People of this generation communicate very directly. It seems that when there is a conflict between neighbors, it is common for them to curse at each other and even get physical.

Shen Yao was a pregnant woman and was getting hungry quickly, so the grandparents and granddaughter did not go to the bus stop after coming out of the cannery, but turned a corner and went directly into a dark alley.

Turning into the alley is a house. When you open the door, you can smell the fragrance in the air.

It turned out that this was a small privately-run restaurant with irregular opening hours. Sometimes they charged money, and sometimes they charged food.

At first, Shen Yao was a little surprised when she came over. After all, if this was reported, it would be a big trouble.

It was Grandma Zhou who told her not to make a fuss, as there were many small shops like this in Beijing.

They are all circulated privately among people who love to eat, and everyone wants a bite of food.

Now that Shen Yao and Grandma Zhou have come here enough times, they have gradually adapted to the experience and will even occasionally order a few dishes to satisfy their cravings.

Anyway, this kind of small shop doesn’t have a menu. Basically, they sell whatever you want, and the main feature is the blind box effect.

"Sister Zhou is here"

A middle-aged man with a long and chubby face came out from the door of the room. He couldn't help grinning when he saw Grandma Zhou.

Grandma Zhou nodded and said, "Since you are here too, I knew you would be indispensable today."

The middle-aged man groaned when he heard this, "Master Cui rarely makes roast duck, you have to come and taste it no matter what."

Making roast duck is a big deal these days, after all, there is a limit on the number of poultry that can be raised.

Moreover, the proportions of the raw materials for roast duck are complex, so if you want to make it well and not damage your reputation, you have to be extremely careful.

"It's time to try it. It's a rare opportunity. I don't know when the next time will be."

Grandma Zhou pulled Shen Yao aside, and the three of them gathered together and chatted in low voices.

Grandma Zhou suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "It's turned off?"

The middle-aged man looked depressed. "It's closed. It happened in the past few days. I don't know which grandson reported it. I guess it will take some time to change the address before it can reopen."

Grandma Zhou smacked her lips and said, "That family's cooking skills for meat dishes are superb, what a pity."

The middle-aged man gnashed his teeth and said, "Who said it wasn't true? You are such an inhuman person..."

When the three of them get together, what they talk about most is which restaurant has the best food, which restaurant has just opened, and which restaurant has moved to a new address.

After this conversation was over and the topic came to an end, a few more people joined the three of them.

There are men and women, tall and short, fat and thin.

The only similarity is that they both love to eat and have paid a lot for their stuttering.

Shen Yao took a ride with her grandmother and had a hearty meal of Beijing roast duck.

The taste and texture are really unique, no wonder it became so famous in later generations.

But there were a lot of people coming this time, and Grandma Zhou originally planned to buy a roast duck to take back, but she didn't expect that the duck ended up being half a duck, and the portion of the roast duck shrank dramatically.

“Hey, I wanted to let my relatives have a taste, but it seems I can only wait for the next opportunity.

Give this half roast duck to Xiao Xie first. Xiao Xie works overtime every day and needs to be nourished."

Grandma Zhou's filter for Xie Ci'an is so thick that it doesn't work even if Shen Yao emphasizes it again and again.

"Grandma, please leave the roast duck to me. I am much more tired than Xie Ci'an when I am pregnant."

"Hey, stop being so petty in front of grandma. It's okay for you to eat a little normally, but too much is harmful to your health.

Be good, grandma will buy you an old hen and make chicken soup for you later."

Shen Yao: ...humph~

Shen Yao said that this was fine, she didn't have to eat roast duck, as long as there was meat, she would be content.

Grandma Zhou: ...How shameless! You think chicken soup is acceptable? This is the kind of food that only wealthy people can prepare.

The grandparents and grandchildren went out and spent several more dollars to get in.

Do you really think that eating a roast duck is so cheap? It costs a lot to eat and take it.

But they both like to eat, and Grandma Zhou is rich and willing to spend money.

Especially since Shen Yao had a lot of money in her own space, she spent it without hesitation.

After getting on the bus back to Fengshou Hutong, the grandparents and grandchildren wandered around for nearly half an hour.

"Hey, bear with it, don't vomit, it's all money."

Grandma Zhou held Shen Yao's arm and spoke as she smoothed her back.

Shen Yao almost vomited after hearing this, and called out "Grandma" with tears in her eyes. Isn't she more valuable than the roast duck in her stomach?

Grandma Zhou unscrewed the kettle she had carried on her back, and found that it was filled with boiled water.

"Rinse your mouth. Grandma is doing this for your own good. If you can't stand this or that, what will you do in the future?"

Grandma Zhou has suffered a lot throughout her life, so she understands best the saying that pretentiousness can cost one's life.

Now Shen Yao has no time to be sad, as everyone is working hard to live.

Shen Yao rinsed her mouth and drank two sips of boiled water to relieve the nausea in her chest.

"Grandma, don't worry. I, your granddaughter, know best what to do and when."

The current situation is special, she can only focus on her development and accumulating capital, and when the reform and opening up comes, she will strive to be one of the first people to get rich.

By then, the children she gives birth to will have won at the starting line.

The highest level of raising a baby is to be the chicken yourself and let your own success inspire the offspring you give birth to.

Hehe

As if she was thinking of something good, Shen Yao couldn't help laughing out loud.

In Grandma Zhou's eyes, her own granddaughter looked a little silly.

Could it be a side effect of pregnancy? My daughter and I didn't seem to be like this before.

Hey

It’s better to give birth to the child as soon as possible.

After a few minutes of rest, Shen Yao felt that she could walk, and the two of them started to rush home.

Passing by the house number of Fengshou Hutong and walking along the alley, they stopped at the same time.

"Grandma, there are people all over the front. Is there anyone fighting again?"

In Fengshou Hutong, fights happen all the time, and no one can tell the specific reason.

"Don't move, I'll go take a look."

Grandma Zhou was also afraid that Shen Yao, a pregnant woman, would get hurt if she got close to her, so she gave her a few words of advice and then hurriedly ran forward a few steps to take a look.

Shen Yao stood on tiptoe to look around, but she only saw heads and didn't know anything else.

"Grandma"

Grandma Zhou was so anxious that she kept waving her hands, "Hurry, follow me and take a detour home."

Before Shen Yao could react, Grandma Zhou pulled her back the same way she came.

Turning his head to look behind him, he found that the crowd of onlookers had not decreased. "What's going on?"

Grandma Zhou uttered a groan, frowned slightly, slapped her thigh and said something unlucky.

"The old woman from the Zhao family dragged the daughter of the Cheng family and started fighting with the street office. She is lying on the ground and trying to extort money from them."

Shen Yao:......

The amount of information spoken was too overwhelming and Shen Yao's brain froze for a moment.

"Lying on the ground to blackmail someone?"

Zhao Meizhi wouldn't do that. Her two sons are about to go to work in the factory. This would make people laugh.

"It's not just blackmail, there are other things going on. Just wait and see. There's no peace in the courtyard."

Grandma Zhou kept raising her brows and her legs moved very fast.

Shen Yao did not continue asking. The grandparents and grandchildren concentrated on their journey and simply took a detour back home.

At home, Tian Na was sitting in the yard talking in a low voice with Aunt Zhou and Aunt Miao.

Seeing Shen Yao and Grandma Zhou coming back, he hurriedly called them over to listen together.

As for what to listen to? Of course, it was the latest news from the Cheng and Zhao families.

Cheng Bing and Zhao Jinbao got their marriage certificate and will hold a wedding banquet in the courtyard in half a month.

Shen Yao took a breath and said, "When my grandma and I came back, we saw Sister Zhao and Cheng Bing making a scene on the street."

As for the fact that Zhao Meizhi was lying on the ground and throwing a tantrum to blackmail others, Shen Yao did not say anything.

"Make a fuss. We have to cancel Cheng Bing's quota for going to the countryside, otherwise the two children will be separated."

Aunt Zhou curled her lips, glanced around and continued, "From what Xue Hongmei said, it seems that Cheng Bing is already pregnant. She only has fifty left of the three hundred yuan she had initially arranged for the betrothal gift."

Miao Cuilan grunted, "Fifty?" Are you sending away a beggar?

"Her Cheng Xue doesn't want to pay that much, otherwise how could our eldest son stay single forever?"

Miao Cuilan couldn't help but want to roll up her sleeves and go find Xue Hongmei to argue.

How can you behave like this? They are all daughters, why are you treating them differently?

Aunt Zhou quickly grabbed Miao Cuilan and said, "Cheng Xue is the precious daughter of the Cheng family, and they are keeping her to be a live-in son-in-law.

If I were to ask my sister-in-law, your Jiangang is too stubborn. What's the point of clinging to Cheng Xue? There are so many girls from good families around us, and there are many young and beautiful ones.

Cuilan, if you trust my sister-in-law, I will definitely introduce you to a good one.

Apart from other things, my sister-in-law has several nieces, one of whom is turning 20 this year. She has a very good appearance and personality. How about bringing her over to you sometime?"

Aunt Zhou's eyes turned and she immediately changed the topic to her niece from her mother's side.

Miao Cuilan has been worried about Qian Jiangang's marriage in recent years.

When I heard Aunt Zhou say this out of the blue, I felt a little moved.

Tian Na: ...

Tian Na immediately pulled Grandma Zhou and Shen Yao back a few steps.

Shen Yao:……?

Shen Yao didn't understand the meaning of her mother-in-law's actions, but Grandma Zhou was experienced and could tell at a glance that Aunt Zhou had no good intentions in introducing Qian Jiangang to a girl.

After Aunt Zhou took Miao Cuilan away, Tian Na complained quietly to Shen Yao and Grandma Zhou.

"Auntie Zhou's family lives in the countryside near Beijing. Not only is the family extremely poor, but everyone in the family also prefers sons to daughters, and doesn't treat them as human beings.

Introducing a girl to the eldest son of the Qian family? I guarantee you’re up to something bad.”

Tian Na's speech is crude and easy to understand, and it is obvious that she really doesn't like Aunt Zhou.

Shen Yao remembered Miao Cuilan's previous enthusiasm for her, "Didn't Aunt Miao always look down on country people?"

Tian Na sighed, "You changed your mind, but you didn't even consider what kind of person Qian Jiangang is."

Shen Yao was surprised and thought that Qian Jiangang had lived like this for the past twenty-five years.

Grandma Zhou pulled Shen Yao aside, "The couple from the Cheng family introduced a young man with good conditions to Cheng Xue. I heard that after a few days of blind dating, they got married and held a wedding banquet right away."

Shen Yao felt that she could not keep up with the gossip. After not listening to it for a few days, it changed so fast.

"Aren't you planning on recruiting a live-in son-in-law?" Shen Yao blinked her eyes, quite curious.

Tian Na added, "We introduce a live-in son-in-law, give him a gift, and the son born must have the surname Cheng."

Xue Hongmei had met with her to show off for this, otherwise, would Cheng Bing agree to a betrothal gift of fifty? It was because there were more important things to do at home, and Cheng Bing was lucky, so she took it lightly and had no time to pursue it too much for the time being.

Grandma Zhou usually spends more time in the courtyard than Tian Na and hears more news.

The two of them worked together, you supplemented and I explained, and soon Shen Yao understood the latest developments of the story.

Shen Yao touched her chin with one hand and placed the other hand on her round belly. "I feel like Uncle Cheng and Aunt Cheng have probably been cheated."

For a man with such good conditions, who would choose to be a miserable son-in-law unless he has some defects himself.

This is an obvious logical flaw. Not only does the Cheng family not have any doubts, but they also want Cheng Xue to get married as soon as possible.

Shen Yao kind of believed what Grandma Zhou said. The liveliness in the courtyard was really something to watch.

In the evening, when Xie Ci'an returned home from get off work, he was met with a pair of sparkling eyes as he walked in.

Ok?

"what happened?"

Xie Ci'an put his arm around Shen Yao and observed her every move with concern.

Shen Yao shook her head, pointed outside the door, and whispered in Xie Ci'an's ear what happened today.

"Before you came back, Sister Zhao came to ask Mom to help out when the time comes. The date has already been set."

Xie Ci’an:…

Xie Ci'an turned his head and looked behind him, then raised his eyebrows, "Are you in such a hurry?"

Shen Yao was like a little hamster, and could not help but nod happily, "If Cheng Xue from the Cheng family's blind date is successful, we have to get the marriage certificate and hold a wedding banquet in those few days, and we will pull each other's hair."

This was said by Tian Na. Even though the Zhao family and the Cheng family became relatives in the end, their relationship has been breaking down again and again, and it is difficult to return to their previous way of getting along.

However, seeing that the two families have no intention of easing up, they probably don't want to become in-laws.

Not only did she not want to, Zhao Meizhi now wished she could kill Cheng Bing with a knife.

How come I didn't find this person annoying before? She glared at Zhao Jinbao who couldn't control himself. Zhao Meizhi said in a muffled voice, "Now everything is done as you said. You'd better get married if you want to live a good life with Jinbao. I found out that you are still associating with Yinbao."

"Mom! What are you talking about?" Zhao Yinbao interrupted, his voice drowning out Zhao Meizhi, "Cheng Bing and I have nothing to do with each other. We were just classmates before."

Zhao Meizhi and Cheng Bing: …

Zhao Meizhi was choked by her own son's sophistry, while Cheng Bing was speechless.

Only Zhao Jinbao was squatting at the door, covering his head, no one knew what he was thinking.

The atmosphere at the Zhao family was weird, and it was no less weird at the Cheng family.

Cheng Xue sat in the room sulking, with Xue Hongmei beside her, who tried to persuade her again and again.

As for Cheng Suo, he sat at the door with his head down, thinking without saying a word.

"Listen, your father and I are doing this for your own good. That person is great in every way. What's wrong with being patient?"

It’s just that he’s not tall. What’s the big deal? As long as it doesn’t affect our life after marriage.

Cheng Xue was dissatisfied, "With so many men, it has to be him?"

Not even as good as Qian Jiangang.

Although Qian Jiangang is not good-looking, he is a strong and tall man with good looks.

As for the man she married, he was only as tall as her chin, so thin and small. What was he looking for?

"Of course, I want him to be a regular employee in the supply and marketing cooperative.

Xiaoxue, don't be silly or stubborn."

Xue Hongmei knew her eldest daughter well and understood that she was somewhat obsessed with looks, otherwise she wouldn't have liked Xie Ci'an next door for so many years.

But Xie Ci'an is good-looking in every way but he doesn't like his own daughter and is unwilling to be her son-in-law.

How could that work? The Cheng family's business had to be inherited by their grandson.

When she and Old Cheng are gone, there will also be grandchildren named Cheng who will smash pots and cry for mercy.

“You don’t have to think about anyone else, just Zhang Wang, you have to do it even if you can’t.

Your father and I have always been counting on you to take care of us in our old age, Xiaoxue, it’s time for you to grow up.”

Cheng Xue: ...

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