Seeing the roast chicken Su Qingmeng was holding, the aunt frowned and pretended to be angry, "Qingmeng, why do you always take vegetables when you come to eat? Don't be so polite next time."
She nodded and never argued back. She would listen or not. She only did business once every few years and she always had the image of an obedient and good daughter-in-law.
The eldest aunt thought that this niece-in-law was really kind and knowledgeable. She looked at Zhang Wangyue and said, "This is Xiuhe's wife, right? This is the first time I've met her."
Zhang Wangyue handed over the gift, "Hello, aunt." She prepared dried seafood, including dried shrimp and dried scallops.
After everyone got to know each other, they went into the house and sat down. The eldest cousin and his wife also came back. Su Qingmeng gave the stationery to Lin Song. As for the three-year-old Lin Yu, it was the tin frog.
Lin Song envied, "I want a frog too."
Su Qingmeng: "Then you can borrow it from your brother to play with." She bought it according to the child's age and didn't prepare too much. Besides, she didn't like to spoil her children. She was not familiar with anyone in her eldest cousin's family.
Lin Song immediately became unhappy, and his eldest cousin's wife came over to comfort him, "Go home and play together," and she felt that Su Qingmeng was stingy.
Su Qingmeng could sense her dissatisfaction, but she didn't take it seriously. Lin Song was already eleven years old, and still immature. She heard that her eldest cousin's family lived very close to her mother-in-law's house, and the child had been raised by her mother-in-law since childhood. It seemed that the child had been spoiled a lot.
She was talking to Zhang Qian. Among her sisters-in-law, she and Zhang Qian were the most familiar with each other.
The eldest cousin was asking Lin Xiuyao about the situation in the capital. "My colleague quit his job and started a small business. He's making quite a bit of money. I want to do business too, but your sister-in-law won't let me."
Lin Xiuyao just stated the situation impartially. Some people can make money but it is hard work, others lose money for various reasons, and of course there are also those who make a fortune.
He would not encourage his cousin to resign and go into business, and then blame him if any unexpected situation occurred in the future. Their relationship was not that good.
Lin Baoguo also said, "Don't mess around. Having a job with a guaranteed income and a pension is great. You worked hard for your family to get this job, and now you want to quit."
Lin Xiuyao touched his nose. He hadn't said yet that he had quit his job, so he might as well not say it.
Lin Meimei came over. She was wearing a festive red cotton-padded jacket, but it couldn't hide the unhappiness in her life. Her figure had changed after she became pregnant, and she hadn't lost weight. She now looked older than Su Qingmeng.
Lin Meimei looked at Su Qingmeng's beautiful face and clothes, and could no longer hold back the jealousy in her heart. She used to think that she was better than the helpless Su Qingmeng, because her father was the team leader.
Su Qingmeng married her cousin, a country bumpkin, while she married an educated youth from the big city. She thought she would be happier than Su Qingmeng, but now the two are completely different, and she is the one who is "different".
Su Qingmeng didn't take Lin Meimei seriously. It was almost noon, and she went to the kitchen to help cook. Her aunt said, "Don't get your clothes dirty," and gave her a bunch of vegetables, "Go pick some vegetables."
Zhang Wangyue was treated the same way. She sat next to him, peeling potatoes, and the two of them chatted casually: "You are a graduate student, right?"
"Well, that's amazing. I'm not good at studying, so I envy you who are good at studying."
"Then you work in a hospital, saving lives and healing the wounded, which is also great."
After talking about work, Su Qingmeng asked her about the climate in the south. It was a very appropriate topic to talk about the weather when chatting with someone you were not familiar with.
After the dishes were cleared, Su Qingmeng asked if there was anything else she could do. In the kitchen were her eldest aunt, her third aunt, and her two sisters-in-law, Zhang Qian and Wang Fen. They were all used to kitchen duty and their movements were brisk. "You go back inside," her eldest aunt dismissed them.
The men in the room were smoking and chatting, and the air was filled with smoke. Su Qingmeng went to the west room where the children were. She accompanied Tiezhu to read comic books. He was familiar with these children, after all, they were friends who had skated together.
At four o'clock, dinner was ready. We split into two tables, one for the men and one for the women. Today's menu was rich, ten courses in total: braised crucian carp, braised pork slices, roast chicken, three fresh vegetables, chicken stewed with mushrooms, croquettes, spring rolls, cabbage and tofu soup, stir-fried meat with black fungus, and pickled cabbage and vermicelli stew.
It can be seen that life in the countryside is better, and most of the dishes are meat. Su Qingmeng remembers that there were only four meat dishes at the New Year's Eve dinner in 1978.
Lin Baoguo raised his glass. "It's rare to have so many people here this year. Let me say a few words. The Lin family is getting better and better. The next generation is promising, with good jobs and bright futures. I won't say much about the city. Xiucheng, Xiuyun, you two shouldn't relax either. Things are very different in the countryside now. If you work hard, you can live a good life too."
Lin Xiucheng and Lin Xiuyun both nodded, "Dad/Uncle is right."
Lin Baoguo continued, "Also, we can't slack off on the education of the next generation. You parents need to pay attention. Now that our country values culture, we need to educate our children well. Okay, that's all I have to say. Let's eat."
Su Qingmeng admired him. It turned out that the head of a family needed to have a long-term vision so that the family could prosper. Uncle Lin played the role of the head of the family, and what he said today was really insightful.
After eating and drinking, Su Qingmeng went for a walk. Tiezhu and his younger brothers and sisters were setting off firecrackers, and Su Qingmeng also set off two to join in the fun.
After digesting the food, they went back to make dumplings. After the dumplings were made, they played cards. The men played mahjong in the east room, and they played in the west room. The village had electricity, and everyone had a nightlife. Finally, they no longer had to work from sunrise to sunset.
We played until around eight o'clock and the kids were all sleepy, so everyone ate dumplings and went home to rest.
On the morning of the first day of the New Year, the two of them did not stay in bed. There were children coming to pay New Year's greetings early, and it would be embarrassing to be stuck in the quilt.
After leaving the house, the nephews and nieces greeted each other, and Su Qingmeng took out the red envelopes she had prepared and gave each one. The red envelopes were all one yuan each, and she had prepared more than a dozen in advance, all of which she kept for the younger generation.
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