Chapter 443 Sending Away
Mrs. Liu said hurriedly, "You need to take care of the children, and leave the cooking to me. I'm free anyway."
Liu Yinyin did not refuse. It was indeed not easy to prepare New Year's Eve dinner for so many people.
Someone has to watch over the children's eating, drinking, defecating and urinating, so there is not much spare time to cook.
Liu Yinyin said, "Second sister-in-law, you cook, and I'll prepare the ingredients."
It is easy to buy seafood on the island, pork...
As the year draws to a close, the supply and marketing cooperatives should have pork supplies.
During this period, Liu Yinyin saved up quite a few meat coupons, and when the time came, she bought three or four pounds of pork and two ribs.
I also want to buy an old duck.
A few more seafood and two vegetarian dishes and that's about enough.
Sister Liu smiled and said, "I'm going to go fishing these days, so you don't need to buy any seafood..."
Not only Liu Ersao, but Gu Cheng also went to the beach in the afternoon and brought back a bucket of sea fish and shrimps.
Although she was reluctant, Gu's mother packed up and prepared to go back early the next morning.
Originally, Gu Cheng arranged for Xiao He to take her to the train station.
He was not at work these two days and there was nothing else to do at home, so Gu Cheng changed his mind and personally sent her to Qing City.
It’s a good time to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some New Year’s goods.
If it weren't for her bad relationship with Gu's mother, Liu Yinyin would have gone to Qing City by herself to buy some supplies for the New Year.
Speaking of which, she was quite speechless.
Liu Yinyin is not a petty person. The kitchen cabinet for storing dry goods and the living room cabinet for storing snacks are never locked when someone is at home.
There are also rice jars and noodle jars, and they are not hidden away on purpose.
So, when she saw Gu's mother bringing back a lot of things in the morning, Liu Yinyin became suspicious.
After Gu's mother and Gu Cheng left, Liu Yinyin checked the cabinet.
At this glance, I realized that there were indeed a lot of things missing from the house.
It turned out that the rice and noodle jars in the kitchen were filled with at least two-thirds of the food.
At this moment, only half of the rice jar and flour jar were left.
Gu's mother took away nearly 20 kilograms of food, but there was no shortage of coarse grain.
The rest are dried seafood and snacks.
Liu Yinyin couldn't remember exactly how many dried goods there were at home.
But she knew that the dried abalone and sea cucumber in the cupboard were gone!
This lady really knows how to pick out good things.
The five-drawer cabinet was also half empty, with fewer cookies, snacks, brown sugar, etc.
There was also the glutinous rice cakes that Gu Cheng had asked someone to make before, and Gu's mother took away almost half of them!
When she and Gu Cheng went downstairs this morning, Gu's mother had already packed her things. She didn't know what time she started to get busy, and she didn't hear any movement upstairs.
Liu Yinyin was completely speechless. She had never expected that Gu's mother would do such a sneaky thing and had not been on guard against her in advance.
......
When they arrived at the train station, Gu Cheng sent his mother onto the train and was about to leave.
He casually said, "Mom, please be careful on the road."
"Wait a minute..." Gu's mother was holding her breath, "Well, it's Chinese New Year already, and you, as a son, don't show any appreciation at all?"
When she was on the island, there was no good stuff prepared for her to take back home, and she had to do it herself!
Gu's mother didn't feel embarrassed at all. In her eyes, as a mother, what was wrong with her taking a few things from her son's home?
Gu Cheng glanced at Gu Mu's luggage and sighed, "Mom, didn't you pick out a lot of good things for yourself?"
He really didn't know what to say to his own mother.
Gu's mother was also embarrassed to speak up: "Is there any money left? The New Year is coming soon, your father and I are going to buy some delicious food."
Gu Cheng said helplessly: "I didn't bring it. All the money at home is with Yin Yin."
Upon hearing this, Gu's mother scolded, "...you are useless."
Gu's mother knew what others were saying about her behind her back, saying that she didn't know how to get along well with her youngest son's family.
In fact, she is not stupid at all!
Gu's mother knew it well. Because of what she had done to her daughter-in-law before, the other party must be holding a grudge against her.
She knew very well that the grudge between the two of them would never be resolved. In that case, why should she waste her energy trying to please her youngest son's family?
Even Gu's mother couldn't bring herself to do that.
......
On the island, while the triplets were sleeping, Liu Yinyin took the time to go next door and talk to Zheng Qiangwei about having the New Year's Eve dinner.
Liu Yinyin told her directly: "In two days, on New Year's Eve, my eldest brother and my second brother's family and I have discussed that we will have a meal together. Do you want to join us?"
If Zheng Qiangwei doesn't mind, they can have the New Year's Eve dinner together. Liu Yinyin doesn't have any bad intentions, she's just worried that she will feel uncomfortable.
Zheng Qiangwei suddenly realized, "Is that so... forget it. I didn't think it through before."
They are siblings, so it's only natural for them to eat together.
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Just let me know if you need any help."
With Mrs. Liu gone, Zheng Qiangwei has to take care of the children, cook and do housework all by herself.
It was indeed a bit overwhelming, and besides, she herself was not very good at cooking.
Preparing the New Year's Eve dinner is quite difficult for her.
At noon, Liu Yinyin made lunch for herself.
Liu Yinyin was alone with Gu Yanyan, so she cooked a pot of vermicelli with garlic clams...
When frying the garlic sauce, Liu Yinyin added a lot of seasonings, making the garlic sauce fragrant and delicious.
The cooked garlic clam vermicelli is also delicious.
"Mom, I want another bowl..." As he was growing up, Gu Yanyan's appetite increased a lot.
But his little body is not fat and he looks very strong.
He is also tall, half a head taller than other children of the same age.
Liu Yinyin didn't bother him and scooped him a bowl of vermicelli with clams in garlic sauce.
The little guy ate it with relish: "Mom, I want to eat this again tonight."
Liu Yinyin smiled and asked him, "Is it delicious?"
Gu Yanyan hummed twice and said in a baby voice, "Everything mom makes is delicious."
The little boy is just over three years old, but he can speak quite well. She and Gu Cheng don't deliberately teach their child like this.
Liu Yinyin felt sweet at heart after hearing this, and joked: "So... which one is better, mom's cooking or dad's?"
Gu Yanyan didn't even think about it and said, "It's just as delicious as what mom and dad make."
Liu Yinyin: “…”
In the afternoon, Gu Cheng bought a lot of things, all food.
A piece of pork weighing four or five pounds, two pig trotters, a roast chicken, and a big ham!
Liu Yinyin was surprised and delighted: "How did you buy so much pork?"
Apart from anything else, the ham that Gu Cheng brought back was a whole smoked pork leg, weighing at least ten kilograms!
Gu Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "A friend gave it to me."
I planned to buy it considering the cost, but the other party refused to accept my payment.
Liu Yinyin understood and said, "Give him something back next time."