When Deng Qingling and her daughter returned home, they saw that the courtyard gate was closed but not locked. It was obvious that no one was at home.
As soon as they entered the house and put down their luggage, Deng Qingling and Guo Ningwan went straight to the kitchen.
They poured corn soup from the thermos, and after drinking two bowls of corn soup, their hands and feet felt warm.
It was time to cook dinner, so Deng Qingling asked Guo Ningwan to cook.
When she saw a few strips of bacon hanging on the wall, she decided what to eat in the evening.
After finding a pair of rain boots to change into, Deng Qingling went to the vegetable garden wearing gloves and carrying a kitchen knife and a wooden bucket.
The vegetables in the garden were covered with a layer of ice.
Deng Qingling picked two large cabbages and chopped them so that she would have food to eat tomorrow.
After shaking off the ice, Deng Qingling wanted to put the cabbage into the wooden barrel. When she picked up the cabbage, she felt her hands were frozen.
She quickly put the cabbage into the wooden barrel, quickly picked two garlic sprouts, and carried the barrel back.
I went back to the yard and fetched some well water, threw away the rotten leaves and started washing the vegetables. Fortunately, the well water was not cold but a little warm.
Back in the kitchen, Deng Qingling took down the bacon hanging on the wall, chopped off a small half, cut it into small slices, and stir-fried the bacon with garlic sprouts.
I cut a few slices of Chinese cabbage, crushed some ginger and put them in the pot to cook together.
After all, the cabbage has been frozen in ice and snow, so you need to add some ginger to remove the coldness.
Just when Deng Qingling was about to ask Guo Ningwan to go out and find Guo Youxing to go home for dinner, Guo Youxing came back drunk and carrying some beef.
"Grandpa, you're back!" Guo Ningwan said with a soft smile.
"Yeah." Guo Youxing was very happy to see his granddaughter back. He smiled and said, "Wanwan, are you coming back alone?"
Guo Ningwan smiled and said to Guo Youxing, "My mother is back too. She's in the kitchen."
"Is the food ready?
I brought some beef back. If it's not cooked yet, ask your mom to stir-fry some." Guo Youxing raised the bamboo basket in his hand.
"Okay, I was just about to go out and find grandpa to come back for dinner." Guo Ningwan walked to Guo Youxing and took the bamboo basket.
When Guo Ningwan saw the beef and beef bones in the bamboo basket, her eyes lit up instantly.
She smiled with her eyes curved, "Grandpa, how come there is so much beef?"
There is so much beef that she can stew potatoes many times. The radish and beef bone soup is also delicious. She hasn't eaten beef for many years.
Although many people have raised cattle in recent years, cattle are very important in rural areas. They are needed for plowing the land, pulling carts to transport supplies, etc.
So these days no one is willing to kill a cow, and the cows to be killed are all old, weak, sick and disabled.
"Alas, it's because the weather is too cold, your uncle Xiong's cow accidentally froze to death.
I thought you guys would be back from vacation soon, so I went to his house to buy some beef. It can be stored in the cold weather anyway."
When Guo Youxing saw his granddaughter smiling so happily, he knew that he had made the right choice of beef.
At this time, Deng Qingling came out of the kitchen with dishes and chopsticks.
When she saw Guo Youxing, she smiled and said, "Dad, you're back just in time. Dinner is ready."
Guo Youxing: "Just eat it, it's fine. I've already eaten at your uncle Xiong's house."
"Dad, please eat some more. I fried some bacon, it smells delicious." Deng Qingling said.
Guo Youxing waved his hands and said, "I really don't want to eat. You don't have to serve me food. I'm going to wash my face and go back to bed."
"Dad, there is hot water in the pot in the back stove." Deng Qingling reminded.
"Okay, I understand." After saying that, Guo Youxing went back to his room to get a towel and washbasin to wash up. After washing, he went back to his room to sleep.
Deng Qingling asked casually when she saw there was beef.
Guo Ningwan told her where the beef came from and asked Deng Qingling to remember to stew beef for her tomorrow.
Deng Qingling shook her head helplessly and said with a smile: "You, even at this age, you only think about eating.
In the past, girls your age would have been married.”
you do not say!
She got married at the age of seventeen and gave birth to her eldest son Guo Haochen at the age of eighteen.
Having said that, she couldn't bear to see her daughter marry like this.
Hearing Deng Qingling's words, Guo Ningwan blushed in embarrassment, and then she retorted to Deng Qingling coquettishly: "Mom, food is the most important thing for people!
Of all things in the world, only food and love cannot be wasted."
"Okay, tomorrow I'll make you stewed beef brisket with radish, and I guarantee you'll eat your fill." Deng Qingling's tone was full of doting.
After dinner, the mother and daughter washed up and went back to the room to make the bed. They slept together and trained together.
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In the next two days, Deng Qingling prepared delicious food for Guo Ningwan in various ways, and of course, stewed beef brisket with radish was a must.
On the ninth day of the first lunar month, Deng Qingling went back to her parents' home after breakfast and chatted with the elderly.
At noon, Deng Qingling used spiritual spring water to make lunch for the two elderly people, hoping to improve their physical condition. She also gave the elderly some money when she left.
When she arrived in the town, Deng Qingling went to the shops of the three Deng brothers respectively to say hello and then took a bus to the county town.
In the evening, she went to Guo Jianjun's house for dinner and stayed in the county town for one night.
The next day, I took a bus to Guangzhou early in the morning.
As time passed, the weather warmed up a lot and the ice and snow in Guangdong melted.
Traffic on the road has also resumed.
Guo Ninghuan, Deng Yangguang and others returned to the village on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.
Deng Qingling was busy in Guangzhou until the 27th day of the lunar year. She arranged for the restaurant staff to be on duty during the New Year and also prepared food for the Spring Festival.
On the 28th day of the lunar year, she waited for Guo Haochen who came back from Changsha.
The mother and her two children went home in the Santana sedan that Guo Haoxi and his classmates had bought together.
Although they have a house in Guangzhou, Uncle Guo and his family still chose to return to the village for the New Year. They returned two days earlier than Deng Qingling.
After all, no one has been home for a long time, so they need to go back early to clean the house.
Young people from the village who were working outside also returned to the village one after another.
As the saying goes, whether you have money or not, you should go home for the New Year, not for anything else, just to be with your family and have a reunion dinner together.
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