Chapter 41 New Year's Goods
"Of course your father won't agree. Unless your grandfather, your grandmother, and I are willing to go with you, your father will never let your mother join the army in this lifetime."
Jiang Hao looked at his mother with a look of despair, saying, "Your mother must be crazy. She dares to think of anything."
"Alas, my mother mainly wants to get rid of you and my grandparents. If you go with her, she won't want to join the army anymore."
Jiang Dong also knew that his mother was thinking too much.
Jiang Hao: "Your mother's life is so good. She has money and food. Her son is smart and cute. Her husband is not around to bother her. Her parents-in-law are reasonable. Why is she still not satisfied?"
Jiang Dong glanced at his uncle with a puzzled look and said, "It's mainly because your existence makes her feel that she is not valued by her husband and parents-in-law, so she is not satisfied. But it doesn't matter. I am content anyway."
Jiang Hao said shamelessly, "Then your mother should just hold on. After all, it's an unchangeable fact that the whole family likes me."
Jiang Dong glanced at his shameless uncle and stopped talking. He lay on the kang silently and looked at the ceiling.
"Hey, why aren't you talking?"
Jiang Hao still wanted to talk about two more dollars.
"Uncle, I really don't know how to respond to what you just said." Jiang Dong was helpless.
Jiang Hao: "Hey, kid, by the way, your school should be closed for the holidays. The snow has been getting heavier these days. I'm afraid the roads will be closed in a few days. By then, it will probably take a month or so for the roads to be unpassable."
Jiang Dong became excited when he mentioned this. "Uncle, you really don't pay attention to me. I've been on vacation for a long time."
Jiang Hao was not embarrassed to hear his nephew say this, and continued to ask, "So, how many points did you get in this exam? Did you pass?"
Jiang Dong heard his uncle questioning his academic performance. "What a joke! I got full marks on the test."
"That's great. Here you go, just consider it a reward. Don't let your mom find out, or she'll definitely confiscate it." Jiang Hao took out fifty cents from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Dong.
"Hey, thank you, uncle." Jiang Dong put the money in his pocket, thinking about hiding it in his secret base while his mother was not in the house.
"Uncle, I remembered that you don't have to ride your bike to the commune to take milk tomorrow.
I heard from my grandfather today that there might be heavy snow in a few days, and I am afraid that the road will be closed.
Accountant Wang also heard that the New Year's goods from the supply and marketing cooperative will be available tomorrow, and it seems that there are many rare items.
Many people in the brigade wanted to go and take a look, but Grandpa said that since Chinese New Year was just a few days away, he asked the ox to make an extra trip and take the villagers to buy New Year's goods together.
"Well, that's great. I can go ride the ox cart tomorrow." Jiang Hao was still reluctant to ride a bicycle in winter, and it just so happened that there was an ox cart tomorrow.
"Uncle, can you take me with you?" Jiang Dong also wanted to go to the commune.
"Go ask your grandma or your mom for help. I can't do that. I have something else to do tomorrow."
Jiang Hao refused coldly and ruthlessly.
"Okay, then I'll go and ask my mother for help."
Jiang Hao is not the only option in Jiangdong.
"Haozi, Xiaodong is out for dinner."
Liu Cuihua had prepared the meal and saw that everyone was sitting at the table except her eldest son and Xiaodong, so she quickly called for help.
"Here it comes"
When Jiang Hao and Jiang Dong heard that it was time to eat, they quickly got up and put on their shoes.
"Wow, it's really delicious." Jiang Hao exclaimed after taking a bite.
This is not something you can eat often, mainly because catfish is difficult to prepare, so Jiang Hao was quite greedy.
"Fourth son, the Chinese New Year is coming in a few days. You and your wife didn't have a day off during the past two years. Isn't it your turn this year?" Jiang Jianguo asked his fourth son who was eating quietly.
Jiang Sen swallowed the biscuit in his mouth. "We can both rest for the New Year this year. We don't have to go to the factory from tomorrow until the third day of the New Year. I have brought back all the New Year goods distributed by the factory."
"Yes, I have put them all away: two pounds of flour, a bar of soap, a pound of hard candy, a pound of biscuits, three ounces of brown sugar, and half a pound of pork, two portions of each."
Liu Cuihua talked about the New Year gifts given to her fourth son and fourth daughter-in-law, and then she thought about it and continued to talk about the New Year gifts given to her eldest son, second daughter-in-law, and third son.
"The boss sent me eight New Year's gifts: five packs of cigarettes, two bottles of wine, a pound of brown sugar, two pounds of white flour, a pack of tea, and six cans of luncheon meat.
The second daughter-in-law also received six items this year: three ounces of sugar, one pound of rice, one pound of flour, half a pound of mutton, half a chicken, and half a duck.
The third brother gave out eight things: half a pound of pork, two pounds of flour, a bar of soap, a bottle of wine, three ounces of sugar, three ounces of sesame seeds, three ounces of oil, and half a pound of melon seeds.
As in previous years, these are all public goods. With these, even if we don’t need to buy New Year’s goods this year, we can still have a prosperous New Year.”
"Mom, I only have the first day of the new year off this year, and I can't take a day off on the 30th." Liu Shan said quickly after hearing what her mother-in-law said.
Liu Cuihua: "Okay, I get it. When are you planning to visit your parents this year? I need to prepare the gifts in advance."
Zhao Xiuxiu and Li Qian said in unison, "Tomorrow"
Liu Cuihua glanced at the two of them and nodded in agreement. In fact, Liu Cuihua could guess what the two of them were thinking.
Isn’t it just sending the holiday gifts before the New Year, so that your parents can have a good New Year?
"Mom, what is the holiday gift this year?" Li Qian asked boldly, relying on her status as the eldest daughter-in-law.
Liu Cuihua thought for a moment and said, "You are the same as the second and third daughters-in-law. The gifts you give to your parents' home during festivals are all one pound of wild boar meat, three ounces of brown sugar, three ounces of biscuits, and one pound of wild meat.
The fourth son's wife's was two catties of wild boar meat, three ounces of brown sugar, two catties of wild mutton, two fish weighing about one catty, a pack of cigarettes, and two catties of hazelnuts.
I'll prepare it tonight and give it to you tomorrow morning. You can just take it with you whenever you want to go back to your parents' home."
"Why does the fourth son have so many wives? I am the eldest daughter-in-law, mother. You can't be too partial." Li Qian asked without thinking.
Jiang Dong covered his head and said, "My impulsive and brainless mother, can't you just say less?"
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