Liang Haidi said: "Really? I'll go wash the clothes now, and they'll be dry tomorrow."

This is a daughter's filial piety that she wants to show to others. Not every family has such a good daughter.

"What an old child!" Deng Qingling shook her head and laughed.

evening.

Liang Haidi had just finished cooking when the eldest brother and sister-in-law of the Deng family returned home. Sister-in-law Liang Feng walked to the kitchen door and asked, "Mom, are they all cooked?"

"You're back just in time. The food is freshly cooked. Go wash your hands and have dinner!" Liang Haidi said as she brought out the food.

"My little sister is here? When did you come? Did you bring Haohao with you?" Liang Feng washed his hands and then went into the house and sat down. When he saw his sister-in-law, he asked a few questions.

"I came this morning and Haohao was sleeping in his mother's room." Deng Qingling said.

"I'm back just in time. Tomorrow is my mom's birthday, so it's a good time to get together."

"yes"

"Let's eat first and talk after that," said Liang Haidi.

Liang Feng pursed his lips and wanted to say something but didn't. He picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started eating.

Let’s find another opportunity to talk about it. I guess my sister-in-law will stay at home for two more days.

"Have a chicken leg." Liang Haidi stretched out her chopsticks to the dish, picked up a chicken leg, and put it in Deng Qingling's bowl.

Deng Qingling said: "Mom, I'm an adult now. I don't eat chicken legs. You worked hard to cook. You eat it." Then she passed the chicken leg to Liang Haidi.

My nephews and nieces are all watching! How can I eat it myself?

"You bought a chicken, what's wrong with eating a chicken leg? If you are like this, don't buy anything else in the future." Liang Haidi knew that her daughter was embarrassed to eat it because the younger ones were watching her and she had to take them into consideration.

"Yes, little sister, there is still a lot of chicken here! It doesn't matter which piece we eat." Liang Feng also realized that his sister-in-law was probably afraid that everyone would have opinions and say that she was stealing food from the children.

Deng Qingling said: "Okay, I'll eat it." It's just a chicken leg.

After dinner, Liang Feng stood up and washed the dishes without Liang Haidi telling him to.

"Mom, I have to go to work tomorrow and won't have time to come back. Here are ten dollars. You can go buy something and cook it yourself." The eldest brother of the Deng family took out a big unity note from his pocket.

"It's okay. Birthdays come every year. There's no need to be particular. Your younger sister and the others have already bought things for them." Liang Haidi didn't refuse and accepted it after her son gave her the money.

"Just buy it. I'll come back early to cook in the evening." Deng Chun said.

"Brother, you can go to work without worry! We are at home," said Deng Guorong, the second son of the Deng family.

Deng Zhiqiang, the third son of the Deng family, said: "Yes, yes, we will definitely let Grandma celebrate her birthday happily."

I switched shifts with my coworkers and will have a day off tomorrow to celebrate my mother's birthday.

The next day.

Today is Liang Haidi's birthday.

Early in the morning, Deng Qingling and his siblings got up and made preparations.

"Third brother, put a bowl each of white flour and cornmeal, add two eggs, a spoonful of sugar and half a bowl of warm water, stir them together to make a batter, then add a little oil and stir evenly. Brush some oil on the steaming tray, pour in the batter, and steam for twenty minutes."

"Brother, have you boiled the water yet? I need to kill the chicken and steam the cakes!"

"Okay! Okay!"

Deng Qingling was directing her two brothers around, and she herself was not idle either, picking chestnuts. The chestnut roast chicken was very delicious.

Eat steamed cakes in the morning, roast chicken with chestnuts at noon, and braised pork in the evening.

"Mom, why hasn't my dad come back yet?" The food was ready, and she was just waiting for her dad.

"It's almost time. Your dad said this morning that he would be back around 12:30 noon." Liang Haidi looked up at the sky. The sun was high in the sky. It must be about time.

Experienced people can tell the time by looking at the position of the sun.

Deng Lu followed the militia captain to the next brigade. The militia captain was Deng Lu's elder brother. Someone said that wild boars had come down the mountain and asked the militia to help. Deng Lu wanted to buy some wild boar meat, so he followed his elder brother.

"Old lady, I'm back."

Deng Qingling walked out when she heard the sound, "Dad, you're back. Did you catch the wild boar?"

The others also looked at Deng Lu.

"We caught two big wild boars and one small wild boar. I handed in one of them, and the team sold the remaining one without a ticket. I bought a pig's head and intestines." Deng Lu raised the wild boar's head in his hand, and smiled so much that wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes.

It's not that I don't want to buy better meat, I just don't need a ticket. There's not enough for everyone in the team to share one pig! Everyone is scrambling to get it. If I hadn't followed the big brother, I probably wouldn't even get the leftovers. No, I wouldn't even get a single pig hair.

"Okay, go wash your hands and have dinner first. After dinner, you two brothers should wash everything clean. Make the pig's head into cured pig's head and save it for later eating. Fry the large intestine in the evening." Liang Haidi gave a few instructions.

"Mom, I understand." Deng Guorong nodded and said.

At the dinner table, Deng Mei, the eldest daughter of the Deng family, looked at the chicken on the table and smelled the aroma. She sniffed and said, "Grandma, is it time to eat?"

The adults were busy chatting, and she was already hungry. The food smelled so delicious!

Her stomach rumbled and she lowered her head in shame.

"Hahaha, you're hungry. You can eat after your grandpa sits down. Let me get you a chicken leg." Liang Haidi was amused by her and laughed.

"I'm here. We're still waiting! Come and eat." Deng Lu said as he sat down quickly.

"Grandpa, grandma is biased. I also want to eat chicken legs." Deng Guorong's youngest son Deng Yangguang said aggrievedly.

Liang Haidi said, "How am I biased? That's not meat on the table! How many legs can a chicken have? Everyone wants to eat chicken legs, so why don't you ask the chicken to grow a few more legs?"

It's good enough to have something to eat, but you still want to be picky. I'll indulge your bad habits.

"Eat quickly and go to school after eating."

In the evening, there were four dishes and a soup: boiled mustard greens, braised pork belly with yam, braised pork, stir-fried sauerkraut and large intestine, a radish and lean meat soup, and corn and multi-grain rice.

The food was served in bowls, filled to the brim.

At the dinner table, Deng Qingling and his siblings took turns speaking, expressing their gratitude to their parents. Liang Haidi burst into tears and said that it was not in vain that they were born.

Then the meal started, and everyone ate without looking up or saying a word.

The most popular dish is the braised pork, which is sweet, soft and melts in your mouth. The pork belly and braised yam are also delicious. The pork is fat but not greasy, and the yam is glutinous and delicious. The pig intestines are sour, spicy, refreshing and go well with rice.

Everyone ate to their heart's content and had a full belly.

After dinner, after clearing the table and dishes, the family sat in the main room and chatted.

Deng Yangguang touched his bloated belly and turned to look at Deng Lu, "Grandpa, when is your birthday?"

It would be great if there was someone’s birthday every day so we could eat meat every day.

Deng Lu said: "It's my birthday, let's do it next year!" You can tell what this guy is planning at a glance.

"Ah! It takes so long?" Deng Yangguang said dejectedly.