Chapter 394: House Ruiner in the 1970s (25)

 Xu Lan and Xu Tao returned to their uncle's house after school at noon, just in time for dinner.

Zou Caifen saw them and cursed in her heart: Two beggars! I usually don’t see anyone, but I show up during meal time.

 Xu Lan rolled her eyes when she saw the fish on the table, pulled Xu Tao over and whispered something in a low voice.

Xu Tao went to the kitchen to wash his hands and opened the cupboard. Sure enough, there was a plate of braised fish fillets filled with middle meat.

He happily came out with the fish and said, "Auntie, you got a plate."

 Zou Caifen: “…”

Xu Yuanyuan: “…”

Xu Lan pretended to be angry and grabbed the plate: "Taotao, why are you so ignorant! This is what the aunt specially hid, why did you bring it out! Put it back quickly!"

Xu Tao pouted: "I haven't eaten meat for a long time! Last time my uncle stewed braised pork, she thought it was my share, but she only ate one piece for my uncle and my cousin, and hid the rest for my cousin. This time I don’t have a share in eating fish, so I don’t want to live here anymore! I want to go home! I want to go home! My parents don’t hide vegetables like my uncle.”

　　　…”

Normally, Mr. Xu would not be so angry, but today his future son-in-law was here. Being yelled at by his nephew made him feel ashamed. He glared at his wife and said comfortingly:

"How can this happen? You ladies just forgot. Come on, come on, sit down and eat. Zhengguo, don't stand around. Sit down and let us have a drink."

"You're still drinking? Don't you have to go to work in the afternoon? Why don't you stop drinking." The bottle of wine that Zou Caifen's son brought back from his heartache was originally intended to be a gift for his son when he became a full-time employee or when his daughter finished her work.

Wang Zhengguo's eyes were thoughtful, but he was still polite: "Auntie is right, it's noon, so don't drink wine. I'll have a cup of tea with uncle after dinner."

 “Yes, yes! Good for tea! Good for tea!” Zou Caifen served everyone the rice one by one.

　　When it was the turn of the two little ones, I suppressed the pain in my heart and filled them with a full bowl. My heart says I can’t kill you!

 Xu Tao’s face was filled with surprise: “Wow! The food is so full today!”

Xu Lan looked satisfied: "Thank you, uncle! This is the most filling bowl of rice I have ever eaten at my uncle's house!"

 Everyone: “…”

Zou Caifen felt that her old face was so ashamed.

 These two dead kids! I'm not usually so eloquent, so I just picked the day when my uncle comes to visit.

Xu Yuanyuan was terribly embarrassed.

 It would have been better if Xu Yin's words hadn't been there.

Or maybe it would have been better if Wang Zhengguo was not present when Xu Yin said those words. At least it won't be so awkward now.

I couldn't help but blame her mother in my heart. It's not like there wasn't enough food at home, so why were you so stingy? How much rice could you save if you gave her less than a spoonful of rice? It made her feel like she was being roasted on a fire, her face was burning.

 He glanced at Wang Zhengguo secretly and saw that he had his eyes lowered and was concentrating on eating, and could not clearly see the expression on his face. Xu Yuanyuan felt a little confused and uneasy, always feeling that something was going to happen.

This uneasiness lasted until after lunch and she politely said goodbye to her partner and left.

In the evening, the matchmaker who brought her and Wang Zhengguo together came to the house and expressed hesitantly that the man was not satisfied with the marriage and would give up on it.

Xu Yuanyuan was anxious at this moment. She was actually quite satisfied with Wang Zhengguo.

 Not to mention his good looks, the key is that he comes from a working class family, and both his father and mother are decent formal workers.

He has an older brother who is married and has a dormitory assigned to him by his work unit but does not live at home. He has a younger brother who is an apprentice under a master in a steel factory and will definitely become a full-time employee in the future.

 Such a family is definitely an ideal in-law’s family, and it’s very easy to get married into. As a result, after a long time with each other, it was yellow?

“Why? Did he say the reason? I had a good meal at lunch...”

In fact, Xu Yuanyuan knew in her heart that it was probably the lunch meal that caused the trouble.

At this moment, she resented Zou Caifen very much. When the matchmaker left, she said angrily:

“Mom! It’s all your fault! The fish he brought was nothing after being fried and eaten, yet you picked the middle part and hid it! That’s it! My marriage is ruined! Are you satisfied?”

Zou Caifen did regret a little, but what she regretted was not hiding the fish or not feeding the two little ones, but regretting that she should not have let the two little ones go home for lunch. Just give them a couple of steamed buns and let them eat them back at school. This way there won't be any of the following things.

 But now that the matter has come to this, what can she do?

The man's business is going well. The matchmaker has just left Xu's house, and someone has gone to Wang's house to propose marriage.

The next day, Xu Yin brought a box of braised pork and some steamed buns to school to see her younger sister. She was very surprised to hear her whisper that her cousin's marriage was in trouble:

"When did it happen? Yesterday morning my grandfather and I went into the city and met her and her partner. They looked pretty good."

 “Just yesterday.”

 She told what happened.

Xu Yin was confused: What’s going on? I've been hiding in the countryside and not getting involved, so why is this marriage still a mess?

 Is it because of what she said at noon yesterday?

And then it happened that the two younger brothers broke into the uncle's hiding place, causing the man to see through the family and resolutely break off the engagement?

 Is this... considered her fault?

 Xu Yin regretted talking too much yesterday.

After Xu Lan finished speaking, she concentrated on chewing the steamed buns and eating the meat.

The soft and glutinous braised pork is stewed in your mouth. The fat melts in your mouth. The more you chew, the more fragrant the meat becomes. Xu Lan closed her eyes with satisfaction: "Second sister, who stewed this meat? It's delicious! This is delicious!" Are all the boxes for me?"

“Can you finish the meal by yourself? Share some with Taotao.”

 Xu Yin stewed an extra portion when she was stewing meat yesterday, and stored it in the system warehouse. It was still steaming hot when she took it out.

 Steamed buns are ordinary coarse grain steamed buns.

Xu Lan said that there are people in her school who eat hard black-faced steamed buns.

 Compared with that, coarse grain steamed buns made from ground sorghum and cornstarch are much more delicious. What's more, Xu Yin also mixed in a little flour, which makes it taste soft and waxy.

"Ah! I'm finally full now! Second sister, you don't know that after the matchmaker came to the house yesterday to break up the engagement, the eldest uncle didn't allow Taotao and I to eat. She said it was all caused by our nonsense, and she punished us not to eat for three days. We were hungry all night yesterday!"

 “Where are the cookies I gave you last time? Have you finished eating them?”

"No! How dare I eat it at home! No, I was hungry until this morning and ate it secretly after I came to school."

Xu Yin frowned: "Auntie, have you been really hungry all night? Didn't you even give you breakfast?"

"Yes! If it hadn't been for the biscuits you gave me, my second sister, Taotao and I would have been so hungry that we went to see the King of Hell. The auntie said she would starve us for three days! She is so bad!"

"Then you still want to live in their house? Why don't you go home with your second sister?"

“Isn’t that what she wanted? I don’t want it! I want to live here until I’m an adult! I’ll make her so angry! I made an agreement with Taotao. If she dares to continue to starve us, we’ll tell grandma to go! Hmph!”

　　　…”

Hey! Elementary school students these days are quite capable of fighting!

 Xu Yin felt ashamed.

 (End of this chapter)