Phoenix Girl in the 1990s - Chapter 7

Chapter 7

The sisters nodded their heads in unison, and their mother was able to eat well

Nourished and more happy than if they had eaten it in their own stomachs.

Xia Zhimin went back inside to get his clothes and shower, Li Xiuqin didn’t even get to sleep and asked if it was Hao Zi and the others who had come by.

Xia Zhimin nodded, “They brought in meat for you, and I sent it back.”

Afraid of being upset in her heart, Xia Zhimin explained his nephew’s words to his wife.

A good bamboo shoot comes out of a bad bamboo.¹ To say that Liu Chunping has made any contribution to the Xia family.¹

It is the birth of two good sons, which is also the reason why her parents-in-law always favored Liu Chunping when they were alive.

In the eyes of her parents-in-law, whether she did a good and thoughtful job or not, she was not as good as the eldest daughter-in-law who had renewed the Xia family’s lineage.

This is a deep-rooted belief in the countryside, not to mention her in-laws.

Even Li Xiuqin herself had considered it so.

The last time Xia Zhimin went to the city to help solve the compensation problem of Li Guofu, he made an agreement with his nephew.

Call him on the phone to the village, Xia Zhimin came back to wait a few days without expecting, and has been worried about the police whether it is of no use.

But he did not say in front of Li Xiuqin, afraid that Li Xiuqin will be worried, and he intends to wait for two more days, and if there is no news, he will take a look at the situation in the hospital.

Who would have known that the next day, the day after Li Xiuqin was discharged from the hospital, the loudspeaker in the village called Xia Zhimin to go to the village committee office to answer the phone?

It was Li Guanghai who called, he said on the phone that his father’s accident had been dealt with and the construction team had promised to pay 30,000 yuan in compensation

Including medical expenses, maintenance fees and labor compensation.

If Li Guofu is disabled because of the accident, there will be another compensation for the disability expenses.

The specific amount is based on the disability assessment standards of professional organizations.

Li Guanghai and Yang Xiangzhi were quite satisfied with the result, after all, they did not expect any compensation before.

Now the compensation is 30,000 yuan, excluding all the medical expenses and borrowed money.

There is still about 10,000 yuan left, greatly relieving the family’s financial situation.

Even if Li Guofu really can’t recover in the end, the family’s heart can be relieved with this amount of money as a guarantee.

Such are the most simple people, always accepting life’s trials and tribulations calmly.

They attribute all their misfortunes to “fate”.

Even if it is compensation that they deserve, they still felt that they had taken advantage of the situation.

“My father’s situation in the past two days is better than the last few days, he can already sit up leaning on the mattress, it’s just that he still doesn’t have much strength in his waist, the doctor said that my father’s spine is not completely damaged, as long as he keeps on with the rehabilitation training, not to say that he will be cured, at least he won’t be paralyzed and unable to move on the bed.”

As long as he can get out of bed and walk on crutches, he can do some light housework.

Not so much as become an invalid and have to be cared for by others.

Xia Zhimin was delighted by his brother-in-law’s recovery, “That’s good, it’s a blessing in misfortune, I’ll go back and tell your aunt the news, she’ll be glad to hear the news.”

On the phone, Li Guanghai also asked about Li Xiuqin’s situation, proposing to come to Shuiliu Village in two days to visit his aunt.

“Your aunt’s situation is quite good, nothing serious, now your father’s situation is the most important thing, take good care of him before anything else.”

Li Guanghai should be down, in times of trouble, see genuine love.

This time to borrow money aunt and uncle have made great efforts.

For this his aunt almost had an accident, he has made up his mind to repay his aunt and uncle, first of all, he has to return the borrowed money.

“Uncle, this time really thanks to you, if you did not suggest reporting to the police, but also accompanied me to go, I’m afraid that my father’s compensation may not be this smooth.”

“Don’t say that, I didn’t help much, don’t let your dad think too much, recover well, your aunt and I will go to see him again when we have time.”

Xia Zhimin went home and told his family about the content of the call, Xia Qing and the girls had long guessed that it was their cousin calling.

Hearing that the problems on their uncle’s side had been solved and his body was recovering, they were all happy for their uncle.

“I didn’t expect things to be resolved just like that, there’s a part of Xiao Qing’s credit here too.”

“I won’t take credit for it, I just casually said so at the time.” Xia Qing served a bowl of the cooked meat congee out, as well as a dish of cold cucumber, and told Li Xiuqin to eat first.

“Mom, try it, I’ll cook you something else if you are not able to eat it.”

Li Xiuqin took a spoon and scooped a mouthful of congee, although this congee was stewed with meat broth, Xia Qing had already cleared the oil in the broth and put in shiitake mushroom foam,celery foam and green onion foam to enhance the flavor, it was fragrant and sticky, and did not have the slightest nausea from eating meat oil.

She swallowed the congee and nodded to Xia Qing with a smile, “Quite good, this congee took some effort, right, the flavor of the rice is blossoming.”
“No, Xiao Qing started to prepare it early in the morning, had to stew out the meat broth first, and then use a casserole to put it on the fire to simmer slowly, which can be quite tiresome.”

Xia Qing saw her second sister praising her one after another, she was also a little embarrassed, smiled and said, “You guys have taken care of all the household chores at home, I don’t have to do anything else except cooking, how can I show my sincerity without making some food?”

Xia He smelled the aroma of the dishes coming from the kitchen and gave her affirmation, “En, it’s indeed very sincere, since mom is eating appropriately, let’s go eat as well, and come back later to collect the bowls.”

Li Xiuqin had just been discharged from the hospital, and had been eating in the house for the past two days.

Her body was so weak that she couldn’t even have a fan blowing, so Xia Zhimin was sleeping on a cool mat on the floor at night because it was too hot.

Today’s lunch is bitter melon rib soup, stewed eggplant,

Spicy and Sweet Potato Shreds, and Xia Qing’s own pickles, which were opened today for the first day to try out.

The method of pickling kimchi she learned on the Internet is simple and convenient.

Just cut up the vegetables and blanch them to dry.

Then use various seasonings to make a suitable flavor of the stock.

When the stock cools down, pour it into a clean jar, put in the blanched vegetables, and you can eat it every other night.

The most important part of the whole process is the stock, which determines the flavor of the pickle, just like a secret kung fu manual or a secret recipe for food.

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TL/N:

1. A metaphor used to explain that even if Liu Chunping was rotten, she was still able to produce kids with good hearts.

2. Chinese Pickle Jar are those large containers wherein they make homemade pickles that would last for years.