60s Splendid Life

The old lady who came out with a dustpan heard the door of the yard, looked up and saw her two grandchildren came back, the old lady had a surprised expression on her face.

When Shen Xing saw grandma, he ran over on his short legs, hugged grandma's leg, and shouted happily: "Grandma, grandma, I'm back, I miss you so much, do you miss me?"

"Think about it, grandma's good grandson, I miss grandma to death." The old lady put the dustpan on the stool and hugged her little grandson. During the two days when the little grandson left home, she thought about it day and night. , Worried about whether the little grandson is eating well in other people's homes, and whether he is sleeping well at night.

The old lady was relieved when she saw her little grandson came back intact and his little face was still a little fleshy to the touch as before.

"Wuuu...I miss grandma too..." Little Shen Xing's kind words spread out as if he didn't want money, and he coaxed his grandma into calling him a little boy, and almost gave away all the bags of candies hidden in the house. him.The grandma and grandson got bored for a while, but the old lady didn't ignore the elder grandson who came back, and the guests brought by the grandson from outside, she looked at the elder grandson who came back and asked, "You're back, grandson, yes?" Xiaojin you went to pick them up, come, is the journey going smoothly?"

"It went well." Shen Yu replied.

"Oh, that's good." Seeing that only Lu Jin brought a little brother, and no other siblings came, Grandma Shen couldn't help asking in surprise: "Hey, Xiao Jin, why are you and Xiao Bao the only ones?" , Sister, are they not here?"

"Grandma is good. Both of them are studying. I left them to go to school at home, so I didn't bring them with me." Lu Jin said hello to the old lady, and told the old lady about the two children staying at home to go to school.

"Oh, I'm studying. It's more important to study. I don't have time to come to school. You can bring them to our house to play when the school is on holiday next time." The old lady had a good impression of Lu Jin's brothers and sisters and welcomed them They come to the house to play.

Shen Xing took his grandma's hand and told his grandma, "Grandma, I also went to school with Chenchen and my sister."

"Oh, there's another matter. Tell grandma, what have you learned when you went to school? Can you understand what the teacher said?" I don't know what it is like.

"Understandable." Shen Xing's child, Balabala, told grandma about his time in the countryside.

"Come and sit, come and sit, you don't need to stand." Seeing that Lu Jin was still holding a little brother in his arms, the old lady moved two stools to the door for everyone to sit on. Seeing that the eldest grandson was carrying something in his hand, she asked What is it.

Shen Yu looked at Lu Jin, it wasn't his stuff.

Seeing Shen Yu looking at him, Lu Jin said: "It's something we brought, some wild vegetables we picked this morning, and tofu and yuba made at home. I'll bring some to you grandma." He took out the things he had brought to the old lady, several big bags, and the rest was their little luggage.

Originally, he wanted to bring some food from home, but Shen Yu didn't let it go. Of course, whether Shen Yu gave in or not was Shen Yu's business. He had the most food hoarded in his space.

"Oh, why did you bring me something back? This is a toon?"

"Yes, there are Chinese toon."

The old lady took a bag and opened it, and saw that there were Chinese toon shepherd's purse and several kinds of wild vegetables that are common in the field. The bundles were neatly placed in the bag, and it looked like it was picked up.The old lady had a smile on her face, and she seemed to like it, "This is good, I won't be able to eat these wild vegetables after I live in the town."

The town is different from the countryside. In the countryside, you can pick wild vegetables all over the mountains and plains in spring, but there are many small people in the town, and it takes a long way to go out of the town to pick wild vegetables. Even if there are wild vegetables outside, living in the town Some old ladies who are free go out to pick wild vegetables in groups every morning, and the wild vegetables that can be picked nearby have already been picked by everyone. Those who want to eat wild vegetables can only go further to pick them.

If it was a few years ago when the legs and feet were easy to walk, it would not be a big deal, but now that the legs and feet are not good and there are many physical problems, the old lady dare not go so far just because she wants to eat a handful of wild vegetables. If something happened along the way, she was afraid that she would never see her two grandchildren again.

Seeing the old lady with wild vegetables, she remembered the days when the whole family survived, and said to several grandchildren: "I think of those years when there was no food to eat, and in spring everyone went to pick Chinese toon and wild vegetables and cooked a pot. The whole family eats together, after the spring is over, the melons and fruits in the summer field will be ripe, and the melons and fruits will be eaten by the whole family, and the whole family will cook again and again, until the grain harvest in the autumn field, the family will finally be able to eat. Have a full meal."

"I used to think that life was hard, but now that I think about it, your grandpa was still there at that time, and your grandpa and grandma were still alive. Although life was difficult, the whole family was there, and now your grandma and I are the only ones left. "

Shen Xing lay in grandma's arms and listened to grandma's story about the past. The child was young, so he probably couldn't understand the hardships and hardships in the old man's words.

Little Bao'er looked at the old man who was speaking without blinking her big eyes.

However, from the old man's expression and words, Lu Jin and Shen Yu could hear the old man's memories of the past... Or rather, the longing for the deceased relatives, they couldn't bear to see the old man stuck in the memory.Lu Jin changed the subject and said, "Grandma, let's eat them tonight. I'll show you how to make some dishes, grandma, and you can try them."

"Oh, you just came here and asked you to cook. This is not good. You can take a rest today, and grandma can cook." Will she rush back home for dinner? The old lady has been waiting for someone, and she hasn't started making dinner yet.

"It's all right, I'll do it with Shen Yu, grandma, you rest. We came by car, and we're not very tired on the road." Lu Jin glanced at the wall clock in the main room, and saw that it was already around four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was almost time for dinner It was time, and he glanced at Shen Yu who was standing beside him.

Shen Yu said to the old lady: "It's fine for me and Lu Jin to cook. Grandma, you can play with Xingxing and Xiaobao here and talk."

Seeing that the two children insisted on cooking, the old lady really wanted to talk to her little grandson who had been away for two days, so she agreed.

Lu Jin took the back basket back to the room they lived in last time. The things in the room were the same as when they left last time. Even the table was wiped clean without any dust, and there were still pillows and bedding on the bed. It can be seen that someone has cleaned it up on purpose.

Knowing that others welcome them to live in is a completely different feeling from knowing that others don't welcome them to live in.It's like when the brothers and sisters were just taken back to the village from the town, and when they were taken back to the old house of the Lu family, they were arranged to live in the firewood house by their grandmother, because they disliked the brothers and sisters as a burden and didn't want them to go back home.

Speaking of which, sometimes relatives are not as good as those who are not relatives, Lu Jin couldn't help feeling a little emotional in his heart.But those people are not important anymore.

After putting away his things, he went out to the kitchen to cook with Shen Yu.

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In the kitchen, there was the sound of chopping vegetables as the kitchen knife fell on the chopping board.

Seeing that Shen Yu was so proficient at chopping vegetables, Lu Jin smiled and said, "It seems that you have been cooking a lot at home during this time." He remembered that when they came to the kitchen to cook for the first time, this The eldest young master didn't even know how to hold the kitchen knife. When he met again this time, he found that Shen Yu was holding the kitchen knife with great momentum, and he didn't stop chopping vegetables. !

"I just thought you were praising me." Shen Yu turned his head and glanced at Lu Jin, not missing the smile in Lu Jin's eyes.

"Don't take it seriously, I'm praising you." Lu Jin gave Shen Yu a thumbs up and gave you a thumbs up.

Both of them looked at each other with smiles in their eyes, as if they were friends who had known each other for a long time.

Unlike before helping out, Shen Yu knew what to do this time without his orders.With such a capable kitchen helper, Lu Jin can work quickly by himself. The two of them work together to quickly wash and chop the dishes that need to be washed, and prepare the dishes for cooking.

"Let's cook the meatballs first, and I'll show you how to do it first." Shepherd's purse and pork were mixed into meatballs to make meatballs. When the water in the pot was almost boiled, Lu Jin took a spoon to mix the meat Meatballs, "Look, like this, just grab a handful, the meatballs come out of the tiger's mouth, just scrape the meatballs out and put them in the water...isn't it very simple?"

"Can you do the rest?"

"Ah."

After handing over the work of making meatballs to Shen Yu, Lu Jin was ready to cook. Seeing that the water in the pot was boiling, he hurriedly reminded: "Pour some cold water down, don't let the water boil up, keep the water temperature at nine Ten degrees or so is fine, and we have to fry the meatballs again after a while."

Shen met a spoon filled with water, he poured a little cold water into it, and continued to squeeze the balls.He hadn't done this kind of work before, but it was indeed very simple as Lu Jin said, and he became proficient after making a few. He scraped the meatballs and put them in the water slowly. Under Lu Jin's reminder, He took a colander and stirred the pot, mainly to prevent the meatballs from running down to the bottom and sticking to the bottom of the pot.

On the other side, Lu Jin beat the eggs into the bowl with the toon, cracked four eggs into it, put a little salt in it for seasoning, and beat the eggs with chopsticks.

The oil in the pan is hot, pour the Chinese toon eggs into it, and there is a sizzling sound.

After waiting for a while for the eggs in the pot to take shape, Lu Jin picked up the shovel and turned the toon eggs over to continue frying. After turning over twice, the toon eggs in the pot were cooked. He took the bowl he just used and rinsed it with water. Bring it over and put it on.

The oil was refilled in the pan, and he put the tofu in and fried it until golden on both sides before shoveling it out.

At this time, there is still oil in the pot, so there is no need to add oil again. Pour the garlic into the pot for a while, pour in the pork belly and fry until it is slightly browned, then pour in the fungus and carrots and fry together, and finally put the fried tofu in Stir fry together.Several dishes are mixed together and fried until they are almost cooked, and then put in the right amount of soy sauce, sugar and salt to taste.

"Is it okay for your side?" He was cooking here, and he didn't miss Shen Yu's side.Seeing that the meat in the pot was gone, and the cooked meatballs were placed on the plate next to it, Lu Jin stretched his neck and looked over there, and said, "Scrape in the remaining meat and cook together in this pot." stand up."

Shen Yu hummed, and his work was not slow at all.