Chapter 08 Chapter 8
When Su Dejun and Tian Xiu drove away the crowd of onlookers gathered at their doorstep and returned home with Su Youzi——
Su Tianli had just finished her last bite of rice.
I have to say,
Of course, braised pork is delicious.
Too bad the portion is not big.
So the second most delicious thing is Hakka fried stuffed tofu.
Cut the tender tofu into pieces, dig out a part in the middle to make a small shallow pit, put a piece of meat filling in the pit, and then fry the tofu over low heat until the surface is slightly charred;
Finally, add water and simmer, and put a handful of soybeans in the soup while simmering...
Of course, that was the economic situation across the country in the late 1970s.
The piece of meat filling on the fried stuffed tofu served in this canteen is so small that it can be directly ignored.
In short, when Su Tianli took a bite, she realized that the meat filling seemed to be made of mushrooms and green onions.
But it is undeniable that tofu itself is extremely delicious.
Su Tianli squinted her eyes happily.
When Su Dejun, Tian Xiu and Su Youzi entered the house, they smelled the delicious aroma of braised pork.
Then--
The three of them stared in amazement as Su Tianli held the bowl that was bigger than her head and ate the rice with her chopsticks until she tilted her head back and finished the last bite of rice...
Then he placed the clean big bowl on the table with satisfaction.
His younger brother Su Tiancai had finished his meal long ago and put the empty bowl back on the table.
Su Tianli looked at the big bowl in which she had finished her meal with satisfaction - great, not a single grain of rice was left!
This fully demonstrated the good habit of cherishing food that she developed on Farm 109.
But, after she saw A-di’s bowl of finished food, she frowned and said, “What a waste of food.”
Hearing this, Su Tiancai also leaned over to take a look, and saw that Sister's bowl was so clean, without even a grain of rice left;
Then I looked at the bowl I had just finished eating. There were grains of rice hanging on the wall of the bowl...
Su Tiancai immediately felt embarrassed, took the bowl again, and carefully ate all the remaining rice grains in the bowl.
Su Tianli was full, so she stood up and said to Tian Xiu, "Thank you, Mom, for buying me the braised pork to celebrate my return home. It's delicious. I'm full now."
Su Tianli said to Su Dejun again: "Dad, I heard that you are not feeling well. Hurry up and have a rest after dinner!"
Su Tianli said to Su Youzi, "Big sister, you are the last one to finish the meal and wash the dishes, so thank you for your hard work."
Finally, Su Tianli said to her family, "Mom and Dad, I just got back. I'm so tired after sitting on the train for several days and nights. I'm going to take a nap first. We can talk about the past when I wake up."
She pointed at the small bag hanging on the door handle of the second bedroom and said, "Mom and Dad, please don't touch my luggage. It contains my salary and transfer order that I have saved over the past few years. I will take it out and show it to you after I wake up."
After saying that, Su Tianli walked leisurely into the second bedroom, took off her shoes, climbed onto the upper bunk and went to sleep.
The whole family...
Except for Su Tiancai, everyone was petrified.
They didn't expect that Su Tianli would be in such good condition after returning home!
However, the first person to react was Su Dejun.
He is a bit carefree and thinks that the second child is adaptable which is good, except that he is a little disrespectful to elders.
Mom and dad haven't eaten yet, why is she eating by herself? !
But it doesn't matter.
It is understandable that the child was hungry and tired after traveling for several days.
So he walked to the dining table and saw that there were only three pieces of braised pork left in the lunch box?
Su Dejun didn't hesitate. He took another box of white rice first, then picked up two of the fattier pieces of the remaining three pieces of braised pork and put them in his lunch box.
He pressed the fat braised pork into the white rice, and the fat immediately melted into the rice...
Su Dejun began to eat his rice in big mouthfuls.
Su Youzi was almost angry to death!
She simply couldn't accept Su Tianli being so relaxed and at ease.
Especially, when Su Tianli leisurely walked into her room and climbed onto her upper bunk???
Su Youzi immediately understood why her father had found the letters and remittance slips she had hidden!
Su Youzi was so angry that he rushed into the room, stood in front of the bed, pointed at Su Tianli and yelled, "Get up! This is my home! It's my room! It's my bed! Who allowed you to stay here?"
Su Tianli had already lain down.
After listening to Su Youzi's words,
Su Tianli sat up and stared at Su Youzi coldly from above.
Su Youzi was stared at calmly by her dark eyes...
I don't know why.
Su Youzi's rage suddenly calmed down.
Su Tianli looked at Su Youzi sarcastically and lay down again to sleep.
Su Youzi bit her lower lip in grievance, looking around the room which was already a mess but became even more messy after being "cleaned up" by Su Tianli...
Tian Xiu called her from the living room, "Youzi, come out and eat."
Su Youzi glared at Su Tianli who was sleeping on the upper bunk with hatred, and was about to leave the room——
She suddenly saw the small bundle hanging on the door handle.
Su Youzi suddenly remembered what Su Tianli had said, "The bag contains the salary I have saved over the past few years and the transfer order."
She rolled her eyes and quietly left the room.
However, when Su Youzi saw that there was only one piece of braised pork left in the lunch box on the table——
Su Youzi exploded!
"Mom!!! You said you would buy me braised pork. Today is my birthday!" Su Youzi said angrily.
Su Dejun was eating rice with the fatty meat sauce.
Hearing this, he sneered, "I eat pickled cabbage on my birthday, and you, a young man, want to eat braised pork on your birthday?!"
Normally he doesn't care about these things, after all, he can also eat good food.
But today he still hasn't gotten over the shadow of the six hundred dollars...
So now whatever Su Youzi says is wrong.
"If you want to eat, eat. If you don't want to eat, get out!" Su Dejun said angrily.
Su Youzi has always been the apple of her parents' eyes.
At this time, because of the second child, he was treated like this by his father one after another.
Su Youzi simply couldn't stand it!
Tears suddenly welled up in her eyes, but she didn't dare to say a word, because she had just been beaten by her father for the first time in her life, and he did it in front of so many family members from the compound... She was so embarrassed!
Su Youzi had no choice but to look at Tian Xiu with tears in his eyes.
Tian Xiu was also angry.
She also subconsciously wanted to comfort her daughter, "Don't cry, mom will buy you another one."
But when I think about going to the cafeteria to buy a portion of braised pork for 1.5 yuan...
Moreover, his daughter had embezzled such a large sum of money without telling him.
I couldn't say anything to comfort Su Youzi.
"Eat quickly!" Tian Xiu said calmly, "...your dad is kind to you. At least he left a piece of braised pork for you. I can't even have one piece!"
After thinking about it, Tian Xiu was unwilling to give up, and kept muttering: "Youzi, mom thinks of you in everything! Look, there is only one piece of braised pork left, and mom is reluctant to leave it all for you to eat! But what about you? You took so much money from Lao Er, but you didn't even spend a penny on your mom! You were so tight-lipped that you didn't even say a word to mom..."
Su Youzi wanted to cry again, "Mom! That's not much money at all!"
Su Dejun asked: "How much did you take?"
Su Youzi whispered, "Not much..."
Su Dejun was annoyed, "How much???"
Su Youzi complained to Tian Xiu, "Mom, look at him! He's so fierce!"
But this time, Tian Xiu couldn't indulge Su Youzi anymore, because Tian Xiu also wanted to know how much money Su Youzi had embezzled.
So Tian Xiu said nothing, but just frowned and looked at Su Youzi.
Su Youzi had no choice but to answer in a low voice: "It's really not much, just... just a few dozen yuan."
After these words were spoken, Lian Tianxiu looked at Su Youzi with eyes filled with disappointment.
Su Dejun was furious and threw the bowl onto the dining table with a loud "bang", which scared Tian Xiu and Su Youzi!
"You're talking nonsense! The second brother said that she sends money once a quarter, thirty each time! You can do the math yourself...how much money she sends back!" Su Dejun roared.
Tian Xiu couldn't help but say to Su Youzi, "Yes, the second child sends home thirty yuan every quarter... That's ten yuan a month. After five years, that's..."
That’s six hundred dollars!!!
Tian Xiu thought with great pain.
Su Youzi was anxious, "Not that much! She only sent a little money back at the beginning, and then she didn't send anything at all..."
Su Dejun angrily said: "I will never believe your bullshit again! You have no credibility in front of me!"
Su Youzi cried, "Mom! Mom, look at him——"
But Tian Xiu didn't believe it either!
After all, Tian Xiu saw the remittance receipts with his own eyes - there were at least four of them, each with thirty yuan! There were already one hundred and twenty yuan here, not just a few dozen yuan as Su Youzi said.
At this time, Su Tiancai could not help but question Su Youzi, "Sister, since you knew that Second Sister went to the Northwest, why didn't you tell us? And you watched us send letter after letter to Jiangxi?"
"And you've opened and read all the letters my second sister sent back! Didn't you see what my second sister said in the letter, that she was sick and needed anti-inflammatory medicine, and asked us to send it to her? Big sister, are you really that cruel? You watched her die without helping her!"
Tian Xiu frowned, "Old Four! Watch your words! Don't speak so badly of your eldest sister!"
Su Tiancai glanced at Tian Xiu and turned his head away angrily.
Tian Xiu then asked Su Youzi softly, "Youzi, tell mom...where is the money?" Tian Xiu didn't care at all about whether it was anti-inflammatory medicine or not.
What she cared about most was the money.
There is so much money, it can’t be spent all by the boss, right?
So Tian Xiu did not give up and looked at Su Youzi with full expectation.
Su Youzi acted coquettishly towards Tian Xiu, "Mom! Don't you believe what I say? There wasn't much money, it's gone long ago!"
"It's gone long ago?" Tian Xiu stared at Su Youzi with a look of disbelief.
Su Tiancai on the side was also unwilling to give in.
Since my mother is still partial to me as always,
The second sister was treated badly.
Let him be the one to hold the elder sister accountable!
Su Tiancai continued to question Su Youzi, "Big sister, you haven't told me why you did this! My second sister clearly wrote back to ask for medicine, but you ignored her life or death! My second sister clearly sent money back, but you swallowed it all by yourself and didn't give a penny to the family. You also caused my parents to misunderstand my second sister for so long... Big sister, why did you do this!"
Su Youzi's eyes flickered, and he looked around for a long time before he finally thought of an excuse. He stiffened his neck and said, "Because I hate the second child! I just hate her! Who made her treat mom badly!"
Tian Xiu was stunned.
Su Tiancai's eyes widened immediately. "Second sister is not nice to mom? How is she not nice to mom?"
Su Youzi said angrily: "Before she went to the countryside, she always went against mom! Mom asked her to cook, but she said she wanted to go to the vegetable garden. Mom asked her to sweep the floor, but she said her waist hurt... Anyway, the second child never listened to mom! So I just want to teach her a lesson..."
Su Tiancai looked at Su Youzi incredulously and asked, "Even if my second sister died of illness outside?"
Su Youzi asked anxiously, "Isn't she fine now?"
Tian Xiu said to her son unhappily, "Okay, fourth brother! Your eldest sister already knows she was wrong, and she feels bad too. We are all family, and your second sister didn't say anything, so why are you making a fuss here!"
Su Youzi looked at his brother with a smug and provocative expression.
Su Tiancai's face was filled with shock, "Mom!"
Tian Xiu said impatiently: "Alright, alright, I'll take charge of this matter! Since the second brother has returned, no one is allowed to mention this matter again!"
Su Tiancai sneered and walked towards the door with his schoolbag.
Tian Xiu looked at his son's back and shouted, "Old Four! Where are you going?"
"Go to school!" Su Tiancai said without turning his head.
Tian Xiu frowned, "It's only 12:30 now, don't you have class at 2:30?"
Su Tiancai turned his head, looked at Su Youzi coldly, and said to Tian Xiu: "I dare not stay in this house anymore, okay? I dare not offend your sweetheart anymore, because I am afraid that one day I will die in the hands of your sweetheart, and you will only think that my corpse scares your sweetheart!"
After saying that, Su Tiancai pushed the door open and walked out, then closed the door with a heavy bang.
Tian Xiu was so angry that he was gasping for breath.
Su Youzi complained to Tian Xiu in tears, "Mom! Look at the fourth child——"
Su Dejun roared: "Shut up!"
Su Youzi was so frightened that he started hiccuping.
Su Dejun finished his meal angrily, threw down his bowl and left, saying that he was going to work.
Tian Xiu had no choice but to ask Su Youzi to finish his meal as well.
Su Youzi angrily finished her most disliked stir-fried cabbage leaves with rice. Seeing the table full of unwashed bowls, she thought of Su Tianli asking her to wash the dishes and got angry. "Mom, leave these bowls alone and don't wash them! Wait until the second child wakes up to wash them."
Tian Xiu was immersed in the disappointment of "Lao Er clearly sent money but didn't receive a cent", and she felt very upset. Seeing that it was getting late, she said, "Okay, I'm going to work first. We can talk to you in the evening if there's anything."
After saying that, Tian Xiu also left.
In this way, only the sisters Su Youzi and Su Tianli were left at home.
Su Youzi stood at the door of the room, staring hatefully at Su Tianli who was sleeping on the upper bunk. He wished he could rush over and slap Su Tianli a few times!
But in the end, Su Youzi's eyes fell on the small package hanging on the door handle.
Su Youzi's expression changed several times, but he finally stretched out his hand and touched the small bag tremblingly.
Her heart was pounding wildly and her mind was in a dilemma.
Reason told her that she couldn't do this, because her parents were already angry for her misappropriating the money Su Tianli sent back...
But her mind was full of the beautiful and high-end imported dress she saw at the Friendship Store when she went shopping with her bestie today.
After a long time, Su Youzi made up his mind and took off the small bag.
She quickly unpacked the bag and what came into view was a thick stack of information.
After a quick look, it turned out to be Su Tianli's transfer order???
Su Youzi was extremely shocked!
What?
Su Tianli clearly went to the barren northwest, but when she came back she was so happy?
Not only did she become a nurse? But she also held an administrative position at the deputy section level? Almost equivalent to the head nurse? ? ?
At this moment, Su Youzi was extremely jealous.
Even the money sandwiched between the documents seemed to have lost its appeal to her...
Until Su Tianli, who was sleeping on the upper bunk, turned over and made a noise that scared Su Youzi.
Su Youzi then hurriedly grabbed the handful of money, stuffed all the information into the bag, and tied up the small bag in a hurry. Then he ran away from home as if he was being chased by a ghost!
At this time——
Su Tianli sat up straight from the upper bunk and looked at the small bag that Su Youzi had hung on the door handle again.
To be honest, Su Tianli was really sleepy.
After all, she was carrying so much money and such important information, and she hardly dared to sleep along the way, and endured for several days and nights.
It was worth it for her to resist the sleepiness and pinch her arm to stay awake, until she saw with her own eyes that Su Youzi had rummaged through her bag and stole her money...
Su Tianli gave a sarcastic smile.
Now she finally felt relieved, closed her eyes and fell asleep quickly.
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