Zhulan felt that if she didn't warn Li, she would really not know who she was. She was a big mouth and didn't brag about her trip to the south of the Yangtze River. The whole village knew about it. She didn't want the villagers to know that Zhou Shuren had gone to the south of the Yangtze River. "Shut up, you are so cocky. If you dare to tell others that your father went to the south of the Yangtze River, I will teach you a lesson. What are you doing standing there? Go back to the house."
Li's fiery heart suddenly cooled down, and she calmed down. She remembered that her grandmother had also told her not to tell anyone about her trip to the south of the Yangtze River. She was so excited that she almost blurted out something. She weakly called out, "Mom."
Zhu Lan said coldly, "What mother? Go back to the house quickly."
Li stuffed the meat to her mother-in-law and went back to the house quickly. She closed the door and patted her chest. In the past, when her mother-in-law got angry, she was afraid but not scared. This time, she was scared. Her mother-in-law's cold eyes were terrifying. She shivered against the door and reminded herself again and again that she must watch her mouth in the future!
Zhulan was satisfied. She really thought that she was the deputy general manager for nothing. She was parachuted into the company, young and just graduated, and no one was convinced by her. She worked hard, and gradually she even stopped smiling. When she had no expression on her face, she had a strong aura and had no problem intimidating Li.
Zhulan weighed the mutton in her hand. Mutton is a good thing, only eaten by privileged and wealthy people. More than a pound of mutton can only be used to make soup. The mutton had to be put aside for later use to warm the body when the weather gets colder.
It is said that Zhulan has been here for some time in ancient times. Mutton was really hard to buy. There was no one selling mutton on the market. The sheep farmers in the nearby villages would not kill the sheep for sale. They would send them directly to restaurants or wealthy families in the county. The whole sheep was more valuable. Mutton was also a good thing for nourishing the body in winter, so it was very precious.
Zhulan wanted to buy some mutton but she didn't dare buy a whole one. Not only was it several taels of silver expensive, it was also too high-profile and not her life purpose. She had no way to buy a well-butchered mutton. When she thought of mutton, she thought of beef. In ancient times, it was not allowed to slaughter cows privately. It was more difficult to eat beef than mutton, unless one became a privileged class. There were policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom. Unfortunately, Zhulan's family was currently ordinary people, and any mistake would be a big deal and could cost lives.
The next morning, the roads to the villages were open. Zhulan packed the prepared pork and a jar of spicy cabbage pickled by Li, and asked her eldest son to deliver it to her mother's house. She also asked her mother's family if they could buy some slaughtered mutton.
She had been thinking about mutton all night. She really wanted to eat hotpot. The more she thought about it, the more she thought about the modern life of eating whatever she wanted. After scolding Zhou Shuren several times, she wanted to eat mutton even more. She could only go to her mother's house and hope she had no luck.
Boss Zhou went there in the morning and came back after lunch. Zhulan saw the mutton she had been thinking about. The lamb chops and meat weighed more than ten kilograms. "Boss, what's going on?"
Zhou Laoda blushed. He was embarrassed to ask for money every time he went to grandpa's house. "Grandpa heard mom asking about mutton, so he went out to get a sheep and killed it directly. There wasn't much mutton, less than 50 kilograms of meat and bones. Grandpa divided it into four portions. This is the portion for mom."
It’s still the largest portion. Grandpa really loves my mother.
Zhulan, "... ..."
She really had no intention of taking advantage of the situation, and was touched by the fact that her original parents really loved her. In the end, she decided not to trouble her parents' home except for sending gifts in the future. She was also a person who cared about her dignity!
Zhulan motioned to Li to take it to the kitchen and cut it into small pieces. She then looked at the other return gifts. Her father had caught a rabbit again, a fat rabbit that had been killed, and some dates. Zhulan was touched that her parents were so good to her. She thought that when Zhou Shuren came back, the New Year gift must be more generous, so that her parents would not give her any more subsidies.
On the second day, Zhulan planned to go to the county to do some shopping. This time she brought Li with her. She was really afraid that Li couldn't control her mouth, so it would be better to bring her with her so that she could go out more often and broaden her horizons, so as to avoid being petty and embarrassing herself in the future.
The road is even more difficult to walk on in winter. It took nearly an hour or two to walk to the county. Zhulan had the foresight to wear a thick scarf to cover her face, but her face was not hurt, but her body was frozen.
Zhulan decided to buy more. She didn't plan to go out in the ancient winter. She would rather stay at home comfortably. She didn't want to feel the ancient cold wind as sharp as a knife.
Zhulan first went to buy paper and pens for her two sons, and then bought a pen for Rongchuan. Currently, Rongchuan is using his two sons' old pens, the hair on which are almost gone and he can't write well with them.
Then I went to the grocery store to buy salt and other seasonings. The salt in ancient times was impure and expensive, and the salt merchants in ancient times were the richest.
When they were almost done shopping, Li said shyly, "Mom, I want to go to the jewelry store to have a look."
Zhulan stared at Li, "Why do you want to go to the jewelry store?"