Looking at the car that drove away, a large group of people from the Zhang family walked to the yard, and Zhang's mother took her daughters and relatives to Zhou Jiao's house.

came in and saw Zhou Jiao, followed by another burst of laughter.

Zhou Jiao looked at everyone and asked Zhang's mother, "Mother, are they all gone?" ”

Mother Zhang sat on the kang and nodded: "It's all gone, your mother will go with Xiaoxizi, and she will come back tomorrow." Did you bring those clothes with Xiao Wu? ”

"It's all ready, if I don't let him buy it, I'll have all the bills. The provincial capital should be very convenient, follow my grandfather and don't be afraid that there is no place to sleep and no place to eat, eldest sister and second sister, you won't go back at night, right? ”

Zhang Meili looked at her sister, "If you don't go back, I'll leave early tomorrow morning, and the children will be brought over." ”

Zhou Jiao looked at Zhang's mother, and smiled at her flatteringly, "Mother, you see that the eldest sister and they rarely stay for one night, and our family eats mutton soup at night, what do you think?" ”

"Okay, I'll serve you mutton noodles then. Your father also said that the mutton was warm, and there were quite a few at home. There are a lot of dishes at home in the evening, so you don't have to cook. ”

"Mother, why do you want a little hen to stew, this son-in-law has come to the door, you mother-in-law can't do this." After speaking, he squeezed his eyes and smiled at Zhang's mother.

Zhang Mule smiled and said, "It just so happens that the little hen has not been stewed yet, so I will give it to my son-in-law at night." ”

Zhou Jiao looked at everyone, "You said that the eldest aunt and the little aunt and several cousins and sisters-in-law went over to help today, I want to prepare something to send over, mother, you also have to teach me, I don't understand this." ”

Everyone looked at each other and stared at Zhang's mother, Zhang's mother thought, "It doesn't matter if you don't send it, usually whoever helps is the leftovers left for the helper to bring back, and today I brought back all the leftovers that I hadn't eaten in the kitchen." If you don't want to go, wait for Xiao Wu to come back and buy some candy for their children, it's not good to give too much, then we will help them next time, they will be embarrassed. Invite your uncle and uncle back for a drink in the evening, and that's about it. ”

"Okay, I don't understand this, my mother remembered to remind me when she saw that she had done something wrong. And the old eggs outside, if you have time, let me move them to the kitchen. Tomorrow I will bring some back to my two sisters, so that a few small ones can be eaten at home. ”

Mother Zhang hurriedly shook her head, "No, just put it there, the weather is not bad, just put it away, if they want to eat eggs at home, yours will be put and eat slowly, how many eggs do you want to eat in a month, I'm afraid it won't be enough." Your sister can't take it, and it will give people a joke if she takes it back. You don't care about these peace of mind confinement, and it won't be bad if I bring some jars over to fill brown sugar. It's all up to you.

Next year, you will go out of the family, and you will have to pay it back after the favor, you know how much you have to pay back every year, and these will be hidden and wait for whoever has a child in the village and the red and white ceremonies will be given gifts. Where to ask for brown sugar then? When you get married, you will be given two pounds of sugar tickets. Brown sugar is more difficult to buy, and red carpet tickets have to be exchanged for them, which are not available in the countryside. Your two sisters-in-law were confined, and at that time you could buy them without red carpet tickets, and you couldn't buy brown sugar. Now the city is four taels per person per month, you say, where to buy it in the countryside?

Keep it, in the past few years, there were no restrictions on other tickets except food stamps and oil stamps, and in the second half of this year, meat stamps were added, egg stamps were added in the city, and sugar stamps were added, and in the future, I don't know what tickets to add, so you guys, there are things to store, who knows when you will have more tickets. ”

Zhou Jiao secretly admired her mother-in-law, this is an old man, and she really has to ask for all the tickets in the future, "Mother, is there a market for the Chinese New Year this year?" ”

Mother Zhang nodded: "Yes, in the second half of this year, it is said that there will be large and small markets, but the meat is enough to choke, and when the people in the city buy it, there will not be so much meat, if our family kills pigs, half of the meat will be sold to the commune, or all of them will be sold to them, and you will be given a meat ticket." It is not cost-effective to take meat tickets, we pigs count the gross weight, and the tickets given are calculated as net weights, so they usually make bacon. Now they can only buy it secretly, and some people secretly raise it themselves, and it is estimated that they can have it in addition to grain and meat in the market. Last year, you could buy everything but food, and when you have a full moon, you can go to the market. ”

Lin Juhua looked at everyone and said to Zhang's mother: "Mother, if our family can't kill pigs this year, if we kill them, we have to find the piglets as soon as possible, otherwise it will be after the spring next year." ”

"Also, don't kill it this year, and then kill it when you split up, and then use it. The little piglets still wait for the spring to buy, otherwise there is nothing for the pigs to eat now, this year to see who killed the pigs in the village, negotiate with them in advance, and send them over to give money when the time comes. "Mother Zhang thought about it or forget it, tomorrow is the spring equinox, and they will raise it if they are happy.

Zhang Meimei sighed: "Don't you know that buying things in the city now is not as good as before, and you have to queue up at two or three o'clock in the morning every month, otherwise you will not have anything at the bottom." It's okay in the summer, but what if it's winter? My mother-in-law said bluntly that when the eldest sister helps me in front of the house, I can finally take a place for each other to buy things. ”

Huang Cuilan looked at Lin Juhua and Zhou Jiao, "Eldest sister has bought a house?" When we bought it, we don't know. When to move? Ask someone from your family to come over and help. Are there any warmer nest days scheduled? We need to prepare, too. ”

Zhang Meili smiled and said to her: "I will only pay the deposit, and I will pay the house book in full tomorrow." If you are not in a hurry, there is nothing to move, so the other party will bring clothes and food, and leave all the furniture. The house is warm and waits for Xiao Wu to come back, and I inform you that you don't need to prepare anything, all come to play. ”

"Tomorrow to see if your father-in-law is free, you remember to call him to go over, although the family is separated, he still has to respect. Tell him so that he will be happy and happy, and invite the two old men to live with you when he is free. Zhang's mother told her, and then said to her daughter-in-law: "You don't need to prepare a lot of things, I'll prepare." I will tell you what is lacking when the time comes. ”

Huang Cuilan looked at the other two concubines and nodded, "Listen to my mother, you follow the rules of the city, don't follow the jokes of the eldest sister in the village." ”

Zhang Meili stared at her eyes and put down her face, "Don't toss the three of you, what is in the village in the city, just do it according to the specifications of the village, but don't move, it will make people blush." If the neighbors are shallow-eyed, they don't have much contact. Mother, don't listen to them. The family is not rich, so I rely on the work in the field, save a little, and leave more money for our brothers. The water spilled by the married girl can't toss our family for the sake of face. Otherwise, I won't accept it. ”

Everyone smiled and nodded to obey her, but they still wanted to inquire about how they were doing it now. Zhang's mother knew in her heart that she would not be decent, but she would not let her daughter be wronged, the eldest daughter in the family suffered the most, and she had no money to prepare a dowry in those years, so she gave a gold ring. This time I had a good discussion with the old man. The family needs money for everything, and I can't wait for one penny to be used for two.