The Huo family was busy until midnight.

Li Xiangyun kept half a pork carcass and asked Huo Junshan to put it in the cellar so that it could be chopped into dumpling filling for the New Year.

She also marinated two flasks of pork ribs, and cut off the rest to put in the cellar so they would provide warmth during the winter.

Li Xiangyun said, "They're all pickled. Ningning, put them in your backyard. We get a lot of visitors."

Yun Ningyan nodded.

The Huo brothers carried a basin of pork to Yun Ningyan's courtyard.

Several large basins of pork were placed directly on the kitchen floor.

Li Xiangyun nodded. "You all go to sleep. I'll come over tomorrow and look through it again. Third brother, find a place in the yard, cut down a few thin trees, and set up some tripods. We'll smoke meat in the yard in a few days. Tomorrow, I'll ask your eldest and second brothers to find some cypress and pine trees."

No one comes to their yard much, so it's very safe to leave it here.

Huo Junshan said, "In previous years, the cured meat was kept in my parents' room, and the smoking was done secretly in the middle of the night, so that no one would find out."

He shook his head and chuckled.

The two washed up and went to bed.

Huo Junshan rolled over and pinned her beneath him. Yun Ningyan pressed her hands against his chest. "Huo Junshan, you did it so many times yesterday, do you want more today?"

Huo Junshan lowered his head and kissed her chattering pink lips.

Yun Ningyan's words were all drowned out by his passionate and domineering kiss.

the next day.

Wang Cuihong and Zhang Hongying both took their husbands back to their parents' homes, and of course, the meat that Li Xiangyun had left behind was also taken away.

Li Xiangyun stewed two pork ribs for lunch, but Ningning hasn't come over for lunch these past two days.

We need to take good care of ourselves after getting married.

She squatted in the stove, tending the fire, and Huo Changgen followed her in. Li Xiangyun said irritably, "You should talk to your son later. If he continues like this, he'll become skin and bones. He's already very thin, so let him keep going like this."

Huo Changgen blushed and shook his head. "I, as an old man, am not going to interfere in my son's affairs. You go and say something if you want to."

He whispered in Li Xiangyun's ear, "When we first got married, you didn't leave the house for three days, hahaha, I feel so happy when I think about you back then."

Li Xiangyun pinched his thigh hard a few times.

She yelled, "I'll teach you to be so indecent!"

After scolding, she sighed, "Now that all three of my sons are married, only my fourth and fifth sons are left. If we find someone suitable, we should find them a partner so they can get married and have children soon. Then our mission will be accomplished."

As the two were talking, Huo Junshan and Yun Ningyan arrived.

Huo Junshan was still holding a radio in his hand.

He handed it to Huo Changgen, saying, "Yanyan said you should take it and listen to it; we don't need it."

They really don't need it; there's plenty of space, they can just take one out if they want to listen.

Huo Changgen was taken aback. "No, no, I can't handle this thing. You should take it back!"

Huo Junshan shoved the things into his arms and said, "Yanyan said to give them to you, so just take them. I'll teach you how to use them."

He then turned on the radio and showed Huo Changgen how to turn it on and off and how to tune the station.

Huo Changgen listened to the sounds inside and was quite surprised; he had never heard of a radio before!

"That's it? Is this the news you were talking about?"

Yun Ningyan nodded. "This is the midday news. There's also the morning news and the evening news."

Li Xiangyun said, "That old man, he's so smug! He'll probably go to your uncle's house to show off again. He just can't help it; he has to show off whenever he has something good."

As she spoke, she pointed at Huo Changgen's entire body and said, "Look at him, he's still wearing the new clothes you bought him at home, and he's even wearing leather shoes! He's so smug."

As soon as she finished speaking, Huo Changgen picked up the radio and walked out.

Before leaving, I made sure to turn the volume up to the maximum.

"Big brother, big brother, look what good stuff I brought! The third brother's family gave me the radio! I find it really interesting. Come on, let's listen to it for a while."

The brigade leader, puffing on his pipe, chuckled and said, "Changgen, I really envy you. Look at your son and daughter-in-law, they're both so filial. The third son's family is so generous, they're willing to give you such good things."

Huo Changgen said, "I said I didn't want it, but they insisted on giving it to me."

When Huo Min came out and saw her second uncle, she said, "Second Uncle, is Third Sister-in-law home? I want to go and play with her!"

"He's at home. Go ahead, he's in the front yard."

Huo Min ran away.

"The day before yesterday, this child came back and said he wanted to continue to high school. He wasn't willing to do so before."

"She said that her third sister-in-law said that going to school was useful and that she wanted to continue. You know, the third sister-in-law is really capable. I told her to go, but she was very stubborn. I don't know what the third sister-in-law said, but she changed her mind when she came back."

His words made Huo Changgen even more smug.

Huo Changgen said proudly, "That's right, our third daughter-in-law is from the city, so naturally she knows a lot."

The captain chuckled and said, "If it weren't for our third son, our family wouldn't be able to eat so much meat every year. He even brought me meat in the middle of the night yesterday! Our third son is such a thoughtful child!"

Huo Changgen: He didn't know about this.

The captain added, "Go back and tell Lao San to take a few men up the mountain to hunt wild boars tomorrow. It's time to cure the meat."

After Huo Changgen returned, he told Huo Junshan about it.

Of course, he didn't mention that he was sending meat to his older brother's family. If his two wives found out, there would be another argument at home.

Yun Ningyan and Huo Min sat at the table. Huo Min was reading a book, and whenever she didn't understand something, she would ask Yun Ningyan.

Yun Ningyan liked this little girl very much, and she was happy to talk to her.

Seeing the two talking, Daya came over, babbling incoherently.

Yun Ningyan reached out and hugged her, gave Daya a piece of candy and put it in her mouth. Xiao Huzi was taken back to his parents' home by Wang Cuihong.

Li Xiangyun's pork ribs were already stewed. She ladled a bowl for Yun Ningyan and said, "Ningning, eat quickly."

She then handed Yun Ningyan a white steamed bun.

Yun Ningyan stared blankly at the white steamed bun. She remembered that the Huo family had always eaten steamed buns made from a mixture of wheat and flour. When did they start eating white flour?

Huo Junshan smiled at her from the side.

Seeing that her third sister-in-law hadn't eaten yet, Huo Min wisely went home.

Li Xiangyun couldn't stop her no matter how much she called out.

Yun Ningyan raised an eyebrow: This girl from the brigade leader's family has been very well-mannered, thanks to the brigade leader and Aunt Guihua's upbringing.

After Yun Ningyan finished her meal, she pretended to pour water from the teapot and poured two cups of spiritual spring water for Li Xiangyun.

Then, without saying a word, they added half a bottle of spiritual spring water to the water tank.

Now that she's become a member of the Huo family, she definitely needs to take good care of Huo Junshan's parents' health.

Li Xiangyun recently used the face cream she made, and her face has become much whiter. If she uses the spiritual spring water to further condition her, she will definitely look several years younger.

Thinking about the face cream, she still needed to find an opportunity to go to the commune to see how that woman's face was doing.

If it works well, her face cream can be mass-produced.

Anyway, there are plenty of medicinal herbs in the space, inexhaustible.