1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

"Three aunties, come to the kitchen and help me." Jia Zhang shouted to the three aunties through the kitchen.

The third aunt got up and went to the kitchen. Looking at the food on the table, she didn't know what to say for a moment.

The wedding banquet consisted of 4 dishes and a bowl of soup, and each dish involved cabbage.

There are stir-fried cabbage, cold-mixed cabbage, pickled cabbage, and a portion of pork and cabbage stewed in the pot.

The remaining bowl of soup was cabbage and egg soup, with only a few pitiful small pieces of egg flowers floating on the soup.

The staple food is a basket of cornmeal steamed bread.

This made Second Aunt, who had contributed one dollar as a share of the money, unable to bear it.

If it weren't for the fact that today was Jia Dongxu's wedding day, if she really had a quarrel with Jia Zhang, she would have fought with him to the death.

"Second Aunt, let's serve the food to the guests quickly." First Aunt patted her shoulder.

Then several aunts followed Jia Zhang and started to get busy serving food to the guests.

When the guests in the courtyard saw the cabbages, they all dropped their heads to their pillows.

Even these are city people, they are even more stingy than those in the countryside.

Although they were poor in the countryside, they would at least have two meat dishes on a happy occasion like a wedding.

A table full of cabbages, who are you trying to insult?

After the wedding banquet, Tingting's family went home with their heads resting on their shoulders.

The three aunts also found an excuse and went home.

On the way back, Second Aunt snorted coldly.

"If I had known it was a table full of cabbages, I wouldn't have let my old man take even a penny, let alone a dollar."

……

As time went on in the evening, the other people working in the courtyard factory got off work. After learning that the Jia family's wedding banquet at noon was a table full of cabbage, they began to curse the family behind their backs for being shameless.

Liu Haizhong was so angry that he almost broke the table.

Chen Xiao was eating the pies and tofu pudding he bought at home. After hearing the news, he laughed a lot.

He knew that the Jia Zhang family was stingy, but he didn't expect them to be so stingy that they only served a table full of cabbage to their guests on their wedding day.

……

Let’s look at the Jia Zhang family.

Their family was not having a good time at this time.

When Tingting learned that the wedding banquet consisted of a table full of cabbage, she had a huge argument with Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi.

Although Tingting was fighting one against two, she was not at a disadvantage at all.

The two people were even scolded so much that they almost became autistic.

In order to appease Tingting, Jia Dongxu ran to the Old Drum Tower Street and bought two pounds of pork.

"Tingting, look what delicious food I brought you."

Jia Dongxu walked in carrying a pot of braised pork.

"Get out! Who let you in? Get out of here, you hear me?"

"Are you willing to buy meat now? What did you do for lunch? My family came all the way here, and you shared a table with them, sharing a table full of cabbage?"

Tingting lifted the red veil and started cursing at Jia Dongxu.

"Tingting, you can't lift the red veil..." Jia Dongxu reminded.

"Can't lift it?"

"Haha." Tingting laughed at herself.

"I'm going to open it today!"

After saying that, Tingting threw the red veil directly to the ground.

Jia Dongxu reached out to pick up the red veil, but when his eyes met Tingting's, he suddenly became timid.

"Get out, you hear me?"

"Tingting, today is our wedding day, and we have to enter the bridal chamber tonight..."

"Enter the bridal chamber? Haha, just wait! Anyway, don't even think about it for the time being. If you don't get out now, forget about it this year."

Helplessly, Jia Dongxu had to put down the braised pork and turned to walk out of the room.

In the living room, Jia Zhang was wiping her tears.

She heard clearly the conversation in the room just now.

Looking at the food on the table for the mother and daughter, it was all leftover from lunch.

Suddenly, Jia Zhang couldn't help it, and sat on the chair and began to summon the spirit.

"What kind of fate do I have? Old Jia, you died such a tragic death. Look at your useless son, who actually married such a vicious daughter-in-law."

"It's fine if you yell at Dongxu, but you actually dared to yell at me, your mother-in-law."

"I've just gotten married and it's like this. How am I going to live in the long days ahead?"

……

"You damn old woman outside, if you dare to summon my soul again, try it for me?" Tingting cursed angrily from inside.

"Mom, please stop talking."

"Just bear with it for tonight, I will coax Tingting well tomorrow." Jia Dongxu patted Jia Zhang's shoulder and comforted her in a low voice.

Silent all night.

Jia Dongxu was woken up by the cold while sleeping on the floor in the living room.

Seeing that it was just dawn, Jia Dongxu put on his clothes and stood up.

After a night passed, Tingting's anger should have subsided a lot, and then he tiptoed to open the door and come in.

Just as she reached the bed and before she could get on top, Tingting turned around and kicked Jia Dongxu directly in the abdomen.

The severe pain in his lower abdomen almost made Jia Dongxu scream out.

Fortunately, it was in his lower abdomen. If it was a few centimeters lower, his life would be over.

"Tingting, please don't be angry, it's my fault." Jia Dongxu rubbed his belly and forced a smile on his face.

"You say you're going to calm down? Why should I listen to you?"

"If you dare to touch me before I calm down, I will kill you. Believe it or not, I will kill you." Tingting said without turning her head while lying on the bed.

Then he turned over and continued to sleep snoring.

Jia Dongxu looked helpless and squatted beside the bed until dawn.

He came out of the room, took the washbasin, and went to the water outlet in the yard to start washing.

When Jia Zhang saw Dongxu coming out of the room, she thought that their relationship had reconciled and they had even had their wedding night together.

This made her originally depressed mood much better.

As long as she can hold her eldest grandson in her arms, it will be fine. When the eldest grandson comes into this world, she will see how she will deal with Tingting.

I really thought that if Jia Zhang didn't show her power, she would be a sick cat.

Jia Zhang raised Dongxu alone with great difficulty, and her eloquence was no exaggeration.

"Brother Dongxu, how was your wedding night last night? Tell me about it." Xu Damao, who was still a teenager, came over.

"Want to know?" Jia Dongxu wiped his face and looked at Xu Damao.

Xu Damao nodded.

"Go home and ask your dad. He knows about this."

After saying that, Jia Dongxu carried the washbasin back to the house.

"You are so good, Jia Dongxu... How dare you play tricks on me..."

Xu Damao's face turned red and white with anger.