Chapter 27 Settling Down (I)
It was almost dinner time when Lu Xiaoxiao and the captain returned to his house. When they went to see the captain before, he was the only one at home. Now, it was probably time for dinner and the whole family who had been hibernating in their rooms had gathered in the main room.
Through the introduction of the captain's wife, Aunt Caihua, Lu Xiaoxiao learned about the population situation of the captain's family. The old couple had three sons and two daughters. The eldest son, Liu Baozhu, is 38 years old this year. He married Zhang and has two sons and two daughters.
The second son, Liu Baoguo, is 36 years old this year. He married Wang and has two daughters and one son.
The third daughter, Liu Xiaohua, is married at the age of 35.
The fourth son, Liu Baoliang, was 33 years old. He married Zhao and had a son and a daughter.
Because the fifth daughter, Liu Xiaofeng, was born in her old age, and she is only sixteen years old this year, the old couple also dote on her particularly.
Lu Xiaoxiao felt a little dizzy just hearing these people’s names. There really are so many people in this family!
In this era, the more people in the family, the better. The more people there are, the more labor force there is, the more centimeters earned, and naturally the more food there is. Aunt Caihua arranged for him to live with her youngest daughter tonight, so Lu Xiaoxiao, led by Liu Xiaofeng, took her luggage and came to Liu Xiaofeng's room.
Liu Xiaofeng came into the room and pointed to one side of the kang and said, "You sleep here tonight. Do you have a quilt with you? If not, I'll ask mom to find you one."
After hearing what Liu Xiaofeng said, Lu Xiaoxiao quickly said, "I brought a quilt with me. It's in my bag. I can just take it out and spread it out when I go to bed."
After hearing what Lu Xiaoxiao said, Liu Xiaofeng asked her to pack up first, and then she went out to see if the meal was ready.
In fact, Lu Xiaoxiao really had nothing to pack. She sat on the kang and thought that it would be bad to disturb someone's home without bringing anything, even though she was already at the home.
Lu Xiaoxiao thought about it, took the backpack, put it on the kang and opened it, then took out half a braised pork head wrapped in oil paper from the space under the cover of the bag. Because the braised pork head is a cold dish when it was bought, it is just the right time to take it out now.
Then she took out the ten vegetable buns that Aunt Zhang had given her and planned to give them to Aunt Cauliflower as extra dishes later.
Just as Lu Xiaoxiao closed her bag, she saw Liu Xiaofeng open the door and come in to call her to eat, so she took her things and followed her towards the main room.
Lu Xiaoxiao came to the main room and saw that the men were sitting on the kang chatting, while the women and children were sitting at the table next to the kang.
Liu Xiaofeng took her to the two empty seats at the woman's table and asked her to sit down. Lu Xiaoxiao did not sit down immediately, but walked towards Aunt Caihua and handed her the food in her hand, saying, "Aunt Caihua, this is the pork head meat I brought from home and the vegetable buns that I didn't finish on the way. I hope you don't mind that they are my leftovers."
Seeing that Lu Xiaoxiao had a determined look on her face and would not accept rejection, Aunt Cauliflower had no choice but to take the oil paper package and then open the oil paper.
When the captain's family saw that what was placed in the oil paper was half a braised, shiny pig's head and ten steamed buns made of white flour, they swallowed their saliva unconsciously. However, they also understood that these were not leftovers. They were obviously specially prepared. Even if they were really leftovers, they would not mind. These were real meat and steamed buns made of white flour. They could only eat them twice a year. In an instant, everyone felt relieved.
Since the pork head was a whole piece and the buns were cold, Aunt Cauliflower took them to the kitchen to process them. Everyone started preparing to eat when she came back with the food.
There were six steamed buns on the woman's table and four on the men's table. The pork head was on a small plate on the woman's side and a large plate on the men's side. The team leader said, "Let's eat." Then everyone started to pick up their bowls and eat.
(End of this chapter)
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