Su He cooks mutton.
Many farmers in this mountain raise sheep.
After she became familiar with Granny Cai, she exchanged the sugar tickets she had obtained by cheating with Granny Cai twice at a very low price. Thus, their friendship was formed. Whenever there were people in the town who slaughtered sheep or pigs privately, Granny Cai would help Su He keep an eye out.
This time it was mutton. She got a piece of mutton leg, which weighed about a pound. She discussed with her mother-in-law how to eat it.
Teacher Wu is fine with any dish: "It's up to you. Everything you cook tastes good anyway."
Su He made her own decision: "Mom, then I'll use the lamb leg bones to make soup, lamb and radish soup, and then chop the leg meat and make lamb dumplings!"
Teacher Wu: "Drinking mutton soup and eating mutton dumplings in winter is truly heavenly! But if you want the mutton dumplings to taste good, you have to add some pepper water to remove the mutton smell. Otherwise, the mutton will be too muttony, which is a waste of such a good thing!"
Su He nodded in agreement, and then she and her mother-in-law divided the work, one chopping the stuffing and the other kneading the dough.
Xiaobao was also very cooperative and played behind her two brothers. She knew that her mother and grandmother were busy preparing a big meal. The three children were wearing thick clothes and running around in the yard.
That morning, Lian Yue had breakfast and came to Jin's house. She came to ask Teacher Wu to borrow a shoe pattern for her.
Teacher Wu: "These three children's shoes are the style of old men's shoes. Why did you like the look of these shoes? I was just trying to save trouble!"
Lian Yue: "I just want to save trouble and learn from Teacher Wu. By the way, have you heard that school will resume after the Spring Festival?"
Teacher Wu had no idea: "Xiao Su, have you heard about it? Anyway, I take care of the children all day and rarely go out, so I haven't heard about it."
Su He: "I haven't heard about it either. If classes resume, the school will notify me, right? Could it be that the Red Education Class is canceled?"
Lian Yue: "I also heard it from Caizhu. I heard that it's all over the place. Even if you go out, don't gossip about it to others. You haven't heard it, right?"
Lian Yue went home after borrowing the shoe patterns.
While cooking, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talked about the resumption of classes. If school can resume, they will send Damao to school.
Su He calculated in his mind, Damao is 18 years old now, and he will be 6 in another 18 months. When the college entrance examination is resumed in 1978, Damao will be exactly 10 years old and can take the college entrance examination. He will be among the first batch of college graduates. Those college graduates will be golden cakes in the future, and will shine in all walks of life!
The dumplings were ready at noon and the family was eating. Yuan Shili next door was not at home for the past two days, so she did not send them next door.
The family had a very happy lunch and they were sweating all over after drinking the mutton bone soup.
The two brothers Damao and Ermao were so full after dinner that they took Xiaobao to play first and then took a nap later.
Su He heard the sound of the door opening next door, so she said, "Mom, it seems that Teacher Yuan from next door is back. I heard the sound of the door opening!"
Teacher Wu: "Then go over and take a look. It's neither early nor late at this time. I guess Guifang hasn't had lunch yet. If she hasn't eaten, call her over to eat something."
When Su He went to Yuan's house, Yuan Shili said as soon as she saw her, "I was just looking for you. Hurry home, pack your bags, and go on a long journey with me!"
Su He: "No, Master, you are so anxious, what's going on? At least tell me what it is."
Master Yuan was anxious: "I went to the city to see Dongmei this time, and I received such a request from someone. It's a matter of life and death. If it weren't for the fact that human lives are at stake, I wouldn't have gotten involved in this mess. But after thinking about it, I think only your family can help! Old Yuan called me and said that your family's Jin Weiguo also knows about it and agreed that you can help!"
The more Shi Li spoke, the more confused Su He became: "Shi Li, what about you and I going together? My mother-in-law is at home taking care of three children and she's too busy to handle it. What should we do?"
Yuan Shiqi: "Your mother-in-law should go too, take your three children with you, and let's go on a long journey together!"
Su He was a little unhappy. Although this teacher did not take special care of their family and was really concerned about the three children, before her mother-in-law came, Teacher Yuan took care of the three children and was almost like a real grandmother. But now things were so confusing. What was going on?
Su He deliberately said unhappily, "Master, if you don't tell me what's going on, I won't go with you. You'll have to let me know sooner or later anyway, so just tell me!"
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