My courtyard shelter

, my Siheyuan shelter

Xu Dong continued: "Anyway, the truck has a refrigeration function, so there is no need to worry about the meat going bad. At most, we can just cook it slowly."

After hearing this, Xu's mother's eyes lit up, as if she had made up her mind.

"There is too much pork, and it is too troublesome to make dried meat. Let's make it into bacon, which is easier to make."

Xu Dong immediately nodded and agreed: "Mom, I will do whatever you say."

Salted bacon requires a large ceramic jar. Xu Dong was afraid that his mother would regret it, so he didn't even have time to eat lunch and stepped on the accelerator.

Finally, after asking around, he bought ten large water jars at the flower, bird, fish and insect market, and spent a high freight fee and made several trips back and forth before moving all the water jars into the Siheyuan.

The large water jars were in place, and the whole family began to make bacon.

The ingredients for making bacon are very simple, only salt and pepper are needed. Xu Dong went to the farmers' market and directly bought all the sea salt and pepper from the merchants.

Then it was time to divide the meat. Xu Dong still overestimated himself. Using an electric saw to cut frozen meat was not only dangerous but also difficult to operate.

In the end, he had no choice but to drive to a small meat processing workshop and spent 5,000 yuan to cut all the pork into the required strips.

When he got home, Xu's mother scolded him again. He had to buy a water tank, pay someone to cut the meat, and add the gas money for driving. He still made a penny after all this!

Although he was angry, he still had to make bacon, otherwise he would lose more.

Xu's mother was an old hand at making bacon, and the family made it every year.

The method was indeed very simple. First, fry the sea salt and pepper to make the marinade;

Then put the meat strips into the marinade and rub the marinade on the surface of the meat with your hands;

Then put the meat strips into a large water tank, stack them neatly, cover them with plastic wrap, and marinate them for a week;

Finally, take out the meat strips, hang them in a ventilated place, and wait for them to dry slowly.

It was already the third day of the New Year when a truckload of meat was processed.

To be honest, Xu Dong regretted it a little. For the sake of the meat, the whole family didn't have a good New Year. The New Year's Eve dinner only had a few home-cooked dishes, which didn't have the flavor of the New Year at all.

In fact, there was no shortage of meat in the basement warehouse. The sealed bacon, dried meat and ham were enough for the whole family to eat even if they expired.

Xu Dong himself simply developed a collecting habit. He wanted to move all the good things home. Coupled with the fear and anxiety about the future, he was so tossed.

Fortunately, he also reflected on himself in time and readjusted his mentality. From this aspect, at least it was not without any effect.

On the fourth day of the New Year, in order to ease the family atmosphere, which was also the last trip before the catastrophe, Xu Dong drove the whole family to travel around and almost visited Yanjing City.

The New Year atmosphere in the capital is much better than Luyang. There are endless temple fairs of all sizes, and there are all kinds of special snacks, which are also mouth-watering.

The last stop.

The family came to Shijinglong Ski Resort. Now it has only been three days since the opening of the Winter Olympics, and the enthusiasm of the whole people for skiing is at its highest.

Xu Dong took great pains to get three tickets, and the father and daughter had a great time.

It is very likely that this is the last time for the three of them to play in the snow.

As for Xu's mother, Xu's father and Yang Lina, because they had to take care of the triplets and were not interested in skiing, they simply stayed in the hotel to rest.

After skiing, it was unsafe to drive at night, so everyone stayed in the hotel for one night.

The next morning, Xu Dong drove back home.

It's not that I don't want to play for a few more days, but my sister called last night to inform me that I will arrive in Yanjing at noon.

…

The camera turned, and on the high-speed train from Luyang to Yanjing, Xu Ting was chatting with her husband, and her two children and Xu Jingyi were sitting next to them.

The Winter Olympics are being held in Yanjing, and the whole family can take advantage of the excitement to travel.

"I say, Lao Ma, do you think my parents are used to living in Yanjing?"

Xu Ting's husband's surname is Ma, his name is Ma Jie, and he is 36 years old today.

Ma Jie secretly complained: "With money, everywhere is heaven, without money, everywhere is hell."

But he couldn't say this, otherwise, with Xu Ting's stubborn temper, she wouldn't be able to go to bed for a month.

"You should be used to it. I heard that the courtyard house is down-to-earth and good for the health of the elderly." Ma Jie answered in a proper manner.

Xu Ting thought for a while and sighed: "It's still too cold in the north in winter. I don't know what Dongzi is thinking. Shanghai and Beijing are not worse than Yanjing. They are closer to home."

"Maybe it's for work!"

"But I heard from my dad that Xu Dong has no job now, and he wanders around all day and never comes home." Xu Ting shook her head, a little worried that her brother would learn bad things when he got rich.

"Didn't you say you opened a convenience store? I heard you're going to open dozens more this year?"

Xu Ting rolled her eyes and sneered:

"Don't listen to my mom's bragging. She's going to open dozens more. Even this one has made a lot of money. According to my dad, if you want to open a chain of convenience stores, you might as well go to sleep. You can dream about anything."

Ma Lingling couldn't help but chuckle, and Xu Jingyi also covered her mouth and laughed: "Grandpa is quite trendy. He even knows Internet buzzwords."

"Convenience stores are very idle. The old man is watching short videos all day long. It's strange if you don't know. Didn't he shoot a short video for the convenience store before, and he called me to like and share it."

Xu Jingyi laughed even more happily, "Haha, I liked that short video too. I thought it was shot by my uncle. What local chickens and ducks, and the delicious food, it just made me laugh to death."

All of a sudden, everyone seemed to be tickled, and they laughed non-stop.

After laughing enough, Xu Ting rubbed her sore cheeks and continued to "reveal the secret":

"To be honest, the old man's convenience store doesn't make much money at all. Now it is your grandma who makes the most money in the family."

"Grandma has to help take care of the children, how can she still have time to work?" Xu Jingyi asked curiously.

"It's not a formal job, I sell dried chicken and dried duck, and I can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, which is higher than your uncle's salary!"

"Just say it, why do you bring me along!" After all, in front of the children, Ma Jie was a little embarrassed.

"Hmph..."

Xu Ting didn't say anything else, and quickly changed the subject: "I wonder if Dabao and the other two have learned to walk?"

"Well... they are almost 16 months old, so they should be able to walk."

Xu Ting shook her head, "Not necessarily. Triplets are weaker than normal babies. Dabao and the others were less than three pounds when they were born, so their development must be later."

"With the development of technology, there shouldn't be any big problems now."

"That's good."

As they chatted, they arrived in Yanjing soon.

When the five people walked out of the station exit, Xu Dong had been waiting for a while.

"Ma Lingling, Ma Xu, my uncle is here."

After receiving the five people, Xu Dong suggested that they go to the restaurant next door to eat before going back, but Xu Ting insisted on going back to eat.

According to the elder sister, everyone was not very hungry because they brought snacks with them.