Chapter 18 I provide the skin and you provide the filling
The braised pork in the state-owned restaurant was delicious. After they finished eating, Huang Ling packed a portion for Song Ying's family.
Huang Ling was also very happy to see Dongzhe eating with his mouth full of oil.
The son-in-law is half my son, I like him no matter how I look at him.
"I should just make this bowl at home. It's too expensive in a restaurant!" Song Ying said, but she was happy in her heart.
At night, after the child fell asleep, Zhuang Chaoying still felt pain in his body. He washed his feet and muttered:
"Be generous to everyone except your own family."
Huang Ling was not polite either. She kicked the chair he was sitting on, making him sit down on the ground.
"If someone treats me well, I will repay them a thousand times over. But if someone treats me badly, I will definitely pay them back a thousand times over too!"
Zhuang Chaoying stood up and brushed the dust off his pants: "You're a cultured person! Why are you always scolding or beating me?"
"You deserve it! You owe it! If I weren't a cultured person, I would kill you!"
"You! You're unreasonable!"
Huang Ling ignored him and continued to treat the Lin family better than the Zhuang family.
The Zhuang family hasn't dared to ask them to go recently.
Even though he bought the meat, Zhuang Chaoying didn't dare to let them come for dinner.
As soon as Zhuang Chaoying stuck his head out, he said, "I bought some meat!"
Huang Ling slammed the knife down on the chopping board. "If you dare call them over, I'll cut your flesh and cook it for them! Cut bones to repay your father, cut flesh to repay your mother. You've read so many books, you must understand this principle!"
How could Zhuang Chaoying dare to do that?
Although he knew that Huang Ling would not cut him with a knife, she would definitely make a fuss.
Until the Lantern Festival.
His mother called today and asked them to go back to celebrate the Lantern Festival. They can't not go back!
Zhuang Chaoying was almost worried to death.
On the night of the 14th, Huang Ling took the initiative to ask about it.
"Tomorrow is the fifteenth, I'm off, how are you going to plan it?"
Zhuang Chaoying's eyes lit up with hope: "What do you think?"
"Of course we have to reunite as a family. As the younger generation, we must go back to see our parents!"
Zhuang Chaoying felt a chill on his back and suggested:
"Or, let's not go! Let's take Tunan and Xiaoting to play on the street."
"Take them out to play first, and then go back. I don't have much to bring, so take the pound of glutinous rice flour from home with me to make glutinous rice balls for lunch!"
When Zhuang Chaoying heard this, he thought it was a good idea and agreed.
The next day, the two of them took their children out.
When Xiaoting saw that the supply and marketing cooperative was selling lanterns, she was so excited that she couldn't move her feet. Huang Ling bought her a small rabbit lantern for 80 cents.
Tuanan was very sensible and refused, but Zhuang Chaoying still felt very distressed.
Huang Ling had money in her pocket, having earned several hundred yuan in Guangzhou. Not only could she afford lanterns, she could even afford a TV.
"Don't waste your time talking about what you can buy for your children throughout the year."
Now people are not allowed to do business. Doing business means speculation and the festive atmosphere is no longer there.
In the past, there would be people selling sugar cakes, sugar paintings, and various handmade lanterns. Now, people either don’t have the money to buy them or they can’t buy them.
There are only a few things from the supply and marketing cooperatives, and no one is interested in them.
Zhuang Chaoying asked: "What about Zhendong and Zhenbei?"
"I've made it clear what Tunan and Xiaoting have won. I have the money to buy it, but I won't buy it. When Tunan and Xiaoting win something from them, I'll give them a return gift."
Zhuang Chaoying let out a long sigh.
In the end, she relied entirely on her tutoring and reluctantly bought a handful of the cheapest fruit candies and returned to the dealer.
Mr. and Mrs. Zhuang called them here today for a purpose. They wanted to bring up the old matter again and wanted Zhuang Chaoying to pay the next 25 yuan.
So, when the family came in, they were quite polite and pleasant.
Several children are playing together.
Huang Ling was afraid that Xiaoting would suffer, so she stood by the door and watched them play.
Lin Fang said sarcastically, "Oh, the lantern in my sister's hand is so beautiful! She must have brought it specially for the brothers to play with! Xiaoting is so good!"
After saying that, she turned and went into the house.
Zhendong Zhenbei said disdainfully: "What's so fun about this!"
Xiao Ting shook the lantern and replied with a smile: "It's not fun, and you don't have one either. My mother bought it for me, not for you."
The two were so angry that they wanted to grab it, but Huang Ling smiled, touched their heads and said:
"It's wrong to steal other people's things, and it's even worse to break them. I'm going to your school tomorrow, and I know Teacher Zhang. I'll tell her!"
Zhendong and Zhenbei looked at each other, swallowed their saliva, ran to the yard to play, and never dared to touch Xiaoting's lanterns again.
Zhuang's mother exchanged a few words with Zhuang Chaoying, then noticed the bag in his hand and asked knowingly:
"What is this, Chaoying?"
Huang Ling poked her head in from outside the house and said with a smile:
"Mom, are your eyes hurting? You can't even recognize such a big bag of glutinous rice flour? Do you want to go to the hospital to check your eyes?"
Zhuang's mother was furious and gritted her teeth, "That's perfect for making glutinous rice balls!"
"Well, let's have the one with sesame filling!" Huang Ling answered again.
Lin Fang came over and took a look: "Hey, there is no stuffing."
"I'm a guest. Do you understand that I need to prepare everything? Do you want me to make it, cook it, feed it to you, and give you some stomach acid to help you digest it?"
Lin Fang was stunned by the scolding, and it took a long time before she said:
“We don’t have black sesame seeds at home.”
"Oh, if we don't come, you won't celebrate the festival, right? Fine, we've seen the people too, let's go! Zhuang Chaoying, go back!"
Huang Ling picked up the glutinous rice flour and prepared to leave.
When he reached the door, he said, "I'm going to have a chat with Sister Zhang and Aunt Lan. It's been a while since I've been here."
When Zhuang's mother heard this, her heart tightened. These two people were famous for their big mouths on this street. If Huang Ling went to find them, she would definitely tell them that she didn't even have a dumpling to eat when she came back. That would be really embarrassing.
Zhuang's mother gave Lin Fang a wink, and Lin Fang called Huang Ling.
"There are some Chen ones, please don't despise me, sister-in-law!"
"Don't mind, I'll make it, you guys wait and eat."
"Oh! Okay!" Lin Fang was happy when she heard it.
Zhuang's mother winked at Lin Fang again, but Lin Fang didn't want to help or do anything anyway, so she pretended not to see it and found an excuse to go back to the house and lie down.
Huang Ling went to the kitchen and smiled. The place was quite well stocked.
Arrange black sesame seeds, white sugar, and lard.
The total value of these things is far greater than this pound of glutinous rice flour.
Since you have to cook it at home anyway, you might as well come here and take advantage of it. I'll provide the skin and you'll provide the filling.
Outside the kitchen, Zhuang's mother and father began to brainwash Zhuang Chaoying.
"Your dad hasn't been feeling well these past two days..."
Huang Ling happened to be passing by and before Zhuang's mother finished speaking, she took over the conversation:
"If you feel unwell, go to the hospital. Illness can't wait. He's a factory employee, and seeing a doctor is free, so why not go? Go, go tomorrow!"
Mother Zhuang was speechless for a moment. If she had known earlier, she would have said that she was not feeling well. So she swallowed her saliva and said:
"Superhero..."
"Mom, you're not feeling well too, are you?" Huang Ling knew what she was going to say next and spoke for her.
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