Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Mrs. Zhao Shows Off All the Way Ho Chapter 158: Chapter 158: Mrs. Zhao Shows Off All the Way Ho After finishing rendering the lard, Mrs. Zhao planned to go back to feeding the chickens, taking with her the bottle of vegetable oil.
“Tianxiang’s mother, what are you carrying there?”
Mrs. Zhao said with a smile, “The vegetable oil my daughter-in-law gave , she was worried that we were running out of oil to cook with at ho.”
What?
Educated Youth Yun gave her mother-in-law oil?
Don’t they rarely interact?
“The oil looks good, how much per pound, does Educated Youth Yun’s family still have any?”
Who doesn’t need oil and at to eat?
Without at, cooking with oil eases the mind a bit; without both at and oil, one truly feels anxious.
“Bought it from town, I don’t know the price, she gave it to , and I accepted it. You may not think much of her since she hardly speaks and doesn’t co around to the old house often, but today my youngest son bought so at and called us, the two elders, to co over for a al. We were treated to both a al and sothing to take ho.”
They were invited for at and even got oil to take ho with them?
How co they don’t have such a good daughter-in-law?
Mrs. Zhao ostentatiously made her way ho.
Soon enough, all the villagers living along the road from Yun Xiaoxiao’s house to the old residence knew that the team leader and his spouse went to their eldest son’s house for a at al, and Educated Youth Yun had even gifted them oil.
Da Shu’s mother heard about it soon enough.
“Brother Xiao Hai, I heard Laosan’s family bought at, and they called their parents over for a al. Why didn’t they invite us, their siblings-in-law?”
Zhao Tianhai was also craving at, but truly getting Laosan to share a al of at was out of the question.
If things were as they were before the family split, he could still snag a taste of at by sticking close to his parents, but now after separating, getting such a al was exponentially harder.
“Brother Xiao Hai, could you ask Laosan to lend us a bit of at? Da Shu and Xiao Shu have been getting skinny from hunger lately.”
Laosan was capable of going into the mountains to hunt.
“I’ll have a look in the mountain,” said Zhao Tianhai, who had no intention of going alone, and so he headed to his eldest brother’s house.
“Big brother, Laosan invited our parents over for at, and I heard he even gave them oil,” Zhao Tianhai tried to get his big brother to join his side.
at?
Zhao Tianxiang was at ho making chairs. The house had been built recently, but they had lacked so furniture, so after the house was built, they were left in a state of famine. He had followed a relative who was a master craftsman and learned to make chairs; now that he didn’t have to work, he was making chairs at ho.
“It’s because I’m not capable enough to let our parents eat at,” he said.
Just yesterday, his daughter-in-law had bought a pound of cotton from Laosan’s wife, who had also given them so fabric scraps and a couple of White Rabbit milk candies for the kids.
The big brother was still so honest.
“Big brother, quite a few people in the village try their luck in the mountains. Shall we try our luck too?”
Zhao Tianxiang didn’t want to go into the mountain; he was aware of his own limitations.
“Big brother, we adults might go without at, but what about the kids? How long has it been since they’ve eaten at?”
Yesterday, Zhao Tianxiang saw Da Bao and Xiao Bao, especially Xiao Bao, who was not much older than Xiao Mao, yet now when compared, Xiao Bao appeared to be a year or two older than Xiao Mao, with clothes free of patches and looking plump and fair-skinned.
Laosan had the skill to provide at for his children.
“Alright, let’s go,” he said as he left the house.
Sister-in-law Zhao, hearing the commotion outside, was combining fabric pieces to alter cotton-padded jackets for the children, and she kept her two little ones from going out.
Hearing that Laoer was persuading Daya’s father to go to the mountain, she wanted to shout to stop them, but in the end, she didn’t.
Not too long ago, Da Bao and Xiao Bao were just like her children, but now, it felt like they had transford. They had grown taller, fairer, and more plump, especially in their new padded jackets and shoes, they almost looked like town children, not like kids from the countryside.
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