Chapter 88
"Ahh."
Gu Doudou waved his chubby hands and yelled at his old father.
Gu Shi'an's handsome face turned cold, Lin Yao's eyebrows curved as she laughed, her eyes were full of water, her almond eyes were full of water and shining, very attractive.
Deputy Director Gu quietly moved forward a few steps and squeezed Lin Yao into the corner of the bathhouse lobby. Someone's eyes were burning, and Lin Yao's face turned hot when he saw him, so he couldn't help pinching him.
"What are you doing, you are outside."
Gu Shi'an was thick-skinned, and he didn't feel any pain when his wife's little hand pinched him, but his body felt numb. He stared at Lin Yao's red lips and Adam's apple rolling, and just wanted to speak.
After taking a bath, Gu Shidong emerged from the men's bath.
"Brother, what are you two doing so close to each other!"
Lin Yao quickly gave him a slap: "Dongzi is calling you, give me the bag, you two brothers can talk."
After that, Lin Yao took the bubble-blowing Gu and ran away.
Gu Shidong was left with his head tilted and a silly smile at his brother.
Gu Shian: "......."
On the morning of the 29th of May, Dongzi, the brat, let Deputy Director Gu drag him out of the quilt, and he ran, did push-ups, and stood long jump, and cried out in exhaustion.
As the saying goes, "On the 23rd, sugar pots are sticky, on the 24th, it's house-cleaning day, on the 25th, coal rats are pushed, on the 26th, pork is stewed, on the 27th, roosters are slaughtered, on the 28th, flour is fermented, and on the 29th, steamed buns are made." On
the 28th of the month, the old Gu family washes everything clean, and on the 29th of the month, the smell of oil and rice begins to waft from every household in the compound, and Zhang Cuilan leads her daughter-in-law to steam buns and flower rolls for the New Year.
Last year, the family spent the New Year in the countryside. Although it was located in the mountains and not as lively as the county town, the New Year atmosphere was not less, and everything was there.
On the contrary, this year when we returned to the city for the New Year, four or five families lived in a large compound, and we couldn't take out the food and drinks for the New Year, which was very inconvenient.
At noon on the 29th day of the 11th month, the steel mill distributed New Year's goods. Gu Mancang, an eighth-level master, received a generous New Year's gift. The steel mill was indeed the leading large factory in the county. Other state-owned factories only distributed miscellaneous tickets, such as match tickets, salt tickets, and soy sauce tickets. The
steel mill distributed a pound of brown sugar, three feet of cloth tickets, a pound of pork belly, and a pound of white flour. These things were first-class and affordable.
Gu Mancang happily carried the New Year's goods home.
In the big compound, Gu Shi'an rolled up his sleeves and picked up big pork by the well.
Gu Mancang grinned, it must be that the state-owned pig farm where the old woman worked also distributed New Year's goods.
The state-owned pig farm distributed pork to the employees. In order to be fair and just, the meat was distributed by drawing lots.
The good meat of a big pig was usually sent to the grocery store, and the remaining ones were pork, pork heart, pork lungs, pork liver and other pig offal. The pork was the most popular.
Zhang Cuilan had not had good luck in previous years, but this year she had good luck and drew a big pig's head. The whole family was very happy.
Sure enough, the rich uncle next door saw Gu Mancang, pulled him over and whispered in his ear.
"Mancang, you are in for a treat this year, with both pig heads and pork belly. Take it easy, old man, don't eat too much greasy food on New Year's Eve, or you'll be unable to sleep because of the delicious food."
Gu Mancang smiled naively, "Dafu, didn't your family also get two pounds of pork belly? Sister Jiaxin and her sister also sent you some bacon."
As soon as he said this, Uncle Dafu raised his head and spoke in a pretentious tone.
"That's right, those old men outside say that raising a daughter of a noble family is useless all day long. My Jiaxin and Jiayu are the most filial. They wear the same clothes all year round, and they send meat and snacks during the New Year. My child's mother and I are getting old, and we can also enjoy the blessing of daughters of a noble family."
Gu Mancang nodded and smiled.
Uncle Dafu and his wife Dafu have only two daughters in their lifetime. In those days, not only in the countryside, but also in the city, if you don't have a son, you will be a family without a son. Once a daughter is married, it will be gone forever.
Thanks to Uncle Dafu being the workshop director of the steel rolling mill, he is a leader and has power in his hands. Others at least dare not gossip about him in front of him.
However, this is always a worry for him.
Now the two daughters are living well. They send good things to their parents' home every now and then. Uncle Dafu is not only proud of it, but
also shows off in front of the neighbors whenever he gets the chance. Gu Mancang is kind and willing to help him.
Uncle Dafu smiled with his teeth bared, put his hands behind his back, and went home humming a song.
Gu Mancang washed his hands and carried a basin of hot water into the kitchen. Zhang Cuilan was busy steaming flower rolls inside. She saw the old man talking to Uncle Dafu for a long time and asked, "What did you say to Dafu just now?"
Looking at Dafu's arrogant look, he was like a husband who won a fight.
"Nothing, the sisters Jiayu and Jiaxin sent bacon home again."
"No wonder, Dafu wandered around the alley five or six times early in the morning."
The old couple was busy in the kitchen.
In the east room, Gu Doudou was wearing a flowered cotton jacket and green cotton pants, wrapped up like a fat caterpillar, clenching his little fists and raising his head on the bed to suck his fingers.
Lin Yao heard the little fat man in the room calling his sister-in-law, clapped his hands and went back to the room to take a look.
The fat boy didn't poop or pee. He just ate a bowl of steamed shrimp with egg. He was full and had nothing to do, so he called his mother.
Lin Yao picked up the little boy and tapped his nose to teach him.
"Gu Doudou, you are so young and you are so busy. You may not be able to find a wife when you grow up."
The fat boy blinked his big eyes, indicating that he didn't understand what his mother said. He waved his arms and wanted to go outside to play.
The winter sun shone through the window into the house. It was almost noon and the sun outside was still bright.
Lin Yao wrapped a small scarf around her fat son, and put on a small hat and cotton gloves. The hat was newly made, with a thin layer of cotton inside and a small ball of rabbit fur sewn on each side. She took him for a walk in the yard.
Gu Shi'an was picking up pig heads in the yard, pouring hot water on them and then putting them on the stove to burn them red, burning the hair off the pig ears and noses.
The scene was not very beautiful. Lin Yao was worried that the big pig head would scare the little fat boy, so she covered his eyes and refused to go.
Gu Doudou was a brave boy, and he screamed when he saw his dear father. The little fat boy grabbed his mother with his hands, twisting and turning, and making a fuss about going to see his old father and the big pig head.
Zhang Cuilan poked her head out from the kitchen.
"It's too fumey here, Yaoyao, hold Doudou and stay away."
Gu Shidong also held the wooden figurine that his elder brother made for his nephew to attract the little boy's attention.
"Doudou, the wooden figurine is walking."
The wooden figurine was brightly colored and looked lifelike when held in his hand. Gu Doudou immediately became interested and stretched out his chubby little hand to hold the little wooden figurine and put it in his mouth.
Lin Yao quickly snatched it back.
Gu Doudou blew bubbles at his mother in dissatisfaction, and his little red mouth opened. Lin Yao took the opportunity to see if the little boy had grown teeth. Sure enough, he saw that the chubby boy had two small front teeth that had just emerged.
Lin Yao happily reported the good news to Zhang Cuilan.
"Mom, our Doudou has grown front teeth."
"Really? Our Doudou is eight months old, it's time for him to grow front teeth."
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were very happy about this.
However, because he didn't get to eat the wooden figurine, little Gu Doudou was aggrieved and nestled in his father's arms, sticking out his fat butt and not looking at anyone.
On the night of the 29th day of the 11th lunar month, the old Gu family steamed a large pot of white flour wedding steamed buns and another pot of jujube flower rolls. The wedding steamed buns were not made of pure white flour. The family was given five catties of strong flour and two catties of corn flour. They steamed twenty or thirty steamed buns and a dozen jujube flower rolls. With the New Year's goods at home, they didn't have to worry about food and drink during the first month of the lunar year.
That means the old Gu family is well-off. No other family in the compound is so generous as to steam so many white flour steamed buns in one go.
Ordinary families in the county would just symbolically steam a few wedding buns, and then offer sacrifices to their ancestors and the stove god at home.
At noon on New Year's Eve, every household was busy chopping dumplings at home.
This year, the county public security bureau issued a piece of lamb chop and two frozen fish, all of which were affordable.
Lin Yao had planned everything out. She skimmed the blood off the lamb chop and chopped it into dumplings, steamed one frozen fish, and made another into sweet and sour fish, to bring a good omen of surplus every year.
Gu Shian is very strong, so Lin Yao ordered him to chop the fillings for dumplings. Gu Doudou and his father have a good relationship these days. It's the New Year, and everyone is busy.
Zhang Cuilan arranged for the old son to take care of the young boy.
The young boy was not happy, and kicked his fat legs and threw himself into Gu Shian's arms. Deputy Director Gu's heart softened, kissed the fat son's head, tied Gu Doudou on his back with a sling, and started chopping the fillings for dumplings.
Lin Yao was worried and watched quietly from the side.
Gu Doudou was not afraid on his father's broad back, but danced with joy.
In the middle of winter, there were no fresh vegetables. Lin Yao prepared two pots of dumpling fillings, one pot of mutton and radish fillings, and one plate of cabbage and pork fillings. Gu Mancang rolled the dumpling skins very quickly, making one in one second. Deputy Director Gu was no less skilled, making dumplings quickly and making beautiful folds.
Lin Yao had never seen Deputy Director Gu have such skills, and he was so sweet.
"Our Deputy Director Gu is really an all-round good husband. He can carry a gun to protect the country, and he can make dumplings and cook in the kitchen. How can he be so good?"
Gu Shi'an had an expressionless handsome face, and his eyes were full of smiles when he heard his wife's sweet words.
Gu Shidong came over to sell it.
"Sister-in-law, I know this. My brother grew up with my grandma. My grandma made beautiful dumplings. My brother learned from grandma."
Lin Yao suddenly realized. No wonder, Comrade Cuilan's dumplings were not so beautiful.
Zhang Cuilan saw the little expression on her daughter-in-law's face and patted her with a smile.
"What's the matter? Do you dislike your mother's rough hands and big feet and can't make dumplings?"
Lin Yao: "..."
Zhang Cuilan prepared a dozen coins with different values, including one cent, two cents, and five cents. They were boiled in the pot to disinfect and scattered in the dumplings to see who can eat the festive dumplings on
New Year's Eve. It's a good omen for the New Year. Those who eat it will have good fortune and wealth in the new year.
The house was tidy and clean, with red curtains and New Year paintings pasted on the windows. The fire in the house was burning brightly. Fried rice cakes, melon seeds, and peanut candy were placed on the table. For the
New Year's Eve dinner, we had sweet and sour fish, fried lotus root slices, and rabbit stewed with meat. At night, when it got dark, the streets were filled with the sound of "crackling, crackling" firecrackers, just like the ringing of the New Year's switch. The whole alley was suddenly filled with firecrackers.
Lin Yao was the first to eat the lucky dumplings, followed by Gu Shidong, and even Gu Mancang, who was not very lucky, had one.
Little Gu Doudou was not interested in the adults' happiness. The fat boy sat in his father's arms with his fat body eagerly. Looking at the sweet and sour fish on the table, his little mouth drooled.
Gu Shian smiled and wiped his fat son's saliva with his hand.
Gu Doudou's big eyes rolled around, and he stretched out his fat paws to pull his father's sleeve to the plate of sweet and sour fish.
"Ah!"
The little guy's meaning was very clear, fish smells good, I want to eat it!
Gu Shian hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether the little guy could eat fish, until Lin Yao, who was holding back her laughter, spoke up, and then he picked up a piece of tender fish meat without bones for the little fat boy.
It was the first time for Gu Doudou to eat fish, and he loved it so much that he ate it quickly with his little mouth smacking. After he finished eating, he immediately patted his father's arm, ah, I want fish meat.
The little fat boy ate several pieces in one breath. Lin Yao was afraid to hold the little boy, patted Gu Doudou's stomach, and stuffed a small biscuit into the teeth of Gu Doudou to chew.
The county lit up lights and decorated to celebrate the New Year. The countryside was not so lively. Every household also cleaned the house and chopped up the pork to make dumplings for the New Year.
Dongfanghong Production Team, the village streets were full of the aroma of dumplings.
Lin Daguo was miserable. On the cold and windy New Year's Eve, Lin Daguo and his son didn't even have a brick bed.
Since Li Aifeng was sent to labor reform, Lin Daguo and his son have lived a shabby life. When the weather is cold, the village uses wheat straw and corn cobs to heat the kang.
The chimney of the old Lin family's earthen kang is blocked, and the father and son are lazy and don't bother to fix it.
On New Year's Day, the house is dark, Lin Hongwu is sleeping on the kang, and Lin Daguo is greedy and runs to another production team. The team killed pigs, and he ran to help with the fire. They gave him a pig's tail, and at least he could have a meaty year.
Lin Daguo was walking home lazily, holding a pig's tail. Suddenly, he saw a dark shadow swaying at the door of his house, with its hair standing on end. What was going on?
The house was robbed!!!
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