There was only one stove on the stove, so porridge could not be cooked with fish. Ning Jia was worried about this and was thinking of asking An Yehe to cook dinner.
Li Yao also saw that she was in a dilemma, so he directly suggested: "Why not cook together with Fifth Brother's family, so that two fires can be lit at the same time."
"That's fine."
"Then I'll tell Fifth Brother."
Li Yao opened the door and was about to go out when he ran into Bai Jinfeng and Zhaodi who were carrying cotton wool.
"Sister-in-law, Zhaodi, why are you here?"
Bai Jinfeng shook the cotton wool in her hand and said, "My sister-in-law asked me to help her make a cotton-padded jacket. She didn't have enough cotton wool. It just so happened that I had some cotton wool left after making the jacket, so I gave it to her right away."
Ning Jia heard Bai Jinfeng's words in the room: "Sister-in-law, come in quickly."
"Here it comes. Here it comes."
Bai Jinfeng and Zhaodi entered the house and saw Ning Jia fiddling with cooking ingredients in front of the fire. There were fish, millet, and a big rooster lying on the ground.
"You guys aren't having dinner together tonight?"
Ning Jia smiled and said, "No, we'll cook and eat the food we brought from my mother's house tonight."
When Zhaodi saw the fish, she drooled.
However, my mother didn't say anything. She didn't dare to say she wanted to eat it. She just kept staring at the fish.
"Sister-in-law, please stay for dinner with us tonight." Ning Jia took the initiative to invite the mother and daughter.
"This... How can this be so embarrassing?"
"What's there to be embarrassed about? Aren't you bringing me some cotton balls? So many cotton balls can't even buy a meal!" Ning Jia said jokingly.
Cotton is a hot commodity in winter and you may not be able to buy it even if you have money.
A family would only get a few pounds of cotton at a time, which was enough for making bedding and sewing cotton-padded clothes. Even if they wanted to find it on the black market, they would have to rely on their luck.
"No, I'm not here to exchange for food." Bai Jinfeng said seriously, "I'm here to thank you. You stood up for me when I was beaten. I heard about what happened to the old lady today... so..."
Ning Jia smiled and glanced at Zhaodi: "Little Ear, you heard everything, didn't you?"
Zhaodi nodded: "Yeah."
"Sister-in-law, come and eat together. We have stewed fish tonight, which is enough for us." Anyway, if we can't finish it in one meal, it won't taste good for the next one.
"No, no, I won't eat. Let Zhaodi stay and eat. Sister-in-law, I've left cotton for you. If the weather is good tomorrow, I'll come over and make you a cotton-padded jacket."
Bai Jinfeng didn't come to eat in the first place, she left quickly after sending Mian Xi away.
As soon as she arrived in the yard, she heard Old Lady Xu calling her, "Old Wife, it's time to cook! If you don't cook at this hour, are you going to starve the whole family to death?"
Bai Jinfeng sighed deeply: "Here it comes."
At dinner time, the rich aroma of stewed fish wafted through the yard, making everyone salivate.
Ning Jia opened the curtain and shouted across the yard: "Fifth brother, bring your wronged wife over for dinner!"
"Here we come, here we come!" Li Xu came out of his house holding a big iron pot, and An Ye came out of his house holding two sets of bowls and chopsticks, and went straight to Ning Jia and Li Yao's house.
Zhaodi had already moved a small stool and sat in front of the table. As soon as the lid of the pot was opened, the fragrant aroma of fish meat hit her in the face, making her so hungry that her saliva almost dripped onto the floor.
"Smells good, really good!" Li Xu put the rice pot aside and opened the lid. "My wife and I cooked sweet potato porridge, an egg and a steamed bun for each of us."
"The food tonight is good." Li Yao smiled, picked up the chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish and put it into Zhaodi's bowl, "Pick out the bones and eat slowly, otherwise you will get pricked."
"Thank you, Uncle Six."
"Come on, find a big egg for Zhaodi first." Li Xu picked a relatively large one, peeled it and put it in her bowl, "Eat it."
"Thank you, Uncle Five."
"You're welcome, eat as much as you can!"
A big fish weighs five or six pounds, which is usually not enough for the whole family to share. But now five people can eat one fish and everyone can be full.
The soup from the stewed fish was very flavorful. Li Yao broke open the steamed bun, soaked it for a while, then put it into his mouth and ate it with a relaxed look and a smile on his lips.
"If I make a few pancakes and soak them in the soup, wouldn't that be pancakes soaked in fish soup?" Ning Jia missed that taste very much.
An Ye immediately agreed: "Okay, next time we have fish, we'll make pancakes."
"You have to save the noodles, or you won't have any left to make pancakes."
"OK."
Li Yao and Li Xu looked at these people who usually fought each other to the death, and now they were talking about food, one talking and the other talking, the scene was extremely harmonious.
"You two...are not arguing anymore?" Li Xu asked.
An Ye: "Well, why are you arguing when we are having dinner together now?"
Ning Jia: "We should quarrel when we should, let's stop fighting now!"
Li Xu shook his head: "I really don't understand you women."
Li Yao seemed to have discovered something.
However, he didn't say anything, just smiled slightly, then lowered his head and continued eating.
After eating the big fish, they started drinking the porridge.
The sweet potato millet porridge was cooked for a long time and tasted very sweet. Everyone had a big bowl and drank up all the porridge in the pot.
A few people threw away their chopsticks, touched their round bellies and sighed with satisfaction.
North room.
The meal was still vegetable pancakes, pickled white radish strips, and each person had a bowl of porridge so clear that you could see your reflection in it.
Liang Lanlan frowned: "I'm tired of eating this every day."
Li Xuejiao sighed and looked towards the door. "Old Five and Old Six are eating fish. It tastes really good! There is also sweet potato and millet porridge... The smell is wafting out. The porridge must be thick and soft..."
"It's good enough to have something to eat, so stop being picky." Li Gang said in a rough voice with a stern face.
He felt that the Li family had committed some sin, as each of the wives they married was more outrageous than the last.
Old Mrs. Xu also wants to eat fish and millet porridge. The aroma is so fragrant that it goes straight into her nose. She is almost dying of greed, isn’t she?
"If you have the ability, you can also cook fish. The fish and meat are brought by her parents' home. If you want to eat them, you can go to your parents' home." Old Mrs. Xu was in a bad mood and didn't say a single nice word to her daughters-in-law.
Lin Xiaoxi saw that everyone had a gloomy face and felt that now was the time for her to establish her authority at home.
"Don't be sad, brothers and sisters-in-law. Li Chuan and I are getting married soon. My boss wants to go to the city to buy things, and I will buy food for everyone when the time comes."
"Really?" Li Xuejiao's eyes lit up instantly. "I knew that the seventh wife was the most reasonable. You see, I'm going to give birth soon, and I want to eat some fish and meat before the baby is born..."
Lin Xiaoxi smiled and said, "It's hard to say."
"It has to be our seventh brother. If he wants to find a wife, he has to find someone like Xiaoxi." Liang Lanlan also took the opportunity to praise her.
There's food to eat, can't you just say a few nice words?
Bai Jinfeng lowered her head and ate without saying a word, snorting in her heart: They are all lazy and gluttonous, and all they do is lick other people's shoes.
If we talk about getting married, it has to be the sixth brother!
Old Mrs. Xu had not done many good things in her life, but the only thing that happened by accident was that she helped the sixth son find a wife.
He married a good wife for the sixth brother, but married a real nemesis for himself.
"By the way, has the date been set? What time?" Li Yuan asked.
"My mother told us to make the decision ourselves." Lin Xiaoxi said.
"I've looked at the date and decided to get married next month," said Mrs. Xu. "If we get married next month, maybe I'll get pregnant before the holiday."
Lin Xiaoxi blushed: "I'll listen to you, mom."
A heavy snow fell silently.
The next morning, as soon as Ning Jia pushed the door open, she was hit by a gust of cold air. Her thin clothes were no longer able to keep her warm.
However, the thick snow in the yard ignited her enthusiasm.
"Li Yao, it's snowing! Come out quickly, it's snowing! Let's have a snowball fight!"
"It's not like you haven't seen snow before, why are you so excited? It snows three or four times a day, and when it snows we have to clear the snow, and that's the most troublesome thing."
Ning Jia curled her lips: "I just haven't seen any snow."
Although she is from the north, she has not seen real heavy snow for many years. If you want to see a heavy snow, people have to make more snow for it to fall.
So she was very excited when she saw the heavy snow.
Li Yao naturally didn't know this. He just thought Ning Jia was fun. Like a child, he was delighted to see the snow and didn't consider at all how difficult it would be to walk on the muddy road after the snow.
"Let's go! Let's go! Let's have a snowball fight, let's go! You come with me, okay?"
Seeing her frantically hugging his arm and acting coquettishly, Li Yao smiled and said, "Okay, let's go, I'll accompany you!"
As the two walked to the center of the yard, a cold wind blew and Ning Jia shivered. He immediately decided to give up the idea: "Forget it, let's go back. It's too cold and I can't resist the cold!"
Other people have fat, but she is so skinny that she is just skin and bones!
"That's what I told you. Let's go to the house!"
Li Yao took Ning Jia's hand and was about to go into the house when the loud speaker in the village sounded. The voice of the team leader came over: "Attention, all production teams, listen to the whistle after breakfast and all the men in the family should gather at the sun drying field. Good news! We have good news to announce! No one should be absent! In addition, An Yean, the village accountant, you have to go to work, don't forget!"
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