Chapter 324 Sweet Potatoes
The Wang family's sons and daughters were getting married a little too quickly, but that was the custom in those days.
If both parties like each other, they should get married. Dating for too long will only lead to criticism.
Zheng Yanwei: "Congratulations, auntie."
Aunt Wang narrowed her eyes and smiled: "It's settled. In two days, you all will come to my house for the wedding banquet."
Liu Yinyin glanced at Zheng Qiangwei and nodded: "Okay, auntie, we will definitely go when the time comes."
After Aunt Wang left.
Zheng Yanwei and Liu Yinyin whispered, "Should we prepare a gift for the bride?"
"It would be bad to go empty-handed." Liu Yinyin said, "We are not relatives, so it is not good to follow suit and give gifts."
Zheng Qiangwei has no experience: "What should I give as a gift..."
Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Cloth, enamel basins, enamel cups, whatever is fine."
We all know that they have good conditions, and the gifts they give us are not too bad.
After getting off work in the afternoon, Liu Yinyin saw Liu Ersao and Liu Zhizhi waiting for her at the door of her house.
"Sister-in-law, if you have anything to say, just go to the supply and marketing cooperative to find me. You don't have to wait here."
Mrs. Liu came in carrying a basket and said, "I didn't wait long. I thought you were going to get off work soon, so I didn't go to the supply and marketing cooperative."
After that, Mrs. Liu handed the things in the basket to Liu Yinyin and said with a smile, "I had nothing to do this afternoon, so I went to the sea with others and dug a bucket of clams."
Living on an island is pretty good, you can get free seafood by going out to sea.
Although it's not as big as the ones sold in stores, it's free.
Anyway, it's your own food, so it doesn't matter if it's a little worse.
Liu Yinyin told her: "Second sister-in-law, you can cook and dry the leftover seafood and take it home to eat later."
Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "I know, but I don't need a pound or two of this."
Liu Yinyin didn't say anything and went back to the house to pack a bag of dried figs for Liu Zhizhi.
This thing is too sweet, and Liu Yinyin doesn't dare let Gu Yanyan eat too much.
She and Gu Cheng don't like snacks.
I usually give some out to others when they need it.
After Liu Ersao found out that she dried the figs herself, she sighed and said, "People here still have an easy life. They have endless seafood and fruits to dry. It's different back home. Many people still dig wild vegetables to eat."
It’s because the weather is good this year, otherwise... there would be no hope for the future.
Liu Yinyin: "It will get better and better in the future."
Mrs. Liu sat for a while and then left because she had to hurry back to cook.
Today, Gu Cheng came back with a piece of mutton. Some soldiers in the army hunted two wild goats in the mountains.
Thinking that Brother Liu and his family would be there too, Gu Cheng specially brought back a large piece of mutton, weighing about three or four pounds.
Stewing mutton takes time. Liu Ersao shares a kitchen with others, so it should be difficult to stew mutton.
Liu Yinyin said, "I have stewed all the mutton. Can you send half of it to your second brother in the evening? It's a good opportunity to go over there and take a look."
She had followed Brother Liu Er to the rental house to take a look and found the house to be pretty good.
The landlords are an elderly couple.
Liu Yinyin heard from Aunt Wang that the old man had two sons, but they both moved out and lived on their own.
The two old people didn't want to cause trouble for their son, so they didn't live with them.
Gu Cheng nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go chop the mutton."
There was so much mutton that even the three of them couldn't finish it.
The weather is hot and mutton doesn't last long.
Liu Yinyin washed ginger, radish, ginseng, wolfberry and red dates and stewed mutton.
The mutton is stewing on the stove, so we'll have a late dinner tonight.
There are also clams given by Mrs. Liu at home...
Liu Yinyin fried some clams with garlic and steamed a few steamed buns.
Eat a little to fill your stomach first, and then eat the mutton when it is cooked.
It was almost nine o'clock when the family finished their dinner.
The autumn harvest season is approaching, and some areas with hot climates have already started the summer harvest.
The next day, the supply and marketing cooperative delivered a large number of fresh sweet potatoes and potatoes.
They are all long-lasting grains. Many villagers and their families come to buy sweet potatoes and potatoes, and they buy dozens or even hundreds of kilograms.
The people in the supply and marketing cooperative were busy all morning.
By lunchtime, the number of people buying food gradually decreased.
Other employees of the supply and marketing cooperative also bought a lot of sweet potatoes.
Aunt Wang directly bought 200 kilograms of sweet potatoes and 50 kilograms of potatoes.
It was also because the supply and marketing cooperative had a purchase limit, otherwise she could have bought more.
Liu Yinyin only bought 50 kilograms of sweet potatoes and 20 kilograms of potatoes.
Zheng Qiangwei bought even less than her. The sweet potatoes and potatoes together weighed only about 40 to 50 kilograms.
Seeing that they bought so little, Auntie Wang became impatient and asked, "Yinyin, why did you buy so little?"
It's rare to find food for sale on the island, so if you come across it, you must buy more and stockpile.
Zheng Qiangwei buys less because she is not used to eating these things.
Liu Yinyin likes to eat sweet potatoes. Potatoes are also good, and Gu Yanyan likes to eat them.
But she didn't need to buy more. She could just smuggle another twenty or thirty kilograms out of the system, which would be enough for her to eat.
Moreover, there are dried sweet potatoes sent from my hometown.
When the autumn harvest comes, the villagers might even send her sweet potatoes.
Liu Yinyin explained: "My parents grow sweet potatoes in my hometown. They send me dried sweet potatoes from time to time. It's enough for me to eat."
When Auntie Wang heard this, she was envious: "It's better to have land. You can grow whatever you want to eat."
Liu Yinyin smiled but said nothing. They each have their own advantages.
To be honest, people here on the island have a better life, at least they don't have to go hungry.
Liu Yinyin doesn't have to go to work in the afternoon.
After get off work, Liu Yinyin took the things directly home.
After arriving home, Liu Yinyin smuggled another 50 kilograms of sweet potatoes and 20 kilograms of potatoes out of the system.
After dinner, she packed up twenty kilograms of sweet potatoes and ten kilograms of potatoes and brought them to Liu Ersao.
After delivering the things, I went to the beach for a swim.
The weather is hot, so going swimming can help you cool down.
When Mrs. Liu heard that she was going to the beach, she immediately followed her out.
Mrs. Liu said, "We were planning to go fishing this afternoon."
She is a very frugal person, so she just digs up some seafood for dinner and doesn't need to buy groceries.
Liu Yinyin took them to the old place by bicycle.
Mrs. Liu said with satisfaction: "This place is good, there are few people."
There were a lot of people at the place she went yesterday, and she didn't find much seafood after searching for an entire afternoon.
It's only because Mrs. Liu has some free time, otherwise it would be quite troublesome.
Mainly because it was sunny and we were only on the island for two days.
Mrs. Liu Er's face became darker. Liu Yeye liked to play outside, so she got even darker from the sun. Her little face looked like the bottom of a pot.
People who don’t know would think they are here to suffer.
"You are still hello, sister-in-law. You can never get tanned no matter what you do."
Although Mrs. Liu is not considered good-looking, she doesn't want to be as black as coal.
Liu Yinyin was born with fair skin and had no experience to speak of, so she changed the subject and said, "Second sister-in-law, you go dig seafood here, I'll go swim in the sea and come back in a while."
Mrs. Liu was surprised: "...You can swim now?"