Su Yan took Lu Ting and the child to her mother's house for lunch and then went back. In the afternoon, Jiang Lingling came to Su Ze's room with two woven bags in a cart.

Su Ze was holding his youngest son and sitting at the desk writing something.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

"This is the luggage your sister prepared for you. The bag above contains a quilt and a military coat. This military coat was prepared for you by your brother-in-law. Wear it during the day and cover yourself on top of the quilt at night."

"Mom, didn't we send out the mattress and quilt a few days ago? Just leave this quilt at home. I'll wear my military coat tomorrow. What's that bag down there?"

"A bag of common medicines, roasted sunflower seeds and peanuts, dried meat, sausage, and various dried fruits and preserves. Three cured chickens, three cured ducks, and three cured rabbits, a large bag of cured fish fillets, and a few pounds of dried mushrooms and shrimp. You're spending the New Year's holiday alone, so eat as much as you can and don't skimp."

After Jiang Lingling finished speaking, she took out a handful of national tickets from her trouser pocket, including ten reunion tickets.

"This is given to you by your sister and brother-in-law. Take it. I'll help you take care of the two children at home. Work hard over there. If you meet the leader above you and can help you, please help him secretly.

Your sister said that maybe one day that big boss will make a comeback, and maybe he can take you with him.

If there's not enough food, we'll send it to you. If you need any wine, write back. If you find someone suitable, find another one. 31 gay men are the best..."

Su Ze rubbed his brows and kept looking at his son in his arms. He was in no mood to look for a partner. If his brother-in-law hadn't helped him, he would have been sent to cut wood in the three northeastern provinces.

"Mom, let's talk about finding a partner later. Jingyuan and Junjun will have to work hard for you. If there is a holiday during National Day next year, I will take leave and come back to see you."

"You've just been transferred here, so they can't give you such a long vacation. If you find someone and get married quickly, I'll ask your dad to take leave, and we'll take them and the other two to visit you in the Northwest."

"Let's talk about finding a partner a few years later."

"Of course the sooner the better. Jingyuan and Junjun will be older now, so why not wait until they are older and don't know anything? If you wait until they are older and come back, they will definitely complain."

Although Jiang Lingling would not speak ill of her eldest daughter-in-law in front of her granddaughters and grandsons, she certainly did not want them to resent her son.

Early the next morning, Su Ze finished eating the egg noodles his mother cooked for him, put on a fur hat, wrapped a dark gray scarf around his neck, and put on the fur-collared coat given to him by his brother-in-law.

He stomped his feet hard on the ground, rubbed them, then put on gloves, picked up the black luggage bag on the ground with his left hand, pulled the cart full of luggage with his right hand, and looked at his family with tears in his eyes.

"I'm leaving, take care everyone!"

Su Lang snatched the luggage bag from Su Ze's hand and said, "Brother, I'll take you to the train station. I've taken half a day off today."

"No need. Someone will take us to the train station. I need to get some documents from them later. Go to work and do your best. You will be the one supporting the family from now on."

"It's snowing heavily outside, so I'll take Big Brother to the car!"

Su Ze patted Su Lang on the shoulder and said, "Let's go!"

Su Yan stood up, scooped out six fish balls from the copper hot pot, and put two in each of the triplets' bowls.

"Be careful, it's hot. Eat slowly."

Lu Yiming also scooped a fish ball into the bowl and commented as he ate it, "The fish balls taste pretty good, but they're not as good as the beef balls. Dad, let's buy some beef to make beef balls for the New Year this year."

Lu Ting raised his eyebrows and looked at the fat boy sitting opposite him. He was the only one in the family who could eat. The beef balls were delicious, but it was a pity that there were only a few cows in Yanyan's space, and it was impossible to kill cows for the New Year this year.

"Don't even think about beef balls. I'll buy you a few pounds of fresh beef for the New Year. Don't you like stir-fried beef with celery?"

“I like braised beef and five-spice beef jerky.”

"You're the only one who knows how to eat. I don't even know if your uncle got on the bus."

Su Yan replied, "The train is at around 4pm. It might be delayed in this heavy snow, so it would be good if we can get on the train at 6pm. I guess my brother has finished his meal and is getting ready to go out."

It was already freezing cold to take the train in this heavy snow, and those people arranged for her brother to go with the educated youth. Wasn't this just giving her brother something to do?

I hope her brother won’t be a good guy and give his military coat to those weak female comrades.

Su Yan absentmindedly picked up a handful of Houttuynia cordata, blanched it in the pot for a minute, and took it out directly.

Lu Yiming frowned, "Mom, how come you like to eat this grass root when it stinks?"

"What grass root? This is houttuynia cordata. It has anti-inflammatory and cooling properties. Would you like some?"

"No, it stinks."

In the summer, Su Yan would go to the fish pond to dig houttuynia cordata and make a cold salad. Last night, she dug out two pounds of houttuynia cordata for hot pot. Unfortunately, Lu Yiming and Lu Ting didn't like it, so she was the only one who ate it at home.

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and Su Yan plans to do a thorough cleaning in the afternoon, wiping and washing what needs to be washed.

"Yiming, you can't go out this afternoon. Just stay at home and take care of your younger brothers and sisters."

"Mom, Dongzi asked us to play snowballs this afternoon."

"If you want to go down and have a snowball fight, then you should practice a few pages of calligraphy at home first."

Lu Yiming was about to retort, but Lu Ting, knowing his son's character, glared at him.

"If you don't listen to your mother, don't buy the new comic book."

Lu Yiming was angry but dared not say anything, so he finally compromised. "Okay then, I'll take care of my younger siblings at home this afternoon, and you can bake some sweet potatoes for me, Mom."

"Okay, if you're good, I'll ask your dad to buy you some pork jerky next time."

The beef jerky and chocolate that Lu Yiming liked to eat were no longer in stock. Although no cows would be slaughtered for the New Year this year, a pig would definitely be slaughtered.

Su Yan planned to let Lu Ting enter the space tonight to slaughter a pig, smoke dozens of kilograms of bacon, use the pure lean meat to make honey-flavored pork jerky, keep the pork belly to make braised pork, use the internal organs, pig's trotters, and pig's head to stew, and put the ribs and pork shanks in the freezer to refrigerate and slowly take them out to make soup.

With delicious food and comic books, Lu Yiming immediately compromised and looked at Lu Ting with a flattering expression.

"Dad, can you buy a pound of pork jerky? My younger brothers and sisters want some too. If you don't have enough tickets, I'll ask Grandpa for some. I also want White Rabbit milk candy, not orange candy. Why do we always buy orange candy for Chinese New Year?"

Why? Because there were no cows in the space, so how could she make candy? The remaining milk powder wasn't enough for the triplets, so how could she make candy?

Although the triplets had started eating, Su Yan insisted on feeding them three times a day so that they could grow taller. It was a pity that only milk could be ordered in the city, not in the military compound. If there was, she could order milk directly for the children.

"Lu Ting, Huanhuan and the others are running low on milk powder."

"Don't worry about the milk powder. We'll take some time to go to Tsu City in a few days."

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