When the fat woman heard this, her face turned red, and she lowered her head without saying a word.
Erleng's mother glared at the fat woman in panic and said, "Don't listen to some people's nonsense. It's just that my old man fell and his leg hurts. He's groaning in pain in the middle of the night!"
At this time, the fat lady came over with a bag of grain, "Erleng's mother, falling from the roof is nothing, but if you fall from a chair, it will be very embarrassing!
I think your chair is old! You should get a new one. It can’t stand up to Erlang’s tossing and turning. It’s almost broken. It would be painful if it pricked someone.”
Du Erleng's mother was stunned for a moment, "Fatty, what you said is true, the chairs in our house were made when Erleng's grandfather was still alive!
I don't know what Erlang did last night, but he sat on the chair and it fell apart, leaving a long gash on my leg."
After saying that, he looked at Fatty in confusion, "Oh, no, I'm talking about Fatty! How did you know that the chairs in my house need to be replaced?"
The fat sister-in-law glanced at the fat woman, smiled evilly and said, "Everyone in our village knows about this. If you don't believe me, ask your niece. Your niece will definitely know better."
The old lady who asked the first question laughed and said, "Erlang's mother, I think this chair has become their love chair! It must have fallen apart!"
Everyone who was grinding flour on the scene burst into laughter, and Du Erleng's mother was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.
Erlang's mother glared at the old lady and the fat sister-in-law with a bad look in her eyes, "You bunch of old ladies who don't keep their mouths shut, this is my distant niece who came here to visit. How can my niece find her if you talk like this?
Look at what you're saying! You're just spouting nonsense.
Besides, I don’t have a wife yet, so you can’t ruin my reputation. If I can’t get married, I’ll come after you two!”
The fat lady said sarcastically, "Erleng's mother, your niece looks quite grown up. She can't live in the same room with Erleng, can she?
If your niece has nowhere to stay, she can stay at my house for a few days. My house is big and spacious."
Erlang's mother's eyes widened. "Fatty, my niece sleeps with me at night. Erlang's legs and feet haven't recovered yet, so my niece helps me take care of him during the day. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouths apart."
The fat lady curled her lips and said unconvincedly: "Erleng's mother, stop pretending. Everyone knows what you are thinking! I want to find a wife for Erleng and give birth to a child so that you can have a grandson soon.
Others are not fools. I advise you to get the marriage certificate as soon as possible. If the villagers hear your wild cat-like call again, someone will definitely report your Erlang for being an adulterer.
Erlang Niang rolled her eyes at Fatty's wife in dissatisfaction, "Humph, I don't want to bother with you. You're just like a shit stirrer, gossiping about other people all the time. You should worry about your own shit digging!
Chu Jingqiu and her friends watched a great show, and the flour was quickly ground out. They carried the flour bags and their belongings and returned to the educated youth site.
As soon as they returned to the educated youth site, Lin Zishan was busy kneading and fermenting the dough. Chu Jingqiu and Shi Aihong took the red beans out of the pot and mashed them into bean paste. Shi Aihong suddenly had an idea and added some chopped chestnuts.
At noon, I steamed four large pots of sticky rice dumplings. The skin was thin and the filling was large. The yellow rice dumpling skin was soft and sticky, and the deep red red bean filling was sweet and soft.
Chu Jingqiu took out his sugar jar and scooped a spoonful for each person. The three of them dipped it in sugar and ate it. It tasted especially sweet.
Lin Zishan flattened a few sticky rice dumplings with a spatula, put some lard into the pot, and fried a pot of sticky rice dumplings. The sticky rice dumplings that were fried on both sides were more fragrant and delicious. The three of them ate until they were full.
In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. The educated youth spent the morning writing Spring Festival couplets for the villagers.
What about "the four seas are surging with raging clouds and waters, the five continents are shaking with wind and thunder", "Marxism-Leninism has spread throughout the world, and the revolutionary storm has swept the globe".
There is also "Rely on self-reliance to create great achievements, and work hard to achieve grand plans. "Carry forward the revolutionary tradition and strive for greater glory."
The village specially prepared several kilograms of pork, tofu, vermicelli, peanuts, some blood sausage, white flour, and several kilograms of rice for the educated youth.
The educated youth group planned to have a big dinner in the evening. Yue Wenbin and Zhou Weidong had recently shot a few pheasants and trapped two wild rabbits.
The male educated youth prepared the pheasants and rabbits and stewed them; the female educated youth began to chop stuffing and make dumplings.
It was around five in the evening and snowflakes were falling outside, but the room in the educated youth center was as warm as spring.
On the big kang heated by Jiang Qingzhou, everyone put several kang tables together and filled the tables with delicious dishes.
The New Year's Eve dinner was very sumptuous, with more than a dozen dishes including chicken stewed with mushrooms, pork stewed with vermicelli, blood sausage and sauerkraut tofu soup, fried meatballs, boiled peanuts, stir-fried pork slices with cabbage and black fungus, and cold kelp shreds. Jiang Qingzhou also made a soup with the dried shrimps and seaweed sent from home.
The educated youth all sat around the kang table and started to eat the New Year's Eve dinner in a lively atmosphere.
By the end of the meal, the male educated youth were all drunk. Jiang Qingzhou, usually a very reserved and well-mannered man, actually lay on the kang and started crying. While wiping his tears, he said, "I haven't been home for two years. I really miss the food my parents cook! I wonder if they will miss me tonight."
Every festival makes people miss their families more. Jiang Qingzhou's words resonated with everyone, and several female educated youth also began to wipe away their tears.
Zhao Yaru cried and said, "No one will give me a red envelope tomorrow. When can we go back?"
Yue Wenbin helped her wipe away her tears. "Ya Ru, I'll give you a red envelope tomorrow. Next year we can go home for the New Year. Don't cry!"
Shi Aihong was also crying beside her. "I really want to eat the braised pork elbows my father made for Chinese New Year! That day my father asked me if I would go home for Chinese New Year. If I did, he would save up some money and make me some more pork elbows."
Zhou Weidong was also there to comfort her. Chu Jingqiu glanced at Lin Zishan, who was standing silently by the side, and patted her on the shoulder, "Sister Zishan, don't be sad, we are all your family!"
Lin Zishan smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you, Jingqiu. Having a family like that is worse than not having one. My adoptive mother actually wrote to me again a few days ago to complain.
She asked me to mail back her the dividends or grain I received at the end of the year. She said that her family was struggling to make ends meet and she probably wouldn't even be able to eat dumplings during the New Year.
I wrote her back directly asking for money. I said that I had borrowed too much and could not pay it back. I hoped that my family could help pay some of it back, otherwise I would have a hard time during the New Year.
My adoptive mother never wrote again. I guess she didn't want to waste even the money for the stamps! I've long since gotten over it. Don't worry! I'm not sad.
Chu Jingqiu smiled and said, "Now that you've seen through it, you won't be sad anymore. You have to pretend. Don't tell her that you're a barefoot doctor and you still get paid every month. Find a suitable time to break off the relationship!"
Otherwise, when you are better off, she will come up to you and suck your blood again."
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