bookbashuk Chapter 59 The Xu Family's First Meal
Chapter 59 The Xu Family's First Meal
Soon.
Wang Yinhua returned, and He Quan and Xu Fei, who had gone to the grain station to buy grain with their ration book, also returned carrying this month's grain. However, they didn't even get to see Xu and Qin Yunzhou before turning around and leaving again.
They said they carried it back, but there wasn't much stuff in reality. Nowadays, the only people in the family with city residency are Wang Yinhua and her two children.
People like Liu Feng and Jin Bao don't have urban household registration and can't enjoy the benefits of subsidized grain. The amount of grain they eat each month is equivalent to that of the rest of their family.
In order to fill their stomachs, the Xu family would replace almost all of their refined grains with whole grains every month.
However, this month is an exception.
This is Xu Sui and Qin Yunzhou's first visit after their marriage, so they should at least prepare something delicious for them.
So, Wang Yinhua waved her hand and set aside some of the fine grains for this month, planning to make a noodle soup and fry some eggs today, as well as the small piece of ham that Qin Yunzhou and the others brought today.
The ham had just been sliced and stir-fried in the pan for a short while.
The unique aroma of meat permeated almost the entire courtyard.
This was made by Wang Yinhua herself. Her cooking skills were already quite good, and with meat being so scarce these days, it tasted even better.
Many of the neighbors around the house opened their doors and came over to look at the stove in the Xu family's house.
"Oh my, Yinhua, your family's standard of living is amazing! Where did you get such a big piece of ham? I didn't expect you to be living such a good life."
"My family doesn't have that ability; it was all delivered by my daughter and son-in-law," Wang Yinhua said, raising her chin with a broad smile.
"Not only this ham, but also the malted milk powder sold at the supply and marketing cooperative. You probably haven't tried it, right? I heard that stuff is really expensive, many times more expensive than meat."
"By the way, did your daughter buy you face cream? My Sui Sui is so filial and well-behaved. She feels sorry for me, her mother. I told her not to waste the money, but she insisted on buying it for me. She bought not only face cream but also clam oil for hand cream."
"And what else..."
The aunties and grandmas who had come up just to try the meat suddenly found it less appealing and their stomachs no longer hungry.
Silently wondering if that face cream really smelled that good, and if that malted milk powder smelled milky...
Putting everything else aside, Wang Yinhua's daughter is much more capable than the daughters in their family, and her taste in men is better than the last.
The woman who used to be an officer in the military is now married to another officer. In the entire compound, almost no one's daughter has married better than Xu Sui.
After a series of operations...
Wang Yinhua successfully got rid of those old ladies who wanted to take advantage of her.
However, a few shameless individuals pulled out a pair of chopsticks from somewhere and suddenly put them into the Xu family's pot.
"Hehe, Auntie's cooking is really good. Let me taste it for you."
Snapped--
Wang Yinhua was not one to be trifled with; she slapped the man's chopsticks away with a spatula.
"Get lost! You're trying to steal from me, you little bastard! You really need to be taught a lesson."
She turned around and shouted at the top of her lungs in the courtyard, "Ergou's mom, is this how you raise your Ergou?"
"If you can't control your kids, don't blame others for beating your son badly."
A woman ran out from across the street, cursing and swearing, "You're such a grown man, why are you arguing with a child? At least our Er Gouzi calls you 'Auntie,' how can you be so stingy, not even willing to give the child a little something to eat?"
Hearing the noise, Xu Sui went outside.
We haven't even gotten close yet.
He saw his mother scold the woman so badly that her face turned red, and he quickly pulled his son home.
"Sui Sui, why did you come out? Are you hungry? The food will be ready soon. Go back inside and sit down, chat with Yun Zhou."
After saying that, Wang Yinhua glanced at Liu Feng, who was standing there motionless, rolled her eyes, and said, "Eldest daughter-in-law, are you standing there like a wooden stake? Dinner is about to be served, why don't you hurry up and get the bowls and chopsticks?"
Honestly, she's such a grown woman, and she can't even cook a meal properly. Her mother-in-law has to do it herself.
If you call her stupid, she still knows how to sow discord between her and her son, causing her eldest son, whom she raised single-handedly, to not only scheme against his own mother but also against his own sister, and even to be wary of her.
She's clever, isn't she? She finally managed to snag a temporary job, but instead of building good relationships with the factory workers and finding a way to get a permanent position, she didn't even bother to transfer her and her son's household registration to the city as soon as possible.
Liu Feng gave Xu Sui a deep look, said nothing, and turned to go back inside to set out the dishes.
Soon.
The food was placed on the table.
He Quan and Xu Fei finally returned home.
As soon as they entered, the two smelled the aroma of meat, fragrant noodle soup, and scrambled eggs filling the house.
The two were somewhat surprised and glanced at Xu Sui and Qin Yunzhou.
They know whether there's meat in the house or not; it's obvious where the meat on the table comes from.
"Eldest brother, third brother, what were you rushing off to do just now? Sui Sui and Yun Zhou have been back for so long, what couldn't you do before going out at this time?"
Wang Yinhua, who had just sat down after serving the last bowl of food, saw her two sons return, glared at them, and then told them to wash their hands and eat.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the house became somewhat somber.
He Quan and Xu Fei pursed their lips and remained silent, each finding a spot away from Xu Sui to sit down and eat.
The people sitting on Xu Sui's left and right sides are Wang Yinhua and Qin Yunzhou, respectively.
She looked up and, by sheer coincidence, saw her younger brother, Xu Fei, who was eleven years old. The two siblings bore a striking resemblance.
Xu Fei is about to take the junior high school entrance exam, but her academic performance is very poor.
The original owner was the opposite; she was the best student in the entire Xu family and had the highest academic qualifications. She graduated from high school last year and was originally the most promising person in the family to go to university.
I just don't know why I didn't continue to take the college entrance exam.
Xu Sui thought about it carefully, and then she remembered.
It was because last year only Wang Yinhua worked to support the whole family, and with the famines of recent years, everyone was struggling.
The original owner gave up the opportunity to take the college entrance examination and gave up the temporary job that Wang Yinhua had bought to He Quan, hoping to ease the relationship between the two siblings.
After figuring out the reason, Xu Sui fell silent. Although she and the original owner were the same person in a parallel world, she still sometimes didn't quite understand the other's plans.
If she had been admitted to university last year, the great upheaval of the past decade would not have come by the time she graduated.
If you were randomly assigned to any job, you would definitely be at the cadre level.
Wang Yinhua glanced at her youngest son, who was eating silently, and then at her eldest son, who was also silent.
The atmosphere at the dinner table was extremely dull, and even the presence of meat couldn't break the strange tension.
"Why are you two so quiet? Did something happen today?"
Sui Sui finally came back, but no one said a word.
Yunzhou is still here.