Chapter 83 Eating Pork for Chinese New Year
After packing up her things and dressing up Fubao, Liu Guizhi took some pork and fruit and returned to her parents' home with Fubao and her sons.
In the past, she felt embarrassed to bring all her children with her. They were all old enough to eat, and they would have to eat a lot. Even though her sister-in-law was kind and didn't look down on her, she still felt bad.
When they arrived at her mother's house, Liu Guizhi's mother first held Liu Guizhi's hand and cried. She had heard about the crackdown on speculation and secretly cursed her son-in-law, saying that he had bad luck.
Liu Guizhi took out the things she was carrying and the pork. Her sisters-in-law were stunned. "Why did you buy all this? You're having a hard time right now! And you brought ten pounds of pork. How much do you have yourself?"
Liu Guizhi smiled and said, "Mom, sister-in-law, now that we've divided up the family, we've received quite a bit of food for the New Year, including over thirty pounds of pork. We thought we'd eat some ourselves and exchange it for food and money. We're pretty well off now, so we'll bring you ten pounds of pork. With these, we won't have to buy meat for the New Year."
In the countryside, it is impossible to eat rich meat and fish even during the Chinese New Year. Ten pounds of pork chopped into stuffing for making dumplings is more than enough.
The sisters-in-law were very touched. Ten kilograms of pork was a lot no matter how you put it. They didn't need to buy meat for the New Year this year. In fact, they knew that their sister-in-law was raising pigs this year and might bring some pork, but they never expected that she would bring so much.
Several sisters-in-law warmly entertained Liu Guizhi, and took out crispy candies, melon seeds and peanuts and distributed them to Fubao and several brothers.
The peanuts were fried, with a little saltiness, crispy and fragrant.
The crispy candy is sweet and cracks in your mouth when you bite it, leaving a mouthful of crumbs. The crumbs melt on the tip of your tongue, leaving a trace of sweetness.
Fubao's pockets were filled with all kinds of delicious food.
At this time, several cousins took Fubao Gu Shengtian out to play. Children love the Chinese New Year the most. There are not only delicious food but also fun things to do. The boys were setting off firecrackers, which went off with a bang. Several children covered their ears and ran away quickly.
It was soon time for dinner. Liu Guizhi's mother chopped two pounds of the ten pounds of pork that Liu Guizhi brought with her into stuffing and made dumplings with the cabbage.
The hot dumplings came out of the pot, and each person had a bowl.
These dumplings are made of white flour. After being cooked, they are so transparent that you can see the filling inside. They have a thin skin and a large filling. When you take a bite, the juice flows in your mouth, filling it with fragrance. It is really delicious.
Liu Guizhi's mother looked at Gu Shengtian and smiled, "Isn't this dumpling wrapper chewy? It's made with white flour and sweet potato flour. It's translucent and chewy when cooked. Isn't it delicious?"
Gu Shengtian had no idea what was going on. He was eating so much that he couldn't stop. He chewed the dumplings, nodded repeatedly, and said vaguely, "Delicious, delicious, really delicious!"
I have never eaten such delicious dumplings in my life.
Fubao's cheeks were bulging with food, and he nodded vigorously: "Delicious!"
Liu Guizhi's mother couldn't help but laugh. She looked at the two little ones lovingly, then looked at the older ones and sighed with relief.
Just now, Liu Guizhi had secretly taken out the money and given it to her, but she didn't want it and insisted on forcing it on her, telling her to keep it first, otherwise she would feel sorry for her brother and sister-in-law.
In fact, it doesn’t matter whether the money is returned or not. The key is that my daughter lives a good life and has no worries.
After dinner, she felt in her pocket and took out a dozen brand new dimes, distributing them to each child: "This is your New Year's money, take it."
Fubao and Gu Shengtian were both overjoyed, especially Fubao. She had never touched money in her hands before and didn't expect that she would also get New Year's money.
One cent! This is a huge fortune for so many children like Fubao Gu Shengtian.
Seeing the happy look on the children's faces, several adults started talking about their children again, and naturally brought up their school exams. Liu Guizhi told them about Fubao and Gu Shengtian's exam results, which made her sisters-in-law very envious.
"Fubao is really smart. Look at our little bastard, he only scored over 40 points on the test. What's the point of studying for a year? He might as well go home and earn work points!"
Liu Guizhi's brother disagreed: "You still have to go to school, at least you won't be blind."
Everyone thought about it and asked Fubao how she learned it, asking her to share her experience.
Fubao thought for a long time and said: "The teacher is talking, I listen carefully!"
As for Fubao, she was not very diligent and hardworking. She learned everything with Gu Shengtian. She didn't understand why Gu Shengtian couldn't answer some questions.
In her opinion, if she listened, remembered, wrote it down during the test, or just did the math problems directly, wouldn't that be enough?
Everyone was stunned, looking at each other, and finally Liu Guizhi's mother said: "This child is smart, born smart, Guizhi, you must take good care of him!"
After returning from Liu Guizhi's mother's home, the children were all jumping around. Although it was getting dark, they didn't feel tired at all. Everyone's pockets were stuffed with delicious food and their stomachs were full. When they thought about the more than 20 kilograms of pork at home, they were even more happy.
This year's New Year has been really enjoyable.
Liu Guizhi was also very happy. After paying back the money to her parents, she didn't have to pay back the old Yuan toy given by her mother-in-law, because it was picked up by Fubao in the first place. With this calculation, there were still 350 yuan left in the family.
From then on, she and her husband didn't have to worry too much. They just went to work and earned work points like everyone else. They earned 360 kilograms of grain a year and got a little money at the end of the year, which was enough to make ends meet.
The four children might need money for school, and occasionally to improve their lives and give them something nice to eat, so I slowly added to the 350 yuan. Spending 20 yuan a year is enough to keep my family well-off. So, 350 yuan can last for more than a decade. After a decade, the children will be grown up, with families and careers.
Of course, Liu Guizhi secretly thought that it would be even better if she could make some money in the next ten years so that she could marry her three sons and prepare a generous dowry for Fubao.
After Liu Guizhi finished thinking about the future, she began to think about the remaining twenty pounds of meat.
If it were according to her previous personality, she would definitely keep a few pounds for herself to eat, and exchange the rest for food, food coupons and money, but now -
She pursed her lips and smiled. She had money in her hands, so there was no need to be so frugal. She could just keep it all and eat it slowly.
Thinking of how greedy her children were when they ate meat dumplings at her mother's house, she felt that she should let her children eat something good and live a good life.
"Fubao, are the dumplings delicious today?" Liu Guizhi looked down at her soft and cute daughter and couldn't help but asked with a smile.
"Delicious!" Fubao looked up innocently. "It's really delicious. The skin is chewy and the filling is fragrant. I've never eaten dumplings so delicious."
Liu Guizhi couldn't help but burst out laughing.
She felt relieved. After hearing what Fubao said, she thought Fubao was so cute. She was so young and had lived a hard life before. Of course, she had never eaten such delicious dumplings.
"Wait a few days for the New Year, and I'll make you some delicious dumplings with sweet potato flour and white flour, and put some meat and cabbage in them, okay?"
Gu Yuejin and his brothers were all savoring the delicious dumplings. When they heard this, they couldn't believe it: "Really?"
Fubao asked in confusion, "Mom, how can we eat like that at home? Not everyone can afford white flour dumplings."
She knew that her mother was frugal and was reluctant to sew clothes at night, so she only washed clothes because washing clothes could be done in the dark, while sewing clothes consumed lamp oil.
Liu Guizhi smiled and said, "Silly children, just eat what your mother tells you to. Eat the good food secretly and enjoy it yourself, but don't tell anyone else, understand?"
Gu Yuejin and his brothers were even more puzzled and looked at each other.
Liu Guizhi restrained her smile and said, "Did you remember everything I said today?"
Liu Guizhi used to be soft-tempered and quiet, and she never educated her sons much, but she did have some ideas. Now that she has become serious, her sons are a little surprised.
They nodded quickly and said solemnly, "We know. We must not tell others about the delicious food we have."
Only then did Liu Guizhi feel relieved.
When she returned home that day, she discussed with Gu Weidong that out of the twenty-odd pounds of meat at home, they might as well chop ten pounds into minced meat and stew the other ten pounds and put them aside. The minced meat could be slowly added to the porridge, and the cooked meat could be cut into small pieces and eaten directly as cold meat any day.
But look at the pot in the kitchen, it's occupied. Shen Hongying has been making various New Year's dishes these days, and uses it half a day. The rest of the time, Niu Sanni and Liu Zhaodi queue up to take turns using it. In any case, they are never idle.
When Liu Guizhi saw this, she discussed with Gu Weidong, "Why don't we just go over to the new house and stew the meat?"
Throughout the winter, Gu Weidong was not very active in his work. He often took time out to go to the new house to make adobe bricks. After the adobe bricks were removed from the molds and dried in the sun, they were stacked there one by one. Although there was no house, the stacked adobe bricks could block the wind.
For convenience, Gu Weidong has built a mud shed with adobe and thatch, and built a stove in the shed. The new stove has never been used, but now it can be used to stew meat.
Gu Weidong had actually thought so a long time ago.
After all, he knew that his sisters-in-law would definitely not be willing to stew all the meat at home. When they chopped the meat and stewed it, his sisters-in-law would see it and would definitely wonder why they were so generous. It would be hard to say what would happen then.
Gu Weidong told Miao Xiujiu about this matter again.
He also told Miao Xiujiu about how he earned money and gave her 60 yuan. Miao Xiujiu, of course, refused to take it and said righteously that what you earn is yours and whoever has the ability can enjoy it.
Gu Weidong had no choice but to accept it, but he thought that he had some savings now, so he would take better care of his parents in the future and send them more delicious food during the holidays so that the two old people could enjoy themselves.
When Gu Weidong mentioned the stove, Miao Xiuju agreed: "I've been fed up with you guys for a long time. Go out and fix the stove one by one. I can have some peace and quiet."
Gu Weidong laughed when he heard this.
Of course he knew that his mother was just like that, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She agreed in her heart, but she just liked to say that when she spoke.
He used to be young, ignorant, and stubborn, but now his children are growing up, and he has experienced so many things himself, and slowly he understands. He knows his mother's suffering and difficulties, as well as her open-mindedness and understanding.
Miao Xiuju saw her youngest son actually laughing and said casually, "What are you laughing at?"
Gu Weidong thought for a moment and said, "Mom, even though we've split up, Dad is still Dad, and Mom is still Mom, we'll be parents for life. I'm better off now, so tell me what you two want to eat, and I'll secretly buy it for you and send it to your room."
When these words were spoken...Miao Xiujiu suddenly lost her composure and almost burst into tears.
Life was hard when we were poor, and we never thought about so much tenderness. Mothers and children would not say such soft words to each other. When I suddenly heard it, I felt sad and relieved.
But Miao Xiuju still threw in a sentence: "Go live your life, your mother has no shortage of food!"
Only after her youngest son left did she turn around and quietly wipe away her tears.
Hey, the most stubborn and naughty son when he was little has finally grown up.
Become sensible.
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