Chapter 471 Leeks

The two bags of dried seafood are worth a lot of money, Zhou Xiaomei had a smile on her face.

Liu Yinyin's family has a lot of dried seafood. Some of them are bought by her, and some are given by Liu Ersao, Zheng Qiangwei, and other employees of the supply and marketing cooperative.

There are dried prawns, dried abalone, dried squid, dried sea cucumber and so on.

There are more than ten packs in total.

We couldn’t even finish it at home, so we thought we could give some to our neighbors after arriving in the new military district.

This time, the family housing was in the middle. Zhou Xiaomei lived to the left of Liu Yinyin's house, and the one to the right...

Liu Yinyin hadn't seen anyone yet, so she asked, "Sister-in-law, is anyone living in the house next door? I'll send two bags of dried seafood over later."

"Then you have to wait until Sunday to deliver it." Zhou Xiaomei explained, "The family next door is Captain Lei's family. Captain Lei's wife works at the food factory in the town and is usually not at home. She only brings her two children back to stay overnight on Sundays."

Liu Yinyin asked curiously: "...food factory?"

"Yes." Zhou Xiaomei said excitedly, "It's a snack factory. If you want to buy some snacks, you can talk to her."

Working in a food factory gives you some connections, so you can get some snacks that don't require tickets.

You know, you needed food stamps to buy snacks back then!

After all, it was not a glorious thing, and Zhou Xiaomei did not say the next sentence.

But those who understand will understand.

Liu Yinyin understood and said, "Okay, I'll look for her on Sunday."

In the evening, Liu Yinyin steamed egg custard for the children and sprinkled some chopped dried shrimp on it.

Liu Yinyin dried the dried shrimps herself without adding any salt, so even children can eat them.

The kids also like to eat chopped shrimps.

For dinner, we had braised shrimps and eggplant with potatoes.

Gu Cheng washed his hands, picked up his eldest son who was crying with hunger, and fed him egg custard.

Liu Yinyin feeds the second and third child...

Gu Cheng suddenly said, "The troops have a training mission, I have to be away for a few days."

Gu Cheng felt guilty about being sent on a mission as soon as he arrived at the unit, but this was the unit's order and he had no choice.

Liu Yinyin sighed: "I know, you should be careful."

Gu Cheng: "If you have any problems, go to find Mrs. Zhou next door. If Mrs. Zhou is not available, go directly to the army to find someone to help you."

They are all family members accompanying the army. It is impossible for the army not to help them when they are in trouble.

Besides, Gu Cheng’s position is not low.

Liu Yinyin hummed: "Don't worry, I know everything."

The family home was very safe, and Gu Cheng was not worried about anything else except that the children might get a headache or a fever.

By then, Liu Yinyin won’t be able to handle it alone.

Gu Cheng added: "There is a clinic in the army, and people in the family home can go there to see a doctor and buy medicine."

Liu Yinyin nodded: "I remember."

After the autumn harvest, the weather became cooler and cooler, and it was even colder in the mountain valleys.

When winter comes, Liu Yinyin wants to put a fireplace in the house, just like she did in her hometown.

This way, you don't have to worry about a few children getting cold.

It just so happens that there is still a month before winter, so we can slowly accumulate bricks.

The next day, Gu Cheng left after breakfast.

Liu Yinyin was holding her child in the yard and learning to walk. She felt tired, so she sewed a walking belt and tied it under the child's armpits.

Just carry them and walk, otherwise her old waist can't take it.

The sun was out now and the yard was warm, not cold at all.

After the triplets fell asleep, Liu Yinyin turned over the vegetable patch in the yard.

Gu Cheng turned over half of the place yesterday, and there is still half left.

Liu Yinyin used a hoe to turn the soil, and Gu Yanyan helped her pick the grass...

The two of them worked for most of the day and finally finished tidying up the vegetable patch in the yard.

Liu Yinyin planted a bed of cabbage, a bed of radishes, a bed of onions and garlic, and a bed of cabbage.

Chicken hair vegetable has a fast growth cycle and can be harvested in about twenty days.

The weather was not too cold at that time, so we could eat.

"Yinyin, are you growing vegetables?" Zhou Xiaomei came to the door with a basket on her shoulder. She had just been to her private plot.

He turned over Liu Yinyin's vegetable patch and picked a basket of vegetables for Liu Yinyin.

I was quite surprised to see Liu Yinyin busy planting vegetables in the yard.

Zhou Xiaomei: "Didn't we agree that if you want to eat vegetables, you can come to my house and pick them? You don't have to spend the energy to grow vegetables."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm bored when I'm free, so I'm just killing time. I don't have much land anyway, so it would be a waste if I don't grow vegetables on it."

All the houses in the family compound have yards, but they don't have high walls, so people outside can see what's going on inside at a glance.

Liu Yinyin doesn't like this very much.

Zhou Xiaomei thought about it and said: "I have some chive seedlings at home, I'll move a few over for you."

Chive seedlings grow quickly and are very resistant to frost. They will continue to grow as long as it doesn't snow.

Liu Yinyin really likes eating leeks, so she didn't bother to be polite with Zhou Xiaomei: "Thank you, sister-in-law."

Zhou Xiaomei said, "Neighbors should help each other out. You don't have to say thank you to me all the time."

Zhou Xiaomei put down the basket and said, "You are busy. I will go to the logistics department to get the food. They should be back by now."

Liu Yinyin glanced at the corner of the wall and said, "Sister-in-law, go ride your bike, hurry up."

The new military area is very large, and it takes about twenty minutes to walk to the cafeteria.

Zhou Xiaomei smiled and said, "Okay, I'll borrow your bicycle for a while."

Riding a bicycle does save time. Zhou Xiaomei's family also has a bicycle, but the bicycle is used by her eldest son to go to school in town.

With a bicycle, Zhou Xiaomei came back quickly.

The two pounds of pork that Liu Yinyin wanted was also bought, including a piece of pork belly with alternating fat and lean meat.

At that time, when you bought meat, you couldn't just get any part you wanted, you could buy pork at the supply and marketing cooperative.

You have to accept whatever the salesperson gives you.

Don't offend the salesperson, or he may give you worse pork next time!

The pork belly with alternating fat and lean meat is considered to be top-quality meat.

Zhou Xiaomei said casually: "Yinyin, do you buy pork by the pound?"

Military officers have good benefits, and her husband has a monthly ration of four pounds of pork.

Soldiers have to exercise a lot, so they need to eat some oily food to supplement their nutrition.

Zhou Xiaomei is very thrifty. She usually buys meat in ounces. When her two sons come back, she will buy a little more, but never more than a pound.

In this way, you can eat pork several times a month.

If I buy two kilograms of pork at once... half of the monthly ration will be gone. Zhou Xiaomei can't bear to eat like this.

Of course, Gu Cheng was the brigade commander, and his monthly pork ration was two kilograms more than her husband's, totaling six kilograms.

Liu Yinyin curled her lips and said, "No, I usually buy them by the pound. I just arrived at the new military region and wanted to celebrate. I didn't expect Gu Cheng to be on a mission today."