The market was very lively. Even though it had snowed a few days ago, there were still a lot of people setting up stalls and gathering.

There were many good things in her mall, but in order not to arouse suspicion, Shuying still bought some dried goods and preserves at the market, as well as ribs, a few pounds of fresh pork, ribs, shrimp skin, sea fish, kelp, etc.

As for the vegetables, they are available at home, and the vegetables planted in her front yard have grown almost as well in the past few months.

I also bought some walnut cookies that my kids love.

After buying the things, Shuying raised his wrist to check the time and prepared to go back to the place where he was going to meet Gao Dasao.

When she was pushing her bike back, she actually saw someone selling shrimps at a stall. Fresh shrimps are rare nowadays, and they are particularly large. The other party said that they were just caught from the sea. Shuying hurriedly bought a few pounds of live shrimps, and also bought some other seafood and fish.

After paying the money and picking up the backpack, she felt it was a bit heavy. Shuying hung the backpack in front of the car and pushed the car back to the place where she met Gao Dasao.

When she arrived, Mrs. Gao was already waiting there with a basket.

Shuying hurriedly said, "Sister-in-law, you've been waiting for a long time, have you bought everything? Once you've bought everything, let's go back first!"

"I didn't have to wait long, sister-in-law. I just got here." In fact, Mrs. Gao had already bought the things and was waiting here.

She was a person who wanted to spend every penny wisely, and if it wasn't for the New Year approaching, she really didn't want to come to the market.

You have to spend money when you come to the market.

Look, a few pounds of meat and a fish cost her a lot of money, and Mrs. Gao is feeling very painful at the moment.

If her husband hadn't repeatedly asked her to buy a few more pounds of meat this year during breakfast, as he couldn't let the children eat carrots and vegetables all year round, she would have just wanted to buy a pound of meat just to taste it.

Mrs. Gao opened the basket and showed Shuying what she bought, saying, "Sister, you don't know how much I spent on the meat and fish this morning. You, Gao Tuan, even wanted me to buy a few more pounds of meat. Does he think buying meat is buying cabbage? You, Gao Tuan, can only talk about it. How can he, a grown man, understand the hardships of us women who are in charge of the family?"

Mrs. Gao frowned and glanced at the tree shadows a few times. She saw that although Mrs. Gao bought few things today, she bought a lot of meat this time.

She had been to the market with Mrs. Gao several times before, and Mrs. Gao was only willing to buy a pound of meat at most, but this time she wanted at least two or three pounds.

Shuying said, "Sister-in-law, the meat you bought is really fat!"

"That's right, it's all thanks to you for bringing my sister-in-law to the market early today!" Mrs. Gao felt a little sad at first, but when she saw the pork belly in her basket, she smiled.

Actually, it wasn't a loss to buy the meat today. She came to the market early in Yang Mei's car, so she got to grab the good meat.

I guess all this fat will allow her to make a lot of lard.

Before getting on the bus, Gao Dasao glanced at the New Year goods that Shuying had bought. When she saw that Yang Meizi had bought a basket of things, Gao Dasao took a breath and said, "Why did you buy so much? Can you eat it all?"

But she saw that there was meat, ribs and even shrimps in it, oh my god.

Why is Yang Meizi's hand stitch so big? What will she do if she and Chen Tuan have a baby in the future?

Just now, Mrs. Gao remembered the mushroom meat sauce that Sister Yang gave her some time ago. The sauce contained diced meat and oil.

If it were her, she wouldn't even want to make this kind of sauce, let alone give it to others. The mushroom meat sauce that Yang Meizi gave to her family contained diced meat and oil, and a lot of ingredients were put in.

Mrs. Gao advised her earnestly that she should be frugal and plan for the future. If she had money in her hands, she wouldn't have to worry about anything in the future, right?

The two had different ideas about the gap between the decades, and Shuying did not intend to force Gao Dasao to agree with her point of view. She knew that Gao Dasao meant well, and nodded while riding her bike: "Sister-in-law, I understand. We bought a lot at the market this time because it is almost the end of the year. Even if we save money, we still have to have a good meal at the end of the year."

"That's right!" Otherwise, how could she be willing to buy meat when her husband only said a few words? Mrs. Gao continued, "Sister, you don't know how much your Gao Tuan likes to eat the mushroom meat sauce you make. I usually put some in the stew, and it's very delicious. You Gao Tuan and the children eat a few more bowls of rice."

Shuying pursed her lips and smiled. She knew very well that Mrs. Gao was too frugal in her daily life. Her cooking style was almost the same as her mother's. She was reluctant to even use oil. How could her cooking be delicious?

She added a lot of mushroom and meat sauce as seasoning, and the stew was really delicious.

Seeing that Mrs. Gao muttered that she didn't know how to cook the fish, she was reluctant to make sauerkraut fish again. However, Mrs. Gao also knew that the fish she cooked before was unpalatable and fishy. Her children wouldn't eat it, and her husband didn't like it either. She was also afraid of wasting the fish.

Shuying said crisply, "Sister-in-law, fish stewed with tofu and some meat sauce should taste good. I just happen to know that the Hongqi family has the skill of making tofu. It's almost the end of the year, and I plan to spend some money to ask the Hongqi family to help make some tofu. Sister-in-law, do you want tofu?"

Mrs. Gao was not familiar with Li Hongqi's wife and did not know that she had this skill. After hearing what Shuying said, she was also tempted. It was not that there was no tofu in the market, but it was not fresh enough to buy now. Besides, fresh tofu was a delicacy that everyone was scrambling for, but it was hard to get.

Without waiting for Gao's wife to reply, Shuying continued, "Sister-in-law, how about I ask Hongqi's family if they are free and discuss the price. If the price is right, I will let you know!"

"That's great! Sister Yang, don't forget to inform your sister-in-law!"

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The two parted ways at the door of Gao's house.

There was a group of children in the Gao family's yard. Chen Yi first saw Gao's wife coming back, and knew that his aunt must have come back as well. He said hello to his friends and ran back to the yard.

The three brothers of the Gao family also followed Mrs. Gao into the main hall.

"Mom, did you buy anything delicious?" Gao Yuan asked anxiously.

Gao Zhi and Gao Xiang were older and knew some things, and they were also very aware of their mother's stingy nature. Normally, their mother was reluctant to use oil when cooking, so there was no way she would spend money to buy food for them.

really!

As soon as food was mentioned, Mrs. Gao immediately scolded Gao Yuan: "What are you eating? Did I lack food or drink for you? Didn't I let you eat your fill?" She then called her eldest son to go inside and get some dried sweet potatoes for her third son to eat.

Not to mention Gao Yuan's dislike, even Gao Zhigao and his two brothers particularly disliked their own dried sweet potatoes. They were tired of eating them every day.

When the three brothers saw that their mother had bought a lot of meat and fish this time, they cheered and shouted with joy.

Mrs. Gao took a basket and went into the kitchen to make some lard. Seeing other children in the yard, she asked her eldest son to go home and get some dried sweet potatoes to share with the children.

"I know, mother!"

"Mom, I want to eat fried dough sticks!" Gao Xiang and Gao Yuan shouted and followed Mrs. Gao into the kitchen.

In the Chen family yard, Shuying had just put the meat and vegetables into the cupboard when Chen Yi ran in, panting.

He was wearing a lot of clothes, so he couldn't run fast. His cheeks were rosy, and his big round eyes rolled around, making him look particularly smart: "Auntie, I'm back!"

Shuying handed him a piece of the walnut cake she had just bought and asked the child to sit in the main room to eat.

Chen Yi dragged a stool over and sat down to eat.

It's still early now, a little after ten o'clock. I didn't buy many snacks at the market today. The child has already eaten the glutinous rice noodles and White Rabbit snacks I bought earlier.

Shuying planned to make some snacks that the child had never eaten before, such as snowflake crisps and egg yolk crisps. It just so happened that she pickled a lot of salted duck eggs a month ago.

Shuying came out with a basin to wash vegetables and saw that Chen Yi was not in the main room.

When Shuying left the main hall, he heard his child's voice, "I'll give you some cookies. From now on, you and Xiaoyuan will both call me Boss!"

Shuying choked. Why does this guy like to be the boss? Just when he was about to call for help, he heard the boy continue, "Your aunt is so bad. She is a bad woman! She bullied my aunt before! Don't play with her!"

"If your aunt bullies you again, you can complain to your uncle and ask him to divorce her!"

"If your aunt bullies you again, you can tell me and I will vent your anger for you! I will hit her with my slingshot!" Chen Yi's childish eyes were rarely sharp. As he spoke, he took out his slingshot, picked up a small stone from the ground, and shot it at the tree across the yard.

Needless to say, this is a pretty accurate shot.

Shuying's face darkened after hearing this. When the two children saw Shuying, Fang Xiaobao ran away first. Chen Yi looked guilty, and his round eyes rolled around. Little Cool immediately turned into a little cutie, ran over and hugged Shuying's calf, and said in a baby voice: "Auntie! Our biscuits are so delicious, so fragrant!"

The kid was talking while chewing walnut biscuits, and his collar was covered with crumbs. Shuying bent down and was about to pat the kid, but he saw that the front of his shirt was wet with a large area and several black marks. Shuying felt a headache.

Chen Yi felt even more guilty and lowered his head, not daring to look at the shadow of the tree.

"What happened? Did you fall?" asked Shuying.

When Tree Shadow found out that the kid hadn't fallen down while climbing the tree, he wanted to spank him and planned to let him wash his own clothes in the future.

I took the child back to the room and changed my coat.

"Are you cold?"

"Not cold!" Chen Yi grinned. He was wearing a lot of clothes and was not cold at all.

Shuying touched his sweater and luckily only the cotton padded jacket was wet while the inside was still dry. After changing the child's clothes, Shuying asked the boy to wash the cotton padded jacket himself later.

Chen Yi nodded seriously: "My uncle said that men should do their own things. I can wash clothes!"

Shuying thought of the child just now and asked Chen Yi who that child was?

When he found out that the other person was Deputy Captain Fang's newly arrived nephew, Shuying nodded.

"Auntie, Fang Xiaobao's auntie is so bad. Just now when we were playing, we ran into Fang Xiaobao's auntie on the road. Fang Xiaobao called her, but she scolded him and called his grandmother an old fool!" Chen Yi said.

Shuying frowned and didn't allow Chen Yi to imitate Xia Lina's way of speaking. She didn't like Xia Lina in the first place, and she liked her even less now.

However, she heard from Mrs. Gao that Deputy Colonel Fang was a filial son. This time, he did not go along with Xia Lina and insisted on letting Fang's mother and nieces stay in the military region. Shuying also looked up to him.

Shuying did not interfere with the children's play. Just as he was about to tell everyone to have fun in the future, someone knocked on the door outside the courtyard, so Shuying had to take the children out first.

The person who came was Fang's mother. She saw her grandson chewing walnut cookies and learned that the children next door gave them to him. She brought people to express her gratitude and also wanted to get to know her neighbors. Her daughter-in-law was not a good person and she, as a mother, could not let her be a burden to her son. She took the initiative to get close to the two neighbors and gave each of them a handful of sour beans she made from her hometown.