Chapter 98 Handmade Gifts
There is actually not much edible meat for such a young and small poultry. Out of sympathy, Zhao Chunhua is unwilling to process it further.
Finally, they decided with a heavy heart to walk to the open space not far from the house, dig a deep pit and bury it to express their mourning.
Families mainly rely on a variety of coarse grains as their staple food on a daily basis, especially sweet potatoes and potatoes, which are rich in fiber and easy to grow and store.
Of course, you can occasionally eat a small amount of relatively refined food such as cornmeal or white rice.
Some of the sweet potatoes are starting to go bad, so today's main food will be sweet potatoes.
The originally golden skins of these sweet potatoes have now developed spots, obviously because they have been stored for too long. In order to avoid waste, we have no choice but to eat them all.
It’s better to eat it early than to let it go bad.
This will save you one
Some rations, on days like this, every bit of food seems particularly precious.
I steamed a pot of sweet potatoes with soy milk.
The hot steam with a faint fragrance filled the entire cabin, making people feel a little warm.
However, Zhao Chunhua felt that the meal was too light and monotonous and could not satisfy her family's taste buds.
The meal looked too bland, so Zhao Chunhua went back to the kitchen and made a bowl of pickled vegetables with oil, planning to spend the day like this.
She specially prepared the pickles last night, and they became even more crispy and delicious after being fried in oil.
Although conditions are limited, Zhao Chunhua still tries her best to prepare every meal for her family.
This time, Goudan finally drank soy milk.
Normally he could rarely drink this kind of drink, so today it was a small surprise.
Zhao Chunhua carefully handed a bowl of warm soy milk to Goudan. Seeing him smile happily, she felt very relieved.
Zhao Chunhua also fed him a piece of sweet potato.
Goudan ate with gusto. While biting the soft and sticky sweet potato, he kept smiling at Zhao Chunhua, as if to say, "Thank you, Mom. It's delicious!"
Zhang Sanbao saw the puppy at home for the first time today.
Since the dog was adopted the day before yesterday, it has been placed in the woodshed and no one has noticed it.
This morning, when Zhang Sanbao was helping Zhao Chunhua feed the chickens, he accidentally saw this cute little creature.
Usually Zhao Chunhua feeds the chickens in the morning, and she feeds them in the afternoon.
Last night when she was feeding chickens in the woodroom, she didn't notice the wooden board in the corner of the woodroom and missed the opportunity to see Bubai for the first time.
If it weren't for the need to add food to the chickens, she might not have known that there was a new member in the family.
"Auntie, what a cute puppy!"
Zhang Sanbao ran in happily, very happy.
Her face was filled with a happy smile, as if she had found a new playmate.
There are not many families in the village who keep dogs, and the occasional dogs seen are mostly stray dogs. Children usually stay away from them when they see them.
In such an environment, it is a very rare thing to have a pet of your own.
She didn't ask where the dog came from. Such a beautiful puppy must not be easy to find.
She thought to herself that this dog must have an extraordinary story, but since it was now a member of the family, she should take good care of it.
"Its name is Bubai, and it's newly adopted. Don't touch it for the next few days. When it grows up, I'll give it a bath before letting it into the house."
When Zhao Yun gave her the puppy for free, he also gave her a packet of insect repellent, which she could mix in the bath water for bathing the dog.
Zhao Chunhua explained that she knew that children were always curious about new things and she was afraid that the child would be accidentally scratched by the dog or get his clothes dirty.
Originally, we raised a dog to guard the house, but we have a child at home who particularly likes small animals.
Since we can’t stop children from playing with dogs, we can only keep the dogs clean.
In this way, we can ensure the hygiene of the home and satisfy the wishes of children.
Zhang Sanbao nodded, already looking forward to giving the puppy a bath.
When the time comes, she must touch the puppy carefully. She has never held a puppy in her life.
Imagining that he would be able to hug this cute puppy soon, Zhang Sanbao's heart was filled with anticipation and joy.
Time slowly came to mid-July, and the weather was still unbearably hot every day. The scorching sun seemed to be baking the earth to a scorching heat.
Yesterday, Zhao Chunhua went to town again.
She sent the previously copied manuscript together with the original manuscript to the bookstore, and also picked up two new books to continue copying.
These two books have more pages, and one needs to be extra careful when copying to avoid mistakes, because if one successfully copies an entire book, one can earn ninety cents.
When copying books, the bookstore will provide the books that need to be copied and the corresponding paper.
But if you accidentally dirty the paper or copy the wrong words during the copying process, you have to start over again.
If the amount of paper exceeds the amount initially provided by the store owner, you will have to buy the excess paper out of your own pocket.
So, if there are no mistakes, it can help save some money, but if there are too many mistakes, you will make almost no money.
The key to this job lies in carefulness and patience. Even students are unlikely to be willing to accept this time-consuming and laborious job.
But it is quite suitable for Zhao Chunhua.
Although she would occasionally utter a few words of complaint, in actual practice she was always very patient in completing the task of copying each page.
Since we've already started doing it, why not just do it to perfection?
However, today, Zhao Chunhua did not plan to continue copying books. During the lunch time, she thought about doing something else with Zhang Sanbao.
The main reason is that Goudan is in a deep sleep now, so they can get a brief moment of peace and do some handicrafts.
When Goudan wakes up, even if he doesn't need an adult to hold him, he still needs someone to watch him.
Oh, by the way, another thing worth noting is that Goudan’s name has changed.
Originally he was named Zhang Zhiyuan, but a few days ago, after Zhang Yanyou came back from school, he told his family that he had dreamed of his grandfather Zhang Changqi and his great-uncle Zhang Zhenglian.
The two felt that the character "远" was not suitable for Goudan, so after discussion they unanimously decided to change it to the more energetic and sunny "旭".
From now on, their lovely dog Dan will be officially called Zhang Zhixu.
According to the traditional customs of the family, children in the family are usually not officially recorded in the family tree until they are one year old. If the name is changed at this time, it will hardly have much impact on the family records.
Therefore, when he was at home, everyone still affectionately called him "Goudan", and the issue of changing his name was solved easily and happily.
After some effort, I finally coaxed the naughty little baby to sleep.
Afterwards, Zhao Chunhua went to the living room with her father Zhang Sanbao, who was a little tired but still full of caring.
She had an idea to make some pearl flowers as gifts.
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