sinovels Chapter 1488 Domineering Sister
Chapter 1488 Domineering Sister
Chapter 1488 Domineering Sister
Zhao Youcai's behavior at this time can be described in Northeastern dialect as "talking nonsense".
There was a photo of Zhao Jun being interviewed on one side of the newspaper, but nothing on the other side? Wouldn't it be enough to put the side with nothing on it facing outwards and stick Zhao Jun's face on the wall?
After discussing countermeasures, Wang Meilan quickly took people to start cooking.
After eating and drinking, Wang Meilan led people to paste the wall.
The newspapers were spread out one by one, with the side containing Zhao Jun facing down, and then stacked up one by one.
Then, the women applied glue and pasted newspapers.
There is strength in numbers. In less than half an hour, the walls of the house were brand new again. Compared with the last time, this time it was more beautiful. Because every newspaper was the same, it looked neat and uniform.
After the work was done, everyone went back to their own homes. Before they left, Wang Meilan distributed peanuts, melon seeds, apples, oranges, and candies to each family. Everyone said they would share these things with the Zhao family. Everyone spent money together and ate together.
In response, Wang Meilan did not argue with them, but just asked Li Tongyun to keep the account.
Now the account book of the Zhao Family Chamber of Commerce is in the hands of Zhao Youcai. After Li Tongyun consulted Zhao Youcai, he got the account book, recorded the accounts of Zhao Jun's purchase of materials today, and then returned the account book to Zhao Youcai.
After getting the account book back, Zhao Youcai felt something was wrong. He sat on the kang holding the account book and thought about it for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out.
Zhao Youcai remembered that Li Ruhai said today that this account book represented unlimited power and wealth. But Zhao Youcai had not yet discovered where this power and wealth were.
"What are you doing sitting there?" Wang Meilan came in with a thermos bottle and called Zhao Youcai, "Hurry up and wash the two girls' feet, then go to bed and sleep."
"MD!" Zhao Youcai suddenly cursed. Wang Meilan looked at him in surprise and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
"That brat!" Zhao Youcai said, holding the account book in one hand and pointing at the door with the other, "He said he would go to the city to buy cigarettes for me, but where did he go?"
If you can’t even deliver on the cigarettes you promised yourself, what’s the point of talking about rights and wealth?
"Oh!" Wang Meilan frowned, smacked her lips, and said, "Can't I go to Wang Fu's place tomorrow and buy you two pairs?"
"What the hell is that?" Zhao Youcai was glared at by Wang Meilan when he said this. Wang Meilan said unhappily, "What are you pretending to be all day long for? Isn't Shilin more valuable than that Red Mountain?"
"The city leaders are here, and they all smoke Hongtashan." Zhao Youcai argued confidently, but Wang Meilan waved her hand and said, "It's up to you to smoke or not. If you don't smoke, you won't be able to smoke Yingchun tomorrow."
After hearing what Wang Meilan said, Zhao Youcai kept silent. He moved his butt to the edge of the kang and called out, "Second daughter, first daughter, come here, let daddy wash your feet."
Zhao Youcai acted like a good father to his three daughters. He asked the two girls to sit on the edge of the kang, and then brought a small stool to hold the foot basin, so that it could support the girls' short legs.
They put the basin under their feet and poured water into it. Zhao Hong and Zhao Na then vied with each other to put their feet in.
"Oh! You two naughty girls!" Zhao Youcai frowned and asked, "Why don't you take off your socks?"
Wang Meilan, who was warming on the kang, glanced at them and curled her lips.
The two little girls smiled and let Zhao Youcai take off their socks.
They were like this. Every time Zhao Youcai washed their feet, they didn't take off their socks and just put their feet into the water.
They do this simply because they think it is fun.
Zhao Youcai couldn't take the wet socks out, so he threw them into the basin. After washing his two daughters' feet, Zhao Youcai had to rub their socks.
After washing their feet, the two little girls crawled into bed one after another and chatted with Wang Meilan who was coaxing them to sleep.
Wang Meilan patiently answered Zhao Hong and Zhao Na's childish words one by one. But when Wang Meilan said that she would give Zhao Hong and Zhao Na new cotton-padded jackets during the Chinese New Year, the two little girls' indifference made Wang Meilan a little confused.
Over the past year, the family's conditions have improved, but the two girls have been spoiled. Among the children of the same age in the village, they eat the best and wear the best clothes, even comparable to Wang Meilan when she was a child.
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The next day, February 1988, 2, was the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month.
The Little New Year in the north and south is not just one day. Yesterday was the Little New Year in the north, and today is the Little New Year in the south.
Today is the day when Zhao Jun's family slaughters a pig and entertains guests, so the four adults got up early.
Wang Meilan was making pancakes in the house, Zhao Jun was carrying a basin to exchange for tofu pudding, Zhao Youcai and Xing San were outside to pick up food and feed the dog. Because they had to kill a pig in the next three days, and when the three members of the Xie family left tomorrow, they would have to take a pig with them.
So starting from today, we will not feed the pigs for three consecutive days to let them clean their intestines. Otherwise, it will be difficult to clean up the intestines when we kill the pigs.
Actually, the Zhao family was slaughtering pigs today, so they should have fasted the pigs two or three days in advance. But the pigs were all in the same pen, eating from the same trough, so they had to fast together. The pigs slaughtered today could hold out, but the other pigs couldn't stand five or six days without food.
By the time the four of them finished their meal, it was already past six forty, and it was almost dawn outside.
Zhao Jun put on his clothes and prepared to go to Yongshengtun to pick up the five members of the Zhou family.
"Lan!" Zhao Youcai called Wang Meilan, who was cleaning up in the outer room, and said, "Hurry up and call the two girls. The in-laws will be here soon!"
"Then just call him." Wang Meilan knew that Zhao Youcai wanted her to be the bad guy, but seeing that Zhao Youcai didn't say anything, Wang Meilan could only push open the door of the east room.
"Ah!" Wang Meilan was stunned for a moment when she pushed the door. At this moment, Zhao Hong had already sat up!
"Oh my second daughter!" Wang Meilan smiled and said, "You are so promising today. You got up by yourself."
"Mom!" Zhao Hong seemed to be still a little sleepy, and said in a daze, "Please help us put on clothes."
"Xiao Na is awake too." Wang Meilan turned on the light and saw Zhao Na squinting at her.
"It's obvious that the New Year is coming." Wang Meilan said with a smile: "My two daughters got up without me having to call them, and your father asked me to call you."
As Wang Meilan was talking, Zhao Hong pulled the little cotton jacket over herself, and then the little girl urged, "Mom, I have to put it on quickly."
"Hey, hey!" Wang Meilan nodded twice and reached out to help Zhao Hong put on her clothes.
At this time, Wang Meilan noticed that the two little girls were very anxious, but she didn't know why they were so anxious.
"No, second daughter?" Wang Meilan asked Zhao Hong, "Tell me what you are going to do in such a hurry?"
While Wang Meilan was talking, Zhao Jun came over to help Zhao Na put on her clothes, and then heard Zhao Hong answer: "Aren't we slaughtering pigs today?"
"Ah, what's wrong with slaughtering pigs?" Wang Meilan asked. Zhao Hong said, "Won't my dad set off firecrackers when it gets light? I have to go with him."
"Oh!" Wang Meilan laughed when she heard this, "Why did my second daughter like to set off firecrackers the other day?"
Little girls are different from little boys. Lin Xiaobao is only four years old, and her eyes light up when she sees firecrackers. But Zhao Hong, Zhao Na and the others have never been interested in firecrackers.
Wang Meilan's curiosity was not answered. The two little girls hurriedly went downstairs to wash up, and then sat at the table on the kang to eat the pie.
Knowing that the two girls were going to go with him to set off firecrackers, Zhao Youcai waited for the two girls to finish eating.
When the clock struck 7:10, Zhao Jun prepared to set off.
Before leaving, Zhao Jun said to Zhao Youcai, "Dad, I'm leaving first. You'll be watching over my uncle in a while, tell him. We're slaughtering a pig today, don't let Ru Hai get too high profile."
"Ah..." Zhao Youcai immediately understood what Zhao Jun meant and said, "Okay, I'll talk to your uncle after I finish smoking this cigarette."
Seeing that Zhao Youcai took his words seriously, Zhao Jun nodded and walked out.
The moment Zhao Jun pushed open the door of his outer room, Li Baoyu pushed open the door of his east room.
In the room, Jin Xiaomei was combing her hair with a wooden comb and a small mirror, while Li Dayong was dressing Li Xiaoqiao who had just woken up.
Li Baoyu pushed the door open forcefully and rushed in, startling the three of them.
"What are you doing?" Li Dayong asked, and Jin Xiaomei almost spoke up at the same time, "What's wrong with this kid?"
Maoleng Sanguan is a Northeastern dialect, which means unstable.
Seeing that his parents had spoken, Li Xiaoqiao quickly added: "It scares me so much!"
"Dad! Mom!" Li Baoyu had no time to apologize, and hurriedly called Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei, saying, "Something bad has happened!"
When Li Baoyu said this, Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei were both shocked.
"What's the matter? What's the matter?" Li Dayong asked. Li Baoyu pointed to the west room and said, "Ru Hai is not right!"
"Ouch!" After hearing Li Baoyu's words, Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei's faces changed instantly.
"MD!" Li Dayong didn't even bother to help Li Xiaoqiao get dressed. He got off the kang and cursed, "If this brat does something weird today, I'm going to kill him!"
Jin Xiaomei also stood up with a serious face and followed Li Dayong out.
Behind them, Li Xiaoqiao, who also wanted to join in the fun, shouted, "I haven't even tied my purse strap yet!"
The "doudou" Li Xiaoqiao mentioned is not a bellyband, but the old-fashioned cotton trousers that children wear these days. Different from the cotton trousers of adults, children's cotton trousers have a square piece of cloth with double-layer thin cotton in front, which is called a "doudou".
The two corners of the bib have buckle noses, which are tied together with the buckled straps.
Having this pocket can protect the heart and stomach and prevent children from catching cold.
At this time, Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei no longer cared about Li Xiaoqiao. They followed Li Baoyu to the west room and were stunned.
Li Dayong blinked twice without saying anything, while Jin Xiaomei stepped forward and asked softly, "Son, what are you doing?"
The Li Ruhai in front of her was wearing last year's old cotton-padded jacket and old pants, and the cotton-padded shoes issued by the forest farm. His old dog-skin hat was placed on the edge of the kang next to him.
The Li Ruhai in front of us is as simple as he can be, and as normal as he can be.
But his normality at this time was quite abnormal in the eyes of the Li family.
Especially in front of Li Ruhai, there was a neatly folded Zhongshan suit, the top of which was pressed on his trousers, and on top of the suit was his very expensive marmot hat.
Hearing Jin Xiaomei's question, Li Ruhai turned around and smiled, saying, "Today I have a meeting at my eldest brother's house, and the leaders are all here. If I dress like that, wouldn't that be ignorant?"
"Oh my god!" Jin Xiaomei looked at Li Ruhai in disbelief and asked, "Ruhai, are you going to do something weird?"
"I..." Li Ruhai was stunned, then smiled bitterly and said, "Mom, how can you say that about your old son?"
As he spoke, Li Ruhai put his cleaned military shoes aside, then took a bunch of rags and stuffed them into his shoes.
Military shoes are leather shoes. If they are not worn for a long time, they will become deformed and tight. In those days, there were no shoe trees, so you could stuff some rags or waste paper balls into them.
"My son has grown up!" Li Dayong stepped forward and said to Li Ruhai happily, "Ask your mother to put away your clothes, hats, etc. Don't wear them for the next few days!"
Tomorrow Wang Qiang and Lin Xiangshun will slaughter a pig and entertain guests. Although Li Ruhai can only go to one of them, it would be best if he doesn't wear that outfit.
The day after tomorrow, it was the Li family's dinner party. Many of the guests were Li Dayong's colleagues in the dispatching team. Although those people already knew what Li Ruhai looked like, it was better not to wear it than to wear it.
"Don't worry, Dad, I know." Li Ruhai said to Li Dayong, "I won't wear these clothes anymore."
Upon hearing this, Li Dayong and Jin Xiaomei were both happy and relieved.
"Oh my!" But at this moment, Li Baoyu, who was standing next to him, said to Li Ruhai, "I say, how long can you endure this?"
"I won't have to bear it for too long!" Li Ruhai looked at Li Baoyu deeply and said, "I'll take all these out for you to wear on your wedding day."
Li Baoyu: “…”
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It was almost half past seven and it was already light outside. After dinner, the little girls of the Zhao family put on their hats and gloves and followed Zhao Youcai out of the house.
"Dayong!" Zhao Youcai, who came out of the house, called Li Dayong, Zhao Hong and Zhao Na called Xiaoqiao, and then the four people with the surname Li from the west courtyard came out.
Seeing Li Ruhai in plain clothes, Zhao Youcai blinked his eyes and said to Li Dayong, "Let's go and set off the cannon."
The three Li family members climbed over the wall and brought Li Xiaoqiao over with them. A group of people rushed to the warehouse and took out two stacks of firecrackers.
One string of firecrackers has 100 bangs, one stack has 5 strings, and two stacks have 1,000 bangs.
Zhao Youcai lit a hook, and when it collapsed, Li Dayong lit another hook right after that.
As soon as the firecrackers went off, before the two strings had finished blasting, a group of naughty boys nearby came over like vultures following the sound.
They were not just there to watch the fun, they were waiting for the fireworks to be over so they could pick up the small fireworks that had not burst. The small fireworks had wicks so they could set them off for fun.
This kind of thing is very normal. Zhao Jun, Li Baoyu, Lin Xiangshun, and almost all boys have picked this up when they were children.
Li Dayong's firecracker burned out, and Li Baoyu lit another one. Seeing a child rushing forward, Zhao Youcai hurriedly said, "Sun boy, wait until they are all burned out before you pick them up. Don't let them hit you."
Zhao Youcai meant well, so the boy retreated. The other children also waited patiently after hearing what Zhao Youcai said.
But at this moment, Zhao Hong raised her finger and pointed at the boys, shouting, "I'm telling you! No one is allowed to pick up the firecrackers from my house!"
Her shout startled Li Ruhai, who was about to order the fourth firecracker, and the firecrackers stopped going off.
The group of guys looked at each other in bewilderment after being yelled at by Zhao Hong.
"Daughter, what are you doing?" After a brief silence, Zhao Youcai hurriedly called Zhao Hong, "No, whoever wants to pick it up can do it!"
After hearing what Zhao Youcai said, the boys became restless again. Some of them moved their feet, waiting for Li Ruhai to light the firecrackers.
"Liu Jinming, Sun Ruihai!" What no one expected was that Zhao Hong suddenly called out the names of two boys in the crowd and shouted, "If you two dare to pick them up, you'll go to school!"
After Zhao Hong said this, Liu Jinming didn't dare to move anymore, and Sun Ruihai was even more cowardly, he turned around and ran home.
You can’t blame the kid for being timid. Before the holiday, Zhao Hong gave him a nosebleed at school.
This child named Sun Ruihai was of a different status. In Zhao Jun's previous life, Zhao Hong had married him.
Tomorrow is the Little New Year in the north. As the New Year is approaching, I went back to the mountains today to do some "traditional culture". I came back late and updated it later.
I have nothing to do tomorrow, I will update more tomorrow.
I won't update today, but I will update at least. I don't owe you anything. The day before yesterday, I finished updating and wrote "I won't update today" on the author's note. If a brother saw this sentence, I would be the one who owes you an update...
(End of this chapter)