Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

Chapter 394 New Year’s Goods

Yi Zhonghai and his friends were discussing the New Year's Eve dinner, while every family in the compound was also preparing for the New Year.

The time is very close. The New Year’s Eve dinner is only a few days away, and every family has already started preparing for the New Year.

Those with better conditions prepare more, those with worse conditions prepare less. No matter how much or how little, it is always much richer than on ordinary days.

So no matter whether it is adults, the elderly or children in the hospital, they all have smiles on their faces in recent times.

The same is true for Zhang Jialiang. The New Year's goods for his family are almost ready. He brought back a lot of dried fruits including peanuts, melon seeds, walnuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, etc.

They brought back two wild goats, as well as other fish, pheasant meat, wild rabbit meat, venison, and dried mushrooms. Together with the cabbage, potatoes, carrots and other things stored in the cellar, the house was suddenly richer in supplies.

I gave some dried fruits and meat to the families of my sisters and they also sent some New Year's goods home.

There are many sisters and they work in all kinds of factories, so the things they send over are naturally varied and include all kinds of things.

Having more sisters has its advantages. At that time, it was popular to live off the land and the water. The combined benefits from their respective factories made Zhang Jialiang's home even more colorful.

Zhang Jialiang had already prepared a lot of New Year's goods, and now there are even more.

My eldest sister brought back canned food, soy sauce, MSG, and various condiments;

The second sister brought cotton cloth and children's clothes;

The fourth sister brought pork and flour;

The sixth sister brought back apples, pears, and even southern fruits such as oranges and bananas;

The seventh sister brought back a lot of cigarettes and candies.

My fifth sister also came home today. She and her husband brought back tofu, vermicelli, and a pound of pork.

The couple also has two children. My fifth sister's husband is Zhou Zhenbang, the youngest son of Master Zhou, who taught my fifth sister cooking.

At first, the fifth sister worked as a helper in Master Zhou's house. Later, she became a formal apprentice and learned cooking from Master Zhou. She then joined a state-owned restaurant as an apprentice. Finally, after years of hard work, with the help of Master Zhou, she became a regular employee of the state-owned restaurant.

Over the years, the fifth sister often helped with work at the Zhou family, and of course she had a lot of contact with Zhou Zhengbang at the Zhou family. As time went by, the two developed feelings for each other, and when they reached age, they naturally got married.

Zhou Zhenbang is also a chef. Although the couple do not work in the same state-owned restaurant, they are in the same system and have a common language.

After getting married, both of them had jobs and they were formal employees. In addition, Master Zhou's family was well off and could help them, so now the couple is living a prosperous life.

Zhang Jialiang grabbed Zhang Jiamei.

"Lao Wu, come back home in a couple of days and braise all the meat at home.

Your cooking skills are good, and the meat you make is loved by everyone in the family. You can keep it and eat it slowly after you make it. It won’t go bad in the winter anyway.”

Zhang Jiamei is now a mother of two children. She is 22 years old this year. She looks more mature after a few years, but maybe because her life is going well, she still looks youthful and beautiful.

"Okay, brother, I got it. I'll come over in two days."

Liang Ladi also ran over and grabbed Zhang Jiamei's hand, complaining:

"Fifth sister, I still need to learn cooking from you.

Look, your brother thinks my cooking is not tasty, and Xiaohu and the other little bastards are also heartless. They all think my cooking skills are not good enough, and they all love the food you cook. "

Zhang Jiamei and Liang Ladi have a very good relationship. She knows that her sister-in-law is a good sister-in-law. Since she got married, she has been filial to her mother and grandmother, served her brother, and gave birth to children for the Zhang family, making great contributions to the Zhang family.

Her sister-in-law does all the housework at home, including washing clothes, cooking, washing pots and dishes. Even if all the sisters are married, her brother can continue to live a lazy life of having everything provided for him. Now that she hears her sister-in-law say this, of course she has to stand up to defend her.

"Sister-in-law, you are too pampering my brother and my nephews and nieces.

In fact, you are a very good cook. You are almost as good as me in terms of home cooking, except for some complex dishes. But you are not a professional chef, and you don't need to cook such complicated dishes at home.

Don't listen to my brother and children's nagging. They don't know how to appreciate what they have. They are lucky to have ready-made food, but they are still picky.

But you can learn how to braise pork from me. Not only did I learn the skill from Sha Zhu, but my child’s grandfather also has the skill. After I combined the skills, the braised pork I make now tastes even better.

This isn’t hard to learn, I’ll teach you this time while we’re braising the meat.”

Liang Ladi was very happy that her sister-in-law spoke for her, saying that her hard work was not in vain.

"Well, I must learn it well this time.

It just so happens that your brother brought back a lot of dried fruits, so you can take some back too. Also, bring back some mutton to make mutton dumplings, and some other meats as well. Anyway, everyone in your family is a chef, so you can cook whatever you want."

Zhang Jiamei was not polite either. She knew Zhang Jialiang's abilities and there was no shortage of meat at home.

"Okay, meat is a good thing. Although we are all chefs in our family and have cooking skills, we still can't do without the ingredients.

Deer meat is a good thing. My brother is really capable to be able to get it."

Liang Ladi knew that Zhang Jiamei had always admired Zhang Jialiang's abilities since she was a child, and it seemed that there had been no changes until now.

"Your brother is very capable. Our family has never had a bad meal. I am very blessed to be with him."

……

When the aunt and sister-in-law met, they had endless things to talk about, and Zhang Jialiang couldn't get a word in at all.

After the fifth sister left, Zhang Jialiang still had a lot of things to do. It was almost the end of the year, and after finishing his housework, he had to deal with things outside. He was busy preparing New Year gifts for old customers.

These people are all heads of the logistics departments of the units where their family members work, such as Li Huaide of the steel rolling mill, Director Ma of the garment factory where his wife and second sister work, the logistics director of the state-owned hotel where his fifth sister works, the logistics director of the Dongcheng Branch of the Electric Power Bureau where his sixth sister works, the logistics director of the Beijing Cigarette Factory where his seventh sister works, and of course the people from the street office.

Zhang Jialiang prepared three deer for these people. The steel rolling mill gave one deer, and the other units each received less than half a deer.

These people are leaders of the units where my family members work. Naturally, there are many benefits to having connections with them. Over the years, my family members have developed well in various units, and Zhang Jialiang's work behind the scenes has contributed greatly to this.

In recent years, the Zhang family has developed well in their respective factories. Not to mention other things, just in terms of making money, everyone in his family has benefited a lot.

Mother Wang Shujuan's salary has increased by one level, and now it is more than 49 yuan per month;

The eldest sister, the second sister, the fourth sister, and the fifth sister all had a salary of 37 yuan;

The sixth sister has the highest salary, except for Zhang Jialiang, because of her high education and she is now a junior engineer. Her salary is 55 yuan;

Even the seventh sister, who has the lowest salary, can earn 32 yuan a month.

This is all the result of Zhang Jialiang using space prey to build relationships. Of course, Zhang Jialiang himself is not included in this. He is a temporary worker and still earns more than 20 yuan a month. The salary itself is a negligible income for him and he does not take it seriously.