Chen Yuqing's hand that was pouring the wine shook a little, and some of it spilled out. Her face lit up with joy at first, but then it dimmed again as she thought of something.
She said worriedly, "Xiao Ye, I'm very happy that you have this intention, but if I live with you after you get married, your family might be unhappy.
It's better not to do this. Don't worry, I can take care of myself. Besides, Xiaomei's father might be back by then."
It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned this, but once he did, Ye Zhiqiu's smile froze. He knew full well that Feng Yuanzheng was probably already...
But he didn't know what to do. He had promised him to help keep it a secret and to take good care of both mother and daughter.
Ye Zhiqiu doesn't think he is a good person. When he was in the village, in order to avenge his original body, he could ignore morality and bury them all!
But he can still be a good person to those he approves of!
He forced a smile and said to Chen Yuqing, "Aunt Chen, I will call you mom from now on. I will marry Xiaomei in this life! My parents will definitely have no objection, because you may not know.
My grandfather is a godparent whom my mother recognized for the purpose of household registration. Our family treats such an old man as a real grandfather, let alone you?
If there weren't enough houses in the courtyard, I'd really like to live with my whole family. My parents are quite interesting. You'll understand when you get to know them. They are very heartless.
Chen Yuqing laughed and said, "Haha, you little brat, how can you say that about your own parents! We'll talk about this later. Let's not talk about this for now. The most important thing in the world is eating!"
Ye Zhiqiu did not force the topic to continue. Feng Xiaomei blushed because Ye Zhiqiu's words that he would marry no one else but her made her feel sweet.
Ye Zhiqiu picked up some braised pork for the two of them. He smiled and said, "This braised pork is made with tangerine peel. It has the aroma of tangerine peel and a unique flavor. Try it and see if it tastes good.
"When we prepare banquets or something like that, we don't use this stuff in our braised pork because good dried tangerine peel is so hard to come by. Also, banquet dishes here are very traditional, and changing the taste would probably get you criticized."
The two nodded and praised the food highly after tasting it. Ye Zhiqiu picked up another piece for Feng Xiaomei, telling her that she had to get more nutrition since her meat was growing where she liked it anyway.
Tonight's meal was particularly rice-intensive, and Ye Zhiqiu finished three large bowls of rice in a row. The bowls of that time weren't the small bowls of later times, which couldn't even hold a few dumplings.
The mother and daughter drank one glass of wine from the bottle, and he drank the rest.
After dinner, Chen Yuqing made tea for Ye Zhiqiu, and then the two of them went to wash the dishes. Ye Zhiqiu held the teacup and looked at the photos on the wall.
Although I have seen it before, I didn’t understand her before. Now I have a different understanding of her.
The earliest photo should be when she was about three or four years old. At that time, she had a very obvious smile on her face. Then there was a break. When she was nine or ten years old, her face was no longer smiling, but had a more calm expression. The photos after that have always been like this.
Ye Zhiqiu thought that after winter was over and the weather got warmer, he would go take some photos with Feng Xiaomei.
After the two of them came out, they washed an apple, cut it up and started eating it together.
"Aunt Chen, I have to visit my elders and take care of my career change these days. When I'm done, I'll come over and cook for you."
"Okay, work is important. It's cold now, so there's no need to rush back and forth like this."
After chatting for a while, Ye Zhiqiu said goodbye and kissed Feng Xiaomei goodbye outside the door. Ye Zhiqiu didn't let her go downstairs to see him off. The weather was so cold, there was no need to let her blow the cold wind like this.
When riding his bike home, Ye Zhiqiu felt that he needed to do something about the problem with his bicycle!
Ye Tianya is a guy who cares about his reputation. After all, he is a cadre, but he has to walk to and from get off work on his legs all day long. He really has no face at all.
Looking at the things in the basket, Ye Zhiqiu wanted to laugh secretly. Not to mention a bag of tea, there were also three bottles of wine, four cartons of cigarettes, and about a pound of biscuits!
Feng Xiaomei is a bit disgusted by the smell of cigarettes in his mouth. When she was getting something, she gave him cigarettes! She also reminded him that the cookies were for his brothers and sisters. She hasn't even married yet, but she already knows how to win people's hearts!
This time he came back early, a little after nine o'clock when he got home. The family was still chatting in the living room, and when Ye Zhiqiu parked his bicycle, he heard lively laughter from inside.
Ye Zhiqiu picked up his things and pushed the door, but it was locked.
"Open the door, open the door, I'm back!"
There was a commotion inside. The door was opened, the things were taken over, Liu Cuihua pulled Ye Zhiqiu over, and a group of people started greeting each other.
After finally finishing the greetings, they sat down. Ye Zhiqiu took the hot water poured by Wang Fugui and drank it slowly while blowing on it.
Drinking water is not to relieve thirst, but to warm the body. Ye Zhiqiu felt much warmer, and then he smiled and said to Ye Wubing: "There is a bag of tea leaves in it, which your sister-in-law prepared for grandpa.
There's also a bag of biscuits, which she specifically asked me to bring back for you to try! While the reinforcements and Xiaofang are here, you little ones can share them among yourselves!
Ye Bailu cheered, "Haha, sister-in-law is so nice! Last time she told me about cookies, she really asked brother to bring them to me."
While the little ones were sharing biscuits, Ye Zhiqiu started chatting with Qian Dafu and his wife. They talked about their recent situation. Liu Cuihua said that she couldn't get any odd jobs now.
He asked curiously, "Aunt Liu, what's going on? I remember you used to be able to do some mending and making clothes for people. You should have more work in winter now, right?"
Liu Cuihua explained: "Zhiqiu, you just came back and you don't know, but there are too few cloth coupons issued now, and no one is making clothes anymore!"
Wang Xiaolan added, "Son, now each person is only given four feet of cloth coupons a year. Our entire family can only afford one set of clothes with all the cloth coupons we have in a year. In this situation, who would make clothes?"
Ye Zhiqiu was dumbfounded. He remembered that a set of clothes would take at least 15 or 16 feet of cloth? With only four feet of cloth coupons issued each year, he could only mend his clothes!
He sighed, "Oh, I really hadn't noticed this. This is really fucked up! Aunt Liu doesn't have the income from odd jobs now, so how can her family live?"
Qian Dafu smiled and said, "Well, it's okay. I just can't save much money, but I won't starve. Don't worry about that."
Speaking of which, Qian Dafu and the others felt embarrassed because the Ye family had helped them so much in the past two years. The more they owed the Ye family, the more pressure they felt.
Ye Tianya said cheerfully, "When the time is right, I'll scrape together some money to buy a job for my brother and sister-in-law. If both of us work, our lives will be better in the future."
At this point, Ye Zhiqiu asked Wang Xiaolan, "Mom, do you have any jobs in your street office? If there are any, just put Aunt Liu in there!"
Buying a job for a few hundred dollars and working for a year or two will pay you back. This is better than anything else! "
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