Chapter 73 Banana Mash

"Ahh..." Gu Yanyan stared at the banana in his mother's hand.

His little mouth was open and saliva was flowing out.

Liu Yinyin looked at his eager look and quickly scooped a spoonful of banana mash to feed him.

Gu Yanyan bit the spoon tightly, sipped her lips a few times, and swallowed the banana puree.

Then, he raised his head and looked at his mother: "Ahhh..."

Liu Yinyin asked him, "Do you want to eat more?"

Gu Yanyan: “Ah…”

The young man uttered "ah" to her twice and nodded.

Obviously he understood what she said.

Liu Yinyin was amused by him and continued to feed him with a spoon.

After eating a banana, Gu Yanyan was very satisfied. He sat obediently in the stroller and played with his doll.

At noon, Liu Yinyin was too lazy to cook by herself, so she just ordered food from the cafeteria and bought a meat bun from the system and had lunch.

One and a half pound of bayberry was washed by Liu Yinyin and hung in the well. The bayberry would taste better if it was iced.

There are also pig's trotters. This kind of natural meat does not last long, so Liu Yinyin chopped the pig's trotters into pieces and blanched them in water first.

Wash thoroughly and stir-fry with rock sugar, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, ginger and cooking wine to remove the fat.

Pour the stir-fried pig's trotters into a casserole, place it on a clay stove and simmer over low heat for about two hours, just enough to eat in the evening.

After finishing her work with Liu Yinyin, she went to class. The weather was getting hotter and hotter. The class was supposed to start at two o'clock in the afternoon.

Liu Yinyin's schedule has now been moved to three o'clock, so it won't be so hot to go to the mountains to pick wild vegetables in the evening, otherwise she would worry that the children would get heatstroke.

After digging wild vegetables and returning home, the pig's trotters were almost cooked, so Liu Yinyin put out the fire.

There is a pot of stewed pig's trotters, and there is no need to cook any other dishes for dinner. Just steam a few cornmeal dumplings later.

After putting her son's stroller under the eaves, Liu Yinyin went to weed and water the vegetable garden in the yard.

When the weather is hot, the vegetables cannot grow unless the fields are watered.

Now there is a well in the yard, which makes watering very convenient.

When I was almost done, Gu Cheng came back.

"You're back." Liu Yinyin carried the wooden barrel back to the woodshed.

"Leave these chores to me." Gu Chengdu was responsible for all the heavy and tiring work at home.

"This kind of work is not tiring." To be honest, Liu Yinyin likes to work, otherwise it would be boring to be idle. Is it possible that she is born to be a hard worker?

Liu Yinyin couldn't help but smile as she thought about it. She couldn't just leave all the work to Gu Cheng. He didn't just sit there doing nothing at work.

Moreover, Gu Cheng was the one who cleaned the pigpen, chicken coop and rabbit hives every day.

"Hey!" Seeing what Gu Cheng was holding, Liu Yinyin said in surprise, "Did you buy the radio?"

I had been planning to buy a radio for a long time, but there were too few radios at that time and the department stores in the county were out of stock, so I have been waiting until now.

"Well, two radios just happened to arrive at the department store today." Gu Cheng had informed the store in advance, otherwise he might not have been able to buy them.

Liu Yinyin took the radio curiously and looked at it. She had never used such an antique in her life.

Gu Cheng taught her how to use it, turned on the radio, and tuned to a radio program channel.

Listening to the fluent Mandarin coming from the radio, Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "That's great. From now on, I can listen to the radio and music at home."

Next to him, he heard an unfamiliar voice, which came from a small box. Gu Yanyan was stunned.

He glanced at the radio, then at his parents, and then let out two "ah ahs..." with confusion in his eyes.

Liu Yinyin smiled and said to him, "Gu Yanyan, this will be your little partner from now on."

The little guy is really lucky, but not many children can grow up listening to the radio like him.

Gu Yanyan stared at the radio, seeming a little scared. His chubby hand reached to the side to grab the corner of Gu Cheng's clothes and babbled something.

Gu Cheng reached out and picked him up, and asked Liu Yinyin: "Do you want to feed him apple puree today?"

The man seemed to enjoy doing this.

"No need for that. I already fed him a banana at noon." I didn't dare let Gu Yanyan eat too much fruit at once.

Liu Yinyin blinked and said to Gu Cheng, "Okay, from now on, the task of feeding him fruit puree will be left to you."

It will also allow the father and son to develop more feelings for each other.

Gu Cheng gladly accepted.

Liu Yinyin brought the pig's trotters stewed on the earthen stove to the table, and placed the food from the canteen and a few freshly steamed cornmeal dumplings on it. That's how they would have dinner.

Gu Cheng saw the pig's trotters and asked her, "Did you buy them all from Li's?"

Liu Yinyin nodded: "There are quite a lot of things there, including a lot of fruits, but they are a bit expensive."

If Gu Cheng's salary wasn't high, Liu Yinyin wouldn't be willing to spend so much money.

Suddenly thinking of something, Liu Yinyin ran out in a hurry, pulled up the bucket hanging in the well, and took out a large bowl of waxberries inside.

The waxberries had been left for an afternoon and were already icy to the touch.

Liu Yinyin tasted one and found it sweet, juicy and delicious.

Whether you buy the bayberry from Brother Li or from the system, the quality is very good.

Gu Yanyan saw her mother coming in with the red fruits and stared at the bayberries in the bowl without blinking.

Liu Yinyin picked up a poppy and put it to his mouth, and Gu Yanyan immediately opened his mouth wide...

Liu Yinyin retracted her hand and stuffed the waxberries into Gu Cheng's mouth while he was stunned. She muttered, "Try it quickly. These waxberries are really delicious. I don't know where Brother Li got them from. They look very fresh."

As far as Liu Yinyin could remember, there was no family or village nearby that grew red bayberry.

But the waxberries at Brother Li's place are very fresh, and it is obvious that they were just picked in the past two days.

Gu Cheng ate a waxberry and felt sweet in his mouth. After a while, he said, "It should be bought from the next county. There is a big orchard there."

The two fruit trees planted in the yard were also bought by him from the neighboring county.

Liu Yinyin asked enviously, "Aren't there a lot of fruit trees there?"

There are not many orchards in their county, otherwise they would not have no fruits to eat all year round.

Gu Cheng hummed, looked at her and said, "When I'm free someday, I'll take you and Yanyan to pick fruit there."

Gu Yanyan is so old now, he can be taken out to play.

Liu Yinyin was overjoyed when she heard this: "Okay, then we'll wait for you."

There wasn’t much pork trotter meat, so Liu Yinyin ate several pieces and Gu Cheng ate the rest.

After a hearty meal, Liu Yinyin stayed quiet for the next few days and did not go to Brother Li to buy things again. The main reason was that the things were expensive and she felt bad when she spent the money.

The weather was as hot as usual, without a drop of rain.

Due to lack of water, the crops in the fields are not growing well.