After Xiao Xiangdong washed his hands, Meng Xiaoman saw that the back of his hand was also scratched. She applied red lotion on him and said, "I'm just hitting people. Why did I hurt my own hand?"
"It's okay, it's just a scratch. That beast Xiao Daqing lost quite a few teeth."
Xiao Xiangdong said nonchalantly.
Then he said to Meng Xiaoman in a slightly serious tone: "If anything happens in the future, you have to tell me. Don't hide it from me anymore."
"Yeah, I got it. I'll tell you all the big things from now on, okay." The matter had been resolved, and she wasn't hurt, so she didn't take it to heart. She didn't expect him to care so much.
"I want to know everything related to you."
"Nothing matters." Xiao Xiangdong added.
"Okay, okay, I'll tell you from now on, so don't bother me."
"It won't bother you."
Meng Xiaoman thought this would be the end of the story, but she didn't expect that when she went to bed at night, Xiao Xiangdong carefully "bullied" her in the name of checking whether she was injured.
"It's really not hurt."
"I don't believe it, I want to check."
"Really, you saw it the day before yesterday...it's really not true."
"I didn't look carefully that day. Today, I have to check it carefully before I can rest assured."
Meng Xiaoman raised her leg to kick him in the abdomen, but he grabbed his ankle. She was so angry that she picked up a pillow and threw it at him, but he grabbed it and stuffed it under his waist.
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In the end, Xiao Xiangdong let her go after Meng Xiaoman promised again and again.
Within two days, Xiao Xiangdong received the notice and confirmed the time to return to the army. The check-in time is a little rushed, and the two of them will set off in three days.
From Anping County to Yushan Island, you have to take a train for three days, and then transfer to a ferry when you arrive in Lushi. Xiao Xiangdong asked Liu Zhiyuan to buy the train tickets. The two of them had to take the train to Anping County Railway Station one day in advance. So I only had two days in the Qinghe Brigade.
We had to pack our luggage the day before leaving, so the time to treat the guests was scheduled for the night before.
Early in the morning, Meng Xiaoman and the two went to the town supply and marketing cooperative. The tickets they exchanged with Wang Lei last time were basically for local provinces and could not be used in other places, so Meng Xiaoman bought everything he could.
Five pounds of pork belly, three pounds of pork ribs, two pounds of lean meat; a five pound big silver carp, two pounds of eggs, and two pounds of tofu. These are prepared for cooking and entertaining guests.
There were two kilograms of liquor tickets in the last bill, so Meng Xiaoman bought another two kilograms of liquor.
In addition to these food and drinks, Meng Xiaoman also used cigarette tickets to buy two packs of Daqianmen and two packs of peonies.
When Xiao Xiangdong saw her buying cigarettes, he looked confused and said, "I don't smoke.".
"These are not for you. Two of the big front door bags are for guests. The other two bags of peonies. Before we leave, you give one to the branch secretary and the team leader. Although we are leaving temporarily. , but your reputation in your hometown is still very important. These two packets are for you as a favor."
As the saying goes, provincial-level smokers smoke Zhonghua, municipal-level smokers smoke peony, and ordinary cadres smoke spring smoke.
Peony cigarettes cost 50 cents a pack and require cigarette tickets. They are very handy cigarettes, so they are used as favors. Daqianmen sells 350 cents per pack, which is inferior to Peony, but it is still better. It is just right for important relatives and friends.
In this era, especially for people in the system like Xiao Xiangdong, political review is very strict. If he is promoted in the future, he must have a good reputation. His reputation among his fellow villagers is especially important.
Although the party secretary and the team leader are biased in their work, the county magistrate is not as good as the current manager. If they are a little evil, although it will not hurt people's muscles and bones, it will be quite troublesome and irritating.
Therefore, Meng Xiaoman does not reject the idea of using small favors to win over favors.
However, Xiao Xiangdong has an upright personality and does not understand these twists and turns, so he feels that there is no need to give gifts to the party secretary and team leader.
Meng Xiaoman explained the reason to him in detail, and then he understood, "It's better to go to the military camp. Ding is Ding, and Mao is Mao. Don't think about these twists and turns."
In addition, there were three bars of laundry soap, five bars of soap for face and hand washing, two boxes of cream, three boxes of clam oil, and twenty feet of cloth coupons, ten feet each of men's and women's clothing materials.
The local receipts were completely used.
Carrying a large bag of things home, the two began to get busy preparing meals for the evening.
There were many people, so steaming steamed buns was time-consuming and laborious. Meng Xiaoman simmered a large pot of white rice and put it in a crock pot. Then the two earthen stoves cook at the same time.
There are many people invited, so we divide it into two tables, so each dish is prepared for two plates.
Bright red and juicy braised pork belly, spicy and fragrant boiled fish fillets, stewed tofu with bean-flavored and milky fish heads, farm-style shredded pork for rice, never-get-tired scrambled eggs with spicy peppers, fragrant and refreshing stir-fried Seasonal vegetables.
Meng Xiaoman peeled all the eggs bought at home and made two plates of cold eggs.
There are also freshly picked tomatoes from the vegetable field, sliced and sprinkled with a thin layer of white sugar. They are sour, sweet and appetizing.
In the evening, the house was bustling for the first time in a long time.
The men drinking were sitting at the same table, and the female relatives such as Meng Xiaoman, Sister Fang, and Xiao Xiangmei were sitting at the same table.
Zhao Erlei's daughter-in-law Sun Xiu'e and her son Tianhao also came over. They sat at the same table with Meng Xiaoman and talked to her, "Sister, you are a lucky one. Although we can have enough to eat, we did not go to the army with Xiangdong. It’s better to eat the national food. You’ve finally come to the end of your hardships.”
"Indeed," Sister Fang also said, "Although I can't let go of you as a good neighbor, I am also very happy to see you and Xiangdong getting better and better. When you get there, you should live a good life. However, if Xiao Xiangdong bullies you, what will you do? I’ll write a letter, I’ll write a letter to scold him for you!”
"The most important thing is to have a baby as soon as possible." Grandma Zhou started to induce labor again. "If the boy Xiangdong goes out, you still have something to do to kill time. The most important thing is," she lowered her voice and said, "more A rope to tie him to.”
"Grandma Zhou is right," Sun Xiu'e said, "Xiao He got married much later than you. Now that she is pregnant, you should really hurry up."
Meng Xiaoman replied with a haha, but she didn't think so in her heart. She and Xiao Xiangdong had discussed beforehand that they would not have children for the time being, so he took measures every time they had sex.
"Sister Xiaoman, when are you going to come back this time? I don't want you to leave~." Xiao Xiangmei took her arm and shook her twice.
Meng Xiaoman had never seen her act coquettishly before, so she softened her heart for a moment. "We will come back to see you when we have family leave."
"Yes, Xiang Mei, it's not like my sister-in-law and the others are not going home," Xiao Xiangshang's new wife comforted her warmly, "If you miss them, you can write to her."
"Yeah, you and Sister Fang can write to me. When I get there, I will send you a letter and give you your mailing address."
Different from the warm and reluctant atmosphere at Meng Xiaoman's table, the atmosphere at Xiao Xiangdong's table was much more lively.
Zhang Dongliang blushed, hugged Xiao Xiangdong's neck, and said with a loud tongue: "Dong, Brother Dong, you have always been the most capable among our brothers. You do not belong to the small mountain village of Qinghe Brigade. You are The phoenix in the pheasant's nest will fly away one day!"
As he spoke, he made a gesture of flapping his wings. As a result, he accidentally slapped Xiao Tiezhu on the head.
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