Chapter 596: Can't Live
The journey of more than forty hours is painful to hear.
But no matter how painful it is, you have to go and see it.
Maybe this trip is the only way to change my family life and improve our living conditions.
It's just a little physically demanding to take the bus, and the round trip ticket is only a few dollars.
Fu Jingyou calculated that the cost of trial and error was not high, so he decisively bought the ticket.
When Lu Miao heard that it would take more than 40 hours to get there by train, he immediately thought of persuading Fu Jingyou to give up the idea:
"It was agonizing for over twenty hours, and this trip took over forty hours. I was so stiff by the time I got there! It was such a loss..."
"Why not just forget it and wait a little longer? They've already started implementing economic policies over there, so this side won't be far behind. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
"If an opportunity presents itself, everyone will want to grab it, and the competition will become increasingly fierce."
Fu Jingyou shook his head, closed the door, held her hand and kissed it, then helped her sit on the edge of the kang:
"The distance of dozens of hours is also a threshold. Not many people dare to go so far south now. If I go, it will be an advantage."
"We are young, it's time to run."
Fu Jingyou sat down beside her and touched her belly with his palm:
"At this stage, you are responsible for eating and drinking well, taking care of yourself and the baby in your belly. I will be responsible for supporting the family, okay?"
Lu Miao understood what he said.
But she has been feeling very sensitive recently.
Thinking about how he had to go through so much trouble to travel such a long distance, I felt very sad.
"What kind of ticket did you buy? A seat or a sleeper?"
"A sleeper ticket for tomorrow night cost two dollars and twenty cents."
Hearing that they had bought a sleeper berth, Lu Miao relaxed a little.
When winter comes, the kang is heated, the cabin becomes warm and the atmosphere is cozy.
Knowing he couldn't stop his ambition, Lu Miao carefully straightened his collar:
"Then you should get up early tomorrow morning and buy some beef. I'll braise some cooked food for you to eat on the way."
Fu Jingyou took her hands into his palms, held them tenderly, and coaxed her softly:
"Don't bother with that. Just take a good rest. I'll buy a few more steamed buns tomorrow and ask my aunt to pack some pickles for me to take home."
Lu Miao became unhappy when he heard this. He pulled his hand back and turned his back, then glared at him with a sidelong glance:
"How can you tire me to death? You have to take such a long train ride, and you have to make do with everything. I think you just want to wear yourself out and don't want to live a good life with me!"
Fu Jingyou saw that she was angry, so he quickly stepped forward and hugged her to show his submission:
"Okay, I'll listen to you. All right, why are you so angry? I'll definitely take care of my health and grow old with you, okay?"
"You're so dishonest!"
Lu Miao pushed him away, got up from the kang and walked out.
Fu Jingyou thought she was really angry, and just as he was about to follow her, he heard her clear voice outside:
"Aunt, please kill a chicken tomorrow morning and cut off the two chicken legs close to the chicken frame and leave them for me. I want them whole."
“…”
Fu Jingyou shook his head slightly and laughed with emotion.
The chicken was brought from her hometown to nourish her body, and Fu Jingyou was reluctant to eat it.
But after thinking about it, Fu Jingyou swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.
Let him eat one.
This trip will take several days away from home, so it would be more appropriate to follow her ideas.
This way she wouldn't have to worry about him afterwards, worrying that he wasn't eating well or wearing warm clothes outside.
…
The next morning, the familiar fragrance wafted from the Fu family courtyard again.
When the neighbors heard the smell, someone came to the door with eggs.
Lu Miao braised a lot of things this time, including eggs, beef, chicken legs and so on.
But the pot is so big that there is still a lot of empty space.
Lu Miao took the eggs brought by his neighbor.
Normally, braised eggs should be cooked first and then put into the braising process.
Otherwise the eggs will explode easily.
Lu Miao was too lazy to bother with the few eggs that were inserted along the way, nor did he want to waste more firewood.
I turned down the air damper of the stove a little, washed the eggs, and put them in to braise.
The children are watching TV in the main room.
The neighbors came over but were not in a hurry to leave. They stood in the main room and watched TV together.
Tang Mei didn't want to chase the neighbors away, so she asked them to move the chairs in the main room and sit down.
However, Tang Mei's face looked a little bad, and she looked unhappy.
Because from the next alley, the widow Liao, who had a bad reputation, also came over.
There is always a lot of gossip around a widow, so avoid getting involved with such people if possible.
The atmosphere seemed harmonious on the surface, and Tang Mei didn't know what to say. She just made up her mind that she must talk to her Xiaobao about it afterwards.
If this person comes here again in the future, he will not be allowed into the house.
So as to avoid getting into trouble.
Actually, Lu Miao can’t be blamed for this.
Lu Miao thought Widow Liao looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen her.
Moreover, the few people who came here together just now were standing outside the door, all smiling kindly.
She opened the gate and let them all in.
Widow Liao couldn't stay idle when she came in. She stared at the TV where the figure was swaying.
She heard that the Fu family spent 580 yuan to buy this TV!
Five hundred and eighty yuan, how many Great Unity tickets would that be?
How much rice and flour can I buy?
After looking at the TV, Widow Liao glanced at Tang Mei and the three children sitting in a row at the table, and the corners of her mouth drooped on her long face.
With such a large family, it seems like no one knows how to live!
If she had taken the 580 yuan for buying the TV, she could have provided a stable and decent life and managed the family for several years.
Then again, look at what the kids from the Fu family are wearing?
A small flowered jacket, tiger-head boots with enough velvet and cotton...
It's snowing heavily outside, and the child doesn't need to go out, so why does he need to dress so well?
Either put it next to the stove or on the kang, wouldn’t that solve the problem?
Three small jackets and cotton pants!
It’s enough to make a decent outfit for adults.
I don’t know what the adults in the family are thinking, it’s such a waste!
Widow Liao cracked a few melon seeds as she walked, looking around at the Fu family's situation.
Lu Miao was afraid that the wind would blow on the children, so he closed the door to the main room.
On the chimney stove, a big-bellied soup pot was bubbling.
One piece of beef was cut a little too big, and one side was sticking out.
Lu Miao bent over, pinched the long-handled spoon and pressed down.
When he found that he couldn't press it down, he scooped the marinade and poured it on the half piece of beef.
Dabao kept looking back at her, and was so tempted by the smell that he became a little confused. He slid down the chair, crawled under the table, and climbed onto his mother's lap.
"Mom, the baby is hungry."
Dabao was swallowing his saliva, with some saliva hanging from the corners of his mouth, and he tilted his little face up, looking so cute.
Lu Miao smiled gently, wiped his saliva, and coaxed:
"Can you wait a little longer? It's only been marinated for a short while, so the flavor hasn't absorbed yet."
"If the eggs are not braised well, just boil them. Boiled eggs are edible, mom."
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