Chapter 024 Getting a Marriage Certificate
The meat was distributed in the village according to the number of people in the family. In other words, the family with more people got more, not according to work points.
Today, three pigs were slaughtered in the village, and the Wen family, with one adult and two children under the age of six, could only get a little over a pound of meat. For the sake of the deceased Wen family members, she could also get a pig's entrails or two bones.
After all, the original owner's mother was also one of the people responsible for raising pigs. Wen Jiajia had seen relevant records in the family's work points book. People who raised pigs could get more points.
Wen Jiajia arrived early, and the pigs had not been slaughtered yet.
The two girls ran off to play with their friends. Wen Jiajia, holding a bucket and a basin, stood behind the crowd and slowly queued up.
"Jia Jia, who is the boy who often comes to your house?" an aunt asked her, "The one who rides a bicycle."
It's quite strange. I heard some time ago that Wen Jiajia and Wei Dai from Hegou Township were dating. Is it unsuccessful now?
But it doesn't matter, both Wei Dai and the young man who comes here often have bicycles and are in good condition.
Wen Jiajia: “…That’s the postman.”
The auntie who asked the question was embarrassed and quickly grabbed a handful of melon seeds from her pocket and gave them to her: "You and Wei Dai are writing letters. When are you two going to get things done?"
Wen Jiajia smiled shyly: "I don't know."
The aunt taught her, "You are the only one in your family, and you don't have many elders to be close to. You have to speak some words yourself. Don't be shy. I think Wei Dai is capable of going far. Don't let him run away because you are embarrassed."
To be honest, if her daughter was the same age as Wei Dai, she would probably ask someone to mediate between them.
In the past, I just thought that his family had a heavy burden with such parents. But the last time he came back, he was very aggressive in collecting debts, which really impressed people.
Honest parents never give birth to honest children.
Wen Jiajia just laughed and didn't reply.
Fortunately, this lady didn't just talk to her, but soon started chatting with other people around her.
"How many pigs are we going to kill this year?"
"I heard they killed eight. Three today, five by the end of the year, two more than last year."
"Shall we share the ducks?"
"No, she has just started laying eggs. She will have to lay eggs for a few years at least."
"Will our village still go to Hegou Township to buy fish this year?"
"Yes, I heard from Qing'an that he has already ordered several hundred kilograms of fish from Hegou Township."
Wen Jiajia pricked up her ears and remembered it clearly.
No wonder people are so enthusiastic during the Chinese New Year at this time. With such abundant food, how can they not be happy?
The village butcher killed three pigs very skillfully. There was a lot of blood from the three pigs, and Wen Jiajia was lucky enough to get a small half basin of it.
"Jia Jia, do you know how to do this?" the aunt who was helping to kill the pig asked her.
Wen Jiajia smiled and said crisply, "I know, dissolve the salt in cold water and then pour the pig's blood in, and it will solidify."
Stir-fried pork blood with garlic sprouts is one of her favorite dishes.
After dividing the pig's blood, they began to divide the meat.
Wen Jiajia got a pound of pork belly and half a pound of pork fat.
Pork leg fat is undoubtedly the most popular part of the pig in this era. She was able to get it because she arrived early and because everyone in the village wanted the leg meat to make bacon.
There is a local custom of worshipping gods and Buddhas during the New Year, and banquets must be prepared for the gods, Buddhas and ancestors. Even though these customs are no longer allowed, they are still done in private.
Among them, bacon is a very important dish at the banquet. It is pickled with salt and smoked, and then cooked on New Year’s Eve to offer to the ancestors, gods and Buddhas.
In the evening, this bacon is still a main dish. Cook the green onions and put them on the bacon, and cook the eggs and put them around the bacon, in the hope that the children in the family will be smart and the family will have more children.
If you want to make bacon, you have to marinate it now at the latest. You can't do it any later.
So even though the villagers were very greedy for pork belly, they still scrambled for the pork leg meat. Wen Jiajia took advantage of the opportunity and got a pound of pork belly and half a pound of pork belly, both of which were the best parts.
In the end, she also got half a piece of pig tongue and half a pig tail bone as long as her forearm, so Wen Jiajia could be said to have returned home with a full load.
The two girls were still reluctant to go home, and Wen Jiajia did not restrain them.
The village is busy these days, and there are people everywhere. There are also militiamen walking around at the entrance of the village, so there is no need to worry about traffickers coming to take the children.
Wen Jiajia returned home, put down the basin and bucket, went to the backyard, opened the door of the chicken coop, and let the chickens out.
Then I went to the vegetable garden to pick vegetables and threw some worm-eaten leaves to the chickens and ducks to eat.
Yes, I still have two ducks at home.
Day by day, it got fatter and fatter. Wen Jiajia was reluctant to kill it, so she planned to kill it later so that she could add a big dish to the New Year's Eve dinner.
The chickens clucked as they looked for food. Wen Jiajia's eyes followed the chickens, scanning them one by one, wondering which one she should kill.
The chickens probably sensed where they were and came running over. Wen Jiajia didn't care, since they weren't going to be killed today anyway.
She went back to the kitchen to solidify the pig's blood. She then put the bones in a jar outside to be eaten tomorrow. Since the weather was cold, it would not be a big deal to leave the bones until tomorrow.
When we eat meat today, of course we have to make the pork belly into braised pork.
Wen Chun and Wen Xuan were amazed by the braised pork that Wen Jiajia made last time. They were so surprised that they danced with joy, eating the meat and twisting their bodies as if they had needles on their buttocks.
Since they loved it so much, Wen Jiajia decided to make it again.
Well, she likes it too. After all, pigs these days are real food pigs, and they are very delicious.
Just as Wen Jiajia finished steaming the rice and was about to scrape the pig skin, someone called her at the door.
"Who is it?" She put down the pork, wiped her hands on her apron, and walked towards the door.
"Excuse me, who are you?" Wen Jiajia asked doubtfully. She didn't know the person at the door.
The man at the door said, "Wen Jiajia, right? I'm Xu Chaoming. The commune has your phone number. It's Wei Dai calling. He wants you to come back at 12 noon."
Wen Jiajia's eyes widened in shock.
Good boy, it turns out you can make phone calls. She thought you could only write letters, or at most send a telegram.
Xu Zhaoming left after saying this.
Wen Jiajia frowned and thought about it, but couldn't think of anything important that required Wei Dai to call and talk about it.
The rice in the wooden barrel was slowly cooking. Wen Jiajia picked it up and put it aside and started making braised pork.
She had blanched the skin of the pork belly and scraped it carefully with a knife, and now there is no strange smell at all.
At this moment, turn on the fire, cut the cleaned pork fat into pieces and put it into the pot to boil. Boil the fat residue until it turns yellow and small. After taking it out, sprinkle some salt and it will be a delicious dish.
Then she scooped the oil from the pot into the oil tank next to the pot. The pork belly fat was really good and was enough to make half a tank of oil, which was enough for her family to eat until the New Year.
After boiling the lard, you can start making the braised pork.
Cut the braised pork into mahjong-sized pieces and pour them into the pot. Because there is still some oil in the pot that was not cleaned up just now, the pork will not stick to the pot.
When the pork belly is fried and the oil is released, remove the excess oil and lift the meat out. The remaining oil is used to stir-fry the sugar color.
Wen Jiajia is a real sweet fan of braised pork in red sauce, and she likes this braised pork in red sauce the most. She chose to settle down in Shanghai in her last life because the food there suits her taste so well.
After frying, the braised pork looks like it is covered with caramel. Then add soy sauce and cooking wine, pour water and spices, cover the pot and simmer slowly.
If the meat is good, the seasoning is good, and the cooking time is good, it is hard to make the braised pork taste bad.
The pot was bubbling with food, and the wonderful aroma of meat filled the whole kitchen.
Wen Chun and Wen Xuan came back skipping and jumping, and when they reached the main room they let out a "wow", then ran all the way to the kitchen, and sat by the stove, sniffing with their noses.
"It smells so good, it's braised pork, right?" Wen Chun was a smart child and could still remember the taste of braised pork.
Wen Jiajia was cutting vegetables and nodded, saying, "Yes, it's better than the braised pork last time." After all, there wasn't too much oil in the meat this time.
After being taught a lesson by Wen Jiajia, Wen Xuan stopped sucking her fingers and started sucking her mouth. She swallowed her saliva while sucking, which made Wen Jiajia speechless.
Soon, the braised pork was cooked through and the sauce became extremely thick.
Wen Jiajia put the braised pork on a plate, fried some vegetables and started eating lunch.
As soon as the meat entered her mouth, Wen Jiajia, the cook, couldn't help but praise it again and again.
Good pork.
The meat is soft but also a little crispy. The skin is glutinous and a little chewy. The thick red sauce tastes sweet at first, and then the rich meaty aroma blooms in your mouth.
Wen Jiajia prefers to eat braised pork with rice.
This time she deliberately left a little more soup, scooped a few spoonfuls into the white rice, then added a piece of pork and mashed it with a spoon, then mixed it with the rice. The taste was simply amazing.
For a moment, I almost forgot to return the call.
Jiang Province, Linhe City.
Wei Dai looked at his watch every few seconds, and when it was 10 minutes before 12 o'clock, he waited by the phone.
However, it is now 12:02.
Wen Jiajia felt quite guilty and ran all the way to the commune. Before she even caught her breath, she asked Xu Chaoming to make a call.
"Hello, Wei Dai."
"Jia Jia!" Wei Dai couldn't wait to answer the phone. A smile appeared on his face when he heard her voice.
"Wei Dai, I miss you so much. Especially at night, sometimes I even dream about you." Wen Jiajia, who had been eating for a few minutes, did not hesitate to say sweet words, "I don't have a watch, so I'm late."
Xu Zhaoming at the door: "..."
The house was not soundproof and he got goosebumps when he heard it.
Wei Dai's face turned red involuntarily. He looked up and saw the calm post office staff, and a rare shy expression appeared on his face.
"Ahem, I have something serious to do this time," he said.
Wen Jiajia said: "I know, just tell me." If it's not a serious matter, who would make a long-distance call?
Wei Dai's voice was extremely gentle: "Jia Jia, can I apply for marriage with you?"
Wen Jiajia was stunned, but she was prepared in her heart and reacted in less than a second: "Do we have to get married to have separate rooms?"
"yes."
"Well, let's fight..."
Wei Dai: "Jia Jia!"
聞嘉嘉聲音雀躍：“魏岱，那就請你打結婚報告吧。然後騰出幾日時間回來一趟，咱們去領個結婚證。”
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大寒至，霜雪降。按節氣講，這是一年中最冷的時候。
這日臘月初十，是原主的生日，也是聞嘉嘉上輩子的生日，因為生日在同一天，所以聞嘉嘉記得特別緊。
早晨起來，她第一件事就是給自己殺了只肥嘟嘟的鴨子，放到砂鍋裏熬着，做老鴨湯。
第二件事是煮面。
聞嘉嘉向來喜歡拌面，但這冷得骨頭都在哆嗦的天氣，還是吃湯面來得好。
天冷了，人便不愛多動彈。
聞嘉嘉将面粉揉成團，再用擀面杖擀出好幾條比雙臂還長的面，最後扯細等待煮。
湯面想要好吃，關鍵在湯。
可惜老鴨剛炖，老鴨面是別想了。
聞嘉嘉想了想，放油，在鍋裏煎三個蛋，加些醬油倒入開水，滋啦一聲，湯翻滾幾下變得有些濃。
她又拿出三個幹蝦來，放入湯中煮。最後放面和青菜，再加三塊昨日做的熏魚，等面煮熟後撈到碗中，敲敲門，喊聞春和聞萱吃飯。
聞春和聞萱還在和衣服作鬥争，兩人賴床賴得才起，穿衣服又得花好些時間。
聞嘉嘉幹脆進去，幫兩人穿好衣服。
她們都穿上了今年新做的新棉襖，紅碎花的棉襖顯得兩孩子精神可愛。
聞嘉嘉還給她們換了新鞋。
鞋是聞嘉嘉用棉布找方明燕換的，衣服她會做，但鞋她是真的無能為力。特別是這種棉鞋，把她手戳斷了都做不出來。
這幾日兩姑娘因為穿着新衣服，吃飯時說什麽都要帶着罩衣吃。
“今天吃面嗎？”聞春踮起腳看看桌上的碗，“好香呀。”
聞嘉嘉把兩人抱上桌：“今天小姨生日，當然要吃長壽面，你們得和小姨說啥？”
聞春眼神懵懂：“小姨生日好？”
聞嘉嘉扶額。
她忘了，當地極少有人會給孩子過生日，聞家也是一樣。
頂多煮個完整的雞蛋吃。
“行吧，生日好就生日好吧。”聞嘉嘉也不在意，夾起一筷子長壽面，在心裏對自己說了聲，“生日快樂。”
說給原主，也是說給自己。
中午，喝到濃香老鴨湯。
湯清，味卻鮮。比之雞湯少了點兒膩，若是把油撇掉，她一口氣能喝三大碗。
鴨湯炖得有點多，第二天時砂鍋裏還剩下大半鍋。
聞嘉嘉摸摸鼻子，還是吃面吧。
大冬天的，碰碰水手都要凍僵了，她還吃着去寒藥呢，誰樂意做飯呀。
聞嘉嘉現在可寶貴自己的身體了，因為上回來月經，肚子确實沒那麽疼了，她覺得這是喝藥喝的，可見方大夫開的藥确實有用。
只是剛把面擀完，門口“咚咚咚”的聲音響起。
大早上的，也不曉得是誰。
天還徹底亮，因着冷，她今天早上起來時連廚房門都沒開。
打開門，來到堂屋，聞嘉嘉驚訝地擡頭，只見雪花從天井上方紛紛落下。
落入水缸中的瞬間消失不見，落入地上的積攢出薄薄一層白雪。
“竟然下雪了。”她眼眸發亮。
在棉衣煤炭食物都充足的冬季，能夠看見雪真是一件讓人欣喜的事兒。
“咚咚咚——”
敲門聲又響起。
“來啦來啦。”着急啥呀。
聞嘉嘉先開堂屋門，來到前院，一片白茫茫的景色就此撲面而來。
她微愣。
下一秒，“嘉嘉。”
門口人低聲喊。
聞嘉嘉深吸一口氣，不可置信，跳下階梯跑去開門：“魏岱？”
“吱呀——”
門口确實是魏岱。
他眼裏含笑：“生日快樂！”
聞嘉嘉仰着頭看他，眼睛亮晶晶：“你怎麽回來了？”
魏岱：“我結婚申請通過了，回來找你結婚的。”
他一刻也等不及。
計劃是昨天晚上到縣城，誰知晚點堵車，一直到今天早晨才到。
聞嘉嘉拉着他進屋，挺驚奇的：“你們部隊竟然準許你回來？”
魏岱：“結婚，沒辦法。”
他再拖幾年，就是大齡未婚男青年了，領導瞧着都覺得為難。
一聽他要結婚，看眼他交上來的聞嘉嘉資料，立刻就簽字，然後放幾天假讓他回家辦事兒。
聞嘉嘉把他帶到火爐邊，看着他身旁不算多的行李：“你還沒回家？”
魏岱點點頭。
聞嘉嘉：“……”
行吧。
未來她的孩子要是這樣，她會考慮一下要不要把財産花完後再去死。
聞嘉嘉又問：“你回來能待幾天？”
魏岱烘烘手，把行李中的部分東西拿出來說：“除去來回，能在家待四天。”
聞嘉嘉瞪眼，“那咱們今天得去領證？”
魏岱笑笑：“是的。”然後大後天辦婚禮，辦完他就得走了。下回回來時，就是帶着聞嘉嘉去部隊的時候。
OMG，聞嘉嘉從沒想到，自己能結回如此倉促的婚。
“喝湯吧喝湯吧。”聞嘉嘉給他盛碗湯，“喝完再說。”
魏岱手一頓，有些緊張：“嘉嘉……”
聞嘉嘉：“我又沒說不結。”
她猶豫，說：“結是可以，但辦婚禮我覺得無所謂辦不辦。”
魏岱一顆心被這番話搞得上上下下的，最後不明白：“不辦婚禮？”
聞嘉嘉絞絞頭發：“來不及啊。”
魏岱溫聲：“來得及，我保證。”
聞嘉嘉就說了：“我聽說他們結婚，都得提前一兩個月去訂肉的。”
“那些東西我會搞。”
“你說的！”
聞嘉嘉怕麻煩，她這邊又沒人能幫襯，平日還得顧着兩個姑娘，實在沒能力去搞這些。
魏岱喝口湯：“我說的。”
他一副篤定的樣子，搞得聞嘉嘉心裏暗暗猜測這人是不是早有準備。
別不是當時答應和他相親後，就私底下準備起來了吧……
男人，呵！
魏岱大概是單身青年當久了，吃完一碗鴨肉喝完兩碗湯後就坐在旁邊，時刻準備着帶她去縣城。
但聞嘉嘉可沒那麽不講究，她是要吃早飯的。
上輩子的她經常性不吃早飯，三餐混亂，熬夜到天明，然後成功把自己搞猝死。這輩子她還不吸取教訓，那真是死有應得了。
聞春和聞萱出了房門，見到魏岱的那一刻兩姑娘臉上露出同款懵逼臉。
聞春歪頭：“魏叔叔？”
她大些，明顯還記得。
聞萱猶豫兩秒，才笑出聲，躲在聞春的後面喊：“魏叔叔。”
魏岱捏捏兩姑娘的臉：“壯實不少。”
聞萱眼睛彎彎，飛快跑回房，把寶貴的積木拿出來，想要和魏岱一起玩。
聞嘉嘉卻一個眼神甩過去：“吃飯。”
剛走到門口的聞萱又磨磨蹭蹭地把積木抱回去了。
吃過飯，魏岱去借車。
他和村支書家熟，借車很是好借。
但正因為他在村裏走動，浮陽的人都曉得魏岱又回來了。回來幹啥？結婚的。
雖然他沒說，但他讓村支書幫着給聞嘉嘉打介紹信，擺明了就是去結婚的。
“魏岱，你要和嘉嘉結婚了？”
魏岱點點頭。
“結婚後能跟着你去部隊麽？”
魏岱又點點頭：“得過一陣子。”
媽呀，村裏人閑暇時又有話題可說了。說聞嘉嘉抓到個金龜婿，要去吃部隊飯了。
天大亮，空中再沒有紛紛雪花。
太陽稍微露個影兒，地上的雪花也化了，只留山腰山頂還白雪皚皚。
因為有魏岱擋着，自己也包得嚴實，聞嘉嘉坐在自行車後座上并沒有感覺到多冷。
她戳戳魏岱：“你真的不需要和你爹娘報備一聲嗎？”畢竟是結婚這麽大的事兒。
魏岱：“我早說過了。”
聞嘉嘉憤怒地拍拍他：“我就知道，你早就打算好了。”
面上死正經，私底下偷偷來。
魏岱笑笑：“我指的是前幾天，前幾天我就發電報告訴他們了。”
他倒也沒那麽“不為人子”。
聞嘉嘉問：“你爸媽态度如何？”
魏岱：“我爸媽很高興，讓我抓緊點，趁着你同意趕緊結婚領證。”
聞嘉嘉懷疑：“你騙我的吧。”
“沒騙你。”
他爸媽還不知道他能帶家屬去部隊裏，覺得有個姑娘能看上他這位注定會讓妻子守活寡的人，确實很高興也很着急。
聞嘉嘉怪不明白的。
想不明白就不想了，反正是他爹媽。
結婚前自己住在浮陽，結婚後還住浮陽，過陣子去部隊，她又不需要和公婆生活。
縣城很快到達。
魏岱确實很着急，帶着聞嘉嘉直奔婚姻登記處。
工作人員檢查一番兩方的證件，問清楚是否自願結婚後，蓋一戳，兩人婚姻關系就此成立。
聞嘉嘉暈乎乎，這就結婚了啊。
魏岱也不知是緊張的還是高興的，手心都是汗，還非要牽着聞嘉嘉。
聞嘉嘉掙脫開，手放在他身上擦了擦：“讨厭死了，都是汗。”
魏岱只一個勁兒地看着她笑。
聞嘉嘉被他看得不好意思起來，問他：“現在是回家？”
魏岱搖搖頭：“去買東西。”
聞嘉嘉也手癢了，兩輩子頭回結婚，蜜月旅行沒有，購物總要購一波的吧。
于是她掏他兜：“你都有什麽票？”
魏岱把口袋裏的票塞給她：“都在這裏了，你想要啥去買吧。”
Men only sound the sweetest when they say this. Wen Jiajia suddenly became rich and immediately rushed to the supply and marketing cooperative.
However, although he had money in his pocket, he did not have much stuff from the supply and marketing cooperative.
Wen Jiajia felt that she was bloated.
Originally, I thought the supply and marketing cooperatives were full of products, but I couldn’t afford to buy anything with just a few dollars in my pocket.
Now? I have money and tickets in my pocket, so I don't care about anything.
The supply and marketing cooperative was full of necessities, and Wen Jiajia wandered around inside, buying two kilograms of candy and two kilograms of biscuits, and finally came to the cloth counter, where she spent a few minutes picking out two pieces of cloth, and that was it.
Wei Dai: "Not buying it anymore?"
Wen Jiajia was embarrassed: "I don't know what to buy?"
Wei Dai: "Then let's go to the department store and buy it later. You'll need to buy some new belongings after moving, so you can buy some."
When Wen Jiajia heard this, she was immediately happy.
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