Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

The aunt and Liu Lihua talked and laughed along the way, and soon they arrived at the courtyard.

When they arrived at the door of her house, Liu Lihua grabbed the aunt and said, "Xia Jie, I'm home. You can go back. If you have any problems, just come to our house and tell us. Don't worry, we will definitely help you as long as we can."

"Oh, thank you. I won't say more. If it weren't for your help, I wouldn't know what to do. Okay, go back and cook for Chenzi. I guess the child must be starving." The aunt said to Liu Lihua with a smile.

"Okay, I won't say much to you. You'll probably be busy when you go back. Let's talk later." After saying that, Liu Lihua turned around and went back into the house.

"Chenzi, I'm back. Mom will make you whatever you want to eat today." Liu Lihua put the dishes on the table and shouted towards Su Xingchen's room.

"Hey, Mom, you got off work early today?" Su Xingchen glanced at the time and found that usually Liu Lihua would be home at this time, but today she even came home after buying groceries.

"Hi, isn't tomorrow New Year's Day? Your Aunt Wang has given our street office an early holiday. By the way, take this meat ticket and go to Dong'an Market tomorrow or some other time when you have time to exchange it for pork." As she spoke, Liu Lihua took out the meat ticket that had just been issued today from her pocket.

"Okay, is this distributed on the street?" Su Xingchen asked curiously after taking the meat ticket from Liu Lihua.

"Yes, don't eat this meat when you change it later, okay?" Liu Lihua warned with some concern.

"Mom, this meat can be eaten after it is exchanged, why can't we eat it?" Although Su Xingchen didn't miss it, he still asked curiously.

"Hey, you know that our family has no shortage of meat now, especially since you go fishing when you have nothing to do. I, your mother, have gained a lot of weight recently and my health has improved a lot. The families of those deceased comrades have not had a good life. Before, I was sick and they didn't want me, so we didn't say anything. But now I'm in good health, and our lives are getting better and better. I just thought, can't we help them?" Liu Lihua said to Su Xingchen earnestly.

Su Xingchen understood what was going on at once, stuffed the meat ticket into his arms and said, "Hey, I thought you were reluctant to eat it. Okay, mom, don't worry, I'll take it and leave it at home. You can send it to someone else when you see it." To be honest, let alone three pounds of meat ticket, even 30 pounds is nothing to Su Xingchen. The pig in his space weighs 300 pounds. Does he still care about this little bit of pork?

"Look at what you said. When has our family ever been reluctant to eat something? Come on, think about what you want to eat and tell me quickly. I was busy with work some time ago, so I can cook for you during this time." Liu Lihua said as she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to pick vegetables.

Don't tell me, before the incident in Su Xingchen's family, they had never been stingy about food. Father Su always believed that children can only grow up well if they eat well. This was very different from the two younger sons of the Liu family. When Liu Guangqi was a child, he ate boiled eggs, while Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu could only watch. Su Xingchen could even share his snacks with the two of them, but as they grew older, the three of them had less communication.

"Mom, then you can make a braised fish today. You can also try stir-frying some vegetarian dishes and making some pancakes." Su Xingchen said after thinking for a while.

"Fish? Did you go fishing again today? If you want to eat pancakes, I'll go and knead the dough now." When Liu Lihua heard Su Xingchen say that he wanted to eat braised fish, she looked into the bucket and sure enough, there were two fish in the bucket.

Su Xingchen nodded and said, "Yes, I didn't catch much today, but I caught two fish." These were not fish he went fishing for, but two small fish he took out directly from the space. Of course, this was compared with the other fish in his space. He really didn't dare to take out a fish weighing fifty or sixty kilograms in the space, and besides, the two of them couldn't finish it.

"Okay, then I'll cook a braised fish today. You have to keep the other fish for me and don't eat it. If you want to eat it, go catch it yourself." Liu Lihua nodded and said.

Hey, didn't I catch these two fish myself? Why don't I have the right to eat them? Of course, Su Xingchen just thought about it but didn't say anything. After all, he knew that many people were not living well now, and he didn't need a bite of food.

"Okay, if you want to eat it, I'll go fishing myself. I definitely won't eat this one. If not, I'll come back and catch a bigger fish for you." Su Xingchen said indifferently.

"Okay, if you can catch a big fish weighing twenty or thirty kilograms, it will bring honor to your mother, and our family will have a good New Year." Liu Lihua said while kneading the dough. Of course, she didn't believe the big fish Su Xingchen talked about. Many people go to Shichahai to fish these days, but only a few can catch fish, and even fewer can catch big fish.

"Okay, then I'll let you know how good your son is at fishing." Su Xingchen naturally saw that Liu Lihua didn't believe he could catch the fish, so he must impress his mother.

"Come on, go kill the fish quickly. I'll knead the dough and let it ferment for a while before I start cooking." Liu Lihua looked at Su Xingchen standing there with nothing to do and spoke.

"Okay, I'll go right away." After saying that, Su Xingchen took a fish out of the bucket and put it in the basin, then walked towards the faucet in the middle yard with the basin. As soon as he left the house, he felt the cold coming towards him. He had to go back and think about how to install a faucet at home. It was too inconvenient to go to the middle yard to use water all day. There was a well in the front yard that seemed to have been dry for a long time. The people in the compound were afraid that a child would fall into it, so they sealed it a few years ago.

Well, let’s talk about this later. Su Xingchen came to the central courtyard with the basin and ran into He Yuzhu who was also killing fish.

"Brother Zhuzi, are you killing fish too?" Su Xingchen walked to the pool, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to start killing fish.

"Hey, what do you think? Are you killing fish too? Come on, stop it. Do you understand? You have to wash your hands for me later. I will help you kill the fish." He Yuzhu looked at Su Xingchen's clumsy appearance and couldn't help rolling his eyes and complaining.

Su Xingchen knew that He Yuzhu was talking like that, but he had good intentions. The main reason was that Su Xingchen was not very good at killing fish. He had not killed fish many times before and was not very skilled. He felt that his hands were fishy after killing fish. Now that He Yuzhu took the initiative to ask to help him kill the fish, he would not care.

"Okay, thank you, Brother Zhuzi." Su Xingchen didn't hesitate to hear this and put his hands in his pockets. After all, it was a bit cold to leave his hands outside.