Daily Life in the 70s-Chapter 77 - Slowly

How shameless.

Yet, Shen Yiguang couldn’t help but smile, letting them be, he squatted down to skin the rabbit.

Meanwhile, Yang Peimin asked the eldest sister and third sister how to make delicious rabbit meat, as she had no clue at all.

The eldest sister laughed and said, “There’s no particular way, it’s just like stewing chicken, just stew until it’s done.”

The third sister, with more experience, added, “Your brother-in-law’s uncle used to be an excellent hunter.

Nowadays, in these years of scarcity, he occasionally hunts and trades at the collective grain shop to provide for the family.

When the kids at home crave meat, we use some ration tickets to exchange for meat.

Adding carrots or potatoes during stewing is really good.”

Well, carrots and potatoes are the eternal themes for meat stews in this place.

Shen Yiguang was fast at cleaning up, and he also skinned the rabbit beautifully, then quickly chopped it into pieces.

Yang Peimin watched intently; his efficient and decisive manner was quite handsome.

After everything was prepared, her cooking felt much easier.

Aiming to avoid mistakes, she followed the third sister’s advice, stewing the vegetables together with the meat.

Perhaps due to some experience, she managed to avoid being flustered.

Finally, the dish was served, lacking in presentation but seasoned with the right amount of salt.

“It’ll do.

To talk about it being like restaurant food, don’t kid yourself.”

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“What a waste of the meat.”

Except for the frank and outspoken Shen Yidong and Shen Yixiang, the others were considerate and didn’t pick faults.

Yang Peimin finally relaxed.

After the meal, she insisted the eldest sister sit, while she cleaned and washed the dishes herself.

She also tidied up the entire kitchen again.

With her meticulous and fussy nature, she arranged the utensils, pots, and condiments neatly, wiped down the stove, the pot lids, and the walls several times, rearranged the firewood, and cleaned up the wood chips from the floor, sweeping the floor multiple times before leaving the kitchen at three in the afternoon.

The third sister and fourth sister, who hadn’t left yet, couldn’t help but come in to take a look.

Seeing the drastically transformed kitchen, they were speechless.

Although they had cleaned it quite well before, it was nothing compared to how the sister-in-law had done it.

They had to admit, she was pretty impressive when it came to cleaning.

However, the fourth sister-in-law couldn’t help but comment, “With your slow and steady pace, taking a whole day just to wash the dishes is acceptable, but maybe you don’t need to do anything else.”

Though Shen Yidong’s words were picky, they weren’t wrong.

Yang Peimin smiled and nodded, “I’ll try to speed things up in the future.”

Shen Yiqiu looked at her appreciatively, thinking to herself that she was quite humble.

The eldest sister had a large family and couldn’t do without her, so she went home after lunch.

The fourth brother-in-law and his wife, having nothing urgent, weren’t in a hurry and spent the afternoon familiarizing Yang Peimin with the household, including how to feed the livestock and the family habits.

Yang Peimin noted everything down.

In the evening, the fourth sister also went back; Shen Yiguang drove their family of five home.

Shen Yidong, however, stayed, claiming she would stay a couple more days, and also brought her two daughters along.

Yang Peimin found out that the fourth brother-in-law had left early, having departed right after the wedding banquet yesterday, citing some urgent family matters.

It wasn’t anything unusual, but Shen Yidong made a point of explaining in her presence, “Xiao Fen’s dad is concerned about me, wants me to spend more time with mom and dad.

He can’t get away from the commune; otherwise, he would have stayed longer too.

And although Xiao Fen’s grandparents at his place treat me well, it’s still more comfortable at my own parents’ home, wouldn’t you agree, sister-in-law?”

Yang Peimin was slightly taken aback but smiled and nodded.

Shen Yidong, holding her bulging belly with one hand on her waist, appeared somewhat pleased with Yang Peimin’s understanding, “So, women still need to be fertile and diligent to be cherished by their in-laws and their own husbands.

Although I first had two daughters, my in-laws never complained.

This pregnancy came after them; experienced people say it’s going to be a boy.”

“But our family is different from those with many brothers; sister-in-law, it’s best if your first child is a son, to ease our parents’ minds.”

Yang Peimin found it amusing, “Sister, you’re quite fortunate,” but she did not pursue the conversation further.

Looking at the sky, which was about to darken, she found an excuse to end the conversation with Shen Yidong.

“Sister, you go ahead and talk with mom; I’ll get the bathwater ready so Xiao Fen and Xiao Fang can bathe earlier.”

Shen Yidong exclaimed, “Look, sister-in-law, one doesn’t know the cost of household needs until they run a home.

Even though we don’t buy our own firewood, it still took a great effort from mom and dad to gather it.

In this cold weather, every family just warms water for a foot bath, it’s wasteful otherwise.”

Yang Peimin found it hard to argue and just nodded, “Alright, but we still need to boil water, right?”

After watching her enter the kitchen, Shen Yidong also turned and went back to the inner room.

Speaking to Chen Guizhi, who was sewing clothes and making shoes with her two granddaughters on the kang, she asked, “Mom, do we have enough firewood for the year?”

Chen Guizhi, slightly confused, looked up at her, “Of course, why?”

Shen Yidong sat down beside her, “Your new daughter-in-law wants to heat water for a bath, and with the wood we use daily, it might not be enough.”

Shen Yixiang, upon hearing this, expressed significant displeasure, “Sister, you don’t know yet, she even had my brother make a large tub for soaking baths.

Do you know how big it is?

When a person sits in it, it completely covers their head.”

When the tub was brought in, she thought it was for storing water in the kitchen, not for that woman to take baths in.

Last night, she saw her brother carrying water, counting twelve buckets of it, just normal wooden buckets.

Chen Guizhi hadn’t thought much about it, “Your sister-in-law likes cleanliness; I’ve seen the kitchen too, and it’s indeed tidy and neat.

There’s nothing wrong with that, better than being slovenly, right?

Have you seen the son’s wife from the Santian Family?

That filthiness, could you stand it?”

“But mom, that’s an extreme example, how can you compare like that?

In our village, who isn’t just getting by?

During the farming season, which family has the time to wash their dishes three or five times?

It’s a huge waste of wood, and it’s still you two elders who end up gathering more firewood.”