Chapter 553 Eldest Sister 10
The daughter-in-law said she wanted to eat meat pies, so she made the dough. As for whether there was enough dough to make that many, she figured she'd make as many as she could for one meal, and deal with it later if she ran out.
The brigade leader can't help but laugh when he looks at his son and daughter-in-law. Ning Shizhu, he deserves to be taught a lesson like this!
Ning Yan wasn't idle either. She rinsed the meat first, then picked up a cleaver and started chopping it into filling. Guang Sheng hurriedly asked, "What should I do?"
"Gather the scallions, peel them, and wash them clean. Then pick two cucumbers, smash them, and eat them."
This is already quite a luxury; we should eat vegetables sparingly.
The brigade leader volunteered to fetch firewood and squatted in front of the stove to start cooking porridge; meat pies had to be served with porridge.
Meat patties, heaven knows how many years he hasn't had one.
The whole family worked together, and after more than forty minutes, the pancakes and porridge were all ready. More than a pound of meat made twelve meat patties. Ning Yan ate one and a half patties and drank a bowl of porridge. She was also served with smashed cucumber, and the aroma was irresistible.
Guang Sheng ate two and a half pieces, but they were so delicious that he couldn't eat anymore.
There are four meat patties left, enough for dinner.
After lunch, the mother-in-law urged the two of them to go back to their room to rest, as she really didn't want her daughter-in-law to do any work.
After returning to her room, Ning Yan took out the cotton fabric she had bought earlier and began cutting and sewing clothes.
Guang Sheng's clothes looked alright on the outside, but his underwear was covered in patches, and the stitching was very rough; it was obvious that he had sewn them himself.
Since they bought a lot of cotton fabric anyway, we might as well make more for them and discard the old, worn-out pieces.
She was working while sitting on the kang (a heated brick bed). Guang Sheng had originally intended to take a nap after getting on the kang, but he couldn't fall asleep even after waiting for a while. So he simply took the scissors from Ning Yan's hand and put away the cloth and needles as well. "Sleep with me first. You can work on it when I'm not home."
Ning Yan raised an eyebrow at her, "Are you sure you can sleep if I lie down?"
If she weren't afraid he would do something inappropriate, she would have gone to bed long ago, okay?
She's someone who takes a nap all year round, even if it's just for fifteen minutes.
Guang Sheng: ...
Feeling guilty, Guang Sheng remained silent and instead pulled the person into his arms, lying down on the kang (a heated brick bed).
Ning Yan kissed him on the cheek. "You have to work during the day and you don't rest at night either. What if you ruin your health if you don't take a proper nap at noon?"
Guang Sheng didn't believe it, and his hands were itching to act.
"Don't move, go to sleep."
Guang Sheng finally behaved, but he didn't let go of her hand; he still had to hold her while they slept.
Ning Yan felt that she had made a huge sacrifice. In this sweltering heat, sleeping so close to each other, with a huge furnace right next to her, she could only imagine how hot she would be.
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Gengjia Production Brigade.
Geng Jianguo has been in a bad mood these past two days. His previously agreed-upon relationship suddenly fell through, and his mother at home fell ill. He had to take another day off to take his mother to see a doctor and also to look at potential partners.
It's really impossible to have a family without a woman. Not to mention the four children, even his mother can't function without someone to take care of her.
In fact, Geng Jianguo's eldest son is already twelve years old. In this day and age, a twelve-year-old boy can be used as half a laborer.
But his children still need care, especially the youngest who is only six months old. When the old lady fell ill, there was really no one to take care of the children.
He originally didn't think much of the woman he was meeting today, but she had stood him up, his mother was sick, and his baby was crying for food on the bed. In the end, he agreed.
The woman is a bit strong and a bit older, but it's actually not a bad thing. Being strong means she's capable, and being older means she knows a lot, so he won't have to take time off to look after the child.
In short, Geng Jianguo, who was initially unwilling, managed to convince himself.
The woman who was being considered by Geng Jianguo was named Qiao Weihong. She had a younger brother. Her parents had passed away unexpectedly seven years ago. In order to take care of her young brother, she delayed her own marriage until he was able to get married and support the family.
She is already twenty-seven years old this year.
She wasn't too satisfied when someone introduced her to Geng Jianguo; having raised her younger brother, she knew being a stepmother wasn't easy.
But after meeting him, she changed her mind. There was no way around it; the tall, thin, fair-skinned Geng Jianguo, who wore glasses, immediately captured her heart. So, after Geng Jianguo nodded, the marriage was arranged.
Geng Jianguo explained his difficulties, and two days later the two got married and registered their marriage. That night, Qiao Weihong moved into Geng's house.
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After staying at home for a few days, Ning Yan had nothing to do, so she made clothes. Although she hadn't used needle and thread in a long time, she was still skilled, and the clothes she made had fine and beautiful stitches.
Guang Sheng examined the underwear his wife had made for him, turning it over and over. The new underwear had an opening in the front. His wife was really clever; wouldn't he be able to relieve himself without taking off his belt in the winter?
“I’ve discussed it with Dad. All the work in the fields is tiring, except for cutting pig feed, which is relatively easy. At least you can get up whenever you want and do as much as you can. Is that okay?”
Ning Yan laughed and said, "Sure, why not? I feel so bad making you do the work of two people every day. I'll go cut pig feed, so you can at least have an easier time."
In the sweltering summer, the grass grows incredibly tall; with a little hard work, cutting a hundred or eighty pounds of grass in half a day is no problem.
Moreover, this is a job that really few people in production are willing to do. Why?
Because the work points are too few, even if you work in the fields for a day, you can earn the full amount of work points if you work a little harder, but if you cut pig feed, you can only earn six work points at most. Even if you don't know how to work, you can only earn one or two work points a day.
As for the educated youth, the newly arrived educated youth all wanted to take the job, but after working for two months, they found that the work points they earned were not enough to eat, so they gave up.
Of course, Mu Xiaoxiao, who was about to arrive, would definitely want to take the job, so her father-in-law's decision was really brilliant; everything was just right.
Guang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that he didn't want his wife to stay at home every day, but the team had a rule that people over eighteen years old had to work in the fields. They could ask for leave if they were sick or had something to do, but if they exceeded a certain number of days, their rations would be reduced.
His father was the brigade leader, so he had to set an example.
Fortunately, my wife is easy to talk to.
The next day, Ning Yan began her life of gathering pig feed.
Guang Sheng used to go to the fields empty-handed, but today he brought a basket, which was quite unusual.
He planned to finish his own chores and then help his wife cut the lawn.
He didn't know that Ning Yan looked absolutely stunning on the mountain.
She was lazy but not incapable of working. She found a patch of tall grass, picked up her sickle, and started cutting grass with swift, sweeping motions. The basket she carried was large; it was no problem to hold sixty or seventy pounds of grass in one basket, and if she packed it down a bit, she could even fit eighty pounds.
It took a little over an hour for Ning Yan to fill the basket, then she hid the grass and went into the deep mountains.
She felt really embarrassed staying at home these past few days. She had married into the Guang family because she saw them as a safe haven, but they all treated her with genuine kindness, and she really wanted to reciprocate with the same sincerity.
More than an hour later, Ning Yan finally encountered a group of sika deer grazing leisurely. She reacted very quickly, flicking her wrist and shooting out several pebbles. The five deer didn't even have time to cry out before they all fell to the ground.
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