59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

When I returned to the entrance of the alley, I was a little surprised to see the people in front of me.

"Can the two of them talk?"

Yan Bugui's wife, Sha Zhu, Xu Damao and others who had returned from the state-owned vegetable market were walking back together. It was not uncommon for residents to go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and cook at this time.

But Xu Damao and Sha Zhu did not curse at each other and they did it at the same time, which was very strange.

Not only him, but also several other aunts and grandmas from nearby compounds who returned home were a little surprised.

"Zhu Zi, what new dishes do you have today?"

Chen Feng quickened his pace to catch up.

There are usually fresh vegetables in the morning, and if you go early you can grab the first batch of the freshest ones. The vegetable market does not open at 9 o'clock, as that is the working hours of state-owned department stores, supply and marketing cooperatives, and factories.

Places like vegetable markets, breakfast shops, etc. will open one or even two hours earlier.

"Good morning, Xiaofeng!"

"Good morning, lunatic."

"Hey, Lily, your brother is so nice to you that he bought you two candied haws so early in the morning?"

Seeing the little foodie in the carriage eating one candied haws after another like a puppy, Sha Zhu couldn't help but tease, "Lily, you have so many candied haws, can you give me one?"

Chen Li hesitated for a second, looked at the bamboo basket he was carrying, and said, "No, your vegetable basket is not delicious."

"Fool, of course the vegetable basket is not delicious!" Sha Zhu laughed and said, "My cabbage and potatoes are also delicious."

"No, it's not delicious at all!"

Chen Li repeated that she hated eating cabbage.

You really can't blame her for this. Anyone who eats cabbage, boiled cabbage, pickled cabbage every day...eating enough will drive you crazy!

When it comes to eating cabbage, only Koreans can resist.

The nations in this developed country in the world are truly amazing. They bear the title of the richest and most powerful nation in the universe, but they live a life of oxen and horses, serve as slaves for the U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, bear an average housing price of 14 yuan, eat kimchi for three meals a day, and they can do this for generations!

You can't refuse to accept it!

"Still no meat?" Chen Feng asked.

"Actually there is meat." Xu Damao said with a smile, "Today there is a batch of mutton bones. I heard that the meat processing factory specially distributed them to the vegetable market, but Shazhu doesn't like them."

Sha Zhu sneered, "Mutton bones don't have much fat, why buy them? It's better to buy some fish or seafood, at least there's more meat."

"Dried seafood will not taste good no matter how you cook it without any seasoning." Xu Damao sighed while holding a bamboo basket.

Most of the dried seafood in the wet market is sun-dried fish. Shellfish, which taste better and can be eaten simply by cooking, are generally allocated to state-owned restaurants by fishery companies.

Otherwise Xu Damao would not have said such things. Scallops do not require much cooking skills and they are delicious even when steamed.

Sha Zhu suddenly felt a little proud. Even stinky dried fish could become very delicious in his hands.

"Xu Damao, you buy groceries and cook by yourself now?" Chen Feng heard something different and looked at Xu Damao with a new respect.

Is this guy working so hard for his son?

Unbelievable!

Xu Damao smiled bitterly and said, "Alas, it's hard to put it into words!"

"You talk and I listen. If you can't finish in one sentence, you can say a few more words!" Chen Feng immediately said curiously, and even slowed down the three-wheeled bicycle.

Chen Li, who was sitting in the back, also raised her head and pricked up her ears.

Xu Damao didn't want to hide it, he was also a little annoyed.

"It's not a big deal. My smart stepdaughter Meng Xiaoxing told her mother that she was in charge of buying groceries. She always deliberately over-quoted the prices. In a month, she only gave me more than three yuan to buy soda and popsicles."

"You've learned to cheat your parents out of money at such a young age?"

Others were stunned.

Sha Zhu gloated: "Hahaha, good deeds will be rewarded with good, and evil deeds will be punished with evil. You cheated other women before, and now you are cheated by a woman. It makes sense!"

If it were in the past, Xu Damao would definitely have said something back, but now, he said calmly: "So I beat her up and asked her to be an apprentice to Aunt Liu."

"She's willing to be an apprentice?" Sha Zhu said in disbelief: "Given Aunt Liu's personality, would she be willing to offer your daughter an apprentice's salary?"

"I don't want a salary, as long as I have food and accommodation, I'll be a deputy."

Xu Damao's simple words made everyone gasp.

How cruel!

This is not the old society. In the old society, apprentices did not receive any salary and were often beaten by their masters. Whether they could learn skills depended on the character of their master.

In the new society, this evil master-apprentice system was naturally abolished.

Normally, apprentices should be paid, even if they are young apprentices. At least the law stipulates a minimum wage. And this is an old city, so no one dares to exploit them like this.

But if the guardian agrees, the situation is different.

"What about Meng Xiaoxing? Will she agree obediently?" Chen Feng felt that with Meng Xiaoxing's personality, it would be impossible for her to be obedient.

Xu Damao said calmly: "There is no extra food at home. She doesn't want to starve, so she can only go to the cloth shop to learn how to make clothes."

"Will her mother agree?" Sha Zhu thought of a key point.

"She doesn't study, so why doesn't her mother agree to let her go to a cloth shop to learn how to make clothes, so that she can save some food and drink for the family and get married in the future?"

Xu Damao's question left Sha Zhu speechless and he could only give him a thumbs up.

Upside down!

Everyone understood that Xu Damao was determined to kick Meng Xiaoxing out even if it meant losing money.

As for the saying about learning skills and marrying out, just listen to it!

If it was really for her future marriage, she wouldn't have deliberately said these things and ruined her reputation.

What a huge hatred this is!

Chen Feng thought of Meng Xiaozao and asked, "What about your second daughter?"

Speaking of this, Xu Damao's attitude changed, and he smiled and said, "Xiao Zao is a good child. Her mother was pregnant, and I had to go to work. She cooked, swept the floor, and washed clothes, all by herself."

"I plan to send her to Red Star School this year. I don't want her to get into junior high school, but I want her to get a job as a technician assistant in the future. At least she should finish elementary school and learn to write."

College students become cadres as soon as they graduate, and high school and technical secondary school graduates become senior workers with a salary of 37 yuan. Junior high school students enter factories and start as technician assistants with a salary of more than yuan.

It can be seen that Xu Damao has obviously spent a lot of time and effort on this stepdaughter and is willing to train her well.

Sha Zhu said blankly: "I thought you didn't like your stepdaughter."

Xu Damao did dislike the three daughters of the Meng family at first, but when he knew that he might not be able to have children and that Widow Meng might be lucky to get pregnant, his attitude changed a little.

Besides, Meng Xiaozao, the stepdaughter, is very filial, unlike Meng Xiaoxing, who is a villain just like him.

No, worse than him!

Can’t be tamed!