748: A New Neighbor Who Follows Rules (4 Updates)
"Xiaolan's mother..."
Sitting in the car, Guan Huimo started talking, but didn't go on.
Zhou Guobin glanced at her, "I think people get along very well, and they said that you can even raise your son together, are you still not satisfied?"
Guan Hui'e looked at him with white eyes, "Bah, are you too embarrassed to ask Zhou Cheng to eat soft rice? I mean, her mother doesn't think the same way as I do. I was worried all the way, because I was afraid that Xiaolan's mother would be like that. The character of self-pity, fortunately not!"
Although he doesn't talk much, he's not particularly outgoing, so it's no problem to communicate.
Speaking Mandarin with a heavy Henan accent, Guan Huimo felt it was fine. These are secondary, the main thing is to look at people.
Guan Huimo was afraid that Zhou Guobin would not understand, so he gave an example:
"I'm afraid that someone like Wang Guangping's wife will be difficult to get along with!"
Ran Shuyu likes to associate with people with higher positions than Wang Guangping, and when she is in a sorority party, she tries her best to get up.
But also glass-hearted, especially sensitive.
The words made people feel that she was pitiful.
Guan Huimo was reminded later that he came back to his senses, what a pity, and it was not only Wang Guangping who was delegated. There are others who have not been able to return to the city. Wang Guangping is pitiful, and others are even more pitiful.
Ran Shuyu was not such a simple person in the past, but when Guan Huimo saw Liu Fen today, she was even more unsympathetic to her. The state will pay Wang Guangping back wages, and the Wang family will not be so poor no matter what. Besides, Xiaolan's mother, a divorced rural woman, can continue to improve herself, and Ran Shuyu wants to be a housewife at home, so she deserves to be poor.
"By the way, what happened to Wang Guangping, did he really go to the Party History Office?"
Zhou Guobin nodded, "I went a few years ago, can he still go under the orders from above?"
Guan Huimo didn't care about the gossip of other people's families, but she felt moved when she met Liu Fen today, and remembered that Wang Guangping's son and Xia Xiaolan almost got along.
She is quite proud to think that her temper is easy to get along with. Xia Xiaolan wanted to really get along with Wang Jianhua, how could Ran Shuyu be so easy to deal with? Hmph, as far as the Wang family is about to push the future daughter-in-law to take the blame, it would be unlucky to choose the Wang family! If nothing else, Ran Shuyu will definitely bully Liu Fen, how can she be as reasonable as she is.
Zhou Guobin felt that his wife was inexplicably a little proud.
Woman, this is really confusing.
Overall, the whole process of meeting with future in-laws today is quite satisfactory. It's not surprising that Liu Fen was a little careful, she didn't hide it, and said it frankly, it was negotiable.
As for Xia Dajun?
Even Xiaolan herself doesn't recognize it, so Guan Huimo won't treat that kind of person as her family!
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To entertain the neighbors is not a simple sentence.
Xia Xiaolan was instructed by her grandmother. She was busy for two or three hours, kneading noodles and steaming a lot of beef stuffed buns. In this alley, door-to-door knocking on the door gave them the beef buns with the big fists. The number of family members will be sent, anyway, it will be sent in an even number, and I would prefer more than less. Whose family has how many people, the question is the street office.
"Uncle Zhao, you can taste the steamed buns you made yourself and give some pointers."
"Aunt Yang, are you free the day after tomorrow to have a light meal at home?"
Among the neighbors, Xia Xiaolan sent almost a hundred buns, which proved that there were almost a hundred people.
Even if there are 100 people, 10 tables can be filled, and there is a meal for 10 people. Xia Xiaolan doesn't care about money, she cares about herself and Liu Fen. Xia Xiaolan said that she would invite a chef from the restaurant to come back, or bring the dishes back from a nearby restaurant.
Grandma Yu told her not to worry:
"Wait first, someone must come to the door."
What is the effect of sending 100 beef buns? In the past two years, after the reform and opening up, everyone's habits were formed when materials were in short supply.
Even though Xia Xiaolan's family moved in quietly, someone kept whispering behind her back that her family was cold and stingy. Xia Xiaolan is going to treat the guests with a big fanfare, but there are not many neighbors who are obviously taking advantage. Early the next morning, someone came to see Xia Xiaolan's house.
Someone brought a small bag of mung beans.
There have been chickens left behind.
There is a piece of cured meat.
Sun-dried cowpeas, pickled vegetables at home, and Uncle Zhao, who raises birds next door, brought a small jar of salted duck eggs.
"The egg yolks are all oily, and they are the best for porridge!"
After Uncle Zhao finished speaking, he smacked his mouth, "The buns taste really good, your family is really willing to put meat."
After speaking, she was about to run away. Before Xia Xiaolan had a chance to refuse, Grandma Yu stopped him: "Uncle Zhao, you are an old resident here. I want to ask you something, who in the neighborhood can cook?"
"Xiaogu is quite good at cooking, and he also brought a few apprentices. Whoever has a wedding or a wedding in this area is all Xiaogu. If you want to invite him, you don't have to worry about tables, chairs and benches. Xiaogu has his own family."
The Xiaogu in Uncle Zhao's mouth is almost fifty years old this year. Where is Xiaogu, he lives at the entrance of the alley, and Xia Xiaolan went to deliver the buns.
At noon, Xia Xiaolan and Liu Fen cleaned out the ingredients together. Anyone who picked up the beef buns from Xia Xiaolan's house would be somewhat rewarded. A pile of things is very messy, and it may not be useful to treat guests to dinner, but there are some that can be used, like the big rooster in the yard, and if you buy another one, it can be counted as a dish.
"See, no one comes back to eat and drink for free. When you invite Master Gu, he will help you plan which dishes to buy. If you are a bit stingy, it won't cost you much to invite a guest."
If you can put 10 tables of meals at any time, who can handle it?
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Everyone is as good at making money as Xia Xiaolan, the neighbors get together, and they come to eat not to make the host's family poor, but to make a fun.
"Been taught a lesson."
There is so much knowledge in human relationships, and each era has its own characteristics, and Xia Xiaolan has learned new methods.
She went to ask Master Gu to help with cooking, but Master Gu did not refuse. She personally looked at the materials in her house, and asked Xia Xiaolan what standard she should treat guests by. She was afraid that Xia Xiaolan would not understand, and explained to her:
"Just add ingredients as appropriate. For example, if you have mung beans given by others at home, buy a few bones, and you can boil a large pot of mung bean soup. The soup has a meaty taste, so it's naturally delicious."
Master Gu gives the standard of saving money.
Xia Xiaolan is not too public, abalone and sea cucumber is impossible, and a few meat dishes are fine.
It is necessary to let everyone eat well, but also to use the ingredients sent by the neighbors, Master Gu thought, just like others have passed down, this newcomer is really not short of money. Cooks are not afraid to do a good job of cooking, with good ingredients, no matter how bad they are, they still have a little taste. What Master Gu is afraid of is that there are only green vegetables and radishes, but the host has to come up with a high-end table, so how is it possible!
Uncle Zhao is holding a bird cage and watching people play chess:
"I'm right, it has a history, pays attention to the rules, not a nouveau riche, are you relieved?"
The two uncles who were playing chess rolled their eyes. They were obviously the ones surnamed Zhao who cared about their new neighbors the most.