Chapter 43: Why Join in the Fun
As they were talking, Lu Mingjiang and Zhang Hongying came back one after another. Before they even entered the house, they called out to Lu Chun'e: "Chun'e, I heard from Donglinwa that your brother Dongcheng is back?"
Lu Chun'e came out of the kitchen and said, "I'm back, I'm back, and I brought my partner back with me."
Zhang Hongying smiled and said, "You brought your partner back? You've said you're dating for a long time now, so you should have a wedding right away this time you're back, right?" As she spoke, she thought of her own son. Lu Dongping was only one and a half years younger than Lu Dongcheng!
"Where's Wen Wan?"
Chun'e said, "She's warming herself by the fire in the house!" Then, she pulled Zhang Hongying over and whispered to her, "At noon, I took out my brother's quilt, which she had sewn for him. She and Dongcheng's girlfriend went with me to the private plot to pick vegetables."
Just as she finished speaking, Wen Wan came out of the kitchen and greeted Lu Mingjiang and Zhang Hongying: "Uncle, aunt, you're back!"
Lu Mingjiang hummed, and asked Lu Chun'e, "It'll take a while for dinner, right? I'll go check next door."
Lu Chun'e said, "I just made the dough and will start rolling it out right away. I'll put it in when my brother comes back."
After saying that, Lu Mingjiang patted his body and arrived at the entrance of the yard.
The brothers Lu Minghai and Lu Mingjiang are completely different from other brothers.
The old man of the Lu family was a martyr in the anti-Japanese war and passed away early. The old lady also died. There were no adults in the family. The eldest brother was like a father. Lu Minghai took on the responsibility of the family at a young age and took care of his two younger brothers.
Lu Mingjiang is the youngest, so Lu Minghai has more to worry about.
Later, Lu Minghai got married and had a family, and then the couple had to worry about everything together.
Apart from two daughters, Lu Dongcheng is the first child in their family, a boy.
People in the mountains all have some patriarchal ideas, and the Lu family is no exception, but it is not as serious as that.
The two children before Lu Minghai were both daughters. Until Lu Dongcheng spoke up, the three brothers treated them like precious treasures.
Not long after, the second son settled down in the city, and Lu Mingjiang also found a wife.
But Lu Dongcheng is equally rare.
Until later Lu Dongping was born.
The younger brother cherishes his own son, and the older brother naturally cherishes his younger brother's son.
Apart from Lu Lao Er, who worked in a steel mill and was married off to someone else, the two brothers Lu Minghai and Lu Mingjiang have been together for most of their lives and haven't changed much.
Zhang Hongying didn't join in the fun. She took a break in the house and asked Lu Chun'e, "Have you kneaded the dough?"
Lu Chun'e responded and cleared the chopping board: "Half white flour and half cornmeal, cut a large bowl of shredded potatoes and mix it in."
It was an arrangement. Although Zhang Hongying was reluctant to give up the fine food, she didn't say anything to her.
After roasting my hands, I went outside to chop grass for the pigs.
Shortly after five o'clock, Lu Dongping came back.
While still on the path below, they saw Lu Donglin squatting in front of the millstone above, jumping around and saying, "Brother, brother, hurry up, Brother Dongcheng is back!"
Lu Dongping raised an eyebrow. "Back?" No, he's back, so why is Lu Donglin so excited? He's back and can just run away in the blink of an eye?
Coming from the small path, he did not go directly to Lu Minghai's house, but went back to the yard and went straight to the kitchen.
Looking at Wen Wan sitting by the fire and talking to Lu Chun'e, he grinned: "I'm back!"
Wen Wan raised her eyes and looked at him with a smile.
Lu Dongping's heart felt like it was about to fly away in an instant.
He glanced at the chopping board and asked, "Making noodles?"
Lu Chun'e said, "Rolling noodles. Brother, Brother Dongcheng is back. Do you want to go and see him? If not, help me roll the noodles while I light the fire and stir-fry the potato shreds."
Lu Dongping wanted to talk to Wen Wan.
We spent a whole day together yesterday, and he was really not used to going to the Armed Forces Department alone today. He felt that time was passing too slowly and it was too difficult to endure.
Lu Chun'e asked him to roll noodles. He responded without feeling cold. He scooped some water from the jar to wash his hands, and then took the rolling pin from Chun'e.
While rolling the noodles, he turned his head to look at Wen Wan: "When did you come in the morning?"
Wen Wan was a little embarrassed: "I came here a long time ago!"
After saying that, he looked at Lu Dongping and smiled and added: "If you don't believe me, ask Chun'e!"
"Xin, Xin! Has it always been here?"
Lu Chun'e led the fire from the fire pit to the stove cavity and said, "It must have been here all the time. What's the point of staying at the educated youth camp? There's no sun and it's freezing cold. It's much warmer here with the fire."
After saying that, he scooped some lard with chopsticks and spread it in the pot, added some chopped green onions, poured in the drained vegetables, added salt, and waited until the water in the vegetables came out and the vegetables were wilted before pouring in the shredded potatoes.
Add a ladle of water, cover the pot, and sprinkle a handful of garlic sprouts into the pot when it is time to cook.
The whole room was filled with a sour aroma.
After Lu Dongping rolled out the dough, he started cutting it, cutting it thinner than ever before.
The noodles rolled out with cornmeal are very hard and difficult to digest.
Of course, for those with good appetites, there is no such thing as indigestion, but there is also Wenwan.
Lu Dongping clapped his hands, washed his hands, and then said to Lu Chun'e: "Okay, I'm going to my uncle's house to say hello to Lu Dongcheng and call Dad to eat!"
Lu Chun'e responded, and he moved closer to Wen Wan, squatting beside her legs to warm his hands: "Come with me to uncle's house?"
Wen Wan refused without thinking: "No!" It seemed weird that she would go to Lu Minghai's house for no reason.
Lu Dongping was not disappointed. He had not thought she would agree. He quickly grabbed her hand, squeezed it gently, and then let go: "I'll be back soon!"
After saying that, he stood up, glanced at the pot lid which was already starting to steam, and walked outside.
The fire pit in Lu Minghai's house was full of people, including Lu Minghai, his three sons, Shengxia, and Lu Mingjiang.
Gao Xiulan and Lu Dongcai's wife are cooking.
Lu Dongping entered the room and called out, "Uncle, aunt!"
Then he called out to Lu Dongcheng: "You're back!"
Lu Dongcheng responded, and the two brothers finally met and greeted each other.
Then Lu Dongcheng stood up and looked at his cousin who was taller than him with a slight smile on his lips: "You have grown a lot taller!"
Lu Dongping raised his eyebrows proudly: "A little taller than you!"
Lu Minghai and Gao Xiulan responded in succession.
"Dongping is back, come sit down and warm yourself by the fire. Dongcheng, what's wrong with you? Why are you standing? Invite others to sit down!"
Lu Dongping said, "I'm here to call Brother Dongcheng for dinner, so I won't sit down. Come back after dinner."
Gao Xiulan said, "I won't go back to eat today. I'll kill a pig tomorrow and go to your house for a good meal."
Gao Dongping said: "Tomorrow is tomorrow, today is today, one thing is another."
Lu Dongcheng waved his hand: "I really won't go. Go and have dinner with Uncle San. You're still being so polite at home. We can talk for a while after dinner."
He wasn't polite, so Lu Dongping didn't bother pretending to be polite with him. He called out to Lu Mingjiang, "Dad, let's go. Come back and chat after dinner."
Lu Mingjiang stood up and said, "Okay, let's go back first."
Lu Dongping leaned over and said, "Let's find a chance and have a fight. Let me see what kind of person you train."
Lu Dongcheng snorted twice, then reached out and patted his shoulder: "Go and explain it clearly to your uncle. Don't go back and complain after I beat you up, or I'll get beaten by the old man again."
"It's hard to say who will beat whom!"
After dinner, it was dark outside. Wen Wan didn't have a flashlight, so Lu Dongping walked her there. When they were almost at the educated youth station, he told her, "We're going to slaughter a pig tomorrow. Can you not sleep in? Come early, or you won't be able to see it."
Of course I can sleep in for a few days, but slaughtering pigs only happens once a year, so I can’t miss it.
The people at the educated youth site were rare and still awake.
As soon as Lu Dongping left, Wang Jianmao came to find Wen Wan.
"Wen Wan, is the Lu family going to kill a pig?"
Wen Wan didn't know why he suddenly asked this, so she replied, "Yes, he said he would kill her tomorrow."
"So you're going to have a pig-killing dinner tomorrow, right? Could you please buy some meat for me?"
Wen Wan didn't respond directly: "I don't know if they will sell it or not!"
"They should be selling it. They always sell it every year. I'll get the money for you."
Having said that, he turned and went into the house. When he came out, he had a few bills in his hand: "I want ten catties in total, and I want something fatter." He wanted five catties, and Liu Changqing wanted five catties. However, Liu Changqing didn't know what was going on, he just didn't want to take the initiative to talk to Wen Wan.
There was nothing he could do about this temper.
In the past two years, they went to the Lu family to buy meat themselves. This year, because of what happened between Liu Changqing and Lu Dongping, he really couldn't go to the mountain gate.
Wen Wan hesitated for a moment and didn't answer: "To buy meat, money alone is not enough, right? You need a ticket too, right?" She still has some common sense, don't try to fool her.
Wang Jianmao said, "The meat processing plant over there in the commune requires a meat ticket. The pigs raised by the team are two cents more expensive than those over there, but they don't require meat tickets."
Wen Wan then took it and said, "Then I'll go ask tomorrow. If it's for sale, I'll bring it back for you. If it's not for sale, I can't do anything about it."
Zhu Feng came out of the house and asked, "Buy some meat, Wang Jianmao, how much do you want?"
"Ten pounds!"
Zhu Feng was stunned for a moment: "Then, Wen Wan, can you help me buy ten kilograms as well?" Thirty kilograms of meat for three people to eat together will last for a long time.
Wen Wan shook her head: "No, I can't carry so much. If you want to buy meat, you should go by yourselves." After that, she simply returned the money that Wang Jianmao had given her.
She doesn't want to help with this matter anymore.
What if Lu Dongping's family didn't plan to sell meat tomorrow? If she asked, would they sell it or not? Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
Wang Jianmao was stunned for a moment, and then the door slammed shut, and someone had already entered the room and closed the door.
He looked at the money that was returned, his face looked unusually unhappy, and he endured for a long time before he resisted the urge to kick Zhu Feng directly.
Zhu Feng was still unaware: "What does she mean? Is she worried that I can't afford the money? No, is it a big deal to be associated with the Lu family? The captain's name is Lu Minghai, not Lu Mingjiang or Lu Dongping. Why is she being so arrogant?"
Wang Jianmao sighed, "Why are you joining in the fun? Do you know how much meat a pig can contain besides the hair and internal organs? How can you possibly buy it if you go to the same store?"
pig!
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