The meal was cooked, and the mother and daughter slept well.

Breakfast was radish, cabbage and porridge.

The dishes were sent by Mrs. Wu in the morning, thinking that their family should not have anything to eat, so they brought some over, and originally wanted to ask them to eat at home, but Jiang Mingchuan did not agree, just him and He Yan were okay, but now they have two more mouths, and they feel that it will cause trouble to people.

A family of four eats quietly.

Halfway through eating, Jin Xiuzhu really couldn't hold back, and gently patted the back of the girl next to her, "When you sit, your back should be straight, your shoulders should not be shrunk, this hand is holding the bowl, chewing slowly, closing your mouth, and not making a sound." ”

Hearing this, Fu Yanyan turned her head to look at Jin Xiuzhu, in her impression, Jin Xiuzhu had never taught her anything.

But she did as she was told.

Jin Xiuzhu glanced at her with satisfaction, put a little dish into her bowl, and said softly: "Forget it at your own home, if you are a guest at someone else's house, don't always clip your favorite dishes, each dish is no more than three times, and you can't let others see your preferences......"

These are the rules she learned in the Hou Mansion, in her opinion, good things must be learned, and bad things must be changed.

Although she doesn't like the rules of the Hou Mansion either, there are indeed many places that have benefited her a lot.

He Yan next to him also heard it, and subconsciously glanced at Jiang Mingchuan opposite, he was sensitive, and he wasn't sure if this aunt was disgusting him.

Because he just eats a little loud.

Jiang Mingchuan glanced at Jin Xiuzhu and said to He Yan: "Your aunt is not wrong, and she will learn a little more." ”

It's better to be taught than to be left alone, and there still has to be a woman in the house, and he never notices this.

He Yan hummed softly.

After eating, when Jiang Mingchuan went out, he took out a bulging bag wrapped in red cloth from his pocket, and then told Jin Xiuzhu, "When I was fetching water just now, I heard my sister-in-law next door say that there is a car to go to the county in the morning, if you want to go, you can follow along, there is something missing at home to add some, and you can also buy clothes for the two children." At this point, he paused, "Buy yourself one too." ”

Jin Xiuzhu was not polite to him, took the red cloth and opened it to see, there was a stack of money and tickets, bits and pieces, the money added up to less than two hundred yuan, and there was a trace of disgust in her eyes, there may be a lot in this world, but she is used to spending money, which is too little for her.

Jiang Mingchuan was a little embarrassed, "I didn't save any money before, and I will try to save money in the future." ”

After all, a large family has to be raised, and it is indeed different from before.

After thinking about it, he decided to make a phone call back to the capital to talk to his adoptive parents, and he would not send money back in the future.

Jin Xiuzhu didn't know what he was thinking, and silently thought about how to live in the future.

After cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, Jin Xiuzhu took the two children to the next door, and Qian Yufeng next door was still thinking about whether to go to Jiang's house to ask, but she didn't expect someone to come.

Seeing Jin Xiuzhu, she greeted warmly, "Sister, come in and sit, I'll change my shoes and go out." ”

Mrs. Wu saw Jin Xiuzhu with her two children, and kindly asked, "Do you want to put the children in my house?" It's so small, it may not be convenient to follow you, I'll show you at home with the eldest girl. ”

Jin Xiuzhu didn't think much about it, and looked at He Yan and Fu Yanyan, "How is it?" Do you want to go to the county with me or stay home? ”

Fu Yanyan didn't speak, but leaned closer to her, and He Yan saw it, so he whispered, "I'm with my aunt." ”

Jin Xiuzhu said: "Let's go along, these two children are well-behaved, and there is nothing inconvenient." ”

When she was a child, she didn't have the opportunity to play on the street, and later in the Hou Mansion, she was also detained in the small courtyard all day long, and every time she went out, she could be happy for a long time.

Mrs. Wu was not dissatisfied with the rejection, she was just a little surprised, the little daughter-in-law would let the child make her own decisions, and it was only a day before He Yan, the child, began to get close to her.

Although He Yan has lived in her house for half a year, she is really sensible, but there is not much closeness, she can also understand, she heard Camp Chief Jiang talk about it, He Yan's father died when he was four years old, his mother took half of the subsidy to remarry, He Yan lived with his grandmother at his uncle's house, when Camp Chief Jiang went to see him, a small person stood on the bench skillfully stir-frying, and he was so thin that he was skinny. At his uncle's house, he could only eat after the whole family had eaten, and there was no place to sleep, so he slept alone in the yard at night, and there was not even a shed.

When Camp Commander Jiang proposed to take He Yan away, the whole family was still unwilling.

"Go, follow Yufeng for a good walk, she is familiar with the county seat."

Kim so-joo responded crisply.

Qian Yufeng took her to the gate, where there was already a green car waiting, a little similar to the carriage that Jin Xiuzhu had sitin, but it was much bigger, and there was no horse in front of it.

Jin Xiuzhu and Qian Yufeng carried the two children into the back canopy, and then climbed up again.

There were other people inside, but Qian Yufeng was not very familiar with it, so she only said hello to one of the women, and took Jin Xiuzhu to find a corner place to sit down, and then said to her: "It's almost nine o'clock when we arrive in the county seat, and the car will come back at eleven o'clock, so we don't have much time to shop, what do you want to buy, tell me first, I'll take you directly to see it later." ”

Jin Xiuzhu was not polite to her, "I want to buy clothes and seasonings, but my children and I have no clothes to wear." ”

Qian Yufeng nodded, "The seasonings can be bought directly from the supply and marketing cooperatives, the county supply and marketing cooperatives are large, and the things are complete, as for the clothes, let's go to the department store to have a look, but the ready-to-wear over there is expensive, and our family buys fabrics and makes them ourselves." ”

Kim so-joo said hello.

The car was on a mountain road, rickety and uncomfortable, but fortunately it was a little faster than taking a boat.

The driver of the car deliberately sent them to the door of the supply and marketing cooperative, and after coming down, Qian Yufeng pulled Jin Xiuzhu and rushed in.

Jin Xiuzhu asked He Yan to take her sister at the door, and she went to buy it first, "Don't run around, I'll buy you candy later." ”

He Yan took Fu Yanyan's hand and nodded obediently, "Auntie, my sister and I are waiting for you here." ”

Fu Yanyan shook off his hand without thinking about it.

He Yan was not angry, thinking that his sister was still unfamiliar with him.

Jin Xiuzhu followed Qian Yufeng into the noisy crowd, Qian Yufeng was very experienced, pulled Jin Xiuzhu left and right, and soon entered the innermost, Qian Yufeng didn't buy it herself, and helped Jin Xiuzhu buy sugar, soy sauce, vinegar......

Qian Yufeng originally thought that Jin Xiuzhu came from the countryside and should save her life, but she didn't expect to be more generous than her daughter-in-law in the city when she bought things, but it was better to be generous than to pick and choose, and she would not like to take advantage of others.

After the two of them bought this place, they started to go to the department store again, and Jin Xiuzhu came out to explain to the two children, "There is nothing delicious in it, I will make it for you when I go back." ”

This is what adults often coax children, and the two children and Qian Yufeng didn't take it seriously.

There are a lot of people in the department store, but the department store is a big place, and there is no need to crowd people to go in, and the first floor sells relatively cheap things, such as fabrics, shoes, fruits, candies, and pastries, and there are many people on the first floor, so they go to the second floor first.

There are relatively few people on the second floor, but things are relatively valuable, watches, radios, ready-to-wear, optical stores, there are a few people at the door of the watch store, no one is looking at the radio door, Jin Xiuzhu doesn't know what it is, the store looks empty, and after listening to Qian Yufeng, she knows that the two little black guys in the store can listen to the news on the radio, and she doesn't know the specifics.

Jin Xiuzhu looked confused, and Qian Yufeng couldn't explain it clearly, so she took her to the watch counter to take a look, pointed to the watch inside and said, "Go back and ask your man to buy you one, people are now married and give this away." ”

said with a sour face, "When I got married, Lao Wu gave my family a bag of rice, the head of the martial arts battalion, but he bought a sewing machine for his daughter-in-law, and the more I thought about it, the more I lost." ”

"Sewing machine?"

"That's right, that's a good thing, you don't have to sew it yourself to make clothes, just step on it twice with your foot, fast and straight."

Kim so-joo had a curious look on her face.

When Fu Yanyan, who was standing next to her, heard these words, she looked at Jin Xiuzhu with some concern, afraid that she would compare, but she seemed to be wrong, but now Jin Xiuzhu said very calmly: "No money, it's too expensive, I'll talk about it when I have money in the future." ”

Qian Yufeng expressed understanding, "Okay, then let's go and take a look at the clothes." ”

When I arrived at the counter of the ready-to-wear store, the staff standing inside saw them coming, looked them up and down, and then tilted their heads to the side as if they didn't see them.

Qian Yufeng was a little lacking in confidence and asked, "Do you want to see it again?" ”

She only dared to save face in front of Jin Xiuzhu, and in front of these city people, she still had some inferiority.

Jin Xiuzhu glanced at the clothes hanging on the wall inside, and felt that the style couldn't be simpler, she could make it with her eyes closed, and the material was not very good, she wouldn't have taken a second look at it before.

directly pulled Qian Yufeng away, "Go downstairs to buy some cloth, I'll make it myself." ”

Qian Yufeng was a little surprised, "You know how to make clothes?" ”

"Yes."

Qian Yufeng smiled, "No, you can't ask my mother-in-law, she will, our family's clothes are all made by her, she was a maid for the landlord when she was young, and she learned needlework with an old mother for a few years." ”

Jin Xiuzhu snorted, and several people went downstairs again, there are several counters downstairs that sell fabrics, and they can all be touched, Jin Xiuzhu spent all the cloth tickets on her body, and thought about making two for a family of four. Seeing that Qian Yufeng next to her was speechless, how could she spend so much money, and then saw that Jin Xiuzhu still wanted to buy cotton, so she quickly grabbed her, "I'll help you buy cotton from the village, it's much cheaper, don't spend money indiscriminately." ”

Jin Xiuzhu had no choice but to put it away.

The last four returned with a full load.

It was already twelve o'clock at noon when I got home, and Jiang Mingchuan had already come back and made lunch.

Seeing that Jin Xiuzhu bought so much fabric, she opened her mouth, but she still didn't say anything, just asked, "I have already made a marriage report, and we will get the certificate after the review, and when the time comes, please invite two tables in the cafeteria, what do you think?" ”

Jin Xiuzhu didn't know what customs and habits were here, so she nodded, "This is up to you." ”

She doesn't pay much attention to these, no matter how lively and grand the wedding is, and there are many bad things in the end. She understood a truth very early on, no matter who she marries, she must put a heart on herself, and life will go smoothly, and men and children are unreliable.

Jiang Mingchuan snorted, remembered something, and said, "The head of the regiment asked us to go to his house for dinner at night, so we don't have to cook at night." ”

Jin Xiuzhu had already guessed that there was this moment, so she was not surprised, "Okay, do you want to buy something to take with you?" ”

"No, the head of the regiment is not that kind of person." ”

“……”

What do you mean by someone who isn't like that? Isn't that basic etiquette?

Kim so-joo ignored him, but fortunately she was prepared.

Jiang Mingchuan left after eating, and Jin Xiuzhu began to get busy, there are not many ingredients that can be used at home, only the flour and beans that Jiang Mingchuan brought back last night.

Although Jin Xiuzhu really wants to make her favorite crispy abalone snails, but that needs milk, there is no here, so she has to make "golden cake", golden cake is the saying of Houfu, Aunt Liu in the kitchen said that this thing is called pea yellow in her hometown.

When Jin Xiuzhu was a maid in the Hou Mansion, she thought every day that she would earn enough money to redeem herself, and go out to make a small business in the future, so she worked hard to please the old women who had the ability in the mansion and followed them to learn the craft. Later, she became a member of the Hou Ye, and privately asked her grandmother to learn to read and read the account book, she knew that the masters in the house were higher than her, and they looked down on her behind her back, but so what? She is not worse than them, even the Hou Ye praised her for her extraordinary intelligence, but it is a pity that she was born as a daughter.

Jin Xiuzhu took out the peas soaked in the morning, added some water and put them in the pot to boil, and took advantage of this kung fu and He Yan to take the benches and chairs at home outside to dry, and the two of them made a basin of water to wipe the home and outside.

Busy until about two o'clock in the afternoon, she put the boiled beans into a soup bowl to cool a little, stirred into a delicate bean paste with a spatula, and then put the bean paste into the pot, add sugar and stir-fry over low heat, and when it became a sticky paste, she scooped it up and put it in the dish to condense.

Now that the weather is cold, there is no need to use ice, and after waiting for about half an hour, it becomes a paste.

Jin Xiuzhu originally planned to give this away, so she soaked a lot of beans, she turned the plate upside down on the cutting board, and then cut the frozen paste pieces into small strips, and placed the beautiful ones on the plates, and the unsightly ones were put in two bowls for the children to eat.

At the end, it was loaded with three plates, which were beautiful.

Jin Xiuzhu took a bowl upside down and covered the golden cake in one of the plates, and instructed He Yan, "You take your sister to send this to your aunt Qian's house, and by the way, ask her if she has a clean jacket, lend it to me to wear it overnight, and return it to her tomorrow." ”

He Yan was reluctant to swallow the golden cake in his mouth, listened carefully to what Jin Xiuzhu said, and finally nodded vigorously, "Okay." ”

Then he carefully went out with the saucer, walking slowly, for fear of dropping the plate in his hand.

Fu Yanyan followed behind him.

The two children came back soon, not only He Yan was holding a big green cotton jacket in his hand, Fu Yanyan was also wearing a clean little jacket, and before Jin Xiuzhu could ask, He Yan hurriedly explained: "It was given by Grandma Wu, and it was Brother Xiaojun's clothes when he was a child." ”

He blushed, Wu Xiaojun was also at home just now, and after tasting it, he shouted that it was delicious, and praised Aunt Xin for being so powerful, he had never eaten such a delicious thing, which made him feel very embarrassed.

For the first time, he didn't feel inferior in front of Wu Xiaojun, and now he also has his parents, his mother can make delicious bean cakes, and he is no longer a pitiful little without a mother.

Jin Xiuzhu nodded with satisfaction and gave them the two bowls, "Take it and eat it, but you can't eat too much at once, after all, it's cold." ”

Fu Yanyan looked at her, and realized that she let herself follow her, just so that she could have clean clothes.

But I don't understand why don't you say borrow two at the same time?

The two little guys went out with the bowl in their hands, their faces were a little incredulous, He Yan didn't expect such a big bowl to be her own, Fu Yanyan didn't expect Jin Xiuzhu to cook food, in her memory, Jin Xiuzhu had never done this, she would only say that it was a waste of money.

When it was almost dark at night, Jiang Mingchuan came back.

Jin Xiuzhu had already changed her clothes, washed her hair and bathed herself and her two children, and cleaned up, and when she saw Jiang Mingchuan coming back, she put a small basket containing a plate of bean cakes on her wrist and asked him; "Shall we go now?"

She knew that the people in this place were more taboo about some things, so she told the two children that it was called bean paste, for fear of gossiping.

Jiang Mingchuan suddenly saw Jin Xiuzhu, who was cleanly dressed and her hair neatly combed, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said, "Let's go." ”

Seeing the basket on her wrist, she asked suspiciously, "What is that?" ”

"The food I made myself was not a valuable thing, and I thought it would be bad to come to the door empty-handed."

Jiang Mingchuan nodded, "Hmm".

A family of four walked towards the family building in front of them, and the head of Wang's family lived on the fourth floor, and when they arrived on the fourth floor, the door at the staircase was open, and it was lively inside, as if there were many people.

Jin Xiuzhu looked at Jiang Mingchuan, she listened to what he meant, and thought that they were the only ones who were invited, but now it seems that it is not.

Jiang Mingchuan also seemed to be a little surprised, with a hint of surprise on his face, but he quickly regained his composure and said to her, "Go in, if your sister-in-law says something later, you can smile." ”

Jin Xiuzhu felt that he underestimated herself, and she was not a vegetarian.

As soon as the two of them entered the door, a voice came with a smile, "Hey, isn't this Qian Yufeng's clothes?" ”