. I'll go to town this afternoon to buy some more."

Xia Juanjuan was stunned for a moment. She was about to say that the mixed flour steamed buns were purely for supplementing dietary fiber from eating coarse grains. They were eaten for health reasons, not for saving money.

It doesn't make sense if I say this, won't I be considered a fool?

But he was able to cut the money given to Liu Lan in half? It seemed that Liu Lan's efforts to get close to the fourth son and get some money this morning backfired.

Imagine Liu Lan's stunned expression, well, it must be very exciting.

"You can use the five dollars you saved as pocket money. I have money..." But Xia Juanjuan still decided to be polite.

Her current relationship with Li Zhan is... well, in a weird state.

They are husband and wife, but nothing like that has happened, so it feels a little unreal.

Let's say it's about falling in love... This seems to be more appropriate...

Now they should treat their relationship as a romantic relationship. She felt at ease taking the thirty yuan allowance from Li Zhan because she helped raise the three children of the eldest brother of the Li family.

It doesn't matter whether you take the five dollars or not.

Last time in the county town, she gave Grandma Luo 500 yuan for house payment, but later she received more than 600 yuan in her account, so she still has more than 1,000 yuan on hand!

In fact, she has not yet made up her mind about how to deal with her marriage with Li Zhan.

But now she has a house in the county town and money in her hands. Whether she continues to live with Lizhan or gets divorced, she has a way out and has nothing to worry about.

Lizhan didn't know what Xia Juanjuan was thinking. He felt happy thinking that his wife asked him to keep the five yuan as pocket money because she felt sorry for him.

The gap between people is really huge. Liu Lan would just ask him for money with a straight face...

Lizhan said domineeringly: "I can't spend money in the army. Just keep it if I give it to you. Xiaowen will go to school next year, where will he not need money? Wait until you and the kid eat white flour steamed buns every day, then you can talk about not being short of money!"

Xia Juanjuan was bullied for once and she was so angry that she laughed in her heart.

I just praised him for not being a chauvinist, but it was too early!

All right, just take it. It can piss off Liu Lan to death anyway, so why not do it?