Chapter 5: A Pound of Pork

"What are you going to the county town for?" Jiang Cuihua looked unhappy.

"......I'm going to buy something." Liu Yinyin said embarrassedly.

When she woke up this morning, she found Jiang Cuihua looked gloomy and unhappy.

However, it shouldn't be directed at her.

Jiang Cuihua was probably really unhappy, and she didn't bother to ask her what she was going to buy in the county town. She just said, "Come back early."

Liu Yinyin nodded twice, turned around and saw Mrs. Liu sitting under the eaves sewing shoe soles.

After thinking for a while, she walked over and asked quietly, "Sister-in-law, what's wrong with my mother? She doesn't look very happy."

Sister Liu groaned and said in a low voice, "It's all your aunt's fault!"

"Aunt? What happened to her?" Liu Yinyin said thoughtfully. Second sister-in-law Liu was indeed very strange. After being busy for so long, the women in the family should have had a day off today, but her second sister-in-law actually went to work in the fields.

"She," said Mrs. Liu, "she made a rumor known to everyone that she was pregnant, and what happened?"

Mrs. Liu rolled her eyes and continued, "She had her period last night, so she's not pregnant at all."

During this time, Liu Ersao took advantage of her "pregnancy" to do the easiest work at work and did not do any housework at all.

I took a day off during this period because I didn’t want to tire out the baby in my belly.

Who knew... this would be the result.

"I'm not pregnant." Somehow, Liu Yinyin always felt that she seemed to have missed some important information, but... she couldn't figure it out for a moment.

I just nodded in sudden realization, no wonder.

Jiang Cuihua wanted nothing more than to have another grandson, but Liu Ersao wasn't pregnant at all. No wonder she was unhappy.

"That's right, you're just making trouble." Sister Liu was also not used to her sister-in-law's behavior.

Liu Yinyin smiled but said nothing. As a sister-in-law with an awkward status, it was not easy for her to interfere in family affairs.

After knowing that Jiang Cuihua was just in a bad mood and nothing serious happened, Liu Yinyin packed up and went out with the basket.

Liujia Village is not far from the county town and can be reached in an hour on foot.

During the farming season, the village would send ox carts to take people to the county town on double dates, but they charged a penny.

Liu Yinyin didn't want to take the ox cart, so she walked for an hour to reach the county town.

When she arrived at the county town, Liu Yinyin was surprised again.

I never thought the county town was so backward at that time. Although it was not as well built as the mud houses in the village, it was not much better either.

Most of the houses are one-story bungalows, made of both red and green bricks, and look very old.

Liu Yinyin had nothing else to do in the county town, so she walked around. There were supply and marketing cooperatives and department stores in the county town.

Liu Yinyin went in to take a look but didn't buy anything. Firstly, she didn't want to save money, and secondly, supplies were scarce at that time, and some scarce supplies, such as food, oil, meat, etc., had to be purchased with coupons.

It would be strange for her, a country girl, to have a ticket.

well!

It's really inconvenient that I can't buy things as I want.

Liu Yinyin walked around the county town and returned empty-handed.

When she was almost home, Liu Yinyin bought a pound of fat and lean pork from the system, put it in a basket, covered it with a piece of cloth, and went home.

It was almost noon, and Jiang Cuihua and Mrs. Liu were busy cooking in the kitchen.

Liu Yinyin carried the basket and went straight into the kitchen. She said to Jiang Cuihua, "Mom, I bought a pound of pork in the county. Can you cook it for me at noon?"

Jiang Cuihua was so shocked that she almost dropped her spatula. She asked with wide eyes, "...What did you buy?"

Did she hear it right? The girl said she bought meat?

Liu Yinyin took out the pork from the basket and showed it to her. She blinked twice and said, "I bought a pound of pork for everyone to nourish their bodies."

It's not that she's greedy. Liu Yinyin has a system, so she can secretly have some meat from time to time, but...it's not good to eat alone all the time.

Jiang Cuihua was surprised for two seconds, then asked in confusion: "Where did you get the sex ticket?"

She knew that the young lady had some money, but nowadays you can't buy meat just by having money.

Liu Yinyin had already thought of what to say on the way, and said righteously: "Look, when Gu Cheng returned to the army, he left me a meat ticket, and I haven't had time to use it yet."

Of course, this was meant to deceive Jiang Cuihua. Gu Cheng had high allowances and good benefits, and he did have various tickets sent back to his hometown every month.

However, Liu Yinyin was not the head of the Gu family, and the allowances and tickets sent back by Gu Cheng were directly handed over to Gu's mother.

The previous fifty yuan was what he secretly gave to Liu Yinyin, and he really had nothing else.

But Gu Cheng is no longer around, so even if Jiang Cuihua has doubts, she can't find anyone to verify what she said.

"Really?" Jiang Cuihua glanced at her suspiciously, but didn't think about anything else. She was just worried that she had gone to a place she shouldn't have gone.

Liu Yinyin nodded very seriously.

Thinking that her son-in-law was indeed capable, Jiang Cuihua finally believed her and did not ask any more questions.

Liu Yinyin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She had put a lot of effort into improving the food at home.

However, Jiang Cuihua didn't dare to cook the whole pound of pork at once, so she only cut about a quarter of it and planned to make a dish of cabbage stewed with pork.

The pork is both fat and lean. Jiang Cuihua cuts the fat into slices and throws them into the bottom of the pot to render oil.

After a while, the fat in the pot began to sizzle and smoke came out of oil, and a fragrant aroma wafted into the air.

As Liu Yinyin was smelling it, she suddenly vomited. She found the smell a bit disgusting.

"Yinyin, what's wrong with you?" Sister Liu was dazzled by the pork bought by her sister-in-law and was working hard to make a fire.

When I looked up, I saw my sister-in-law covering her mouth and looking like she wanted to vomit.

Liu Yinyin waved her hands and said, "It's okay, I just feel a little sick. Mom, I'll go back to my room and rest for a while."

The smell of lard was becoming more and more disgusting. If she stayed any longer, Liu Yinyin was afraid that she would vomit.

Jiang Cuihua's heart tensed up, but she pretended to be calm and said, "Okay, you can get out now."

"Mom, could Yinyin be..." Mrs. Liu hesitated to speak. Seeing her sister-in-law's reaction, it seemed as if she was really pregnant.

"Don't talk nonsense. It's not that easy to have a baby. Maybe you've been too tired recently." Given her daughter's current situation, Jiang Cuihua didn't want her to have a baby.

Liu Yinyin went back to her room and drank a large bowl of water before she managed to suppress the sudden feeling of disgust.

To be honest, she started to panic at this moment.

The original owner...

Liu Yinyin thought about it carefully and realized that Gu Cheng returned to the army after the Lantern Festival, and it had been almost two months.

During this period, the original owner did not seem to have a good time.

Liu Yinyin: “…”

Oh my God!

Could it be that she is going to be a mother?