For dinner, the Yang family had the pheasant that Shuying had stir-fried at noon and the mixed-flour steamed buns made by Yang's mother.
Shuying came home late, so the mixed flour steamed buns were made by Yang's mother.
The whole family sat at the table in the main hall to eat.
I don’t know if they are used to eating the meals cooked by Shuying these days, but look, the whole Yang family, including Yang’s father, just had a bite of the mixed flour steamed buns made by Yang’s mother.
It was hard and choking, not at all as soft and sweet as the ones made by my younger sister, and it had no taste at all.
The whole Yang family, including Yang's father, was choking and coughing.
Shuying was also a little uncomfortable with the food, and the little guys were even more so.
Now that he knows how to be picky, Da Hu said frankly: "The steamed buns made by my aunt are delicious, but those made by grandma are not delicious!"
Erhu also agreed: "The steamed buns made from milk are as hard as rocks."
Little Tiger imitated his two brothers in a baby voice: "It's not delicious! It's not delicious!"
Yang's mother rolled her eyes and said, "What's wrong? Now everyone is used to eating the food cooked by my daughter and they start to dislike my cooking? If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it!"
With Mother Yang still having some influence, no one dared to provoke her. Da Hu, Er Hu and Xiao Hu stuck out their tongues and took a bite from the bowl of chicken that their aunt had left for them at noon.
It tastes so delicious when I put it in my mouth.
Several kids were vying for the stir-fried chicken made by their sister-in-law and were wolfing it down.
Even Da Ya and Er Ya, who usually don't dare to pinch any flesh, pinched it very quickly!
Dahu and Erhu became anxious and quickly put a few more chopsticks into their own bowls.
Little Tiger, who was eating the slowest, was about to scream when he saw that his brothers and sisters had almost eaten up all the chicken at the bottom of the bowl.
Dahu and Erhu still acted like older brothers and put a lot of chicken into their younger brother's bowl.
Xiaohu was satisfied then, and he buried his head in eating, enjoying the food very much.
The children were picking up the food enthusiastically, and the adults were also picking up the food enthusiastically.
Father Yang, eldest brother, fourth brother, and two sisters-in-law all reached out their chopsticks to the small bowl of chicken on the table at a speed never slowing down.
After taking a bite, they all exclaimed that the food cooked by my youngest sister was still the most delicious.
I really hope that in the future it will be my younger sisters who cook!
In fact, Father Yang, the eldest brother, the fourth brother and the two sisters-in-law did not have any requirements for the taste of food before. After all, being able to eat enough is already very good now.
How dare I choose?
But these days, my young lady (my younger sister) has made them very picky. As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but difficult to go from luxury to frugality. Isn't this the truth?
Seeing his mother's gloomy face, Shuying quickly picked up a few chopsticks of meat for her and coaxed her, "Mom's food is the best!"
This made Yang's mother smile: "My daughter is still filial and obedient!"
Mother Yang decided that after this busy period, she would still be the one to cook the meals in the future.
If she were to continue wasting her time, I don't know how much oil and seasoning would be wasted on her.
She would break every penny into two halves. Her sewing hands are so big, I wonder who she learned this from?
There was stir-fried chicken with steamed buns. The steamed buns were hard and tasteless, but the Yang family still ate a lot of them in the evening.
Almost all of it has been eaten.
After dinner, everyone enjoyed the cool air outside the courtyard.
After dinner is a rare time for farmers to rest, and most villagers like to go out and chat.
Look, after dinner tonight, Yang's mother went out to nag.
After dinner, several nephews and nieces followed Shuying.
Da Hu was older than the other nephews and nieces, and now he understood more things. He first looked carefully at Shu Ying's expression and asked, "Aunt, are you okay?"
Erhu also asked: "Aunt, I heard that an educated youth bullied you. If she dares to bully you again next time, tell me and I will beat her up for you!"
As Erhu spoke, he rolled up his sleeves, revealing his dark, thin and strong arms.
"And me!" Xiaohu said in a baby voice.
Although the two nieces did not say anything, they also looked at the tree shadows with concern, and their hearts melted as they looked at the tree shadows.
She thought that her love for her nephews and nieces was not in vain, as they actually knew how to care about her.
"What can happen to me?" Although he said this, Shuying was deeply moved. He secretly exchanged a bottle of Coke from the mall, asked them to wait here for a while, went to the kitchen to get a few small bowls, unscrewed the bottle caps and poured all the liquid into the bowls.
As for the Coke bottle, she put it in the space.
She first divided the soup into five small bowls. When she saw Fourth Brother Yang enter the kitchen, she took out another bowl and divided a small bowl for him, saying to him, "Fourth Brother Yang, wait a minute! Don't leave yet!"
It was not convenient for her to take out the Coke openly, so she did not give a bowl to Yang's father, Yang's eldest brother, and two sisters-in-law.
Only a few nephews and nieces and Fourth Brother Yang were allowed to have a taste.
Several nephews then followed Fourth Brother Yang into the kitchen.
When they saw their aunt asking them to drink something black, the kids thought it was a bitter medicine and they all refused.
Both Dahu and Erhu wanted to run away.
Fourth Brother Yang also said, "Little sister, I'm not sick, why are you making medicine for me to drink?"
Yang Shuying: “…”
Da Hu also hurriedly said: "Aunt, I'm not sick either, I don't want to take medicine!"
Erhu, Xiaohu and even the usually well-behaved Daya and Erya were all very reluctant to do so.
"It's not medicine. Try it. It's sweet!" said Shuying.
Yang Sige, Dahu and Erhu still didn't believe it, while Xiaohu and Daya and Erya were skeptical about what their aunt said.
The three of them took a sip from the small bowls they were given.
When they tasted the Coke, the three kids were simply amazed!
All of them were shocked and showed emoticons.
You know, in a few decades, many people, including adults, will not be able to resist the taste of Coke, let alone the kids today.
At this moment, the three guys didn't even need anyone to hold their bowls, they just drank the Coke in their bowls one gulp after another.
After finishing the drink, the three guys were still staring at the Coke in the other small bowls, their mouths were watery, how could there be such delicious water?
My aunt is so amazing, she can always come up with such delicious food!
Seeing that Xiaohu, Daya and Erya had all drunk up the dark water, Dahu and Erhu could no longer sit still and asked Xiaohu: "Xiaohu, is it sweet or bitter?"
Xiaohu's eyes rolled around and he said, "It's bitter, big brother, second brother, I'll help you drink it!"
How could the two of them believe Xiaohu's words? So they quickly brought their own bowls of Coke in front of them. They also followed Xiaohu and Daya and took a sip to taste it.
When they tasted the sweet Coke, Dahu and Erhu's eyes lit up. Dahu drank the rest of the Coke in one gulp.
Erhu was reluctant to finish it immediately, so he drank it slowly, mouthful by mouthful.
Fourth Brother Yang also took a bowl and drank.
After tasting the sweet and wonderful taste of Coke, Fourth Brother Yang was also amazed. He looked at his younger sister with shining eyes and wondered, "How come this black water tastes better than sugar?"
How did his younger sister come here?
Fourth Brother Yang was very curious: "Little sister, what is this?"
Erhu on the side drank slowly on purpose, looking proudly at Dahu and Dahu, while the greedy little guys screamed loudly.
Da Hu was furious and threatened Er Hu: "If you don't finish your drink right now, I'll help you drink it!"
After hearing this, Erhu no longer felt proud and quickly drank the remaining Coke in his bowl, fearing that Dahu would snatch it away if he was a step slower.
Xiaohu's mouth was filled with sweetness. He wanted to drink more, so he hugged Shuying's calf and said coquettishly, "Auntie, do you still have any black water?"
Shuying hugged Xiaohu while replying to Xiaohu and Fourth Brother Yang at the same time: "That's all, Fourth Brother, just drink and don't ask questions!"
He also told the kids not to tell anyone about this.
The little guys nodded obediently.
Fourth Brother Yang scratched the back of his head and said honestly, "Okay, if you don't want to ask, then don't ask! But little sister, this thing is really delicious!"
If Coke doesn’t taste good, can it still be called Coke?
"Aunt, I like you so much!" Dahu and Erhu praised you in unison.
Daya and Erya also looked at the shadows of the trees shyly.
After drinking Coke, Shuying asked everyone to go outside to play. She was just about to rinse the bowl with clean water when Yang Sige snatched the work away from her with the words "Girls should not touch cold water".
Fourth Brother Yang is an efficient worker, whether it is working in the fields or in the kitchen, he does a good job.
Oh, what a good man!
During this time together, the more Shu Yingzhen got to know her fourth brother, the more she felt that he was a model of a good man, very hardworking and caring.
For example, last time when she was going to go fishing, her fourth brother wouldn't let her go. Most men are more calm and wouldn't care about such things.
For example, her older brother was nice to her, but he was a bit patriarchal. He was busy working in the fields and never went into the kitchen.
Normally her sister-in-law would also help plant winter wheat, but when she came back she still had to do the laundry for her brother.
Her father is similar to her older brother.
In fact, men of this era are more or less patriarchal, thinking that they should do the dirty and hard work in the fields, while household chores are women's business.
Her fourth brother, on the contrary, is like the warm-hearted men of her generation, particularly responsible, caring and responsible. Shuying feels that any woman who can marry her fourth brother in the future will be extremely blessed.
Shuying helped put the clean bowls that Fourth Brother Yang had shaken into the cupboard while looking at Fourth Brother Yang.
Although he experienced the summer harvest and the double plunder during this period, Fourth Brother Yang looked a little tired, but he had been eating well recently and was in good spirits.
He is still as dark as before, but his face has gained some weight.
The Yang family has good genes, as you can tell from the appearance of the original owner. The eldest, second and fourth brothers of the Yang family all have thick eyebrows, big eyes and tall stature.
However, the one with the most outstanding and best looks is her fourth brother.
My second brother is not bad, otherwise he wouldn’t be able to find a wife in the county.
Shuying didn't know that while she was looking at Fourth Brother Yang, the old lady outside the village was chatting about her marriage.
The original owner had a bad reputation before, so of course few people came to ask about him, but now Shuying has cleared his reputation and has a good-looking face.
Look, the person who wants to be a matchmaker for Shuying is Aunt Huang, the next-door neighbor.
He said he was asking on behalf of his nephew.
Aunt Huang said, "Guifang, your daughter is almost eighteen now, isn't it time to talk to her? I happen to have a good match right now, my eldest nephew from my mother's family, a very good guy, who is a perfect match for your daughter."
Mrs. Huang's name was Huang Jinlan. Feng Guifang had never liked Huang Jinlan because she always teased her daughter.
After all, they are neighbors, and their relationship is just average, but they have never broken up and they still talk to each other occasionally.
As a result, when Feng Guifang heard that Huang Jinlan wanted to introduce her nephew to her daughter, her brows were furrowed.
Not to mention that her daughter now has a military officer boyfriend, even if she didn't, she would never agree to her daughter marrying into the Huang family.
Just look at the kind of person Aunt Huang is, and you’ll know that the Huang family is not some good people.
There was no way she would let her daughter marry into the Huang family.
Feng Guifang refused without hesitation, using the excuse that she couldn't bear to part with her daughter, which made Aunt Huang very angry.
Aunt Huang said unwillingly: "Guifang, what if this girl doesn't get married when she reaches the age to become an old maid? My nephew is so outstanding! The boy is very good-looking and has a good personality. Although your daughter is only in the first year of high school, they are both from the countryside, so they are a perfect match!"
Huang Dani, who was standing by, also chimed in, "Auntie, my cousin is really nice, especially Shuying."
Feng Guifang was furious at Aunt Huang's words that they were all from the country and were so close to each other, and she also thought of the eldest nephew that Huang Jinlan mentioned.
She had met him once before. He was average looking, not very tall, and idle most of the time. How could he be worthy of her daughter?
Do the Huang family want to trick her into marrying their daughter to such a man?
Feng Guifang was very angry.
Huang Dani is not a good person either. Her daughter-in-law used to give Huang Dani a lot of delicious food.
The daughter of the Huang family actually wanted to trick her into marrying her to the Huang family. The eldest cousin of the Huang family was quite good, why didn't she marry him herself?
Feng Guifang was too lazy to talk to the mother and daughter, so she found an excuse to go home.
She wanted to say that her daughter had a military officer boyfriend, but the son-in-law was too good to be true and the matter had not been settled. Feng Guifang was not sure what to do. What would happen to her daughter's reputation if the military officer son-in-law broke up with her?
No, she still has to urge her daughter to bring the military officer home as soon as possible. If he is suitable, the two families should make the appointment as soon as possible.
Being ignored and rejected, Aunt Huang became even angrier.
After everyone left, Aunt Huang got angry at Huang Dani: "I told you long ago that Feng Guifang would never marry her precious daughter to your cousin. I wouldn't have asked if I had known. You've made Feng Guifang so angry for nothing. Besides, your cousin has his eyes on you. You should get to know your cousin well in the next few days!"
Huang Dani didn't want to marry her so-called cousin at all.
Not only was the Huang family poor, but her eldest cousin was a thief and not a good person either. How could she think highly of him? It was not until she learned that her mother was planning to have her marry her eldest cousin that she instigated her mother to set her sights on Yang Shuying.
Seeing that her mother was trying to impress her eldest cousin again, Huang Dani became anxious and said hurriedly: "Mom, if you find a good match for your eldest cousin, your grandma and aunt will definitely be grateful to you. The Huang family is poor, and the daughter of the Yang family is worthy. The eldest cousin is just right. If Yang Shuying marries his cousin, the Yang family will definitely help the Huang family. By the way, I also heard that An Zhiqing paid Yang Shuying a hundred yuan today! "
Aunt Huang was so surprised by the one hundred yuan that she wished it was her own.
Aunt Huang still had her mother's family in her heart, so after hearing what her young lady said, she became hesitant again.
Huang Dani continued, "Mom, I'll have a good talk with Shuying in a few days!"
Yang Shuying has a soft temper and is easily persuaded, so he will definitely be convinced by her.
Yang Shuying was about to go back to her room to sleep, but she didn't know someone was targeting her again. Just as she was about to enter her room, her mother came home and asked, "Girl, when are you going to bring your date home?"
Shuying almost burst into tears. If she remembered correctly, she seemed to have just told her mother that she was dating someone a few days ago?
"Mom, didn't I tell you to do it more often?"
"What are you talking about? I've eaten more salt than you've eaten grain in my life. That young man must be the right one. He's so outstanding and he's a military officer. I'll accept him as my son-in-law. Besides, you're almost old enough. If you stay any longer, you'll become an old maid!"
Yang Shuying: “…” What happened to her mother?
In fact, Yang's mother wanted to keep her daughter at home for another year or two, but she was just irritated by the word "old maid" from Huang Jinlan next door, and she wanted her daughter to get married quickly, fearing that she would become an old maid and unable to get married.
By the way, why is she staying at home all the time? Isn't she dating someone?
The more Yang's mother thought about it, the more worried she became: "My dear, your military officer boyfriend won't fly away, right?"
Shuying had no choice but to tell her boyfriend about her appointment tomorrow.
Now Yang's mother felt a little relieved and asked if it was her boyfriend who came to pick her up.
Shuying nodded: "I'll ask him to wait for me at the village entrance in the morning. We're going to the county town!"
Mother Yang was relieved.
"By the way, Mom, should we go to the town supply and marketing cooperative to exchange the eggs we have saved these past few months for money? How about I take them there tomorrow?"
The town is far from the village, and Shuying doesn't want her parents and older brothers to have to run a long way to the town supply and marketing cooperative to exchange eggs after they finish planting wheat in the fields.
When Yang's mother heard what her daughter said, she thought that her daughter's boyfriend would probably come to pick her up by bike, so she agreed: "Okay! My daughter, go to bed early. Do you want me to take the new clothes to your room?"
Shuying knew very well that the new clothes her mother was talking about were the bright red thin cotton coat and lantern pants. She couldn't wear them out at all, so she refused directly and found an excuse to go back to her room to sleep.
Before returning to her room, Yang's mother kept telling her to dress up nicely for meeting her boyfriend tomorrow and not to dress like usual.
"Got it, Mom!"
The next day, after Shuying finished her chores at home, she waited for the village chief to come to her house before she found her partner.
The village chief came to her house and today he mainly talked about An Meixue.
The police came to inform us this morning. After all, An Meixue was a former educated youth in Hongyang Society. The police would inform the village chief of any verdict.
Only then did Yang Shuying realize that An Meixue had been sent to the farm last night and had to stay there for a year for reform.
This news made Shuying extremely happy. In fact, she had already prepared for the worst-case scenario yesterday evening, which was that An Meixue would be detained for a few days and then released.
After all, An Meixue didn't really commit a crime.
Shuying felt that the other party would most likely detain him for a few days and then release him back to the village.
Unexpectedly, the village chief gave her such a big surprise this morning.
Working on a farm for renovation is much less torturous than digging manure ditches in the village.
"Village chief, what's going on?" Shuying asked hurriedly.
The village chief gave a brief explanation, and Shuying finally understood what "If you don't do it, you won't die!"
It turned out that according to what happened before, she was not seriously injured, she was just threatened verbally, and her previous injury happened too long ago, she just said it herself, and there was no witness.
Therefore, it is impossible to sentence An Meixue for this matter. As for the fact that An Meixue had previously embezzled her things and returned the hundred yuan to her, she will be detained for a few days at most and then sent back to the village.
Unfortunately, An Meixue was extremely uncooperative with the review and had a very arrogant attitude. She even attacked and stabbed Shuying, who was stunned.
Seeing An Meixue's attitude, the police immediately reported it to their Chief Liu. That night, Chief Liu ordered several police officers to send An Meixue to the most difficult rural labor reform in Anping County.
The village chief Xu Fu was very sad about the ending of this educated youth An.
At first he thought that An Zhiqing was very pitiful and a good person, but he didn't expect that he was wrong.
In addition to informing An Meixue, the daughter of the Yang family, of the verdict, the village chief told her that a primary school would be built in the village soon and asked her if she wanted to be a teacher.
In fact, he had this plan when the daughter of Yang family came to his house yesterday evening. It was just a way to compensate the daughter of Yang family. Besides, the daughter of Yang family was in the first year of high school, so teaching in elementary school was enough for her.
Shuying had no plan to be a primary school teacher in the village. Being a primary school teacher in the village was only a small job, and the pay was good for the villagers, but average for her.
More importantly, she wanted to find a job in the county town in the future and couldn't teach in the village.
However, being a teacher in the countryside is a very good, easy and respected job, and you don't have to work hard to earn work points in the future.
Shuying didn't intend to turn down such a good opportunity. After thinking about it, he realized that almost everyone in his family was illiterate. His second brother was a little better, but in the county town, his eldest sister-in-law had only attended a literacy class.
My third sister-in-law is an educated youth who just graduated from junior high school.
Shuying pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle, my third sister-in-law is more suitable than me. She has just graduated from junior high school. How about you consider my third sister-in-law?"
The village chief gave the quota to compensate the daughter of the Yang family.
The child had suffered a lot during this period of time. After listening to the young lady of the Yang family, the village chief agreed without hesitation.
Anyway, the third son of the Yang family's daughter-in-law graduated from junior high school, and it was enough for her to teach the children in the village to read.
"Okay, it's settled!"
"Uncle, thank you so much for your help. Please wait a moment!" Shuying went to her mother's room and got the key to the cupboard. She opened it and took out a can of yellow peaches and a tube of white noodles, asking the village chief to take them back for the kids at home to taste.
The village chief Yang Fu took a quick look and when he saw that the daughter of the Yang family handed him a can of yellow peaches and a tube of fine grain white noodles, his eyes almost popped out. He didn't think much about it and just thought that the white noodles were probably brought by the second son of the Yang family from the city.
The village chief Xu Fu hurriedly refused.
Shuying forced the gift into the hands of the village chief, and the village chief Yang Fu had no choice but to accept it and leave happily. As he walked, he wondered how come this young lady of the Yang family is so sensible and generous now?
Although he gave the village chief a can of yellow peaches and a tube of white noodles, Shuying didn't feel at a loss at all.
Being a teacher is calculated based on work points, and it is still counted as ten work points. The work points are also money when they are settled at the end of the year.
Yang Shuying was very touched that the village chief Yang Fu thought of her for such a good thing. This was a huge favor.
She had to express her feelings no matter what.
This way, next time something good happens, people will think of you, right?
After seeing off the village chief, the shadows of the trees seemed to be almost as bright as the sun.
She and her boyfriend had agreed to meet at ten o'clock, so they could have lunch when they got to the county town.
Several nephews and nieces had gone out to play early, and Shuying had made arrangements with her mother last night that her mother would come home early to make lunch today.
Shuying was carrying a basket of eggs from home and walking towards the village entrance.
Not long after, when she reached the entrance of the village, she saw from a distance a car parked under a tree, with a tall man standing upright next to the car.
Today, the other party was still wearing an olive green military uniform, and he looked particularly imposing.
But here comes a girl with red cheeks standing in front of her object.
Shuying shuddered, wondering if she would run into any bloody trouble again!
Fortunately, not long after, Chen Xi saw her and waved at her. When she came over, Chen Xi said to Zheng Lan, "This is my date!"
Zheng Lan had just met Brother Chen and hadn't had time to feel happy when she heard him seriously introduce Yang Shuying as his partner.
Zheng Lan was immediately poured a basin of ice water, with a look of disbelief, thinking that he had misheard: "Brother Chen, what did you say? Yang... Yang Shuying is your partner?"
Yang Shuying greeted Zheng Lan at this time.
Unfortunately, the other party ignored her and said to her partner, "Brother Chen, how could you possibly be with Yang Shuying?"
"Brother Chen, don't be fooled by Yang Shuying. She likes Jiang Zhiqing from the village. She must be with you because Jiang Zhiqing doesn't like her and she covets your position as the head of the group."
Zheng Lan looked anxious, as if he was afraid that Chen Xi had been deceived. Shuying, the person involved, was speechless and looked at the sky awkwardly, not knowing what to say, so he just joined the crowd and watched.
Afraid that Chen Xi wouldn't believe him, Zheng Lan continued, "Really, Brother Chen, everything I said is true. She really likes Jiang the educated youth! If you don't believe me, I can take you to the village. Everyone in the village..." knows.
Before she finished the last two words, Chen Xi helped Shuying hang the basket in front of the car. He interrupted her seriously and said to Zheng Lan, "No matter why my partner is dating me, I am willing. She is my partner now and will be my wife in the future. Xiaolan, please respect your sister-in-law!"
Zheng Lan simply couldn't accept the fact that Yang Shuying was dating the person she liked. If it was someone else, she might not be so angry.
But how can Yang Shuying compare to her?
It's such a bad reputation and it's embarrassing.
Zheng Lan said without thinking: "How can she be worthy of you, Brother Chen! Brother Chen, you don't know how shameless she was before. She gave a lot of things to the educated youth Jiang at the educated youth site, but he didn't want her. She also flirted with other people all day long."
Yang Shuying just endured the embarrassment, but when she saw that the other party had already gone to the extent of slandering her character, she decided not to endure it any longer.
Without waiting for Shuying to speak, Chen Xi asked her to help push the bike.
Then he took Zheng Lan aside with a cold face.
I don't know what he said, but Zheng Lan's eyes turned red and tears flowed, and he ran away soon after.
When Chen Xi came back, Shu Ying asked curiously: "What did you say?"
When Shuying learned that Fang Chong Zhenglan had expressed that she was his destined wife, he also wished her to find a suitable partner soon.
Yang Shuying: “…”
"This Miss Zheng seems to like you. Wouldn't it be bad if you rejected her so directly and decisively?" Shuying asked tentatively with a green tea bitch look on her face.
"Comrade Yang, your idea is wrong. Once you are with someone, it is a lifelong thing. Today's incident is an exception. I will keep my distance from other female comrades in the future and try my best to prevent such incidents from happening again. I will also be loyal to you for the rest of my life!" After a slight pause, the man changed the subject and asked in a deep voice, "Comrade Yang, what about you?"