Chapter 73 Chapter 73 So, Chen...
So, Chen and his friends waited at the dock for a while before they sold all the food for the day.
"We'll make less at the dock tomorrow and more in the county." Su Li said as she packed up. Originally, 40 servings could be sold out at the dock every day, but now it is estimated that 40 servings can be sold out, but it will take more time. If it is winter, it is not a big deal, but it is still a bit hot today, and the taste of these meat dishes will not be very good after a long time.
"Okay." Eldest sister Su Hong nodded.
Chen had no objection. After all, the money at the dock had decreased, but the money in the county town had increased, so the money earned every day was about the same.
Speaking of which, after this incident, Chen really had to admire her daughter. She originally thought that setting up a stall in the county town was unnecessary, but this happened in just one day, and the county town became a turning point.
Moreover, she originally expected that it would be good if she could sell about 20 copies in the county town, but today she found that selling 20 copies was quite easy. She remembered that she was still worried about it, which was really unnecessary.
But this is not Chen's fault. A person's cognition is determined by his or her childhood experiences and environment. People cannot look at things beyond their own cognition.
Su Family,
When Su Li, Chen and others came back, the people from the village who came to help had not left yet and were working hard.
When they saw them coming back, they all gave them fiery looks.
I don’t know if it was Chen’s illusion, but everyone seemed to be much more enthusiastic.
"You're back, come in quickly."
"It's so hot, let's go drink some mung bean soup..."
"Or should we eat first?"
Several aunts wearing headscarves surrounded Su Li and her friends, asking them about their well-being. They looked at them as if they were gold, silver, and jewelry, with such enthusiasm that they didn't seem like people from the same village.
"Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Could you please let us take these things in first?" Su Hong said with a stiff upper lip, holding a basket of dishes and chopsticks in her hand.
"Did you hear that? Quickly disperse and let them put the things down."
Everyone then made way for them, and the woman who had spoken took advantage of the opportunity to step forward and help carry the things.
"Daya, I'll get it for you."
…
Seeing this, everyone secretly spit in their hearts and hurried forward to take over Chen and Su Hong's things.
"Yeah, let us help you."
"You've had a hard day."
"careful…"
The group entered the yard. At this time, the Su family's fence and house had been demolished, leaving only a mess. The villagers were laying stones to prepare for the foundation, but the foundation was time-consuming and it would definitely not be completed in this afternoon.
In addition, there were two women washing dishes and tables. Most of the dishes had been washed, and one of them was putting them into a basket to be used the next day.
Seeing Su Li and the others coming back, the two stood up and enthusiastically took over the bowls, chopsticks, pots and pans that Su Li brought back.
"Don't bother. Just put it there and we'll wash it later." Chen felt a little embarrassed seeing everyone was so enthusiastic.
"There are only a few bowls. It won't take us long to wash them. Have you eaten? I left some food for you in the stove. Go and eat it quickly. You've been tired all day." After the woman said that, she squatted down, picked up the bowls, and started to wash them with a loofah, without giving Chen any chance to refuse.
"Thank you very much." Chen said embarrassedly. She didn't even know who the person in front of her was.
"What's the big deal? You're so polite."
Come on, they just interrupted what Chen was about to say.
On the other side, just as Old Man Su was leading the mule to the bamboo forest, someone brought a clean bucket full of water and fodder for the mule to eat. "Hey, uncle, go eat. I'll tie it up for you."
He took the rope without waiting for Old Man Su to say anything, leaving him confused.
Of course, besides Chen and Old Man Su, Su Hong, Su Li and Su Tao also felt the changes in everyone. Before the table was even served, someone brought the rice and dishes to the table. When Chen and the others came over, they asked directly,
"By the way, how old is Si Ya this year? I remember she was born in the same year as my son. I wonder if you have mentioned her." The woman looked at Chen curiously.
Chen didn't realize what she meant, so she just said when asked, "I'm 15 this year, and I haven't said anyone yet."
At this time, someone asked again, "What about the fifth girl?"
This is the abacus beads breaking on the face. Chen finally reacted and said lightly,
"The fifth girl is even younger, only 13 years old. I want to keep them for two more years. There's no rush."
This was what Chen was really thinking. These days, getting married at a young age only brought disadvantages and no advantages. Chen still remembered that there was a neighbor girl in their village who was less than 13 years old and was married off to another village by her parents. As a result, she died of complications during childbirth. Chen was still young at the time and secretly followed her to see it. She was so scared that she had nightmares for a long time.
Today, she has given birth to several children and understands even more the impact of childbirth on women. She often can't help but wonder if she could have given birth a few years later, the girl next door would not have died so early.
"Okay, why are you talking about this? Are you going to let us eat?" Mrs. Yang suddenly appeared and changed the subject.
"Why don't you go back and feed the chickens and pigs? What are you still doing here? Just watching people eat delicious food."
When the others saw Mrs. Yang appear, they were as scared as if they had seen a plague god. Although Mrs. Yang was not their mother-in-law, they didn't know why they were inexplicably afraid of her.
But someone also whispered, "You're still here, why can't we..."
"Okay, stop talking and let's go."
So for a moment, as a few people left, the air became cooler.
"Why didn't I see Aunt Lian?" Su Tao took two bites of food before she remembered that she hadn't seen Aunt Lian today.
"Let my daughter Daya take her out to play." Mrs. Mo said from the side. Speaking of which, the little Lian Gu was really sensible. At first, when her daughter asked her to go out to play, she refused to go and insisted on waiting for her mother to come back at home. Later, Daya asked her to take her to make a wreath, so she went out.
Mrs. Mo told Su Hong about this when she came back. She should be going to pick them up now. Judging from the time, she should be back soon.
Sure enough, not long after, Su Hong came back with Lian Gu, followed by Mo's eldest daughter.
"Grandpa..." When Lian Gu saw the familiar people coming back, she quickly ran over to greet them one by one.
"Aunt..."
I don’t know if it was because of the sun or what, but the little girl’s face, which had grown plump, was red and looked very cute.
"Auntie Lian, why didn't you call me?" Su Tao was angry. Everyone called her, but she didn't care! She did it on purpose!
Unexpectedly, Lian Gu suddenly seemed to have discovered a new world and said:
"Fourth Aunt, so you are here. I didn't see you just now..."
"I miss you so much……"
After saying that, Lian Gu jumped off Su Li and ran to find Su Tao.
Su Tao finally became happy! As expected, Aunt Lian loved her the most!
Meanwhile, on the other side, after finishing her meal, Chen went to find her uncle Chen who was working and told him that she wanted more meat for the next day.
"I want five pounds of lean meat, preferably tenderloin, and five pairs of pig's trotters. I don't want the meat at the back, just the bones at the front." This was what Su Li told Chen to buy the next day when she came back. She said she wanted to add two new dishes, called shredded fish and pig's trotters. Chen was afraid that she would forget later, so she found her uncle Chen and told him in advance.
"Isn't it too much? Can we finish it?" Uncle Chen misunderstood that these dishes were cooked for everyone to eat at noon tomorrow. He looked at them with disapproval. There was already so much meat, and adding these would be too much, which is not good. Wealth should not be shown off.
But he couldn't say it directly, so he changed his way of saying it.
Chen knew her eldest brother had misunderstood when she heard this, and quickly said, "It was the fifth girl who said that. She planned to make two new dishes to change the taste."
As for why her daughter changed her taste, Chen didn't understand, but she just listened to whatever her daughter said. In the end, it would prove that her daughter was right anyway.
"Okay, then I'll make a note of it and push it to you on a cart tomorrow. However, it seems that my cart has been taken away by my father-in-law, so I'm afraid I'll have to borrow yours." Uncle Chen said after thinking for a while.
"Okay, I'll get it for you later."
After saying that, Chen suddenly remembered something and said, "By the way, big brother, why don't you stay for dinner tonight?"
"become."
After saying the most important thing, Chen went to find her parents and asked them to stay at home for dinner.
But the two of them were unwilling.
Thinking of her second brother, Chen had no choice but to give up.
Then she went to talk to her brother-in-law Ma Laosi and nephews about staying for dinner, and they all happily agreed.
It was not far from sunset at this time. The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the earth. The people who were building houses slowly stopped their work. Some wiped their sweat, some washed their faces with water, and they all looked tired.
But soon, everyone became happy again because of the mung bean soup brought out by Mrs. Yang, and there was more.
This was also suggested by Su Li. After all, everyone had worked all day and they were all from the same village. Not only could they not provide dinner, but they still had to provide two meals of mung bean soup to prevent anyone from getting heatstroke.
So everyone drank a bowl of refreshing mung bean soup before leaving satisfied.
After returning, he told other villagers about what he ate and drank at Su's house today. Those who had planned to go but didn't went felt a little regretful. They thought that no matter how good the food was, it couldn't be much better. It was just one or two pieces of meat. But who knew that there were more than one or two pieces. One person could eat several pieces, and there were also eggs and sweet water. Don't say it, it makes my heart ache.
But the man couldn't show it on his face, "It's just a few pieces of meat, look at you."
"Yo yo yo you're sore..."
"Tsk, who's jealous? Let me tell you, we're eating meat tonight too!"
"You're lying again. Did you go to cut meat this morning?" Don't think that you don't know just because he went to work. Their family is going to dig sweet potato ditches today.
"We can just kill a chicken and eat it."
"Oh, sure, kill the chicken and eat it. Where's the chicken?"
"Kill it right away." After saying that, the man ran to the chicken coop and caught one.
"What are you doing, Lai Er? Why are you catching my chicken?" A woman's voice came from the yard.
"What are you doing? I want to eat chicken. What do you want me to do?"
"That chicken is for my daughter to eat during her confinement period. You are not allowed to eat it."
"I want to eat it." Lai Er said this and then he twisted the chicken's neck in anger. He wanted to eat it and see who dared to stop him.
Then he didn't even boil water and started plucking the chicken. He plucked the feathers for a long time but couldn't get all the feathers out.
When the woman came over and saw the chicken, it was completely dead.
"God damn it, why are you harming my chicken? I raised it specially for my daughter..."
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