CH 130

Zhao Lanxiang followed He Songbai's move back to Hezi village, letting this peaceful little village explode.

A little peach-colored news went wild in just a few days. Within three days, most of the village people knew that the He family's boy took a girl back to the countryside for the Chinese New Year. It is said that the old landlord's wife left the village to see her granddaughter-in-law in the city. The people in the village who saw it with their own eyes also spoke decently.

One day after returning, Zhao Lanxiang bought a fish from the market and met some villagers who knew her, so the rumor became the second gossip.

He Songbai really had something with the beautiful and rich Educated Youth Zhao who came from the city, and directly get her back home for the New Year!

This time is really amazing. A toad could actually eat swan meat and a poor boy could also turn over one day!

Everyone grew up drinking water from the same river, and before, the He family was not as good as them. In the blink of an eye, He Songbai went to college and turned back to marry Educated Youth Zhao home! The members who were holding on to the old days were working together and had a kind of envy and shock when they watched the changes of the old landlord's family.

Zhao Lanxiang walked on the road and received a lot of attention. She went back and asked He Songbai what was going on.

He Songbai calmly said to her, "In recent years, my industry has been in B City, and everything in my family is still the same. Granny is hardworking and simple, and Elder Sister is still timid and scared. At most, Brother-in-law went to the pig farm carefully. Only a few people know that the pig farm belongs to our family. Until today, people's impression of our family in the village is still poor and dismal."

"But suddenly, I stepped on the god of luck and married such a beautiful and cultural wife..."

He showed his white teeth, a little proud.

Zhao Lanxiang felt teased by his ridiculous tone, and at the same time, she heard the warm word "our family" and couldn't help but smile.

She could understand it with a little thought. Eldest sister and her brother-in-law may be worried about the change of national policy. So at home, they still carefully worked He Songbai's pig farm. Zhao Lanxiang felt it was very cute. This act of having to keep a low profile and make a fortune because of worry is really simple.

After the reform and opening up, although not every household can afford pork, at least the entire village will be free of famine. At this time, isn't it normal for one or two ten thousand households to show their heads?

She said, "Hurry and let them update their impressions of you. Granny has chosen a good life for us. Let's show the wedding banquet and let them know that I am the one who really picked the cheap deal."

"How good is our Brother Bai, handsome and good-looking. Your job is more reliable than eating national food."

He Songbai squeezed his wife's face and leaned up to kiss her sweet little mouth.

Soon, the old grandmother chose a good day for them. She had her own method. When she was idle, she turned the old calendar to pass the time. The old calendar had been turned over 180 times by her. Every day, she read it when she was in bad, and every good day for marriage was clearly remembered. They avoided the first month, and the earliest and best day was the day the dragon looked up—on the second day of February in spring.

But before placing the wedding banquet, the first thing that matters is to have a good new year celebration.

In order to prepare for this lively and busy year and make up for the vacancies of the past two years, Zhao Lanxiang prepared extra sausages and bacon for New Year's Eve and slowly accumulated a variety of new year's goods. Just rice cakes for New Year's Eve, she made five or six kinds of snacks. Every day she made a new one without repeating the previous one, both sweet and salty. The two children in the family, Sanya and Tietou, were so happy and squatted beside Zhao Lanxiang every day, waiting for feeding.

In addition, Zhao Lanxiang deliberately bought several red firecrackers and fireworks, which were brought back from the city with a small car. She knew that there are no fireworks in the county. This kind of luxury is a lavish pastime in big cities.

Where have the countrymen seen fireworks?

On the day of the New Year, He Songbai and Zhao Lanxiang spent a whole afternoon in the kitchen together to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

After two years of study, He Songbai can make uncomplicated side dishes, he can do it in one go, and he is quick and neat.

His knife skill is good. When he sliced his fish fillet, he cut the whole fish into pieces less than half an inch thick. He cut the fishbone while the fish ridge is still connected, and it looked like a little peacock that opens its screen. Then he garnished it with green and red pepper rings, tomato slices, onion, and garlic.

After it was steamed on the steamer, the fish is white as jade, the green pepper is like jade, the red pepper is ruby, and the tender green onion and garlic are very festive.

Zhao Lanxiang made a Babao Chicken, Double Happiness Pork Meat, Osmanthus Rice Cake, and Braised Lion Head. Granny's teeth are not good. These dishes with less bone and fewer thorns are most suitable for the elderly.

After a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner at the table, Li Dali turned the newly replaced light bulb, a faint current passed through the wick, and the warm and bright light filled the whole kitchen.

The newly built kitchen of the He family has long been separated from the dilapidated small firewood room. The walls have been painted white and flawless, and the tiles attached to them are cleaned. Eating in this bright and wide room gives a sudden and cheerful feeling.

Little Tietou stayed in his mother's arms and chewed his thumb.

Zhao Lanxiang smiled at him and helped him to remove the fish bones. The fish flesh was soft and tender. The little guy ate happily.

Upon seeing this, He Songbai also picked a few pieces of fish flesh and removed the fish bones into his wife's bowl.

Granny was eating Double Happiness Pork Meat. The plums were pickled, so the sweet juice was soaked in the pork. It was fat but not greasy, soft, and sweet.

Granny picked a piece of meat for Zhao Lanxiang and said, "You eat more, too thin."

After that, she clamped a piece for everyone. Her legs and feet were inconvenient, and her hands were not long. Li Dali, who was sitting further away, vigorously handed the bowls to her one by one and said happily, "Grandma is very caring."

"Grandma, you eat too."

Zhao Lanxiang seldom eats such fatty pork, but today, her thin willow eyebrows wrinkled.

When she made this Double Happiness pork that her grandmother liked today, she held her breath. The fragrance was too strong, and she felt a little stuffy on her chest.

Seeing that his wife stopped eating, He Songbai shoved her bowl, "Eat, why stopped?"

Zhao Lanxiang quietly switched hers with the thinner piece of meat in the man's bowl. She took a bite happily, but her stomach turned over, and nausea came up.1

She covered her mouth and gagged.

This terrified He Songbai.

He patted her back, "If you don't like to eat meat, don't force yourself, so you won't be so embarrassed..."

The family who was enjoying the sumptuous New Year's Eve meal happily couldn't help but look at Zhao Lanxiang's body.

Grandma froze for a moment and looked at her deeply.