Today is a holiday, and all the factories have finished their early shifts.
Zhang Jiao took the rice dumplings distributed by the factory and went to the dumpling shop.
It was half past three in the afternoon and there were no customers in the store.
Zhang Jiao stood at the door and saw her mother-in-law Li Shuping and two people from the store plucking the hair from chickens and pigs' feet with tweezers.
Needless to say, these fat chickens and pig's feet must be what they eat during the festival that night.
We still don’t know what the Lin family will eat for the festival tonight.
She had a stomachache and got up late in the morning. When she went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy vegetables, all the meat had been snatched away.
My father-in-law asked Liu Qin to check at work to see if there was any meat for sale at their supply and marketing cooperative. If there was, she should buy two or three pounds of whatever kind of meat it was, because they still had to eat meat during the holidays.
Zhang Jiao took a deep breath and walked into the store.
Seeing that Li Shuping saw him, he smiled and said, "Mom, our factory distributed some rice dumplings today. I'll bring them to you and Xiaoyu..."
"Get lost." Li Shuping interrupted Zhang Jiao with just one word.
Zhang Jiao felt extremely embarrassed being watched by two outsiders, Qin Rong and Qin Ye, and put the rice dumplings in her hand on the nearest table.
"Mom, you and Xiaoyu can cook these rice dumplings. I'm leaving first."
After Zhang Jiao finished speaking, she walked out quickly, fearing that if she walked too slowly, Li Shuping would say something even more unpleasant.
As she walked out, she heard a snap.
When she lowered her head, she saw the bag of rice dumplings she had given was thrown out and landed at her feet.
When she turned her head, she saw the arrogant and cold 꿁뎃, who was looking at her with his nose.
Zhang Jiao was so angry that she clenched her fists, bent down to pick up the rice dumplings on the ground, glared at Qin Ye fiercely, and walked away cursing.
This damn old woman Li Shuping is so ungrateful. She has lowered her face to please him, but he still doesn't give her any face at all.
People like this deserve to have no son to take care of them in their old age!
Liu Qin also got off work early today, but still didn't get home until half past five.
"Where's the meat?" Lin Yong asked, looking at her empty hands.
Liu Qin frowned and said, "Don't mention it. Our supply and marketing cooperative is doing very good business today. When I went to work, all the meat was snatched away."
Not to mention the meat, even the eggs are sold out.
Lam Kwok Tung: "What shall we eat tonight?"
If the family celebrating the festival doesn't even have a decent meat dish, can it still be called a festival?
"Why don't we go to the state-owned restaurant for dinner?" Zhang Jiao suggested.
She was feeling uncomfortable during her period and didn't feel like cooking.
Lin Yong frowned and said, "That's not the case."
This was the first holiday after the divorce that was spent like this. Lin Yong felt very uncomfortable, thinking that both daughters-in-law were incapable of managing the household.
Lin Jianshe: "Then we have to hurry. The state-owned restaurants are also crowded. If we go too late, there will be no seats."
The family hurried out of the house and arrived at the state-owned restaurant. Although there were still seats available, there were not many meat dishes left, except for a little pork belly.
Today is a festival, many people come to the state-owned restaurant and pack some meat and vegetables to take home to entertain guests.
The Lin family ordered fried pork belly with potato chips, steamed egg, braised eggplant, and spicy and sour shredded potatoes.
Although they were eating out, the Lin family was not very happy with the meal.
I don't know if the cook was busy with get off work or what, but the dishes were cooked to a very high standard.
The pork belly is not good either, it is basically all fat, with no lean meat to be seen, and it has a fishy smell.
The steamed egg was a bit old, the eggplant was too salty, and the shredded potatoes were too sour.
After the meal, Lin Yong paid the bill, walked in front with a sullen face and his hands behind his back. He really didn't spend this festival in a proper way.
"Is Dad unhappy?" Zhang Jiao held her son's hand and walked with Lin Guodong at the back.
Lam Kwok Tung: "Of course. In the past, when my mom was at home during the holidays, it was always lively. We could always see chicken and fish on the table. What's going on today?"
"I came to the next restaurant, but the food is not good anymore and the taste is not good. Who would be happy if I were to replace them?"
Zhang Jiao frowned and said, "You can't blame me for this. You know, I got my period and had a stomachache, so I got up late."
Lin Guodong rolled his eyes at her and said, "You make my mom sound like she's not in a good mood. With so many things going on, I've never seen her get up late to buy groceries."
Zhang Jiao: "How can I be the same as your mother? Your mother doesn't have stomach pain when she has her period."
"Okay, okay, it's just your stomach that hurts." Lin Guodong said impatiently, picked up his son and walked to the front.
Zhang Jiao stomped her feet in anger behind him. It was obvious that Lam Kwok Tung thought she was being pretentious.
They have been married for so many years, and he has seen what she looks like when she is in pain, but he still doesn't know how to feel sorry for her.
As Li Shuping expected, not many people came to eat dumplings in the evening, but many came to make dumplings, and some even came to make cold dishes.
He said the cold dishes in the restaurant were delicious, so he took some back to add to the table.
The restaurant closed early at 6:30, so the chicken and pig's trotters were stewed after being processed, and then braised pork and two vegetarian dishes were made and we could start eating.
Qin Rong rode a tricycle to pick up her daughter.
Li Shuping was cooking braised pork. When she saw Chunbao coming, she covered the pot and walked out of the kitchen.
"This is Chunbao, right? Your mother hid you so well that I just don't see you in person until now." Li Shuping said jokingly.
She had lived in Courtyard No. 23 for such a long time, but she had never seen Chunbao. She had only heard about him from Qin Rong.
Chunbao smiled shyly, pursing his lips, and called out to everyone one by one, "Aunt Li, Sister Xiaoyu, Brother Qinye."
She is a few months younger than Lin Xiaoyu, so she calls her sister.
As for Qin Ye, she was also quite familiar with him. Three days ago, she fainted at home and it was Qin Ye who found her and sent her to the hospital.
Qin Ye nodded coldly.
"Sister Chunbao." Lin Xiaoyu took Chunbao's hand affectionately.
The temperature of Chunbao's fingers startled Lin Xiaoyu. Nowadays, everyone in this family wears short-sleeved shirts and single clothes, but Chunbao was wearing two pieces of clothes, and yet his hands were still cold.
It was the first time that Chunbao was so close to someone his age, and he felt a little embarrassed.
"Come and sit down, sister Chunbao. I'll get you some biscuits and chocolate." Lin Xiaoyu pulled Chunbao to the long dining table and sat down, then went back to the house to get some biscuits and chocolate.
Lin Xiaoyu took out the most delicious chocolate and cookies.
"Sister Chunbao, this is chocolate. It's very sweet. Try it."
"And this cookie is so crispy and has a milky flavor."
Lin Xiaoyu's enthusiasm made the introverted Chunbao a little overwhelmed. He held chocolate in one hand and cookie in the other, not knowing which one to eat first.
Lin Xiaoyu: "Chunbao sister, please eat quickly. These are foreign products. You can't buy them in the supply and marketing cooperatives or state-owned stores."
"Oh." Chunbao took a bite of chocolate. It was so sweet and smooth that her eyes lit up.
"Is it delicious?" Lin Xiaoyu asked with a smile.
Chunbao smiled and nodded.
Seeing her daughter smiling so happily, Qin Rong also showed a relieved smile on her face.
Chunbao stayed at home and must have been eager to interact with people of his age.
If there is a chance, she would still let Chunbao interact more with Xiaoyu.
Xiaoyu is a kind-hearted child like Sister Li. Not only does she not look down on Chunbao, she also takes good care of Chunbao.
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