The New Year was approaching. After breakfast, Tang's mother assigned tasks to the women and children in the family:
Tang Long took Tang Hu, Tang Hai and Tang He to the foot of the mountain to collect firewood; Tang Feng cleaned the yard at home; the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law cleaned up everything that needed to be cleaned at home; the third daughter-in-law and Xiao Guo prepared the food that needed to be prepared.
"Mom, let me go prepare the food!" Zhao Lai Di volunteered.
"You're going to prepare food? I see you're going to eat! Go do what you're supposed to do!" Tang's mother really made Zhao Lai Di dote on her.
Tang's mother sorted out the ingredients at home and discussed with Zhang Xiaocui and Wen Guoer what to cook.
"From the five pounds of pork belly, I save two pounds for making dumplings, one pound for frying meatballs, and the remaining two pounds for making braised pork on the night of the 30th. I also steam two pounds of yellow rice with a few red dates to make a basket of rice cakes. I take five pounds of soybeans to Old Zhang's at the entrance of the village and exchange them for tofu. I steam one pot of white flour buns and one pot of two-grain flour buns."
Wen Guoer looked at how Tang's mother planned the life of a large family so skillfully and she admired her sincerely!
In this era of food and clothing shortages, Tang's mother used limited supplies to ensure that everyone had food and clothing. She is a model of rational resource allocation.
"Xiao Cui, you and Guo'er should go to the commune tomorrow and see if there's any cloth or food that doesn't require a ticket. The children's clothes are too small."
"Okay, Mom, Guo'er and I will go there early in the morning."
Wen Guoer thought, finally I have a chance to go out again.
The five men in the family didn't get home until the afternoon.
The women were all crowded in the kitchen, looking forward to their harvest. Tang's mother took out the things from the backpack one by one.
Two fat hares, three pheasants and a roe deer.
"Now we can have a prosperous New Year. This is all meat!" Zhao Laidie was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling.
"We'll make the roe deer into dried meat and bacon, braise one rabbit and make the other into bacon, and prepare the three chickens. We'll ask the eldest, second, and third sons' wives to take them back when they return to their parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year." Mother Tang made the final decision, and everyone was very satisfied.
However, when Tang's mother mentioned going back to her parents' home, Tang Zhan deliberately looked at Wen Guoer's expression. Seeing that she had no reaction, he felt relieved.
Tang Zhan had an impression of the Wen family. When he was eight or nine years old, a family moved into the village. It was a couple with two sons and a baby girl.
The eldest son is twelve or thirteen years old, the youngest son is about ten years old, and the little girl is just about one year old.
At the time, the couple loved their daughter very much, taking great care of her food and clothing. The aunts in the village even secretly laughed at them, saying that their daughter had better food and clothing than their two sons...
Then why did he marry her to an old bachelor? Tang Zhan was confused...
"Uncle Si, Xiaobai is barking. He's hungry. Let's go feed him."
It was not until Tang Xiu took his hand and walked out that he had to withdraw his thoughts.
Before going to bed, Wen Guoer told Tang Zhan that she would go to the commune at dawn.
"I'll go with you."
"I'm going with my third sister-in-law. Are you tired after climbing the mountain all day?" Wen Guoer changed the subject directly, not giving him a chance to object.
"Not tired."
What Tang Zhan didn't say was that this was just the beginning. Their daily training was three or four times more intense than today's. If it weren't for their father watching over them and not allowing them to go into the mountains, how could they have only hunted so few prey!
"Fourth brother."
"Um?"
"fine."
Tang Zhan suddenly turned over and pressed her under him, his strong chest rising and falling in front of her with his breathing.
Looking at his face, Wen Guoer's hand unconsciously touched his jawline.
"Why do you suddenly call me Fourth Brother?" he asked.
Why? Could it be that I simply found this name in the original owner's memory...
"Because, I like... um~~"
The man's kiss was domineering and lingering, and the chest that wrapped around her body was hot and firm. Wen Guoer felt like she was about to melt under this man.
It was not until Wen Guoer was extremely short of oxygen that he reluctantly left her lips, held her in his arms, and whispered in her ear:
"I like it too."
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