60s Splendid Life

"Hurry up, get the meat."

"Let's go, take the basin."

"..."

On the day of Xiaonian, pigs were slaughtered in the village, and people from every household carried pots and buckets to the grain field early in the morning. The pigs screamed through the sky, and all the people outside the field were smiling happily. .

If you want to talk about the few things that everyone in the village is happiest about, it is nothing more than sharing food and meat.

At the beginning of this year, their brigade built a new pig farm on the back mountain. It was a pigsty built with bricks and tiles. There are more than a dozen piglets, and these pigs can be slaughtered at the end of the year. They sold a few of these pigs in their team, and the remaining few were not willing to sell, and all of them were left for the members of their village to eat.

In the past year, there have been factories and tofu workshops in their village, and many families have gained extra income. In the past, some people secretly sold autumn grains for money, but this year, few families in Lujia Village are willing to sell grains. All the grains are kept at home. of.Now that food is available and everyone has money in their pockets, they just want to eat a bite of meat.

Meat is not something that can be eaten every day, no matter in the city or in the countryside these days. What is better in the countryside than in the city is that each brigade can raise a few pigs and distribute them to the commune members, and the pork in the countryside does not need a ticket. Exchange work points and spend money to buy. In short, it is much easier to eat a bite of meat in the countryside than in the city.

Pigs are slaughtered in the village. The pigs slaughtered this time in Xiaonian will be eaten until the next year, and the next pig slaughter in the village will be next year. Therefore, as long as every household is not too difficult, they will come to get some meat to go home for the New Year. Work points are exchanged, and those who don’t have work points can buy with money, and they will have a good year anyway. There are a lot of people in the grain drying field on this day.

When Lu Jin and his grandfather brought the four children of the family to the sun-drying farm, the pigs had already been killed, and many people gathered around the front waiting for the meat to be divided. If they couldn't squeeze in, they could only wait outside.

I don't know when it will be their turn to get the meat. In the past, Lu Jin came alone. Today, a few children will come with him, so he can only bring them together. Like a knife, he himself felt that he was about to die of cold standing here, so he pulled the scarf around his neck a little higher to cover his face, and asked a few children, "Aren't you cold?"

"Brother who is not cold." Lu Qinglian was wearing an old cotton-padded jacket with several pieces of clothes underneath. She was wrapped round and round, with a red scarf around her neck. The scarf looked new, yes With the wool brought back by her brother, she made a new scarf for everyone in the family. The whole family wore scarves around their necks, and they were all bright red.The little girl's face was flushed, and she didn't know whether she was excited or cold.

My sister doesn't say it's cold, let alone the boys.

Little Baoer is riding on his own small wooden cart. The wheels of this small wooden cart that he has been riding for two years are almost worn out, and he is not willing to throw it away. There is a new one at home, which was made by his elder brother and his grandpa, a carpenter. , but he still likes to ride this old one when he goes out. He doesn't need to be hugged along the way, and he can run faster than his brothers and sisters on his own.

It was the first time for Eggy to follow her brothers and sisters to pick up the meat. Seeing so many people here, there was curiosity and fear in her big eyes, and she held her brother's clothes tightly with her small hand, for fear of losing herself.

Lu Jin touched the heads of the two little guys and asked them if they were cold, and the two children said in unison whether they were cold.Because he didn't know when he would be able to reach them, it was not an option for the family to blow the cold wind here, so he turned around to discuss with his grandfather: "Grandpa, why don't you take them back first, and I'll just wait here by myself. "

"Brother, I don't want to go back, I want to wait with you." Lu Haochen was still holding a small basin in his hand. He knew that pig blood would be sent every time a pig was slaughtered. He followed to get pig blood. He likes to eat it The pork blood dish made by my brother is delicious.

"Brother, we will wait with you." Lu Qinglian turned her head and looked at her brother with a pair of beautiful eyes.

Little Bao'er and Dandan saw that their elder brother and sister wouldn't go back, so the two younger ones naturally refused to leave.

"Okay, let's wait together." Seeing that the grandsons refused to go back, Yu Wenchang said to the eldest grandson: "Let's just wait together, and go home together after we get the meat."

"Okay, as long as you are not afraid of the cold." Lu Jin smiled helplessly, but the wind here is really too strong, and there are no houses or trees around to cover it.Seeing that their aunts and cousins ​​were also here, he took a few children to their aunts and asked them to stand with the adults. At least someone could protect them from the wind, right?

But it didn't take long to meet his uncle and second uncle who also came, and his second uncle also brought a few children behind him.

The girls from the first room and the girls from the second room had many conflicts before they separated, and they even cracked down on counterfeits, so Wang Meili and her daughters didn't like the girls from the second room very much. The face is just to say hello, no more words.

Lu Jin was standing there talking to his cousin. When he saw his uncle and second uncle coming together, he just nodded and continued talking to his cousin and sister-in-law.His new cousin sister-in-law is a small woman with delicate features, good-looking, and loves to laugh.A person who loves to laugh always gives a better first impression than a person who doesn’t like to laugh. It’s probably because he went to meet his cousin with his big brother that day. He really likes this new sister-in-law who loves to laugh and can talk. .

Wang Meili heard her husband talking about the old man's health with the second uncle, but she still asked with concern, "How is Dad's health now?"

"I don't know if I can survive this year, hey..." When it comes to his father, Lu Jianguo is also very conflicted in his heart. The old man has been paralyzed on the bed for more than a year, and he, the eldest son, is taking care of him. Wiping shit and pee, he has to go to work every day. One of the four brothers died, one is in a labor camp, and the other is a slave to his wife. His father has been paralyzed on the bed for so long, let alone help him turn over I didn't even go into that room.The wife didn't even enter the old house because of the conflict over the separation, let alone go back to take care of her father-in-law. His mother was at home, but such a mother... well, he didn't even know what to say about his mother.

In short, his father has to take care of him, and Lu Jianguo has to take care of his wife and children. He is alone, sometimes he is so tired that he can fall asleep, and he has to go back to take care of his paralyzed father. No more, the idea of ​​whether he can relax a little bit.But when he learned from the doctor that his father's health might not survive this year, Lu Jianguo actually felt very uncomfortable.

Lu Jin heard what his uncle and uncles were talking about. He really didn't know what happened in the old house. He had never been to the old house since he came back, let alone went to see it. They kissed their grandfather Lu Laogen, but if this grandfather hadn't been so partial and selfish back then, they wouldn't have fallen to the point where they didn't even want to see each other.

They stood in the cold wind for more than an hour before it was their family's turn to get the meat. His uncle and the second uncle's family all took the meat and left. Hearing his name, he hurriedly took a few children to fetch the meat with basins and buckets.

"Brother, brother, I want pig blood."

"Is there any pig blood?"

"Yes, there is one for each family."

"How much meat can I exchange for my work points?"

After I came back, I worked for almost ten days, but this was not a lot of work, and I couldn’t exchange much meat. The rest of Lu Jin had to spend money to buy it. Fortunately, the pork that was slaughtered in the village was not expensive, and I didn’t need a ticket, so I didn’t buy it. It's not for nothing. They haven't eaten fresh pork a few times in the Shanghai market this year. He couldn't help drooling when he saw the fresh pork on display.To cook bacon for the Chinese New Year, and save some fresh meat for the New Year. After all, we still need to buy a lot of meat.

In previous years, there was no one for the pig's trotters, but this year's pig's trotters were picked up early by everyone.They lined up at the back, and when they came, all the pig's trotters were bought away, so Lu Jin had no choice but to pick a few pieces of meat that looked better, and half a rib. After paying, he filled a bucket full, and Their little girl carried them back home together.

Lu Haochen was holding a basin, in which was his favorite pork blood, but it was still raw at the moment, and he could only eat it when he got home and cooked it.

Grandpa Yu took two grandchildren alone, and the younger grandson rode a bicycle by himself, Eggy followed beside him, holding his clothes with one hand, and he led the two children to follow behind the older grandson , Looking at the grandson and sister carrying a large bucket of meat, thinking that this is the meat they eat during the New Year, the old man also has a smile on his face.

Who doesn't like meat these days, right?

But Yu Wenchang remembered that he had just heard the Lu family uncle and the second uncle talking about his grandson's poor health, so he asked his grandson: "Why don't you go to the old house to see your grandfather, it's the Chinese New Year , send two catties of meat to your grandfather."

"Okay, I'll take a look later when I have time." Lu Jin couldn't say that he didn't want to go, if Lu Laogen was really going to die, he still had to take a look.

Some of the pork they brought back was kept fresh for the Chinese New Year, and they used the rest to make bacon. When they were busy making bacon at home, their uncle came with two people, but they were not as big as them. aunt.

"Uncle, you are here, come in quickly, oops, why did you bring so many things. Our team killed a pig, and you came just in time, uncle. I will make braised pork for you at noon." There are no big aunts, only a few uncles However, Lu Jin still welcomes his uncles to visit their house.

"Oh, this is good. I haven't eaten your braised pork for a long time."

"No, since I ate braised pork at that meeting, I have dreamed of eating braised pork for a month, but it made me greedy, and I still think about it."

Yu Jun brought Zhang Dahe and Cao Meng to his nephew's house together, but they didn't come empty-handed, each of them had a big bag in their hands, and Uncle Yu carried a big bag on his shoulder. The rice enters the door.

Seeing the two sidecar motorcycles outside, Lu Haochen screamed and ran out, touching the iron bump excitedly, got into the sidecar and sat there, refusing to come out.

It was Lu Jin who pulled him out. What kind of motorcycle was he doing in the cold weather? He pulled people off and wouldn't let them sit on them, and he didn't allow guests who hadn't entered the house to go out and take their children for a ride. I'm used to it!