Rooms 405 and 406 on the fourth floor of Building 11 are the homes of Ma Banghua and He Yongjun!
Ye Zhiqiu was carrying a bunch of things and knocked on the door of Room 405 casually. He Yongjun's voice came from inside.
"Come on, who's knocking on the door?"
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and said, "Haha, Brother Yongjun, I'm Ye Zhiqiu, come and open the door!"
Unexpectedly, this shout caused chaos inside.
"Oh my god, wait for me for a moment, brother! Wife, my brother is here, go back to the room to feed him first, I'll go open the door and pick him up..."
Ye Zhiqiu was speechless. At this time, he happened to encounter someone breastfeeding. It was really a bad time for him to come!
After waiting for two minutes, He Yongjun hurriedly opened the door and gave him a warm hug.
Seeing Ye Zhiqiu carrying so many things, he said happily, "Hey, brother, you're really good at calculating! I wanted to cook some food today, but it was really hard to do, so I just made a roast duck and a chicken. I had to use canned pork because I couldn't get any fresh pork."
Ye Zhiqiu brought the things in and explained with a smile, "Fresh pork is indeed hard to come by. Didn't you see I brought some bacon? Two packets of brown sugar, two strips of bacon, each of you keep some, and roast this catfish and dried eggplant."
He Yongjun took his things and led him inside. It looked like the two-bedroom, one-living room apartment they had been assigned. But this place was nice. Besides the public toilet, it also had a kitchen. It was much more comfortable than living in a courtyard house.
In fact, these houses were built too early. The houses built now all have toilets, so there is no need for every floor to share a toilet, but there were more of them back then.
Just as he took the tea from He Yongjun, Sun Yulan fed the child, tidied her clothes, and came out holding the child.
Ye Zhiqiu stood up and greeted with a smile, "Sister-in-law, long time no see! Oh, the little one is so cute, come and let me hold him."
Sun Yulan smiled and said, "Yes, it's been a long time since we last met! Old He was so happy to hear that you were back. He went out early this morning to prepare the ingredients and said he wanted to have a couple of drinks with you."
Ye Zhiqiu took the baby skillfully, and the two of them told him that the child's name was He Weidong and he was only eleven months old.
After holding him for a while, the little guy became upset and wanted to cry, so Ye Zhiqiu had no choice but to return him to Sun Yulan.
The three of them sat and chatted for a while, and learned that Ma Banghua's son, Ma Tiehan, had a cold and fever, so they took the child to the hospital, and he should be back soon.
After chatting for a while, Ma Banghua's voice was heard. He and Mu Xiuying came back with the child.
There was another lively round of greetings. Ma Tiehan was asleep now, so Ye Zhiqiu didn't go to hug him for fear of waking him up.
After everyone chatted for a while, Ye Zhiqiu and Ma Banghua went to cook.
"Brother Yongjun, you two look quite skilled at cutting vegetables!"
"Hey, how could they not be skilled? They did cook for a few months after we got married, but after she got pregnant, it was just the two of us who cooked!"
"Don't mention it. We also spent money to go through further training in order to make them have an appetite."
Ye Zhiqiu understood what they meant, which was to spend money to learn how to cook. This thing has been around for the past few years.
They were all promoted by the government. Ye Zhiqiu had been persuaded by the two of them before that if he wanted to learn how to cook, he should pay the money and learn. Unexpectedly, he became a disciple of a master and did not go to this crash course, but they went instead.
Ma Banghua opened the lunch box and said excitedly, "Where did you get the braised food, brother? We haven't been able to buy it in the past few months. But we can occasionally get some braised chicken and duck."
Ye Zhiqiu explained with a smile, "This is some offal that I got from some people I know who deal in supplies. I helped with the braising process, so I can cut some up and eat it. I figured I'd have to have a couple of drinks tonight, so I brought a box over to go with the wine."
"Hehe, I'm a little greedy, and it smells so good!"
"Does this thing need to be heated?"
"Put it aside for a while and heat it up. I put the braising liquid in it, so it should be frozen solid."
At this temperature, anything left outside will freeze solid.
They spent a lot of money on the dishes tonight. It was a whole roast duck, but it definitely wouldn’t be as delicious if it was cold, so Ye Zhiqiu prepared to heat it up.
In fact, it is just cut and put in the lunch box to heat, which not only prevents moisture from entering, but also heats the duck meat inside.
Boil the eggplants dry for one minute, then soak them in cold water so that they will swell faster.
They said that the canned meat can be cooked with some dried beans, and everyone loves dried beans.
In fact, there are no other winter vegetables except radish, cabbage, potato, and pickled mustard greens.
So whether it is dried eggplant or dried beans, they are better than the vegetables we eat every day!
Ye Zhiqiu smiled and said to the two of them, "There will be various southern vegetables and dried vegetables soon. I'll buy some for you then. You're getting tired of eating the same kind of food all day long."
Ma Banghua said happily, "That's great! Not to mention my wife, even I'm afraid of eating it! But brother, can those people who deal in supplies like you get some chickens and duck eggs?"
He Yongjun, who was chopping cabbage, also said quickly, "Yes, brother, if there are eggs for sale over there, we'll take them even if the price is high. Please help us get some back. Your sister-in-law has to feed your nephew now, and the nutrition she needs is not enough."
Ye Zhiqiu was surprised and said, "That's not the case, is it? Didn't Uncle He and the others help you?"
"Oh, forget it. They only supply half a pound of eggs a month. The two of us are even worse off, with only two ounces of pork!"
"Yes, if you give all this to your sister-in-law, it won't provide any nutritional supplements. The main reason is that there are too many people suffering from edema, and many things listed as nutritional supplements can't be circulated at all."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded, he remembered this matter. Because of malnutrition, goiter and edema, it was particularly serious at this time!
Only those who are physically unable to bear the burden will be issued a nutrition ticket after being checked at the hospital and confirmed to be truly unable to bear the burden.
Nutritional supplements are very broad. Pork liver is considered a nutritional supplement, milk powder is considered a nutritional supplement, pork is considered a nutritional supplement, and eggs are naturally considered a nutritional supplement as well.
But there are more kelp and seaweed. If you have goiter, you can buy half a pound with proof.
There is definitely no starvation in the city, it’s just that the food is too monotonous. It can fill your stomach, but nutrition cannot appear out of thin air.
Ye Zhiqiu couldn't help but think that Wang Fugui asked him to bring more kelp, seaweed and dried shrimps. Maybe he knew the situation and wanted to bring them back to balance the nutrition for his family.
After a busy day, the meal was finally ready at half past six.
Looking at the large table of dishes, everyone was very happy. They hadn't eaten such a sumptuous meal for a long time.
Ye Zhiqiu was the same. He hadn't eaten so well in a long time! Ma Banghua opened the wine and poured it for the three of them. The two people who had to feed the child naturally couldn't drink.
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