Lu Jin patted Lu Yu's shoulder and said, "Before we left, my sister-in-law said that if you can buy some pork belly tomorrow morning, she'll make some roasted pork belly for us brothers."
"Why grill pork belly? Can't we grill other meats?"
“Because the pork belly smells delicious when it’s grilled!”
After Lu Jin finished speaking, he shook off the snowflakes on his clothes and went into the house to warm himself by the fire.
Lu Yu thought about it all night, even in his dreams he was wondering what roasted pork belly tasted like.
The next morning, he came to the door in the dark and snowy weather. "Knock, knock, knock!" The knock on the door caught the couple off guard as they were preparing to do morning exercises.
"Brother, open the door!"
Lu Yu was knocking on the door outside, and Su Yan quickly huddled under the quilt and put on her thermal underwear one by one.
Lu Ting quickly put on his clothes and put on a coat, then opened the door with a sullen look on his face. "Hey kid, it's not even six o'clock yet, why are you here?"
"My second brother said that my eldest sister-in-law invited us to eat meat today. I came here specially to accompany you to buy meat. I can help you queue up."
He kept eating meat, and ended up eating all the meat that was right in front of his mouth.
"Come in first, let me clean up and then we'll go."
Where is it so easy to buy meat for Chinese New Year?
The market was packed with people buying New Year's goods, pushing and shoving each other. Forget pork belly; even lean meat depended on their early arrival.
Lu Yu helped his elder brother queue up to reserve a seat. His nose turned red from the cold but he never complained. Unfortunately, he didn't get any pork belly in the end. He only got half a rack of ribs, three pounds of lean meat, and two old hens.
On the way home, Lu Yu still regretted not being able to grab the pork belly, and was still wondering what roasted pork belly tasted like.
So he asked out loud, "Brother, do you know what roasted pork belly tastes like?"
They knew the taste of pork belly, they just had never eaten it roasted. Lu Ting thought for a moment and said, "Dried pork belly probably tastes like lard!"
Before leaving, Su Yan reminded him that if he couldn't buy pork belly, he must buy two chickens and bring back some ribs.
She said that the chicken can be dismembered and roasted. A chicken has two large chicken wings, two large chicken legs, and chicken breast. The remaining chicken frame with skin can be used to make hot pot soup base.
"Xiao Yu, forget about the pork belly. Your sister-in-law said that grilled spare ribs are better than pork belly. She's treating you guys to barbecue today. You better study hard next year."
"I know, big brother. I will definitely follow your example and study hard, strive to be a useful person, and marry a beautiful woman like your sister-in-law in the future."
"You kid, you're so young and don't study hard. What are you thinking about? I think it's a bit difficult for you to find a woman as beautiful and capable as your sister-in-law."
"What's so difficult about it? I'm also very good, okay? There are even female classmates in our school who secretly write to me."
"You're in love as a teenager. You need to have a good talk with your dad about this."
"What's the point of falling in love early? I didn't read any of those letters. They all look like bean sprouts and can't read. I don't like them.
I promised my third brother that I wouldn't date anyone until I was 20. Don't tell Dad about this. Beating someone with a cane in winter doesn't hurt, but in the end, it's the clothes that get hurt, not the person."
Lu Ting snorted coldly, this little kid has a lot of ideas.
Su Yan invited Lu Ting's brothers to a barbecue at home. Lu Fengnian didn't see any children at home, so he asked, "Xiao Min, where are those naughty kids?"
"Yan Yan said Xiao Yu and Chen Er didn't have barbecue last night, so she specially invited them to have barbecue today."
"You little bastard, what else do you have in your eyes after eating it?"
Lu Fengnian laughed and scolded a few words, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and went to his son's house.
The reason why Su Yan didn't invite her parents-in-law to come and eat together was because she thought that young people could eat barbecue together while bragging and joking.
Before Lu Fengnian reached his son's house, he smelled the smell of barbecue and knocked on the door.
“Boom boom boom!”
"Who is it?"
"Your father!"
Lu Ting hurriedly got up and opened the door. As soon as the door was opened, cold wind rushed in and Su Yan couldn't help but shiver.
"Dad, come in quickly." Lu Ting hurriedly called his father in.
Lu Fengnian couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he saw the large table of food. He must not have been full just now.
"You little brats are going to your big brother's house to eat and drink for free again."
"Lu Yu, go get the dishes and chopsticks for Dad!"
"I've eaten, you guys take your time."
"Dad, you can eat some more after you finish eating." Seeing that her father-in-law was staring at the ribs and sausages on the baking tray, Su Yan smiled and advised him.
"Well, since Xiaoyan persuaded me, I will help you try the taste."
After eating this, Lu Fengnian regretted not coming here earlier. He even half-jokingly said, "So barbecue is so delicious? I want to raise a pig."
Lu Yu's eyes lit up, and he followed his father's words and said, "Dad, then let's just raise the pigs in the woodshed!"
Lu Fengnian glared at Lu Yu. "This greedy brat, can you raise pigs in a woodshed? How can you be so stupid?"
"Why don't you just empty out your room so that we can raise two pigs next year." Lu Fengnian joked with a smile.
When Lu Yu heard about raising pigs in his room, he immediately refused to do it. "Dad, how can you raise pigs in the house? Don't you think it smells bad?"
"You know it stinks, and you still say that? How do you raise pigs in a woodshed? Tell me."
How come this brat has no vision at all? Can't he tell the truth from the lies?
"Dad, Grandpa's yard is so big, and there are many empty rooms. Can we raise pigs?"
"You're using a human-occupied house to raise pigs. Your grandfather would be furious if he heard about it."
While Lu Fengnian's family was chatting and laughing while eating barbecue, things were not so good in the Lu family courtyard.
Deng Xiu'e looked at the cold steamed buns and shredded radish on the table and couldn't help complaining, "Lu Xiangqian, your eldest son, it's almost New Year's Day, and he didn't even send us some fish or meat this year."
"Didn't Fengyu and the others deliver meat this year? If you want to eat meat, you can go line up to buy it tomorrow morning. It's not like I haven't given you meat coupons and money."
Deng Xiu'e fell silent. Lu Xiangqian knew his wife was going to be with their daughter again, so he slammed his chopsticks on the table and said, "Deng Xiu'e, you're not going to give all those bills and money to your daughter, are you?"
"Xiao Li had a huge hole on her head and lost so much blood. Even after so long, the scar still hasn't healed. My daughter said she needs more repairs."
"You spent all your money on your daughter, so how can we celebrate the New Year? No wonder Fengyu hasn't come over recently. It turns out that you have no money."
"It's okay, then!"
"If you continue like this, you won't be able to afford a coffin when you die. I wonder who will see you off to the grave."
"What are you talking about, you old man? I have two sons and a daughter. Who will see me off? Of course it will be my sons and grandsons."
"I don't want to bother with you. I won't eat anymore!"
Lu Xiangqian got off the earthen kang and went to the next room to wipe his tears. He didn't know whether his eldest son and his family would come back to celebrate the New Year on New Year's Eve this year.
Should he come over?
The old woman is unreliable. I'd better go buy vegetables myself tomorrow, otherwise the children will have no decent food.
Fortunately, he had kept some money in reserve. If he had left all the money to her, they would have starved to death in the courtyard and no one would have known.
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