Chapter 34

Fried dough twist

As we drove to Umayla Fruit Farm, little Nie Weimin was unhappy.

Chen Lina was driving and joked, "What's the matter? Our little Zhang Ga doesn't seem very happy today."

"Uncle will come again." said Nie Weimin.

With a bang in his mouth, he made a gun gesture with his hand, "He will kill our little sister."

"He likes rabbit hunting?"

"Unlike Dad, who was just hunting rabbits in the desert, he would kill my sister."

Although he had been accustomed to seeing Sun Dabao killing rabbits since he was a child, his sister was different after all. Raising his sister, the three brothers had developed a bond with her.

The little fellow had cute round eyes and bit his lip, looking bitter and resentful. It was obvious that the eldest treasure of the Sun family was a life of misery, and he was also the demon in Nie Weimin's heart.

"We can eat rabbits, but since we've raised them, they're our family. I will protect my sister," Chen Lina said firmly.

"Really?" The young man was wearing a seat belt and sitting in the back. The rearview mirror was lowered so that Chen Lina could see his face. The young man seemed a little happy and was smiling.

"real."

"My uncle is the captain of the public security patrol team. We definitely can't beat him." The sentimental and suspicious young man started muttering again.

Chen Lina thought to herself, you will be a gangster boss in the future, you should show some courage, why are you so timid now?

She said, "Then we will find a way to remove him from his position as patrol captain."

"You can even do this?"

Nie Weimin was more and more surprised. The child could not restrain his passion and quietly wanted to unbuckle his seat belt. He liked to lie on the back of the driver's seat like a dog with its ears erect, watching Chen Lina drive.

"Nie Weimin, you wanted to come out with me, and you promised to wear your seat belt all the way. If you want to unbuckle it, I will kick you out of the car right now."

"There are wolves in the desert. Don't dare. You are trying to scare me."

"I'm scaring you for your safety. Of course I won't kick you off, but I will turn around and drop you off at the base, and go to Umay alone."

There are candies in Umay's shop. Whenever they go there, Chen Lina always buys a few for him.

The child thought about it and stopped talking. Well, candy is more important.

With a click, he fastened his seat belt himself.

In the supply and marketing cooperative in Umay, Chen Lina met Qin Sheng, the captain of the security team, who also came to collect welfare.

He came with his family, and was still standing on the roadside waiting for the bus after Chen Lina came out with her things.

There is no regular bus from Umayyad to the base now. In the morning, everyone takes a truck to transport things, and then takes the truck back to the base together.

Otherwise, you can ride the Kazakhs' small canvas-wrapped tricycle, commonly known as a bouncing car.

No matter how skilled the tricycle drivers were, they drove very wildly. They would just run over big rocks when they saw them, jumping up and down. By the time they arrived at the base, most of them had broken eggs and cracked cans, and were left holding a pile of rotten food.

So at this moment, Qin Sheng's family was scolding him, "I told you to come earlier, look at this basket of eggs, wait until you get home on a buggy, and I'll fry them for you, including the skin and the eggs."

"It's the people from Mulan Farm who are causing trouble. They've delayed us for some time. Okay, I'll hold the eggs."

"There are also canned fruits. The glass is about to burst." The most popular canned fruit now is made of oranges. Each family can get two bottles.

But the syrup was really sweet, and because it was in a glass jar, it would either freeze or break, so it was really hard to get it home.

As the two were arguing, a Hongqi sedan drove over.

Rolling down the car window, Chen Lina said, "Captain Qin, get in the car quickly. I'll take you back, okay?"

At this time, of course, I can only express my gratitude.

The family had two boxes of oranges and one box of longans, and the entire trunk was empty. After putting some cooking oil in the back seat, Qin Sheng held Nie Weimin, who also held two large grape eggs in his arms.

Qin Sheng's family member Lu Fangfang was sitting in the front. It was her first time riding in a car and she felt dizzy and kept vomiting all the way.

"Captain Qin, my husband Nie is engaged in scientific research. Apart from working in the laboratory, he also goes to the oil wells. He doesn't know much about the public security of our base. You are an expert in this area. I have to ask you, regarding the reselling of things, does our base have any regulations?" Chen Lina used the words "expert" and "ask for advice".

Qin Sheng had just retired from the army and had never been called an expert before, but he immediately took the position.

"In principle, of course, speculation is prohibited, but our base has been a little lax recently, and your family members also have some indispensable things that they must ask for, so we can only turn a blind eye."

"But we border the Soviet Union. I heard that if the army finds someone reselling things, they will shoot them. Is that true?" Chen Lina said.

Qin Sheng said, "But there are always people who don't care about their lives, and the troops handle it in secret. I have heard of it, but I have never seen it in person."

"Things like this always escalate. At the beginning, everyone just took the opportunity to steal a little bit, selling some essential household items like oil, salt, and vegetables. But slowly, if some negative ideas spread in, what if the superiors suddenly came to the base to inspect? What should we do?"

Qin Sheng hesitated for a moment. "Then it must be handled seriously. At least I can't escape it for now."

"Besides, look at how many government agencies and units have stopped work and classes, and how many people have gone to the countryside. Many of those working in farms and living in cow sheds are cadres who have been sent down. If our base is really affected, do you think we will also stop work and all cadres will be sent down?"

Qin Sheng looked at his family and said, "You have also bought things from Mr. Liu's house. Don't go there to sell things again in the future."

The family members kept saying, "I feel carsick, I feel sick, I feel really sick."

Chen Lina picked an open space, and her family got off the car and went to vomit. Many people don't get sick in big cars or go-carts, but only in small cars like this one.

Back in the car, Qin Sheng's family members kept shouting, "Oh, fate is different from fate. Look, Xiao Chen drives the car so smoothly, but when I sit in the car, I feel dizzy. Isn't it true that people's fate is different from each other?"

"My mother can also...what's that called, drift." Nie Weimin quickly interjected.

Chen Lina brags in front of the children, but she doesn't dare to go too far in front of outsiders. She quickly said, "I'm in my hometown, and I'm a tractor operator in our village."

Qin Sheng and his friends did not pursue this issue. After all, college students of this generation, like Nie Bozhao and Sun Zhuan'an, were born with a halo. In their opinion, these college students could even fly airplanes and cannons.

"It's not a question of whether to sell or not, but the continuous supply of materials to the base. The conveyor belt is like a mine placed on the top of the base at any time. It's a time bomb." Chen Lina continued, "I think, Captain Qin, you have to think about it and deal with this matter."

When we arrived at the base, as soon as the family members opened the car door, they wanted to run away without even picking up their belongings.

Qin Sheng grabbed her and said, "Why, Lu Fangfang, do you think my life is too long or yours is too long, so you want to go and inform Sun Xiaoai? Get out of here now."

Lu Fangfang looked at Chen Lina, sighed, and was about to leave with her belongings.

Chen Lina added, “If they lose their jobs, we will all have to go to the farms and dig drainage ditches.”

Lu Fangfang quickly said, "I didn't mean that. I just vomited and couldn't find my way home."

She probably had a good relationship with Sun Xiaoai, but at a time like this, even relatives could report and expose each other, let alone good friends.

Of course, Chen Lina could talk to Qin Sheng privately about Sun Xiaoai's matter, but what she feared most was that Qin Sheng would not realize the seriousness of the problem, and after returning home, he would leak the news to his family and alarm them.

After all, the most unfamiliar man and woman in the world are husband and wife, but the closest man and woman are also husband and wife.

So, she was discussing things with Qin Sheng, but she also had to make the pros and cons of the matter clear in front of Lu Fangfang.

If the bad guy really gets into the base, the base might have to be closed one day.

Even after the door was closed, Lu Fangfang couldn't escape and had to go to the farm to dig drainage ditches.

After Lu Fangfang left, Qin Sheng said, "After all, we are all family members of the base. As for Sun Xiaoai, we can just quietly suppress them. Comrade Xiao Chen also kept some secrets about Nie Gong. After all, we are all family members of the base. This is not a glorious thing."

Chen Lina said, "I didn't ask you to kill Sun Xiaoai. To catch a thief, you must first catch the leader. To cure a disease, you must eradicate the root. The person you should catch is the one who secretly transports things to the base. Come to my house at night and I will tell you where he is."

When he got home, Nie Bozhao was still working on his thesis, and Erdan had just finished drawing a character on the wall. The wood for the fire wall was scattered all over the floor, and the rabbit cage was open. He had almost played a rabbit to death.

When I entered the house, I thought Nie Bozhao could really take care of the children.

As a result, when they entered the master bedroom, they found the quilt crumpled into a big ball and Sandan was not on the kang. After searching around, they found him in the backyard. The child had diarrhea recently and Liu Xiaohong was actually wiping his stool.

Chen Lina took the child from Liu Xiaohong, went in, washed him, and applied medicine to him.

Then she had to carry the things down from the car bit by bit. The cans were frozen hard, but the glass bottles were still intact.

Canned fruits last longer than fresh fruits, so Chen Lina put them all in the warehouse and didn't give them to the children for the time being. They would only take them out after the fresh fruits were finished.

For two sheep, as usual, you have to take out the lamb roe first, then chop the rest into pieces and scrape it outside.

The two large pots of mutton and crab roe have to be cooked in oil first, then placed in a large pot. You can stew as much as you want to eat and serve with vermicelli. The whole family loves it.

During the Chinese New Year, they were given a bag of fine white flour, which could be used to make dumplings or roll into long noodles. These children had never tasted the thin long noodles rolled by Chen Lina. They were made into sauerkraut noodles, which were thin and smooth and very delicious.

Just thinking about it made Chen Lina drool.

As soon as Liu Xiaohong saw Nie Weimin, she wanted to run away quietly.

Chen Lina felt sorry for the child and asked, "Where are your little leather shoes? I saw you wearing a pair a few days ago."

"Sold, my mother sold it to someone else." The girl said in a low voice.

Chen Lina has always been a soft-hearted person who helps in emergencies but not in poverty. What always lingers in her mind is the photo of this girl in the newspaper. She was probably only seventeen or eighteen years old. She was really beautiful. The big stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan could not compare to her without makeup. However, drug trafficking was an unforgivable crime.

She grabbed two handfuls of cooked oats from the kitchen for the child and whispered, "Eat it before you go home. Remember to empty the bag."

Generally speaking, stepmothers don't like others giving things to their children.

Many families at the base felt sorry for Liu Xiaohong and liked to give her a pair of socks that their children disliked after having worn out and patched several times, or a small cotton jacket that was too short for their children to wear.

If you are a person with a righteous heart, it’s not a big deal.

But there is a kind of stepmother who smiles in front of the child, but when she brings something home, these things can become a reason for her to beat the child.

Therefore, Chen Lina did not dare to give this young lady good food, and only dared to give her some cooked oats. This food is hot in nature, resists hunger, and can fill the stomach. What is real is not what is eaten in the stomach.

"Old Nie, do you know what time it is now?"

After moving everything, Chen Lina went to knock on the study door. It was freezing cold, but Nie Bozhao was still writing. When he looked up, he asked, "It's only been a short while, and you're already back?"

Opening the window, Chen Lina showed him the house that his son had destroyed. Nie Bozhao quickly said, "Clean it up. I'll clean it up right away."

He was quite efficient at his work. He went out and said "emergency assembly," and his two sons ran over.

"According to the commander's order, we have to build a bunker and defend this hilltop. Comrade Weimin, what do you say we should do?"

"Use wood."

"That's right, quickly gather all the wood for me, and we'll build a bunker together."

The two children rushed to move the wood, and Erdan pulled it like a dog, filling the yard with wood.

Well, if he wants to coax children, he is quite good at it.

"Reporting to the chief, the mission has been completed." Erdan was the most aggressive and worked the fastest, while Nie Weimin had to be careful about his clothes, his small leather shoes, and the wrinkles on his trousers that had been ironed last night. He was as sharp as a machete and dared not wrinkle them. He did his work very carefully and of course slowly, but the wood he piled up was as neat as if it had been cut by a knife.

He was hesitant but extremely serious. He felt that Erdan's stacking was not good enough, so he acted like a little adult. After his father came into the house, he pulled out the wood and arranged it again.

Erdan shouted from the window, "Brother, come on, it's time to eat, mom is frying fried dough twists."

"Can you please stop playing with wood and coal in the future? Look how dirty the yard is." Nie Weimin whispered just outside the window.

As he said this, he pulled his brother's ears.

Erdan said with a heartless look, "I will take it."

"What are you collecting? She is the one who has to sweep the yard for us. Can you lift a big broom? Don't do this again."

"Why?"

"If she feels tired, she might leave one day." The two younger ones were still too young, and the fear of their mother threatening to divorce and leave home was planted in Nie Weimin's bones.

The kitchen smells really good, with a strong aroma of oil wafting out.

Of course, tonight, because of the welfare they received, every household in the base was cooking delicious food, and it was not just the Nie family’s kitchen that could be filled with the aroma.

But it is that kind of fragrance that is blended with the most suitable proportion, which makes people feel comfortable when they smell it.

During Chinese New Year, the first thing to do is of course to fry fried dough twists. Chen Lina's way of frying dough twists is different from others.

In order to save oil, other restaurants fry huge, thick hemp flowers. After being left for a long time, they become too hard to eat and have to be stewed in various soups to digest them.

What she fried were tiny little twists, and she kneaded eggs with oil inside, and then added seasoning, making it crispy and not easy to go bad.

After frying, they are rolled in sugar so that the crispy twists are coated with sugar. Then they are placed in a paper box lined with oil paper. One or two pieces are eaten at a meal for breakfast, or for children when they are hungry. It is very filling.

Well, with so many people in the family, it's really too much food to feed them.

Moreover, there is only one bag of noodles, so of course they have to be carefully prepared and made into the best delicacy.

"Are you afraid that eating only fried dough twists won't fill your stomach?" Nie Bozhao certainly didn't like eating these things. After being frozen for a day, he actually wanted to eat some mutton.

Besides, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening. The children had already eaten their fill of fried dough twists. What they wanted to eat was noodles with starch. The thin noodles and sour starch could best relieve the greasiness of the fried dough twists.

Chen Lina pulled open a large pot with stewed beef brisket inside. She raised her eyebrows and said, "We have fine noodles today. Wait, I'll give it a try to see if we can make ramen noodles."

Making ramen noodles is a technical job.

Who would have thought that she would open a bowl, take out a piece of fine wheat flour that was left alone, knead it into a round shape, then roll it into thin strips, folding it again and again, and after just a few slaps and tossings on the chopping board, the dough had become like dragon's beard.

"Mom is a magician." Erdan exclaimed.

Nie Weimin couldn't eat the stewed beef brisket with fat and lean meat, but it was winter and the food could be stored for tomorrow. He only asked for half a bowl of noodles with starch, ate the silvery noodles, brushed his teeth, and went to bed.

Erdan lazily ate another bowl of beef brisket noodles before going to bed.

After finishing his meal, Nie Bozhao didn't know what else he had to do to use the reusable condoms in the small warehouse, and in the end he couldn't use them.

At eleven o'clock at night, when the children had all gone to bed, Chen Lina said that there would be guests coming to their house that night.

As usual, she placed newspapers in front of Nie Bozhao, made tea, and let him sit on the chair with the most arms and legs in the living room.

The engineer, wearing a white shirt, work clothes, black-framed glasses, is well-mannered. Although he has no real power in the personnel field, he is highly respected.

Besides, the young college student, his lover, was still busy cleaning the tables and sorting newspapers. All she needed to do was give him a back massage and feed him tea.

"Comrade Xiao Chen, thank you for your support." In front of outsiders, she always gave him enough face.

"It's the same for me. You have to follow the three obediences and four virtues for me as well as for my brother-in-law." Chen Lina said with a smile.

Qin Sheng came, picked up the teacup from Nie Gong's house, and asked directly, "Comrade Xiao Chen, you said you would come tonight and tell me who the speculator who secretly transported things to the base is. Where is the person? How can I find him?"

Chen Lina smiled and said, "I'm not hiding it from you either. It's Sun Dabao, Nie Gong's former brother-in-law. Nie Gong, tell me, am I right?"

Nie Bozhao almost jumped up, without a word, Chen Lina was going to expose Sun Dabao's past.

As for him, he was elbowed in the air, becoming the weapon she used to get rid of Sun Dabao!