60s Splendid Life

Because of a March leap in this year, the Dragon Boat Festival was postponed for one month, and the Dragon Boat Festival was not ushered in until the end of June in the new calendar.During the Dragon Boat Festival last year, their family went to Aunt Qin next door to make zongzi together, but this year because their grandpa came, Lu Jin planned to make zongzi at their house.

Early that morning, a big pig was killed in the team, and he traded his work points for a big bucket of meat and carried it home, receiving envious looks from others along the way.

Next month will be the autumn harvest, and many people keep their work points for food, and the exchange of meat is just a way to go home in exchange for a little bit. It doesn't look like he carries a big bucket of meat back home every time.

Even Grandpa Yu was surprised to see his grandson come back with such a big bucket of meat, "You brought back so much meat, can we finish it?" He came out of the labor camp as a country bumpkin who didn’t understand anything. He knew that working in the countryside is calculated on the basis of work points, and the work points earned can be exchanged for meat or grain, while his grandson can earn as much as half a day working in a tofu workshop. A grown man's work points for a day's work is already quite powerful. You must know that many adults in the village still don't earn enough work points.

Coupled with the fact that the eldest grandson will also engage in other side jobs in the countryside, it is no wonder that the eldest grandson can raise several younger siblings by himself without any problem.Of course, his food and lodging at the grandchildren's place is not from the grandchildren, but from his son. It is impossible for Yu Wenchang to let such young grandsons support him.

Now that he has come back, he has moved to his work unit with his son, but because he does not have a formal job, he has no salary and has to rely on his son to support him. Fortunately, his son's salary is not bad now, so it is no problem to support him as an old man.

It’s just that what Yu Wenchang was thinking about was that when his son got married in the future, if his daughter-in-law didn’t have a job and had a few more children to support, he was afraid that it would be difficult to support him as an old man, and he would be alone by then. Going back to live in his hometown, he should not die of starvation by farming himself, and he doesn't want to cause trouble to his children and grandchildren. He has already thought about these things, but he hasn't talked to them for the time being.

"No, it's all meat. There are still a few big bones in it. I'll change it back to make soup. Second sister Chenchen and the others like to drink bone soup." Lu Jin picked out the bones inside, and there was a piece of pork liver and a piece of pork kidney , Keep the pork liver for soup, and the pork kidney for stir-frying. He poured the rest of the meat into a pot, which was also half of the pot.

"Didn't uncle say it? Let's make more zongzi. When the time comes, let uncle take some zongzi back to the unit to send to the leaders or colleagues."

"You're right." Hearing this, Yu Wenchang felt that his grandson thought farther than them, and took advantage of the festival to build a good relationship with the leaders. With his son's temper, he probably wouldn't even think about it. The grandson is thoughtful.

"Second sister, go and light up the fire in the small stove. Use the casserole we usually make soup to wash and fill it with half a pot of water to cook. Now you can drink the soup at noon." The school is on holiday for the Dragon Boat Festival. The three children of the family are all at home, and Lu Jin directs the little girl at home to help with the work.

The little girl is already nine years old this year. Girls of this age in other families have followed their parents to work in the field, but in their family they are still reluctant to let such a young girl do such heavy work. Let the little girl do the work.

"Hey, I'll go right away." As soon as she heard her brother calling him, Lu Qinglian ran into the kitchen to clean up the water and cook the soup.

After the little girl lit the fire, Lu Jin washed the bones and threw them into the pot to cook. He put a few hardwoods in the stove and burned them slowly. No one was watching in front of the stove, and all of them went inside. To make zongzi.

He has already soaked the rice for the zongzi in advance, cut the meat back into large pieces, and marinated it with soy sauce. He made the salted duck eggs in advance, scooped out the egg yolks, and the egg whites are useless, so they will be steamed tomorrow and served as porridge .

It is not too difficult to make zongzi. Once all the ingredients are ready, you can make zongzi.

They made zongzi last year, the little girl in the family also learned how to make zongzi, and their grandfather can also make zongzi, plus Lu Jin himself, there are only three people in their family making zongzi, he can make zongzi so fast, one person It can support three people, so before noon, their first batch of zongzi has already been cooked.

Hearing a buzzing sound coming from outside the yard, before he could shout, their kid had already run to open the door.

"uncle!"

"Hey! You are the one who opened the door for uncle."

As soon as the door opened, the little nephew rushed out like a cannonball, and Yu Jun picked up the little nephew as soon as he got out of the car and hugged him.Seeing that the kid's eyes were almost glued to their car, Yu Jun asked with a smile, "Want to take a car?"

"Yeah!" Chenchen nodded hurriedly, the expression on her face had already betrayed him.

Zhang Dahe and Cao Meng who followed behind were still carrying things in their hands, Zhang Dahe gave Cao Meng the things in his hands, and said to their captain: "Boss, you go in, I will take him around .”

Lu Jin, who was inside, heard the voice, stretched his head out to look, saw his uncle and the others coming, and shouted: "Uncle Dahe, don't let him go, come in quickly." No one would drive without even entering the door. I took that brat for a spin!

"It's okay, I'll take him for a ride and he'll be back soon." Zhang Dahe is also a dote on children, he took the key from his boss, carried the half-grown kid into the sidecar and sat down. He went up with his legs crossed, got on the bike, turned the front of the car around, twisted the accelerator, and the car buzzed away.

When Lu Jin went out, he happened to see the tail of a leaving car, and the voice of their brat screaming, "..."

"Uncle, Uncle Cao Meng, come in, the zongzi should be ready soon. Uncle, why did you bring so many things?" Lu Jin invited his uncle and Cao Meng to come in, and when his uncles came, he brought them home again. With so many things coming, he didn't have any free hands at the moment, so he asked someone to carry the things into the house first, and when he came back, he said to his sister who was helping with work: "Xiao Lian, go wash your hands, and pour some water for uncle and uncle Cao Meng. glass of water."

Lu Qinglian went to wash her hands without saying a word, and poured a glass of water for her uncle and uncles when she came back.Lu Jin asked the little girl to pour another glass, and another uncle didn't come in.

"Father, you guys are making zongzi, and I'm here to help." Yu Jun took a sip of the water poured by his niece, and seeing that there were things in the room making zongzi, he also moved a stool over to help.

"Will you take care of you?" Yu Wenchang looked down on his son a little bit.

Yu Jun gave his father a "look at it" look, and made the first zongzi, which was still five-pointed, very beautiful.

"Father Yu, you don't know that the captain can do all the work of making dumplings." Cao Meng who said this is not very good at doing these jobs. The people in the team collectively disliked it.

But he was too embarrassed to just sit and watch when others were working, so he moved a stool over to help out, while chatting with his father Yu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, "You look good, Father Yu, it seems that you are still in the country. The water and soil nourish people."

"No, everything is good here in the countryside." And there are grandchildren there.

When he came to his grandson, Yu Wenchang ate well and slept well, and he felt that he was much fatter than before.

With two more people helping to make zongzi, Lu Jin can also do other work. "Grandpa and uncle, you are making zongzi here. I'll go to the kitchen to see if our zongzi is ready." Counting the time, The first pot of zongzi was almost done, so he told his grandfather and uncle, and he went to the kitchen outside.

The zongzi was afraid of being raw but not cooked, and the cooking time was not long enough. He was afraid that the zongzi would not be cooked, so he added half a spoonful of water to the pot where the zongzi was cooked and continued to cook, and then went to prepare their lunch.

Today's festival they can't just eat rice dumplings, but also fry two dishes for dinner.

Originally, he thought that his uncle was the only one who came, but he didn't expect that there were two more people, but it didn't matter if there were two more people, as long as he cooked two more dishes.

The soup has been cooked. In the morning, he also replaced the pork liver and pork kidney when he came back. The pork liver was not boiled in the soup, so he used it for frying, and fried it with pork kidney lean meat, and then fried a dried bean curd and steamed a fish. I bought it from someone in the morning. In addition to frying shredded potatoes and making a cold salad, the dishes for today's festival are not considered shabby.

While he was working in the kitchen, he heard the sound of a buzzing car coming back from outside, and then the door of the yard was pushed open, and he heard the voice of their child talking to Zhang Dahe.

As soon as I heard it, I knew that their kid was having a good time. Lu Jin stretched out his head and criticized their kid, "Lu Haochen, why don't you hurry up and take your uncle to the house for a glass of water. You drag your uncle to the house before anyone comes in." Go outside and play!" It really needs a big criticism!

"Uncle, let's go to the house to drink water, I'll pour water for you." Afraid that his brother would scold him again, Lu Haochen ran faster than anyone else, and rushed through the door in no time.

Zhang Dahe, who came in behind, said hello to Lu Jin, and then went to say hello to Father Yu, and then went to the kitchen to help Lu Jin cook.

With the help of the two of them, the rice dumplings in the pot were cooked, and their lunch was also ready.

It happened that the rice dumplings in the house were finished, so they cleaned up the things on the table and replaced them with freshly fried vegetables and cooked rice dumplings.Lu Jin put the second pot of rice dumplings in and cooked them, and came over to eat with everyone, peeled off the first rice dumpling and put it in their grandfather's bowl, "Grandpa, try the rice dumplings we made today."

"Give it to your uncle and the others." Yu Wenchang said, about to give the zongzi in the bowl to his son.

"Father, eat it, I have some here too." Before his father gave him the zongzi, Yu Jun began to peel the zongzi by himself, but he didn't eat the first zongzi he peeled off, but gave it to the little one. nephew.

Little Baoer looked at the extra zongzi in the bowl, her eyes were shining.

"Uncle, don't give Xiao Bao'er such a big root, he can't finish it." When making zongzi, Lu Jin specially made some small zongzi, just for their children. Unexpectedly, his uncle gave them such a big meal all at once. A big rice dumpling.Seeing their child, she was afraid that he would snatch it away, so she bit it down with one bite, her cheeks were bulging.

"..."

"It's okay, I'll eat if he can't finish it." Uncle Yu didn't dislike eating his little nephew's saliva, as long as the little nephew ate happily.

Lu Jin: "..." What do you want me to do in the future?

On this day when they celebrated the festival with their grandparents and uncles, the Lu family's old house was also very lively.