Chapter 371: Salted Noodles

Therefore, the island now has both stone houses and brick houses, which does look a bit disproportionate.

Liu Yinyin brushed her hair that was blown by the sea breeze and said, "A brick and tile house is more solid."

Mrs. Liu heard from Brother Liu about the snowstorm on the island.

"Yes, your elder brother and I will build two brick and tile houses later."

She really wasn't used to living in a house made of stone.

Mrs. Liu decided to come to the island in a hurry, so she definitely had no place to stay at the moment.

The family of four could only go to Liu Yinyin's house first.

Brother Liu didn't want to trouble Xiaomei's family, so he put down his luggage and said, "I'll go ask the family I visited last time to see if they still want to rent the house."

Liu Yinyin hurriedly stopped him: "Second brother, go tomorrow. You can stay at my house tonight."

Even if Brother Liu rents a house, he still has to clean it up before living in it.

It's already late, it's definitely too late.

Gu Cheng also said: "Stay, we'll talk about renting a house tomorrow."

The house is spacious enough, and Brother Liu and his family can live on the first floor.

I hadn't been away for long, so after a little tidying up the room was ready for living.

It’s too late. You can’t buy vegetables at the supply and marketing cooperative now.

Besides grain, the only other food at home is... pumpkin, taro and potatoes.

Before leaving, Liu Yinyin gave away everything she should give away, fearing that some of the food would get damp if left for too long.

Those that were not delivered were sold to the system.

Since she couldn’t cook in the evening, Liu Yinyin scooped two bowls of white flour and rolled noodles to eat.

Soak some dried black fungus and dried mushrooms to make brine...

Before we started eating, Ma Guilan came to visit.

Before this, Liu Yinyin gave her the key to the courtyard gate and asked him to help feed the hens at home.

"Yin Yin, you're back?"

Liu Yinyin opened the door and let her in: "I just came back, sister-in-law, I'm sorry to bother you these days."

"It's not a hassle, and it's not a hard job." Seeing that there were many people in the room, Ma Guilan said a few words and left.

Tired after several days of hard work, the two families rested after dinner.

The next morning, after breakfast.

Gu Cheng and Brother Liu went to the army first to cancel their leave.

Gu Cheng's hand injury has completely healed and he can return to work in the army.

The same goes for Brother Liu. If he can finish his leave early and return to work in the army cafeteria, he can have one less day's pay deducted.

Mrs. Liu's youngest son is only one year old and cannot be left alone. After arriving at the new place, he sticks even closer to Mrs. Liu, making it impossible for her to go out.

It is not the Lantern Festival yet, and neither the nurseries nor the primary schools in the army have started yet.

Mrs. Liu's youngest son is still young and cannot be sent to daycare.

However, her eldest daughter Liu Yeye is already seven years old this year.

When she was in her hometown, Liu Yeye studied for half a year in the second half of last year.

Mrs. Liu loved her daughter very much, so she naturally hoped that she could continue her studies after arriving on the island.

However, several villages on the island have not yet built primary schools, and it is too far to go to Qing City to study.

Liu Yeye is just a little child, so it is impossible for Mrs. Liu to feel at ease.

"Little sister, the army has a primary school. Can my Ye Ye also go to the army school?"

Liu Yinyin pondered and said, "It's possible, but the military school is also built temporarily, and there are not many students."

At present, teaching conditions are certainly not very good.

Mrs. Liu said, "What's the big deal? As long as I can read books, that's enough."

Mrs. Liu certainly didn't mind that the school was too small. She was not stupid, and the students there were all children of military cadres.

Being able to study with them is somewhat beneficial to Liu Yeye.

Ordinary children would never have the chance to be classmates with the children of officials.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "I'll tell Gu Cheng later and ask him to go to the school to say hello."

This kind of thing still needs Gu Cheng to step in.

After all, she is her own niece, Liu Yinyin will not ignore her. Moreover, such an important matter as studying cannot be delayed.

Mrs. Liu takes care of the children at home.

Liu Yinyin took some time to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some fresh vegetables.

By the way, talk to Ma Guilan about work.

Ma Guilan told her last night to go and take over the shift when she has time.

Coincidentally, the one-month agreed period is almost up.

After the Chinese New Year, the supply and marketing cooperative is quite deserted.

Everyone was surprised and happy to see Liu Yinyin coming back.

"Yin Yin, you're back?"

"Yes, I came back yesterday afternoon."

"When do you come to work?"

"In a day or two, the house needs to be cleaned up."

......

Aunt Wang shouted at the top of her voice, "Yinyin, we have fresh bighead cod today, do you want to buy one?"

"Yes, Auntie, please leave one for me." Liu Yinyin glanced at the seafood served today and added, "I want another pound of seafood, four...three abalones."

The abalones served today are very large, and three are enough for us to eat.

"Okay!"

"Sister-in-law." Liu Yinyin found Ma Guilan and discussed with her, "Should I come back to work tomorrow? My second brother and his family are still at my house, and we have to entertain them."

Ma Guilan had no objection; she just lived her life to the fullest.

"Sure, any time is fine."

She is always free anyway.

In addition to some seafood, Liu Yinyin took a walk around the supply and marketing cooperative and bought two pieces of tofu.

I also bought a head of Chinese cabbage, a handful of leeks, onions, ginger, garlic and chili peppers.

The Chinese New Year has just passed and the weather hasn’t warmed up yet. This month is a time of shortage.

There are not many vegetables to sell in the supply and marketing cooperative.

On the way home, Liu Yinyin bought twenty eggs, twenty duck eggs, a can of rapeseed oil, and a bag of apples from the system.

It’s a pity that the supply and marketing cooperative has no pork today, otherwise she could have smuggled two kilograms of pork out of the system.

When I got home, Brother Liu had already returned.

"I just went to ask the family I rented the house from last time. Their house is still available for rent and the price is the same as before. Little sister, we will move in after lunch."

In fact, the island had just experienced a snowstorm, and many villagers were short of money at the moment.

There are many people who are willing to rent out their houses to make some money.

Liu Yinyin didn't say anything to persuade him to stay this time. She just said, "If there are too many things, you can put some of them here."

Brother Liu and his family must rent a house, even if they register immediately.

Choosing a foundation and building a house are not something that can be done in a short time.

There were many people at home, so Liu Yinyin prepared a table of food at noon.

Fish head stewed with tofu, pickled fish, braised prawns, abalone slices with scallions and ginger, cabbage stewed with vermicelli, scrambled eggs with leeks, and spicy and sour shredded potatoes.

I also cooked some seaweed egg drop soup.

There are many children in the family, so Liu Yinyin doesn’t put much chili in her cooking.

Hu Zi is almost two years old and now eats the same meals as adults.

But, when eating fish, I have to help him pick out the shark fins.

Mrs. Liu smiled and said, "Hu Zi has caught up with us at a good time. By the time he can eat, the famine will be over."

That's right. There was a famine a few years ago and life was not as easy as it is now.