Travel through 1972 with a space mall

When Ye Mingyuan came back from get off work, he brought back two big watermelons.

"Where did you buy the watermelon?" Su Jiao's eyes lit up. She had to take care of the child after confinement. She never had the chance to go to the county town. It had been hot for several months in the summer, and she had never eaten watermelon.

Ye Yao also stared at the watermelon in Ye Mingyuan's arms with bright eyes.

Ye Mingyuan put a watermelon on the stove and said: "My colleague from the agricultural machinery station has watermelons grown by the production team in his village this year. I went there after get off work and bought two to try.

If it tastes good, I'll get a sack tomorrow and buy more. "

"Daughter-in-law, I will send this to my parents. You and Yaoyao can cut it and eat it first. You don't have to wait for me."

After Ye Mingyuan finished speaking, he hugged the other one and walked out.

Ye Mingyuan's melon picking skills were very good. The watermelons were all ripe. Su Jiao picked up the knife and cut them. The watermelons cracked with a "bang", revealing the red flesh inside.

Ye Yao smelled the sweet smell and swallowed with the corners of her mouth shining.

"Little greedy cat, try to taste it." Su Jiao smiled and picked up a piece and handed it to her.

"Let's eat together when brother comes back."

Ye Yao swallowed hard and shook her head.

"There are still a lot of them. It's the same thing if my brother comes back and eats them later. Yaoyao has a taste first, but you can't eat more. It's time to eat soon."

Su Jiao looked at her greedy look and put the watermelon into her hand with a smile.

"It's so sweet! It's delicious! My sister-in-law eats it too!" Ye Yao couldn't resist the temptation, she opened her mouth and took one bite after another, squinting her eyes and saying excitedly.

Ye Yao ate one piece and stopped eating. Su Jiao only tasted a small piece. She was still breastfeeding. Watermelon is cold, so she was afraid of catching cold from the milk if she ate too much.

Originally, this little brat, Little Roubao, was always making trouble. If he was still uncomfortable, he would probably tear off the roof of his house.

Su Jiao felt dizzy just thinking about it. In order to avoid listening to the demonic sound, she had no choice but to open her mouth.

Ye Mingyuan showed off half a watermelon when he came back from Su's house.

When eating, they still ate without missing a beat. She and Ye Yao were already full, and Ye Mingyuan was still eating vigorously.

Su Jiao almost wondered if he had two stomachs.

Ye Mingyuan, who had finally eaten enough, looked at his wife and sister looking at him in surprise. He unnaturally looked away, took a drink of water, and changed the subject: "Wife, I just heard from dad that the captain's house is home." Uncle Zhaoli, the captain of the third team, and his family have to go to the mining area to haul coal the day after tomorrow. I don’t have time to collect firewood at work this year. How about our family also burns coal this year.

It happens that I have a day off the day after tomorrow. I will go to the party secretary's house later and ask him to help him open a letter of introduction and buy coal quota tomorrow. When I get off work the day after tomorrow, I can go with him to pull coal. "

"That's okay. I can't leave this bad boy like Little Roubao. I can't go to the back mountain every day to collect firewood. Coal is pretty durable."

In this era, if you want to buy coal in the village, you must first go to the brigade to get a letter of introduction and ask for quota, and then go to the mining area with the letter of introduction before they can issue a ticket to sell it to you.

However, because most villagers in the village rely on going to the mountains to collect free firewood to survive the winter, few people are willing to spend money to buy coal. Only a few wealthy families in the village will buy it.

"Okay, then I'll go find the party secretary after washing the dishes." Ye Mingyuan anxiously got off the kang to clean up the dishes.

"Don't clean it up. Go now. I'll clean up the dishes and chopsticks. It's already past eight o'clock. My uncle and aunt have probably cooled down and gone home. After cleaning the dishes, uncle and aunt will go to sleep." It's not good to interrupt." Su Jiao quickly stopped her.

"Okay, I'll go right away. Wife, stop working. Wait for me to come back and clean up later. I'll be back soon." Ye Mingyuan just listened to the advice, wiped his hands and walked out in a hurry.

"Wait a minute, I haven't finished talking yet. Bring half of the watermelon from the kitchen to Uncle Hero."

Su Jiao quickly put her head towards the kitchen and shouted.

"I know, wife, I'll be back soon. Don't wash the dishes. I'll be back to wash them."

Ye Mingyuan put the watermelon into the basket and walked out without forgetting to continue his instructions.

"Okay, I'll wait for you to come back."

Su Jiao smiled as she watched Ye Mingyuan go out, turned around, got off the kang, put away the dishes, and finished the dishes neatly.

With just a few bowls, it would be funny if she really waited for Ye Mingyuan to come back.

After a while, Ye Mingyuan came back beaming with joy.

"How has everything been settled?" Su Jiao asked.

Ye Mingyuan said with a smile: "That's it. Except for Uncle Zhaoli and the captain's family, no one in our brigade has asked for quotas this year. The branch secretary said that he can approve 800 kilograms. Then I will take advantage of my off-duty to go to the mountains to collect some more firewood. We will only be able to get quotas in winter. That’s enough.”

"Then I will go to the captain to discuss it tomorrow and borrow the team's oxcart the day after tomorrow. Fortunately, we should be able to borrow it now that the farm is slack." Su Jiao wiped the sweat from her face and said after thinking for a moment.

After discussing the business matters and experiencing his wife's sweat-wiping service, Ye Mingyuan rolled up his sleeves with satisfaction and prepared to wash the dishes.

When he got to the kitchen, he found that his wife had already tidied up the kitchen.

"Mingyuan quickly go take a shower and get ready for bed." Su Jiao shouted from the kang.

"it is good."

Ye Mingyuan naturally understood why his wife washed the dishes. Needless to say, she must have felt sorry for him, so he immediately responded sweetly and went to the east room to take a shower.

"Daughter-in-law, after it cools down for a while, let's build a bathroom in the yard. It's not convenient to wash in the east room all the time. Also, when our son grows up, he will have to sleep in a separate room, and the house at home will not be enough. , when the time comes to build a bathroom, we will build a wing together."

Ye Mingyuan was lying on the kang, already so sleepy that he didn't forget to chat with Su Jiao.

"Okay, it's all up to you, go to sleep."

As soon as Su Jiao finished speaking, she heard his snoring in her ears. She was amused and distressed and gently fanned him with a cattail leaf fan for a while, so that he could sleep more peacefully.

Early the next morning, Su Jiao woke up around six o'clock. Because she had caught up on her sleep at noon yesterday and the little meat bun was less troublesome last night, she felt very energetic.

She got up gently and looked at the three people who were still sleeping soundly on the kang. She tiptoed to the kitchen to prepare breakfast.

When she was pregnant and confinement, her family Mingyuan had developed a habit. Until now, he had basically cooked breakfast at home. Of course, it was always simple porridge, pickles, boiled eggs, etc. .

It was rare for her to get up so early today, so she planned to make some hearty breakfast to improve her food.

After thinking for a while, Su Jiao made a small pot of egg and shrimp pimple soup, took eight scallion pancakes from the Space Food City, took a small piece of salted pork belly from the jar, cooked some meat sauce, and served it with pickled cucumbers. pickle.

Finally, she fried some scrambled eggs with chili pepper, mainly to bring rice to Ye Mingyuan at noon.

This rare and hearty breakfast was given to the brother and sister who woke up with round bellies.

"The pimple soup made by my sister-in-law is the best, first place!" Ye Yao burped and said with a full belly.

"There's also meat sauce, it's so delicious, my wife."

Ye Mingyuan also quickly got up and took a walk to eat. He would ride to work soon. If he didn't eat quickly, he was afraid of vomiting while pedaling on the road.

Just after putting the aluminum lunch box containing meat sauce and chili scrambled eggs and three scallion pancakes wrapped in oil paper into the cloth bag containing rice, Su Jiao heard the words of the brothers and sisters and said with a smile:

"It's delicious and I'll cook it for you tomorrow."