Chapter 13 Thoughts.
With two more people in the family, the original dining table could not accommodate so many people, so Brother He moved out a small wooden table and let the five children eat at the small wooden table.
A plate of dumplings was also served, enough for five children.
He's mother also cooked scrambled eggs with leeks and stir-fried cabbage with lard, and added three large plates of dumplings. This meal was even more sumptuous than the one on New Year's Eve.
Everyone sat together, and from the moment they started eating, all they could hear was the sound of chopsticks being picked up and dumplings being chewed. Even though He Xiuxiu and her husband were there, they didn't bother to exchange pleasantries or be polite. These were white flour dumplings, and everyone came back hungry from working in the fields. It was a rare opportunity to eat them, so they had to hurry up.
The fillings prepared by He's mother are flavorful enough. The combination of celery, black fungus and pork is unexpectedly delicious. In addition, the dumpling skin is not rolled too thick or too thin. Even after being steamed, there is still some soup inside when you bite it. It is really delicious.
Gu Chengli ate the dumplings and praised them repeatedly: "The dumplings my mother made are even better than those sold in state-owned restaurants. Today we are convinced."
Mother He smiled and said, "Eat more if you like it."
Needless to say, even He Susu ate to her heart's content, eating dumplings one after another, as if she was enjoying a delicious feast.
The He family also ate to their heart's content. The five children at the small wooden table bit into dumplings and thought they were the most delicious food in the world. The plate of dumplings was quickly finished and their stomachs were bloated.
Fried eggs with leeks and fried cabbage with lard, which were usually considered the main dishes, were instead neglected. Only after all the dumplings were eaten did the He family start to reach for these two dishes with their chopsticks.
He Susu felt full, so she simply put down her bowl and chopsticks and stopped eating the two dishes. She couldn't help but sigh that it was worth working hard to earn hard work points to exchange for pork and flour, and eating delicious food really made people happy.
Recalling the time when she was a fairy, she had already gone through a long period of fasting and did not have to worry about three meals a day. Occasionally, she would collect some dew that gathered the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and could improve her cultivation. The fresh and light taste cleansed her body and mind and nourished her spirit. But He Susu had been used to eating meat dishes in the human world for more than ten years, and had tasted the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty flavors. She felt that they were no worse than the dew in heaven.
Everyone was basically full, and there was more conversation at the table. Naturally, the topic of He Xiuxiu getting a job at the meat processing plant came up.
He's father said with relief: "That's great. Xiuxiu can earn more money and tickets with this job. You and your wife can live a good life, and I don't have to worry about anything."
Brother He and Brother He also congratulated sincerely, and Zhao Miling and Qian Chunhe naturally followed suit. They never expected that their sister-in-law came back today to share the good news.
After dinner, those who were cleaning up the dishes cleaned up the dishes and left them for the children to wash, while the adults sat and chatted for a while.
He Xiuxiu also knew that her parents still had to go to work in the afternoon, and was afraid of disturbing their rest, so she said after sitting for a while: "Then we will go back first. Chengli still has to go to work in the afternoon, so you two should get some sleep first, and I will bring Haohao and Juejue back later."
This was true, so He's mother didn't hesitate to say anything. She went to the kitchen and took out a basket of eggs from the family and gave it to her: "Take these eggs back and give them to Haohao and Juejue. They are all home-raised eggs and are nutritious. They are also a little gift from me as a grandmother. You must accept them!"
Knowing that her mother gave her eggs to save her face, He Xiuxiu did not refuse: "Okay, then I will thank you on behalf of Haohao and Juejue."
After sending their eldest daughter and son-in-law away, He's father and mother returned to their room to sleep. They enjoyed the dumplings very much and soon felt sleepy. They fell into bed and snored soon after.
In the eldest house, Zhao Miling was lying on the bed thinking about what she had just heard at the dinner table: the news that her eldest aunt bought the job in the meat processing factory was revealed by her younger aunt, and she felt uncomfortable.
She pushed her husband's shoulder, who was facing away from her. "Hey, my eldest aunt is now a worker in a meat processing factory. It's a well-known lucrative job. How come my youngest aunt didn't tell her family first after she got the news?"
Brother He was feeling sleepy and said in a daze, "It's no use telling my family. Who can come up with the 600 yuan? Okay, stop thinking about it. I still have to go to work in the afternoon."
As soon as he finished speaking, snoring sounds were heard in the room, making Zhao Miling so angry that she wanted to push him off the bed.
Qian Chunhe was also talking to her husband about this: "That's a job at the meat processing factory, in the meat canning workshop. If my aunt had told you about this first, maybe you could have gone to work at the meat processing factory. Even if we had to give most of the salary and coupons back home, we could save them little by little and still have a lot of money."
He Erge was still in high spirits. He was a little upset when he heard the news, but he soon figured it out: "My younger sister is right. Buying that job in the meat processing factory costs more than 600 yuan. Even if our family has so much money, should we buy this job for me or for my eldest brother? Our family will have opinions on whoever it is given to, and it might be another messy account."
"My sister has been taking care of the children at home for many years since she married into the Gu family. With this job, she has the confidence to speak and act, and the family can also afford the more than 600 yuan, which will not affect her current life. I will tell her the news first. If she wants my sister to buy the job, she should hurry up. If I tell my family first, you and sister-in-law will definitely have a fight."
"Oh, you missed such a good opportunity. Didn't I also want you to find a job and not have to work in the fields all day? It's so tiring." After listening to what her husband said, Qian Chunhe basically understood it, but still couldn't help feeling sorry.
He Erge naturally didn't want to work in the fields all his life. The centimeters he earned after working hard for a whole year were barely enough for food, and he didn't dare to think about more. He was not as brave as his third brother and was willing to endure hardships to join the army, so he could only try hard to find a job in the city to earn a salary.
At this moment, He Erge sighed and said, "Let's just finish the work at hand first. If I'm destined to be a worker, I'll get a job sooner or later."
As for my younger sister, her high school education was not in vain. She knew many classmates with many connections. Although she has not found a job yet, at least she can earn royalties by writing articles. He Erge thought, should I tell my younger sister about any news about jobs in the city in the future? Even if it is more tiring and the salary is lower, she should tell him about it.
He shook his head and stopped thinking about it, taking the time to take a nap.
He Susu had no idea that her elder and second brothers were worried about their work at the meat processing factory. She had a nice nap and had a dream. In her dream, life was wonderful, with all kinds of delicious food, which she could buy as long as she had money, without being restricted by tickets.
No matter how the couple in the first and second rooms discuss in private, everything will return to normal once they leave the room. They should go to work when they need to, and the centimeters they earn are the most real.
But He's mother found a time to go to her daughter's room and tell her: "Susu, if you hear your classmates talking about any work-related news in the future, tell me and your father as soon as possible. As long as the family can come up with money, I will buy you a job."
A job in a meat processing factory is hard to come by. Although He's mother felt sorry that Susu didn't get the job, she was happy that it fell to Xiuxiu. She was just afraid that Susu would be stupid and not tell her family about the next job, so she would miss it again.
He Susu originally thought that her mother wanted to tell her something mysteriously, so she smiled and said, "Mom, you don't need to tell me, I know everything. And if there is any news about a job, it depends on whether I like it or not. The news about the job at the meat processing factory was just a coincidence. Usually, this kind of job is as rare as gold and silver, and you may not get a letter once a year."
He's mother knew that her daughter had her own ideas, so she just told her, "Just give me some snacks anyway."
"Okay, I get it." He Susu agreed obediently.
In the following days, the family had half a pound of pork left over from making dumplings, plus the pound of pork that He Xiuxiu brought back. They cooked meat dishes every other day. With the smell of meat in their stomachs, they had more energy to work.
Besides, He's mother would occasionally knead flour into dough and steam it into steamed buns. Naturally, she would not eat such delicious food for breakfast, and would save it for the staple food at noon.
Even though the farm work was a little easier in the spring, doing it day after day would still make the team members exhausted. The He family ate well, and their spirits were good. They stood out among the crowd in the fields, and the villagers couldn't help but joke, "What kind of food do you eat? Everyone is so well-fed, as if they have endless energy."
The He family just smiled and said, "We are just trying to get by. If we work harder in the fields, we will be able to get more food to eat at the end of the year."
Since the food at home is good, He Susu is not in a hurry to redeem things from the shopping system and bring them back home.
The package from the magazine was delivered by the postman the day after my eldest sister returned to her parents' home. He Susu opened it immediately and was very proud to see her article published on it. She then read the other articles carefully and understood the general types of the articles before handing the magazine to He's father.
He's father treated it like a treasure. He could not read many words, but he still turned to the page where his daughter's article was published and read it line by line several times. The other members of the He family were also curious. They took the magazine and read it around, praising He Susu again. Finally, the magazine was put into He's father's room, saying that it was to be kept as a family heirloom.
As the days passed, He Susu would go out and walk around the village after dinner in order to accumulate more writing materials to submit to the people in the alley. But she had no choice, because everyone went to work during the day, so she couldn't hear any interesting stories even if she went out.
On the contrary, in the evening, one can hear many families chattering in the rural alleys, or couples chatting, or scolding their children, or even some old ladies gathering in places to cool off, talking about the village gossip.
"Have you heard that the widow surnamed Luo from the production team in the mountains next door seems to have an unusual relationship with a man who lives at the foot of the mountain in their village? Many people saw that man helping her with work, and the big man's smile was prettier than a flower."
"I heard today that Dafu beat up his wife last night. Didn't you see that she didn't come to work today? It seems that she went back to her parents' home. She has five brothers in her family. They will definitely come over and beat up Dafu!"
"I didn't just hear it. I saw with my own eyes Qiuyue's husband coming down the mountain with a bamboo basket on his back. He was so nervous that he was afraid that someone would see the basket. I guess he caught some wild animal in the mountain."
He Susu listened with great interest. It turned out that ordinary days still contained endless gossips. It was just that these gossips were not easy to write into the article.
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