Chapter 86: The best products are everywhere
The people in the compound are easy to get along with. Of course, there are some extreme ones, but what does it have to do with them?
The next day, some people went to pick them. However, since An Qianqian had picked quite a lot of them and some were scattered outside the cliff, no one risked their lives for a little food.
Everyone who picked the fruit came to thank An Qianqian, and because of this, she gradually became familiar with the people in the yard.
Some people who picked more would also bring some to An Qianqian as a thank you.
But when he saw her cutting sweet fruits, he couldn't help but ask another question.
When the aunts heard that she wanted to make dried fruits, they asked some questions.
An Qianqian did not hide anything and told them what to do.
Of course, not many people came to deliver fruit.
"Cut the fruits into pieces, discard the cores, and then steam them in a pot. Take them out to dry in the sun. Today is a good day, and we can dry them in two days." An Qianqian was very patient and taught everyone step by step.
"After drying, we put it in the pot and steam it again. After steaming, put it in a cool place to dry for a day."
Thank you very much, everyone.
"Sister, your daughter is really capable." An aunt who is older than An's mother said with envy on her face.
"You praised her, Aunt Zhang. She loves to tinker with these foods. She had a hard time when she was a child." She cannot praise others just because they do.
"If Aunt Zhang likes it, you can pick some more and we can make some jam then. But this jam doesn't contain sugar." An Qianqian said after thinking about it.
"It's okay. Your sister-in-law is pregnant. I'll make some, Ai Tian." Aunt Zhang is a good person. She came here to take care of her daughter-in-law. She got married last year and got pregnant this year.
How can a young person take care of herself? So just call her over.
Aunt Zhang has three sons. The eldest and the second oldest are both in their hometown. The eldest works on the farm at home, while the second oldest is a hardworking man and works outside.
The third brother is in the army and is now a company commander. He is considered young and promising.
They got married through a blind date in their hometown last year. It happened quite quickly, but they both liked each other.
So, when she came back this year, she found out that she was pregnant, but as a grown-up girl, she had never experienced this before, so she had to call her mother-in-law over.
She has a pretty good relationship with her mother-in-law, mainly because her mother-in-law knows how to behave and she will separate the families as soon as the children get married.
At that time, it was considered a great wonder in the village, and many people made sarcastic remarks.
Fortunately, the children all have a conscience and are filial, and they are very filial to their elderly parents.
"She likes sweet food, maybe she's a girl." The other aunt was not being offensive, she was just speaking from experience.
Aunt Zhang was not angry after hearing this. "Girl is good, if she is a girl like Qianqian, I will wake up laughing in my dreams." She is not a mother-in-law who favors boys over girls.
Besides, there are grandchildren in the family, so it wouldn’t be a big deal to have a daughter.
Seeing Aunt Zhang's expression, An Qianqian and her mother looked at each other and smiled.
"Daughters are good. Look at my son. His father loves his daughter. The bad boy is not loved by anyone." An Qianqian laughed.
In the next few days, she didn't go up the mountain. She just dug up wild vegetables around.
Just not much.
It’s enough for the family to eat. There’s still a lot of meat in the refrigerator, which can last for a few days. Then she can go to the city to buy more.
But the taste of frozen food is not that good.
Afterwards, many people in the yard picked the sweet fruits. Because the area was a little remote, people in the family quarters called their own men to pick the fruits.
After they got to know each other, Aunt Zhang became almost as good as Wang Xiaoyu and came to Qianqian's place every day.
Because her daughter-in-law hasn't given birth yet, she doesn't have to take care of the child, and she loves chatting with An's mother, so the two of them got together.
"You still don't believe me. I don't know what the mother-in-law is thinking. The house is so small that there is not enough space for us to live. It's not like we don't have sons back home, but she insists on letting the eldest son live here. She quarrels with me every day. It's really a headache for me."
After getting to know each other, Aunt Zhang could provide a lot of gossip.
"Then can his daughter-in-law tolerate it?" Mother An felt that this mother-in-law was not a good person.
"What can the daughter-in-law say? There are three children in the family, and the youngest is five years old. Tell me, how do we live here?" Aunt Zhang rolled her eyes. She really looked down on the kind of mother-in-law who tortured her daughter-in-law.
"What is that person's current status?"
"He's a company commander, from the fifth company." Aunt Zhang had all the information.
"Company commander, there really isn't enough housing." Houses in the army are divided according to status.
The company commander only has a two-bedroom house, which is not enough for so many people.
"Yes, that old lady is a stubborn person. When she sees other daughters-in-law working and earning money, she scolds her own daughter-in-law at home every day, saying that she is useless, incompetent, not worthy of her son, etc. It's really ugly."
Aunt Zhang brought some sugar over and asked Qianqian to help her make jam, but there was no way because she was not good at it.
An Qianqian didn't say anything, she just listened.
But she didn't have a good impression of people like that.
"If she's not worthy of you, why did you marry her in the first place? If you have the ability, let her son find one in the army himself." An's mother hates people who look down on their family the most.
"Alas, you don't know that the fifth company commander has a good idea. I heard that he found someone in the army before, but his mother ruined it."
Wow, another big gossip.
"Tell me." Since Li Yulan left, it was rare for Mother An to have someone so open with her.
"It seems that the old lady asked the girl's family to give money to repair the house in their hometown, saying that she was from the city and had money. Anyway, what she did was ugly, and the girl was not stupid. So, in the end, her reputation was ruined, and she could only find a husband in the countryside."
"This man is so greedy. I'm afraid the fifth company commander is not a good person either." Mother An now looked down on the fifth company commander.
"You're right, he's a piece of shit. Whenever my wife and mom quarrel, he'll beat her up."
Hearing that he had beaten his wife, An's mother didn't want to say anything and said, "You'd better avoid associating with people like that in the future." She still liked this old lady very much and gave her some advice.
"Don't worry, I'm smart and I can't learn her behavior. Why would you torture your daughter-in-law? Who will suffer when she gets old?" Aunt Zhang was clear-headed.
"Of course."
When it was time to make dinner in the afternoon, An Qianqian helped Aunt Zhang make the jam and put it in the jars she brought.
"Aunt Zhang, it's ready, but it needs to cool down a bit. It will be delicious if you soak it in water when you get home. This sweet fruit has similar effects to pears, so you can let your family drink it together." An Qianqian put the prepared jam into Aunt Zhang's basket.
"Thank you, my dear."
After seeing Aunt Zhang off, Mother An was still thinking about the fifth company commander, and An Qianqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Mom, that's someone else's business. Their daughter-in-law didn't resist. Why should you, an outsider, worry about it?" Really.
That’s right, An’s mother herself has never been bullied by her mother-in-law.
"Tell me, how can she be so tolerant? The mother of the fifth company commander is more cruel than anyone in our village."
(End of this chapter)
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