Chapter 52 Preparation for the Banquet
Most people in Huaihe Village knew about the Ling family's decision to give the adopted little girl a banquet.
Although many people think that it is a bit too hypocritical for an adopted girl to have a table, since they have done it, they are also happy to eat at a table.
This is almost the New Year, in fact, many people are thinking about saving money during this time, waiting for the New Year to eat a few good meals in the next few days, they are already living a tight life, and being able to go to the banquet is definitely stronger than drinking cornmeal porridge at home and pickle gnocchi.
Although the Ling family also knew that most people came to be lively and eat well, no matter what they were for, they had to give their little dolls and their sons the same treatment anyway, otherwise it would be impossible for others to think that they didn't value this child.
However, it is indeed not an easy task to get through the table, and there are a lot of things that need to be obtained.
The rest is okay, but you have to get some meat, fish, and so on, otherwise people will see that they are stingy.
The problem is that it's not about money now, it's about these things that are not easy to get.
Because of the previous sons to hold a banquet first, so it is easy to know how many things are needed, but now that the Chinese New Year is approaching, some things are really not good to buy.
Now it's cold, and the river is too cold to be strong, so it's too hard to get fish.
As for the meat -
"I thought, let's just kill the pigs in the house." Ling Hancheng and Chu Yuefang said, "In this way, you won't have to worry about pork." ”
If the people in the town want to eat pork, they have to get meat tickets, they can raise their own pigs and slaughter them by themselves, and usually their pigs are sold every year, and they have to have an income of two or three hundred yuan.
At this time, since he is going to hold a banquet for Xiao Linglong, there is really no other savings in the family, after all, Xiao Wu has only done it this year.
Ling Hancheng pondered killing the pig, and the money and materials for the banquet were all available.
Chu Yuefang felt that they couldn't make their own decisions about this matter.
In previous years, the old lady Ling took most of the pigs when they were sold, which is also natural, after all, when they bought the piglets, the money was taken by the old lady, and the wages that Ling Hancheng and Chu Yuefang got every month were basically enough for their own family to eat and drink, who let the five sons of the family have to feed.
What's more, Ling Hancheng and Chu Yuefang usually have to teach in school, and they are usually busy, and the old lady Ling watches all the big and small things in the family.
This kind of big head should also be taken by the old lady.
The couple still went to ask Mrs. Ling what she meant.
Old Mrs. Ling took over the work of her daughter-in-law, and was making clothes for little Ling Long, her old man's craftsmanship was better, and the shape of a dragon could already be seen on the clothes at this time.
Hearing his son's words, he immediately frowned: "I still have to ask about this matter, since I want to hold a banquet, of course, I will kill my own pigs, otherwise where else can I get this meat." ”
Old Lady Ling felt strange, wasn't it enough for her to show that she liked her little granddaughter so much.
Why do you have to ask her about this little thing now?
Ling Hancheng said: "Anyway, this matter must be discussed with you. ”
Old Lady Ling waved her hand: "Okay, you can do this, it's eighteen today, let's kill the pig in two days, by the way, Fang, please ask your eldest brother to help with this." ”
Mrs. Ling knows her son, this is okay with a pen, but she definitely can't kill a pig.
But the daughter-in-law's family has such a capable person.
Chu Yuefang and her eldest brother Chu Dagen are specialized in killing pigs, and now that their family needs to get this, they must not be cheap outsiders.
Chu Yuefang nodded hurriedly: "Hey, listen to Damn, I'll go back and run." ”
"You run away, let the second child run, what should you do if you are tired from the long journey," Old Lady Ling pointed to the things on the table, "The second child will take a snack and send it to your daughter-in-law's family after eating later." ”
Mrs. Ling, the maiden family of her daughter-in-law, is absolutely not stingy, and every time she comes back from Beijing, she also gives a copy to the Chu family.
The main thing is that the Chu family is also very clear, although it is such a girl, but they have never thought of sucking blood from this girl or anything.
Back then, the Chu family was so poor, they all lived with their belts on their belts, but they still brought back all the dowries sent by the Ling family to Chu Yuefang, and the Chu family didn't have the ability to get other things, and the dowry was stunned to send dozens of catties of corn, which can be regarded as a favor for this girl.
Compared to this, when Xu Xiangru, the daughter-in-law of the family next door, married Su Baoshan, she didn't bring anything back except for two quilts.
On this matter, Old Lady Ling had heard Old Lady Su complain secretly.
The Chu family is very sincere, and Old Lady Ling is naturally willing to get closer to them.
Ling Hancheng, who was unceremoniously arranged by his mother to run errands, said that he was indifferent and could face it with a smile.
After Mrs. Ling told her to go to the hall to see her little precious granddaughter, and by the way, she sent the couple to cook.
The couple had to go to the kitchen together to work on lunch.
Ling Hancheng cut vegetables and meat, and Chu Yuefang washed rice and sat in the pot.
When Mrs. Ling came back from Beijing and brought back a big bag of white rice, which happened to be steamed and eaten at this time, and then served with meat foam vermicelli and stewed cabbage, her sons must have liked it too.
While busy working, Ling Hancheng said, "I'll go alone in the afternoon?" You're really not going? ”
Chu Yuefang didn't raise her head and said, "I still have to watch the child, you can go by yourself, anyway, you can see it in a few days." ”
Chu Yuefang's own personality is not a person who likes to run to her mother's house every day, those younger brothers in the family are busy making money, how can they entertain her.
When she was at home before, Chu Yuefang, who was an older sister, was actually the most hurt by her younger brothers, she wanted to have a bit of the demeanor of an eldest sister like a mother, but the younger brothers were very sensible one by one, and they didn't need her at all.
If she went back to her parents' house, her father and younger brothers would definitely do nothing but wait to receive her, and now that the year is the time when the Chu family has the most work, she doesn't need to go back and make trouble.
As for Ling Hancheng...... The son-in-law doesn't need to entertain too much when he goes, so he can do it by himself by inviting her brother to kill the pig.
Ling Hancheng muttered: "Now that my mother is here, why do you still need to watch it every day, you must be reluctant to ...... little girl."
"Huh? What did you say? ”
Chu Yuefang turned her head and glanced at him.
Ling Hancheng hurriedly smiled: "No, I didn't say anything, my daughter-in-law has worked hard to see the child, I'll just run in the afternoon." ”
Chu Yuefang snorted slightly.
The old mother is back, and the daughter-in-law with the support of the old mother is not easy to mess with.
I heard the laughter and laughter coming from far away from the hall......
"My sister smiled~"
"Grandma, look at how cute your sister is~"
"Yes, it's worthy of our Ling family's little doll~"
……
Life is not easy.
Teacher Ling sighed while chopping Chinese cabbage.