Chapter 35
After Zhen Zhen entered the room, Mrs. Meng moved to the side and made room for her. Zhen Zhen sat on the edge of the bed and Zhang Qiaohong brought her a glass of water. The whole family treated her with great respect.
Zhen Zhen guessed that they heard that she brought a lot of gifts when she visited Meng Li.
"Why again?" Zhen Zhen asked.
Meng Li felt ashamed to talk about it. She had just received her salary the day before yesterday and bought a bottle of Lego and put it in the cupboard. But when she opened it today, she found that half of the bottle had been drunk by someone.
If the two of them had their money together, this wouldn't be a big deal, but the problem was that Zhou Changsheng was calculating every penny of hers and always took advantage of her behind her back.
Meng Li couldn't help complaining, and her mother-in-law said that she had been married for such a long time but still hadn't gotten pregnant, and was a hen that didn't lay eggs. Marrying her would be a curse for the rest of her life.
Of course Meng Li refused to give in after hearing this. After a big fight between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the mother-in-law told her to get out, and Meng Li packed up her things and went back.
She wiped her tears, "I thought marriage was a guarantee, but now I live in someone else's house and have to leave if they tell me to. Why did I get married?"
Mrs. Meng got anxious when she heard this. "You are the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family. Why do they want you to get out? Besides, you have only been married for a few months. It is normal not to have children. How can your mother-in-law say that you don't want to have children?"
Meng Li touched her belly and couldn't understand why it was so easy for others to have children. They could have one right after marriage.
But her belly just didn't move.
Nowadays, people would rather persuade people to reconcile than to break up. Meng Li is not her daughter, so Zhen Zhen cannot ask Meng Li to divorce. Otherwise, Meng Li will not live well in the end, and the Meng family will inevitably blame her.
However, it is difficult to reconcile the personalities of Meng Li's husband and mother-in-law. It is not something Meng Li can live well by enduring and managing. Instead of dragging it on, it is better to divorce before there is a child.
Zhen Zhen asked: "What do you think?"
Meng Li now likes this aunt very much and is willing to talk to her. "I don't know either. I don't want to live with him anymore, but I'm afraid I really won't be able to have children."
"You've only been married for a few months, it's normal not to have children. Besides, it's not necessarily your fault. If you're worried, you can go to the hospital for a physical examination and don't let your imagination run wild." Zhen Zhen said.
Mrs. Meng wiped her tears and felt as if the sky was falling. She said to Zhen Zhen:
"I should have listened to you and gotten to know you better before getting married. It wouldn't have ended up like this. I was dragged back to my parents' home right after getting married. If this gets out, how will my Meng Li live?"
Zhen Zhen patted her shoulder. Things have come to this, and no matter how much she says, it will be useless. Besides, since ancient times, a girl’s marriage has been the most difficult thing to handle. Who can guarantee that they will live together forever after getting married?
"There's nothing we can do when we meet a family like this. If we met a reasonable family, they would have sent someone to come to their house to mediate. But they haven't come yet, which shows that they don't take us seriously. We, the bride's family, can't just come to their house and ask for peace with a flattering face, right? If they really do that, her mother-in-law will be so angry that her chin will be raised to the roof."
Mrs. Meng and Zhang Qiaohong all nodded repeatedly, saying that what Zhen Zhen said was indeed true.
The next day, Meng Li went to the hospital for a check-up, and the results showed that she was in good health.
Her mother-in-law was not an easy person to deal with. She went to her unit to find her leader to slander her. Meng Li was very angry after being interviewed by her leader that day, so she made an appointment with Zhou Changsheng to go and get a divorce in the afternoon.
However, getting a divorce is not easy these days. You need a certificate from your work unit. Her leader knew that she had dangerous thoughts and tried to persuade her earnestly, saying that a harmonious family is the key to success, and that divorce would affect her future and other people's judgment, and that divorce would be detrimental to family and social harmony.
Meng Li was scolded so hard that she couldn't even lift her head, but she still insisted on issuing the certificate.
However, Zhou Changsheng's side was a bit more difficult to deal with. After all, Zhou's parents were old employees of the factory, and they were embarrassed by their son's divorce.
But Zhou's mother was a person who refused to admit defeat. She drove her daughter-in-law back home and was unwilling to go to the house to make peace. She took a gamble and threatened to ruin Meng Li's reputation and make her never get married again in her life.
Hearing that Meng Li was planning to divorce, Zhen Zhen felt that he had really underestimated her. "I don't know what Meng Li will do next."
Jiao Huilan once quarreled with Daguo and went back to her parents' home, where her family scolded her:
"A divorced girl will only bring bad luck to her brother. Even if you die outside, don't even think about staying at your parents' house for a night."
Compared to her, Meng Li was lucky. At least the Meng family were reasonable. Although they felt that divorce was embarrassing and they couldn't hold their heads up in the village, they knew that the girl really couldn't make it, so they didn't force her to live with it.
Jiao Huilan was full of emotion but also felt extremely fortunate. She now had food and clothes to eat, and her mother-in-law treated her like her own daughter. Although her husband was not perfect, he was more caring than before.
She doesn't have high demands and feels happy to be like this.
Jiao Huilan was making radish cakes, but Zhen Zhen didn't want to eat them, so she went to the town to buy some chicken feet and pig's trotters, intending to make a chicken feet and pig's trotter stew.
Cut the chicken feet into pieces and put them in a pot with cold water. Add some seasoning to remove the fishy smell. Then put the sauce into the oil and stir-fry. After the color is applied, pour in the seasoning and simmer.
The steps for making pig's trotters are similar. After the pig's trotters and chicken feet are soft and easy to remove from the bones, pour in the side dishes such as corn, carrots, radish, rice cakes, etc. and simmer for half an hour. After lifting the lid of the pot, the aroma will go straight into your nose.
Zhen Zhen hadn't eaten this for a long time and her mouth was watering. She rubbed her hands and took the clay pot off the stove.
The aroma also tempted Jiao Huilan. She looked at the pot full of dishes. Apart from anything else, the soup was thick and had a sauce aroma. She could eat at least three bowls of it with rice.
In the evening, there were radish stuffed cakes, and stewed chicken feet and pig trotters. Zhen Zhen also took out five duck eggs from the jar and cut them into slices. They were eaten with pickled cabbage dumplings, making the dish quite rich.
Meng Hua scooped the soup onto the rice, and his tongue felt numb from the delicious taste.
"Mom, where did you learn this cooking skill? I've never seen this way of eating before."
Zhen Zhen used a universal excuse, "I learned this from the chef in the city when I visited your father's army. You don't know that the food in the army is really good. It's dishes that we country folk have never seen before."
Meng Hua nodded while eating rice soaked in soup. Meng Eryong was also sweating while eating. He lifted up his shirt to show his belly. Zhen Zhen glared at him and he put his clothes down awkwardly.
Tao Aihong picked up a piece of pig's trotter and ate it with a mouthful of oil. Sanwawo was in her arms, staring at her pig's trotter.
How could Tao Aihong care about him? The pig's trotter soup dripped onto Sanwa's head, soaking Sanwa into a black boy, which made Zhen Zhen very disgusted.
Tao Aihong wiped her son's head hastily, but the more she wiped, the dirtier it became, and Sanwa's face was soon covered with soup.
Zhen Zhen sighed, "Give me the third baby, I'll hold him!"
Tao Aihong was overjoyed and quickly stuffed the doll into her mother-in-law's arms. Meng Eryong was unhappy when he saw this and glared at her:
"How can my mother eat while holding the child? You want to eat pig's trotters, but my mother doesn't want to eat? Mother, please eat well and give the child to Aihong!"
Tao Aihong shuddered when he scolded her, and she pouted without saying a word.
It's really easy for men to talk while standing.
Zhen Zhen glanced at him with a smile, "Eryong is right, mother needs to eat and it's not appropriate for her to hold the child, so you can hold the child!"
Tao Aihong was gnawing on a pig's trotter while watching the excitement.
Meng Eryong was stunned. "How can a man hold a child? How can I eat if I hold a child?"
Zhen Zhen smiled: "You can't eat while holding the baby, but your wife can eat while holding the baby?"
Meng Eryong was speechless after being ridiculed by his mother. No, he was speaking for his mother, so why did his mother attack him?
"Mom, this child is born to be like you."
"Yes, so mom will give you a chance to develop feelings with the child." After saying that, she stuffed the third child into his father's arms. The third child went into his father's arms and stared at his father with wide eyes.
Meng Eryong was a little confused. The child was too young and too soft, and he didn't know where to start.
Meng Daguo quickly took Erya from Jiao Huilan's arms, holding the child in his left hand and picking up vegetables with his right hand.
"Second brother, I told you to exercise your muscles. Look at me, I can eat with ease while holding a child."
After saying this, he glanced at Zhen Zhen.
Zhen Zhen received the look from his older son asking for praise and said with a smile:
"Daguo is good. He loves his children and his wife. Nowadays, there are not many men as responsible as Daguo."
Meng Daguo got what he wanted, Meng Eryong shut himself off again, and Meng Hua sneered at them as they did stupid things.
Zhen Zhen felt that this summer was exceptionally long. All the men and women in the village had gone to work, leaving only a lazy woman like her sitting at home.
It's quite pleasant to stay indoors in the winter and go out to bask in the sun during the day, but it's a bit hard to bear in the summer.
It was not cool inside and the sun was shining outside. Most importantly, during the day, the only sounds in the village were the noisy children, and she, as an adult, felt quite bored.
In the afternoon, when Old Lady Meng was leaving work and passing by Zhen Zhen's house, she saw her lying listlessly on a chair, so she walked in and got straight to the point:
"Huilan's stomach still not moving?"
Zhen Zhen was stunned by this question. How many months had Jiao Huilan just given birth? Even a sow could take a break after giving birth. How could she give birth again right after giving birth?
However, family planning was not widely promoted in that era, and the concept of rural people was that more children meant more blessings. The more children and sons there were in a family, the more prosperous the family would be, so they would not be bullied.
Eight are not too many, and three are not too few. As long as you have a son, having three or four will also be acceptable.
But Jiao Huilan has no son. This is the focus of attention of women in rural families. It is no exaggeration. When Zhen Zhen went out to mingle this year, she was urged by many old ladies to do some ideological work on Jiao Huilan.
Mrs. Meng said, "Not having a son is not a big deal. When you die, there won't even be anyone to break the pot for you."
Zhen Zhen didn't think so, but she could understand Mrs. Meng's anxiety.
Since Old Mrs. Meng lost her second son, she naturally hoped that her second wife's grandchildren could live a good life.
Zhen Zhen doesn't want Jiao Huilan to keep giving birth. She really wants to take a break. She has reason to believe that family planning is to protect her grandmother.
"Huilan just gave birth not long ago, let her rest for a while, there is no need to rush for the next few months."
"She had her second daughter three years after giving birth to her first daughter. I'm afraid she's having trouble getting pregnant. I heard that drinking alkaline water can help you have a son. Remember to help her take care of herself. I hope this time she has another girl."
The old lady's thinking cannot be changed all at once. If Zhen Zhen talks to her about gender equality, I'm afraid Mrs. Meng will think she is possessed by a ghost.
"I'm taking care of her. I cook rice and meat for her every day. Why do you think I'm doing this? Isn't it to help her get better health and give birth to more fat grandchildren for our Meng family? I know everything. Everything is under my control." Zhen Zhen said.
Old Mrs. Meng originally thought that if she ate like that every day, she would eventually bankrupt the family.
After hearing her say this, I realized that Zhen Guizhi was not an ordinary woman. Although she looked anxious, she was anxious inside. She had already planned for her daughter-in-law to give birth to a boy.
Mrs. Meng was relieved. "Fortunately, we are on the same page. But you have to give me a definite answer. When will you ask her to have the third child?"
Zhen Zhen counted with his fingers, not knowing what he was counting, but he really counted.
"Daguo and Huilan are in bad luck this year. I'm thinking of finding a date next year to determine which month they can have a son, and then have her and Daguo hurry up and have a baby."
Old Mrs. Meng blushed when she said the word "making a baby". She thought that Zhen Guizhi was really shameless. Why did she describe that matter so vividly? It made people think of bad things.
Ever since Daya said that her parents had been swinging on the swing for a long time, Tao Aihong began to pay attention to what was going on in the eldest wife's house.
At night, she prepared 120 ml of milk for her three children. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard the sound of washing next door.
After Jiao Huilan finished washing, Meng Daguo continued to wash with her bath water. When they were all washed, he dragged out the big bucket and dumped it in the yard.
She cocked her ears to eavesdrop, and sure enough, she soon heard the sound of a bed shaking next door. She thought the sound would soon pass, but it kept shaking and almost shook it to Grandma's Bridge, and it didn't stop there.
Tao Aihong shut herself off, holding her third child and looking at him for a long time. Why didn't she and Meng Eryong have so many tricks?
Meng Eryong's body was really fragile. He would cum after a short time every time. He complained about the heat in the summer, the cold in the winter, the tiredness in the spring and autumn. There was not a single day when he felt comfortable. She thought all men were like this until she overheard the uncle next door that night.
The more Tao Aihong thought about it, the angrier she became. How come Meng Eryong was so bad while she was in such good health?
She thought that at least half an hour had passed before things next door showed signs of ending.
No wonder Daya has to sleep at her mother-in-law's house. How can anyone sleep if they are always around?
Meng Eryong turned over. He was too tired from doing farm work during the day and his voice was a little loud at night.
Tao Aihong didn't think much of it at first, but today the more she looked at him the more annoyed she became. Finally, she couldn't help but kick him hard, which woke Meng Eryong up from his dream.
"Why aren't you asleep yet?"
Tao Aihong curled her lips and ignored him with a sullen face.
Meng Eryong was completely baffled by this and thought that this woman had been becoming more and more weird since she gave birth to the child.
The village is really busy this month. After the summer harvest, we have to prepare for the autumn harvest. After planting corn and rice, we also have to take care of sweet potatoes and peanuts. Because there are no pesticides, after a rain, the weeds between the fields grow so lush that they are as tall as a person.
The village has to organize weeding and tilling the land.
However, the days without pesticides did fatten the eels. Zhen Zhen would ask his three sons to go to the fields to catch eels every now and then. When he saw that no one was eating crayfish, he would ask Meng Daguo to catch a bucket of them for him.
She soaked the eels and crayfish in a bucket and used a brush to clean the crayfish shells.
Daya came over and said, "Grandma, I want to play with crayfish, too."
Zhen Zhen was afraid that she would be pinched, so he went outside to find a small wooden stick, fastened the lobster with a cotton thread, and tied the other end to the stick, letting her hold it like a lantern.
Daya loved this new toy and immediately ran out to show it off to her friends.
There were too many eels caught, so Zhen Zhen took a few for Zhang Cuihua and carried them in a wooden bucket, intending to take a few for Cheng Su.
Cheng Su helped out in the kitchen of the educated youth, so cooking eel was not a difficult task for her.
She carried the bucket to the field and saw Yin Xue standing weakly in the sun from a distance. Her frail and pitiful appearance charmed a group of passionate young men in the village.
Among them, Gouzi was the most energetic. He dropped his own job and came over to do Yin Xue's work.
Yin Xue wiped the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief. She came to Batou Village full of enthusiasm, but she didn't expect farm work to be so hard. She had blisters on the soles of her feet and the palms of her hands. She felt weak all over when exposed to the sun. In addition, she didn't eat or sleep well, so every day was particularly difficult.
Fortunately, as long as she pretends to be pitiful, there are men to help her do the work.
"Brother Gouzi, thank you. I am really useless and can't do anything well." Yin Xue cried.
Where has Gouzi ever seen a woman as weak and pitiful as Yin Xue? He immediately patted his chest and said:
"Miss Yin, you city people can't do this kind of rough country work. I will help you do it in the future!"
In the distance, a group of men were watching the excitement with hoes on their backs, among them was Zhen Zhen's second son, who was good at nothing but making a living.
Yin Xue responded softly:
"Brother Gouzi, I don't know how to thank you enough. You are such a good person."
After saying this, she smiled sweetly at Gouzi.
Brother Gouzi had never seen such a woman before. He was in a state of excitement and immediately picked up the hoe to work like a slave for Yin Xue.
It wasn't Zhen Zhen who said that although Yin Xue was gentle and sweet, she was far inferior to Cheng Su's natural beauty.
Only blind men would be fooled by such an artificial look, but women can tell at a glance that she is not an easy person to deal with.
But Yin Xue always likes to imitate Cheng Su, from the way she speaks to the way she dresses, it's like she's on an imitation show. It's only because the term "green tea" is not popular these days, otherwise Yin Xue's weird accent would have been criticized to death.
Just as Gouzi was working hard, his mother appeared out of nowhere and slapped him on the back of the head.
Gouzi was stunned, "Mother... Mother?"
Gouzi's mother slapped him twice more with a dark face, until he could no longer recognize his own mother. Then she turned around angrily and stared at Yin Xue with an unpleasant expression:
"You little bitch, are you deliberately showing off? The rule in our rural areas is that whoever works gets to eat. My son gets nine work points, but those are all recorded in our old family's work points. But you tricked him into working for you, and his nine work points were recorded in your account. You don't have to do any work, you can just lie down and get work points. How dare you!"
After being beaten by Aunt Zhen last time, Yin Xue witnessed how powerful this rural woman was, but she had forgotten the pain now that the wound had healed. She just pretended to be weak and let Gouzi help her with the work. What right did Gouzi's mother have to scold her for being a bitch?
Yin Xue burst into tears. "Why do you scold me like that? I'm not the kind of person you say I am."
Gou Zi's mother rolled up her sleeves and started to curse:
"No? You still have the nerve to say that! I've been observing you for a few days. You flirt with men when you see them, and you're coy and shy to everyone. You call men bro, but you ignore women."
Yin Xue was stunned by the scolding, tears streaming down her face. Gouzi was heartbroken and rushed over to pull her mother back.
Gouzi's mother took out the work points notebook and said, "Everyone, come and watch! This Yin Xue is taller than others when she stands and taller than others when she sleeps. She is quite old, but she can only earn two work points a day!"
When everyone heard this, their eyes widened.
"No way? Zhiqing Yin only earned two work points?"
"I earn so few work points, even less than my six-year-old child!"
"That's right. The children are stronger than her. Cheng Zhiqing is much weaker than her, but she can earn seven work points a day, and can buy vegetables and cook anything. But she only earns two work points a day. Is she still here for reform in the countryside?"
Yin Xue cried and shook her head, "I didn't, I'm not that kind of person, you misunderstood me."
Gouzi's mother sneered, "The day before yesterday, you asked Jianguo to help you earn 4 work points, the day before yesterday, you asked Dasheng to help you earn 5 work points, and yesterday you asked Revolution to help you earn 6 work points. Today, you are stalking my son again. Are you a leech who sucks every man you catch? You took advantage of our Gou family, but you chose the wrong person! I think you went to the countryside not for transformation, but to take advantage of socialism!"
Gouzi was so heartbroken that he even started to blame his mother.
The weak Yin Xue shouldn't be humiliated by so many people.
When Gouzi looked up and saw Zhen Zhen carrying a wooden barrel, he said quickly:
"Aunt Zhen, please help persuade my mother! She is so unreasonable."
Zhen Zhen thought, why do men like to be crazy about love so much?
He didn't even think about it. These days, every household is hungry. Every work point he gets is related to the food of his family members. If he doesn't earn work points, others will have to earn work points to support him. Doesn't he understand this? And he comes here to earn work points for others. How can he be so great?
Gou Zi's mother raised her chin and glanced at her, and Zhen Zhen smiled and patted her shoulder.
"You're right, it's just a smart mother and a foolish son."
Gouzi's mother smiled and said, "You speak as if your son is not confused!"
After saying that, he glanced at Meng Eryong who was not far away. Zhen Zhen tilted his head to look over, and Meng Eryong was so scared that he picked up the hoe and ran away.
If Yin Xue hadn't suddenly disappeared, Cheng Su wouldn't have been wrongly imprisoned. After all, this woman was not innocent either.
Zhen Zhen carried the bucket to the educated youth's kitchen and gave the eel to Cheng Su. Cheng Su was so flattered that she jumped up and down holding her hand.
"Auntie Zhen, I thought you had forgotten me, but I didn't expect you to still be thinking about me."
Zhen Zhen smiled and said, "Every time I wipe my sweat with my handkerchief, I think of you. How could I forget you? This eel has already spit out the mud. You can cook it after processing it. I also brought you some tomatoes and cucumbers. They are all grown at home. They are not good things."
Cheng Su felt warm in her heart. No one had been so kind to her since her mother died.
She learned how to make omelet yesterday. Tomorrow she will use eggs to make some for Aunt Zhen and send them over for her to taste.
But the kitchen helper only had one egg a day, so she put it in an enamel jar and made breakfast for Pan Dongming every day.
If I make omelet for Aunt Zhen, I can’t make breakfast for Pan Dongming.
Forget it, Aunt Zhen is more important. She wants to make egg rolls and maintain her friendship with Aunt Zhen.
The last time Second Brother Zhen came to visit our house, he heard that Zhen Zhen wanted to buy a bicycle but didn't have enough money, so he specifically asked Second Brother Zhen's wife to bring the industrial coupons from home to her.
"How can I ask my second sister-in-law to make this trip?"
Zhen Ersao felt that her sister-in-law had become a much better person recently. She knew how to behave, how to do things, and how to be polite.
She smiled and said, "I happened to be going to the next village to give a gift, so I came here by the way. You know your brother's situation. It's useless for our family to save industrial coupons. We don't have money to buy big items in the short term."
Industrial coupons are not easy to find, otherwise Zhao Meilan would not have not responded for so long. Zhen Zhen quickly thanked her second sister-in-law.
The next day, she went to the county town to find Zhao Meilan. Zhao Meilan also tried her best to find industrial coupons for her, but they were so hard to find that she couldn't think of any way. Unexpectedly, Zhen Zhen had gathered the industrial coupons by herself.
"Sister, you are amazing. I find you are a very lucky person. You get whatever you want. Nothing is difficult for you."
Zhen Zhen smiled:
"It's not as exaggerated as you say. Can I buy a bicycle?"
Zhao Meilan was a bit embarrassed. The bicycle queue would take more than half a year. She was afraid that Zhen Zhen couldn't wait, so she whispered:
"Sister, would you consider buying a used car? My husband was able to get one. It's about 80% new, with good wheels and everything. It rides like a new one, and the price is half of a new one. It's a good fit. This car is also in great demand, and I want to find a reliable buyer, for fear of being traced and getting into trouble."
Zhen Zhen pondered for a moment. His family bought a bicycle right after building a house. Even if no one said anything, there would be people who would be jealous. Meng Hua was going to apply to university, and if he was taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, it would be a loss.
Buying an old one is not only cheap, but also she can say that she borrowed it from Zhen Erge when others ask her about it. Everyone knows that Zhen Erge is close to her and they will not suspect anything.
Zhen Zhen agreed to go and have a look, and Zhao Meilan's man took her to a remote old house. The bicycle was really good and easy to ride, and the price was only ninety yuan.
"Sister, if you want it, give me eighty-five. No lower." Zhao Meilan's man said.
"Okay, eighty-five. I'll ride back now."
Zhen Zhen paid the money and pushed the bike to meet up with Lao Zhou. Lao Zhou was very surprised to see her bike:
"Where did the car come from?"
"My second brother gave it to me. His family had their bike smashed. He was afraid that the bike could not be saved, so he let me use it first."
Old Zhou thought that Second Brother Zhen was really nice to girls, even giving them bicycles.
The news that Zhen Zhen had received a bicycle from Zhen Erge quickly spread throughout the village. Everyone gathered around and saw that the tires had obvious signs of use and the back seat was a bit rusty. They thought that it must be Zhen Erge's bicycle, otherwise who would buy such a used bike?
"Mom, didn't we agree to buy a new car?" Meng Daguo wondered.
Meng Hua squatted down to check the wheels.
"Buying a new car will arouse suspicion, but an old car is not eye-catching. Didn't you see that my mother even found a reason, saying that my second uncle's family borrowed it from us, so no one will be suspicious."
Meng Daguo smiled flatteringly: "Mother is still thoughtful, but I don't have that kind of brains."
Zhen Zhen gave a smile, which made Meng Daguo happy.
With the bicycles, Meng Daguo took Jiao Huilan and Daya for a ride, and the two of them rode around the village.
After they finished their stroll, Meng Eryong took Tao Aihong out again on his bike and didn't come back until it was completely dark.
Zhen Zhen then told his eldest and second sons:
"We have a car at home. If you have nothing to do, you can take your wife and children to the county town to watch a movie. The movie ticket lady will reimburse you."
Meng Daguo and Meng Eryong quickly agreed, and the two daughters-in-law were also very happy.
Life at home is getting better and better. Not only can we eat big mouthfuls of rice and meat, but now we live in a tiled house, ride a bicycle, and become the owner of a house and a car. Who wouldn't be jealous if we told others about this?
The three little hens at home have started laying eggs. Daya scooped five eggs with her skirt and put them one by one into Zhen Zhen's jar.
"Grandma, there are 34 eggs in the jar."
Zhen Zhen pinched her soft little face and said, "Eggs are nutritious. Grandma saved them for our eldest daughter to nourish her body."
Daya said happily: "Daya eats, grandma wants to eat too. I want grandma to live a long life."
The next afternoon, Zhen Zhen had nothing to do so she started cooking again.
There are still a few preserved eggs at home, which were made by Jiao Huilan last month. There is no shortage of meat at home now, but pork is difficult to store in summer, and she hasn't bought pork for several days.
I took some lean meat out of the space and marinated it, and prepared the white rice porridge for later use.
Heat oil in a pan, add onion, ginger and meat and stir-fry, add preserved eggs, and then put in the chopped vegetable leaves.
The lean meat fried in this way has no fishy smell and tastes better than cooking it directly.
Pour the fried meat and vegetables into the white rice porridge and cook for fifteen minutes. The soft, glutinous and salty preserved egg and lean meat porridge is ready.
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