EBE Chapter 457: Can I eat as much candy as I want while I live with you?
Chapter 457: Can I eat as much candy as I want while I live with you?
January 76, 1 was New Year’s Eve.
This year, the Zhou family still has their New Year’s Eve dinner separately.
In October 75, Xiao Jingjing gave birth to a daughter and named her Zhou Bei.
Zhou Jiaguang had to go to work, and she had to take care of three children and do housework by herself. She was often busy and overwhelmed. Zhou's mother felt sorry for her, so she discussed with Zhou's father to stay in the city for a while longer. When the children were older and Xiao Jingjing was more busy, they would return to Zhoujiawan.
This year, Zhou's father and mother spent the New Year at Zhou Jiaguang's home. Everyone brought their families with them, and when they got together, they had to set up several tables to accommodate everyone.
Zhou's mother felt that her energy was not as good as before, and she was a little overwhelmed by the preparation of the New Year's Eve dinner for the whole family, so she did not prepare it and let everyone eat their own meals...
Zhou Rong had to go to work on New Year's Eve. Zhong Jiawen and Liang Jingyi were not very good at cooking, so Zhou Rong's family's New Year's dinner was prepared by Zhou Qingping and Zhou Qing'an.
Nini and Chen Zhan Ning took a day off, went to Xu Man's place during the day, and came over for the reunion dinner in the evening.
When Zhou Rong got home from get off work, the couplets had been posted at home and the food was on the table.
Zhou Rong said happily: "Thank you for your hard work."
Zhou Qingping: "What's so hard about this? Qing'an and I just cooked a few dishes. Just don't be disgusted. There's hot water in the steel pot. Soak your hands first. When Zhan Ning and Nini come back, we'll have dinner."
Zhou Rong: "Okay."
Xu Man's place was quite far away, so Chen Zhan Ning rode a bicycle with Nini and they didn't get home until it was almost dark.
There was soda at home. During the meal, Zhong Jiawen and Liang Jingyi toasted Zhou Rong with soda, thanking her for sending them gifts many times, and said some New Year greetings.
Seeing this, two-year-old Zhou Jifan scooped a piece of meat from his bowl to Zhou Rong and said in a baby voice: "This is for grandma. Happy New Year, grandma."
Zhou Rong was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Thank you Ji Fan, grandma hopes that you can be healthy and eat delicious food every day! Give me the meat in the bowl, what do you want to eat?"
Zhou Jifan: "I eat dad's."
This made everyone laugh.
After dinner, everyone sat together and made dumplings while watching TV.
Since there was a refrigerator at home, there was no need to worry about the dumplings going bad. Zhou Rong took out ten kilograms of flour and asked everyone to take their time making them.
In recent years, the weather has been good and the country has made great breakthroughs in grain varieties, pesticides and fertilizers. There is no shortage of food anymore, and the supply of non-staple food is sufficient. If you don't have enough tickets, you can buy anything as long as you are willing to pay.
Zhou Rong had already prepared a large amount of grain, oil, fish, meat, etc. for his family. Jiangcheng is a land of fish and rice, with abundant products. The country has also invested in many industrial projects, and the people's lives are relatively affluent. Zhou Rong's family will not stand out if they eat something good during the New Year...
The weather has not been very good these days, with frequent strong winds and rain. The TV basically has no signal. Occasionally, I can see people's portraits, but they are very unclear and there is a lot of noise.
Zhou Jifan watched for a while, then lost interest and said he wanted to make dumplings too.
One and a half year old Zhou Xinxin raised her hand and expressed her desire to participate.
Zhou Rong gave each of them a flour ball and told them to play with it however they wanted.
Every time Zhou Jifan finished sculpting a shape, he would show it to Zhou Rong.
Zhou Rong cooperated well and praised him. After being praised, Zhou Jifan worked harder in modeling.
Zhou Jifan used flour to make a few odd-shaped figures, and pulled Zhou Rong to say, "Grandma, this is me, dad, mom, grandpa, grandma, and you. We are a family."
Zhou Rong rubbed Zhou Jifan's little head and said with a smile: "Jifan is awesome, grandma doesn't want you to go back, how about you live with me?"
Zhou Jifan motioned Zhou Rong to squat down and whispered in her ear: "I can eat as much candy as I want while I live here?"
Zhou Rong: "...You can eat one a day."
Zhou Jifan: "I live with my grandma and can eat one a day."
Zhou Rong: "Then I will allow you to eat ten in ten days, which is more than your grandmother's. It's a good deal!"
Zhou Jifan counted on his fingers, but was a little confused, so he asked Zhou Qingping: "Dad, grandma said that if I live here, I can eat ten candies in ten days. Is that more than grandma?"
Zhou Qingping: "...your grandma gave me too many candies, I can't even count them, learn to count well in the future!"
Zhou Jifan: "Aren't you a college student? You don't even know this? I'll ask my mom! Mom, help me count!"
Zhong Jiawen was also speechless at her son's words. Seeing that Zhou Rong liked Zhou Jifan very much, she remembered what Zhou Qingping said, that her mother-in-law's life was a bit lonely, and said, "You can live with grandma, and go back after you count all the candies for grandma. It will be a good opportunity for your dad and I to have some peace and quiet."
Zhou Jifan held Zhou Rong's hand and said, "Grandma, I like you. I want to live with you. You have to keep your word. I'll give you ten candies in ten days."
Zhou Rong: "No problem!"
This New Year, Zhou Rong's family is reunited, and so is Luo Qiuyue's family.
Through his own efforts, Hu Zi became a company commander in the past two years. He fell in love with a medical staff in the army and got married. His son just turned one year old. He had a home visit leave this year, so he took his wife and children back to Chang'anli.
Luo Xiaofen also came back with her husband.
It was a rare occasion that everyone was in the city, and Ma Daya and Ma Erya often helped her take care of the children, so Luo Qiuyue called them together to have New Year's Eve dinner...
Luo Xiaofen is almost 26 years old. Because she insisted that the child she has after marriage should have the surname Luo, and she is also relatively old, she is not the first choice as a daughter-in-law for those families with good financial conditions.
With the help of several enthusiastic ladies in Zhoujiawan, she and Zhou Jiakang, who was also 26 years old, got married in December 75.
Zhou Jiakang has three older brothers and three older sisters. He is the youngest in the family and should have been the most favored one, but his mother suffered a severe hemorrhage and died when giving birth to him.
His father and three brothers were all rough and incompetent and didn't know how to take care of children, so he was raised by his three sisters.
Later, his three sisters got married one after another, and his three brothers also started their own families. They had their own families to take care of and had no time to take care of him.
His father's previous savings were all used to help his three brothers start their own families. Now that he is old, he can no longer work in the fields and needs to rely on his sons for support, let alone help Zhou Jiakang start his own family...
Luo Xiaofen had met Zhou Jiakang several times and found him to be diligent and careful. Others would rush home after work, but he would finish the work at hand and pack up his tools before going home. When the aunties came to match them up, she agreed.
But he put forward two conditions. First, Zhou Jiakang needed to separate the family first before they could talk about finding a partner and getting married. Second, at least one of the children born after marriage had to have the same surname as him.
Zhou Jiakang has always lived with his father. His brothers and sisters-in-law had wanted him to live in their own home so that they could eat and drink together and the work points would naturally be counted towards their own share.
Zhou Jiakang refused and took his father to fire alone.
He could earn ten work points a day, and in good years he could earn dozens of yuan a year. If he went to his brother and sister-in-law's house, wouldn't he be just a laborer working for nothing?
He is not well educated, but he is not stupid...