Chapter 69 New Direction
Lu Xiang’s steamed buns were so delicious that everyone in the Lu family ate so much that they had at least two buns per person.
Lu Erjie was so full of food that she didn’t want to leave. She wished she could open a bun shop with Lu Xiang.
Mother Lu said, "How can it not be delicious with so much meat in it?"
Second Sister Lu argued, "My mother-in-law always puts meat in the steamed buns, but they never taste like this. My sister is so amazing." Her eyes lit up as she spoke.
Lu Xiang said, "If you like it, ask your parents to bring some back for you."
Second Sister Lu agreed, but then felt a little embarrassed: "I was going to take some food, why did you eat and take it at the same time?
After steaming two trays of more than thirty buns, Mother Lu wanted to give some to Lu Xiang, but she said no, a bowl of meat sauce was enough.
Lu Ma had no choice but to agree with her. The Fu family did not divide the family too much.
I brought a bowl of meat sauce for Second Sister Lu. I filled it with twenty large buns and gave her twenty kilograms of rice. The Lu family had the largest reserves of refined rice and grains in the village.
As expected, this gift was exactly what Second Sister Lu wanted. She said, "My two sons keep asking for rice porridge. Where can I get it for them?"
With so much rice, it would be enough to make porridge for more than a month. Dad Lu personally sent her back to the village.
"If you have nothing else to do, come back," said Lu Ma. She missed her second daughter, too. Her biggest regret was marrying her children far away. If they had lived in the same village, they could have looked after each other.
Fortunately, the second girl was more famous than her elder sister, and she found a man who truly loved her, so she didn't suffer much.
Lu Xiang looked at Lu's mother with tears in her eyes. She smiled and said, "If you miss her, just give her a message."
Ever since Second Sister Lu found out that her family and the old Lu family mansion were at odds, she heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I'll come back when I have nothing to do. I still have to help my eldest sister with the zipper work!" Sisters still have to help each other.
This was the first time Second Sister Lu had returned home after so many years of marriage, and she was reluctant to leave. She said, "I'll be back during the autumn harvest."
Father Lu took Second Sister Lu away. He was not good at speaking, but he was also kind to his daughter. He was reluctant to let his daughter carry so many things.
Lu Xiang said to her mother, "It would be great if we could just build a house." Their house is too shabby and old. If the whole family really came back, there wouldn't be anywhere to stand or sit.
Mother Lu also wanted to build a house. Hers was the shabbiest place in the village. She had made do with a good or bad place before, but when the children came home, they had nowhere to stay.
He is just an honest man who knows how to work hard and has no other way to make money.
Lu Xiang had her eye on the cooperative pig farm. There was a vacant lot just south of their house. It was far enough from everyone else that raising pigs there wouldn't affect anyone else. But raising pigs was a real chore.
In the summer, there were pig manure, pig urine, flies, and mosquitoes. Ordinary people couldn't handle it, but her parents were different. They were the neatest family in the village, and the fact that they could keep such a shabby house so neat and tidy showed it.
Lu Xiang didn't say this for the time being, but kept it in her heart.
I want to clean up the place and go back to my husband's house first. Mother Lu is a capable person and she is reluctant to let her daughter clean up the place, so she lets her go back directly.
Lu Xiang brought back a large bowl of meat sauce. When her mother-in-law Xiao Cailian saw it, she was a little surprised: "Your mother is too polite. She even brought out such a good thing!" Then she insisted on giving her a pickled fish at home.
She could see that the meat sauce was almost entirely meat. This was a great gift. Besides, the Lu family was poor, so it was not easy for them to come up with this gift.
It is good for relatives to interact with each other.
Lu Xiang refused and said, "Why bother to calculate so clearly?"
Xiao Cailian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I was wrong. Let's give it to you during the Chinese New Year."
If someone gives you something and you return it immediately, people who don't know would think you are trying to cut ties with them.
Xiao Cailian was reluctant to eat this huge bowl of meat sauce like this. She scooped out half of it, chopped up some chili peppers for the rest, and added another bowl of soybean paste to boil it again, making the meat sauce more filling.
I'll do the same thing next time if there's half a bowl left.
Otherwise, how can we talk about living? If you have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, you will be poor, but if you don’t plan well, you will be poor.
For dinner, we had pancakes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and eggplant. These rustic dishes were mixed with sauce and served with brown rice. Simple yet satisfying!
In the past, just a little chili sauce at home was enough to make these people eat like crazy, but today there is a lot of meat in it. And with the addition of oil, it is very fragrant.
Everyone was eating, bowl after bowl, and Xiao Cailian felt a little distressed: "Are you guys eating your enemies? Eat less, so you don't have indigestion when you eat too much at night."
Brother Fu said, "I can digest whatever I eat."
Third Brother Fu also said, "Mom, you should cook more next time." Why do you always cook so much every time? If you like the food, you will feel embarrassed to get more rice.
A large bowl of meat sauce was eaten up by them. Xiao Cailian felt so distressed while eating it that she thought she had saved half of it, otherwise, all of them would have eaten it up.
After dinner, Lu Xiang and the others went back to work on the duck goods, and Fu Qinhui took back the money he had settled. It was time to divide the money again, which was what everyone was looking forward to the most, just like last time!
Lu Xiang divided the money into three parts, which was over 60 yuan. Her three brothers and sisters-in-law each received 23 yuan. She kept 3 yuan for pocket money and gave the bulk of the rest to Xiao Cailian.
Including the sixty this time, Lu Xiang now has a total of one hundred and eighty. In those days, holding onto money was the most useless thing. The eighties and nineties were a time of economic growth.
Fu Qinhui saw Lu Xiang holding the money and thinking about something, and asked, "What are you thinking about?"
Lu Xiang said, "Raising pigs." She blurted out.
Fu Qinhui was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm craving meat."
Lu Xiang nodded reluctantly. Even though she had eaten some meat buns and some meat sauce today, which would have been considered a New Year's meal for an ordinary family, Lu Xiang had lived a life of luxury after all, and now she was starving, so she needed to replenish her energy.
Lu Xiang seemed to never have enough pork, so she wanted to raise pigs so that she could sell them and eat them herself.
Fu Qinhui said: "Now the inspection is strict again, and the small market is now closed." Fortunately, their duck necks had secured the support of the supply and marketing cooperative in advance, and were considered public property, otherwise they would not be allowed to sell them.
Lu Xiang said, "Huh?" She was a little disappointed. She had just been thinking about making some money and starting a business, but just when she was getting excited, someone poured cold water on her.
However, Lu Xiang didn't expect much. The 1980s were indeed special. Although they were not allowed to do business individually, there were still loopholes to exploit!
If we can make money as a village and bring prosperity to everyone, this is the self-sufficiency advocated above.
Lu Xiang felt that she had missed the mark. How come she hadn't noticed such a good resource before? Unity is strength!
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