Chapter 93 Don't Touch Me
As the eldest brother and patriarch of the Youth League Institute, Bai Chen started his lecture before dinner.
He stood up holding the enamel cup, "After New Year's Eve, it is a new year. I hope we can be better than the last year, united and friendly!"
Very simple blessings and wishes.
He raised his glass, smiling broadly, "Cheers!"
"cheers!"
Yi Chichi and the others, each holding an enamel cup, raised their glasses and clinked them with his, then all lowered their heads and took a sip of water.
That’s right, the enamel pot is filled with water, warm boiled water.
After the prelude, it's time to enjoy the meal.
The braised carp looks really good, but those greedy people didn’t even think of keeping the fish for the purpose of having surplus every year.
Food belongs to you only when it enters your mouth.
They feel relieved! Rather than keeping the fish, they would rather eat it and have fish every day.
As a result, the whole braised carp that each person had eaten with chopsticks became torn into pieces.
After taking a bite of the fish, Zhou Qiuyu exclaimed, "This fish is delicious, and it doesn't even have a fishy smell."
Looked very surprised.
Zhou Yadong smiled and said, "The carp in the Northeast are different from the carp in our area. Because of the water quality and climate, the meat is of very good quality and tastes extremely delicious."
“It’s really fresh.”
Due to the incompleteness of the seasonings, the so-called braised carp is actually different from the later ones.
There are not many seasonings, just oil, salt, soy sauce and sugar, and some chopped green onions are sprinkled on it when it is served.
There is no MSG or oyster sauce in it, but the taste is more than ten times more tender than the braised carp Yi Chichi had eaten before.
Everyone was eating and chatting, and Bai Chen talked about the time when he was targeted by a wolf the year he first came to Kaoshantun.
"You don't know. I was almost scared to death at that time. Fortunately, it was a lone wolf that was expelled from the wolf pack. It was old and weak and had a limp. Otherwise, you would not know me today."
Recalling the dangerous situation at that time, he sighed.
"Are you hurt?"
Yi Chichi asked curiously.
"I wore warm clothes in winter, so I didn't get hurt much, but my cotton coat was torn."
Pointing to the faded patch on his cotton jacket, he said calmly, "The hole under this patch was left by the wolf."
"Weren't you afraid?"
"How can I not be scared? I'm scared to death, but there's no point in being scared. I can only go ahead with it."
He gestured with his hand, "Although the wolf is old, it has a lot of meat. I gained several kilograms of weight that winter by eating dozens of kilograms of wolf meat."
As a result, as soon as spring came, the flesh gained by eating wolf meat fell back.
Yi Chichi was very interested in the taste of wolf meat. "Is wolf meat delicious?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Wang Nan and the others pricked up their ears and looked over.
Obviously, they wanted to know, too.
Bai Chen looked at the crowd's greedy expressions and shook his head.
“It’s not tasty.”
"I don't believe it!"
"It's really not tasty. It's old and woody, and has a strong fishy smell."
If he had not experienced the feeling of being so hungry that he had to eat grass roots, tree bark, and even Guanyin soil until his stomach was bloated, he would not have had the courage to eat the wolf meat.
“It’s really unpalatable!”
He emphasized again, looking serious.
Yi Chichi and the others believed it now, but——
"Where's your wolf skin?"
"It's for Uncle Liu San as a reward."
It was true that he had killed the wolf alone, and the captain and his men were nice people and had not thought of sharing his wolf meat, but he did not know how to deal with the wolf corpse, so he could only listen to the captain and ask Uncle Liu for help.
Asking for help requires payment. At that time, he was so poor and penniless that he could only use wolf skins as payment.
"Uncle Liu's wolfskin coat is made from the skin of that wolf."
In an instant, everyone thought of Uncle Liu's jacket that had a strong enough odor to kill people, and all other thoughts disappeared.
The smell was too strong, it was definitely the leather jacket they were not lucky enough to enjoy.
Fortunately, the wolf skin was given to Uncle Liu, otherwise he would have to be accompanied by that smell as soon as winter came. The feeling is suffocating just thinking about it.
While they were chatting and laughing, the dishes on the table were cleared away.
Several people were full and groaned with their bulging stomachs.
Yi Chichi was prepared and took some hawthorn slices and distributed them to everyone.
"Eat something to help digestion."
"Chichi you are so thoughtful!"
Wang Nan hugged her happily and wanted to get close to her, but Yi Chichi pushed her away in disgust, "Don't get close to me, women shouldn't be intimate with each other!"
What a girl who doesn't like to touch each other. Wang Nan and the others were amused by her.
Before I had time to clear the table, a noisy sound was heard.
"Uncles and sisters, we are here to wish you a happy new year..."
Dunzi ran in with a long tone like singing an opera, with a string of babies following behind him.
Everyone changed their clothes.
There are no new clothes. It is very difficult to collect enough cloth coupons to make new clothes now that resources are scarce.
In every household, the older ones wear new clothes, and the older ones are passed on to their younger brothers and sisters.
Parents who care about the clothes will wash them thoroughly and patch them neatly to keep them clean and tidy.
If you don't care, just wear it without revealing any skin. As for it being dirty, that's not a problem.
There is no child who is not dirty.
There were two dirty kids in the team. The chilblains on their hands and faces looked scary, and their clothes were shiny black as if they were covered with starch.
Looking at the children rushing in, Yi Chichi and the others remained silent.
After a while, Ge Sujuan managed to utter:
"You guys are celebrating the New Year too early!"
I have never seen anyone wishing New Year’s greetings on New Year’s Eve.
"Morning and evening prayers are the same!"
Dunzi's arguments were very convincing, and Yi Chichi and the others thought they made a lot of sense.
Sure, since they’ve come to pay New Year’s greetings, we can’t let the children go back empty-handed.
After exchanging glances, Wang Nan clapped his hands and said, "Come on, come on, line up and wish everyone a happy new year!"
They were familiar with the process and the team was ready in less than two minutes.
Yi Chichi entered the room while the children were queuing and came out with a plate containing melon seeds, peanuts and Cuban candy.
The peanuts and melon seeds were collected by Bai Chen and his friends, and the Cuban sugar was kindly provided by Yi Chichi.
The name of Cuban Candy sounds like it is imported from abroad, but it is actually a processed product of cane sugar. It has a wide audience base and its price is relatively lower than that of White Rabbit and other candies.
Looking at the plates that Yi Chichi brought out, Dunzi and the others' eyes lit up.
"I wish you uncle and sister..."
"etc!"
Qi Yang, who realized something was wrong, interrupted them and asked, "Why are they sisters, but we are uncles?"
Even though they are not much different in age, they are forced to be the elders.
Who can bear this?
Niuniu raised her little hand and spoke in a sincere and babyish voice, "Sisters are pretty, but you are not!"
"What's wrong with us?"
Even though Bai Chen and the others didn't care much about their appearance and image, they were still heartbroken by Niu Niu's words.
The bright smile on his face could no longer be maintained and disappeared.
"Sisters are white, you are black!"
Yi Chichi and the others turned around to look at Bai Chen and the others and laughed.
It is indeed dark, but I have to say that the child has very sharp eyes.
(End of this chapter)
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