Baoyao

Chapter 80 A Different Return Gift
Thirty nights, the meal was earlier than usual. Early in the morning, Mrs. Zhou asked Qiaohong to boil water. When the flat food was cooked, Mrs. Zhou asked Wang Changshun to carry it to worship the gods. Qiaozhen heard firecrackers coming from outside. Sounds, but because firecrackers are expensive, the Wang family did not buy them. Qiaozhen asked and found out that the people who set off firecrackers are all flat food. Zhou told Qiaozhen that the sooner you eat this dinner today, the better the wheat will grow in the coming year. , The sooner you get familiar with it, there is such a particularity, Qiaozhen smiled.

After eating flat food, he didn't rest and started cooking meat. The Wang family bought a pig's head and five catties of meat, all of which were cooked.

The meat is cooked first, and there is a small bag inside. The bag contains aniseed ingredients, pepper and fennel, as well as whole cloves of garlic, ginger and scallions.

The meat is bubbling and bubbling in the pot, and it will be cooked by Zhou Shi or Meihua will be turned over with **.It’s better cooked this way, and the pig’s head is boiled when the meat is cooked, and the fire in the stove is shining, which means that the coming year will be prosperous.

Qiaozhen went to bed early at night without vigil, because she would wake up early tomorrow, and she was afraid that she would not be energetic.

On the second day, Qiaozhen was called out at Wu Geng, and by the time she got dressed and went out, Mrs. Zhou and Mei Hua had already been busy for a long time in the stove house.

Qiaohong burns the fire, and Qiaozhen also helps with cooking.

The dishes in the morning of the first day of junior high school are rich, four cold dishes, one cold lotus root slices, cut the lotus root into slices and blanch it in hot water, put a little vinegar during the blanching time, so that the lotus root will become crispy, and then put it in cold water, Add Qiaozhensheng's garlic yellow and seasonings to it.

A cold potato shreds, this is only eaten after Qiaozhen came here. In the past, the Wang family ate potatoes and fried potato sticks. The potato noodles here taste good after frying.

A cold pig's ear, there is no cucumber now, Qiaozhen also put some garlic yellow in it.

A cold pork liver, the pork liver is boiled and salty, and a little garlic yellow is put on it for color.

In addition, four hot dishes were prepared, one fried stew, the stew was made of vermicelli, and the crushed cabbage leaves were mixed with noodles and gorgon powder in the vermicelli, and then put on the cage grate, put on the cage cloth, put Pour the mixture on top and cover with a bridle to steam.After steaming, it becomes a thick block. When eating, cut into slices and stir-fry. It is very strong and has a better taste than jelly.

Stir-fried cabbage with a piece of meat, there are no vegetables in winter, only radishes, cabbage, potatoes, lotus root, and nothing else, so the only side dishes are these.

A plate of fried eggs, a plate of meat.There are neither chickens nor fish. Chickens are not willing to be killed by the Wang family, nor can they be bought. There are very few fish here, and fish are very expensive to sell.

There are eight hot and cold dishes in total, which is already very rich for the Wang family, and it cost a lot of money.

After finishing the meal, Wang Changshun led the whole family to kowtow to Mrs. Chen. Mrs. Chen put on new clothes, said hello happily, and gave Chengzi and Shengzi two new year's money.

It was still dark when they were all on the table, and the food was placed in Mrs. Chen's room. Because it was a reunion, Mrs. Chen had to be brought with her. Mrs. Chen was not on the table, but she was also happy to see her grandson and daughter .Chengzi was yawning, and Shengzi couldn't keep his eyes open, but this didn't affect the atmosphere.

Wang Changshun said some auspicious words. He wanted to drink two glasses, but he couldn't find any wine. Qiaozhen privately told him not to ask, so he didn't say anything more.

The whole family ate happily, and the staple food was dumplings.Qiaozhen ate the cold dish, she was really chilled, her mouth shivered, but she still ate some, which meant it.

After finishing the meal, there are still dishes left. This is to be eaten at noon, and when to finish eating, when to wait.

Spending money is not allowed on the first day of junior high school, and there is nothing to do. Usually the kids go out to have fun, and there are quite a few people who go out of their way.There are a bunch of men and a bunch of women chattering.

Qiaozhen went out for a walk, looked at the fields and came back, nothing happened, it was rare and clean.

In the second day of junior high school, Mrs. Zhou got busy early in the morning. Today is the day to go back to her natal home. Before she married a daughter-in-law, she went back to her natal home in the second year of junior high school. But after marrying a daughter-in-law, she can't go back with her daughter-in-law. Someone has to take care of her at home. So Yuhua and Meihua went back in the second year of junior high school, and Mrs. Zhou went back to her natal family in the fourth year of junior high school.

You have to bring gifts when you go back to your natal home. Generally, there are four kinds of gifts. Those with good conditions will bring good things, and those with poor conditions will bring bad things. Therefore, the four things do not stipulate what must be.

In good times a few years ago, Mrs. Zhou always prepared a piece of meat for his daughter-in-law, a cabbage, a handful of scallions, and anything else, sometimes it was a piece of cloth, sometimes it was a big radish, and sometimes it was a snack.But later on, life became more and more difficult. At the time of the year, the Zhou family prepared a cabbage, a radish, a green onion, and a potato. It's already given it all.

This year, the Zhou family also prepared four gifts, a piece of meat, a catty of white noodles, a handful of green onions, and a piece of cabbage.Yuhua and Meihua are very satisfied. Although this kind of gift is not the most important, it may be handy, it won't make people laugh, and it can stand up in her mother's house.

As soon as they left, only Chen Shi, Wang Changshun, Zhou Shi, Qiaozhen, Qiao'e, Qiaohong and San'er were left in the family, and it suddenly became much deserted.

In the second day of junior high school, I didn’t pack flat food, so I boiled vegetable soup at noon, cut some tofu slices, put some meatballs and vermicelli in it, so it was considered a meal.

In the second half of the day, both Yuhua and Meihua came back, and the basket contained return gifts, which are generally the same. Qiaozhen saw that there was a green onion in the sister-in-law's basket.The second sister-in-law's basket was filled with meat, which was about half of what they brought, which was considered a generous gift in return.

Yuhua curled her lips. Actually, she was not feeling well. After returning home, her mother was fine, but her brother and daughter-in-law were not very happy. They thought she didn't bring any meat, and said that they didn't prepare any meat at home next year, so they just waited for her. As for the meat, she could have a good meal, but Yuhua brought back so little meat that she couldn't eat it, which made her very unhappy.

She said that her family's life is better now, and she doesn't want to help her mother's family. The old sister-in-law who has been divorced holds all the money, which is really useless.

Yuhua chatted with her brother and daughter-in-law, saying from the bottom of her heart that she thinks Qiaozhen is doing well now, at least part of the money she earns can be handed over to the family, and she will bring some food for Chengzi when she goes to meetings, and buy it for the family. Things, and cut some meat from time to time, which is really not bad, besides, she also taught Chengzi to recite.She also said that life will be better in the second half of the year and let Chengzi go to private school. Although she didn't say it, she knew it was a good thing, so she and her brother and daughter-in-law had sex.

Chengzi was very angry when his concubine (aunt) spoke ill of his elder aunt, and he and his mother contradicted her concubine.

Chengzi's grandma can only be a peacemaker, her daughter-in-law is as painful as her daughter-in-law, but her daughter-in-law is pregnant, that is her family's eldest grandson, she can't make her daughter-in-law unhappy, or she doesn't show her face every day, so she just He opened his mouth and scolded his daughter.

Yuhua is also pregnant, and besides, she always thinks about her mother's family in her heart, and now she is scolded, and she feels uncomfortable.

Seeing that his mother was wronged, Chengzi yelled to go back, saying that he would never come again, they almost came back without eating, and finally it was Yuhua's father who came forward to persuade them, so they finished their meal, and came back after chatting for a while, This is the reason why Yuhua's natal family came back almost together with Meihua.

As for the gift in return, it was prepared by Yuhua's brother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Yuhua was so angry that she almost didn't scold when she saw the green onion, but her brother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still shabby. The basket is back.

Yuhua was even more unhappy when she came back to see Meihua's gift in return. She knew that Meihua's family members were honest people, and her parents were honest. She didn't say anything to her brother and daughter-in-law. Looking at others and thinking about herself, Yuhua felt aggrieved and panicked, and couldn't help crying.

"What's the matter? I didn't say anything, why are you so nervous!" Zhou asked puzzled.

"I, if I bring back a green onion, my mother will definitely not like it. It's not that I don't want to bring it, it's. It's..." Yuhua couldn't help crying, feeling extremely wronged.

"Grandma, my sister-in-law is not a thing. She thinks that my mother brings too little meat, and says that she waits for my mother to eat the meat without cutting the meat at home. She also said that our family's money is kept by the eldest aunt, and that I My mother has no ability, she said that my eldest aunt has no face, she said a lot of bad things, my mother and I quarreled with my sister-in-law, she gave us back a green onion, my mother quarreled with her, never quarreled, don't blame My mother." Cheng Zi said the matter again.

Mrs. Zhou understood, but it was difficult for her to say anything. After all, she was from the daughter-in-law's natal family. Although the daughter-in-law was very sad now, she felt that the natal family was too much, but if she said something unpleasant, then the daughter-in-law should have something against her .

"Zhongla, don't cry, mother didn't say anything, take everything back, if you have a green onion, you will be hit, don't cry, mother will make you delicious food if you are cheated." Zhou persuaded.

"Mother, are you not angry?" Yuhua wiped her tears and looked at Zhou in astonishment.

"How can it be? Go wash your face and rest. I'll cheat on my mother." Zhou is really a good mother-in-law. Although she usually doesn't like her daughter-in-law and bickers, she doesn't criticize her when things happen. daughter in law.

"Thank you, mother." Yuhua said sincerely, then twitched twice and went out to wash her face.

The Zhou family and the Qiaozhen sisters were left in the stove house.

"Mother, you are so kind." Qiaohong said while lighting the fire.

"Hey, compare your heart with your heart. You are all mothers. Mother also hopes that when you marry in the future, you will not be angry with your mother-in-law. So mother-in-laws should not be angry with your daughter-in-law." Zhou said honestly, and she looked at it again. It's a coincidence.

Qiaozhen didn't understand the meaning of her mother's look at her, so she just smiled slightly.

"My eldest sister's mother-in-law..." Qiaohong didn't finish her sentence, she was afraid that her elder sister would feel bad.

　Thank you to the grandma who bought vegetables in front of the door, Cuohuaxin, Zijia, Yuema Tianshan, Vigo's War, Donghanyue, Tang Shaobao for sending the peace amulet, thank you for the pink vote from Zhu Jia's loneliness, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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