60s Splendid Life

On this day, except for the tofu shop which still made tofu, the two factories in the village stopped working, and everyone in Lujia Village was celebrating the festival.

The two cousins ​​went fishing in the river early in the morning and brought the fish to their home. Lu Jin sliced ​​the fish meat and made fish balls, and cooked the remaining fish heads and bones in a pot for the cat at home.There are a group of cats in the family, and the food for the cats every month is enough to support two more people in the family.

In addition to fish balls, he also made pork balls and vegetable balls by the way. The balls of various colors were fried in the pan, and then fried again. The whole yard was full of the smell of croquettes. A group of children outside couldn't wait to cry. Yelling, yelling to eat meatballs.

"Go and wash your hands before eating the meatballs." Lu Jin scooped up the bound meatballs and filled a large bowl full of them.

"Brother, I'm going to wash now!"

Lu Haochen clamped his younger brother Xiaobao under his arm, and took the two younger brothers to wash their hands together.

The older sister, Lu Qinglian, had already washed her hands and came over to take out the meatballs. Several younger brothers who had washed their hands ran over, and the four siblings gathered around the table to eat the meatballs.

"Grandpa eat." Little Bao'er walked unsteadily to deliver meatballs to grandpa.

Grandpa Yu took the meatball from the little grandson, and also caught the little grandson, and said with emotion in his eyes: "Thank you, Xiaobao, Xiaobao is so good."

"Hee hee." Little Bao'er showed an embarrassed smile, and went back to eat meatballs with her sisters and brothers.Lu Haochen pulled a stool for his younger brother to sit on, and stuffed a chopstick into his hand, which was filled with balls, "You take it and eat."

My sister brought a bowl of meatballs to the two uncles.

"Xiao Lian, come here, and take this to the auntie and Da Mao's family." Lu Jin who was in the kitchen called their little girl over, and gave the little girl two bags, both of which were filled with balls.

"Okay, I'll go right away." Lu Qinglian took the bag and ran out. First, she sent one bag to the neighbor's house, and then sent another bag to their uncle's natal house. When she came back, she also had two bags in her hand. When the bag came back, she handed it to her brother: "This is from Aunt Qin, and this is from Auntie."

Lu Jin took the bag, Aunt Qin gave a bag of fruit, and Aunt Qin gave a bag of rice cakes, I don't know where they came from.Every time he asked their children to deliver things, they never came back empty-handed.Now that they gave it all, they couldn't send it back, so he had to wash a basin of fruit and take it out for everyone to eat.

When their uncle and his party came over, they started cooking and eating.

On such a good day, both Zhang Dahe and Wang Meng followed their captain to the nephew's house for a meal. Of course, they didn't come empty-handed, each of them had a few big bags of things in their hands.

"Uncle!" Lu Haochen and Xiao Bao'er were very enthusiastic when they saw Uncle, only Eggy stood outside and dared not run over.

"Do you miss your uncle at home?"

"miss you!"

Yu Jun raised his hand and touched the heads of several nephews, and when he walked over, he also touched the one standing outside.Someone touched his head suddenly, Eggy froze for a moment, his little face burst into laughter, just when he was thinking about whether to follow, his brother grabbed his hand and dragged him away with his uncle .

The uncles brought a lot of delicious things, Lu Haochen opened a bag of candies, and distributed two to each younger brother, as well as himself and his sister, also each had two.

After Zhang Dahe and Wang Meng put down their things, they went to the kitchen to help the eldest nephew with work.

The pot in the kitchen was simmering meat, gurgling, and the overflowing aroma spread from the kitchen to the outside.

The taro braised pork and big meat buns were still steaming in the steamer, and the hot air was rising straight up.

"Fuck-"

Lu Jin poured the pig's large intestine into the pot and stir-fried it. The pig's large intestine with the sauce turned red, and the taste became more and more fragrant.

Pork belly and chicken soup is stewed in the pot, the milky white soup is mixed with the spicy aroma of pepper.

On this day, they didn’t open until one o’clock before twelve o’clock. There was a large table of dishes, including fried balls and stewed meat, meat and vegetarian dishes, fried, stewed, fried, and steamed. The dishes on the table were better than what they ate during the Chinese New Year. The dishes were even richer, and a large group of people, old and young, sat around the table to eat.

"Is there something missing? How can there be no wine for such a good dish." Grandpa shouted for a drink.

"Come on, here's the wine for you, Uncle, you're going to drive back later, drink less." Lu Jin opened two jars of wine, one jar of sorghum liquid and one jar of fruit wine, all made by himself.The alcohol content of the fruit wine is not very high, it is a bit sweet, the other adults drink sorghum wine, only he and Qi Yu drink fruit wine, and the children are not allowed to drink alcohol.

The uncles had lunch and left in the afternoon.

On this day, every meal time in Lujia Village, the smell of cooking could be heard everywhere. Meat appeared on almost every dining table, and there were smiles on the faces of adults and children.

Lu Jianguo ate with his wife and children, and then went back to his mother with the food given by his wife. All other places were bustling, but their yard was always deserted.Since his father passed away, he has moved to live with his wife. There is only an old mother and a family in the second room in the family.

When he came back, the door of the second bedroom was also closed. The nephews and nieces didn't know where to go to play, and they hid in the room to sleep.

"Mom, it's me, are you in the house?"

The door of the room where his old mother lived was closed, and he knocked on the door for a long time before the door opened from the inside.Looking at the dark room inside, Lu Jianguo frowned, and handed the basket in his hand to his mother: "Mom, have you eaten yet? I brought you some food from Meili. If you haven't eaten, eat some." Bar."

The old lady standing inside the door has lost a lot of weight, and is also a lot older. Her hair is all white, and only a few strands are still on it. The clothes on her body have not been washed for a long time, and her whole body reveals a smell Musty smell.

The old lady glanced at her son with a pair of cloudy eyes, and then at what the son was carrying, but she didn't reach out to pick it up. What she said was an undisguised disgust for her daughter-in-law, "Take it away, I'll take it away." If I don’t eat her food, who knows that she didn’t put poison in the food to poison me to death.”

As she said that, the old lady closed the door with a bang, leaving her son alone outside.

"Mom, why are you talking like that! Beauty is kindness, so forget it if you don't eat it, and I won't give it to you in the future." Lu Jianguo was so angry that his mother was so mad that his kindness was treated like a donkey's liver and lungs!Since you don't eat it, forget it!

Lu Jianguo was so angry that he took the food back to his wife. Of course, he didn't dare to say that it was his mother who refused to eat.

When Wang Meili saw her husband brought back the food, she didn't ask any questions. She poured the food back into the plate and asked her daughter to wash some dishes.

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It was the first time for the children in Lujia Village to eat mooncakes when they grew up to such an age. Some children were spoiled by adults, and they would eat mooncakes for the children before the moon came out at night. At this time, they held a mooncake in their hand. The child who went out with moon cakes was the most eye-catching one among the children in the village.

"We have mooncakes at home."

"We also have mooncakes!"

"Look at how big my mooncakes are."

"My mooncakes are as big as yours."

"..."

The children holding the mooncakes are comparing whose mooncakes are bigger, but their mooncakes are all made by the same factory. Everyone buys mooncakes wrapped in red paper, basically the same size, but some are Some of the red bean paste are black bean paste, and the fillings inside are a little different.

However, there are a few houses in the village who bought boxed mooncakes, and the boxed mooncakes will have more flavors, such as those with lotus paste egg yolk and meat filling, and the price will be more expensive.

Lu Jin’s moon cakes are boxed. Of course, he, the factory manager, also has to pay for the things he gets from the factory. In addition to his own food, he also bought a few boxes and gave them away. They sent them all away, and they kept two boxes of mooncakes for themselves, and a few mooncakes wrapped in red paper.

Brothers Da Mao and Er Mao ran to the house next door to play after dinner at home. Each of the brothers still held a moon cake in his hand. As soon as he took it, he broke it and gave it to several brothers and sisters to eat together. up.

Lu Boli hugged his little niece and followed his two nephews to Lu Jin's house.

"This is the meatball fried by my brother. It's delicious. I invite you to eat it." Since he ate the mooncakes from his younger brothers, Lu Haochen was not stingy, so he went to their kitchen, lifted the lid, and used two mooncakes. The chopsticks were filled with meatballs and came out for the two younger brothers to eat.

Da Mao and Er Mao got tired of eating moon cakes at home. When they saw something more delicious than moon cakes, they stuffed the last bite of moon cakes in their mouths, then took the balls and ate them.

"Give me a hug for my sister. Have you had dinner yet?" Seeing Lu Boli coming with his sister in his arms, Lu Jin reached out to take her over.He often gave the little girl something to eat, and the little girl knew him well, and she sat obediently as soon as she came into his arms.

Lu Boli smiled and nodded, pulled a stool over and sat down, "I've eaten."

"Chenchen, why do you only get meatballs for Da Mao and Er Mao, and don't get a bunch for Brother Bo Li?" Lu Jin saw that the kid in their family only brought food for the two younger brothers, and forgot that there was another brother and younger sister. .

As soon as Lu Haochen heard his brother's words, he ran into the kitchen again and brought out a bowl of meatballs.

"I don't need it, we've already had dinner." Lu Boli felt a little embarrassed when he saw two rude nephews having dinner at home and then coming to eat at someone else's house.Lu Haochen handed the bowl to Lu Boli and ran away. Lu Jin said with a smile, "Eat and eat, eat it as a snack after dinner."

"Ah..." Before the uncle over there ate, the younger sister opened her mouth wide and wanted to eat. Seeing that the adults refused to give her food, she screamed anxiously.

"..." Lu Boli, there is another one here who is even more rude, and he is a little embarrassed.

Lu Jin looked at his younger sister who was in his arms and was about to rush over to grab something to eat, and couldn't help laughing: "Haha, I think my younger sister wants to eat more. Can I give my younger sister one?" The child born at the beginning of the year By the time of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it has been eight or nine months old, and this year there has been a leap month, so it is more than nine months old.

"It's edible, she's already eaten at home." Lu Boli had no choice but to break off some balls and stuff them into the little niece's mouth, and then blocked the little niece's mouth.

But it turns out that he was too good at thinking.

"Ah..." After the little sister swallowed what was in her mouth, she opened her mouth wide to the little uncle to eat.

In the end, it was Lu Jin who was afraid that the little girl would be too full, so he asked Lu Boli to eat up the meatballs quickly and take the bowl away, so that his sister stopped clamoring for food.