"Look at you, what are you thinking? I don't have the magnanimity to think I'd be hard on myself just to please you."
"I have my own plans, which is why I had you make the clothes first. It also allows us to avoid doing things at the same time, doesn't it?"
"But my Xiaochen can't be without clothes, otherwise I won't agree."
Song Lili looked at Lin Xue's anxious appearance with some amusement, but couldn't help thinking to herself, "People are indeed different."
Some people will turn against their closest relatives for the smallest things, while others can give them up generously.
On the surface, it seems that the person who went out was at a disadvantage, but who knows if he will receive a greater reward in the future?
That's why there's the saying "good people are rewarded"!
"Really?" Lin Xue saw that Song Lili was serious, but she was still a little doubtful.
Why would I lie to you? In all these years, when have you ever seen me pretend to be rich when I'm not?
"I always say what I mean and what I say, so don't worry, I haven't wronged myself."
It's true, only the Zhang family would go to such lengths to explain things after giving them away.
"That's...that's good. I was scared of you..."
"Don't worry about it. I'm not that kind. What's mine is mine, and I won't give it to anyone."
"Alright, I'll go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cloth, and I'll buy some for Xiao Chen too. As for you and brother-in-law, I won't bother with them."
Song Lili waved her hand, "You don't need to worry about us, I will take care of it when the time comes."
She thought that the reason for making clothes now was that there weren't enough cloth coupons, and her family had made a lot this year.
Secondly, the college entrance examination is just around the corner, and the arduous ten-year journey will soon come to an end. Doing it then will allow us to prepare for the exam, won't it?
On the day before the Lunar New Year, Hongqi Village was very lively. First, money and tickets were distributed. By the time everyone was happily receiving their hard-earned money from the past year, the pig had been slaughtered.
As a result, you could see many people rushing home, grabbing bowls and hurrying to the square to get their share of meat and pork stew.
Song Lili couldn't go; she could only stand in the courtyard, watching the figures that occasionally flew past the gate.
"Do we need to get some pork stew?" To be honest, it's really not very tasty; it's just a bit oily.
"Do you want to eat it? If you do, I'll go get it." Lin Xue said, about to stand up, but Song Lili quickly stopped her.
"I don't want to eat it, I don't want to eat it." She had tasted it once and didn't want to eat it a second time.
"I was asking if you want some? If you do, go ahead and get some. The kids are being looked after by their grandparents, so it's no big deal for me to help out."
"To be honest, I don't really want to eat it either. It's too greasy, all oil. When it gets cold, the oil solidifies, and it looks rather disgusting," Lin Xue said with some disdain.
In the past, when she was at her parents' home, she would look forward to the pig slaughter feast every year, but now when she looks at it again, she feels it's not so good.
Perhaps it's because life has gotten better.
"I'm afraid you're the only one who can say that, so don't let anyone else hear it." Although she thought so too, she couldn't say it out loud.
Outside, many families are vying for it; if they hear this, they'll get scolded.
It was because the Zhang family lived a better life than the others that they had such thoughts.
Adding to that the wild boar from the first half of the year, which was already quite juicy, he became even less concerned.
Lin Xue quickly covered her mouth. "Yes, we can't let anyone hear us." Otherwise, those aunties' spittle could drown a person.
"Then let's not go. I doubt anyone will eat there anyway." Song Lili thought for a moment and said, "How about we ask Da Da? Maybe he'd like to eat there."
Older people tend to care more about things, and might just be craving this particular flavor.
"Then I'll go ask," Lin Xue also felt that she should ask.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Shengtian really wanted to eat it, and even smiled at Lin Xue and said, "Haha, I've been thinking about that taste."
"Hurry up and take the bowl, or there won't be any left. I'm waiting for you."
Lin Xue came out and looked at Song Lili helplessly, "You really guessed right."
Song Lili smiled and nudged her, "Then you'd better hurry up, or there really won't be any left." After all, there are more wolves than sheep.
Lin Xue left, and Song Lili sat alone on the kang (a heated brick bed), lost in thought.
She thought, another new year has arrived. Time always flies by, year after year.
Without her noticing, she had been here for over ten years. If it weren't for her memory, she would have thought she was hallucinating.
I always feel that those bustling scenes in my memory are unreal, as if they are just memories left over from a dream.
None of those are real.
"Mom, Grandpa said there's something delicious to eat today. What are you going to make? Xiao Zhe and I want to eat egg pancakes." Xiao Chen ran over and looked at Song Lili.
Song Lili chuckled and pinched his cheek. "I didn't cook today, so I really don't know what your grandpa meant by 'delicious'."
She guessed that Zhang Shengtian was referring to "pig-killing stew," but she wondered if children really liked it.
"Aren't you going to do it?" Xiao Chen asked, puzzled and somewhat saddened.
"Yes, your boss won't let me do it, afraid it will tire out your sister, so you can forget about it." Song Lili shamelessly made Zhang Qinghua take the blame.
The result is the same anyway, isn't it?
"Big brother is so mean." The little bun stomped his foot angrily, looking as if the delicious food had flown away.
This made Song Lili laugh uncontrollably. "You only remember the delicious food? Don't you care about your mother? Can't you see how big my belly is? What if I fall down?"
"Then...then you shouldn't do it." Xiao Chen hesitated for a long time before reluctantly saying this, and then ran away, clearly unhappy.
Song Lili shook her head. "They've grown up; they all have their own little thoughts now."
She clearly wanted to eat egg pancakes, but she dragged Xiao Zhe into it as an excuse. Was she afraid he wouldn't make them for her?
This child is very clever and cunning; he's hard to guard against, yet he's not annoying or disliked.
Song Lili stopped caring. There was nothing wrong with being a little more open-minded, as long as she didn't get carried away.
She smiled as she looked at the child in the yard, thinking that she should tell Lin Xue that since they had come up with such a solution, they should at least make sure he ate.
Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be unhappy.
As she thought about it, she laughed, laughing at herself for being unable to resist spoiling her child.
In the past, she always thought that if she had a child, she must not spoil him, but teach him to be kind and upright, and to be a good person.
But after having children, I realized that none of these things matter. What matters is that the children are happy.
And she couldn't help but do whatever she could to make her child happy, just to see him joyful.
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