Chapter 83 082. It’s Zhou Yi’s turn to get drunk…
"Zhou Yi."
Lei Li turned around and called out to the yard, "Let's go. Is there anything else you want to take?"
"I'll get some bacon and sausage."
Zhou Yi ran out of the yard quickly.
He was holding a basket in his hand, which contained several strings of sweet sausages and some bacon. The sausages were red and white, and the bacon was bright red, exuding a unique aroma.
"Why are you bringing bacon and sausage? Didn't you say they weren't dried well?"
Lei Li twitched his nose.
This sausage and bacon smells so good even before it's cooked. It's much better than the ones sold on the street. I wonder how delicious it will be when it's cooked and fried. I'll wait until spring to pick more wild onions and vegetables to fry with bacon.
"The weather has been nice these past few days, with some sunshine. The sausages and bacon will be ready to eat after drying them. If you take them now, you won't have to make another trip later."
Zhou Yishang put the basket on the oxcart and jumped on it himself. "I don't know if it will snow or frost in a few days. Let grandpa and grandma hang them on the eaves to prevent them from getting wet."
On the second day of the New Year, I go back to my parents' home.
Lei Li and his friends are now going to Liu Ye'er's mother's home, which is also the home of Lei Li's grandparents. The things they bring are no less than those from the last autumn harvest.
In addition to a basket of bacon and sausages, there was also half a pig, a basket of eggs, two packets of toffee and a jar of rice wine.
Lei Li and Zhou Yi bought milk candies when they came back from the county town. They bought several packs and some milk bars, but Lei Li ate up all the milk bars, leaving only the milk candies.
The rice wine was a good one that Lei Dashan bought specially at the town market. It was different from the rough wine that cost one cent a bowl. This jar cost two hundred cents. It had no strong alcohol content, but people would feel dizzy after drinking too much.
Normally, the second day of the Lunar New Year is still during the New Year period, so people should prepare red envelopes for New Year's gifts. However, Zhou Yi discovered yesterday that the customs of celebrating the New Year in Qingmi County are somewhat different from those in China where he grew up.
Although we visit relatives, we don’t give red envelopes to children. Instead, we prepare some malt candy and dried fruits at home, and give a handful to children when they wish us well.
The adults would visit each other and give each other gifts. You would give me a handful of eggs, and I would give me a bundle of vegetables. They were not expensive but practical.
certainly.
Not every household needs to receive gifts, but more gifts should be given to those with whom one has a good relationship, less gifts should be given to those with whom one has an average relationship, and no gifts should be given to those with whom one has a not-so-good relationship.
For example, Gui Fulang curses the whole village from beginning to end almost every year, which makes him very disliked, so his family is one of the households that the least visit.
Anyway, Lei Li will definitely not give him a gift.
On the contrary, the family that receives the most gifts will be the most popular family that year.
It’s usually the village chief’s house.
This year, everyone made a lot of money thanks to Zhou Yi's rice-fish-duck farming system, so many people came to Lei Li's house to give New Year gifts.
There are eggs, greens, radishes, sweet potatoes, as well as homemade pickles and salted duck eggs. If you are more generous, you will get some more expensive things, such as malt sugar.
There was a family that slaughtered a pig for the New Year. Thanks to Zhou Yi's breeding system and Lei Dashan's careful teaching, they made a lot of money and gave Lei Li's family a string of sausages.
Meat is expensive these days.
Processed sausage and bacon are more expensive.
Whether it tastes good or not is one thing, but it is great that people have such intention. Moreover, in the eyes of Lei Li's family, it is also because people are generous enough and have a large enough field that they can make so much money.
However, Lei Li did not expect that Gui Fulang would send a New Year gift to his family. When he saw Gui Fulang coming to his house on the first day of the New Year, he thought he was here to cause trouble.
After all, it was Gui Fulang who first tried to sell taro to his family, but Lei Li turned around and went to buy from his maternal family. It was good enough that Gui Fulang scolded him in front of him, so what was the point of him coming to make peace now?
"Uncle was wrong about what happened before. From now on, Uncle Gui won't say a word against you. Just accept these duck eggs..."
Gui Fulang lowered his posture.
Although Lei Li still disliked him, it was New Year's Day, so he didn't want to be pushy. It would also be awkward to refuse the New Year gift, so he accepted the duck eggs and went back to the house to buy him a piece of pork of similar value.
Lei Li didn't want to owe Gui Fulang anything.
But in Gui Fulang's view, this was a sign of easing relations. He immediately smiled and chatted about family matters for a while. He only left when he saw that Lei Li was getting impatient.
"baffling."
Lei Li muttered inwardly.
He didn't understand why Gui Fulang wanted to have a good relationship with him. They were all doing rice, fish and duck farming, and Gui Fulang had done it once. He couldn't just cover up and not let him do it next year, right?
Gui Fulang is out of taro now. Could it be that he wants to grow some next year and sell it to him?
There is nothing in his family that Gui Fulang can take advantage of.
...Forget it, let Mr. Gui go crazy if he wants. Anyway, if he dares to chirp in his house again, he will beat him up every time he hears him.
Of course, Liu Xiaocao's family and Miao Fulang also came to Lei Li's family to give New Year gifts.
Because of their different aesthetic tastes, Liu Xiaocao had a conflict with Lei Li last time. After learning from her mistakes, she chose a dark headband this time and embroidered some simple cloud patterns on it.
fine.
Lei Li accepted it this time.
Although Lei Li still felt that the pink cloud pattern was hard to describe, it was at least better than the colorful flowers and willows.
What Miao Fulang sent was mushrooms.
The most common thing in his family is dried mushrooms. In Sanlihe Village, only his family has the most varieties of mushrooms and the best-looking ones. Everyone in Lei Li's family loves to eat them, so this is the best gift.
Lei Li gave them a bag of candy and a piece of meat as a return gift.
Wine, meat and sugar are all expensive.
Milk candies like this one shipped from other places are more expensive. Liu Xiaocao and Miao Fulang have never tasted them before, and they have children at home, so they both like this return gift very much.
However, Lei Li gave Liu Xiaocao more meat because there were many people in their family and there would not be enough meat to go around.
Two pigs were slaughtered.
Half of it was made into bacon and sausages, and the other half was eaten and shared, so only one leg was left. But he couldn't be stingy when going to his grandparents' house, so Lei Li cut off half of the pork.
——When Lei Dashan fell ill from overwork and Lei Li was still young and could only rely on Liu Ye'er to support the family, it was my grandpa's family who provided financial support to their family.
Now that the bitterness has turned into sweetness, Lei Dashan couldn't help but buy a jar of rice wine and have a drink with Lei Li's uncle, his brother-in-law.
Liu Ye'er didn't stop him either.
Firstly, Lei Dashan's health has improved a lot and he has more energy to go out. Secondly, he has worked hard for a year, and it would be nice to have a sip of this during the New Year to cheer himself up.
My grandfather is old, so he only pours a shallow bowl of soup and lets me take a sip occasionally to taste it.
However, he and his grandmother both had good teeth, and Zhou Yi stewed the meat until it was fragrant and soft, so the two old people finished a large bowl of rice without realizing it.
Liu Qishu is young, but he can't drink much. After drinking a few sips, he will fall asleep in the wind as soon as he goes out. So he doesn't drink and helps Liu Guo pick up the dishes from far away.
Liu Guo was too embarrassed to pick it up herself.
Sister Huaer had never drunk rice wine before, and she watched her grandfather and aunt drink it with curiosity. When she saw her cousin Lei Li drinking it too, she couldn't help shaking his arm.
"Uncle, I want to drink rice wine too."
“This one’s very spicy.”
Lei Li said this, but he used chopsticks to pick up a little rice wine and dipped it into Sister Huaer's mouth. Seeing that she stuck out her tongue and looked for water to drink because of the spiciness, he laughed out loud.
"I told you it was spicy. Wait until you're a little older and then drink it next time."
"When is the next time?"
Sister Huaer wrinkled her nose, held up five fingers, and said, "I'm already five years old, but I'm not considered grown up yet? Does growing up mean being as big as my cousin?"
"About the same."
Lei Li measured Sister Hua'er's height and drew a line on his own chest. "You have to be at least this tall to be considered grown up, and you can drink rice wine."
“So high…”
Sister Huaer pouted a little in frustration, but she asked Lei Li without getting discouraged, "How can I grow so tall so quickly? Do I have to eat more rice and meat?"
“And vegetables.”
Lei Li said, "You can't grow taller if you don't eat vegetables. If you always give vegetables to your brother, by the time your brother grows very tall, you'll still be a dwarf who can't drink."
"I'm not a dwarf, I'm still small!"
Sister Huaer shook her braids and hummed, her proud little look made the adults laugh.
"Sister is not short."
Xiao Liumu whispered, "Sister is taller than many people, including Amu." She added, "Sister will be taller than Amu when she grows up."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Xiao Liumu explained seriously, which made everyone laugh again. Xiao Liumu was still confused and didn't know why everyone was laughing or why her sister was laughing too.
Sister Huaer smiled, patted Adi's head and said, "If Amu is shorter than me, what will you do if no girls like you?"
"That……"
Xiao Liumu thought about it seriously and said, "I don't want the little girl to like me, I just want my elder sister to like me."
"Stupid brother."
Sister Huaer was overjoyed.
The adults also laughed.
Lei Li was laughing when he found that the bowl of wine he had in it was gone. He turned around and saw that it was in Zhou Yi's hand. He thought that he was not going to let him drink more, but when he looked closely, the wine was gone too.
Lei Li raised an eyebrow and said, "If you want to drink, I'll pour you a bowl. Why drink mine?"
"I wanted to take a sip to taste it, but it tasted sweet, and before I knew it, I had finished it..."
Zhou Yi burped slightly.
Lei Li looked at him suspiciously, "How much can you drink? You won't get drunk right away, will you? If you get drunk here, I won't have the strength to carry you home later."
"well enough?"
Zhou Yi was a little uncertain.
He hasn't had a drink for many years. When he was in the army, he didn't drink or smoke. Even when his brothers invited him out for dinner during holidays, he didn't drink.
Because he was also drunk, no one called his brother's family to pick them up.
"Are you still drinking?"
"Drink some more."
—
If I drink a little more I'll be drunk.
“…”
Lei Li looked at her husband who was lying at the door and lost consciousness as soon as the wind blew, and thought that he really couldn't drink much. She was not drunk even though her face was so red, but he was drunk first with a pale face.
He went over, carried him on his back, and put him on the ox cart, then said goodbye to his parents and grandpa's family.
Everyone is drunk.
It’s better to go home early.
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