Zhao Tianlei paused, "It’s okay, I guess, she’s getting on in years, doesn’t want to use too much oil."
Yun Xiaoxiao was taken aback, how could you not want to use oil, how can you eat cabbage and radishes without it?
"I’ll go talk to Grandma Fang in a bit."
Zhao Tianlei also took out several pieces of cotton clothing that hadn’t sold out by the end of the year.
He gave one to Fang Meiyun, one to Grandma Fang, one to Fang Chaoyang, and one to Er Dan.
This was Er Dan’s first time wearing new clothes.
"Sister-in-law, this must have cost quite a bit of money, right?"
"Your Third Brother produces them in his factory, it’s mostly just the cost of the fabric."
Produced in their own factory?
The few exchanged glances, even Fang Chaoyang was somewhat shocked, he hadn’t expected that Third Brother actually had a clothing factory.
At dinner, Zhao Tianlei spoke up in front of everyone.
"Er Dan, the day after tomorrow, I’ll send you to learn a trade."
Er Dan didn’t know where Third Brother was sending him to learn a trade?
Was it necessary to pay to learn this trade?
"Third Brother, I...."
Zhao Tianlei looked at Er Dan, "I want you to learn a trade for the electronics store I opened. Nowadays, we have a lot of electronics in the store, but many can’t be repaired. I’m sending you to apprentice; you must learn well."
Zhao Tianlei knew Er Dan could endure hardships.
"Xiao Yun will go to work at the jewelry shop with your Sister Xinxin."
Zhao Tianlei then looked at Fang Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, let’s visit the clothing factory tomorrow."
Finally, he turned to Grandma Fang, "Grandma Fang, take a rest for the next couple of days, but after that, the kitchen is yours. You can buy a lot here in Capital City, so don’t skimp on the oil, okay?"
"Sure, I’ll cook. In the old days, I learned a few tricks from my dad," Grandma Fang said cheerfully.
She felt like she had something to do.
"Then I’ll leave the kitchen to Grandma Fang."
Everyone got up from dinner.
The next day, Er Dan, Da Bao, Xiao Bao, and Grandma Fang were at home.
Yun Xiaoxiao took the other women to the jewelry shop, and Cao Dali also came early to help transport some electronics to the store.
"Sister-in-law, this store?"
"My store. We’ll clean it up..." Although she had only been home for about half a month, there wasn’t much dust.
Fang Meiyun was always diligent at home, and coming here, she became even more so.
After cleaning, Yun Xiaoxiao led them to the market to buy things.
Fang Meiyun noticed her sister-in-law was very generous, buying lots of pork, chicken, and fish.
After the adults left, Grandma Fang couldn’t sit still; she started to clean the rooms.
Seeing this, Er Dan quickly came to help.
Da Bao and Xiao Bao helped as well.
When Yun Xiaoxiao and the others came back carrying things, they saw the snow in the yard neatly piled up.
Yun Xiaoxiao had previously asked Zhao Tianlei to collect clean snow from the yard and pile it in a corner to freeze some things.
"You bought so much stuff?" Grandma Fang, wearing a pair of cotton shoes, heard the commotion and saw Er Dan going to open the door, spotting them bringing back plenty of stuff.
"It’s cold here; if we buy it and freeze it, we can slowly eat it."
Yun Xiaoxiao turned to Grandma Fang, thinking of another matter, "Grandma Fang, do you know how to smoke meat and make sausages?"
She wanted to eat smoked meat and sausages.
This time, when she went back, her mother-in-law had made two pieces of smoked meat, wanting to give Yun Xiaoxiao one, but Yun Xiaoxiao had refused.
She hadn’t done it before because they were allotted so little meat; how could they make it into smoked meat? Typically it was all eaten during the New Year’s period.