The 80s Chronicle: Addiction To the Army’s Young Wife

Joey asked her to fasten her seat belt, start the car and leave the house.

"It's no different from other cars. In comparison, I prefer SUVs."

Although this car is very stable to drive, and of course the acceleration time is also the best among sports cars, the interior space of the sports car is a bit narrow, and she likes the spacious and comfortable space of an SUV.

This sports car was bought by Xu Ning as a graduation gift for Xu Rui when he graduated from Harvard. Joey usually drove it here. Xu Rui bought two more cars, a wild off-road vehicle and a sports car. It was a business SUV, and Xu Rui usually drove her to and from work. She didn't often drive, unless she was out socializing with Xu Rui, then she would drive her home.

Ren Yue has not yet taken the driver's license test. She used to think about summer vacation, but she always put it off. Now that she sees the car, she has decided to take the driver's license test next summer. As for whether she can have a car to drive, she is not in a hurry. She will get the test early anyway. Don't suffer.

The car stopped outside Fanghuayuan Community, and Ren Yue wanted to invite Joey to sit upstairs.

"I'm not going up. As you can see, there are still things at home. I have to go back to help. You should go there early on New Year's Eve."

"I know, aunt, walk slowly!"

Joey and Ren Yue waved, rolled up the windows and drove away.

A young couple walked out of the community. When they saw the black sports car, the man's eyes lit up.

"Ren Yue, who will take you home?" Could it be the big boss?

"My relative's aunt." Ren Yue greeted the two of them and walked into the community carrying her things.

As for whether the other party believes it or not, it has nothing to do with Ren Yue. Anyway, these two people are just residents in the community. They usually only meet when going up and downstairs or in the community park.

Standing at the door of the house, he raised his hand and knocked on the door. After a while, the door opened.

"Didn't you bring the key with you?" Jiang Xiuqing wiped the water droplets from her hands and asked.

The mother and daughter carried their things home. Ren Yue said, "I'm very tired carrying my things upstairs. Mom, I'll go back to the room and take a nap first."

"Go ahead, will I call you for dinner tonight?"

"eat!"

As the end of the year approaches, the days go by very quickly, and almost a day passes by in a blink of an eye.

My sister-in-law Zhou also took a vacation before the Lunar New Year and went back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year. The meals were cooked by her own family.

Xu Ning's company also had a holiday on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. She and Xie Zheng drove over early in the morning on New Year's Eve. The family was destined to be very busy today. Xu Ning cooked almost all the lunch meals. This was already every New Year's Eve. practice.

Who makes Xu Ning the best cook?

When they came over, Xu Jianjun and Qin Xuejuan were packing up the slaughtered chicken at the door of the kitchen.

Joey was pregnant, so she wasn't picky about food, and she didn't suffer from morning sickness, but the smell of the freshly slaughtered chicken during the period of plucking was not something that most people could bear. She had almost been vomited before, but she was still... I rushed back to the backyard, but I couldn't stay in the front yard at all.

"Here? Come and see what we are cooking for lunch." Qin Xuejuan greeted Xu Ning.

She stepped forward and looked at the vegetables, fish, etc. that had been prepared on the island around the kitchen. She ordered about seventeen or eight dishes. This year, Ren Junran's family will also come over. It's not that these dishes are enough, but the total number of these people. It's not a small amount, at least twenty dishes need to be prepared.

"Prepare some more. This year there is an extra Mingzong family. Let's add six more dishes than in previous years."

"Okay, just watch and get ready. I'll help your dad clean up the chicken. He can't do it by himself."

"Who said that?" Xu Jianjun retorted, "Xiao Zheng is here to help me."

Xie Zheng smiled and said, "I'll go to the room to change my clothes first."

"Hurry up, the hairs on this are bothering me."

Xu Ning took off his coat and stuffed it into his mother's arms, then stepped forward and looked at the seven or eight chickens in the oversized stainless steel basin. These chickens were naturally from Xu Ning's space, but she had sent them over three or four days ago. , just cleaned up today.

"Let's fry the chicken legs separately for the children to eat. Is there any bread crumbs at home?" Xu Ning opened the cabinet specially placed for various materials and saw an iron box inside with English words written on it. He reached out and took a Take it out and fry the chicken legs for the children. The chicken legs fried at home are definitely no worse than those outside. Even if there are not as many additives as outside, at least her chicken is the best in the world. She uses her strengths and avoids her weaknesses, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Xie Zheng went to the back room and changed into an old sweater with a sweetheart collar and a black velvet fashionable vest. He returned to the kitchen, moved a stool and faced his father-in-law face to face, and began to pluck the chickens. Tiny vellus hairs on it.

The Xu family's kitchen is quite spacious. There are two rooms in the only wing of the house. One is a Tukang for two elderly people. This room is the kitchen, with an area of ​​about 40 square meters. The kitchen utensils have been refurbished in the past few years. I replaced a batch of high-end kitchen utensils that are convenient and simple to use, and the old lady used them very efficiently.

When she first replaced it, the old lady didn't even dare to use the soy milk machine. Now she is very skilled in using microwave ovens, induction cookers, etc.

Xu Ning started to use the knife on the washed vegetables. She was able to cut the potato shreds extremely evenly. There was almost no suspense about the thickness. The tofu cubes were also the same size.

After all, he is someone who has been running Nian Guitang for many years. He has superb cooking skills and excellent knife skills. Needless to say.

It was around nine o'clock in the morning when Ren Junran's family came over.

As soon as she entered the door, Jiang Xiuqing came to the kitchen and helped Xu Ning cook.

Xu Ning did not refuse, otherwise Jiang Xiuqing would definitely think that he was being polite to her and would feel uncomfortable staying here.

"I brought fried fruits, where should I put them?" Jiang Xiuqing asked, holding two large bags of fried fruits.

Seeing this, Xu Ning hurried forward to help her take a bag, then opened a fresh-keeping cabinet and put two large bags of fried fruits in.

"Isn't it troublesome to do this? You have done it three times this year."

"It's okay. I don't have anything to bring at home. If you like to eat, I have a lot of time, so I will make some for you. If you want to eat, just call me."

Xu Ning curled her lips and smiled and said: "I really like what you made. Once steamed in the pot, the xuanxuan is soft and chewy. It also has the sweet taste of pumpkin and sweet potato. The craftsmanship is very good. "

"That's all I can do." Jiang Xiuqing laughed.

Ren Junran chatted with the old man in the room for a while, and then followed him to the kitchen, where he and Xu Jianjun and his son-in-law gathered together to pack the chicken.

Xu Ning and Jiang Xiuqing prepared all the dishes and then started cooking.

"Brother Zheng, give me the chopped chicken legs alone."

"Okay!" Xie Zheng used the knife to chop off the chicken legs, then cut the chicken feet, chicken shanks and chicken thighs into categories, and gave the chicken legs to Xu Ning.

The chicken legs are not just marinated and put in the oil pan. Xu Ning flipped down the chicken at the end of the chicken legs to expose a section of the bone, and then marinated it so that the children could eat the bones wrapped in paper towels. Convenient, hassle-free and clean.

And the whole fried chicken legs look very beautiful, like each hand grenade.

Xu Ning often did this in the past, and everyone in the family was used to it. The taste was the same, but it looked a little strange.

There are three gas stoves at home, two woks and a saucepan. When Xu Ning usually has guests at home, the three stoves can be used at the same time.

Jiang Xiuqing came to help today and couldn't help here, so she used the induction cooker to cook oil-pressed vegetables nearby, such as fried tenderloin, fried peanuts, etc.

This year, there was an addition of Ren Junran's family, making it even more lively, and the old man's smile was much brighter.

I am also glad in my heart that Ren Junran's family is a good one.

The old lady became anxious and chatted quietly with Gao Xiulan beside her.

"The descendants of my second brother's family came here during the first lunar month. I heard that on the fifth and sixth day of the first lunar month, a large family rented a car and came here."

"It's good, isn't it? Didn't you miss me before? Now you can finally see it."

"What I miss is my second brother, but he is gone. I might as well look at his descendants. I'm afraid there are those with evil intentions among this large group of people."

In fact, not everyone is afraid of poor relatives. What they are afraid of are those poor relatives who are always trying to take advantage of you.

Back then, their family was too poor to open the pot, but they had the nerve not to go to my aunt's house to ask for a bite of food.

But not everyone thinks so. The life of Xu Jianjun's aunt's family is much better than that of Yu Chunhua. As usual, every time the food is distributed, the family will be brought to their house to enjoy the autumn breeze, and they will eat and take away the food before leaving. of?

The good life the family has now is all earned by the children through hard work. Any success is inseparable from their own hard work.

Children are filial, and when they grow old, they naturally cannot be generous to others, even if that other person is their descendant.

She has only raised her children until she is so old, but now she is living a comfortable life. If she embarrasses her children for the sake of outsiders, wouldn't she be "old and immortal"?

If the children and grandchildren of the second brother's family are good, the old lady will naturally give them some face, but if they all want to take advantage, then she will not let them suck the blood of her children.

Not to mention the juniors of the Yu family, no matter how junior they are, they are not as important as their own children and grandchildren.

It's not the old lady's style to save face and suffer.

"I hope those kids don't disappoint me!"

Gao Xiulan patted the back of her hand. It was inappropriate for her to say anything at this time. What if she came to take advantage of Qiufeng?

Soon the meal was served at home, and the dining table at home was full of people, adding up to 20 people, it was a lively year.

When the old man started to move his chopsticks, the restaurant suddenly became noisy.

Ren Junran and his family spent the night here, so the red wine was poured separately.

Tonight, these men will stay vigil here until midnight. At that time, the family will eat dumplings, and then there will be fireworks for a long time in the square in front of the Forbidden City. Whether the children go or not depends on their father's wishes. , Xu Ning and the others didn’t plan to go anyway. They had been busy all day and had to eat dumplings after the New Year’s Eve dinner.

After lunch, the family has to be busy making dumplings. While the men are keeping vigil, they will catch up on their sleep first, otherwise they will not be able to survive the night.

After the lively lunch, everyone went back to their rooms to take a nap. After three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Ning and Jiang Xiuqing came to the kitchen to prepare dumplings.

As for what to eat in the afternoon, it can be decided at home.

Nowadays, many families include dumplings as part of their evening meal. However, Xu Ning’s family has never changed the rules. After all, the two old people are still alive. Staying awake on New Year’s Eve is the rule of their old age. How many people nowadays stay up late? Yes, you may not be able to finish watching the Spring Festival Gala. Even if you can stay up all night, most of them gather with friends to play cards and mahjong, rather than staying at home to watch the New Year's Eve.

Of course, they have a large family, so they can gather at least two mahjong tables in the evening.

Xie Zheng and Xu Rui soon came over to help. Ren Junran was not very good at cooking, so he could only come here to help arrange the dumplings, and he could do this.

But he said that over at Guozhuang, because he was going to the Imperial Capital in the first month, the people who went there were counted, and there were about forty people in total. At the end of the year, everyone went to the city to buy new clothes, and the price couldn't be too expensive. After all, the children Many, they all buy new clothes, which is a big expense for them.

The children were especially happy, thinking that they would soon be able to go to the Imperial Capital to play. This year has been more enjoyable than ever.

There were more than 20 children from these families in total, and I felt unhappy when it came to deciding who to take with whom, and who to leave behind. In the end, it was the old aunt of the Yu family who made the decision, and all the children were brought over to show to my aunt.

Now the family members gather together and never leave the Imperial Capital and the Xu family, especially the children, who are looking forward to getting there soon.

For the children here, the farthest place they can go is probably the city. This city is not Mo City, but a county-level city under its jurisdiction. This time they can go directly to the imperial capital, which is a big advantage for them. For example, there are only names in textbooks, how can we not look forward to it.

Things like New Year's money just roll over in the minds of their parents several times. For the children, being able to go far away to play is the best. Having good food, drinks and fun is enough.

It’s not easy for parents to talk to their children about the new year’s money. If their aunt refuses to give it to them and the children spill the beans, will they still be embarrassed?

In the village, you might not care whether you are thick-skinned or not, but when you get to that kind of family, you have to pay more attention.

If the Xu family is offended, won't it mean that there will be no way out in the future?

With their status, if you want to suppress them, it may only take a matter of minutes.

Some relatives also said that rich people have a good reputation and so on. Even if they are poor relatives, the Xu family will not do anything excessive.

This is purely a standard silly idea. For the Xu family, if they really want to trouble you, they only need a simple, even specious excuse, and it will be enough to make you bloody.

There are many ways to kill people without blood. If you really want to try it, whether you can bear the consequences depends on your own ability.

Starting from the first day of junior high school, people who want to go to the imperial capital have become busy. They gather together every day to discuss what to bring to the imperial capital.

The souvenirs at home are nothing more than those produced in the fields. You can bring some of these, such as home-grown peanuts, potatoes, etc., which can be stored for a long time, and home-grown ones are definitely more reliable than what they can eat in the city.