Chapter 18 Double Robbery

"Let's talk about this later. I'll put it away for you first." Old Mrs. Ji took out a clay jar, put two small yellow croakers in it, and then hid it.

The pork that Shen Ruoqing brought was not small, weighing about 3 kilograms. Old Mrs. Ji cut half of it to make braised pork, and marinated the other half with salt to eat slowly later.

"It would be nice if there was a refrigerator at this time." Shen Ruoqing muttered.

Old Mrs. Ji cooked herself, and Shen Ruoqing helped her.

After a while, the fragrant braised pork came out of the pot.

"Why are we eating meat again today? Where did this meat come from?" Shen Xiangnan said. Normally, we can only eat meat during the Chinese New Year. How many times have we eaten meat this month? The leaders of the commune cannot eat like this! "Eat yours. It's good to have something to eat. Why are you talking so much nonsense?" Old Mrs. Ji rolled her eyes at her son.

"This meat should be brought back by the fourth brother, right? Life is better in the city. It's not like us in the countryside where we can only get some meat during the Chinese New Year." Shen Xiangdong sighed.

Old Lady Ji wanted to shout loudly that these were all brought back by her little darling, and that her little darling was really capable. But in the end, she remained silent. Thinking of these fools, they usually blamed her for favoring her little darling, but how many times has the little darling brought back meat? Except for Shen Ruoqing, the staple food of others was still acorn flour. Shen Ruoqing mentioned this point, that she had brought so much rice and flour, and that she should let everyone improve their food, but she was ruthlessly suppressed by Old Lady Ji.

In the words of Old Lady Ji, all the good grains are saved for the double harvest, which is only ten days away. At that time, the sellers will be busy and people will want to eat something good. Now that it is not a festival or a holiday, it is good enough to have meat to eat.

As the days passed, the day of double harvest arrived.

The double harvest is the most important time for the team and the time that everyone looks forward to the most.

Shen Ruoqing had only heard of the double harvest, which was to quickly plant the second crop of rice after the early rice matured in July. It took more than 20 days of continuous high-intensity labor. If it was too late, the harvest would be reduced or even total. Adults, children, the elderly, and pregnant women all joined in the harvest. Children followed the adults to thresh the rice and pick up the ears of rice, and the older children followed the adults to thresh the rice and pick up the stalks. The older children threshed the rice, etc. The elderly and pregnant women also had their own things to do.

But even if Wang, a pregnant woman, had to participate in the double harvest, Shen Ruoqing didn't have to go. Of course, since she didn't have to go, Shen Ruoqing wouldn't take the initiative to ask to go.

The whole family came out together, and the burden of cooking fell on Shen Ruoqing.

Since no one was at home, Shen Ruoqing worked even harder. He put in oil, sugar, and spices as if they were free. This was the time when he needed oil and water, and Old Lady Ji would not say anything. Shen Ruoqing cooked a big pot of rice, stewed rabbit meat, fried eggs and shredded potatoes, and mixed a cucumber.

"I didn't expect that my little sister's cooking is so delicious. If I can eat my little sister's meals every day, I would be willing to have two harvests every day." Shen Xiangxi chuckled, which made Old Lady Ji hit him.

"You're the only one who wants to tire your sister to death! And you want to eat every day! I can't tire you to death! Is your sister born to cook for you?"

"It's delicious, but if I put so much oil in it, it would definitely be delicious too." Wang looked at the greasy dish with a distressed look on her face. Although it was necessary to ensure that everyone's stomachs were well-fed at this time, the sister-in-law put too much oil in it, right? Shen Yue was also exhausted at this time. Last time, she was angry and didn't eat rabbit meat. The fragrance was so fragrant that she couldn't help it. She didn't expect that the sister-in-law caught a rabbit again this time, and the fragrance this time was even stronger than last time. She looked at it with a tangled face, and the rabbit meat was almost snatched away by everyone.

"Daya, don't you want to eat?" Shen Xiangdong noticed his daughter.

"Dad, I told you, don't call me Daya, call me by my name." After Shen Yue entered elementary school, she hated being called Daya. It was because there were too many girls called Daya in the team.

"I've been calling you that for so many years, I'm used to it." Shen Xiangdong laughed, "If you don't eat meat, just eat more potatoes."

Shen Yue had just made up her mind to try the rabbit meat, but her own father said something like this, which made her too embarrassed to pick up her chopsticks. She could only watch the last piece of rabbit meat go into Wang's mouth.

"I knew it, Daya, no, Yueyue feels sorry for the little brother in my belly and wants him to eat more meat." Wang touched her belly with satisfaction. She had eaten a lot of meat today.

This made Shen Yue very angry, but there was nothing she could do.

What Shen Yue didn't expect was that Shen Ruoqing cooked rabbit meat for several days.

In the end, Shen Yue bit the cute rabbit with tears in her eyes.

The moment she put it in her mouth, Shen Yue thought to herself, if she had known, she would not be so stubborn. She ate several meals less for such a delicious meal! My aunt must have done it on purpose!

Shen Ruoqing really didn't mean it. Rabbit meat is much cheaper than chicken.

"You guys work hard, if you do well, I'll buy you popsicles."

During the double harvest season, there are often people riding bicycles to sell popsicles. At that time, there are only a few types of popsicles, just red bean paste popsicles and banana popsicles, each sold for five cents. At this time, everyone is still willing to deduct some money to buy a popsicle for the children, to encourage and praise them.

A popsicle that costs five cents is nothing to Shen Ruoqing.

"Aunt, you're the best!" Shen Xue was the first to cheer. Over the past few days, she has become Shen Ruoqing's number one fan.

"You are the most generous." Old Mrs. Ji glared at Shen Ruoqing.

"I'm buying some for mom too. Everyone has some. It's my treat."

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"Just buy some for the kids, I don't want to eat that cold food. It's just that you can't hide the money in your pocket." Old Mrs. Ji refused to take it.

But Shen Ruoqing still bought a popsicle for everyone in the family to try.

The money has been spent, can't I not eat it? Old Mrs. Ji glared at Shen Ruoqing again in annoyance, carefully peeled off the popsicle paper, and a sweet mist mixed with a hint of coolness suddenly penetrated into her nostrils. She took a bite, held it in her mouth and waited for it to melt slowly, and swallowed it bit by bit. Suddenly, she felt very comfortable all over.

Shen Yun and Shen Xue even did not let go of the residue on the popsicle paper.

Being used to all kinds of modern ice cream, Shen Ruoqing felt that this popsicle had no taste.

Suddenly, there was a loud cracking sound in the sky, and everyone quickly finished their popsicles and ran out.

They had to quickly collect the rice that had been harvested and spread out on the rice beds in the morning to dry, otherwise the rain would wet the rice and cause it to sprout and mold, and all their work in the first half of the year would have been in vain.

Shen Ruoqing also quickly went out to help.

"Hurry up and roll the rice into a ball. Where's the plastic wrap? Don't we have enough?"

For a moment, there was a lot of urgent and noisy sounds.

(End of this chapter)