Chapter 124 Chapter 124 Sauce-flavored goose is soft and tasty
Su Tianli doesn't care about Tian Xiu's future.
As long as Tian Xiu doesn't bother her.
And such worries,
She only managed to hold out until the next day, when she and Cheng Yu returned to the chemical plant's family compound.
Aunt Cao happily ran over to tell Su Tianli the news, "Lizhi Lizhi, your mother passed away yesterday with the old man and his son!"
Su Tianli got excited when she heard this. "Where did they go?"
Aunt Cao shook her head, "I don't know!"
Then he explained, "Yesterday, the old man's son took the old man away first, and your mother left later. Before she left, your mother told me that she would not leave with the old man anymore, and asked me to help her find a house to live in. She also said that she wanted to come back and work as a temporary worker..."
"She held up the ticket in her hand and told me that it was bought by the old man's son. But she didn't plan to go back and live with the old man. She wanted to refund the ticket and get a refund of about ten yuan. She also said that she would use the money to rent a bed in the dormitory for single female employees in our factory... Sixty cents a night, and then she could get a temporary job and make ends meet."
"But, once she left...she never came back!"
"I thought that she had a train ticket, and maybe she couldn't bear the hardship of working to support herself, so she decided to live with the old man. Although the old man is crazy and old, his children are willing to support him and her! Don't you think so?"
Su Tianli nodded and said yes.
Then Aunt Cao said to Su Tianli embarrassedly: "Lizhi, I have to tell you one more thing..."
"Aunt Cao, just tell me, is there anything that can't be said between you and me?" Su Tianli said affectionately.
After hearing what Su Tianli said, Cheng Yu turned his head away and smiled secretly.
This is what makes Litchi so great—her emotional intelligence is incredibly high!
Actually, Aunt Cao is good in every way except that she is talkative and gossipy.
Of course, it was impossible for Su Tianli to talk to Aunt Cao about everything as she said...
But, it was obvious that Aunt Cao found this sentence very useful.
Aunt Cao said, "Lizhi, it's like this... My daughter Jinfeng has already got a job as a warehouse manager at the South Railway Station!"
As she spoke, Aunt Cao puffed out her chest, her face full of pride.
Su Tianli exclaimed "Wow" in support, "This is too good!"
Yes, in this era, it is really amazing to be able to enter the railway department.
Aunt Cao suppressed her smile and said to Su Tianli, "So Litchi, our Jinfeng..."
"Will she go tonight? If she does, I will pay her salary after she finishes the work tonight!" said Su Tianli.
Aunt Cao was overjoyed, "Okay, okay! Go! She will definitely go tonight!"
Then she said shyly, "Lizhi, it's like this. My Jinfeng has found a job, but my Yinfeng has been back for a few days and still hasn't found a job..."
Su Tianli was very understanding, "It just so happens that Jinfeng has left, and I'm short of manpower! How about this, let Yinfeng go with Jinfeng tonight? It will also be better for Jinfeng to take care of her... Aunt Cao, just tell Yinfeng that today's salary will be counted!"
Aunt Cao was overjoyed and left happily.
Su Tianli was also very happy.
Because I know Tian Xiu's whereabouts!
As she and Cheng Yu walked towards home, she said, "It seems that Tang Hui is quite resourceful!"
"I told you, if you want to deal with Tian Xiu, Tang Hui has plenty of ways!"
"If Tian Xiu does something naughty again in the future, we will use this trick again!"
Cheng Yu smiled.
As they were talking, the two of them walked downstairs to the tube building.
This was the first time that they saw with their own eyes the "gate" that Su Dejun built in the legend to block Tian Xiu.
It's so ugly!
The main reason is that the materials for the door and door frame were picked up by Su Dejun from everywhere, and Su Dejun's craftsmanship is not very good...
Anyway, the door and door frame were tattered and shaky, and could probably only stop Tian Xiu.
As soon as Cheng Yu stretched out his hand——
Su Tianli kept saying, "Be careful, don't tear down the door."
Cheng Yu was not convinced, "Auntie Tian has already left."
The implication is: this door is no longer necessary.
Su Tianli gave Cheng Yu a half-smile.
Cheng Yu was stunned for a moment, then understood immediately.
——This door was built by his future father-in-law!
Anyone can do it, but he, the future son-in-law, cannot be demolished!
Cheng Yu immediately retracted his hand, "Fortunately Lizhi reminded me, otherwise..."
At this moment, someone came out of the tube building and pushed open the door.
"Brother Cheng?" A sweet and pleasant voice sounded.
Su Tianli and Cheng Yu looked closely and saw that it was a young girl.
only--
It looks very unfamiliar.
The young girl saw Su Tianli first, and then Cheng Yu.
Then, the young girl's eyes were fixed on Cheng Yu.
Because today is Cheng Yu's first day going to his girlfriend's house, he dressed himself up nicely.
He was wearing a white shirt, a light grey wool vest, and a dark grey British-style woolen short windbreaker.
Because he is tall and thin, he looks particularly dignified, handsome and elegant.
Su Tianli didn't recognize the person in front of her at all;
Cheng Yu didn't recognize him at all, but seeing the other party looking at him so unscrupulously, he felt very annoyed and frowned.
The young girl came back to her senses, blushed, and said shyly: "Brother Cheng, you don't recognize me? I, I am Wang Hongmei!"
Then he quickly glanced at Su Tianli and greeted her lightly, "Sister Laizi."
This attitude of enthusiasm and indifference is like ice and fire.
At first, Su Tianli couldn't recognize the person in front of her at all, but after the young girl introduced herself, Su Tianli knew who she was.
Wang Hongmei!
——This girl is 22 years old this year, two years younger than Su Tianli. She is also an educated youth who returned to the city and just came back in the last few days.
In the past, when everyone was a student of a large courtyard, Su Tianli was in the same class as Cheng Yu and Yao Meiyu;
Wang Hongmei, Su Qianzi and Cao Yinfeng are from the same class.
But the smile on Su Tianli's face gradually disappeared.
Normally, Cheng Yu was not from the chemical plant's family compound, but Wang Hongmei knew him.
Then why don’t you say hello to Su Tianli?
In terms of closeness, Su Tianli is obviously closer to Wang Hongmei.
After all, Su Tianli had taken Su Qianzi, Wang Hongmei and others to the mountains to pick wild vegetables before.
as well as--
In this compound, everyone knows that Su Tianli's former name was Su Laizi. But no one would call her that. Even yesterday, Su Tianli slapped her mother in the face in front of everyone.
Just because her biological mother called her Su Laizi.
Then, Wang Hongmei knew Cheng Yu, who seldom came to the factory.
It is impossible that he did not know Su Tianli, so why would he ignore Su Tianli?
She must also know that Su Tianli doesn't like people calling her by her old name.
Su Tianli is certainly not someone who is willing to suffer losses.
But she didn't have time to react.
because--
Cheng Yu had a seizure.
"Ah, hello, Auntie Wang!" Cheng Yu greeted Wang Hongmei politely, then turned around and asked Su Tianli in surprise, "Lizhi, who is she? How come she's so old... and still calls me brother?"
As he spoke, Cheng Yu took the initiative to hold Su Tianli's hand to show his sovereignty.
Wang Hongmei's shy expression instantly froze.
But seeing Wang Hongmei's embarrassed and angry look at this moment,
Su Tianli knew,
Wang Hongmei was mad at Cheng Yu.
Su Tianli held back her laughter.
How to say it,
The mental outlook of the educated youth who returned to the city was naturally not as good as that of those who had always stayed in the city.
There was no other way. Everyone went to the places that needed assistance, either production teams or farms... They were busy every day and their lives were hard...
Most people look old at a young age.
The same goes for Wang Hongmei in front of him.
In Su Tianli's impression, Wang Hongmei used to be not fat, but had a chubby round face, which was quite cute;
But now Wang Hongmei's skin is dark and rough, and she is wearing a brand new set of decent clothes, but the style and size are not quite suitable... She does look a little old.
Su Tianli introduced Wang Hongmei to Cheng Yu, "It's normal that you don't know her! Even I couldn't recognize her. Wang Hongmei used to be a classmate of my sister Su Qianzi."
"Wang Hongmei is very cute! As long as we talk about the incident in which a girl from the Chemical Factory's Children's School fell into a manure pit and was rejected by her own mother, everyone knows it was her!"
Oh, they are all children living in the same family compound.
Is Wang Hongmei the only one allowed to expose Su Tianli's old scars?
Su Tianli can also expose Wang Hongmei's old scars.
Who hasn’t had an embarrassing childhood?
Su Tianli continued to say with a smile: "Cheng Yu, you know, Wang Hongmei fell into the pit because..."
Wang Hongmei was so frightened that she screamed, "Su Tianli!!!"
Su Tianli asked in surprise: "Hongmei, so you know my name is Su Tianli? I thought you didn't know me!"
Wang Hongmei's face turned blue and red.
Cheng Yu, "Wow, it turns out that Wang Hongmei fell into a cesspool at such a young age? No wonder..."
Then he twitched his nose, showing an expression as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.
Yes, in fact, there was an indescribable smell in the corridor.
Most likely it was because Tian Xiu always brought old man Tang with him, and old man Tang always urinated and defecated everywhere.
Otherwise, Su Dejun would not have sealed the corridor door.
But now, Cheng Yu's half-revealed meaning, coupled with Su Tianli's explanation,
Isn't it just exposing Wang Hongmei's secrets in public?
Wang Hongmei was so angry that she was shaking all over.
But she still ignored Su Tianli, looked at Cheng Yu resentfully, and ran away.
Su Tianli rolled her eyes at Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu: I dressed up to please my future father-in-law! Who knew that the nympho... knew that he already had a girlfriend, and knew that his girlfriend was right there, but still said such things!
Su Tianli and Cheng Yu went upstairs.
There's no one at home.
Su Tianli opened the door wide, asked Cheng Yu to take off his coat, and went to clean the corridor with a broom, dustpan, bucket and washing powder;
She started to clean up the house.
However, Cheng Yu's job is still harder.
Housework?
In fact, after the divorce, Su Dejun seemed to be reborn and became a completely different person. He started to take care of his family, love to clean up, and become self-disciplined.
The house had already been cleaned and tidy by Su Dejun.
Su Tianli was just pretending.
Finally, I saw a small basket that Su Dejun had placed next to the sofa in the living room. It was full of materials and semi-finished products that he used to make hair bands and headbands.
Furthermore, she saw a manuscript that Su Dejun had casually placed on the coffee table.
Su Tianli took it and flipped through it.
This manuscript is quite interesting.
Turning the book from front to back, it turned out to be Su Dejun's literacy book. The names of Su Dejun, Su Tianli, Su Qianzi, and Su Tiancai were written crookedly on it, as well as a lot of work-related content. The handwriting was clumsy, like that of an elementary school student who was just learning to read.
Turning the book from back to front, it contains Su Dejun's design and color drafts...
It can be seen that he is not very sure about the color matching.
So he used crayons to paint different colors on the notebook, and if he thought it looked good, he would draw on it with a pencil.
What’s interesting is that Su Tianli can gradually feel Su Dejun’s improvement in color matching.
At the beginning, it was really chaotic and disorganized!
Later, he slowly learned to match complementary colors: sky blue with light gray, blue gray with orange pink, dark green with beige, coffee with pink...
Wow, you're getting more and more proficient at it!
Su Tianli couldn't help laughing.
She turned another page.
The smile gradually froze.
It turned out that Su Dejun was drawing...a Chinese wedding dress on the notebook.
In the upper right corner of the page, the words "Second Sister" were written crookedly in pencil.
Then he drew a vivid picture of a Chinese-style jacket with a double-breasted collar.
He even drew a round face above the collar... and probably thought Su Tianli's face wasn't that round, so he erased it with an eraser and changed it to a slightly more pointed oval face with a chin;
Correspondingly, the collar style of the wedding dress also shows signs of having been erased and then altered with an eraser.
Su Tianli stared at the picture of wedding dress for a long time.
She was a little bored.
Her feelings towards Su Dejun are complicated.
She would rather Su Dejun was a pure villain like Tian Xiu.
But he is not.
Is he a bad guy?
yes,
He is really bad too.
When Su Tianli was little, he was so cruel that he abandoned his two daughters in his hometown and ignored them.
But he doesn't seem that bad.
He would be angry because Tian Xiu gave his daughters such ugly names, and he was very persistent in not calling them by their names, instead calling them "Amei".
Is he a good person?
yes,
Since he divorced Tian Xiu, he seemed to have changed into a different person. He knew he had to earn money to support his children, to protect their interests and reputation, and to take on the responsibility of a parent, and was willing to send his children to a good school...
But he's not that good.
Because he is still unwilling to repay the kindness of Grandma Su in raising him.
Now, he is still thinking about designing and sewing a wedding dress for Su Tianli? !
Su Tianli sighed, turned the page, and thought, out of sight, out of mind!
result--
After turning this page,
She saw another wedding dress!
The word "Third Sister" was written in pencil in the upper right corner.
It was obvious that Su Dejun intended to treat Su Qianzi equally and sew a wedding dress for her as well.
However, the details of this wedding dress are far inferior to those for Su Tianli.
The face shape on the collar was drawn and erased, drawn again and erased again. I guess he was not sure what the third sister looked like now.
Su Tianli smiled and turned another page.
This page is filled with numbers.
But soon, Su Tianli saw the trick.
——This is Su Dejun’s account book.
Recording all his income and expenditure...
Turning the page again, Su Tianli saw something funny again.
Su Dejun wrote:
[Two: 1000 (crossed out), 800 (crossed out), 500 (crossed out), 1000 (-153), well meson 1, well two O2, well link 1]
[Three: 1000 (-1000), well meson 1, well two O2, well link 1]
[Four: 1000 (-1000), well meson 1, well two O2, well link 1]
Su Tianli thought about it for a while and then understood.
——Is this the wedding money that Su Dejun prepared for her and her brothers and sisters?
Since Su Tianli might be his first child after marriage, he was thinking about the dowry.
I was going to give 1,000 at first, but then I felt the pressure was too great...
Change it to eight hundred.
Maybe they felt that they had to treat each of the three children equally, so 800 yuan each... or maybe the pressure was too great.
So it was changed to five hundred.
In the end, I don’t know what he was thinking, but he changed it back to one thousand yuan per child.
And the "-153" should mean that Su Dejun still owed 153 yuan out of the 1,000 yuan dowry he prepared for Su Tianli.
As for "Jing Jie Zi 1", it should refer to a gold ring;
"井二O2" should refer to a pair of gold earrings. He doesn't know how to write the word "ring", so he draws a circle instead.
"Jing Lian Zi 1" should refer to a gold necklace...
Su Tianli thought that these days, there were very few families willing to give their daughter a dowry of 1,000 yuan and a set of gold jewelry.
After all, in this era, a family that could afford three turns and one ring was considered extremely wealthy.
The three turns and one ring refer to the bicycle, sewing machine, watch and radio.
All these together will cost about five or six hundred yuan.
I don’t know why Su Dejun thought of giving so much money?
As soon as this question popped into my mind,
Su Tianli suddenly understood again - because Su Dejun thought Cheng Yu was an orphan! After all, Su Tianli didn't tell him about Cheng Yu's situation in detail. So Su Dejun felt that his daughter chose such a loser as a boyfriend...it would increase his burden.
So he was torn between his conscience and his desires. When preparing the dowry for his daughter, he must have been anxious, which is why the amount went from 1,000 to 800, then to 500, and finally back to 1,000...
Later, he decided to treat the three children equally and gave 1,000 to each of them...
No wonder Su Dejun has been working so hard recently!
Su Tianli looked at this book,
One could even feel how depressed Su Dejun, who loved money like his life, was when he decided to prepare a dowry of one thousand yuan for her.
Just when she felt both amused and annoyed,
There was a noise outside the door.
It seems that Su Dejun is talking to Cheng Yu:
"Uncle Jun, you're back?"
"Well, I'm back... What are you doing here?"
"Uncle Jun, it was Lizhi who asked me to sweep the corridor."
"No need, I sweep every day! Come over here and help me carry the stuff...How long have you been back?"
"In less than an hour..."
Su Tianli quickly put the manuscript back to its place, stood up and pretended to tidy up the sofa.
Su Dejun and Cheng Yu entered the house carrying large and small bags of things.
"Sister!" Su Dejun was very happy when he saw Su Tianli, "I bought a goose and borrowed a pressure cooker. I will make your favorite fried goose later!"
Su Tianli was stunned.
Lu Goose?
The Cantonese people have a saying, "No chicken, no feast", which means that everyone eats chicken during every festival.
But Lu Goose is a dish that surpasses the New Year Chicken.
This is a very delicious dish.
The production method is not complicated, but it is very time-consuming.
- Marinate the whole goose with dark soy sauce and salt, then deep-fry it;
Then put the fried goose with crispy skin, soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, etc. into the pressure cooker and stew.
Finally, put the stewed goose meat and juice in an iron pot and stew until the juice is reduced.
Lu goose is soft, glutinous and delicious, and is a rare delicacy.
Goose meat has always been more expensive than chicken...the price of a goose is almost equivalent to that of six chickens!
So even though Su Tianli has always been craving for fried goose, she has never mentioned it.
I really can't believe that my father would be willing to spend so much money today.
"How much did you spend?" Su Tianli asked.
Su Dejun, "As long as it tastes good, that's fine."
Su Tianli, "How much?"
Su Dejun, "I didn't spend money recklessly. I ate green vegetables for a month straight..."
"How much?" Su Tianli insisted.
Su Dejun had no choice but to say, "Seventeen dollars and fifty cents."
Su Tianli's eyes widened, "Seventeen dollars and fifty cents!!!"
This is half a month's salary for an ordinary worker!
Besides, a goose is so big, how can you eat it all?!
Su Dejun quickly showed the slaughtered goose to his daughter, "Look, sister, this goose weighs more than 10 pounds! It's a genuine lion-head goose. I asked someone to help me buy it..."
Later, Su Dejun noticed that his daughter's expression was not so friendly...
His voice became smaller and smaller, and he said awkwardly: "Is this your first time coming back to celebrate the New Year?"
Then he looked at Cheng Yu again, "Is this the first time you bring your boyfriend back to celebrate the New Year..."
"You're not the only one who likes eating Lu Goose. Ah Cai and I also like eating it."
"Besides, my third sister will be back soon..."
The last sentence successfully attracted Su Tianli's attention, "What? The third brother is coming back?"
Just now, when she heard from Aunt Cao that Cao Yinfeng had returned to the city, she wondered when Su Qianzi would come back;
Then, when I looked at Wang Hongmei downstairs, this idea became even stronger.
Unexpectedly, the third sister is really coming back?!
Su Dejun nodded repeatedly, "She called the guard room yesterday... I didn't answer, so she left a message saying that she would leave early this morning, and if the train wasn't delayed, she should be able to catch up with us for the New Year's Eve dinner."
Su Tianli asked happily: "Is she returning to the city or visiting relatives?"
Su Dejun shook his head, "I didn't receive the call."
Su Tianli urged him, "Dad, hurry up and make the goose!"
Su Dejun carefully observed his daughter's expression. Seeing that she was happy, he finally felt relieved and happily carried the cleaned goose into the kitchen.
Su Tianli stood at the kitchen door, watching Su Dejun process the clean goose, and then told him everything about her and Cheng Yu's trip to the Northwest to take care of household chores.
When Su Dejun heard that He Jingdong was such a bastard, he was so angry that his face turned red and he cursed: "Damn He Jingdong! How can he be so shameless!"
When Su Dejun heard that Cheng Yu refused to forgive Xu Jiaxi, Su Dejun fell silent again;
Finally, when Su Dejun found out that although Cheng Yu did not forgive Xu Jiaxi, he would keep in touch with Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu...
Su Dejun's face didn't look good.
When Su Tianli told him that Cheng Yu's income was relatively stable because he had signed a temporary worker contract with the chemical factory,
Su Dejun's expression became even worse.
Su Tianli felt a little strange.
——In her opinion, when she told her father these things, she was actually saying: Cheng Yu has an income and is not without relatives. She didn’t want her father to worry too much about her dowry.
But why did Abba seem even more worried?
Cooking goose is a time-consuming and laborious task.
Su Tianli and Su Dejun took turns cooking for a long time until their legs were numb from standing.
Su Dejun asked Su Tianli to take a rest, so she sat on the sofa for a while.
Sudden--
Su Tianli discovered that Su Dejun’s manuscript seemed to have moved?
She looked in the direction of the kitchen and after making sure that Su Dejun would not come out for the time being, she opened the last page of the manuscript again.
Then, she discovered that Su Dejun had modified the dowry he had prepared for her:
[Two: 1000 (crossed out), 800 (crossed out), 500 (crossed out), 1000 (crossed out), 3000 (-2153), well meson 1, well 2 O2, well link 1]
Su Tianli widened her eyes in shock!
——What happened?
Why did he suddenly change one thousand to three thousand?
Su Tianli was stunned for a long time before she figured out the reason!
——Did her father think that she was going to marry into a "rich family"? So he had to prepare more dowry for her so that she could stand up straight in her "husband's family"?
Su Tianli didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
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