Chapter 477 Snow

Zhou Xiaomei agreed without hesitation.

The next morning, Liu Yinyin rode her bicycle to the town alone.

First go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. The supply and marketing cooperative here is very small, just a small store.

There weren't many supplies inside, mostly necessities like oil, salt, sauce, and vinegar.

Next to the supply and marketing cooperative is a non-staple food store, where you can buy vegetables and grains.

Liu Yinyin arrived early, and the supply and marketing cooperative still had pork for sale.

Liu Yinyin queued up and bought two kilograms of pork.

Just when she was leaving the house, Zhou Xiaomei gave Liu Yinyin a meat ticket and asked her to bring back a pound of pork.

Tomorrow is Sunday again. I will buy a pound of pork to feed my two sons.

After buying the pork, Liu Yinyin went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a bag of rice noodles and a bag of fruit.

Because of the poor transportation conditions, eating fruits here is not as convenient as on the island, and the price is also expensive.

After leaving the supply and marketing cooperative, Liu Yinyin went to the post office again.

The post office had her package and letter, which were sent from Mrs. Liu Er.

After walking around the town, Liu Yinyin was ready to go back.

On the way back, Liu Yinyin found an opportunity to smuggle out five pounds of pork and two grass carps. She had just seen them at the supplementary food store and they had grass carps available today.

They also smuggled out two bags of brown sugar, two bags of White Rabbit milk candies, two bags of noodles, a bag of rice noodles, a bag of peach cakes, a bag of glutinous rice noodles, a bag of oranges, and a bunch of bananas.

The backpacks were filled to the brim.

It’s a pity that the supply and marketing cooperative didn’t have maltose and milk powder, otherwise I could have smuggled two cans of maltose out.

When we got home, the triplets were already asleep.

Zhou Xiaomei told her: "I played all morning and just fell asleep."

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Liu Yinyin took out a fish and a bag of White Rabbit milk candy from the backpack.

There was also a pound of pork that Zhou Xiaomei asked her to buy for her.

Zhou Xiaomei was slightly stunned: "...I just want a pound of pork."

Liu Yinyin stuffed the food into her hands: "I gave the fish and White Rabbit candy to the children. Sister-in-law, you often help me take care of the children, so don't be polite to me."

Zhou Xiaomei made a sound: "It's normal for neighbors to help each other out. Don't give anything away next time. My Xiaoxiao family will also leave it at your house."

This time we bought a lot of food, and Liu Yinyin packed up the things.

Plus the five pounds of pork that was smuggled out...

We now have six pounds of pork and a fish at home, which is quite a lot, but we can finish it.

The weather is cold, so it's okay to keep the pork for a couple of days longer, but it's not so easy to keep the fish.

At noon, Liu Yinyin made braised fish, fried loofah with eggs and mapo tofu.

I made steamed egg and minced meat soup for the children.

Gu Cheng came back very early today. He hung his clothes and hat on the hanger, washed his hands, and then hugged his sons.

Then he told Liu Yinyin: "I have to go out tomorrow."

Liu Yinyin: "Another mission?"

"No." Gu Cheng explained, "Winter is coming soon. Let's go hunting in the mountains to see if we can catch some game to store for the winter."

Liu Yinyin said "Oh". According to Gu Cheng, the prey they harvested had nothing to do with the people in their courtyard.

But it’s okay. We bought so much pork at home, so we won’t be short of meat for the time being.

Liu Yinyin: "How long will you be out?"

Gu Cheng: “We can come back that day.”

Liu Yinyin thought thoughtfully, "Can people from our courtyard go to the mountain?"

Gu Cheng glanced at her and asked, "What are you doing in the mountains?"

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "What else can I do? When spring comes, I can go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables and mushrooms."

Come to think of it, Liu Yinyin hasn't dug wild vegetables for a long time.

There is no other way to make money here. I can just dig some wild vegetables and sell them to the system so that I don't end up with only money coming in.

Gu Cheng told Liu Yinyin: "As long as it is not a restricted area, there is no rule that people from the family compound cannot go up the mountain. However, this place is remote and there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants on the mountain. It is not safe for you to go up the mountain."

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Let's talk about it later. It won't be far if we go there. By the way..."

Liu Yinyin talked about another thing: "Today I received a letter from my second sister-in-law, and a package. My second sister-in-law sent us some dried seafood."

"And Rose also sent a few things."

Liu Yinyin just opened the package and took a look. Sister Liu sent them a package of dried shrimps, a package of dried abalone, a package of dried small fish, and a package of dried kelp, a total of four packages of dried seafood.

There are two kilograms of dried shrimps, two kilograms of dried small fish, and one kilogram of dried abalone and dried kelp.

Mrs. Liu said in the letter that the weather on the island had been quite cold recently, and she sent them some things in advance for fear that the island would be closed due to snow.

Zheng Qiangwei also sent some dried seafood to Liu Yinyin. Maybe she had discussed it with Liu Ersao, so the dried seafood sent by the two people were different.

Zheng Qiangwei sent a package of dried sea cucumbers, a package of dried cuttlefish, and two snacks that Gu Yanyan liked to eat, a can of high-quality biscuits, and a box of shrimp candies.

All the gifts are good things.

Liu Yinyin blinked her eyes: "How should we return the gift?"

There are no special products in the New Military District, and Liu Yinyin doesn't know what to give back to Liu Ersao and Zheng Qiangwei.

Gu Cheng picked up a piece of boneless fish and put it in Gu Yanyan's bowl: "If I hunt game tomorrow, I'll bring some back and make it into bacon and send it to them?"

"This is the only way..." Liu Yinyin groaned, "I'll just pick a few more things. I bought a lot of food in town today."

After picking and choosing, all I could find were things like brown sugar, red dates, snacks and candies.

Otherwise, just give two pieces of cloth. Nowadays, gifts should be practical.

Gu Cheng paused and said, "I'll take you to Qing City when I have time."

When Liu Yinyin heard about going to Qing City, her eyes lit up, but...

"It's not convenient to take care of several children."

To go to Qingshi, you have to go to the town and take a bus first, which is quite troublesome.

Gu Cheng thought about this problem: "The army has a car, I will arrange for someone to take us there when the time comes."

Liu Yinyin said in surprise: "That works."

Coincidentally, the temperature dropped several degrees that night.

Feeling a chill, Liu Yinyin got up and checked the quilts of several children.

The triplets are very noisy during the day, but they are very easy to take care of at night and can sleep until dawn.

The children were all sleeping soundly. Liu Yinyin touched their chubby little hands and they were not cold.

Gu Cheng put his military coat on her and said, "Light up the fireplace tomorrow."

Liu Yinyin nodded: "I think so too. It's too cold today. The children can't catch a cold."

When I got up in the morning, small snowflakes were falling outside.

The snow was not heavy and melted as soon as it fell on the ground.

It wasn't snowing heavily, so Gu Cheng went to the mountains to hunt as usual today.

That's what being a soldier is like, you go on missions regardless of weather conditions.

Liu Yinyin threw a few sticks of firewood into the fireplace, and the room gradually became warmer.