60s Splendid Life

"Let's get off work half an hour early today, and everyone should go back to eat earlier." The spring plowing has ended, and the work in the field is not so busy now. Knowing that everyone in the team killed pigs today and took the meat back, Captain Lu has been able to feel the eagerness of the members to go home for dinner in the past half a day. Before five o'clock, he was notified to leave work early.

The young commune members ran along the ridge and shouted: "Today I leave work half an hour early... The team leader said that I will leave work half an hour early..."

The people working in the fields were very happy to hear that, and everyone worked harder.

So this day was half an hour earlier than usual, and the members of each team finished their work ahead of schedule, and went back to the village in small groups.

The smell of meat came from almost every household in the whole village. The commune members who went back all the way could smell the smell of other people's cooking, and the big guys walked faster than before.

However, the smell of meat is also different. Some people's home cooking smells so fragrant that it can be spread for several miles. For example, the pot of meat stewed by Mrs. Qin's family today not only filled the whole kitchen with stewed meat The smell, the smell in the yard is also a smell, and this smell also wafts outside.

The father and son of Captain Lu who came back from the outside came back to their own home, only to realize that this overbearing fragrance was wafted from their own home.

"I just said where the smell is so delicious. Could it be from our own house?" Captain Lu walked into the house and stood in his yard, only then did he determine that the smell of meat came from their own kitchen.

Aunt Qin, who was in the kitchen, heard the voice, walked out of the kitchen door and looked outside. It turned out that several men from her family had returned. She smiled until the crow's feet appeared at the corners of her eyes, and said, "You guys are back, go wash your hands and get ready. time to eat."

Brothers Da Mao and Er Mao saw their father and grandpas back, and circled around them.Captain Lu lifted the eldest grandson into his arms and teased the eldest grandson to call him grandpa. Da Mao lived up to his grandpa's expectations and called out "Grandpa" loudly. The grandpa and grandson seemed to be very happy. .

Lu Bowen reached out and touched his youngest son's head, but did not pick him up.

"Mother, our family has stewed meat, oh, it's so delicious! Is it the braised pork we ate last time?" Lu Bocheng ran to the kitchen door, probed in, took a deep breath, just smelling the smell He felt that he was about to ascend to heaven, it was so fragrant!

"Yes, yes, Xiao Jin taught us how to do it, and gave us the spices for us to stew the meat. Otherwise, how could the meat be stewed so deliciously. Go wash your hands and take out the bowls and chopsticks." Aunt Qin called her son When she came to get the bowls and chopsticks, she also went out with the fried soup and rice.

"Yes!" As soon as Lu Bocheng heard that it was time to serve dinner, he hurriedly washed his hands to get the bowls and chopsticks.

"Mom, let me serve the dishes." Wang Xiumei went to wash her hands and helped serve the dishes.

The three of them quickly took the dishes out, soup, rice and vegetables filled a stone table.

Their family stewed a large pot of braised pork, the kind of pure meat, with tofu and boiled vegetables.But recently, their family eats tofu every day, and the family doesn't like tofu as much as when they first started eating it, so this pot of meat is especially liked by the whole family.

"Aniang, this meat is so delicious!" Ever since he ate that bowl of braised pork last time, Lu Bocheng had been dreaming of eating meat for several days, and he didn't really eat it until today, and it was still like this Big pot, one person can eat several pieces.

Brothers Da Mao and Er Mao were also clamoring for meat.

Wang Xiumei picked two smaller pieces of meat and put them in the bowls of the two sons, and told them to eat a bite of meat and a bite of rice, not just meat.

What can I do if there is meat but no wine today? Captain Lu went to get out his own collection of wine, poured a small glass with the eldest son, and the father and son had a drink.Lu Bocheng doesn't drink very well, so he seldom drinks with his father, but his elder brother Lu Bowen can drink very well, so it's not a problem to have a drink or two with their father.

Seeing the family eating meat happily, Aunt Qin thought of her youngest son who was still studying in the town, and thought that it would be great if the youngest son was also at home, but thinking that the youngest son is studying at school at the moment, it would be great. She might not have time to come back, so she didn't let her son call someone to come back.When you can't eat meat, it is still important to read books.

However, their family distributed quite a lot of meat this time. Except for the stewed pot today and the bowl sent to Lu Jin, the rest were sprinkled with salt and hung outside the yard to dry. The next time the youngest son comes home, she will fry it and eat it. Maybe when her youngest son comes back from vacation next time, the team will kill pigs and share the meat.

On this day, meat and tofu appeared on the dining tables of many families in their Lujia Village, which was even better than eating during Chinese New Year.

Even on the dining table in the Lu family's old house, it is rare today to have a large pot of stewed pork vermicelli and a large pot of boiled tofu with vegetables.Many families in the village eat at separate tables, and it is the same in Lu Laogen's house. The men sit at the upper table, while the women and children sit at the lower table.

Among the women in the family, only the old lady Lu and her youngest daughter Lu Jianhong sat at the big table to eat, and the eldest grandson Lu Songguang and second grandson Lu Guangtao sat at the big table with their fathers and grandfathers on the side of the big room.

But it was obvious that there was more meat on the big table than on the small table. In the stewed pork vermicelli on the small table, there was only vermicelli but no meat, and even the pot of boiled tofu with vegetables contained only vegetables but no tofu.

The two daughters-in-law Wang Meili and Chen Aihong sat down at the small table with their other children to eat.

Chen Aihong was very dissatisfied with this. She had two daughters before her. The third son was only 12 years old this year. He always ate with them at the small table, and the youngest daughter also followed her. They ate at the small table, and the two sons from the big room sat at the big table, so she felt that the big room took more advantage than their second room.

"Grandma, look at our place is so crowded, why don't you let Songguang sit at your table and eat." Seeing that there is a lot of meat in the basin on the big table, Chen Aihong wants her son to eat there, as much as possible Take a bite of meat.But as soon as she made this point, the old lady pushed back, "Children should sit at the small table. Are there any rules for sitting at the big table with adults?"

Old lady Lu's face was heavy and she looked very unhappy.

Chen Aihong didn't dare to mention this anymore, so she could only wrong her son to sit at the small table with them for dinner.

The rest of the family didn't speak, Wang Meili just glanced at Chen Aihong and laughed inwardly.

There are a lot of dishes today, and Mrs. Lu did not divide them in advance like in the past. Seeing the old man moving his chopsticks, she called everyone to eat.

When the old lady said that it was time to eat, everyone started to move their chopsticks.

There are old men and old ladies at the big table. They are all men, and few of them dare to grab the food.But it was different at the small table. As soon as the old lady shouted that it was time to eat, everyone stretched their chopsticks towards the pot of stewed pork with vermicelli.

Chen Aihong stirred it with a spoon, and picked out the few pieces of meat with chopsticks and put them into her son's bowl. Her two daughters did not give up too much. The chopsticks were lowered so fast that even the tofu in the vegetables were scooped up. Empty.

Wang Meili and her sons and daughters hadn't put down their chopsticks yet. Seeing Chen Aihong's mother and daughter doing this, and seeing that there was nothing in the bowls of her own sons and daughters, she was so angry that she threw the chopsticks in her hand on the table. Pai, and asked with a sullen face, very unhappy: "How can you let others eat after you have finished reading like this?"

"Why don't you let me eat? The food is here. It's nothing if you don't pick up all the others." Chen Aihong pouted back and sent the last piece of meat she found to her son's bowl.

On the whole table, only Lu Songguang's bowl contained half a bowl of meat, and the other bowls had no meat.

The two sisters, Lu Xiaolan and Lu Xiaoxin, had half a bowl of tofu in their bowls. They both knew that the meat on the table was to be reserved for their younger brother, and they didn't dare to grab his younger brother's meat, otherwise their mother would strangle them to death.

"Wow..." Eight-year-old Lu Songshan saw that there was no more meat in the pot, and burst into tears, crying very loudly and feeling extremely wronged.

Wang Meili hugged her crying little son, looking at Chen Aihong's mother and daughter with anger and disgust in their eyes.

The old lady Lu was very unhappy when she heard the noise from the small table, and she started to curse: "Why are you crying? You cry when you have to eat, and you cry when you don't have to eat. I think you should just stop eating." , making a fuss all day long, like talking about something."

"Let's all eat, family, what are you doing with all these troubles?" It was rare for the family to be able to eat a meal of meat, and Lu Laogen was also upset when he heard the noise. There were many children and grandchildren in the family. He has no deep affection for the other children and grandchildren.

Hearing that the old man at home had spoken, Mrs. Lu stopped scolding with a sullen face.

Chen Jianguo, who was eating at the big table, heard the sound of his youngest son crying, and said to his wife who was holding him, "Bring Xiaoshan to me."

After Wang Meili heard her husband's words, she carried her younger son to her husband's side.

The old lady Lu stared at this eldest daughter-in-law who challenged her parents' majesty, and she disliked this eldest daughter-in-law and young grandson who didn't understand the rules even more.It's just that seeing that the man in charge is unhappy, the old lady dared not yell at her no matter how unhappy she was, and stared at the eldest daughter-in-law with a pair of gloomy eyes.

Lu Jianguo didn't ask his wife to move another stool. He sat with his youngest son on his knees, picked up the meat from his own bowl with chopsticks, and sent it to his youngest son's mouth. Eating the meat in the meat, there was a smile on his face, and only a little smile appeared on his father's face.

After sending her youngest son to the big table for dinner, although Wang Meili was disgusted by Chen Aihong's mother and daughter's behavior of grabbing food, she didn't say anything.

Sitting at the small table, Lu Xiaomei lowered her head and ate a large bowl of vermicelli and soup in her own bowl. No one saw her grievances, not even her own mother's eyes. .When she was 12 years old, she went to the fields with her fathers to earn work points. She worked for two years, and her hands were rougher than those of other girls in the family.But she always sat at the small table to eat, and she didn't have the meat to eat, and she didn't have the good food, so she grew up like an invisible person.