The 80s Chronicle: Addiction To the Army’s Young Wife
Chapter 254: [Women should be confident]
I also fried two dishes and made a soup, which was ready in about half an hour.
"It's time to eat." Xu Ning turned around and called them father and son.
Xie Yang, who had been free from the little blanket, ran over with a smile when he heard his mother shout for dinner.
Then he stood in front of his own children's chair, looking up, waiting for his father to come and pick him up.
As the New Year approaches, the snowfall has also become denser.
Taking advantage of the good weather, Xie Zheng and Xu Ning cleaned the house together, almost exhausted and paralyzed.
The family is really too big, and the two people are indeed pitiful.
Fortunately, Xu Ning usually asks the housekeeper to clean up. Besides, she is not sloppy, but the house is very clean.
The company also began to make preparations before the holiday. Due to the weather today, the Diyi Group took annual leave on the second day after the new year.
Both of them were completely relaxed, and simply returned to the old house ahead of time.
Gao Xiulan saw their family of three come back, but she was so happy. Although her precious little great-great-grandson often came back, it is not common for this family of three to appear together, let alone overnight at home.
The house here was also equipped with heating many years ago. In the early winter, the house started to use the heating, which was especially warm.
And the two old people slept on the fire kang that was conveniently built at that time, so that they could sleep on the bed all year round.
"Grandma!" Seeing Gao Xiulan, Xie Yang ran forward and hugged the old man's thigh.
Gao Xiulan is now too old to hold this little grandson of 20 or 30 pounds. Fortunately, the little guy can walk now, but he doesn't like being held by others.
Xu Ning heard her son's claim and laughed: "How can you call grandma, you must call grandma too."
"The child is still young, it doesn't matter. I didn't see people calling out'grandmother'? As for the two wives, they will know how to call them when they get older." Gao Xiulan greeted them with the warm little hands of her grandson and grandson. Hurry into the house and stay warm.
When Grandpa Jiang saw Xie Yang, the folds on his face became deeper, and he asked the little guy to come forward and sit with him.
"In previous years, you had to come back 27 or 8, but this year is early." Gao Xiulan brought up the dried fruit snack under the coffee table, but did not say hello. Anyway, it was her own family, and she was not polite.
"This year I have been at home since I came back from a mission. Ningning's unit also took a vacation yesterday. We will be back earlier this year." Xie Zheng briefly explained.
"You are both busy. If you are tired, send Yangyang back. Your grandpa and I will watch." Although Gao Xiulan is older, she still has no problem taking care of her little baby.
Xie Zheng peeled the peanuts and stuffed them into his daughter-in-law's hands. "If we are tired, the two of you will not be able to carry it anymore. You are both so old. If you have nothing to do, go to play chess and chat with your peers or something. When Yang Yang grows up, he will be able to come back often, and you don’t need to be so tired at that time."
Gao Xiulan was pleased with her grandson's filial piety, "How many years can your grandfather and I live."
"Longevity is a hundred years old." Xie Zheng stuffed his son's mouth with a few popcorns. This popcorn uses rice instead of corn kernels, which tastes good.
"It's just that way." This way, there are at least twenty years to live, and at that time he may have a target for his little great-grandson.
At noon, Xu Ning is in charge of cooking, usually when he returns home, Xu Ning cooks.
During the New Year, it was nothing more than eating and drinking, and because the family of three came back, it became very lively. Otherwise, in the huge house, there were only two of them old people, and it was really a bit lonely.
But now that Xie Yang is not sent back, I am worried about the bodies of the two elderly people. After all, Xie Yang already knows how to walk. The children at this time are also particularly difficult to take. Adults have to follow almost wherever they go, and they can't leave their eyes.
This kid is still very energetic, how can the two elderly people live there?
At night, a family of three slept in the house Xie Zheng lived in. Thinking of coming to the Imperial Capital from Xiangshan Village to play with Xie Zheng many years ago, they all felt that the memories seemed to have the sweet smell of popcorn.
The two old men are both out-and-out old farmers. Their ancestors were also poor peasants of eight generations. Later, Jiang Wanhua came out with an excellent academic degree and became a well-known expert in ordnance manufacturing in China. What is left of parents and children.
Therefore, neither of them has a pension, has not served as a soldier, and has no so-called subsidies. In the past few years, Xu Ning has always given them a sum of money each year, which is enough for the two of them to live a comfortable life. Sometimes Xie Yang is here. By the way, the two can buy him some small toys or something, so the life is comfortable and comfortable.
Before, Xie Zheng gave some money to grandpa and grandma every year!
This year, their family still went to Xu's family for the New Year, and Jiang's family had only two elderly people, and there was no need to be separated during the New Year. Now the two families are no different from the family.
Years ago, Gao Xiulan began to prepare all kinds of food. Although she said she was going to Xu's family for the New Year, she couldn't go there empty-handed. Moreover, after eating at Xu's family, they had to open fire for cooking during the first month of the year, although no relatives came to the house. I have visited them, and now that Xie Zheng has a child, the two have no regrets.
At least one hundred years later, when you see your in-laws and your daughter and son-in-law, you can proudly tell them that your husband and wife have raised Xie Zheng and have a happy life by marrying a wife and having children. This is enough.
"Grandma, my grandma also has fried vegetable **** every year, and there are a lot of them, so we can take them at home and eat them." Xu Ning and Gao Xiulan said.
"No need!" Gao Xiulan added the cut meat to various seasonings, then knead it into balls, roll it in the batter, and fry it in a frying pan. "We can also eat it during the first month of the year. , Your dad often delivers the dishes here. We have never bought any vegetables at home, let alone, your dad said that you find someone to take care of these dishes, and the taste is good."
Originally Gao Xiulan didn't want it. After all, wherever there are people who eat things from her in-laws all year round, the two of them are old people who want to be face-to-face.
But Xu Jianjun said that these dishes were grown by Xu Ning. Although she was suspicious, she accepted it, mainly because the taste was really good.
"These seeds are specially cultivated. They are naturally different from the outside dishes. They are free of pesticides and no pests. These dishes are also used in my mother’s hotel. Don’t be embarrassed. There are a lot of them in the warehouse. After eating, you can call Brother Zheng and ask him to bring it to you."
"Okay!" Gao Xiulan is at ease knowing that it was really grown by her grandson and daughter-in-law.
Today, even though the two of them specialize in making all kinds of meatballs, vegetable balls, meatballs, and fish **** in the kitchen, Xu Ning still wants to make two plates of spring rolls later to eat at night. Anyway, the dishes are readily available, which is very convenient.
Seeing Xu Ning taking out the flour to knead the dough, Gao Xiulan asked, "What are you going to do?"
"Make some spring rolls tonight." There is no ready-made spring roll wrappers at home, and it is not a hassle to make this, it is nothing more than a delay.
For the New Year's Day, there may not be anything else, but the time is still very loose.
It happens that there is still oil in the pan, so you can fry it directly, and there is no need to start the pan in another time.
After the dough is kneaded, it is directly cut into dumpling wrappers, and then flattened with a rolling pin, and then stacked one by one, it is sticking together, and a layer of very light vegetable oil is brushed in the middle. Slow to master, if there is more slippage, it will be difficult to roll, and if less, it will stick together in the process of rolling.
Afterwards, wait until the size and thickness are moderate, and steam it in a pot. Because of the vegetable oil, it will not stick together after steaming. At this time, even if the spring roll skin is finished, it is still translucent.
The remaining fillings are simple. Xu Ning quickly prepared the fillings, wrapped them in leather, and put them on the plate one by one. Then he began to scoop a spoonful of oil from the big pot into the pan, and put these spring rolls one by one. Put them in.
Looking at her craftsmanship, Gao Xiulan is very satisfied and happy. Who doesn't like children with smart hands and feet?
Moreover, Xie Zheng and his son are also blessed to have such a virtuous wife in the family.
There was a plate of fried golden spring rolls on the lunch table at noon. After Xie Yang saw it, he twisted his body in his exclusive chair, and his fleshy little hands pulled on his father's sleeves. ,I need to!"
Brother Zheng dissipated the heat from the opened spring rolls and put them in the small bowl in front of him, "I can only eat one and taste, if there are too many."
Xie Yang didn't care what his father was talking about. He took his little spoon and started to eat. With the crispy skin and tender fillings, he smiled openly.
The mouths of the two old people are not bad, but they are not as neat as the young ones, but there is still no big problem with this.
After Xie Yang finished eating a spring roll, he licked his mouth, looked up at the dinner table, and found that the plate was empty.
"...Mom!" Is he being abandoned? He is still a child, no one in the family let him?
Xu Ning served him a small half bowl of millet porridge, "Hey, let's eat this. You are still young now. One is fine. If you want to eat it, wait until you grow up."
Xie Yang was angry and almost didn't throw the porridge in front of him, but he endured it.
Seeing Xie Yang's pitiful little appearance, the two old men suddenly felt distressed.
"There is one in the kitchen. Give him another one." Gao Xiulan was overwhelmed by love.
Xie Zheng refused, "Don't be busy, grandma. He is still young and can't eat too much greasy food. You two shouldn't be used to him either. Children can't be too reckless."
Xu Ning bowed his head and ate silently, saying that grandpa and grandma did a set of things, but he was not very fond of him at home. He almost didn't say anything about what he wanted to do, so he took his son out to have a happy life when he was free.
Do you now know that children can't get used to it?
"Can't you eat it?" Gao Xiulan didn't know too much. "When you were young, you could eat whatever we ate."
"Yangyang is different from me. When we were young, we didn't have so much oil and water on the dinner table. It was so difficult back then."
Old man Jiang nodded, "That's true. When you were a kid, you could have fun eating a piece of meat. Now our family is almost full of meat."
Although the old man said so, but for him, who has lived through hardship for almost a lifetime, even if he is now 80 years old, he still likes to eat meat. It's just that he likes to eat big fat meat before, but now it’s because of his poor bones. And eat some pork belly.
Xu Ning likes to eat meatballs, but what she likes is vegetable balls, while Brother Zheng likes to eat meatballs and fish balls. He ate two bowls of this meal by himself at noon, and Xu Ning ate a small bowl of vegetable balls. , Less than half a steamed bun is a bit full.
"Grandma, do you want to go out for shopping?" Xu Ning put down his chopsticks and asked.
"Why are you going out for shopping? Your grandpa and I are so old, and there are no relatives in the family every year, and you don't need to buy clothes every year. You don't have to worry about our old couple when you want to buy anything, but also bring Yangyang?"
"Take it with you." Xie Zheng put aside his chopsticks and drank a cup of tea. "Go out and have a look today and buy him two more clothes."
Xu Ning gritted her teeth, this son is a slave!
Now Xie Yang is still young and will grow up very quickly. Maybe he won't be able to wear suitable clothes for a few months, but Xie Zheng still likes to buy all kinds of things for his son.
She thought, if the two had a daughter, he would probably get worse.
Perhaps it was also because Zheng hadn't been a father in his previous life. It was the first time to be a father, even if he was firm in his heart, he would be a little erratic.
In the afternoon, the couple took their son to Ginza. Actually, there is no need to buy clothes for the New Year. Xu Ning has many new clothes that he didn’t wear at all. Not to mention Brother Zheng. Almost all of the year they wear military uniforms, but private clothes. He rarely wears them. Besides, his height is fixed now, his weight is stable, and he won’t get fat no matter how he eats. There are three or five suits at home, which is enough.
This time I came out mainly because of the excitement, and it was boring to stay at home.
I want to do something love and love with my daughter-in-law, but because my son always wanders around at home, I have to run aground.
Ningrui Commercial Plaza has a high flow of people almost all year round, especially now that the year is approaching, even if not everyone can afford to buy things here, it is still very interesting to come here.
In the mall, Xie Zheng hugged his son and followed his wife. In the luxuriously decorated mall, children can be seen everywhere, and it is very lively and happy to follow their parents here.
Xie Yang obediently stayed in his father's generous embrace, turning his little head left and right, looking at everything in front of him curiously.
"Boss!" There were many customers at the milk powder counter. The counter foreman saw Xu Ning and walked over with a smile, "Is your family here to buy things?"
"Yes, I have worked hard for you during the Chinese New Year." Ginza is open all year round. Even during the New Year, the door is open to welcome guests. After all, the imperial capital is not only Chinese, but there are also many foreigners here. While working or settling, they all spend Christmas. There is no rule of keeping the year old during the Spring Festival, but they are also hanging out. And during the New Year, only the elders at home are really busy. The young girls and boys are still very comfortable. Make an appointment on the left. The playmates of the neighbors since childhood, or the friends who have been studying in other places all the year round and meet three or five familiar friends, come out together to hang out on the streets of the imperial capital.
The two counters on her side will take a three-day break during the Chinese New Year. From the 30th to the second and the third day of the new year, they will start to work. However, the recruits here are all local girls from the Imperial Capital. The foreman is the same, and there is overtime pay during the Chinese New Year. Yes, instead of listening to the long talks of the seven aunts and eight aunts at home, it is better to come to work in the shop and make money freely.
"We don't work hard, do we have overtime pay?" The foreman only worked at the counter here this year. After all, Zhizhen milk powder started to become popular in China this year. Although the price of milk powder in China is much more expensive than other brands, However, many parents like to buy the perfect milk powder for their children, because the quality of this product is guaranteed. After all, even abroad there are specialty stores for this product.
Otherwise, if your quality is not good enough, who would agree to let you use this product abroad to seize the market of others.
The little foreman also bought two buckets for the eldest brother’s child at the internal price of the staff. The child liked the peace very much, and after drinking it for half a year, he was in good health and had not been sick. Experts say this baby milk powder is particularly good.
At present, there is only one type of milk powder in the store, which is suitable for children aged 0-2. Infant milk powder will be available in May and June next year, suitable for children aged 3-6.
The two counters of the Diyi Group are overcrowded here.
Just now, someone in the crowd talked about it as if it was people from the Imperial Capital who worked in other places to go home during the Chinese New Year. Many colleagues and friends in the work unit asked them to bring two cans of milk powder or buy a set of cosmetics.
"Boss Xu!" As soon as they walked into a children's clothing store, they saw a familiar face.
When Xu Ning saw the smiling woman in front of her, she nodded and said hello, "Mrs. Qian, are you here to buy things too?"
"I'm here to buy two sets of clothes for my elder sister's grandson. You and Mr. Xie will buy new clothes for your son?" Mrs. Qian is much more beautiful than what she saw half a year ago, and she also looks much younger. It was almost faster before. With a body of two hundred catties, he has lost a lot at this time.
Due to the age factor, her figure naturally cannot be compared with Xu Ning's desire, but at this time she only looks round and round, and the gold and silver dress on your body is gone forever.
Today's Mrs. Qian is wearing a decent light purple suit with a gray down jacket on her arm. She looks a lot more confident. The slightly harsh face she saw for the first time seems to be just an illusion.
"Mrs. Qian looks very different now." Xu Ning praised.
"This is also thanks to Boss Xu." Mrs. Qian really didn't expect that the fat that had followed her for almost 30 years would really get rid of one day.
And the body is getting better day by day, even in order to maintain this good figure, she also participated in a middle-aged women’s dance team, dancing in it, and in the morning she would take her little daughter to run and walk in the park, the whole person changed She has to be confident and stop doing nothing. Her husband seems to be less important in her heart.