As the aroma spread, neighbors began to come and inquire.
Li Xu and others stopped them at the gate of the yard to explain and not let them in to avoid being exposed.
The neighbors were talking to Li Xu and others while looking inside the door from time to time.
From time to time I would smell the fragrance and swallow my saliva.
It has to be said that the several stable jobs in Li Xu's family have indeed greatly increased his credibility.
At least everyone chose to believe it on the surface.
Li Xu felt as if everyone on the street had appeared, and his mouth was dry with explanations.
After a long time, the crowd gradually dispersed.
Li Xu and others also closed the door and breathed a sigh of relief.
finally.
Sun Xiu and the other man came out carrying meat, vegetables and oil residue.
Everyone drooled after seeing the meat dishes...
I couldn't wait to take two pieces of oil residue and put them in my mouth to satisfy my craving.
The two little ones also had their mouths full and kept chewing.
Sun Xiu placed the remaining oil residue on a small stool in the house to cool.
After a while, when everything was ready, everyone sat neatly at the table and looked at the pot of fried fatty meat and cabbage.
Sun Xiu spoke first, "Okay, let's start eating." After that, he took a piece of fat and put it into Li Xu's bowl.
Li Xu didn't hesitate and put it directly into his mouth.
Chewing the big piece of fat, Li Xu wondered why this meat had never tasted so delicious before?
Everyone was the first to pick up the fat with chopsticks and put it into their mouths.
Squinting his eyes, he kept savoring it.
It feels like tasting some delicacies from land and sea.
After tasting it, everyone started waving their chopsticks and wolfing down the food.
After the meat was gone, everyone turned their chopsticks to the cabbage.
Li Xu felt that the cabbage was also delicious, full of meaty flavor and a hint of sweetness.
Soon, all the food on the table was eaten up.
Everyone also sighed that this meal of fatty meat was really satisfying.
Then he praised the meritorious official Li Xu.
Just as everyone was drinking tea and sighing about how good the food was tonight.
Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound and a cry of pain beside me.
Turn around and look.
Li Chen was seen standing in front of the oil residue, covering his right hand with his left hand, tears almost falling.
Sun Xiu also stood in front of him, glaring at him.
Everyone knew without asking that Li Chen must have been caught trying to steal the oil residue.
Li Jiakang stood up, strode to Li Chen, and kicked him in the butt again.
He also scolded, "You little bastard, didn't I give you something to eat just now? Didn't I tell you that this is for cooking at home in the future? How dare you eat it secretly?" After that, he kicked Li Chen on the butt again.
Although he didn't use much strength, Li Chen still covered his butt.
This time the tears really flowed.
But no one spoke up to persuade them.
Nowadays, no matter what family it is, it is extremely taboo for children to steal food from home.
If there is a really hungry child who steals some food from home, he will definitely starve to death.
At this time, Li Chen didn't say anything and just stood there crying silently.
Li Jiakang stepped forward and yelled, "Will you dare to eat secretly again in the future?"
Li Chen then sobbed and said, "I won't dare to do that anymore. I won't dare to eat secretly anymore."
Li Jiakang's expression improved after he got the answer. "Get out of here! If I find out you're cheating again, you'll be in trouble."
After saying that, Li Chen ran back to his room.
Li Jiakang and Sun Xiu also sat on the stools and continued chatting and drinking tea.
In fact, Li Jiakang's actions were very measured. Parents at this time would not reason with their children.
Once a child does something wrong, parents’ way of educating him or her is to beat and scold him or her.
Li Xu was often beaten in the past...
After a while, Li Xu suddenly said, "Mom, I've prepared food for grandma. Let's send it over in the next two days."
Li Xu had previously said that he would be responsible for providing food to Old Lady Sun every month from now on. Now that another month has passed, he wanted to hurry up and deliver the food.
After hearing this, Sun Xiu asked with concern, "Xiao Xu, you've taken a lot of things home recently. Why don't you take the food from home?"
Li Xu was speechless. Even if he took food from home, he still had to replenish it for his family. It made no difference.
So he said, "Don't worry, Mom. I just got my salary today, which is enough to buy food."
Hearing this, Sun Xiu became interested and asked hurriedly, "How much salary did you get?"
"Last month's vehicle subsidies and other expenses totaled about 18 yuan."
"So many? You didn't fill up last month, did you?" This was the question asked by several people nearby.
Li Xu nodded. "Not full, mainly because I got quite a bit of subsidies during the days I was out on the road."
Sun Xiu nodded, "That's quite a lot. Are you sure you don't need to take food from home?"
"No need, I have prepared the food."
"Okay, let's go together tomorrow after get off work."
Of course Li Xu agreed.
Unexpectedly, Li Jiakang on the side also said, "I will go with you tomorrow."
Sun Xiu and the others knew that Li Jiakang also wanted to go and see how his mother-in-law was doing, so they didn't say much.
That night, Li Xu went to the black market again and exchanged fine grains for 15 kilograms of coarse grains.
If it was just fine grain, Li Xu could afford it.
But giving too much would be too conspicuous.
So we decided to give both coarse grains and fine grains, and give more in quantity so that the elderly can eat more.
Early in the morning, Li Xu handed 15 kilograms of coarse grains and 10 kilograms of fine grains to Sun Xiu.
"Mom, this is food for grandma, please put it away."
After Sun Xiu took it, he felt that it was quite heavy, so he asked how many pounds it weighed.
Li Xu also told the truth.
When Sun Xiu heard this, he quickly asked, "Why did you give so much?"
In Sun Xiu's opinion, although she said she gave her mother some food every month.
But it's only about 10 kilograms at most, and it can't be all fine grains. It can't be said that it's more than what was given to Li Jiakang's parents.
Li Xu replied with a smile, "It's not much, please keep it. Consider it a token of my appreciation as a junior."
In fact, Li Xu also wanted to subsidize his two uncles.
I couldn't bear the way my cousins looked the last time.
Now that I have the ability, I naturally want to take better care of them.
Sun Xiu still hesitated, "But your father..."
Li Xu naturally understood Sun Xiu's concerns and immediately said, "Mom, don't worry. This is the food I gave you. If my dad has any complaints, I can just give my grandfather another 10 kilograms of coarse grain every month."
Sun Xiu was still hesitant. "Then is it possible for you to get so much food every month?"
Li Xu nodded, "Don't worry, it will work, you can keep it."
Seeing Li Xu so confident, Sun Xiu put the grain away.
She also said, "Xiao Xu, Mom would like to thank you on behalf of your grandma and uncle."
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