"The meal is ready, Guo'er, come and eat!"
Tang's mother had a loud voice, a voice she was familiar with.
"Here I come, mother."
Walking into the main house, all the people in the Tang family were gathered around two dining tables. There were bowls and chopsticks for everyone on the tables, but there were very few dishes!
Just a plate of sauerkraut and three cornmeal pancakes.
Looking at the seat next to Tang Zhan, it was empty. It seemed that this was her seat.
This was her first real meeting with the Tang family. She already had a general understanding of the Tang family's situation.
Tang Zhan's grandfather had only two sons, and they divided the family property before they died. Old Man Tang and his mother had four sons, and Tang Zhan was the fourth.
Brother Tang Ming and his sister-in-law Li Jinhua have two sons and one daughter: the eldest, Tang Long, 15 years old; the third, Tang Hu, 9 years old; and the second, Tang Feng, 12 years old.
Tang's second brother Tang Zhe and his second sister-in-law Zhao Lai Di have two sons, 13-year-old Tang Hai and 8-year-old Tang He.
Tang's third brother Tang Wen and his third sister-in-law Zhang Xiaocui have a 3-year-old daughter Tang Xiu.
"It's different when someone loves you. My fourth brother's wife didn't even enter the kitchen after consummating her marriage."
Second sister-in-law Zhao Lai Di glanced at Wen Guoer with the corner of her eye, and her words were full of sourness.
"Eating can't stop your mouth. Who cooks the food you usually eat? Why do you pull up your pants before you even wipe your butt?"
While Tang's mother was adding more food to everyone, she gave her a killing look. Zhao Lai Di immediately closed her mouth in fear and shoveled the corn porridge in the bowl into her mouth.
Mother Tang broke off half a cornmeal pancake and handed it to Wen Guoer, signaling her to eat it quickly.
"Mom, Tang Zhe doesn't even have any dry food to eat. How can we let the women in the family eat first? How can men work if they have no strength?"
When Zhao Lai Di saw that Wen Guoer had dry food to eat, she instantly felt that the porridge in the bowl was no longer fragrant and felt extremely unwilling.
"It's winter, and you're all staying home. Why haven't I seen your family go out to work? You seem to be working so hard when you shout. I haven't seen you work so hard even during the busy farming season! If you want to eat, eat. If you don't want to eat, go back to your room and stay home!"
"Fourth brother's wife still has a head injury, she should be taken care of carefully."
Li Jinhua raised her eyes and glanced at the faces of her parents-in-law. She nudged Zhao Laidie, who was still sulking in anger, with her elbow, signaling her not to be angry.
Zhang Xiaocui, who was standing by, glanced at the two women from the eldest and second son's families and ate in silence.
Wen Guoer didn't pay any attention to the noise. She just felt that the man next to her had a cold aura. Maybe everyone also felt that the atmosphere was not right. The only sound left at the dinner table was the sound of people eating, and everyone was silent.
From the original owner's notes, Wen Guoer knew that every household in that era was very poor, but she didn't expect that they were so poor that they would quarrel over half a piece of cornmeal dry food.
Looking at the family gathered around the dinner table, their coats all had patches on them, and the children's shoes had their toes exposed. It was so cold in this cold weather, just thinking about it made me feel cold!
After dinner, Wen Guoer was called to Tang Zhan's room.
Seeing the man clearly for the first time, Wen Guoer was a little shocked: "This man is too good at growing up!"
The deep eyebrows, high nose bridge, clear lip line and fleshy lips, coupled with this angular, carved face, all fit her aesthetic point and are beyond standard.
"you......"
"Ah~" Wen Guoer was brought back to her senses by his sudden voice.
"I want to ask, are you often bullied at home?"
After asking this question, Tang Zhan stared into her eyes, as if trying to find the answer from them.
"Actually, not really. My parents have always been very kind to me. They just occasionally help my sisters-in-law with some extra work."
From the original owner's memory, she knew that her two sisters-in-law from the first and second wives would often find work for her when her mother was away. However, the original owner was cowardly and lived in this family with the intention of repaying her gratitude, so she was often bullied by the first and second wives.
Tang Zhan guessed what she meant from her words, turned around, rummaged through his backpack for a while, and walked towards her.
"Take this, don't let yourself down."
Wen Guoer only felt a warm force clamping her hand, and then a manila envelope appeared in her hand. When she reacted, she was the only one left in the room.
"Is this being held hands?"
Feeling the residual warmth from her palm, Wen Guoer was somewhat stunned...
The envelope was bulging with a thick stack of Great Unity banknotes.
Wen Guoer counted the amount of money in the envelope. There were fifty Great Unity coupons, as well as various tickets, food coupons, sugar coupons, cloth coupons... and five industrial coupons.
This is 500 yuan from the 1970s. According to the exchange rate between the 1970s and later generations, it is about 1 to 300.
"He just casually gave me such a huge sum of money? This man is too manly!"
The values of choosing a spouse that her brothers in her previous life had instilled in her since she was a child were:
A man who is willing to spend money on you is not necessarily a good man, but a man who is not willing to spend money on you is definitely not a good man.
In her previous life, Wen Guoer had no concept of money. Money was probably just a long string of numbers in her balance, but this money gave her enough confidence to live in this era.
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