Chapter 9 This girl can do things
Xu Wanxiu instantly had a guess in her heart that the identity of the woman at the location of the Meat Union Factory seemed to match what Sister Zhao said all of a sudden.
Otherwise, that day at the meat union factory, the woman in the dark blue dress would not have turned around to look at them after hearing the sound. She didn't think at the time that this woman was a little familiar. Before that, the original owner should have had an encounter with that woman.
But for some unknown reason, there was no such thing in the memory she received. Xu Wanxiu smiled faintly, while Sister Zhao continued to speak, and the two walked all the way to the vegetable garden.
Sister-in-law Zhao pointed to one of the pieces of land: "That's where my house belongs." Xu Wanxiu looked in the direction of her finger, and saw a green, verdant green, swaying with the wind when the wind blew.
"There are only two plots of land without vegetables, and one of them is yours." Sister Zhao pointed to one of them.
Xu Wanxiu looked over, and it really stood out. In a large area of green, the brown land is particularly conspicuous, and there is a faint green dangling above it, which is probably wild grass.
People in this era are very industrious. They can have a piece of land to grow vegetables, solve daily food problems, and save a lot of money. Who would care?
That is to say, Zhao Guoqiang's family had no family members with the army before, so it was abandoned. As for the other vacant lot, Mrs. Zhao also introduced Xu Wanxiu in detail: "It belongs to Head Lin's house in another family building, and his daughter-in-law is from the city. This farmer's stuff rarely comes to live in the family building."
In the family building, this person's deeds can be compared with Xu Wanxiu's. However, because she was from the city, most people dared to scold Xu Wanxiu directly, but they could only talk about the head of Lin's family in private, for fear of offending others.
After all, most of them are from the countryside, they don't read much, and they are the top performers in farm work, but they have a natural awe for the people in the city. I envy them for being able to eat commercial food, and respect that they can have jobs and wages, and always put themselves in a lower-class position.
In the face of Xu Wanxiu, who was also born in the countryside, but is notoriously lazy and spendthrift, but actually poked the hornet's nest of those military wives who couldn't stand her, this rumor only intensified.
Sister-in-law Zhao quickly rolled up her trouser legs, walked into the vegetable field, and bent over to pick vegetables. While picking her own portion, she asked Xu Wanxiu, "Wanxiu, what green vegetables do you want to eat today? There are cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and cabbage here.
" The child and the family do their best, get along well with other family members, and manage their own small days properly.
"Let's pick some cabbage, thank you, Mrs. Zhao." Xu Wanxiu replied, I have eaten Chinese cabbage before, and the dumplings I ate last time contained cabbage. taste.
"Okay." Sister-in-law Zhao responded readily, and without saying a word, walked to the field where the cabbage hearts were grown, and pulled out a large amount of cabbage hearts to give to Xu Wanxiu. She was very fast, went to pick some Chinese cabbage again, and was ready to go back.
On the other hand, Xu Wanxiu saw with sharp eyes the green onion, ginger, and garlic in the farthest corner, buried on the ground, she smiled and asked Mrs. Zhao, "Sister Zhao, I think you have planted some onion, ginger, and garlic here. Can you pick some along the way?"
There are not many onions, ginger, and garlic left at home, and Xu Wanxiu likes to use these as seasonings when cooking. Tonight's fried cabbage heart also needs ginger and garlic seasoning, and she will ask when she sees that Mrs. Zhao has seeds here.
When Mrs. Zhao heard this, she hurriedly responded: "Hey, I thought it was a big deal! This thing is durable, and our family can't use it up. If you need it, just pick it up."
She said, and immediately put down her hand and held it The green vegetables he was holding, bent over there, picked some green onions, ginger and garlic, and handed them to Xu Wanxiu.
"Thank you, Mrs. Zhao." Xu Wanxiu happily took it, holding Caixin in her hands, and walking home with Mrs. Zhao.
There were quite a few military wives picking vegetables nearby, and they all noticed the movement here. Where there are people, there is struggle, not to mention melon eaters mixed in. After finally waiting for the two of them to leave, they immediately started gossiping and chatting.
A woman said very gossip: "I just saw it all, but this Zhao Ye directly took the vegetables from his vegetable garden to that Xu Wanxiu."
Another woman quickly walked over from the next field and said in agreement. "No wonder, this Zhao Ye is also very good, I'm afraid that I will use this green vegetable to exchange for something, it will be worth a lot. Then Xu Wanxiu is too lazy to die, eat and drink well every day, this fingertip leaks out, but all It's a good thing." When the other people heard this, they also babbled.
Xu Wanxiu and Zhao Ye naturally didn't know about this, and even if they did, they wouldn't care. Since Zhao Ye dared to take the initiative to greet Xu Wanxiu to go out, he was ready for her to know that he and Xu Wanxiu had a good relationship.
The two walked to the third floor of the family building, and each walked into their own door.
After Xu Wanxiu entered the room, she put the cabbage and ginger and garlic in the kitchen, and went to get a plate with about seven or eight dumplings from yesterday.
This is also what she thought on the road, and naturally she will not take Zhao Ye's onion, ginger and garlic in vain, but if it is given at the price, it will be worthless, and Zhao Ye will most likely not accept it.
She thought that she just happened to have dumplings at home, so she brought some dumplings to her children to eat, which was considered to be exchanged for this onion, ginger and garlic, and it was also a sign of friendship. Naturally, this meat-wrapped dumpling cannot be compared with onion, ginger, and garlic, but Zhao Ye's willingness to make good friends and exchange vegetables is not comparable to this dumpling.
Xu Wanxiu has always respected me by one foot, and I respected others by one point. She went out with the bowl of dumplings, closed the door, walked to the next door and knocked on the door.
After a while the door opened, Mrs. Zhao saw that it was Xu Wanxiu, and asked in confusion, "So it's Wanxiu, why did you come here?"
"I made some dumplings yesterday, and I wanted to bring some for the children to eat." Xu Wanxiu smiled and passed the bowl of dumplings in her hand.
The bowl was white and clean, but the dumplings were a bit whiter than the bowl. At first glance, it was made of good flour, not to mention the white and plump ones. There was a lot of stuffing. With Xu Wanxiu's temperament, there is a high probability that it is wrapped in meat.
Just because she understood the value of these dumplings, Mrs. Zhao couldn't accept it. She pushed and said, "You can keep such a precious thing at home. What can you do for your child? Take it back, I won't accept it. Yes ."
Xu Wanxiu insisted: "Sister Zhao, you are so polite, I will remember all of your kindness to me. If you hadn't brought me this time, willing to exchange vegetables with me, I would I still don’t know where to change it.”
Seeing that Zhao Ye was going to refuse, she simply said straightly: “I also want to befriend you, Mrs. Zhao, so give me this opportunity, okay?
” On, knowing that Xu Wanxiu really wanted to be friends, Mrs. Zhao no longer refused, took the bowl of dumplings and thanked: "Then I will thank Wanxiu for the children, and you can tell me anything in the future, I also treat you as a girl, you can ask me if you don't understand."
She said this honestly. Originally, the friendship with Xu Wanxiu was inseparable from the explanation of her family's man, and it was also related to Zhao Ye's own temperament. But Xu Wanxiu's behavior today really warmed Zhao Ye's heart.
This girl is not as charming as the legend, nor lazy, on the contrary, she is very good at doing things. At this moment, Zhao Ye really treats Xu Wanxiu as a girl, and sincerely.
After seeing Xu Wanxiu away, Zhao Ye took the bowl of dumplings back to the house and went into the kitchen to put them away. A child of about five years old ran out of the room, hugged Zhao Ye's waist, raised his tender face and asked, "Mother, who was it just now?"
There are two boys in Zhao Ye's family, one has just turned eight Yue, who was still in an infancy, was the child Zhao Ye held in his hand when Xu Wanxiu brought the polished rice to exchange for the vegetables last time; there was another older child, the same child in front of him.
"It's Aunt Wanxiu next door. She brought some dumplings for you to eat." Zhao Ye obviously enjoyed the child's closeness and said with a smile.
"Dumplings?" The child's mouth widened in surprise when he heard it. Of course he knew how fragrant the dumplings were, and his eyes lit up instantly, full of joy.
"Yes." Zhao Ye nodded, and she added, "But we have to wait for your father to come back and eat these dumplings together in the evening."
After all, these dumplings are good things, although they are for children to eat, but where does this child need to eat so many dumplings, he still saves some for his own man to eat. He has been training outside all day long.
The child nodded obediently, Zhao Ye smiled even more happily, reached out and stroked his head gently to express his relief. When Zheng Shouye came home at night, he saw his good son rushing towards him. He quickly opened his hand to catch the "small cannonball" and smiled heartily: "Why are you so happy today?"
He came out with the boiled dumplings, saw the father and son hugging each other, and immediately smiled: "He is looking forward to you coming back and eating dumplings together."
The child nodded immediately, but Zheng Shouye was very surprised: "Dumplings It's not a New Year or a festival, why do you suddenly start eating dumplings?"
"Not many, just seven or eight dumplings, which was brought by the daughter-in-law of Director Zhao next door." Zhao Ye explained and greeted, "Get ready to eat." She just brought out all the meals, and went back to the room to carry the little one out.
On the dinner table is a simple plate of green vegetables, a few sweet potatoes, and not much rice, the kind of ordinary brown rice. The only thing that stood out was the dumplings.
The eldest child, Lele, is very greedy, but also sits there obediently and waits for her mother to distribute. Zhao Ye directly put four dumplings into Zheng Shouye's bowl, two more into Lele's bowl, and the last two into his own bowl. Just got some for the children to try, the meat inside is always good.
Lele was the first to eat the dumplings. He bit the whole dumpling and swallowed it. He exclaimed, "Daddy, these dumplings are delicious. There's a lot of meat and vegetables in them." Then he quickly drank the soup from the bowl. , Xiangjin is delicious.
Zheng Shouye ate in silence, but from his relaxed expression, it could be seen that the dumplings were still very much to his liking. Zhao Ye first punctured a dumpling, ate the dumpling skin first, and then tasted some fillings. It was really delicious, even better than the previous dumplings.
The child in her arms saw that her mother was eating, but she didn't, and immediately waved her hand, and even the whole body was swaying in protest.
"What are you in a hurry, child?" Zhao Ye was amused by the child's impatience, and the temperature of the filling was just right, so he took a small piece and put it in his mouth. The child swallowed it with smashing in his mouth. He had two or three teeth, and he could bite and move something.
The family usually only eats meat once in half a month, so Zhao Ye thought about letting the children eat some meat too. After the meal, Lele was full of praise for the dumplings and kept praising the deliciousness.
After eating, Zheng Shouye, who has always been frugal, looked at his eldest son so happy, and suddenly said to Zhao Ye: "Ye Ye, except for the money our family sends home every month, my salary is still enough. When the child is growing, give him some meat and fish from time to time."
This was exactly what Zhao Ye thought. She just saw her son, and the child's father eating the dumplings happily, so she had this idea, but she didn't expect that the child's father brought it up first.
Zhao Ye replied with a smile: "Well, I'll look back and wait for the market to buy some flour and meat to make dumplings. The dumplings made by sister Xiu tonight are really delicious. I'll go and learn from her. Don't worry, I have all those meat tickets, and I just used them." In the next room, Xu Wanxiu and Zhao Guoqiang were also eating. They don't eat big meat every day. Tonight is just a simple plate of green vegetables, a plate of dumplings is considered a meat dish, and the rice is cooked with polished and brown rice, and the taste is not bad.
When he was almost finished eating, Zhao Guoqiang remembered what Yang Kang and the others said this morning, and he still asked, "In the past, when other military wives came to accompany the army, they would set up a table and invite someone to warm up the room, which is considered to be an acquaintance. You have been in the military area for three months. It just happened that I was on a mission, and I have never invited anyone to come."
"I have a rest the day after tomorrow, so I simply invite a few people over for a meal at night?" Zhao Guoqiang asked, and then added, "If you don't want to work hard, then it counts. I'm done ."
He didn't force these things, but he still wanted to talk to Xu Wanxiu in the end.