Volume 1: Reborn in the 1980s, selling lunch boxes with my mother Chapter 59 Fat is Best
She said she was going back to her parents' home. She hadn't been there for many years. It was her first time going back to see her parents, and Hu Qiongfang was very nervous.
Jiang Tian looked at it and laughed secretly.
It was the first time she saw Ms. Hu acting like a little girl who had made a mistake.
I'm walking around the house like a headless fly, and the soles of my shoes are almost worn out.
"Mom, this is our first time going back to grandma's house, so we have to buy some things, right?" Jiang Tian reminded Hu Qiongfang.
Hu Qiongfang woke up as if from a dream: "Yes, yes, let's go buy something first!"
As he said this, he was about to go into the house to get the money.
She was grabbed by her daughter.
"Mom, let's go to the market tomorrow morning to buy more. Let's get up early and go straight to grandma's house after shopping."
Hu Qiongfang nodded and finally stopped wandering around.
After a short silence, he began to rummage through boxes and drawers, preparing gifts for his mother's family.
There weren't actually any good things in the house. Many of them were bought secretly by Old Lady Jiang with the money she and her husband earned.
Seeing these things, Hu Qiongfang thought of her parents' hatred for the Jiang family. If her parents knew that these things were left by Old Lady Jiang...
Hu Qiongfang shuddered and quickly put the things back.
I'd better listen to my daughter and go buy it tomorrow.
Fortunately, during this period, the mother and daughter had saved some money by fishing for eels and digging loaches, so they called their son over again. Hu Qiongfang dictated to Jiang Cheng what to buy at the market tomorrow morning.
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Early the next morning, as soon as the rooster crowed in the yard, the family of three got up yawning.
In the past, no matter where she went, Hu Qiongfang would always eat breakfast at home before leaving, which was more economical. But today, perhaps because she was in a good mood, she actually said that she would not make breakfast at home and would take them to eat in town.
After the mother put on her clothes, Hu Qiongfang took a shoulder pole and carried two large baskets. Jiang Tian also carried a bamboo basket as a backup.
Jiang Cheng looked around and suddenly felt depressed.
He is too young, and that is the only bad thing about him. There are two women in his family, and neither of them treats him as a man.
I could only follow behind with my small schoolbag on my back.
Don't think that only people in the city are realistic, the countryside is also realistic. Ever since they found out that Hu Qiongfang had the support of her brother and sister-in-law, the villagers' attitude towards the three of them was no longer the same as before, with a third of contempt, a third of sympathy, and a third of a faint sense of superiority.
Along the way, they met many people from the same village who came to the market and greeted Niang San. When they heard that Hu Qiongfang was going to take the child back to her parents' home, the onlookers said: Now the Ma Laitou family is in trouble.
I originally thought that Hu Qiongfang would never have any contact with her family. Even if I used some tricks to get Hu Qiongfang, she was a widow whose husband had died. If she didn't marry him, she would become a slut in the future. Who would marry her?
Unexpectedly, Hu Qiongfang was not easy to deal with, and her two brothers from her mother's side were even more difficult to deal with.
Hu Qiongfang was happy and took the opportunity to brainwash her two children, telling Jiang Tian to get along well with her younger brother, and Jiang Cheng to protect his sister when he grows up. If his sister was bullied at her husband's house, he should not be afraid but bring people to fight back.
Jiang Cheng rolled his eyes secretly. With her sister's temper, was it necessary for him to bring people to her house to beat her up?
Do you believe that if her in-laws dare to bully her in the future, she can destroy the entire family by herself?
Jiang Tian was also somewhat helpless. Hu Qiongfang's thinking was still stuck in the old-fashioned concept that her natal family and brothers were the biggest support for a girl after she got married. So whether a girl was married or not, she had to help her brothers more, so that when she encountered difficulties, her brothers would help her.
However, few people know that in later generations, such sisters generally have a unified nickname, called "brother-supporting demon".
She didn't want to be a brother-supporting demon. Besides, Jiang Cheng was a mean person and it was unlikely that he would bring people to her house to fight. However, there was a high probability that he would use some means to make her husband's family suffer a severe defeat.
I didn't see this kid so I went out to buy some fish. Not long after, the kids who bullied him at school were spread as bullies by the villagers? It seems that after entering junior high school, no one dared to play with them.
In this day and age, a good student in the eyes of parents should be someone like Jiang Cheng, who is honest, obedient, and good at studying. Who would want to let their child play with a few hooligans?
The brother and sister "disdained" each other all the way, and after walking for about ten minutes, they arrived at the market.
The town fairs at that time were much more lively than those in later generations. Perhaps there were not many entertainment activities in the countryside on weekdays, so on market days, people from all over the place would come to join in the fun.
Niang San got up early and arrived at the market. The breakfast stalls were already surrounded by people.
Hu Qiongfang put the basket on the ground and asked the two children to watch it while she squeezed over to buy breakfast.
Rural people rush to the market to have breakfast. Only those who like to drink will order a bowl of dumplings or noodles, and a cold dish, and sit down to drink slowly. Those who come to do business or buy things will just buy some fried snacks, buns, sesame cakes, etc. to get by.
Hu Qiongfang bought two fried lion heads for the two children, three fried dough sticks and three steamed buns.
Break the big steamed bun in the middle, fold the fried dough sticks in half, stuff them into the steamed bun, and spread some chili sauce on it. This is the favorite breakfast for people here when they go to the market - steamed bun with fried dough sticks.
There is a shortage of supplies in rural areas right now, and people have to snatch the good stuff.
Niang San ate as she walked and first found the meat stall. Sure enough, the pork stall was already crowded with people.
There was no one queuing at all, everyone relied on their own abilities.
Hu Qiongfang was an honest person, and she wanted to let the two children watch the basket while she squeezed in to grab the meat. Unexpectedly, the two children were more cunning than the other.
Jiang Cheng said, "Mom, I'm small, so tell me what you want to buy and I'll squeeze in and get it for you."
Jiang Tian followed up by saying, "Mom, you and Chengcheng buy meat here, I'll go to the fishmongers' side to grab some fish."
As he said that, he took ten yuan from Hu Qiongfang and ran to find the fish stall.
The autumn harvest had just ended. Every household had collected their crops and sold them for money. They all wanted to buy something good to reward the strong laborers in the family. Jiang Tian was afraid that if she went too late, the big fish would have been picked up by others.
Jiang Cheng, this treacherous guy, really knows how to play the victim. Relying on his small stature, he got in and lay on the pork stall. He said pitifully to the boss, "Uncle, my mom said she would buy me some meat today. Cut me a fat piece, a big one!"
The aunties and grandmas who were squeezed in by him were very angry at first, but when they looked down, they were shocked! Whose child is this? He is so skinny!
No wonder when he heard that his mother was going to buy meat for him, he couldn't wait to rush in and ask the boss to cut a big piece of fat meat for him.
I guess it’s rare to have meat at home. Look how greedy this child is!
The glory of motherhood made these aunties and grandmas, who usually fought fiercely for the meat, take the initiative to urge the boss for the first time:
"First, give this kid a piece of meat. I want that big piece of fat!"
These days, people in the countryside are generally short of oil and water, and they don’t like to buy lean meat, fat is best.