Chapter 349 Returning Home for the New Year

The price was not expensive. Liu Yinyin only used two eggs to exchange for a little turtle.

The old man also gave them a large shell.

Along the way, Gu Yanyan held his little turtle tightly in his arms.

After walking around for a while, Liu Yinyin bought a big goose, weighing about ten kilograms.

You can share the profits with Zheng Qiangwei after you buy it.

In addition to the goose, Liu Yinyin also bought two cans of honey, a bag of garlic, a bag of ginger, a bundle of yam, a bag of lotus root powder, and two large pumpkins.

Seafood is almost indispensable in every meal on the island, and in order to remove the fishy smell, ginger and garlic are consumed in large quantities.

Liu Yinyin grows more green onions and garlic sprouts at home.

Ginger, garlic and chili peppers have to be bought separately.

During this gathering, many people brought fresh vegetables from outside the island to sell.

Liu Yinyin bought a bag of eggplants, a handful of beans, five cucumbers, and two loofahs.

I won’t buy any more because fresh vegetables don’t last long and I can’t finish them in a short time.

Finally, I bought a bag of donkey rolls with red bean filling and a bag of oranges for Gu Yanyan.

I didn’t buy anything else, as I still have a lot of snacks at home.

Today was another fruitful day, and Ma Guilan was grinning from ear to ear.

As a reward for teaching her how to make rice tofu and jelly skin, Ma Guilan gave Liu Yinyin a bag of black rice, weighing five or six kilograms.

There are also two big winter melons.

It just so happened that Liu Yinyin had finished eating the winter melon that she had bought last time.

Black rice is also good.

In the afternoon, Liu Yinyin stayed at home to pack things.

In addition to what she bought at the market, there were also things she got in exchange from setting up stalls.

Liu Yinyin counted and found that she got eight eggs and a little more duck eggs, eleven in total.

There are also mung beans, soybeans, millet and so on.

But the amount is not much, only about ten pounds in total.

There were also eight large fish, two small sea bass, clams, razor clams and giant shrimps.

The fish can be kept first.

I stir-fried clams and prawns at night and made a clam tofu dish. It was just right...

Even though it was a big goose that she bought at the market, she couldn't eat it all at once, so Liu Yinyin temporarily kept it in the yard.

Eat again after a few days.

In the yard, Gu Yanyan was digging a small pond with a small hoe in hand.

In order to cultivate the young man's sense of responsibility, Liu Yinyin has made it very clear to him.

From now on, he will be the sole responsible for this little turtle, and whether he can raise it depends on himself.

So, the little guy is busy digging a nest for the turtle...

Together with the nine duck eggs at home, there are exactly twenty duck eggs.

Liu Yinyin pickled twenty duck eggs and ate them with porridge in the morning.

"uncle......"

While they were busy, Brother Liu came with a bag and a bundle of sugarcane in his hands.

Brother Liu took out two White Rabbit candies from his pocket and gave them to Gu Yanyan.

"Brother, come in and sit down."

Liu Yinyin took out some peanuts and melon seeds.

Brother Liu took a breath and said, "Little sister, I exchanged some sugar canes for you and Yanyan to eat, and there is also a bag of dried sweet potatoes that your parents sent to you."

Liu Yinyin was quite interested in sugar cane: "Second brother, where did you get the sugar cane? I didn't see any at the market this morning."

The six red-skinned sugarcanes are tall and thick, each weighing several kilograms.

There were more than ten pounds of dried sweet potatoes. The dried sweet potatoes dried by Jiang Cuihua were soft and sweet.

Gu Yanyan likes to eat it very much and it is very suitable as a snack.

Brother Liu smiled and said, "It's from my colleague's home. There aren't many left. I informed him in advance, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to buy it."

Nowadays, people usually grow sugarcane to make brown sugar and do not sell it directly.

It had been a long time since I had eaten sugarcane, so Liu Yinyin picked a thicker piece of sugarcane and cut it into pieces.

The brother and sister tried it first...

Not bad, the sugarcane is sweet and full of moisture.

"Brother, shall we have dinner here tonight?"

Brother Liu shook his head: "No, I have to go back to the cafeteria later."

He has now been converted to a regular employee, and his salary is a bit higher than before.

When I first entered the army cafeteria, I only had two days off a month.

Now, we can have four days off a month.

However, Brother Liu's work is quite easy and he doesn't take leave easily.

He has been covering for someone else recently and is thinking about saving up a few more days of vacation so he can go back to his hometown during the Chinese New Year.

After knowing his thoughts, Liu Yinyin was slightly surprised: "...Second brother wants to go home for the New Year?"

Brother Liu nodded: "Yes, I've been out for a year and I want to go back and take a look."

Making money outside is important, but it is not good for a family to be separated for a long time.

When the Chinese New Year comes, he wants to go back and see his family.

Liu Yinyin understood and said, "I understand, second brother."

If possible, she actually wants to go back.

Let's wait until the Chinese New Year to see if I can take a few days off.

Liu Yinyin packed twelve eggs and a bag of dried fruits that she had dried herself for Brother Liu Er to take home and eat.

You can't open fire where Brother Liu lives.

But he works in the cafeteria, so it's okay for him to use the kitchen to cook an egg.

Gu Cheng came back quite early today.

As soon as I entered the yard, I saw the big pit dug by Gu Yanyan, and the soil next to it was piled up into a small hill.

I saw the young man still panting as he carried the basin and poured water into the pit...

Gu Cheng was a little confused: "What is this for?"

Gu Yanyan raised his head and said excitedly: "Dad, dig a hole for the little turtle..."

After working for a whole afternoon, the boy was sweating and dirty.

He was quite perseverant and never complained to Liu Yinyin about being tired the whole time.

Liu Yinyin couldn't help laughing and said, "Take him to take a bath. He insisted on buying a little turtle to raise. I told him that he would be responsible for digging the pit, changing the water, and feeding the little turtle."

Gu Yanyan nodded excitedly and took Gu Cheng to see his little turtle: "Dad, I picked the most beautiful little turtle!"

Gu Cheng: “…”

Can a turtle be described as beautiful?

Anyway, he really couldn't see what was beautiful about this black little thing.

But he had no interest in sweeping the little guy, so he just said a few perfunctory words and took the little guy to take a bath.

The young guy now has some gender consciousness. As long as Gu Cheng is around, he won't let Liu Yinyin give him a bath.

Liu Yinyin was also happy to have some free time.

In the evening, I made a garlic seafood stew and a clam stew with tofu.

There are children at home, so when cooking, Liu Yinyin can only add more ginger and garlic, and dare not add chili peppers.

If Gu Cheng wants to eat spicy food, he can mix it with chili sauce, which is actually the same.

The staple food is sweet potato rice.

Eating some coarse grains is good for the body. When Liu Yinyin cooks now, she likes to mix fine grains with coarse grains.

When steaming rice, add some sweet potatoes or pumpkin and steam them together.

To make steamed buns, white flour is mixed with corn flour to make mixed flour steamed buns.

Anyway, Gu Yanyan can eat anything now, so it’s okay for him to eat more coarse grains.