Chapter 242: The Luyang Chapter of the Mid-Autumn Festival
In Yanjing, the atmosphere of Mid-Autumn Festival is quite strong, while Luyang, which is thousands of miles away, has become much weaker.
The extreme lack of material conditions has added a touch of sorrow this Mid-Autumn Festival.
However, this does not include Xu Jingyi's family.
Because of the timely support from grandma, their family lives a very comfortable life. Not to mention having enough food, they can still get some meat every now and then.
As soon as lunch ended, Xu Jingyi was stopped by her mother.
"Mom, what's the matter?"
Tan Aifang handed over a bag: "Today is the holiday, go see your grandmother and take these things over."
Xu Jingyi's grandmother is over 70 years old. The old man had the flu before, and she survived it all with Tan Aifang's careful care. However, now she is in a much worse health.
"All right!"
"Go and go back quickly, don't delay there." Xu Bin reminded.
Xu Jingyi nodded: "I understand."
Forty minutes later, my grandmother's house arrived.
Xu Jingyi's grandmother originally lived in Yicheng City with her uncle, but at the beginning of the year, the whole family suddenly moved to Luyang.
Although Yicheng is close to Honglong River, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Honglong River is getting dry and sooner or later there will be a day when the river is broken.
And this day is not too far.
As for Luyang, it is the capital of a state no matter how big it is. It is much stronger than Yicheng, regardless of the size of the city and its ability to respond to disasters.
Xu Jingyi's uncle was a smart man. He "escaped" before most people and finally bought a house with a loan in Luyang.
"Dongdongdongdong..."
"Here you come."
The one who opened the door was Xu Jingyi's aunt. When her aunt saw that her niece was coming, her attitude immediately became extremely enthusiastic and pulled her into the house.
"Mom, Jingyi is here to see you."
Xu Jingyi quickly said with concern: "Grandma, are you in better health?"
"It's much better. Come here and let my grandma see if our Jingyi has gained weight? You have lost a lot of weight last time." Grandma's eyes were a little bad.
My aunt replied with a smile beside her, "Mom, Jingyi has gained weight and her face has become round."
"Is that true? I'll be good if I gain weight. I'll be blessed to gain weight."
Xu Jingyi is a little shy. Girls love beauty, but she still likes to have a thinner figure. It is not good to be too fat.
"Jingyi, are your mother and the others okay?" Grandma asked immediately.
"Everything is fine, don't worry!"
After some greetings, Xu Jingyi took out various gifts from the bag:
"Grandma, this pack is dried shrimp. My mother asked you to eat a small bowl every day, which is especially good for your health."
My aunt touched the shrimp and was overjoyed: "Mom, my elder sister and my elder brother-in-law are so filial to you!"
"Oh, I'm so old, why are you doing this good? Jingyi, take it back and keep it for yourself!" Grandma refused.
"Grandma, we still have it in our family."
The little cousin on the side swallowed: "Cousin, I want to eat shrimps too."
"Don't mess around here, hurry back to the room to write your homework." My aunt "drived away" her little daughter.
Xu Jingyi continued to introduce: "Grandma, this pack is full of dried vegetables. Vegetables can supplement vitamins and relieve constipation. Don't forget."
"Jingyi, even if your grandmother forgets, my aunt will not forget it. I will help you watch your grandmother."
"Thank you aunt."
"Silly kids, they are all family members, why do you thank me?" my aunt said politely.
The reason why Tan Aifang was unwilling to come is because her younger brother and sister were too "enthusiastic" and often found various reasons to borrow food from their family, which made people unable to guard against.
"Grandma, this last pack is dried fish. If you are usually light-hearted, you can take it out and stir-fry it, which is very appetizing."
"The little fish is good, grandma likes this."
Xu Jingyi's grandmother is from Yicheng. She is from the river and lake. She grew up eating small fish and shrimps since she was a child. The elderly are just fine.
After chatting with my grandmother for more than half an hour, Xu Jingyi left her uncle's house, and her aunt personally took her to the entrance of the community.
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It was already three in the afternoon when I got home.
"Dad, mom, I'm back."
Tan Aifang poured a glass of water for her daughter: "Is your grandmother in good health?"
"It looks pretty good." Xu Jingyi nodded.
"Where is your uncle, have you arrived home?"
"No, my uncle and cousin have not come back. I guess they will not come back until the evening!"
Xu Jingyi's uncle and cousin work in Gusu City. There are many engineering projects there, and many people from Wanzhou cannot stay locally and will go there to find a job.
The closer you are to the coastal areas, the more job opportunities.
Xu Bin brought a fan to his daughter: "There is a power outage again. You can fan it for a while and stop heatstroke."
"Today's holiday, there was still a power outage!" Xu Jingyi couldn't help complaining.
"There is no way, we celebrate the festival, and the factory is not. If you don't want to live this kind of life, when you are internship next year, I ask your uncle to help find a better unit, and our whole family will move to Yanjing."
If it weren't for his daughter, Xu Bin would have wanted to leave Luyang long ago. When he learned about the expansion of the capital, he regretted it.
Seeing my sister's family not only bought a house in the capital, but also obtained a household registration, their family was one step late, and the gap was getting bigger and bigger.
This feeling of loss almost drove him crazy.
"That's great. I've missed my grandparents for a long time." Xu Jingyi said excitedly.
Tan Aifang remained silent. She wanted to go to Yanjing and stay in Luyang. This matter has been in her heart for a long time.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, Tan Aifang started cooking dinner. I don't know if the call will come tonight, so I should hurry up and prepare the meal before dawn.
"Mom, what should I eat tonight?" Xu Jingyi asked.
"Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, let's eat air-dried chicken hotpot!" Tan Aifang gritted her teeth and said. Now there is only the last one left in the air-dried chicken sent by her mother-in-law. She originally planned to keep it for the New Year.
But think about it and forget it.
If you don’t stay, at most, you can discuss with your child’s father to see if you can go to Yanjing for the New Year.
Xu Jingyi echoed: "Okay, it's good to eat hot pot!"
Next, Tan Aifang first cooked a pot of fragrant rice. After the rice was cooked, she started preparing hot pot.
Air-dried chicken hotpot doesn’t require any soup base, just add water and boil it, and then add various seasonings, including chili sauce.
The chili sauce was also sent from Yanjing.
When the chicken is almost cooked, add the vegetables, mushrooms and tofu soaked in advance, and a steaming hot chicken hotpot will be ready.
At 6:30 pm, I finally called.
Before dinner, Xu Jingyi called her grandma a video call. As Xu Ma talked, her eyes turned red.
On one side, there were more than a dozen people in the whole family, and there were three hot pot alone; on the other side, the family of three guarded a hot pot alone.
How can parents not feel sad if they are such strong contrast?
Unfortunately, Xu Jingyi felt nothing sad at all. She was so happy that she was eating chicken in her mouth.
Chapter completed!