"Daya, what are you doing?"
When Chu Tian stepped into the kitchen, he saw Daya pouring water with a ladle.
Daya was so frightened that her hands trembled, and the water in the scoop spilled all over the floor. Seeing that it was Chu Tian, she quickly put the scoop behind her back and asked nervously, "Fourth Uncle, why aren't you going to eat?"
Chu Tian frowned, "What about you? Why don't you eat?"
When Daya heard this, the corners of her eyes turned slightly red and she lowered her head without saying a word.
Chu Tian sighed, stepped forward and took her arm, "Let's go to Fourth Uncle's house to eat."
Daya struggled a bit, "Fourth Uncle, I won't go. It's okay. I won't be too hungry if I skip a meal."
Chu Tian deliberately put on a stern face, "Why, everyone in our family looks down on Fourth Uncle, and now even you look down on me?"
Daya exclaimed and shook her head, "No, Daya doesn't look down on Fourth Uncle."
Chu Tian smiled faintly, "Then don't refuse Fourth Uncle..."
Daya, "..."
Walking to the door of the main hall, Chu Tian thought for a moment and then shouted loudly, "Daya, your fourth uncle accidentally tore his clothes this morning. Your fourth aunt and fourth uncle are angry. Please help your fourth uncle mend his clothes..."
Daya looked at Chu Tian in confusion, thinking, what are you talking about? Where am I?
Chu Tian hurriedly leaned over to Daya and whispered, "An excuse, an excuse. Otherwise, if your grandma and your mom ask you why you went to my place, what will you say?"
Although Daya was timid, she was not stupid. She reacted immediately and hurriedly replied loudly, "Fourth Uncle, I will go mend your clothes right now. Please don't quarrel with Fourth Aunt..."
Having said that, Chu Tian pulled her back to the cave quickly.
Liu Zhaodi, who was in the main hall, heard the conversation between Chu Tian and Daya, curled her lips in disdain, and muttered, "Can the clothes that the fourth brother is wearing be mended? Is there any place to mend it?"
Liu Zhaodi knocked on the table in annoyance. "Why are you talking so much? If you have some free time, just think about going there to exchange for some meat tickets. Your third brother will be back in the next two days..."
"Mom, how can I exchange for meat tickets..."
Ma Cuihua instantly quieted down after hearing this, and muttered to herself, "The third brother and his wife both work at the regiment. Not only does the third brother's school give him meat coupons every month, but his wife is also an employee of the regiment's cafeteria. How come they are short of meat? It's obvious that they can't eat meat once a month, and the two times they ate meat this month were both brought back by Chu Tian..."
Liu Zhaodi glared, "Then stop talking!"
Ma Cuihua, "..."
"Da Ya, come and sit down to eat."
When Chu Tian brought Daya back, Yao Xiujuan had already prepared and served the meal.
The half chicken soup that was stewed yesterday was taken out before adding the noodles. Except for the chicken legs and wings that Chu Tian pulled off and gave to Yao Xiujuan and Wu Ya to eat last night, the rest of the meat was basically untouched. Seeing that there were no vegetable leaves or anything in the dumpling soup, Yao Xiujuan tore the remaining chicken into shreds and sprinkled it into the dumpling soup.
Daya sat down awkwardly, took the chopsticks handed to her by Yao Xiujuan and said hesitantly, "Thank you, Fourth Aunt..."
Yao Xiujuan smiled and said, "We are a family, so why bother saying thank you?"
Wu Ya sat next to Daya, grinning, "Sister Daya, have you ever tried pimple soup?"
Daya shook her head shyly, "No."
Wu Ya held her chin with both hands, looking very innocent. "Sister Daya, Wu Ya has never eaten it either."
Chu Tian smiled and tapped Wu Ya's nose, "After today, you'll have eaten..."
Wu Ya smiled sweetly, "Yeah."
Chu Tian looked at Sun Weiguo who was sitting next to him, "Weiguo, eat quickly, don't be polite!"
Then he looked at Daya and said, "Daya, hurry up and eat. There's more in the pot after you finish."
He just saw that Yao Xiujuan made a lot. Except for Wu Ya, everyone had a big bowl, and there were about two or three bowls of dumpling soup left in the pot.
Sun Weiguo was not a particularly shy person, so since he stayed, he picked up the bowl and started eating. After taking several big bites, he stopped and looked at Yao Xiujuan in surprise and praised her.
"Sister-in-law, the dumpling soup you made is so delicious. I have never eaten such delicious dumpling soup..."
Yao Xiujuan smiled shyly when she heard this, "It's delicious, eat more."
As he said that, he stood up and scooped another spoonful of dumpling soup from the pot to pour it into Sun Weiguo's bowl.
Sun Weiguo cried out "Ouch!" and tried to hide quickly, "No, no, I've had enough..."
Chu Tian pulled away his hand that was blocking the bowl, "Why are you being so polite? Eat boldly here, I don't have much, I still have enough food for you to have a full meal..."
Sun Weiguo looked at the dumpling soup that Yao Xiujuan had filled up again, and was very confused. "Brother Tian, this..."
How precious is white flour these days? Even if you have money and tickets, you can't necessarily buy it. Each member of the brigade can only get about ten kilograms of wheat a year, and the whole family can only get about a hundred kilograms at most...
However, many families would not keep all of the hundred kilograms of wheat, and would basically exchange them for larger quantities of corn or sweet potatoes.
Chu Tian, "Eat, I have a way to get white flour."
Sun Weiguo was surprised, "What?"
Chu Tian glanced at him calmly and said, "Anyway, you just need to know that I won't be short of food. As long as you don't make me poor, that's all."
Sun Weiguo's mind was filled with shock. He finally understood why Brother Tian had changed so much recently. What was food? Food was money! As long as Brother Tian had a way to get food, he didn't have to worry about anything.
At the same time, he felt a warm current slowly flowing through his heart. Brother Tian trusted him, otherwise he would not have told him such a big secret. Well, he secretly swore that he would never do anything to let Brother Tian down in the future, otherwise he would be struck by lightning!
After figuring it out, Sun Weiguo started eating with big mouthfuls.
Chu Tian didn't know what he was thinking. He just thought that the dumpling soup was really delicious. It had been almost a month since he came to this era, and he had only eaten white flour three or four times in total, but had never eaten rice once. Well, he would steam some rice next time.
Sigh, when will this miserable situation end? When will we be able to trade and travel freely again?
Thinking of the current year, Chu Tian cursed the heavens in his heart. This kind of life will have to last at least ten years. If we want to truly open up trade, we have to wait until after the 1980s...
After dinner, Daya was about to help Yao Xiujuan clean up the dishes, "Aunt Si, you're pregnant, I'll do it..."
Yao Xiujuan wanted to refuse, but Chu Tian said, "Xiujuan, Daya is not an outsider. She is our niece. If she wants to help, then help her."
Chu Tian knew Daya's personality very well. If Yao Xiujuan didn't let her help today, she would definitely feel embarrassed to eat her own food in the future.
In fact, the main reason is that Daya is really nice. Yesterday, she found out that a stove was installed in her house, so she took advantage of the fact that no one knew and brought over several sets of temporarily unused bowls and chopsticks from the old Chu family, and also gave a large soup spoon with half of the handle broken off.
Thanks to the sets of bowls and chopsticks she stole and the big soup spoon with half of the handle broken, otherwise this meal would really be impossible to eat...
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