Chapter 43 Catfish Stewed with Eggplant
Li Qian was extremely embarrassed when she heard what her son said.
Thinking about the last time he went back to his mother's house, although Jiang Dong didn't beat his nephew, he still made him cry.
Even so, Jiang Dong didn't even take off his coat to give to his nephew.
Of course, Li Qian was also unwilling to give Jiang Dong's clothes away.
After all, it was very difficult to make a piece of clothing these days, and it took a very long time just to save up cloth coupons.
Besides, my mother-in-law knows every piece of clothing in Jiangdong.
If Jiang Dong lost a piece of clothing because he went back to his mother's house with me.
If my mother-in-law knew about this, she would definitely tear me apart.
However, it was really embarrassing for my son to say this in front of his sisters-in-law.
Li Qian glared at her son with disappointment.
Thinking about it, during the Chinese New Year, it is a proud and happy thing for a married girl to go back to her parents' home with generous gifts. It would be better not to cause any unpleasantness between her and her family because of her little nephew.
So I had no choice but to agree with my son not to go to my mother's house with me.
After Jiang Hao finished his meal, he washed his bowl and went out with his lunch box and banana.
Shi Luo was just about to eat some noodles with the mutton soup when he heard someone knocking on the window.
Thinking that the person knocking on the window at this point could only be Jiang Hao, he quickly opened the window.
"Didn't I tell you not to run around at night? It's so cold in the middle of winter."
Jiang Hao handed the lunch box and the banana in his hand to Shi Luo and whispered, "It's okay, I'm well dressed, so I'm not cold. This is catfish stewed with eggplant, it's still hot, you can eat it quickly. Oh, and here are two bananas, my third brother gave them to me, you can try them too."
"Hey, you actually brought me stewed fish. Why did you bring bananas as well? They're not common here. Have you eaten them?" Shi Luo was still very happy. After all, he could see that Jiang Hao really cared about him.
Jiang Hao: "I already promised you, I must send it to you. I've eaten bananas before, they are so sweet and delicious. Oh, by the way, the team will have an ox cart going to the commune tomorrow, will you go?"
Shi Luo shook his head. He had also heard about the oxcart going to the commune. "I don't lack anything here. It's too cold and I don't want to go out, so I'm not going. I heard that eight or nine aunts in our team want to go. Some people say that the oxcart may not be able to accommodate everyone, and those who arrive late will have to take a sled."
"It's better not to go, so we don't have to get cold. Tomorrow I have to go to the commune with my mother. Sigh, you don't know how crowded the supply and marketing cooperative is before the New Year. Luckily, my sister works there. If we want to buy anything, we can just go to my sister. Oh, by the way, if you want to buy something in the future, just tell me and I'll buy it for you."
"I know how crowded it is. I went there to buy New Year's goods when I was in Beijing. I remember seeing people lose their shoes because there were so many people.
The man came out with one foot bare after buying something, and he was so angry that he went straight to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative and started cursing.
Although Shi Luo had not experienced this, the original owner had, so Shi Luo was very familiar with it.
"The supply and marketing cooperatives in Beijing are also so crowded. I thought big cities would be more orderly, but it turns out they are all the same. Okay, it's getting late, I have to go first."
Jiang Hao really wanted to stay with the young educated youth for a while longer, but thinking that he had to get up early tomorrow for something, he had to leave first.
"It's dark now, go back and be careful."
"Don't worry, I'm leaving now. Please close the windows tightly so you don't get cold at night." After saying that, Jiang Hao left, looking back every few steps.
Shi Luo waited by the window. After he could no longer see Jiang Hao's back, he closed the window and went to eat the catfish stewed with eggplant.
Because Jiang Hao didn't send any staple food this time and Shi Luo was too lazy to cook, he took out a portion of ready-made rice from the space and ate it with the dishes.
Wow, it smells so good, it really deserves to be a famous dish. The saying that catfish stewed with eggplant can make an old man die of stuffing is really true.
Looking at the lunch box that had not a single bit of food left, Shi Luo felt inwardly that Jiang Hao's mother's cooking skills were really good, otherwise he wouldn't be able to eat so cleanly.
After Shi Luo had eaten and drunk his fill, he lay on the kang and rubbed his round belly.
"It would be nice if the days could continue like this."
Jiang Hao was woken up by Liu Cuihua in the morning. After washing up, he hurried to the village entrance to take the ox cart.
Maybe they were lucky, there was still room on the ox cart when the three of them arrived. Jiang Hao quickly climbed up and sat down, and then pulled Liu Cuihua and Jiang Dong up.
The ox cart waited for another fifteen minutes, and only set off slowly after it was full.
Aunt Guihua arrived last, but she also managed to grab the last seat. Seeing Jiang Hao on the cart, she said, "Haozi, don't you have a bicycle? Why don't you ride the oxcart with us ladies? If all else fails, you can ride a sled."
"What are you talking about, aunt? Do you think I'm stupid if I don't take the ox cart when I have one? I'm not crazy if I ride a bicycle on this day. What if I fall? Besides, it would be so cold if I take a sled. If I have to choose, of course I'd take the ox cart." Jiang Hao said seriously as he sat aside.
Accountant Wang's eldest daughter-in-law curled her lips when she heard this and said, "How dare you, a grown man, squeeze into a bullock cart with a few of us girls?"
That’s right, apart from Uncle Zhou who was driving the ox cart and ten-year-old Jiang Dong, Jiang Hao was the only man on the ox cart.
But Jiang Hao didn't care. "Sister, look at what you said. Why should I be embarrassed? Besides, you guys can see someone as good-looking as me so early in the morning. Don't you feel good? I don't mind you riding in the same car with me. Why do you mind me?"
"Okay, stop joking. Will you come with me to the supply and marketing cooperative later?" Liu Cuihua saw that her youngest son was becoming more and more unreliable and quickly interrupted him.
"I'm not going. After you go to the supply and marketing cooperative, come find me at the state-owned restaurant. I'll be waiting for you there." Jiang Hao didn't want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative and be squeezed by people.
"Uncle, are you going to treat me and grandma to dinner?" Jiang Dong became excited when he heard this.
"Yeah, the oxcart won't be back until after noon anyway, so we might as well go have lunch." Jiang Hao only had a piece of cake for breakfast, and he couldn't hold on until the evening.
"Why waste that money? I'll go home and cook for you whatever you want to eat." Liu Cuihua didn't want to go.
Jiang Hao: "No, you have to go. I heard from my second sister-in-law yesterday that the state-owned restaurant is serving octopus today. I want to eat that. Mom, you can go. My eldest brother sent me some pocket money yesterday. I have money."
Liu Cuihua knew her son loved eating, and she couldn't stop him, so she could only agree, "Okay, then I'll take Xiaodong to the state-owned restaurant to see you when I'm done."
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