Chapter 236 Lively
"But grandma, I won't be able to take good care of you and grandpa..."
"We are not too old to move. Besides, we have Ning girl. Your Grandpa Liu and the others are here. Are you still worried that something will really happen to us? Don't worry, we will go with peace of mind!"
Zhao Panpan waved her hand to interrupt her grandson's concerns.
Although they are a little tired after working here for a few months, Ningning girl secretly feeds them with lots of good things. Not only have they not lost weight, but they have become much stronger because of the exercise.
If it weren't for her, I would probably have been like those old people who were sent down to the countryside, and could only endure the misery, either until death or until the light of day.
Now, except for my son, daughter-in-law and eldest grandson who are not around, everything else is not a problem.
"Why don't I wait until the next year to get my job..."
“Pah~”
Grandma Yan's caring voice echoed on the back of his head, and Fu Jiaming was forced to swallow the second half of the sentence.
At that time, due to an accident at home, my old man and eldest brother were both bedridden. When I went to Shanghai, I submitted an application to Director Liang for suspension with pay.
First, Tang Tian and Qin Jianjun got into trouble, then Suning resigned and then it was him.
Hu Yong was the only one left in their textile factory's purchasing department.
Fortunately, there is never a shortage of people for good jobs. There is a lot of people eagerly waiting for the position. Otherwise, Director Liang would have been very disappointed.
Originally, he planned to go to the factory after the new year when the conditions of his elder brother and the old man were completely stable. After all, both of them were still studying in the city, and the two of them could see each other once a week or so when they were in the same place.
But now my good brother has finally been able to transfer back after much effort...
If he stayed, he could not only help take care of Grandpa and Grandma Yan, look after the household and put Yan Qi at ease, so it was no bad thing to kill two birds with one stone.
"Your grandfather and I don't need help. We'll get used to it after doing it many times. We can rest assured that you two will be obedient!"
There are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year. It is a good thing and there is no need to let the elderly worry about other things now.
Therefore, Yan Bei and Fu Jiaming both calmed down and stopped talking about this matter.
"By the way, grandma, when I came back I heard that the village was going to slaughter a pig and share the meat and have a pig-killing dinner at noon today. Should we buy some meat as well?"
"Of course I have to buy it. I'll buy as much as I can."
Their current identities were inconvenient, so they could only look at Fu Jiaming.
After Fu Jiaming understood what he meant, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me. I'll go there soon!"
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"Oh, oh, it's time to kill the New Year pig! It's time to kill the pig!"
Hearing the pigs' heart-wrenching howls, the children were not afraid. Instead, they clapped their hands excitedly and jumped for joy.
This only happens once a year. After the pig is slaughtered and the meat is distributed, the adults in the family will take some out to cook and eat.
Even though the scene was a little scary at this moment, what I was thinking about in my heart was the big piece of meat that was about to reach my mouth. Who would care about being afraid and unable to wipe the saliva?
In the open space outside the pig shed, there was a long wooden basin half a person's height, and next to it was a fire with a large pot boiling hot water.
The big fat pig with its limbs tied was lifted onto a wooden board, and it let out bursts of miserably howling as if it knew its fate.
The hired butcher picked up the sharpened butcher knife, walked up to the big fat pig, and cut it with a quick, accurate and ruthless knife.
Before the blood spurted out, the two people holding basins nearby quickly raised them up to catch it.
The next step is to perm the hair, clean it, and break it down. Everyone is busy.
Once the meat was roughly cut up, everyone loaded everything onto a cart and headed for the gathering point.
The familiar bell for work rang, and those who had been waiting at home early picked up their prepared tools and went out directly to the threshing ground.
When Suning heard the noise and rushed over, the place was already bustling with activity. Each family sent one person to form a long queue, and everyone present had a look of joy on their faces.
"Suning, here!"
Fu Jiaming waved his hand vigorously at her, and when the others walked up to him with a smile, he asked, "You are quite close, why are you later than me?"
"My legs are short and I walk slowly?"
"Pfft~Okay, okay."
Such a powerful reason, he was speechless.
Seeing her glance around him, Fu Jiaming grinned and showed his big white teeth, "Don't look at me anymore. Your man didn't come. He said it's not convenient now."
Yes, even though they knew it themselves, they couldn't appear in front of people so openly until the official document was issued.
After nodding, Suning withdrew his gaze.
Accountant Dong, who was holding a small notebook, smiled kindly when he saw her, nodded, and started his work.
People were lining up to share the meat here, while over there, the skillful women were starting a fire and setting up a simple stove in preparation for the pig-killing meal.
This pig-killing meal mostly uses various internal organs.
Wash the pig heart, lungs, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, etc. repeatedly and cut into cubes of similar size.
After stir-frying until fragrant, put it into boiling water and stew it. Finally, add potatoes, radishes, green vegetables and other side dishes.
The side dishes dipped in the flavorful gravy are also very delicious!
“It smells so good!”
As soon as they smelled the fragrance, the naughty kids couldn't help but scream.
The impatient faces of the little greedy cats made the adults next to them laugh out loud.
"Don't say the kids can't help it, I can't help it either, it smells so damn good!"
Who wouldn’t be craving for meat after not having eaten it for several months?
After working hard for a year, isn’t it just for this day to eat a few bites of meat?
Those who got the meat happily took it home, took their own bowls and chopsticks, and waited for the meal to be served.
Smelling the rich aroma of meat that makes one drool, who would care about the cold weather? One’s heart is so warm.
"Almost done, Suning, let's go over there quickly!"
"good."
The two men left the chattering crowd filled with slurping sounds and came to the place where the meat was being divided.
Accountant Dong smiled when he saw her, and hurriedly sat back in his seat, opening the small notebook he had just closed.
"Xiao Su, if you don't come, I'm going to call you!"
"ah?"
"Hahaha, kid, do you think you have no share?"
Although she didn't go to work, she worked as a barefoot doctor in a team for a while.
However, from the day my household registration was approved, I became a member of their team, and from the day the clinic opened, I was counted as earning full work points every day.
How come there is no more meat?
Pointing to the record of her work points in the notebook with amusement, Accountant Dong continued, "Xiao Su has a total of 56 work points. Should we exchange them all for meat or wait two days to exchange them for banknotes?"
"Uncle Dong, how much meat can this get?"
"One pound and four ounces."
"Then replace them all with meat."
"Okay, take this and go exchange it there."
Taking the small note he handed over, Suning thanked him with a smile and went to the wooden table for cutting meat with Fu Jiaming.
The butcher holding the knife glanced at the weight on the small piece of paper and put it into the paper box under the table. "Where do you want it?"
The big meat, that is, the fat meat has basically been picked out, and the remaining is mostly lean meat and ribs.
"Just a small row."
After getting their share of the meat, Suning and Fu Jiaming each spent money to buy up almost all the remaining meat, bones, etc.
It's a pity that we were too late, the pig's head, pig's tail and pig's trotters had already been taken away.
"Ningning."
"Uncle!" "Grandpa Su."
"Yeah, okay."
Su Qingshan looked at the two people with their hands full, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes deepened a little, "Ningning, didn't I tell you that you bought all the preserved food at home, why did you buy so much?"
"Haha, uncle, I just bought some ribs. I like to chew bones. I heard that smoked ribs are also very delicious. I made the leftovers tonight and I will smoke them to try."
"Hahahaha, you, how much meat is there on those bones?"
He smiled and nodded at her, but since she liked it, Su Qingshan didn't say much, "Put the food behind the table and I'll watch it for you. I'll send it back after you finish the pig-killing meal."
Otherwise, if they went back and forth from the end of the village, there would be no soup left.
"Well, okay, we got it."
"That's great, thank you Grandpa Su!"
"But did you two bring your bowls and chopsticks?"
Bowls and chopsticks?
This is a good question.
The two didn't react until then, and looked at each other: It seemed like they had forgotten something!
It turned out that the guy was missing!
"Hahaha. Here, take it."
Su Qingshan stopped teasing them, took his hands out from behind his back, and handed them the bowl and chopsticks, "Go get some food and eat now."
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