The whole day was exceptionally peaceful.
Heavy snow blocked the roads, and the people in the cadre school could not go out to work. In addition, it was the winter solstice, so Wei Yifu decided to make beef and radish dumplings.
They are called beef dumplings, but in fact there is less than a pound of beef stuffing mixed into a large bowl of radish stuffing. You can only smell the beef, but you can't taste the meat at all.
Even the dumpling skins were made of multi-grain flour. The dark skin was easily broken, and water got into the dumplings. When you bit into them, water sprayed out of your mouth, burning your lips so much that they hurt.
But even so, everyone is still as happy as if it were New Year's Day.
After all, we have been eating cornmeal porridge for several months, and dumplings are a rare meal that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year!
Everyone has a quota, twelve dumplings for men and ten dumplings for women. Is that enough? That’s all.
Although the Song family also made dumplings at noon, Li Yuetang still took her lunch box to the cafeteria to get food.
"Although we don't need these dumplings at home, we can't let others take them away from us!"
Li Yuetang is good at making a living.
"After all, we have to be frugal with our own food. With such heavy snow, who knows what accidents might happen."
The dumplings made by the Song family were stuffed with mutton and radish. They used half a bowl of meat filling, mixed only a small bowl of radish filling and chopped green onions, added sesame oil and mixed evenly, and the whole kitchen was filled with fragrance.
"Come, Lingyi, let me teach you how to make dumplings!"
Li Yuetang invited Song Lingyi to sit next to her and taught her daughter step by step.
On the side, Song Zhanjin and Song Mingcheng were rolling out the dumpling wrappers, and Lin Wanjun was wrapping them quickly and well. The beautiful Yuanbao dumplings were neatly placed on the bamboo sieve.
"Dad, did you see that? My wife made it!"
Pointing at the dumplings made by Lin Wanjun, Song Zhanjin was very proud.
"I have to say it, my wife's cooking skills are better than your wife's!"
Song Mingcheng waved a rolling pin as if he was going to beat his unlucky son.
"My wife? What do you call my wife? In the past, when you didn't have a wife, you would ask my wife to make dumplings for you every now and then. Now that you have a wife, oh, you start to dislike her?"
"The little bastard is still an ungrateful person!"
Song Zhanjin still did not repent and continued to argue with his eyes wide open.
"What I said is the truth. What? Can't I tell the truth?"
Lin Wanjun pinched Song Zhanjin's waist with her flour-covered hands.
"You're the only one who talks too much. Hurry up and roll out the dumpling wrappers! We can't supply them anymore!"
When Song Lingyi saw her brother being punished, she couldn't help but laugh. Song Zhanjin dipped his fingertips in a little flour and smeared it on the tip of Song Lingyi's nose.
"You little heartless boy! Your brother is being bullied, and you're still laughing? Huh?"
Song Lingyi opened her innocent eyes, her tone full of anticipation.
"Have a baby soon so I can look after it for you!"
These words made Lin Wanjun laugh. She stopped what she was doing and looked at Song Lingyi.
"Can you take care of a child? You're still a child yourself!"
Song Lingyi said, "Of course I can. Not only can I take care of children, I can also wash diapers. I can do everything that adults can do!"
Hearing this, Lin Wanjun felt a little uncomfortable.
At the age when he should be studying, he is forced to take on responsibilities that do not belong to him.
"Leave the care of the children to the adults. When spring comes, I'll send you to a literacy class. When we return to the city, you must study hard and get into college!"
Lin Wanjun looked at Song Lingyi and said sternly, "Whether our Song family can produce a college student to bring honor to the family depends on you!"
When she heard that she could go to school, Song Lingyi's eyes flashed with cautious anticipation.
"Can I...can I really go to school? Not only learn to read, but even go to college?"
This is the life she never dared to hope for!
Li Yuetang laughed out loud and rubbed the top of Song Lingyi's head lovingly.
"As long as you can get into college, your dad and I will support you until the end!"
With tears in her eyes, Song Lingyi threw herself into Li Yuetang's arms and hugged her waist tightly.
"Mom, I will definitely be filial to you and Dad in the future!"
After the dumplings came out of the pot, Lin Wanjun asked Li Yuetang to serve a large bowl first.
"I brought a bowl to Teacher Shi. I saw he was still treating patients at lunchtime, so he probably didn't get to eat any dumplings!"
Li Yuetang agreed, filled the largest enamel bowl in the house with the soup, and asked Lin Wanjun to bring it over while it was still hot.
It was snowing heavily, and Lin Wanjun walked into the clinic with one step deep and one step shallow.
Shi Kai was so engrossed in writing at his desk that he didn't hear Lin Wanjun's footsteps.
"Doctor Shi, it's time to eat!"
Lin Wanjun placed the steaming dumplings in front of Shi Kai, and took out half a bottle of vinegar and a head of garlic from her arms.
"Eating dumplings without garlic is half as delicious!"
Shi Kai is from the south and doesn't have the habit of eating garlic with dumplings, but because the garlic was given by Lin Wanjun, he still ate two cloves.
"Xiaolin, do you believe me?"
Shi Kai suddenly asked, his question a little out of the blue.
But Lin Wanjun still nodded and replied, "Of course, I believe you!"
"That's good!"
Shi Kai smiled sincerely, ate all the dumplings in the bowl in one breath, and was considerate enough to wash the bowl clean.
Until evening, Wei Yifu was still holding his ground beside the granary.
Dong Yingying was observing the situation nearby, feeling extremely anxious.
In the previous life, the granary caught fire in the afternoon of the winter solstice, and the fire was put out by dusk!
But now...
No, this fire must start!
Since no one burned paper money to set the granary on fire, she set it on fire. In short, everything must go according to the previous life!
But how to divert Wei Yifu?
In winter, when it snows, it gets dark very early.
Just as Wei Yifu was about to take a few sips of strong tea and continue to hold on, he suddenly heard urgent shouts from outside.
"Principal Wei, go check it out! Someone has hanged themselves!"
Upon hearing this, Wei Yifu's face changed drastically.
He threw away the newspaper and teacup and jogged towards the girls' dormitory.
There were a lot of people gathered at the door of the female dormitory. When they saw Wei Yifu coming, they hurriedly made way for him.
"Principal Wei, please go and take a look! Zhao Shuping has hanged herself!"
Zhao Shuping hanged herself?
Hearing this, Wei Yifu paused.
Based on his understanding of Zhao Shuping, this woman is not the kind of person who would seek death!
But he still walked in, only to see that Zhao Shuping had already been rescued and was lying on the bed crying loudly.
"Why are you bullying me? Why is Lin Wanjun bullying me? Everyone in the cadre school can eat meat and drink soup, but I can't. You chased me away in front of so many people!"
While cursing, Zhao Shuping cried and shouted that she wanted to die.
"Alright, alright, Shuping, the principal is here. If you have any needs, just tell him. Why are you trying to commit suicide like this?"
Hearing this, Zhao Shuping opened her eyes.
He glanced at Wei Yifu, then closed his eyes and continued to howl, louder and louder.
"That's enough! Stop it!"
Wei Yifu said sternly, "It's just two bites of meat. Is it necessary to be so disgraceful? Zhao Shuping, I know exactly what you're thinking!"
When her thoughts were exposed, Zhao Shuping jumped up.
"But I just didn't get to eat meat! Principal Wei, if you don't compensate me today, I'll hang myself outside your office!"
Zhao Shuping yelled and tried to rush out.
Wei Yifu pushed Zhao Shuping back.
"What compensation do you want?"
Hearing this, Zhao Shuping looked very proud.
"I want two pounds of beef!"
"Then you better die!"
Wei Yifu was about to leave after he finished speaking, but Zhao Shuping grabbed him.
"If beef doesn't work, noodles should work, right? Give me two pounds of noodles, and I promise not to cause trouble again!"
"There's only one pound of mixed grain noodles. If you don't want it, go to hell. One less person in the cadre school can save food!"
After weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Shuping finally agreed.
She secretly said in her heart: Dong Yingying is really worthy of being from the city, her brain is really good! However, Dong Yingying guessed that crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to hang herself could get her two kilograms of noodles, but in the end, she only got one kilogram of mixed grain noodles.
Well, no matter what, I have fought for my own victory.
At this moment, Dong Yingying, who instigated Zhao Shuping to hang herself, walked into the granary and looked at Lin Wanjun who had fallen unconscious on the ground, and Shi Kai who was standing beside her.
"Once the fire starts, follow my plan! You save Lin Wanjun, and I'll save Song Zhanjin. We'll each get what we need!"
Shi Kai nodded expressionlessly.
Dong Yingying took a deep breath, turned around and left the granary, and happened to see Song Zhanjin.
She was overjoyed and rushed forward, shouting, "Zhan Jin, hurry up and check over at the granary! Something's happened to Lin Wanjun!"
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