At this time, Sister Huang came over with the food and placed it on the table one by one. Chu Tian hurriedly asked the three children to pick up their chopsticks.
By the way, the meat stewed by the master chef in the state-owned restaurant is amazing. Although the braised fish is a little lacking, the lamb and pig's trotters are stewed until soft and tasty, and they are especially delicious!
The result of it being so delicious was that Xinxin and Pingping, who usually only ate one steamed bun at a time at home, each ate one and a half today, and even Lele ate almost a whole steamed bun. If Chu Tian hadn't been afraid that they would hurt their stomachs by eating too much, they would probably have eaten half a bun...
Chu Tian returned to the brigade, sent the things and three children back home, picked up two packages of dried goods and two small jars of pickles from the backyard, and two boxes of Beijing Eight Pieces snacks bought in Beijing City. He said goodbye to Old Mrs. Chu who was listening to the radio at home and went to Sun Weiguo's home.
Captain Sun had separated from his family a long time ago. He now lives with Sun Weiguo's elder brother Sun Baoguo. Sun Weiguo built three brick houses two years ago and moved out. The new house is diagonally opposite Chu Tian's house.
"Brother Tian? When did you come back?"
Sun Weiguo had not gone out for the past two days and did not know that Chu Tian had returned yesterday, so he was really surprised and happy to see Chu Tian at this time!
Chu Tian smiled and said, "Why? You won't let me in?"
"Come in, come in, Brother Tian, come in quickly..."
Sun Weiguo reacted and quickly made way for Chu Tian and walked towards the main hall. When he passed by the kitchen, he shouted to Li Meiling who was busy in the kitchen, "Meiling, Brother Tian is here, please pour a glass of water."
Hearing the noise, Li Meiling quickly came out of the kitchen with a clean teacup. She followed them into the main room, poured a cup of hot water from the thermos and handed it to Chu Tian, smiling and asking, "Brother Tian, when did you come back?"
Chu Tian took the hot water and said with a smile, "I came back yesterday."
"You came back yesterday? How come I didn't know?"
Sun Weiguo was surprised when he heard this, with an expression that said, "Brother Tian, why didn't you tell me about my injury before you came back?"
Chu Tian, "..."
Li Meiling glanced at Sun Weiguo with disdain, "Weiguo, what are you thinking? Brother Tian has been away for a few months and finally came back. He must be with Sister Xiujuan first. What's the point of accompanying you first? Are you more important than Sister Xiujuan?"
“····”
Having said that, Sun Weiguo still looked at Chu Tian with a hurt expression.
That pitiful expression made the hairs on Chu Tian's arms stand up. He felt a chill and turned his head away from him, looking at Li Meiling instead.
"Sister-in-law, where's Xiaobao and Beibei? Where's Zhuzhu? Why can't I see them?"
Li Meiling smiled and said, "Xiaobao and Beibei were picked up by my mother-in-law this morning. Zhuzhu is sleeping in the inner room..."
Chu Tian nodded, and thinking that she had just come out of the kitchen, he asked curiously, "I saw you were busy just now, right?"
"Well, Xiaobao said he wanted to eat candy during the New Year, so I mixed a little brown sugar and a little white sugar into the dough and prepared to fry some..."
"Then go and get busy. I'll chat with Weiguo..."
"good····"
"hehe···"
Seeing that Sun Weiguo still had a lost expression on his face, Chu Tian couldn't help but laugh.
Hearing his laughter, Sun Weiguo raised his eyes and looked at Chu Tian with a resentful expression.
"Brother Tian, you..."
Chu Tian quickly clasped his fists and coughed twice, interrupting him, "Do you still want to make money?"
Sun Weiguo, who originally had a look of disappointment on his face, suddenly brightened up when he heard this. "Can I deliver goods again?"
Chu Tian nodded with a smile, raised his hand to check the time, "Well, we can send a wave in an hour. We don't have to send them to the regiment headquarters, we can send them directly to the intersection where our company is heading towards the city..."
"Brother Li Gang and his men are waiting over there!"
Sun Weiguo nodded repeatedly, "Then I'll go now?"
God knows how anxious he has been these past few months. In the past, even if Chu Tian had to go out with his car, he could at least deliver goods two or three times a month and earn about ten yuan. But this time, Chu Tian was away for several months, and he didn't earn a dime of extra income. Every day, he had nothing to do and could only go to the team to twist hemp rope with the team members to earn a few cents...
Chu Tian waved his hands hurriedly, "Don't worry, don't go on your bike. A bike can't carry much. Go find Brother Baoguo and borrow two horse-drawn carriages from the brigade to go to the small gate in my backyard. I'll open the small gate when I get back, and you can go in directly through the small gate."
Originally, there was no door in Chu Tian's backyard. Later, because supplies were placed in the backyard several times, Sun Weiguo had to cross the front yard and walk out of the gate every time he wanted to get the supplies. He was scared every time.
Although no one has seen it the previous few times, who can guarantee that it won’t be seen every time?
So, just in case, Chu Tian simply dug a small door in the backyard wall during the slack season last year. He usually blocked it from inside the yard and only opened it when Sun Weiguo came to get supplies.
In this regard, a door was dug out in a good wall. Although Mrs. Chu and Yao Xiujuan felt distressed, they did not express any objection.
Sun Weiguo stood up and nodded, "Okay, I understand. I'll go find my eldest brother now!"
"good."
Chu Tian nodded and stood up as well, pointing casually at the things he brought on the table and said, "These are local specialties I brought back from Sichuan Province and Beijing City. There are two packages in total, one for you and your sister-in-law, and the other one, after you finish delivering the goods, let Brother Baoguo take it back."
Sun Weiguo looked over and saw that there were indeed two copies of each item. After thinking for a moment, he took one and said, "Don't wait until the goods are delivered. I just need to go find my eldest brother right now. I'll deliver it to him right now."
Chu Tian nodded without objection, said a few words to Li Meiling who was busy in the kitchen, and walked out of the yard with Sun Weiguo who was carrying things. Sun Weiguo walked towards the team, while he walked towards his own home diagonally opposite. He had delivered everything to Sun Weiguo, so he couldn't leave out the elders, brothers, and cousins of the Chu family.
After delivering the things to every household, Sun Weiguo and Sun Baoguo drove their carriage to his backyard. Chu Tian helped load the things into the carriage. After watching them go away, he locked the back door and returned to the front yard.
"Grandma, do you want to cook now?"
Chu Tian watched as Old Madam Chu took out two pieces of meat from the large vat in the yard, and hurried forward to ask.
Mrs. Chu smiled and said, "No, I was thinking of taking it to the kitchen to thaw it. Once it's thawed, I'll chop it into minced meat. When Xiujuan comes back, I'll fry the sanzi and then some meatballs."
“Xinxin and Pingping both like to eat...”
"oh····"
Chu Tian glanced at the meat in Old Lady Chu's hand and found that it was only about two or three pounds.
"Grandma, why don't you fry more? After all, if we fry them and freeze them outside, we can eat them for a long time..."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Chu picked up the two pieces of meat in her hand and asked, "Is it too little?"
Chu Tian nodded. "Not much. How much can we fry from these? Do you have a small pot? We have to fry them anyway, so we might as well fry more at once!"
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