60s Splendid Life

The sun was setting on the hilltop in the west, and the father and son of the captain Lu next door also returned home from outside for dinner.

Seeing the meat on the table, Captain Lu's face was a little gloomy, and he looked at his wife and asked, "Where did the meat come from?" It's not a new year, and pigs haven't been slaughtered in the village for a long time. You can't buy fresh pork, unless you go to the town to buy it, but you can only buy it with a meat ticket.Reminiscent of the smell of stewed meat from the house next door today, it goes without saying that this bowl of meat was delivered by the house next door.

Who lives next door? Captain Lu knows better than anyone else how good life can be for a few children who have lost their parents.If the child brought something to their home at the beginning, a bowl of tofu cost a few yuan for snacks, Captain Lu took it when he saw his wife took it, and he didn't say anything when he returned the things, but now the delivery is Such a big bowl of meat, who can afford meat these days?

"Yes, it was sent by Xiaojin's child. I chased it back to their home, but the child refused to take it back, so I had to bring it back." Aunt Qin said that today Lu Jin asked his sister to come to their home to deliver meat. The thing is said.

Seeing the sullen look of the man at home, Aunt Qin knew that her man was not happy about her taking things from other people's house, so she added in a low voice: "I made an agreement with that child, this bowl of meat should be Our family borrowed it from theirs, and I will take it back to him when the pig is slaughtered in the village."

Captain Lu looked at his wife silently, with a very serious expression on his face.

Seeing her husband looking at her like this, Mrs. Qin gave her husband a guilty look, lowered her head and grabbed the hem of her clothes. Don't think she is a tiger outside, but she is also afraid that her husband will scold her for some things.It is true that she did not do enough to pick up other people's meat today, but she is not purely for herself, but thinking about the grandchildren and men at home... Thinking that the people in the family haven't eaten meat for so long, thinking The big deal is that it's the same when you have meat and then return it...

"Grandpa, grandpa, I want to eat eggs." At this time, the voice of a child broke the silence in the room. Ermao, who was still young, saw his favorite egg on the table, and hugged the adult's leg and wanted to go to the table. .

Lu Bowen held down his youngest son, for fear that his youngest son would make his angry father even more angry.

Wang Xiumei married her father-in-law and never lost her temper with her mother-in-law a few times, but this time, it seemed that her father-in-law was really angry with her mother-in-law. It was because of the bowl of meat they brought today. She glanced at her husband , took the initiative to embrace the mistake, and said: "Father, don't blame mother, yes, I took it."

"You two still want to be an accomplice, don't you?" Captain Lu knew at a glance that his daughter-in-law had come out to help his wife take the crime, so he wasn't so confused.

The two children were a little scared when they saw the adults.

Captain Lu glanced at his two sons, daughter-in-law, and wife who dared not sit down while standing, and then looked at the two grandsons who were frightened by him, and his expression softened a little. The words about sending the meat back After all, he swallowed it back into his stomach, sighed, and said in compromise: "Forget it, you guys sit down and eat. After dinner, Bowen, send a bag of millet to the next door."

"Okay Dad." Lu Bowen asked his two sons to sit down to eat.

"I will deliver it with my mother in a while, and my mother will return the basket. Let's sit down and eat after dinner." Seeing that her husband delivered it, Mrs. Qin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Send a bag of millet and give it to them. The family distributed a lot of food last year, even if they gave someone else a bag, their family could eat the rest of this year's autumn food and collect it.

Meeting her husband's gaze, Aunt Qin showed a flattering smile to her husband.

Captain Lu gave his wife a look of waiting to settle accounts with you later.

The family sat down around the table to eat. There were exactly two eggs in the meat bowl, and each child shared one egg. The adults did not share the two eggs. There were other dishes on the table, and the adults ate the others. vegetable.

"Father, try this meat, I think it must be delicious." Lu Bocheng picked up a piece of meat for his father with chopsticks he had never touched before, and received a message from his father, "Don't worry about eating your food." He stuck out his tongue in secret, took a piece of meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth, and couldn't help closing his eyes, "Well, it's so delicious!"

When they came back at noon, they could smell the smell of meat. Their house was adjacent to the yard where Lu Jin lived, and there was only an alley away. The wind blew towards them, so the smell of meat would come into their house.Just the smell of meat that he smelled at noon was enough for him to dream about eating meat for several days. Now that the meat is actually delivered to his mouth, Lu Bocheng still feels unreal, but let alone, this meat Taste even better than when they smell!

"Yeah, this meat is really delicious. I don't know how Xiaojin cooks it. I have to ask him how he cooks it later. Next time when our team kills a pig and gets the meat, we will also cook it." Do it like this." Mrs. Qin took a bite of the meat, the meat was soft and delicious, fat but not greasy, especially this taste, I don't know what it was cooked with, the taste is really too fragrant.

Everyone else in the family was saying it was delicious.

Although Captain Lu didn't speak, it could be seen from his expression that he appreciated the taste of the stewed meat very much.

"It's a pity that Li'er is not at home, so I can't eat such good meat." Aunt Qin thought of the youngest son who was studying in the town. Today, there is meat at home, but the youngest son can't eat it.There was only half a bowl of meat, and the whole family ate two pieces of meat, and she didn't want to leave it for her youngest son who didn't know when he would be able to go home.

Speaking of which, Aunt Qin was thinking about the pigs that their brigade had raised several years ago and hadn't killed yet, and asked their team leader: "Captain, the pigs in our team should be killed too. Look When can I pick a good day to kill a pig recently?” Moreover, their family also ate pork from other people’s homes, and they could return it to other people’s homes after the pigs were slaughtered.

"Yeah, Dad, it's been several months since we killed the pigs before Chinese New Year." Lu Bocheng was also very active in eating meat, and helped his mother ask.

"Hmph!" Captain Lu looked at the couple, eating meat, and still thinking about the pigs in their brigade?But after thinking about the fact that they killed pigs years ago, the members of the team haven’t eaten meat for several months. Captain Lu said: “Wait a little longer, when this season’s spring plowing is over, I’ll ask Ask the members of the commune for their opinions, and if everyone agrees, kill a pig."

"Well, Dad, when are you going to butcher a pig, I'll ask everyone for you." Lu Bocheng said with a smile on his face.

"As long as you are active, you should be so diligent in your work." Captain Lu glared at his second son.

Lu Bocheng rubbed his nose, wanting to say that he is also very diligent in his work.It is enough to know that his father agrees to kill the pig, and then let his mother ask Lu Jin how that boy cooks the meat so delicious, and they can eat it all in one pot!

"When are you going to kill a pig, let me know in advance, so I can go and call San'er back home to eat meat." Aunt Qin still doesn't forget her youngest son who is studying outside.

"Okay, it's still uncertain when the pig will be killed. San'er is studying well outside, will he starve to death if he misses a meal of meat?" Captain Lu was dissatisfied with his wife who kept saying nothing to his youngest son. Seeing that the other two sons are in front of them, the two sons have to say that their parents prefer the youngest again.The youngest son did not go to school to enjoy the blessings, but even if he killed a pig, he would call him back to eat meat, what did he look like!

"..." Aunt Qin looked at the old master and the addicted captain, thinking how I would deal with you when I go back to the room at night!

The husband and wife "eye-eyed", you come and go, and the rest of the people next to them pretended not to see.

"This tofu is also delicious. That kid Xiaojin made it himself. I don't know how that kid learned such a good skill. I'll ask him how to make this tofu tomorrow. If there is tofu sold in our village That’s good, and you don’t have to think about eating tofu and don’t know where to buy it.” The two grandsons like tofu, and Aunt Qin shared the last bit of tofu in the bowl with the two grandsons and two sons, and the rest She ordered the soup and shared it with her daughter-in-law.

As for their Captain Lu, that's out of the question!

Wang Xiumei is also very fond of tofu, which is rarely eaten once. Following her mother-in-law's words, she said: "It would be great if there was a tofu shop in our village. It will be easy for people in the village to want to eat tofu in the future."

"That's right." The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law said nothing to each other, wishing that their village could become a tofu workshop tomorrow.

This day and night, the whole family ate all the meat and tofu, especially the gravy in the bowl of meat. Each person poured a spoonful of it on the rice and mixed it. The rice smelled like gravy, not to mention how delicious it was.

Lu Jin at home didn't know that he was praised time and time again.

"Knock Knock-"

"Xiao Jin, it's the aunt."

Hearing the sound of knocking on the door, Lu Jin responded with a hey, and before he got up to open the door, the two children of their family ran to open the door, allowing the people outside to enter their house.

Aunt Qin came in in front, Lu Bowen behind was pushing a small wheelbarrow, and Wang Xiumei also came with her two sons who insisted on following.

"Auntie and sister-in-law, Brother Bowen, have you eaten yet? Big Mao and Ermao are here too, come in and play together." Seeing Aunt Qin and the others who came to their house, Lu Jin called the two children to come in and play together. Bowen was pushing a car, and he asked a little strangely: "Brother Bowen, why are you pushing a car? What is it?"

"Eat, eat. It's the millet that your uncle asked you to cook for your family to eat." Aunt Qin returned the basket in her hand to Lu Jin, both baskets were full of things, smiling Said: "Someone at home sent some lotus seeds before they finished eating, so I'll bring you some. There's also a bag of white noodles, which your Brother Bocheng went to grind a while ago, so you can keep them at home to eat."