Chapter 17: Seeing Grandma
Li Xiaofeng remembers that his grandmother has always liked to eat crabs.
It's also the season of crab paste and crab eating in September!
A few days ago, Liu Xuexia selected a few cream crabs from the crabs she caught, and was lucky to find a butter crab.
Cream crabs, especially butter crabs, are really the best among crabs.
The price is also much more expensive than ordinary crabs, and fishermen are generally reluctant to eat them themselves!
Some people may not be sure what a cream crab is and what a butter crab is.
Cream crabs and butter crabs are actually female crabs.
Cream crab is a female crab that has been fertilized and pregnant, because they will produce red or yellow paste in their body, after cooking, the crab paste will show the same color as egg yolk, it smells very fragrant, and the more you chew it, the more fragrant it is.
The butter crab itself is also a cream crab, but because it is affected by the increase in water temperature in the shallow water under the sun, the crab paste is stimulated, and it decomposes into golden oil in the crab's body, and then penetrates into all parts of the body, so that the crab is full of yellow oil, so it is also called a butter crab.
Butter crab is known as the "king of crabs", and it is said that in Hong Kong, 50 grams of butter crab can be sold for thousands of Hong Kong dollars!
After loading the crabs, I took an incubator and put it on the tricycle.
All kinds of seafood in the refrigerator are taken out, put in the cooler, and packed and taken away.
Then the three of them rode to the town on a battery car.
After coming to the town, I went to the fruit store to buy some fruits, and then went to a time-honored store to buy some of my grandmother's favorite lard cakes!
The lard cake is made of lard, glutinous rice, sugar and other materials, and has the characteristics of being oily but not greasy, glutinous and soft and moist!
When I was a child, when others gave it to my grandmother, she was always reluctant to eat it and put it in a box.
But as long as Li Xiaofeng wanted to eat, his grandmother would always take out the lard lamb for him and watch him eat it with a smile.
After buying all the things, I drove again and continued on the road.
When passing by an old Fengxiang in the town, Li Xiaofeng asked his father to park the car and quickly ran to the store.
Li Yonglin and Liu Xuexia didn't know what their son was going to do, so they looked at each other!
After a while, Li Xiaofeng walked out with a bag.
After getting on the tricycle, he smiled and took out a box from the bag, handed it to Liu Xuexia and said, "Mom, this is what I bought for you, you can wear it and try it!" ”
(The rule here is that the elders must send the younger generations in pairs, and the younger generations send the elders, which can be single and even)
Liu Xuexia opened the box and found that it was a golden bracelet, the bracelet was carved with the auspicious pattern of the dragon and phoenix, and the whole bracelet looked delicate and simple.
Here in Tongchuan, there has always been a tradition of wearing gold and silver, so many people like to wear a few pieces of jewelry.
Because the family has been very financially tight before, my mother has not bought any jewelry for so many years!
Seeing others wearing gold and silver jewelry, Li Xiaofeng knew that she was envious in her heart, although she had never said it in front of her three siblings.
A long time ago, Li Xiaofeng wanted to give his mother a piece of jewelry!
The last time my grandmother celebrated her birthday, he didn't have time to come back, so this time he just bought two bracelets, one for my mother and one for my grandmother.
Both bracelets are about 35 grams, and it cost him a total of 40,000 yuan.
Looking at the gold bracelet in front of her, Liu Xuexia was both happy and distressed.
I am glad that my son has this filial piety, and he really likes it;
The distressing thing is to hold this heavy gold bracelet, and it will cost a lot of money to look at it!
said complainingly: "You know how to spend money indiscriminately, my mother is old and doesn't like to wear these things, you quickly take it and return it!" ”
"Mom! I have already bought it, if there is no quality problem, it cannot be returned! Besides, where are you old! Li Xiaofeng said, "Look at the sixth grandmother next door, she is almost 70 years old, and people go out every day, wearing gold necklaces, gold bracelets, gold rings, and gold earrings!" ”
Li Yonglin also felt that he had been indebted to his wife all these years, and hurriedly persuaded her to keep the bracelet.
said, "Since your son has this filial piety, you should stay!" Really, look at the women of our village, who doesn't have a few pieces of jewelry on them! I hope my son will give me a few gifts in the future! ”
Liu Xuexia glanced at him and said, "Isn't this supposed to be given to me by you?" I've been married for decades, and I haven't seen any jewelry you give me! ”
Li Xiaofeng smiled, took over and said, "I also think you should give your mother a few gifts!" ”
Li Yonglin glared at him, and said helplessly: "I have to ask your mother to approve when I buy a pack of cigarettes!" Every time you sell fish, the money is collected by your mother, where is the money to buy things! ”
In the past few years, my father has not had an easy time!
On the way, Liu Xuexia carefully put on the bracelet.
This kind of circle can be adjusted in size, after wearing it, looking at it, Liu Xuexia's heart is happy.
The three of them drove from the town for more than ten minutes before arriving at Qianliu Village, where Li Xiaofeng's grandmother's house was located.
Seeing her daughter's family come to see her, especially her favorite grandson, my grandmother was also very happy.
Turning around, from the box at the head of her bed, she took out two yellow apples that had been in the box for an unknown amount of time, and handed them to her grandson.
Daughter, son-in-law don't have this treatment!
When Li Xiaofeng was a child, he always thought that his grandmother's box was a treasure box, with everything in it.
Take what you brought and take it off the tricycle.
Liu Xuexia handed the bag containing the bracelet to her mother and said, "Mom! This is a gift that your grandson bought for you, you can take it apart and take a look! ”
took the bag in his daughter's hand, took out the jewelry box in the bag, opened it, and found that it was a gold bracelet.
Grandma hurriedly closed it again and said angrily: "Your family's own economic conditions are not good, give me back to this old lady who is going to enter the ground, buy any gifts, take it back and return it!" ”
Liu Xuexia saw such a posture, and if she didn't make it clear, her mother would definitely not accept it!
Hurriedly explained to my mother.
Hearing that her daughter's family had earned more than 500,000 yuan during this time, her grandmother was also very happy, so she agreed to accept the gift.
Liu Xuexia helped her mother to take off the silver bracelet on her left hand and replace it with a brand new gold bracelet.
Seeing the golden bracelet on her hand, my grandmother was also very happy, and she wiped it with her hand from time to time.
Near noon, Li Xiaofeng's brother-in-law and aunt came back from work (both of them were teachers at the school in the town), and they were very happy to see their sister's family coming.
My aunt cooked a sumptuous meal.
Everyone gathered around the table to eat and chat. Hearing that his sister's family had made so much money during this time, his brother-in-law Liu Xingwu was also very happy, and raised his glass to drink a few glasses with his brother-in-law.
He knows how difficult it has been for his sister and brother-in-law's family over the years!
During the meal, my grandmother was on the table, constantly showing off the bracelets that my grandson had bought for her to her son and daughter-in-law.
And asked them if they looked good?
Looking at his mother's child-like behavior, Liu Xingwu couldn't cry or laugh.
Sometimes the old man is old and really looks like a child!
In fact, Li Xiaofeng has two uncles, the eldest uncle is called Liu Xingwen, and he is also a person with a very good personality, but he has no choice but to have a daughter-in-law who is not fuel-efficient.
Li Xiaofeng's aunt, that is really a person who can distinguish between relatives and distances!
To his relatives at the other end of the house, he is both generous and enthusiastic, and he has nothing to say at all!
But for his husband's relatives, it is really a baht.
So the relationship with the relatives on this end is not good.
My grandfather died very early, and my grandmother raised several children alone, so my grandmother's personality is also very strong!
Seeing his daughter-in-law like this, where did he endure it.
So the two of them are also constantly quarrelling, and the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is getting more and more stiff!
Sandwiched between his mother and daughter-in-law, Liu Xingwen was also very helpless.
The grandmother felt that the eldest son was afraid of his wife, and she basically didn't have a good face when she saw him, and slowly the uncle came less and less.
After eating, Liu Xuexia transferred the 110,000 yuan she had borrowed from her brother to her brother at one time.
Li Xiaofeng also expressed his gratitude to his uncle.
My aunt was also very happy to see that my sister had returned all the money!
In fact, she complained about her husband in private.
After all, it is not easy for everyone to make money, and he also has two daughters to help out.
After sitting together and chatting for a while, the little aunt rode to the town again, and she still had two classes to attend in the afternoon.
My brother-in-law didn't have classes in the afternoon, so he stayed at home and chatted with his sister's family.
After sitting for more than an hour, Li Xiaofeng's family went back.
Before leaving, my grandmother reluctantly took Grandson Li's hand, so that he could come over more when he had time!
Li Xiaofeng also silently planned in his heart that after the end of the fishing ban, he would make more money.
It's better to build the family house first, and then you can take your grandmother home to live permanently!