During dinner, Qian Shulan specially cooked a four-red soup for Zhou Xuemei. The ingredients were very simple: red dates, brown sugar, peanuts and red beans. This soup can not only beautify the skin, but also replenish blood and qi. It is best to drink it during the confinement period and menstruation.
As for the others who signed up, they just cooked white rice porridge directly. In order to make everyone happy, she specially put more rice so that everyone could have a thicker porridge.
After dinner, Qian Shulan asked Wang Danna and Xiaomei to ride her new bicycles back to the county town.
As soon as she sent the two children out of the hospital, she saw Cao Chuanzheng and his mother coming to the door, and the two sides bumped into each other head-on.
She didn't know if she was too sensitive or what, but Qian Shulan always felt that Cao's mother's gaze stayed on Xiaomei's face for a little too long.
Qian Shulan waved her hand and said, "You guys are in a hurry, hurry up and leave!"
After saying hello to Cao's mother and Cao Chuanzheng, the two men rode away on their bicycles.
Qian Shulan turned around, looked at the two of them and said with a smile, "What's the matter, big sister?"
Cao's mother glanced around and asked, "Can I go in and talk?"
Qian Shulan glanced at Cao Chuanzheng and had a vague guess in her mind, then she agreed with a smile.
He took the two of them to the main room and asked all the children who were playing in the room to go out and play.
After sitting down, Qian Shulan said straight to the point, "Just tell me what you want to say!"
Mother Cao was a little embarrassed, but she straightened her back and said with a smile, "I just want to ask if my son can date your Xiaomei?"
It was indeed this problem. Qian Shulan had no ill feelings towards Cao Chuanzheng, but Xiaomei was only 15 years old, and she couldn't let her get married now.
Perhaps because she had been silent for too long, Cao Chuanzheng became anxious and said hurriedly, "Aunt, I know I am still immature, but I am working hard. I have already learned how to farm, and I can support Xiaomei. Please give me a chance?"
Qian Shulan looked at him in surprise, but he didn't cry this time. She thought for a moment, "It's not your problem, but Xiaomei is too young. I won't let her get married until she's at least 18 years old. Do you understand?"
Nowadays, people will be suspected of being a hooligan if they date for more than half a year without getting married, let alone three years!
"Aunt, I know I'm not good enough, I just want to ask for your opinion."
Qian Shulan sighed, "I don't mind you two getting to know each other, but my opinion doesn't count when it comes to dating! Xiaomei has to agree. Wait until she comes back next time, and I'll ask her about it and give you an answer, okay?"
If it's just a long-distance relationship, even if it doesn't work out in the end, the impact will be limited and it shouldn't be a problem.
Cao Chuanzheng was overjoyed, "Okay, okay, thank you auntie!"
Qian Shulan nodded.
Mother Cao sighed and explained to Qian Shulan, "Our family has been a scholarly family for generations, and we value the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words the most. I hope you won't be offended, elder sister!"
I've experienced this before, so why would I be surprised? But Qian Shulan was a little curious, "Didn't I tell you last time? Why are you asking again?"
Cao Chuanzheng scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "I will soon go to the Academy of Agricultural Sciences to be an assistant. I want to ask Xiaomei's feelings before I leave. If she can accept me, I will work hard and will definitely come back in the future. If she can't accept me, I want to stay at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and continue working to improve our country's agriculture."
Qian Shulan found that this family was full of research material. She didn't know whether Xiaomei would like such a person, but a young man who was willing to make progress and work hard was still worthy of praise. Since his family would not be criticized in the future, she would not be a bad person. Let Xiaomei decide for herself! Xiaomei is already 15 years old, no longer a child, she is precocious and sensible, Qian Shulan still hopes that Xiaomei can be happy.
After seeing off the Cao mother and son, Qian Shulan went to the chicken farm to take a look. When she found that all the chickens had laid eggs, she smiled.
"We receive more than 4,000 eggs every day, and the supply and marketing cooperative comes to pick up the goods every day. Every time we get paid on a daily basis, I remember it all!" Li Chunhua took out a notebook. Li Chunhua was responsible for recording the time Qian Shulan was in Guangzhou.
Qian Shulan took the book and took a look. In just one month, there was already 2,452 yuan on the account. Not bad! Very good! Adding the previous 863 yuan, the total was 3,315. At this rate, they would have more than 10,000 yuan by the end of the year.
When Qian Shulan returned home, she found that all the children were lying on the table doing their homework!
Qian Shulan glanced at Xiao He and said, "Xiao He, can you keep up now?"
Because Xiao He was too young, even if they wanted to recruit workers, they would not want such a young girl, so Qian Shulan thought again and again and decided to send her to school. In this era, junior high school admission was an exam, and with Xiao He's current level of education, there was basically no chance, so Qian Shulan directly let her go to the fifth grade of elementary school.
As for the other children, they were all in the first grade. Although Xiaotao was a little older, families were not well-off at that time, so basically they only needed to study for one or two years. This also led to the uneven ages of the children in the classroom.
"I'm fine. Teacher Cao said I can get into junior high school." Xiao He is more lively and doesn't like to hide things. She is not embarrassed at all when the teacher praises her.
"That's good! If you can get into junior high school, grandma will definitely support you to continue your studies. If you can get into a technical secondary school, you will be able to get a good job in the future." Qian Shulan encouraged her.
A hint of surprise flashed in Xiao He's eyes, "Grandma, I will work hard."
"Um!"
Qian Shulan looked at the other children who were busy with their homework and couldn't help but say, "If you had done your homework right after you came back, you wouldn't have to rush like you are now.
The four children held their pencils and frowned, not even having time to answer.
Qian Shulan was a little speechless. She could only wait until next Saturday to urge them to study hard.
The next day was Monday, the children went to school, and the adults were busy with their own affairs. Qian Shulan went to help Qian Weihan decorate the wedding room.
Maybe it was because it was his first marriage, Qian Weihan was like a chicken with blood injected, and started spending money lavishly. The last time she brought clothes and shoes, he bought four sets of clothes and two pairs of shoes by himself, and they were all bought for Zhang Zhaodi.
Not only clothes and shoes, he also planned a grand banquet.
He asked her to help find flour and meat as he wanted to steam white flour buns and braised pork for everyone to eat.
Qian Shulan helped him with everything. The flour was the one in her space. The pork was bought from other production teams. Some production teams would raise more pigs to meet the task. Qian Shulan brought a few sacks of wheat bran to exchange for pigs, and they immediately exchanged. Of course, they still had to pay the difference.
Although no one in the nearby production teams had starved to death yet, they could not get enough by eating wild vegetables every day. When they saw that she had wheat bran, they were immediately overjoyed.
If there is no more feed, I'm afraid these task pigs will starve to death before the end of the year.
When she brought the food and pigs over, looking at Zheng Xiaohua's frown that seemed like it could pinch a mosquito to death, Qian Shulan secretly wondered when she would get angry
As a result, when they were about to get married, she still didn't get angry. Later, Qian Shulan asked Qian Weihan and found out that Zheng Xiaohua had stolen Qian Weihan's things before, and Qian Minghua beat her up and warned her that if she caused trouble again next time, he would send her back to her parents' home.
So even though Zheng Xiaohua was angry and felt that Qian Weihan was wasteful, she did not lose her temper. Even though her face turned blue from holding it in, she still held it back.
Qian Shulan sometimes admires the endurance of women in this era. If it were her, she probably wouldn't be able to endure it for even a day, right? !
Soon it was Qian Weihan's wedding day.
No one in Lao Wang’s family in the provincial capital has time to come, so Qian Shulan specifically asked them to notify other people. Now that they are not here, I’m afraid they can’t get leave!
Qian Shulan brought Sun Daqin and Li Chunhua to help. She was responsible for cooking, while Sun Daqin and Li Chunhua were responsible for serving dishes and wiping the table.
In the countryside, when a family has a wedding, the brothers will come to help. Qian Weihan has no brothers, so only her sister can come to help arrange it.
Qian Shulan cooked a big pot of stew, which immediately aroused everyone's appetite.
Although this pork is not the same as the one in her space, it is still very good thanks to her good cooking skills.
As expected, after it was served, everyone went for the meat dish. Because it was a whole pig, the portion was quite large, so two dishes of meat dishes were cooked for each table. One was braised pork, and the other was this mixed stew, with many vegetables added, such as greens, radishes, vermicelli, potato slices, lotus root slices, etc.
Everyone enjoyed the meal.
After the meal, everyone went back to rest. In this era, it was not popular to make trouble in the bridal chamber, which was considered hooliganism, so after everyone said goodbye, the Qian family and the Wang family had a meal, did not pack up, and went home to sleep directly.
The next morning, when Qian Shulan saw Qian Weihan at the pig farm, she felt that this man walked with the wind.
I was amazed. I didn't expect Qian Weihan's success to be so eye-catching. When I talked to him, he would often be distracted, and then his mouth would stretch to his ears, obviously he was very satisfied with the thing.
After several attempts, Qian Shulan could no longer communicate with him. She simply drove her tractor out to transport pig grass, and when she came back, she gave it to the pig farmer to feed.
Two days later, Wang Shouli returned from his business trip.
Seeing him smiling silly, Qian Shulan felt sick of it. "Your wife is having a hard time during the confinement period. You should take good care of her these few days!"
Wang Shouli nodded, thought for a long time before saying, "Mom, when I came back from the county, I heard from my colleagues that County Magistrate Guo had been arrested!"
Qian Shulan frowned slightly, "What's going on? Didn't the working group evacuate? Why were they arrested again?"
What should Yuying do? Qian Shulan couldn't sit still.
Wang Shouli shook his head and said he didn't know. "I just came back from a business trip, and I just heard someone mention it. I don't know the details, so you can ask Xiaowu when he comes back!"
Qian Shulan was a little upset. She couldn't wait that long. She wanted to go to the city to ask now. But it was already dark outside. There were no electric poles on the country roads, so she could only leave tomorrow morning.
The author has something to say: Can everyone accept the heroine’s grandmother coming out early
My previous life was in 1962. Is it okay if I come out early in this life