The little girl drank the milk powder and played for a while. She is a little sleepy now.
Lian Xiaomin moved to the other end, coaxed her to lie down on the kang, let her sleep, gently covered her with a small quilt, and then brought Xiao Feng'er over to the table.
The two little kids sat next to each other obediently. Yufang took care of one and she took care of the other. She first picked out a small piece of goose meat from the bowl of non-spicy dishes and fed it to Xiaofu.
Xiaofu was so happy when he put the food in his mouth, he took a mouthful of rice porridge and a mouthful of meat. His little expression was really endearing.
"Xiaofu, does it smell good? Eat slowly."
Xiaofu's little cheeks kept moving. He nodded and continued eating. After a while, he had drunk a lot of rice porridge, which was quite delicious.
After washing his hands, Zhang Wenyong sat on the edge of the kang next to Lian Xiaomin. He didn't hesitate and picked up his chopsticks to start eating.
After practicing daggers for an entire afternoon, and expending a lot of energy to keep up with Lian Xiaomin's sparring rhythm, he was now extremely hungry, with a big appetite. While eating, he said, "Yufang, it tastes really good. You should teach Chunxiu in the future. She doesn't do other work and is willing to cook at home, but her cooking skills are not that good. Last time I brought back a duck, and it was stewed tastelessly."
Yufang fed Xiaofeng and ate as she did so. She said, "Okay, but you need a goose. You can get it first... Hey? Why don't you let me teach Xiaomin? Chunxiu at least knows how to stew a duck. I bet she doesn't even know how to pluck duck feathers. She..."
Zhang Wenyong interrupted Yufang and said, "Xiaomin doesn't need to know how to pluck duck feathers. She can come with me... and peel the duck skin with a knife! Hahaha~"
Lian Xiaomin was just taking a sip of soup when she heard this and almost spit it out. She coughed a few times and couldn't stop laughing. Zhang Wenyong quickly helped her massage her back.
Everyone ate with relish and burped with satisfaction.
The two little kids had already eaten their fill and went to play on the kang.
In the end, the two porcelain bowls of food were cleaned up by the three of them. Of course, Zhang Wenyong was the main force and had the biggest appetite. He not only ate five pancakes and a bowl of rice porridge, but also poured the half bowl of porridge that Lian Xiaomin couldn't finish into his own bowl and ate it all.
In fact, this is a normal amount of food in this day and age, not to mention that I have consumed a lot of physical energy today.
After the meal, seeing that it was getting late, they quickly cleaned the table and washed the dishes.
Yufang was about to go back with Xiaofeng, and Zhang Wenyong wanted to go out with them. It was pitch dark, so it was just right for them to go together.
Lian Xiaomin took out the bag of canned food that Zhang Wenyong had brought, took out five big apples from the kang cabinet, put them in the bag and handed them to him. She then took out two pounds of pastries wrapped in oil paper and stuffed them into Yufang's backpack before sending them out.
Watching them walk away and their figures disappear into the darkness, Lian Xiaomin locked the gate and returned to the house.
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Ever since Sandaogou Village secretly got food, every household has finally been able to have food to eat. There has been no news of anyone fighting until midnight, or anyone dying from being unable to get up from the kang. Everything seems to be calm.
Just like this, more than half a month passed, and in the blink of an eye it was the Gregorian New Year.
Today is the year 1969.
Wang Kui, the village militia security captain, organized more than a dozen people to go hunting in Yefeng Valley. They were gone for four or five days and returned yesterday. So they went from house to house to distribute some meat based on work points, but it had nothing to do with Xiaomin.
She went to watch the fun. This Wang Kui was quite skilled. He was a strong man of about 28 or 29 years old, with a dark face and bright eyes. He was about 1.78 meters tall. He looked strong and muscular. I heard that he was also good at shooting.
In total they shot seven roe deer, a sika deer, two wild boars, and a number of small prey such as pheasants and hares.
I heard that someone was injured while hunting those two wild boars, but it wasn't too serious.
Lian Xiaomin was carrying Xiaoya in a basket on her back and holding Xiaofu in front of her with her arms, lifting him higher so that he could see the excitement. The crowd was packed in three layers, and everyone was watching the pig being slaughtered.
Some educated youth also came nearby. The big man Lin Youshu happened to walk over and saw that it was Lian Xiaomin next to him. He took Xiaofu and put him directly on his shoulder.
Xiaofu is so happy now. He sits on the big brother's shoulders, shaking his head. Looking at his expression, the little guy must be thinking: sister is too short, I can't see anything when I lift her up. Now it's better.
After watching the excitement for a while, the educated youth also went to distribute the meat. Although there was not much, there were many of them. The fifteen people pooled some money and spent more money to exchange for some more so that they could have some meat to eat during the New Year.
Lian Xiaomin brought Xiaofu back, said hello to Lin Youshu, and told him to go quickly.
She put Xiaofu on the ground and let him walk by himself, then took his chubby hand and said, "Xiaofu, stop looking. There's nothing from our family here. Come on, I'll take you to my aunt's house to play with Xiaofeng'er."
Xiaofu looked up with a puzzled expression: "Jiejie, why is there no Rourou? Xiaofu wants a share of Rourou too."
Lian Xiaomin led him out and said, "You can't get the meat for free. You have to work for it. Working means... Anyway, my sister hasn't started working for the village yet, so there's nothing left."
Xiaofu seemed to understand, and pulled Lian Xiaomin's hand: "Jiejie, Xiaofu, you will work in the future and change your meat!"
Lian Xiaomin was happy. I have been waiting like a monk for a long time, waiting for you, a baby, to go to work and eat meat.
As she led Xiaofu away from the crowd, she said, "Xiaofu, I can hunt, so we don't need you. We have plenty of meat to eat!" I mean, I didn't make you short-sighted. I have such a big space, what can't I have? It's just... I'm not very good at it.
The baby is still young, less than two years old, and mainly eats soft food, such as minced meat and egg custard, rice porridge and noodles, and drinks some milk powder.
But she is the only one who raises two little kids so carefully. Other families' kids are left alone, with the older ones taking care of the younger ones. Kids who are four or five years old also have to take care of younger siblings. How can they be so thorough? They don't even have food, so they just eat whatever is available.
I didn't bring sweet potato out today because I was afraid that if there were too many people around, it would run around and get lost again. So I led Xiaofu slowly towards my aunt's house.
This time, they met many villagers along the way. Even Xiaomin felt for the first time that Sandagou was really big! Since she came here, she had never seen so many people on the road in the village.
After all, slaughtering a pig and dividing the meat is a very rare event, and there are very few opportunities to join in the fun, so those who have nothing to do come out.
During this time, she got to know many aunties and sisters in the village and greeted them one by one. They would be very curious when they saw a handsome boy like Xiaofu.
Many people in the village are related to each other. If you know one family, it feels like you know a lot of people.
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