Despite being mentally prepared, Li Xiangdong still decided to sabotage Liu Yuxiu and Li Weijun's marriage.
After all, who wouldn't want to live in a comfortable environment?
Suppressing a shrew in the family is a very energy-consuming thing. Just like his grandmother, Li Wanshi, she would have a fit of madness from time to time. Even though the family was separated, the blood ties could not be severed.
Now his parents have finally stood up and are no longer willingly being exploited by Li Wanshi.
But if Li Wanshi really made a scene, Li Jin's family couldn't do anything about it; they couldn't very well beat their own mother!
It's like tofu falling into a pile of ashes—you can't pat it or hit it!
Seeing that his mother and father hadn't left yet, Li Xiangdong took the opportunity to go over and say, "Dad, Mom, my older brother is twenty this year. Haven't you thought about finding him a wife?"
Li Jin and Zhao Sufang exchanged a glance. Li Jin smiled and said, "Why are you worrying about your older brother's marriage now?"
Li Xiangdong first glanced at Li Weijun through the window, then pointed him out to his parents, "Look at my older brother, he's so smug, there's definitely something going on. Jiabao said he's been seeing him with Liu Yuxiu from Guanyutai lately!"
"My older brother just asked me for two rabbit skins to give to Liu Yuxiu to make hats!"
Of course, the second half of the sentence was purely Li Weidong's own guess, but although it was a guess, it was pretty close to the truth!
Li Jin and Zhao Sufang's faces darkened at the same time. Liu Yuxiu's family was very famous in the surrounding area!
However, this reputation isn't very good.
Liu Yuxiu's father was named Liu Dagai, and he had five daughters and one older son.
Liu Dagai disliked working and loved smoking, drinking, and playing dominoes. His wife shared the same interests, and the two often gambled together late at night. If they won, they would buy a bottle of liquor and drink it down; if they lost, they would fight.
The family's livelihood depends entirely on the daughters.
Logically speaking, if parents are incompetent, they shouldn't take their anger out on their children. After all, even bad bamboo can produce good shoots!
If a daughter can support the family, everyone should look at her with more respect.
However, the methods used by Liu's eldest and second daughters to support the family business are somewhat embarrassing to talk about.
These two girls are quite pretty, slim and beautiful, but they're both getting on in years and still unmarried. Their parents aren't home at night, so they don't lock the door; whoever has money can come in...
Liu Dagai and his wife are shameless; they support their three daughters and their precious son through this.
Over time, his reputation spread, and everyone who walked past his door would spit on him, especially the women in the village.
The brigade cadres had a serious talk with him, saying that if he continued like this, he would be arrested and sent to a labor camp. Liu Dagai, being simple-minded and shameless, retorted to the brigade cadres, "Who arrested my daughter to do this?"
Actually, the neighbors would always hear about this kind of thing, so it wouldn't be difficult for the militia to make a move. But for some reason, the militia always came up empty-handed.
Finally, the eldest and second daughters of the Liu family didn't get married until they were twenty-eight or twenty-nine years old, and both married far away to western Sichuan.
It's not easy to find a wife in those mountains, so they're happy if someone comes along, and in the end, they even give the Liu family a sum of money.
Liu Dagai and his wife supported their four children with these two sums of money, and I heard that they never let their remaining three daughters do such things again.
However, there are precedents and precedents. With such shameless parents, who can guarantee anything?
The Liu family's reputation spread far and wide, and people from all around wanted to become in-laws with them, especially those who were well-off.
"Mom, when Sanya came back last time, didn't she say that her husband's eighth aunt's family has a little girl who is quite suitable? Why don't we ask someone to inquire about it in a couple of days?"
Li Jin was anxious; he didn't want his eldest daughter-in-law to come from such a family.
Zhao Sufang nodded. "This afternoon, Xiangdong and I will go to your third sister's house to finalize the date for the blind date."
Seeing that his parents valued it, Li Xiangdong felt relieved.
My family was quite poor in my past life. My older brother said that his demobilization pay was stolen on his way back.
This made matters worse; the family simply didn't have the money to build a new house, let alone the "three essentials" (house, furniture, and appliances). Li Jin and his wife felt inferior in front of their son, so they reluctantly accepted Liu Yuxiu.
Things are different now; it will probably be very difficult for Liu Yuxiu to marry into the family.
"Mother, then stew the rabbit meat later and give some to my third sister and brother-in-law, and my master will take some with him."
"Okay, I'll stew it."
Zhao Sufang readily agreed, saying that besides rabbit meat, she also needed to bring some other gifts for her in-laws.
Outside, Li Weijun had already skinned all the rabbits.
Li Xiangdong went out, took out the rabbit's internal organs, and threw them into Da Huang's dog food bowl. Da Huang ate with relish, wagging its tail happily.
Rinse the rabbit thoroughly, chop it into small pieces, and soak it in cold water to remove the fishy smell.
Li Xiangdong then sharpened his knife on his own old hen, ready to pounce.
"Mom, let's kill a chicken and stew it with the rabbit. I'll buy you a dozen or so young hens later."
There wasn't time to buy chickens from other people in the village, so Li Xiangdong had to use his own chickens. This old hen wasn't laying eggs much anymore, but it should taste pretty good stewed.
After a flurry of chickens and dogs, the old hen was plucked clean and lay quietly on the cutting board. Li Xiangdong quickly chopped it into even pieces of meat about three or four centimeters in size.
After washing the pot, Zhao Sufang started boiling water. The chicken and rabbit meat had to be blanched in the boiling water to remove the blood and foam.
After taking the meat out, clean the pot and put in the golden chicken fat left over from killing the chicken to stir-fry.
After rendering the chicken fat, Li Xiangdong noticed that there wasn't enough oil, so he added some wheatgrass seed oil.
Once the oil is hot, stir-fry the rabbit and chicken until the water in the meat has evaporated and the surface of the meat is slightly golden and tightened. At this point, you can add scallions, ginger, star anise, dried chili peppers, broad bean paste, and soy sauce.
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