"Then I'm not in a hurry now. I will choose the one I like anyway," Tong Yiya said
"You are still young, there is really no need to rush, you will slowly get better," Aunt Guihua also said.
"Yes, I will, auntie."
The two chatted for a while, and then Aunt Guihua went back. Before leaving, Tong Yiya gave her some pickled cabbage that she had made herself.
After seeing them off, she had another hotpot in the evening. In Tong Yiya's mind, she had to eat hotpot in winter. After all, she was from the south and there was no kang at home, so when winter came, they had to burn coal fires at home.
But in winter, the fried food gets cold soon after eating, so most family members like to gather around the fire, make a hot pot, cook and eat at the same time, which is warm and convenient.
So in winter, she is too lazy to cook. She will stew something if possible, but if not, she will just wash some vegetables and make a pot base for hot pot.
Anyway, just do whatever is convenient, this way she doesn't have to stay outside in the cold any longer.
Almost a month passed like this. Since the snow began, no one in the village liked to go out, and every household began to hibernate.
Tong Yiya's side also became quiet for a while. Normally, only when it was not snowing outside would one or two villagers come to her house to get medicine. The rest of the time, she would sit alone at home all day long.
During this time, she also finished knitting the sweaters, gloves and hats for herself. With nothing else to do, she immersed herself in the ocean of knowledge again.
When she is at home, she will go to the study in the space and pick some books to read to pass the time. Most of them are related to medicine.
It's not even the twelfth lunar month yet, but after Laba Festival, Tong Yiya has started preparing dishes for the New Year.
The village started slaughtering pigs and distributing the meat that day. Aunt Guihua came to call her early, and they went to the brigade headquarters to help, and waited for the meat to be distributed.
The pigs were slaughtered a little late this year because the people sent by the commune to collect the pigs also arrived late. Every year, the village has to wait until they take away the pigs that have been handed over before it starts slaughtering the pigs and distributing the meat.
This year, Tong Yiya helped to prescribe some medicine for the pigs from time to time and mixed it with pig feed. The pigs’ appetite has improved, so this year’s pigs are heavier than last year.
When distributing the meat, the team leader gave her some more offal, all for free, as a reward for her making medicine for the pigs. The team leader also told her to keep up the good work next year.
She didn't refuse, thinking that even if the captain didn't give it to her, she would have asked for it anyway, so she accepted it without hesitation.
Three and a half pounds of pork, just like last year, she only wanted the piece of meat near the hind leg, which was mostly lean meat.
After the meat was divided, she carried the pork in the basket, a bowl of pig blood and some offal, and waited for Aunt Guihua to divide the meat so that they could go home together.
Soon Aunt Guihua distributed the pork and squeezed out of the crowd. She walked up to her and said happily, "The pigs raised in our village this year are fatter than in previous years. Look at the piece I got. I can take it back and make some lard. It will be enough for your uncle and I to eat for most of the year."
Tong Yiya followed her words, looked at the piece of meat in her basket and said, "It's really good. Auntie has cooked some oil residue. Please call me to eat some."
Aunt Osmanthus smiled and replied, "Okay, okay, I will definitely call you then. Let's go. We have to go back and boil the oil quickly today, otherwise the village will release the water to catch fish tomorrow, and we will be busy."
After saying that, the two of them walked back. When they arrived at Aunt Guihua's house, they separated and went back to their own homes.
When Tong Yiya returned home, she washed the meat, divided it and froze it. Then she boiled water to clean the internal organs and cooked the small intestines and blood sausage.
After cooking, she took two pieces to Aunt Guihua's house and took half a bowl of oil residue back home. In the evening, she ate sauerkraut and blood sausage.
After dinner, she was not in a hurry to clean up the kitchen. After all, she had to portion the fish the next day and clean it up when she came back. She would then clean up.
She went to bed earlier than usual at night, got up early the next day, made breakfast and ate it. Not long after, Aunt Guihua came to call her.
This year, the two men did not use nets to catch fish, but just watched others fishing over there. They watched as the water in the reservoir was drained, and then the village laborers began to sort the fish, weighing them and separating the ones to be handed in.
Finally, it was time to distribute the fish. This year, Tong Yiya got three big fish and five kilograms of small fish. She specifically asked for this because she remembered that the fried small fish were good last year, so she used a big fish and asked the person who distributed the fish to change to small fish.
Naturally, others were very happy about this, so they weighed more for her.
After sorting the fish, Tong Yiya killed and processed them all when she got home, thinking that she would have to start frying various foods in a few days anyway, and she was too lazy to keep them for a few days.
It was already two or three in the afternoon when she finished processing the fish. She went to the kitchen to stew a pot and had her dinner around four o'clock.
In the next few days, Tong Yiya rested every morning and prepared something in the afternoon, such as fried meatballs, fried fish, and braised pork. She made the same thing every day, and by the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, she had almost finished everything.
After preparing food for the family, she started cleaning the house. Although it was very cold outside and she couldn't wash the sheets and clothes at home, after she finished cleaning everything, she changed them, threw them into the space to wash, dried them in the space, and then took them out and folded them.
Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Everything in Tong Yiya's family has been prepared.
Tonight he was going to deliver some New Year's food to the elderly, but because someone was following her, she couldn't go over to have dinner with them this year, so she thought of secretly taking some of the prepared food away.
She started preparing things during the day, loaded them in a backpack, and waited until dark to go there.
In the afternoon, there was a knock on the gate of her house. Tong Yiya was a little confused for a moment. It was almost the New Year, so who would come to her house?
She was thinking about something, but she still walked towards the door. She looked through the crack of the door to see who was outside. After seeing that it was that figure, she opened the door, looked at the person outside and asked, "Comrade Deng Jinbo, what can I do for you?"
When Deng Jinbo saw the little girl whom he hadn't seen for a year, his heart seemed to be filled up all at once. A year's longing disappeared the moment he saw her.
He looked at the person in the door and said, "There is something indeed. Can I go in and talk to him?"
Deng Jinbo came here because he found that someone in the village was keeping an eye on the elderly people over there. He then thought that the little girl seemed to have been there last year, and he was so worried that he came here not long after staying at home.
After hearing what he said, Tong Yiya thought about it, then opened the door and let the person into the yard.
She didn't have a main room at home, so it was not easy to take the person inside directly. So she took the person to the pharmacy, opened the door, turned around and said to the person behind her: "Please sit inside for a while. I will go and light some charcoal to warm the room."
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