That night, Bai Guoguo simply ate some braised chicken and rice stored in the space, then locked the door and watched TV series on the kang with headphones on.
The many mobile power banks and batteries she bought when she was stockpiling supplies were enough for her to use for three or four months. When all her electronic devices run out of power, she will still have time to use solar cells.
At the same dinner time, the He family was very lively. He Gang's grandparents and his father shot several pheasants and rabbits in the woods.
Several prey were carried in a backpack by He Gang's father He Changsheng, and the backpack was covered with some wild vegetables to hide the traces of the prey.
The three old people were worried about the little tiger who had a fever, so they returned after making a little progress. It was only a little after 3 o'clock in the afternoon when they got home.
"Guifen, Xiuhua, how is Huzi? Is he still having a fever?"
Grandma He Wen Xinlan was the most anxious. As the only great-grandson in the family, Xiao Huzi was the apple of the old lady's eye.
If her great-grandson had not been sick and unable to eat, and had not been longing for beggar's chicken, she would not have been willing to leave him to go hunting in the woods!
Although Grandpa He and He Gang's father are also good at hunting, they are good at hunting large prey such as roe deer, goats and wild boars. For pheasants, which are light, agile and difficult to catch, they have to rely on Grandma He's darts.
So the old lady followed her husband and son because she was worried that they couldn't catch the pheasant. When she came back, she was even more anxious and wished she could be back to her great-grandson in the blink of an eye.
"Mom, little Huzi is fine now. The new educated youth in our brigade, Bai, brought him some medicine and canned food. He's taken medicine twice today and his fever is gone. He even drank half a bowl of porridge just now. Don't worry!"
Aunt Wang also understood her mother-in-law's thoughts and quickly told her that Hu Zi had improved.
"Oh, is it the young educated youth Gangzi mentioned a few days ago? But it's good that Huzi's fever has subsided. I'll go back to the room to change clothes and then go see him!"
After hearing what her daughter-in-law said, Grandma He stopped and wanted to rush in to see her great-grandson. Since Hu Zi didn't have a fever, she should change her clothes and warm herself by the fire before going in, as she was still cold.
Grandpa He Biao, who followed Grandma He in, and He Gang's father He Changsheng and his son obviously heard the conversation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and the heavy expressions on their faces relaxed a little.
"Father, head of the household, you two should go warm yourself by the fire and change your wet shoes. I'll go get you some ginger soup from the stove."
Seeing that the shoes of her father-in-law and the head of the household were soaked, Aunt Wang quickly arranged for them to change their shoes and warm themselves by the fire.
He took the backpack directly to the kitchen and took three bowls of ginger soup to bring over.
Mrs. Zhang was busy boiling water, which she would need to prepare the pheasants later. While Xiaohuzi had finished his second dose of medicine and fell asleep again, the whole family got busy.
He Gang was not at home, so Grandpa He and Old Man He changed their shoes and came out to help pluck chicken feathers and skin rabbits.
Aunt Wang and Sister Zhang were busy cooking and stewing chicken soup, which was made according to the recipe given by Bai Guoguo.
Chop the plucked pheasant into pieces, add ginger slices and white wine, blanch it, then rinse it with hot water and put it into a casserole.
Find the wild dried mushrooms saved from last year, soak them in warm water and put them in the casserole. Add two slices of ginger and a little white wine and start stewing.
Mrs. Zhang followed Bai Guoguo's instructions, bringing the food to a boil over high heat and then simmering it over low heat for two hours. She added a little salt before removing the food from the heat and skimmed off the oil when giving it to the child.
While waiting for the soup to stew, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were not idle either. They made a bowl of flour to make multi-grain steamed buns.
Grandma He changed her clothes long ago and went to see her beloved great-grandson. Anyway, she was not needed for cleaning up the prey or cooking.
The old lady stayed with her great-grandson, watching him sleep with his little face rosy, and the heavy stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.
In the early years before liberation, Grandma He was the eldest daughter of a security company, and Grandpa He was the bodyguard of their security company.
The Japanese were rampant in those days and killed the entire Wen family for money. Only Wen Xinlan, who went out to burn incense, survived.
Grandpa He, who had long admired the eldest daughter, protected Wen Xinlan and returned to his hometown after a narrow escape from death, and settled down in Hejiatun.
Hejiatun is now the Red Star Production Brigade, but it did not have this name at that time.
Later, in order to fight the Japanese devils and to express their national hatred and family feuds, the two joined the guerrillas and experienced the difficult and arduous years of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
It was not until he had a few children and the Japanese were driven away that he was able to retire and return to the countryside.
The old lady gave birth to two sons and two daughters in her lifetime. The eldest was Uncle He Changming, the team leader of the Red Star Production Brigade.
The second child is He Gang’s father, He Changsheng. The eldest daughter, He Lin, also joined the People’s Liberation Army. Now the family lives in Beijing.
However, her little daughter He Jue died of a fever when she was 9 years old, so the old lady was particularly worried and anxious when her great-grandson had a fever.
Now seeing that the little guy was sleeping soundly and his forehead was not hot when he touched it, he sat on the kang with a loving face and watched over his great-grandson.
At around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, He Gang returned home after finishing his review and found that all his family members were there, waiting for him.
"Gangzi, why did you come back alone? Didn't I ask you to invite Xiaobai, the educated youth, to our house for dinner?"
Aunt Wang looked at her son who came back alone and asked in surprise.
"Mom, I've invited you, but Guoguo is shy and feels embarrassed to come, haha!"
He Gang parked the car in the shed, turned around and saw his mother's angry eyes, and laughed dryly twice.
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