Xu Xiangyang shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not tiring. This is how it works to earn money."
His words made Wang Zhongshan stunned, and then he looked at him with a complicated expression.
"The child has grown up!" His words made others nod.
In the past, Xu Xiangyang was considered troublesome to go get two taels of soy sauce, but this time he was obviously thinner after working, but he didn't say a word of complaint.
Isn’t this just because the child has grown up and realized that life is not easy?
Wang Xiumin doesn’t care whether her children grow up or not. In her eyes, children are always children.
"Dad, Goudan brought back a pound of minced meat and chopped it up. Let's make dumplings with cabbage stuffing for lunch." As she said that, she took out the lunch box from her bag. This was the lunch box that Xu Xiangyang had put chicken in last night.
When you open it, isn’t there meat filling inside?
I also brought three pounds of white flour with me.
Xu Xiangyang had known for a long time that Wang Xiumin had to bring something with her. The bag was bulging, and she was carrying Zhang Xiufen on her back before leaving. It must be these things.
"What are you going to do with it? Just eat it at home." Wang Zhongshan frowned, but he was very happy in his heart. The children thought of him, which was more comfortable than eating dragon meat.
Wang Xiumin smiled and said, "It's Goudan who insisted on eating dumplings with you. Look how filial this child is."
Xu Xiangyang was speechless. When had he said that? But he understood that Wang Xiumin had said that on purpose, just to make the old couple happy.
Sure enough, the old couple had smiles on their faces and looked very satisfied.
Wang Xiumin went to knead the dough, and the old lady also went to help chop the cabbage filling. Who wouldn't be happy to eat dumplings when it wasn't a festival?
The old lady pulled Wang Xiumin aside in the outer room and said, "Xiumin, why don't you save this stuffed meat for Chinese New Year? Chinese New Year is almost here, and your family hasn't received any food, right? Do you have enough food?"
The elderly were all worried about their children, especially their only daughter, Wang Xiumin, for fear that she would be hungry or cold.
Wang Xiumin waved her hand and said, "Mom, don't worry. Goudan got his salary and gave me ten yuan. If we run out of food, I'll go to the brigade and buy some. We can make ends meet."
The family was indeed running out of food, but she couldn't tell anyone. If she didn't have the ten yuan, she would definitely ask for a loan.
But there are only two people in my mother's family. Although my father gives me a subsidy, it's okay for two people to have enough food to eat, but how can we support three mouths?
The job was found by Wang Zhongshan, so the meat Xu Xiangyang brought back this time must be sent here to eat.
She also has her own considerations, it's not that she doesn't think about anything at all.
Seeing that she had her own ideas and knowing that her daughter would not suffer any loss, the old lady felt relieved and said nothing more.
Everyone was very satisfied with the cabbage and pork dumplings at noon, especially Wang Xiumin and his wife. They had eaten meat for two consecutive days, which was so great. These days were even better than the Chinese New Year.
When he returned home in the afternoon, Xu Xiangyang thought for a while and then asked Xu Guangtian to go out.
"What's wrong, Goudan? Why do you have such thoughts at this time?" Xu Guangtian looked at the sky outside and saw that it was getting dark.
It gets dark early at this time, around three o'clock, and it is cloudy outside, and it may even snow.
Seeing that no one was around, Xu Xiangyang whispered in his ear, "I left some things outside yesterday and didn't bring them back because I was afraid my grandma would see them."
Can’t we not eat dumplings during Chinese New Year, right?
The minced meat we brought back yesterday was all eaten at Wang Zhongshan's house. What are we going to eat during the Lunar New Year holiday?
When Xu Guangtian heard there was something else, his eyes lit up. "Good job, Goudan, you even know how to hide things. Come on, Dad will take it with you."
Xu Xiangyang no longer wanted to complain about this nickname. Forget it, just call him whatever he wants.
The two men came to the village entrance. It was very dark outside and they couldn't see anything far away.
Xu Xiangyang stood by the road and said, "Dad, wait here. I'll go get something."
In fact, there is nothing there, and I have to take it out of the space first. It would be inconvenient if someone follows me.
Xu Guangtian didn't think much about it, thinking that his son wanted him to help keep watch, so he nodded and agreed.
Xu Xiangyang felt relieved and entered the grove by the roadside. When he reached a place where he could hardly be seen, he took out a five-jin bag of white flour, two-jin pork, and one-jin pork stuffing.
I also took some lard, which can be used to make oil, as we were out of oil at home.
What was left was the fifty kilograms of cornmeal that had been packed earlier. He took it out one piece at a time and then carried it out on his back.
In the past, he couldn't carry these things, but now he can carry them easily.
"So many things?" Xu Guangtian almost dropped his jaw when he saw a big bag of things.
How much does this cost?
Then, he felt like drooling again.
My son is so successful, there should be some meat in it, right? This New Year is so comfortable!
Xu Xiangyang urged him to carry the things back quickly. There were not many people going out at this time, but that did not mean there were none.
The two of them took advantage of the night and quietly returned to the small courtyard, closed the door, and Xu Guangtian locked the door directly.
"Where have you two been? Aren't you going to eat dinner tonight?" Wang Xiumin heard the sound of the door opening when they came back, but didn't go to look.
Xu Xiangyang threw what he had in his hand onto the table. Inside the cloth bag was pork and minced meat.
The rest of the food was carried by Xu Guangtian. He put it on the ground, then opened it and took a look.
They are all fine cornmeal, which can be considered as fine grains.
After reading it, he quickly tied the bag, fearing that others would see it.
"Open the cellar quickly!" Xu Guangtian called out to the people on the kang.
When Wang Xiumin heard something being placed on the table, she knew what was going on.
Especially since the bag was not tied, the frozen meat was exposed.
She quickly took a key from her waistband and went downstairs to open the cellar.
Although this house is small, it also has a cellar.
This was an early custom in Northeast China, but in later generations it became more convenient to buy vegetables and there was no need to store them in cellars.
The cellar is only 1.5 meters high and 1 meter wide, so it can only store food and other things. It can't hold more things.
The main reason is that there aren't that many things to store at that time, unless a whole family lives together and the food is stored in the cellar.
Wang Xiumin looked at the cabbage inside and immediately made room for it and took out the remaining two pounds of cornmeal, which was just right for cooking in the evening.
After putting the things away, she was still a little confused. How could he take the things back without any reason?
"Should we take this meat out and freeze it?" Xu Guangtian said hesitantly.
After all, there is no place to hide things outside. It would be a pity if they were stolen.
It’s not easy to eat meat these days. Who doesn’t want to eat meat?
Wang Xiumin rolled her eyes, looked at the frozen meat curiously, and said, "Why put it outside? What if someone steals it? Just soak it in water."
Anyway, there's no warmth in this room except on the kang, so it won't go bad if you soak it in water.
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