Chapter 501 End

Zhou Xiaomei's family is in a similar situation: "Who isn't? But..."

She whispered to Liu Yinyin: "I heard that someone in Dongpo Mountain will kill pigs next year. Should we go buy some pork and store it?"

Since the weather is cold, they could just buy more pork and keep it for later use.

With so many people in the family, we really can't live without meat.

Liu Yinyin thought for a moment and said, "Sister-in-law, how about we buy some more?"

Zhou Xiaomei was slightly stunned: "...Yinyin, how many pounds of pork are you going to buy?"

Liu Yinyin pondered and said, "I want to buy half a pig to store."

Anyway, you don't need a meat ticket, so you can buy half a pork.

Zhou Xiaomei was shocked and said, "Half... half a fan? Isn't that too much?"

Half a pig weighs at least 100 pounds and costs 100 or 200 yuan. Who can afford to eat like this?

She knew that Liu Yinyin's family was well-off and that she was willing to spend money on food and clothing, but she didn't expect that she would buy half a pork all at once.

"Sister-in-law, you'd better buy more." Liu Yinyin advised calmly, "I think the weather is a little strange. What if it's the same as the past two years? Then we won't be able to go out and won't be able to buy pork."

Zhou Xiaomei was stunned: "No way?"

Liu Yinyin was of course not sure, she was just guessing, but her intuition had always been quite accurate.

"It's just in case."

Zhou Xiaomei thought for a moment and said, "Yes, I will buy some more pork tomorrow. If I can't eat it all, I will dry it and make it into bacon."

That being said, she certainly wouldn't do what Liu Yinyin did and buy half a pork in one go.

At most, I would buy a dozen or twenty kilograms.

Liu Yinyin added: "Not only pork, if there are old hens, ducks, or geese for sale in the village, I would also like to buy a few, as well as duck and goose eggs."

Liu Yinyin wanted to eat pickled duck eggs again.

As I take care of a few children, I usually cook light meals without adding any chili peppers or spices.

Liu Yinyin wants to eat something with a strong flavor now.

He had already started buying half a pig's leg, so when he heard about chicken and duck, Zhou Xiaomei wasn't surprised at all.

Liu Yinyin thought so, but when it comes to buying specific things, it still depends on the actual situation.

Unfortunately, the next day, it was still snowing and there was no sign of it stopping.

It's icy and snowy outside. The road will probably be closed in a day or two.

Seeing that something was wrong, Zhou Xiaomei hurried to Dongpo Mountain early in the morning.

She bought herself twenty pounds of pork, some offal, a basket of eggs, and an old duck.

I bought half a pig's belly, a basket of duck eggs, an old hen and a goose for Liu Yinyin.

We bought a lot of things and there was thick snow on the road, so it was inconvenient to ride a bicycle or pull a cart.

According to Liu Yinyin's request, Zhou Xiaomei found an aunt to help her carry the things back to the family compound.

After buying what she wanted, Liu Yinyin finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It has been snowing heavily these days, and we have to sweep the snow from the roof of our house, the plastic shed, etc. every day.

For some time afterwards, the weather showed no signs of improving.

Several children now do not go to school in town, nor can they go out to play, so they stay at home every day.

Fortunately, there are many children, so life is not too boring.

On this day, Liu Yinyin cleaned up the snow on the plastic shed.

I had nothing to do, so I fried some French fries for the kids and served them with the ketchup I had made earlier.

Several kids, including the triplets, loved it.

The two families live close to each other, so every morning, Gu Cheng and Fan Zhenxing would clear the snow on the road.

Therefore, there was no impact on the exchanges between the two families.

Zhou Xiaomei: "Fortunately, I listened to you last time and bought a lot of pork in the village to store. Otherwise, we would have almost run out of meat at home."

It has snowed for so long that the road to the village is no longer passable.

It is obviously impossible to go to Dongpo Mountain to buy things at this moment.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said nothing. She bought half a pound of pork in one go, weighing about 100 pounds.

I didn’t cook the bacon, I just cut it into strips and buried it in the snow pile outside.

The pork is frozen hard, so when you want to eat it, just take a piece and thaw it.

There are more than 100 kilograms of pork in the snow pile, which is enough for the whole family to eat for the whole winter.

Liu Yinyin instructed: "Sister-in-law, if you don't have enough pork, just tell me and I'll give you some."

Zhou Xiaomei sighed and said, "If the weather is still bad after a while, I really have to buy some pork from you, otherwise there won't be enough to eat."

The main thing is that Chinese New Year is coming soon, and we can’t miss eating pork during the Chinese New Year.

Liu Yinyin poured a cup of hot tea for Zhou Xiaomei, and then thought of something and asked her, "Sister-in-law, are you still making sticky bean buns this year?"

Zhou Xiaomei glanced at her and said, "Why, do you want to eat sticky bean buns?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "There's nothing to do at home. If you want to make sticky rice dumplings, I'll make some with you."

Last year, Liu Yinyin helped Zhou Xiaomei make sticky rice dumplings. She did learn how to make them, but as a novice, her skill was definitely not as good as Zhou Xiaomei's.

Zhou Xiaomei nodded and said, "I make sticky bean curd every year, and this year is no exception. I have prepared the rhubarb rice and red beans."

Liu Yinyin also bought ten kilograms of rhubarb rice some time ago, specifically for making sticky rice dumplings.

As for red beans... Jiang Cuihua sent her a lot of them, so there was no need to buy them.

The two talked for a while, and then Zhou Xiaomei left.

Liu Yinyin took a shovel and went outside to dig out a piece of pork, then heated water to thaw it.

In the evening, Liu Yinyin made braised pork, scrambled eggs with black fungus, and kelp soup.

The staple food is white rice.

After get off work, Gu Cheng returned in the snow.

It’s because I’m young and in good health, otherwise I would definitely catch a cold if I worked like this every day.

Liu Yinyin poured him a bowl of ginger soup: "Drink it quickly to get rid of the cold."

Gu Cheng didn't say anything and drank the ginger water as he was told. He waited until his aunt warmed up a little before he picked up his little son.

He said to Liu Yinyin: "I'm afraid I'll be busy until the end of this year and won't be able to go back home for the New Year."

When the weather is bad, the troops become even busier. Sometimes, they have to go out to rescue people affected by snowstorms.

Liu Yinyin said indifferently: "It's okay. I didn't think about going back in this weather."

There's no way. It's too much trouble to go back. The children can't stand the trouble.

Liu Yinyin really doesn't care about this: "As long as our family is together, it doesn't matter where we celebrate the New Year."

Gu Cheng felt a little guilty in his heart. He was too busy at work, and all the things inside and outside the house had to be taken care of by Liu Yinyin alone.

Now, there is no way to even take her back to her hometown to celebrate the New Year.

After thinking for a while, Gu Cheng said, "Next year...next year I will try to bring you back to celebrate the New Year."

Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Okay."

When the New Year's Day came, it was no different from previous years. The family had a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner, and then the new year arrived.

In this world, Liu Yinyin has no other wish but to be able to face any difficulties and setbacks in the future.

Their family can live in peace and be together forever.