80s development history

The Xin family cleaned the lobster restaurant thoroughly the night before and then returned to the village. On the New Year's Eve, Xin Wenfang got up early to prepare the New Year's food. In previous years, Mrs. Xin would do it together with her, but this year Mrs. Xin is getting older and her eyes are not so clear. It's easy, but it's often because salt and sugar can't be distinguished clearly, so it's okay to ask her to cook porridge, but it's absolutely impossible to make big dishes. It just so happens that this year's son's cooking skills are revealed, so in the end, Xin Andong helped his mother cook together.

Speaking of the New Year, it is naturally the best day of the year to eat. In his previous life, even if it was just him and his grandfather, Xin Andong could cook a table of expensive dishes. In fact, it is no different from usual, at most, old man Xin will buy a little meat this day, braise half of it in brown sauce, and cook half of the soup. There are many children in the family, and three or two chopsticks will be gone. However, this alone can make the whole family happy.

But this year is different. This year, the Xin family has made money visible to the naked eye. Xin Wenfang is not the kind of stingy person. Her family is looking for a son-in-law. The two elderly people are her own parents. Husband, but due to intellectual reasons, Xin Wenfang is half wife and half sister. The whole family is her closest people, so there is nothing to be stingy about. She gave Mrs. Xin 100 yuan to buy things she needs for the New Year. .

It's just that Mrs. Xin is used to living a hard life, and she doesn't know what to buy with the money. She went to the county town with the old aunts in the village and only bought tofu and vegetated leaves for a symbol. They are raised in the fish river. Some time ago, the village collectively fished for fish. Her family got a small bucket, a five-jin heavy catfish and five quite big crucian carp. Mrs. Xin gave two crucian carp to the girls in the county to eat. , and the rest were salted by her.

Xin Wenfang returned home during the Chinese New Year, and when he took the 99 yuan, he couldn’t help laughing and crying, “Mom, can’t you buy some other vegetables? There are so many stalls in the vegetable market, you can even buy a duck. I originally wanted the children to make up for it during the Chinese New Year. Forgive me, I boasted that I went to Haikou to cook delicious food for them, how can I get off the stage now?"

Mrs. Xin was a little guilty at first, and she immediately became unhappy when the eldest daughter said this, pouted and said, "Then if you don't buy it yourself, I don't know about it. Our family is not big, so we can't eat a few dishes. Besides, there are no radishes and vegetables in the field, so what are you doing with that unjust money!"

She can't spend it when she has no money, and she can't spend it when she has money. What should I say to my daughter about this.

"Forget it, forget it, next time I'll go buy it by myself," Xin Wenfang couldn't catch up with her own mother, Xin Wenfang felt a little headache, when she thought of the big bag her son bought yesterday, she still made a mess of it Spending money, now I really pat my chest and call luck, and said in a bad mood, "Fortunately, your grandson bought beef and mutton yesterday, and I brought back a whole chicken left in the store. I heard that Dongzi said there was still a pig's head. Now Just about enough."

"Mom, don't save yourself next time, or the children will think I'm harsh on them."

Xin Wenfang put the 99 yuan into his pocket and said with a sigh.

Mrs. Xin cried out unhappily, "They are all my grandchildren. I would not be willing to give them food. It's just that I am not used to holding so much money for a while, and I feel dizzy when I walk to the vegetable market. Auntie Cheng reminded me to buy tofu." Otherwise, she might not even be able to buy a piece of tofu. In fact, she has never taken 100 yuan in her life, and she is so flustered that she is stuck in the interlayer of the cotton jacket. She can't walk. What else can she buy? My eyesight is shallow and I blame my daughter for having to leave this difficult job to her, so I snorted and said, "Don't ask me to go next time, you can buy what you want to eat yourself!"

After speaking, the old lady left the kitchen angrily.

Xin Andong, who had just been called out by Jiang Dahe and forcefully stuffed a duck, saw grandma's stern face, thinking something was wrong, looked at his mother, and asked, "Mom, are you making grandma angry?"

He still remembered that his mother was very happy when she came home yesterday, and she was fine just now, why did the two of them get into trouble after he walked away for a while?

Xin Wenfang sighed, "No, your grandma is just getting old and has a childish temper. She was unhappy when I said a few words just now. I gave her money to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables for the New Year. She was fine, so I bought two yuan You are fooling around with tofu and venetian leaves, it’s a good thing you bought meat, otherwise people would think our family is living in a poor life.”

This year, she has made money in business, and Xin Wenfang actually has a feeling that she has finally straightened her back. She used to be soft and tempered, but she could only bear being ridiculed by others. What can I do if my family is poor? Clear soup and porridge, there is no comparison.

But this year is different. Her pockets are bulging, and she is returning home. She wanted to vent the anger that was pent up in her stomach in the past years through this year's New Year's Eve dinner. Take a look at the little daughter-in-law and old aunts who mock her for being poor, it's best to slap her in the face!

Of course, it was inconvenient for her to tell her son these small thoughts, and the old mother who shouldered the burden of buying ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner held her back at a critical moment, so Xin Wenfang had to complain to her son casually.

Xin Andong didn't know his mother's careful thinking, so he thought about the vegetables and meat he had at home, and found that he had everything he needed. Even if grandma only bought two pieces of tofu and venetian leaves, it was nothing, let alone a duck in his hand. , He raised his hand to show Xin Wenfang the duck, "Look, Mom, we all have chicken, duck and fish, and it doesn't matter if you only buy two pieces of tofu. When you are not at home, she is busy picking vegetables, pickled vegetables, dried radishes, Fill the sausage with me, my grandma helped me a lot, don't mention her."

"Stinky boy! I said a few words about your grandma to see that your heart hurts. Your grandma didn't love you for nothing!" The son defended his grandma, and Xin Wenfang was not only not unhappy, but also quite proud. After all, who is as filial as her son?Turning around to see the staring duck in his arms, he asked in surprise, "Where did you get this duck? We don't have ducks in our family!"

Xin Andong smiled and said, "Hee hee, our family is able to earn money and my grandma has contributed a lot. The duck was sent by Dahe. She said that my aunt insisted on letting him bring it. I think it should be me who asked Dahe to help fill the sausages." Then I gave him the money to get it out, maybe my aunt was sorry, so I asked Dahe to bring a duck to our family, look, this duck is quite fat." He happened to be preparing to braise the pig's head, and he started to boil it early in the morning If it is brine, this duck can also be put in, but the spices need to be adjusted.

Xin Wenfang carefully looked at the stupid gray-black duck caught in his son's hand, nodded in agreement and said, "The fat is quite fat, it must weigh five catties, and his grandma in Dahe in our village is the best at raising ducks, and all of them are fat and fat." Strong body, I heard from Aunt Cheng that his ducks are bought by the people in the provincial capital, and we can’t take them if they want to sell them. Return it to his home."

Since the two children played together, the relationship between Xin Wenfang and Wang Xiangmei has improved a lot, but since she is busy with business and lives in the county town for more time, the relationship between the two women is not very good, so naturally it cannot be taken for nothing. It is a big fat duck that people worked so hard to raise.

My mother is not the kind of person who can't move her legs when she sees petty profits, Xin Andong has long known this.

He put the duck with tied paws on the ground, patted the ashes off his body, and said, "Mom, look down on me, am I the kind of person who is greedy for petty gains? The duck took it, but I also gave the duck's money." .”

When he gave the money, did Jiang Dahe not want it, or did he accept it with a stern face and a threat on purpose? Just kidding, he doesn’t know the market price of a duck, but there should be six or seven yuan, just like him. Mom said, if you don't get paid for nothing, why should he take things from others?

In the end, he gave Jiang Dahe five yuan. He originally wanted to give ten yuan, but Dahe refused to accept what he said, so he had to give Jiang Dahe a symbolic five yuan.

After all, the Xin family made money.

Since the money was given, the duck would accept it naturally. Xin Andong would not kill the duck. It was Xin Wenfang who did it. When the water was scalded, all the feathers of the duck were pulled out. The naked and fat duck was full of meat. At Xin Andong's strong request, The duck head, duck neck, duck collarbone, duck paw, and duck intestines are all left to him.

A pot of stewed pork was boiled for three hours, and the smell of the pig's head went straight to the brain. Xin Andong took a sip, and turned around to see the third sister and the silly dad standing behind him salivating, sniffing. The third sister is better, at least she knows how to be reserved. While pretending to pick vegetables while looking at the pig's head, Xin's father is more direct, his nose is convulsed, his throat rolls and rolls, and the narrow and long Danfeng eyes are rounded by him, and they are a little more. Ridiculously stupid.

The meal at noon was very rich. Xin Andong cut a plate of fat and fragrant pork head meat. The bright red color can arouse people's appetite. Because the time of marinating is relatively long, the pork head meat is very soft and rotten. Even if the teeth of grandparents are not good It can be eaten, a plate of cold pork head meat, fragrant but not greasy, makes the whole family happy.

Because the New Year's Eve dinner is the focus, we don't pay much attention to it at noon, but even so, the braised crucian carp and Xin'an's pot-wrapped meat are also loved by everyone.

The custom here is to eat breakfast and lunch and then go to the ancestors’ graves. Generally, the whole family goes to the battle for a particular family. No woman can’t talk about it. Those who are not particular, that is, they don’t pay much attention to it. Basically, they find someone from the family as a representative. Just burn some paper in front of the ancestor's grave.

The Xin family is not considered a big family, but in fact, it has always attached great importance to going to the grave every year on the [-]th day of the year. In the past, they used to go to the grave with the second wife of the Xin family. The ancestors were happy to see it.

Of course, the second room only needs to bring people with them. Lao Xin’s family claims to be the eldest son, and they have to prepare paper money and stack gold and silver ingots. They buy some extravagant money, so it is usually carried by the big room. Carrying folded paper money and ingots on his back, Erfang walked leisurely in front with his hands in his pockets like a spring outing.

Old man Xin didn't say anything this year, and Xin Wenfang pretended to forget it. She took her man and three children to see the old ancestor by herself.It snowed the night before, and when the sun came up, the snow melted and the road was muddy and difficult to walk. When a few people returned home with muddy feet, they saw Xin Wenfang’s cousin, Ge Jinhua’s man, Xin Wenjun, standing on the road. His door.

This man, who has been cowardly and refusing to associate with Dafang since his wife hurt Lao Xin's family, unexpectedly came to the door for the first time. He was wearing an old black padded jacket, and his face was full of vicissitudes, embarrassment, and calluses. Rubbing Pi's hands, he inadvertently revealed the entanglement in his heart.

The complexities in Xin Wenfang's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile, "Brother."

Old man Xin’s dead brother gave birth to his eldest son, Xin Wenjun, so Xin Wenfang, the eldest daughter of the old Xin’s family, was also several years younger than him. He listened to his mother before he got married, and listened to his mother-in-law after he got married. He has soft ears and no opinions, and can't do anything except bury his head in farming.

The blue padded jacket that Xin Wenfang is wearing today is brand new. It was bought by his youngest son. He talks about wasting money indiscriminately, but he is already so beautiful in his heart. His short hair is tied behind his ears. He is black and shiny, and he eats well and naturally. The complexion is also good, looking at the ruddy skin, as if several years younger.

I still remember the scene where I borrowed money from home half a year ago, and the elder sister begged me bitterly, but it seems that it has been a long time since we met today. The woman who has been tortured by life and has experienced vicissitudes of life.

Thinking of the purpose of coming today, Xin Wenjun looked away in a daze, held back for a while, and then said, "Well, our two families will go to Xishan together this year?" This is what his eldest son asked him to ask. Come on, it's been like this in previous years, and this year can't change. I don't understand why the eldest son insists on asking him again.

Xishan is the cemetery of the ancestors of the Xin family.

Xin Wenfang froze for a moment, then said apologetically, "Brother, we have already been to our house, you can go on your own." After Ge Jinhua's incident, Xin Wenfang did not want to be involved with the second room no matter what.

"Oh, so, I see."

It turned out that this was the reason why the eldest son asked to ask. The courage he had worked so hard to muster was suddenly poked a big hole like a balloon. Embarrassment, shame, and resentment were intertwined on Xin Wenjun's face.

Unable to face Xin Wenfang and her children calmly any longer, he turned around and left without looking back. His back, which was not considered straight, seemed to bend a little more.

Xin Wenfang felt uncomfortable in her heart. After all, she was the elder brother who had grown up with her. If it wasn't for Ge Jinhua, maybe they could still be friends as they were when they were young.

This kind of thought only flashed through her mind quickly. She has a family, and her eldest brother also has a family. The relationship when she was young has long been mixed with other things, and it is not pure enough. With the current situation of the two families, the open wound is basically Unable to heal.

There is Ge Jinhua between them, and the family that Xin Wenfang worked so hard to maintain was almost destroyed.

"Mom, don't be soft-hearted. Do you still want to associate with someone like Ge Jinhua? Don't forget that my brother and dad almost died!" Xin Anqiu said coldly, looking at the back of Xin Wenjun who was going away.

What she hates the most is the family of the second room. Their family is like a disgusting blood-sucking leech clinging to the first room. The uncle does nothing, the uncle is a white-eyed wolf, Ge Jinhua is shameless, the two brothers of the Xin family are selfish, and the whole family has no good things.

Xin Wenfang sighed, and patted the shoulders of her three daughters, "Mom knows well, your uncle has helped me a lot before, no matter how bastard Ge Jinhua is, she is also your uncle's wife, and she has returned home a few days ago, so this time Mom will pay me back." Thanks to your uncle's kindness, our family has nothing to do with them from now on."

Yes, Ge Jinhua came out, and it was Secretary Jiang that Xin Wenfang asked her youngest son to find. In the end, her heart softened, and she finally agreed to let Ge Jinhua go, but she promised that there would be no next time.

This is almost the same, Xin Anqiu snorted coldly in his heart.

Xin Andong, who had been watching silently and coldly, didn't speak. Although he felt that Ge Jinhua should not be released, he couldn't refuse his mother's entreaty, and because during this time he could see that the two brothers of the Xin family probably recognized Brother Zong's identity. On this majestic backing mountain, the two have always behaved with their tails between their legs.

He thought to himself, that's fine, it's best to keep your eyes open all the time so as not to provoke him.