60s Splendid Life

Boiled dumplings for the first meal of the new year. After breakfast, Lu Jin fried chestnuts in the kitchen. There were still a few chestnuts left yesterday. He said to make fried chestnuts with sugar, and a group of children refused to leave around the stove.

Use a knife to make a cut in the middle of each chestnut, pour oil into the pot, and then pour sugar into it and fry until the color changes slightly, then pour the chestnuts in and fry, stir fry a few times, pour in half a bowl of water, and cover the lid .When the water in the pot is almost dry and the chestnuts in the pot are opened one by one, open the lid and continue to stir-fry until the water in the pot is dry, and the whole kitchen is filled with the sweet fragrance of chestnuts.

"Brother, is it all right?"

"It's alright, it's alright."

"Chenchen, don't set fire to it, it's fine." He was frying chestnuts, and several voices beside him were asking him if the frying was done. Lu Jin even replied that he didn't want to pay attention to these noisy children. , Turning around and calling to my sister: "Sister, give me the dustpan."

"Here, brother." Lu Qinglian heard her brother calling her, and hurriedly passed the dustpan over.

Lu Jin took the dustpan and put the fried chestnuts in it. The freshly fried chestnuts were still very hot. He tried to pick one up but got burned. Jian pinched his ears, and used himself as a negative lesson to teach a few children, "Look, you will get burned if you are too anxious."

"elder brother."

"Let's wait, it's hot right now."

The freshly fried chestnuts smell delicious, but they are too hot to touch. Under the anxious eyes of several children, Lu Jin took out a chestnut, peeled the shell from the middle, and put it in his mouth. Chestnuts are fragrant, glutinous and slightly powdery and sweet. "It's delicious, you should try it too."

Chenchen and her sister couldn't wait a long time ago and took one and peeled it off, Chenchen ate it by herself, and her sister put it in Xiaobao's brother's mouth.Lu Jin peeled one for Eggy and another for her sister, and asked with a smile, "Isn't it delicious?"

"Yeah, it's delicious!" My sister rolled her eyes with a smile, with a chestnut in her mouth.

After Xiao Baoer ate one, she anxiously pulled her sister's hand, and Lu Qinglian peeled another one and put it in her brother's mouth.Eggy had already been peeling it by himself, and if he couldn't peel it off, he bit it open with his teeth, and after eating the pulp inside, he had enough food and clothing by himself, and he didn't have to wait for others to feed him.

"Sister, send some to Uncle Rong and Uncle Qi." Lu Jin found a bowl and filled it, and asked her sister to deliver it to the neighbors, and asked Chenchen to take the rest back to their house to eat with grandpa.

There was someone knocking on the door outside the courtyard, Lu Jin heard the sound and opened the door, and saw that Lu Bocheng and Lu Boli came from outside the door, bringing Da Mao and Er Mao brothers with him, he said with a smile: "You guys came just in time, we just fried chestnuts , come in and eat together."

"No wonder we smelled so good outside, so it was you who made delicious food." Lu Bowen replied with a smile.

When Da Mao heard that there was something delicious, he ran inside, but Xiao Er Mao didn't go in, so he took his hand and told him, "My aunt gave birth to a little sister for us."

"Oh, sister-in-law is pregnant?" This Lu Jin really didn't know, and asked Lu Bocheng and Lu Boli.

"Yes, it was born last night." Lu Bocheng replied.

"No wonder, I'll go and have a look." Lu Jin invited the three of them into the house to eat chestnuts. The family eats a lot during the Chinese New Year, and there are all kinds of melon seeds, candies and twists. He put them on the table for everyone to eat, and then went to soak A pot of jujube tea came over. There was rock sugar in the tea, which tasted sweet, and a group of children liked to drink it.

It was cold outside, so he didn't let the children run outside, and let a group of children stay inside to eat.

Fortunately, there is something to eat, and a group of children don't want to run outside.

It was not the first time for Lu Bocheng and Lu Boli to come to Lu Jin's place, and they were not polite, they found a stool to sit on when they entered the room, took a few chestnuts and peeled them to eat.It was the first time for Lu Bocheng to eat such delicious chestnuts, and he said to Lu Jin, "So this is so delicious. Next time I go up the mountain to find it and fry it for you. Just share half with me."

"It's ok, you can go find it, I'll fry it for you, we'll get five or five points. Brother Bocheng, sit here for a while, and I'll pack a few eggs for my sister-in-law to take first." Lu Jin asked his grandfather to entertain him in the house. Guest, after talking to the guest, he went to find a basket to put things in.

The hens stopped laying eggs when the weather got cold, and it was difficult to buy eggs outside at this time. Fortunately, he still had a little stock in his space. During this time, most of the food at home was eggs stored in his space, but it was too late. After eating, there is not much left.

With thirty eggs, two catties of brown sugar and several catties of dates, a basket was filled to the brim, and a red cloth scarf was placed on top of it. Lu Jin carried the basket out the door and sent it to the yard next door.Entering through the back door, he heard voices in the kitchen. When he looked inside, it happened that Mrs. Qin was here, so he handed over the basket and said, "Happy New Year, Mrs. Ermao and Brother Bocheng. I heard that my sister-in-law was born. There are eggs and brown sugar at home, I will send some eggs to my sister-in-law and ask the brown sugar to come."

"Happy New Year. You kid, why did you send so many things here?"

Aunt Qin reached out to take the basket, opened the red cloth and saw that it was full of things underneath, including eggs, brown sugar, and dates. Aunt Qin was surprised, and when she saw that there were too many things, she wanted to return them to Lu Jin. "Where did your family get so many eggs, why don't you take them back and feed them to Xiaobao."

"Auntie, just hold it. My sister-in-law just gave birth and needs to make up for it. There are still some eggs at home. Don't push them around and break them." Lu Jin didn't reach out to pick it up, but pushed the basket again. Going back, he asked with a smile, "Did my sister-in-law give birth to a little sister?"

"Yeah, I gave birth to a little girl, weighing seven catties and two taels, heavier than my two elder brothers. She looks like your sister-in-law, and she looks very pretty." Aunt Qin couldn't get along when she mentioned this. Ear mouth, she gave birth to three sons by herself, and her daughter-in-law gave birth to two grandchildren in succession. The whole family hoped that this one in the daughter-in-law's stomach would be a little girl.

Xu Shi ate well during pregnancy, and the little girl born by the daughter-in-law was so white and beautiful that the whole family wanted to hold it in their hands.

"It must be due to the can of milk powder you sent. Your sister-in-law ate it, and the little girl she gave birth to is so beautiful, and she looks like a clever girl with a pair of eyes." Out of blind love for her granddaughter, Aunt Qin felt that The granddaughter looks good everywhere.

Seeing that Mrs. Qin was so happy, Lu Jin also smiled and said, "I still have two cans of milk powder. If my sister-in-law needs it, I'll send it to my sister-in-law."

"No, no, your sister-in-law has enough milk, enough for a girl to eat. The basket of eggs and brown sugar you sent is enough. I will cook a bowl for your sister-in-law later. Niuniu is still young, and I will take you in after a few days." Look at her." Brown sugar is hard to buy in the countryside, Aunt Qin asked someone to buy two catties for her home long before her daughter-in-law was about to give birth, but two catties of brown sugar won't last long, now Lu Jin gave it away again A bag of brown sugar is enough for the daughter-in-law to give birth.

Lu Jin knew that children under the full moon should not be shown to outsiders casually. Although it was his aunt Qin's kindness, he still declined: "Don't worry, let's see the child when the child is full moon. What do you need here? Tell me, maybe there will be one in my place."

"Okay." Aunt Qin knew that Lu Jin often went to the town, and he could get things from the supply and marketing cooperatives through his network. Their family exchanged a lot of things with Lu Jin. Kam is polite.

"Ma'am, I'm going back first. Brother Bocheng and Brother Boli are both at my house. Is Brother Bowen at home?" The two walked towards the door while talking, and Lu Jin was still rushing home. The door to the back door went.

"Your brother Bowen is at home, and your Uncle Lu is also at home. Would you like to come in and sit for a while?" Aunt Qin asked after sending him to the door.

"Not today, auntie, please be busy, don't send me off." Lu Jin waved to his auntie Qin, and went back to their house.

Aunt Qin stood at the door of the house and watched him go back to the opposite yard. Still saying "this child is really nice", she went back to the kitchen to cook chicken soup. Before the chicken soup was ready, she used Lu Jin to send it Eggs and brown sugar dates boiled a bowl of soup and sent it to my daughter-in-law.

"Mother, let me come. You didn't sleep much last night, why don't you go back to the house and sleep for a while, I will take care of Xiumei here." Lu Bowen who was in the room took the egg soup brought by the mother, Let the mother who didn't sleep much last night because of her daughter-in-law's childbirth go back to the house to rest.

"No hurry, let me see Niu Niu first, our little Niu Niu is really good." Aunt Qin gave the bowl to her son and went to see her little granddaughter. The baby who was born less than a day old was wrapped in a In the swaddling baby, her skin was still red, her hair was black and thick, her nose was upturned and her mouth was small. At first glance, she looked like her mother. She must be a beautiful little girl when she grows up.

Lu Bowen knows that his mother likes a little granddaughter, and other mothers-in-law may hope that their daughter-in-law will have more grandchildren, but their family already has two grandchildren, and their three brothers do not have a sister, their mother has been looking forward to it for decades. Finally, a little granddaughter is expected, who is even rarer than the first two grandchildren.

Lu Bowen didn't care about his aunt, so he carried it and put it on the bedside table, helped the daughter-in-law lying on the bed to sit against the bedside, and fed the egg soup to the daughter-in-law.

"I don't need you to feed me, I can drink it myself." Seeing her mother-in-law here, Wang Xiumei took the bowl a little embarrassedly, seeing that it was egg soup boiled with brown sugar and dates, it tasted sweet when she drank it, and her heart was also sweet sizzling.

"You don't have to worry about me. I'll go and see if the chicken soup in the kitchen is ready. Xiumei, if you get hungry for a while, ask Bowen to go to the kitchen to bring you chicken soup. There's still rice in the pot." Although Aunt Qin She was looking at her granddaughter, but out of the corner of her eye, she still saw her son and daughter-in-law. Knowing that she would embarrass her daughter-in-law by being here, she glanced at her little granddaughter, and told her son how to take care of his daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law, smiling went out.

Lu Bowen personally sent his mother out to the door, and after closing the door of the house, he turned back to serve his wife.

"Look at you, Auntie is laughing at us." After Wang Xiumei saw her mother-in-law go out, she blushed and pushed her husband.

Lu Bowen smiled facelessly, and asked his wife: "What's the matter with me, isn't it good for us to love each other? You didn't see how my father treated my mother. I learned this from my father."

"I won't tell you anymore, you're not serious." Wang Xiumei drank the soup in the bowl and put the empty bowl on the table.The husband and wife got together to see their newborn daughter, how did Lu Bowen like it.