Chapter 210

Roasted pork with tofu

After finally getting a day off, Nie Weimin initially did not agree to let Liu Xiaohong help her review. But if she really didn't review, he was afraid that she would not be able to rank among the top two in the math competition and would not be able to go to Beijing.

So he pointed out something and quietly went back to the farm.

on the farm.

Liu Xiaohong got up at five in the morning, reviewed her homework for a while, and took the earliest bus to the mining area to sell piglets. Piglets are difficult to survive in the spring, and when she was away, Chen Lili did not take good care of them, so she gave birth to seven piglets, but only three survived.

There are only three of them, one of which is still wilted. The total price I paid is one hundred and twenty dollars.

Before the farmers had breakfast, she deposited the money into her own account in the letter box and returned.

It is the spring planting season, and we need to plant wheat and various vegetables. Now the whole farm is under the contract system after the reform. Agricultural workers get paid more and their income has increased year by year, but they are also working harder.

Chen Lili worked hard for the three girls. She contracted a lot of land and had to raise crops, grow corn and wheat. She was busy all day long.

Of course, Liu Xiaohong was as busy as she was, and Chen Lili gave the money from selling the piglets directly to Liu Xiaohong, letting her save it herself. In other words, when she went to college in the future, she could use her passbook to withdraw money herself, without having to go through Chen Lili's hands.

No need to ask her parents for money, she could save money to go to college. The sow and the piglets meant a lot to Liu Xiaohong. As an adopted child, no one could imagine how bad she felt every time she asked Chen Lili for money and asked her to pay for her tuition.

As a result, Liu Xiaohong made up the pig food and carried it to the nest with Da Niu, and then they found that their half-grown sow, which weighed at least 50 or 60 kilograms, was missing.

The old sow's health was getting worse and worse, and she gave birth to more and more sick piglets. Where was the little sow, who was to be raised to be the next sow?

"Sister, our pigs must have been stolen by Wang Xiaobing and his gang. I noticed they've been hanging around our nest recently." said the eldest girl.

Wang Xiaobing, a gangster, was no match for humans. He did threaten Liu Xiaohong, saying that if she didn't date him, he would eat her pig. Anyway, if the pig was eaten, she wouldn't be able to go to college.

"Grandma Huang, have you seen the half-grown black pig in my house? Was it captured by Wang Xiaobing?" Liu Xiaohong asked when Huang Huacai happened to pass by.

Huang Huacai's legs had become bowed from all the years of working in the forest farm, but when he heard this, he still jumped eight feet high in anger. "Steal from yours? I don't know how many of mine he has stolen. Next time I see him, I'll pluck all that little bastard's hair and chop off all his fingers."

Well, as expected, it was Wang Xiaobing who stole it without a doubt.

Huang Huacai was such a prominent figure when he was young. He could be a team leader at the age of 60. But now he can’t do that anymore. His eyesight is blurry and his legs are not flexible. But his voice is still as loud as it was in the past. When he curses, his voice is so loud. “I want to go to see the director Wang Guanghai. I want to visit Beijing.”

"If Wang Guanghai was willing to take care of Wang Xiaobing, Wang Xiaobing would not be like this today." Liu Xiaohong said, turned around and left.

Wang Xiaobing is now an oil thief in the mining area. He is a wild man who causes trouble to the farm without a moment's rest. What's hateful is that his father is now the farm manager. God is really blind.

"Big girl, where are the firecrackers we used during the New Year? Those that were not set off yet, do you remember where mom put them?"

"To prevent moisture, I'm afraid it's placed in the cabinet in her room. Sister, what are you going to do?" the big girl asked Liu Xiaohong.

Liu Xiaohong opened the box and reached to the bottom, and sure enough, there were several strings of gunpowder. She said, "I won't do anything. Go and call Wang Guanghai and Secretary Tian Jin to tell them that I want to kill Wang Xiaobing today. If they want Wang Xiaobing to live, they should put down their work and lead the militia to the No. 1 water outlet of the Karez."

After leaving the farm, Liu Xiaohong was familiar with the route. She walked toward the Baiyang River and followed the sound of water, which was not far from the karez.

This place is a white alkaline beach. The alkaline is too high to grow crops, but because the outlet of the karez is right here, it is very convenient to get water.

She ran quickly, but didn't hear the pig's crying, so she became a little anxious. When she got closer, she saw the smell of meat. It was a piglet weighing only fifty or sixty kilograms. Wang Xiaobing and a group of people were slaughtering it and grilling it on the Gobi beach.

Liu Xiaohong quietly hid behind the karez.

Wang Xiaobing and a bunch of idiots were grilling meat and vegetables, with disco music playing on a big tape recorder, and they were having a great time eating on the Gobi Beach.

Among them was Youbu and another one, called Da Zhao, who was now reformed as a laborer and was Zhao Donglai's younger brother. They were jumping up and down on the Gobi beach as if they had been electrocuted.

First, she put the firecrackers on the roof of the bungalow, and then she picked up stones one by one. Liu Xiaohong had piled up about dozens of large stones on the roof, and then she threw a string of firecrackers onto the bonfire.

The firecrackers suddenly burst into flames.

She threw the strings one after another with an expressionless face. The music below was still thumping, but the hoodlums dancing disco were all shaking as if they had been touched by electricity.

After Liu Xiaohong threw all the strings, she started throwing stones down.

It is said that no one can cure these little hooligans. Well, today, she will cure their diseases in one go.

The hooligans sneaked around for a long time, and suddenly looked up, and saw Liu Xiaohong standing on the roof of the bungalow. It was she who was throwing firecrackers and stones at them.

Wang Xiaobing rolled up his sleeves and prepared to rush forward.

At this time, Tian Jin and several captains came with the farm militia and surrounded the group of guys.

No one can control them, so today, Liu Xiaohong is going to cure these gangsters of their illness.

Su Xiangdong finally decided to visit Chen Lina's home.

However, what kind of gifts should I bring to Chen Lina and Nie Weixing?

While he was thinking about it, Kul came to him and said, "Boss, there is a very profitable business now. The cities at the ports already have it, but we don't have it here yet. Let me tell you this.

A hundred times the profit, and we have the source of goods, channels, and people to bring the goods. It is very convenient to come from the border. I really don’t want to steal oil anymore. The police are watching too closely. I can’t make a fortune by stealing oil. How about we change our business and sell this?”

"What exactly is it?" Su Xiangdong asked.

A profit of a hundred times is definitely not a serious business.

"Yes, you should know it, it's white powder." Kuer said, sitting on the Su facing east. "Now the mining area is rich. Not only the oil workers have a lot of money, but also the children have money. If we sell that stuff to the children, we can make a lot of money."

"It's mainly about sustainability. For example, if I let you steal oil, the police can't sentence you, and you can still support your family. And I can get some hard work pay from it, which is pretty good. But white powder, that thing will corrupt people's brains, did you know that?" Su Xiangdong said.

Kuhl quickly waved his hands and said, "I've tried rolling it in a cigarette. It won't damage your brain."

"Oh, really?" Su Xiangdong said, "Well, I'll give you another 500 yuan, buy more, and just smoke as much as you want. Go home and take a vacation, and call your brother Youbu over. I'll talk to him in the evening."

Su Xiangdong would certainly never hire someone who wants to sell drugs but starts taking them himself.

However, he would not deal with him. He would call Yubu and let Yubu deal with his confused brother.

Finally, Su Xiangdong gave Chen Lina a bottle of dioressence that his ex-wife had sent to Su Xiangnan from Hong Kong. Even though that woman lived in Umayyad, her sense of fashion seemed to be very advanced.

For women, perfume and lipstick are their life.

As for his younger sister, Su Xiangdong brought her a very old music box with a Snow White inside. This thing was left by his mother's generation. It was an old thing, but all children liked it.

When he arrived at the base, Su Xiangdong thought that Nie Gong, as someone who owned a laboratory and could appear on TV as a pioneer of the Republic's scientific and technological power, must have a mansion at home.

I didn't expect that his house was actually in the family area of ​​the base. Except for the fact that there was an extra row of houses in the yard, it was no different from other people's houses.

There were two children building a grape trellis, one of them was Deng Chun. He shouted, and Deng Chun jumped down from the wall and disappeared.

"Su Gong."

"Chen...racing driver." Su Xiangdong pointed at the latest model Mercedes-Benz he drove, which was probably the only one of its kind in the Republic, and said, "Would you like to drive it out and take me for a spin? We can have a good chat about what needs to be improved in our car manufacturing."

"Come in and have dinner first." Chen Lina said firmly, "I've made a table of dishes that you'll be addicted to once you try them, but I also have something very important to talk to you about."

"Deng Chun, come and eat with your godfather." Su Xiangdong said when he saw Deng Chun hiding in the corner of the warehouse and looking at him with a smile.

Deng Chun shook his head like a drum, "No, Nie Weijiang will be angry."

"Is Nie Weijiang your godfather, or am I your godfather? Besides, is your godfather not good to you?" Su Xiangdong asked.

Deng Chun was cunning, and of course he said that fucking his father was better. However, when he had stomach upset or fever, it was Nie Weijiang who took care of him, and Nie Weijiang was also a murderer. His sister would also say, "Bury Deng Chun."

There were several little rabbits that died halfway through their breeding buried in the backyard. Deng Chun was particularly afraid that Nie Weijiang and Nie Weixing would get angry one day, so he buried them in the backyard in the middle of the night as well.

Su Xiangdong knelt on the ground, and in front of Nie Weixing, he opened the music box, and the music started to play. Three little kids were watching, and Su Xiangdong asked, "Do you like it?"

My sister took the music box and asked, "Is this a gift from you?"

"Of course, this was given to my mother by my grandmother when she was a child. Now, I am giving it to you." Su Xiangdong coaxed the child seriously and sincerely.

The younger sister opened it, put it back on the box, put it back on the box, opened it again, patted Su Xiangdong on the shoulder and said, "Then you must listen to your mother. Thank your mother for me."

Su Xiangdong's mother died a long time ago, so he had no place to thank her. He ruffled his sister's hair and said, "You are really an angel."

"Is Mr. Nie not here today?" Su Xiangdong said as he walked in and smelled the fragrance of rice.

Chen Lina said, "I called him and told him that I had prepared delicious meals at home, which he had never tasted before. He said he would take the earliest tanker and should be there in half an hour."

"The worker needs to take the oil truck, but he doesn't have a private car?" Su Xiangdong was surprised again.

In his opinion, results come second and enjoyment comes first. As a senior engineer, getting a car is his top priority.

"He doesn't like driving because he likes to think about problems in the car. And if you have a car, you need a driver. Doesn't the driver need a salary to support him? If he can do it by taking a ride, he won't spend that much extra money," said Chen Lina.

Su Xiangdong curled his lips and thought, after all, small farmers have the consciousness that saving comes first.

But isn't the purpose of human struggle to be able to live comfortably and enjoy life?

Chen Lina was stewing something in the pot. Su Xiangdong smelled something delicious and couldn't help asking, "What are you stewing? It smells so good."

"Do you like this stewed meat with dried tofu?" Chen Lina asked.

The old Shanghai style of stewed meat with dried tofu, the dried tofu is chewy and never gets mushy, paired with pork belly with thick red sauce, it really smells like crispy bones.

After half a year here, Su Xiangdong is completely bored in the mining area. Whenever he thinks of his hometown, he feels homesick.

And she still had to cook at this moment. She only had to slide the fresh mushrooms from the farm into the oil pan with scallions. The pressure surface of the large pan was evenly distributed, so the mushrooms came out immediately, visibly tender and smooth.

Su Xiangdong stood at the kitchen door with his hands in his pockets and smiled, "I thought Chen Lina could only drive, but I didn't expect she was really good at cooking. No wonder Deng Chun doesn't even acknowledge him as his godfather. With this skill, you can make Deng Chun your own son."

“My cooking is indeed not bad, it’s not because I’m a good cook, but because I’ve eaten and seen a lot of food. However, oil thieves can’t eat the food I cook.

This time, I was celebrating the fact that I caught a bunch of oil rats last time. I wanted to cook a fried chicken and lotus root rice, but I thought, I can’t feed the ungrateful ones. The oil rats were not caught, and they are standing in front of my kitchen door. They don’t deserve to eat these things.”

"No matter what you say, you can only watch me do bad things and you can't bring me to justice. Chen Lina, let's be frank. I want you to come to the car factory and be our full-time test driver to improve the performance of the vehicle.

Besides, I have a big surprise for you. It’s okay if you don’t agree. I will tell you what the surprise is later, but I can’t help you.” Su Xiangdong said.

Chen Lina was so angry that she said, "Why don't you just tell me that you used to send people to steal oil all day long, but you won't steal it from now on, and in exchange I can work as an assessor in your car factory, isn't that okay?"

Su Xiangdong leaned against the kitchen door and smiled, "I have never stolen oil, so of course not."

"Then there's no food for you here today, so get out." Chen Lina said.

Su Xiangdong was born with a smile on his face, but he was also very sharp-tongued. He had never scolded a female comrade like this before. He said, "Chen Lina, don't think you are great. I am just producing a pile of scrap copper and iron. As long as you say it is a car, a group of people will still come to buy it with bills and money."

"But when the country really opens up to imported cars and a large number of imported cars flood the market, you are nothing because your cars are garbage."

"I am an egoist. By that time, I might have made a lot of money and been promoted to a higher position thanks to the car factory. What the car factory was like had nothing to do with me?" Su Xiangdong said.

Chen Lina was overjoyed. Sandan was recording on the recorder, "Uncle Su, we recorded everything you said, okay?"

"We will tell our leaders what you said," Chen Lina also said.

It turns out this was a banquet, and Chen Lina recorded it deliberately just to trick him into saying these words?

He even asked his son to help him.

Su Xiangdong once again felt that Chen Lina was simply a huge stone on the broad road of the mining area, blocking him and delaying his plan to make a fortune.

At this moment, the laborer came in.

He hugged Deng Chun and then Sandan, who was sweaty and untidy, and took the recorder into the study. "He just complained a little, and you are ready to call a group of people to criticize him based on these few words. What's the difference between you and the little guard? Xiao Chen, don't try to make a comeback."

Chen Lina turned and went into the kitchen to serve the dishes, and she even said, "The dishes are for my husband, Su Gong, you can eat them if you have the nerve, but I don't think you have the nerve to eat them."

Su Xiangdong was calm, and spread his hands, "No, I am very confident to eat, and I want to eat more than the worker, who asked you to treat me? The Hongmen Banquet is not scary, what is scary is that you can eat a lot at the Hongmen Banquet and still leave unscathed."

Well, when the food was served, a group of children also came to the table.

Fortunately, Erdan, the main person in charge of eating vegetables, was not there, so even though there were fewer dishes, there was still enough for everyone.

Su Xiangdong grabbed a piece of dried tofu stewed into a honeycomb shape and took a bite. The juice splashed everywhere, but at the same time, he covered his mouth and raised his head. "Why is it so spicy? Deng Chun, you dare to eat chili peppers?"

"I dare you, the bean curd stew with chili is really delicious, Dad, try it again." Deng Chun said naively, "The chili is really delicious, how can you not eat chili?"

Su Xiangdong also doesn't like spicy food. He ate the rice in the bowl and watched Chen Lina and her family take turns eating. He then tasted the shiitake mushrooms, which were particularly fresh. But she put them back into the pot and added chili peppers.

After picking and choosing on the table, there was only one plate of stir-fried chicken with fern without chili peppers, and a small bowl of braised pork with tofu without chili peppers, but those were my sister's.

The younger sister took a piece of tofu stew without chili from her own bowl and gave it to Su Xiangdong, saying, "You can only have one piece."

Scarcity makes things valuable. Although Su Xiangdong did not suffer a loss at the Hongmen Banquet, he did not eat his fill either.

Chen Lina's evaluation of the car's performance, he wanted to have a meal, and he wanted to eat more.

It's just that this guy, he has no way out.

"My relative is amazing, isn't she?" Nie Gong said with a smile, "She came back and told me that you said she was just a pretty face, a fool, and then she scolded me for a long time, asking me to remember to praise her like that. Su Gong, I will have to ask you more about how to praise female comrades in the future without making them angry."

Su Xiangdong was suddenly shocked.

Does he have to scold Chen Lina a few more times in a harsh and sharp manner before he can ask her to come out and go to the car factory?

What's the difference between this and giving away your life?

"Mr. Su, nothing anyone has done can be erased. You know, sooner or later, you will have to speak out about Su Xiangdong and everything he represents in front of the entire republic," said Mr. Nie.