Everyone was running all day, and he was starving. It's impossible for Lili not to be hungry.
No matter how important the matter is, we must eat first.
"No, I cooked a lot of dishes, thinking of bringing a bowl to each family so everyone could have a taste." I also wanted to make them feel obligated to help, so they wouldn't keep an eye on her house in the future.
"You eat first." Zhang Qinghua was a little angry. "It's okay if the rest are a little later. Qingguo and I are here, aren't we? Let's go."
The men outside had already finished eating, but Lili was still busy in the kitchen, and Zhang Qinghua felt sorry for her.
Lin Xue wasn't in the kitchen, and I didn't see the two children either, so I knew Lin Xue must have been with them. I didn't know if they had eaten or not.
Zhang Qinghua didn't care what happened to Lin Xue, but he felt uncomfortable as long as Lili was hungry.
Therefore, his tone was somewhat unfriendly when speaking to outsiders: "Qingguo, come in, I have something for you to do."
"What's wrong, brother? What happened?" Zhang Qingguo rushed in as soon as he heard his brother call.
“You and I will each serve a bowl to each household. You will start from the bottom, and I will start from the top, until we finish.” As he spoke, he began to serve a bowl to Song Lili and let her eat.
Song Lili smiled, knowing he was worried about her, and obediently took the bowl, saying, "Then I'll leave it to you two. I'll also bring a bowl to Lin Xue."
She's busy taking care of two children and doesn't have time to eat.
"Sister-in-law, you eat. I'll take Lin Xue's over. You eat yours."
Upon hearing that Lin Xue hadn't eaten either, Zhang Qingguo immediately ran over to get a bowl, and also stopped Song Lili from eating.
"Okay, then I won't worry about it." She said that, but she still followed Zhang Qingguo to find Lin Xue.
"Dinner's ready." Song Lili sat comfortably on the kang (heated brick bed), with two small buns inside, and said to Lin Xue.
"Sister-in-law, didn't you say you were going to serve more dishes? Why don't we serve them all before we eat?" Lin Xue hesitated.
I'm worried that it will get late and some people will be going to bed.
"Why are you worrying so much? Eat first. Aren't Qinghua and Qingguo outside?"
"Let the two of them carry it. Besides, we're delivering food. Even if someone is asleep, we'd be happy to wake them up."
If it's free, why not take it?
Moreover, it's a dish made with pork, which would make anyone happy to receive it, so Lin Xue's worries were unnecessary.
"This... is it okay to let the two of them serve?" Lin Xue was a little uneasy, feeling that it wasn't appropriate for the men to be working outside while she ate here.
"Why not? Women need to treat themselves well, then men will treat them well, you know?"
"Since they're so enthusiastic, let them do it well. You should take a break too. Aren't you tired?"
Song Lili had no psychological burden whatsoever. In later generations, such things were quite common, okay?
Every girlfriend is delicate and precious, and boyfriends are meant to be enslaved. Enjoying it with a clear conscience is the right way.
"this……"
"Just eat whatever you want, aren't you hungry?" Song Lili glared at Lin Xue and ignored her.
Indeed, the generation gap is not so easy to bridge.
Moreover, it's the Mariana Trench, making it impossible to cross.
Seeing Song Lili sitting still, Lin Xue also picked up her bowl uneasily, wanting to go out, but then didn't.
Song Lili glanced at Lin Xue out of the corner of her eye, shook her head, and thought, "Women always put themselves in a lower position."
Fang was unaware that this was how men were gradually spoiled, becoming increasingly unscrupulous.
Song Lili didn't care at all, happily eating her food and occasionally teasing the little dumpling. Wasn't that relaxing?
Song Lili didn't know what happened after that, because she fell asleep while playing.
She didn't even know when Lin Xue took Xiao Zhe away; when she opened her eyes, it was already the next morning.
"Mmm...so comfortable." She stretched and couldn't help but sigh.
"You're awake? If you are, get up quickly," Zhang Qinghua said upon hearing the voice.
"What time is it? Where is Xiaobaozi?" She didn't see Xiaobaozi.
"It's almost ten o'clock, right? Xiao Chen is already playing outside," Zhang Qinghua said while tidying up his notebooks.
"So late?" Song Lili was startled. She really could sleep; she had slept until this late.
"Get up and eat. I see Lin Xue has put it in the pot to keep it warm for you."
Song Lili quickly got up, washed up, and ate breakfast, only to remember that there was still half a piece of meat that needed to be processed.
"Lin Xue, how about we make smoked bacon together today?"
"good"
Before we started, Zhang Qinghua gave Song Lili the money she had spent on meat the day before. When she counted it, she was surprised to find that it cost more than thirty yuan, which was quite a sum of money.
She put the money away before starting her activities with Lin Xue.
At that time, pork cost more than 70 cents at the supply and marketing cooperative. Yesterday, they must have given everyone a discount, so you should have gotten it for more than 60 cents for over 30 yuan.
However, Song Lili didn't care. Since Zhang Qinghua had made that decision, she would just go along with it.
The two of them worked all morning to wash the meat, rubbed salt on each piece, and hung it in the kitchen where it would be frequently exposed to smoke.
Smoked meat can also be prepared more quickly.
As for the rabbits, one was kept and made into smoked meat by Song Lili for later consumption.
In the days that followed, Song Lili stopped going to the mountains; it was Zhang Qinghua and his companion who went. Each time they returned, they would bring back some supplies.
Around April or May in the lunar calendar, Song Lili and Lin Xue took over the task of going into the mountains.
Zhang Shengtian took care of the children at home, while Zhang Qinghua and his wife went to work in the fields.
Song Lili and Lin Xue went into the mountains, but they didn't look for anything to live on; neither of them had the ability to fight their way down.
The two were looking for wild vegetables, while Song Lili's target was wild wood ear mushrooms and other mushrooms.
These can be seen in deeper forests, but you don't need to go deep; the outer edges are fine.
When Song Lili discovered that a lot of wood ear mushrooms were growing on a rotten poplar tree, she was overjoyed.
"Lin Xue, come here quickly." She had already run over and squatted down to look at the large wood ear mushrooms with concern.
"Sister-in-law, this... can we eat it? I remember someone ate it before and their whole body swelled up like a pig's head. Shouldn't we not pick it? This thing is not edible."
It wasn't until a few years ago, after someone in Lin Xue's village ate it, that everyone realized this thing couldn't be eaten.
That's why Lin Xue said that now.
Song Lili understood that those people had probably eaten freshly picked wood ear mushrooms, which are poisonous; only dried wood ear mushrooms are safe.
"This is called wood ear fungus. It's poisonous when it's freshly picked, so of course you can't eat it. But it's safe to eat after it's dried."
As she spoke, Song Lili began picking. These were good things; she couldn't let them go. She had to pick them all to make this trip to the mountains worthwhile.
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