Chapter 379 The Housewives of the 1970s (10)

  Xu Yin served the old lady a bowl of rice, and pulled her to the table to sit down.

  The old lady came to her senses and hurried to leave: "No, no, I'll go back and eat."

   "Grandma, what's wrong with having a meal at my house? Isn't my father your son?"

   "That's right, mother, the meal is already ordered, and you can leave as soon as you come. What does it look like to be seen by others! I thought I, Mr. Xu, wouldn't even give you a meal."

   Chen Huilan saw that the amount of food cooked by her daughter was not bad, so she also said: "Mom, sit down and eat! How long does it take to eat a meal?"

  The old lady said to herself: I don’t want to eat it, I’m afraid to die of the food cooked by your daughter.

   But the granddaughter forced her to sit down, and it was impossible to stand up again.

   Bite the bullet and took a mouthful of rice, remembering why he came, took out the food hidden in the skirt of his clothes, and handed it to Xu Yin:

   "Is your family running out of food? Let's make do with it first, and let your grandpa think of a way to see if he can get some black|market rice."

  She still has a little money in her hand.

  Old man Xu has worked in the agricultural machinery factory for more than 20 years, and the wages he earns are quite a lot.

   It was just that I gave some subsidies to the three sons in the early stage, especially the youngest son started a house, which really cost a lot, but I kept saving what I earned afterwards.

   There will still be a pension in the future. Of course it is not as high as the salary, but it is enough to cover the expenses of the old couple. After all, the old lady still has a ration, and the private land is not empty. She has grown some seasonal vegetables, corn, sweet potatoes and other miscellaneous grains, which is absolutely enough for the two of them to live on.

   Xu and his wife are not surprised when the old lady brings some rice, noodles and miscellaneous grains over from time to time, but Xu Yin has mixed feelings.

   "Grandma, you'd better take it back, you and grandpa also have to eat. I will find a way for my family's food."

   "Why are you being polite to your grandma!" Xu Laosan hurriedly said, "Hurry up and take it in, it would be bad to be seen by others."

  Xu Yin: "..."

   Not only lazy, but also thick-skinned.

   Also, a thin-skinned person probably won't be able to be a lazy person.

  Mrs. Xu bit the bullet and took a bite of the scrambled shrimp skin that Xu Yin put into her bowl. The next second, she looked at her granddaughter in surprise: "You fried this dish?"

   "That's right!" Xu Laosan hurriedly said, "It's Yinyin's cooking for the past two days, and her cooking is delicious, much more delicious than what my mother made!"

  Chen Huilan kicked him under the table: "My cooking is not delicious, don't you eat it too?"

   "Yes, yes, yes, what you do is okay, but compared to Yin Yin, isn't it far behind? You said so yourself yesterday."

   "..."

  Mrs. Xu ignored the bickering between the two, picked up her job bowl and ate happily: "Oh, it seems that girl Yin has made a lot of progress. The girl should practice her cooking skills, so that she won't be able to eat hot food when she gets married in the future."

   After eating, I remembered the business of my son's family: "I heard people say this morning that the three of you in your family are now working in the fields to earn work points? Yin girl is also very strong? Is it true?"

"Really, really." Seeing that the three of them had finished eating, Xu Laosan took the bowl of scrambled eggs with dried shrimps to fill a bowl of rice, and used the little oil underneath to mix the rice. He said, "Girl, where did you pick up those wild eggs? I'll go and have a look as soon as possible, and try to pick up a few more. It tastes so delicious when fried!"

"Is this a wild egg?" Mrs. Xu reacted, "Yes, your family doesn't even want to raise a chicken, and it's troublesome to feed the chicken. If you want to eat an egg, you have to go to pick up a wild egg. Wild eggs are so Is it easy to pick up? One time is good luck, how can it be so lucky every time?"

  When it comes to chickens, Xu Yin really has some questions to ask: "Grandma, how many chickens can our family raise?"

"Up to two, what? Do you want to raise them? If you raise them, you have to get chicken food for them, and you have to sweep the yard often, shovel the chicken feces into the dustpan and fertilize them. If you can do it, I will find two chicks for you come over."

  Don’t count on the son and daughter-in-law. If they can manage themselves like dogs and earn work points every day like they are now, she will put their palms together and recite Amitabha.

  Xu Yin nodded: "Okay, grandma, help me find two chicken cubs, I'll feed them."

   Granny Xu nodded with satisfaction.

  Before he left, he secretly stuffed two pieces of money rolled into cigarettes into Xu Yin's hand:

"Your parents are out of tune, your eldest sister is married again, and now the family has to rely on you to support it. Don't let your parents know about the money that grandma gave you. You are hiding it secretly. If there is something missing at home, go buy some. Don’t worry about the food, I’ll ask your grandfather to inquire about it, find a suitable opportunity to buy some black | market food, and just wait until the autumn harvest.”

  How could Xu Yin ask for the old lady's money: "Grandma, take it back, I have money. I can get the money for my pasted matchbox soon."

   "How much is that worth?"

  Madam Xu still doesn’t know how much money you can get for the number of matchboxes? The little girl bought two red-headed ropes at home, and there were not many left.

  She forced the money into Xu Yin's hand, and walked back with little feet.

  Xu Yin thought about going to the small river after work in the evening to see if she could catch two more fish with the fish food in her hand, and then divide them into one for the two and one for the elder.

  Walking back to the house, she saw the pair of dung buckets in the yard and slapped her forehead. Forget it, her father went back to the house for a nap, so she stopped calling him, and just made a trip by herself.

  She picked up the dung bucket and walked towards Chen Lei's house, and accompanied the old lady for a while.

   Seeing her coming out with a dung bucket, Mrs. Xu wondered, "Are you going to pick up dung at this point?"

   "No, this belongs to Chen Lei's family. Before lunch, he picked two buckets for me to compost. I will return the buckets."

   "..." Mrs. Xu's eyes straightened when she heard the words, "Then what... Is Qianjin's little son picking **** for you? Hey, hello!"

  Thinking of how tough Qianjin’s daughter-in-law is, she also said that if she knew which one, she would definitely come to the door and scold her severely. She was in a bad mood, so she quickly stopped her granddaughter: “Don’t go, don’t go!”

  The little old lady was frightened to death.

   "What's wrong grandma?"

   "Oh, I won't be able to say this clearly for a while. Give me the bucket, and I'll take it there for you. Don't come out, go back to the house quickly."

  She insisted on dragging away the two buckets and let Xu Yin go home.

   Then she walked towards Chen's house.

   In just a few short steps, she was stunned by her heroic steps.

  When we arrived at the door of Chen's house, Mrs. Xu looked around.

  Fortunately, no one is outside at this time when everyone eats and takes a nap.

   Mrs. Xu quickly put the two buckets in the courtyard of Chen's house and ran away.

   Panting all the way home, he sat down while rubbing his chest.

   "Ouch, I'm exhausted!"

  Old man Xu was waiting for her to come back for dinner: "Go and ask something, why did you go there for so long?"

  The terrified old lady Xu waved her hand: "You eat it, I ate it at Lao San's."

   "Is there still food for you at his house?" Old man Xu was delighted.

  Bringing this matter up, Mrs. Xu's nervous mood was calmed down:

"Yin Yatou is quite sensible, she cooks the food, but the youngest and the third couple are indeed more accomplished than before, knowing how to earn work points in the field, now they don't have dinner and go to take a nap, and they said they will go to the field in the afternoon work there."

  The old couple chatted about the changes in their youngest son's family. The youngest son, who thought he would be lazy all his life, actually worked hard to earn full work points. When he was happy, old man Xu ate an extra bowl of rice at noon, but he was supported.

   Mrs. Xu was angry and funny: "I just said that the old three's family doesn't have enough food, so I have to find a way to get some. You still eat yourself up, you really have it!"

  Old man Xu chuckled: "Happy!"

  (end of this chapter)