Chapter 18: Mother's Birthday
On the day of his mother's birthday, guests came early in the morning, and Su Qingtong hadn't even cleaned up the things at home.
Aunt Ji Man and Ji Man Ye came over with several sons and daughter-in-law Wen Yulan, and Wang Youliang, a cousin who married into Qingjiatang Mountain, also came to drink with her husband holding the child, and everyone gathered together lively.
Su Qingtong likes this kind of fireworks, and likes the excitement when relatives and friends gather together, which is not a testimony of reliving a life, witnessing that she has another life.
At this time, the parents and aunts are still young, and it is the time when they are full of hope for life, although their lives are not necessarily brilliant, but as long as they are happy and happy, it is the best time.
Everyone lives in the same class and has a common topic, nothing more than how this year's harvest is, what are the plans for next year, and then it is which family's children are born, which family is married to which family, which family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not in harmony, and so on.
Wang Biwen said: "I plan to work a little harder next year, burn one more kiln of red bricks, burn two kilns this year, earn almost 800 yuan, and wait for another kiln next year, and plan to renovate the house the year after next." ”
Wang Youliang said in surprise: "The second brother has good financial luck this year, and he has made so much money. ”
Wen Yulan said: "You believe him, the coal money for burning red bricks has not been counted, a kiln of bricks is tired and tired, and he can earn more than 300 at most, except for miscellaneous expenses, he will earn 600 this year." ”
Wang Youliang sighed and said: "That's the same, you make hard-earned money by burning red bricks, and my family Junshan won't have that strength." ”
Song Junshan was not convinced: "I don't do it, if I really want to do it, I can burn two kiln bricks, Wang Youliang, do you want to make a bet with me." ”
Wang Youliang said unceremoniously: "Forget it, don't lie in bed every night and complain about back pain." ”
Wang Biwen glanced at Song Junshan with a smile and said: "Brother-in-law, I didn't say you, you are tall, but you really can't do my job with this size, you, it's better to blow and sing shadow puppetry, I'm not better than you, I don't have the ability to play and sing, I can only sell coolies." ”
Wang Youliang said with a smile: "He watched the shadow drama all year round, in fact, there is no Amitabha Buddha who can earn money for him to smoke and drink, I don't expect him to make much money for me to use, I, ah, I still rely on feeding pigs to get real." ”
Song Junshan smiled and said, "Then you give me back the eighty yuan I gave you the day before yesterday." ”
Wang Youliang said: "After the New Year, I will ask the pig dealer to help me visit a sow, wait for the piglets, and then leave two of them at home to kill for the New Year, don't you eat meat during the New Year?" ”
Song Junshan said with a smile: "You always have some crooked reasoning, I don't bother to argue with you." ”
Wen Yulan next to her said: "This year's pork price has risen again, and there is hope for feeding pigs. ”
Wang Xuelian stood on the stove to stir-fry, she didn't make a sound, and she had no other plans, if she wanted to say that she wanted to pay off the bill as soon as possible, she naturally couldn't say it, lest her brothers and sisters look down on her.
Uncle Wang Biwen surrounded the stove to bake the fire, the kettle hanging on the hook was tumbling hot, and the white mist rose from the spout, instantly filling the surrounding scenery.
Aunt Wang Youliang sat behind the stove to help burn the stove, used tongs to pluck the red ashes after burning, and stuffed a few dry sea buckthorn branches into it, with the crackling sound of burning, the stove came out of a unique scent of sea buckthorn branches, the fire was very prosperous, and it was a little scorching skin.
Wang Youliang said: "These sea buckthorn branches have a big flame, and fried vegetables are the best, these are all picked up by the green girl?" ”
Wang Xuelian replied: "Yes, I have picked up a lot, and there are still some on the top of the pigpen house." ”
Wang Youliang said with a smile: "The sea buckthorn branch is not easy to pick up, it is hot and painful to pierce the hand, I didn't expect the young girl to be so diligent." ”
Wang Xuelian also sighed: "She is quite obedient. ”
"I'm already very obedient, I'm only a teenager and I've already helped my family do so many things, this is Sister Xue's blessing."
As he was talking, Su Qingtong came in with a handful of green peppers and beans, and her aunt Wen Yulan couldn't help but exclaim: "Where did the green girl buy the green pepper beans?" It's not an easy season. ”
Aunt Ji Man and Ji Man Ye also leaned over to see the new look: "Where is this green pepper?" It looks like it was just taken off. ”
Su Qingtong said: "It was a gift from my uncle who sold vegetables to my mother's birthday. ”
Wang Xuelian stopped what she was doing and asked her, "Did you meet that uncle who sells vegetables again?" ”
Su Qingtong said: "Yes, he dragged the vegetables to Qingxi Town to sell, and when he saw me say a few words, I said that my mother had a birthday today, and he gave this to me and said that it would be given to you for your birthday." ”
Wang Xuelian sighed with a smile and said: "This person is too polite, the next time I see him let him come to the house for dinner, we have to be good for others, otherwise we have to say that we don't understand human feelings." ”
Su Qingtong said "hey" and said, "The next time I meet it, I'll just say that, I'll wash the chili peppers first, and I'll use it to fry the meat later." ”
Su Qingtong secretly added some more when washing vegetables, and fried two large bowls of green pepper fried meat at noon, and there were still some left to eat at night.
Relatives eat green peppers and beans that are not available in winter, all of them say that they are delicious, and they would rather eat green peppers than meat, and they will be sold out after a while.
When the guests ate well, the host family was naturally happy, and Su Xiuqian and Wang Xuelian were both smiling and a little proud.
After the meal, Su Qingtong made tea for everyone, and brought out melon seeds, peanuts and candy treats, and even Ji Manye praised her and said: "The young girl is becoming more and more sensible, and she knows that she is polite, not bad!" ”
Everyone giggled and praised Su Qingtong, Su Qingtong didn't feel any pride, but out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the angry eyes of her sister Su Zitong in the room, and seemed to be very jealous, Su Qingtong didn't take it to heart, she still could afford such praise, and she was not weak-hearted.
Su Xiuqian had already beckoned Ji Manye to play dominoes with Wang Biwen and Song Junshan, and several women who didn't play cards sat next to the TV and talked.
When Su Qingtong served them tea, she heard Aunt Youliang say: "Although that girl in Xihuaping is short, her butt is big, auntie, don't worry that she can't give birth to a son, giving birth to a child has nothing to do with short legs." ”
Su Qingtong immediately knew which one they were talking about, in his previous life, someone introduced a person to the fourth uncle Wang Biguang, who was very short, like a dwarf, and it was difficult for his grandmother's family to accept, but the fourth uncle's height was not high, and the family conditions were not necessarily good, so he reluctantly accepted it, who knew that the girl did not fall in love with the fourth uncle and found someone else.
Now that's what Grandma is talking about.
Su Qingtong put the melon seeds and peanuts in front of her grandmother and left, she knew that her grandparents were most worried about the marriage of the fourth uncle now, but the family conditions were there, and the person was not tall, and the face was average, it was really not easy to marry a wife, and fate did not arrive, and it was not until a few years later that she found a distant wife in her last life.
Su Qingtong took the time to enter the space after finishing the things at home, everyone was enjoying themselves, and it was not time to cook dinner, she happened to be free, seeing that it was time to deliver food again, there were a lot of things waiting for her to do in the space.
These days, Su Qingtong discovered another secret of the space, that is, it has the effect of heat preservation and preservation, a piece of fresh meat is put into the space, no matter when it is taken out, it is the same as when it was just put in, a bowl of hot rice is put into the space, and it is still hot when it is taken out the next day, so no matter when she picks the vegetables, it is as fresh and moist as when she just picks it out.
What Su Qingtong didn't know was that Huang Zhixin was looking at her at the moment, and he didn't even want to wait for a day.
Since the appearance of out-of-season vegetables in hotels, there is not a lot of customer demand for ordering food, and the real demand is the cadres of various departments, and they all ask for distribution.
In two days, there were no thousands of catties of vegetables bought from Su Qingtong, and what was even more of a headache was that as long as there was a meeting, these out-of-season vegetables with excellent taste would be in short supply, and the day after tomorrow, it was the day when the regional Standing Committee would hold a year-end summary meeting in the hotel, and named a few dishes, all of which were out-of-season vegetables.
Huang Zhixin has been driving a tricycle around for the past two days, hoping to meet Su Qingtong who is selling vegetables on the street, however, Su Qingtong seems to have disappeared from this earth, and there is no way to find it.
Fortunately, the next day, his subordinates received a call from a little girl, saying that her surname was Su, and asked them if they wanted green peppers and beans, and the subordinate was very alert, and he didn't ask Huang Zhixin and said: "Yes, a lot, the more the better." ”
Su Qingtong also estimated the time to deliver the food, so he said: "My goods are at the three-way intersection, you can send a car to pick it up." ”
Su Qingtong is very convenient to deliver now, that is, to find a place to unload from the space, and then call the hotel to send a car to pick up, if it is another family's goods, the hotel will definitely not come to pick up, but Su Qingtong's out-of-season vegetables are different, it is what they urgently need, and they dare not wait at all.
The car that picked up the goods came quickly, but this time the goods were a bit too much, and a big truck had to be used, but Huang Zhixin was not too much at all, but breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Grandma, you finally brought me food, if you don't come again, our leaders will punish me." ”
Su Qingtong's eyes widened and asked, "Uncle Huang, is the business of your hotel so good?" I thought that the last time I sent a thousand catties of vegetables, I could use it for many days, but I was pinching the time to send it. ”
"What hotel is used? All of them were dragged away by those leaders, as long as there are some officials who are better than us, no one dares to offend, you don't know how many officials there are, thousands of catties of vegetables are dragged away every minute. ”
Su Qingtong was stunned, how many people would want her dishes, she never thought that one day the sales would be so good.
Since Huang Zhixin asked for more vegetables, then she will pick more next time and send them over, anyway, the vegetables in her space grow fast, and the melons and fruits planted by the pond can also be picked, I am really afraid that there will be no market, which can be regarded as complementing each other.
When calculating the money this time, Huang Zhixin pegged for the address of Su Qingtong's house, saying that it would be more convenient to go directly to her house to drag the vegetables next time.
Of course, Su Qingtong shirked as always and said: "Uncle Huang, tell you the address when I believe in you, the main thing is that the vegetables are not grown at home, I can only send them to you when there are goods, and my father is afraid of trouble, afraid that people will expose him for capitalism, although the situation is good, and there are many people who do business, but my father has suffered a loss, he was bitten by a snake once, and he is afraid of seeing grass ropes for ten years, so don't embarrass my family." ”
Huang Zhixin couldn't help laughing and said: "What grade are you studying, you have actually made a chapter, and you are afraid of seeing grass ropes for ten years, so you can read." ”
He actually understands the people who do business now, after all, they have just reformed and opened up, and the people who came from that era are frightened, and the people who used to mix in the black market are waiting and watching, and no one really has no scruples, so he is not reluctant.
But he has always wondered where this little girl's vegetables came from, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it was dragged from afar, this dish is so fresh, just like it has just been picked, it is obvious that someone is planting greenhouse vegetables nearby.
Huang Zhixin is carrying the money that others gave Su Qingtong for vegetables, more than 1,000 yuan is a huge amount of money in this era, and there are many people who are so poor that they can do anything, and robbery or anything is nothing.
Huang Zhixin watched Su Qingtong casually throw a large bag of money into the basket she brought, and couldn't help but ask worriedly: "Wouldn't it be safe for you to do this?" ”
Su Qingtong said disapprerovingly: "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”
She will throw the money into the space later, whoever steals it, who can grab it, but she still has to thank Huang Zhixin for his kindness.
Huang Zhixin was still not at ease and said: "You kid won't let me send you home, what should I do if I lose or drop it on the way?" Beware of your parents hitting you. ”
Su Qingtong was afraid that Huang Zhixin would be too enthusiastic, so he hurriedly said, "It's really okay...."
As he was talking, he saw more than a dozen people walking in, pointing around the fresh vegetables on the ground, and a young man pointed to the blue melon and said, "The stem of this blue melon is dripping with juice, and it looks so fresh." ”
A middle-aged man next to him smiled and said, "Director Cao likes pumpkins and gives them more, and I like chili peppers more." ”
Everyone laughed and laughed, but no one said that the winter melon pumpkin was good, compared with the green pepper beans, everyone would like to choose the green pepper beans instead of the winter melon pumpkin.
Su Qingtong saw that Huang Zhixin was busy dealing with those cadres, so she walked away with a big basket on her back, and without walking a few steps away, the large bag of banknotes in her basket had disappeared without a trace, and had been secretly put into the space by her.
Su Qingtong went home very early today, and she didn't buy anything, even if she bought snacks, she would only put them in the space and eat them secretly, and she would never take them out for her parents to see, otherwise she would have to ask where these things came from, her parents seemed to like to observe her actions more and more, I don't know if she was suspicious, she should be careful in the future.