Seventy cannon fodder is a ruthless man

Chapter 208
In the evening, when the educated youth came home from work, they had ready-made meals to eat, and they were as rich as the previous two dinners, and they were all wild game. The educated youth were really overjoyed and elated!

Zhao Ming and Jiang Xiaodong were more reserved, just looked at Taohua and smiled, while Xu Guoliang, Sun Yutang, and Qian Liang were glib and flattering around Taohua, talking endlessly, and wishing they could recognize Meng Taohua as their ancestral grandmother.

When Taohua is not at home, how pitiful are their lives?I work at sunrise every day, pick manure, plow the fields, dig the ground and sow seeds. I am exhausted. When I go home, I eat salted radish and send porridge. At night, I can eat dry food. The next meal is either potatoes or radish. When the stock is gone long ago, the stomach is hungry and there is no oil and water, and the work will not work hard, and it will be easier to get tired.

As soon as the little ancestor came back, they lived a fairy life. They had meat to eat every day, and they worked hard for the past two days. When they came back from work, their bodies were not as tired as usual.

Thinking back, when Taohua was at home, even if she didn't cook together with them, she would always take them to taste some fresh dishes. Even if there was no meat, it was just ordinary sauerkraut and dried vegetables, she could always make them delicious.

So Qian Liang is right, some people have their own blessings in their lives, and they are born to cook delicious food, like the ancient legend that turning a stone into gold, she just takes a handful of wild grass and cooks it casually, and it tastes delicious!
For example, in the past two days, Taohua dug wild vegetables, no matter she stir-fries or cold salad, everyone tastes really delicious, and the teeth and cheeks are fragrant after eating;

Changed hands to ask Qian Xiaoyun, He Huijuan, and Jiang Limei to make it, and Taohua taught them how to make it, but it still tasted bitter, not to mention very unpalatable, but it was indeed unpalatable.

The difference is that big.

Xu Guoliang and Qian Liang earnestly hoped that Taohua would not leave home too soon, and that they could stay one more day, so that they could get a few more delicious meals during this high-intensity labor season.

Meng Tao did what they wanted, and stayed at home in Linshui Village for more than a week. Because he didn't go to work and had time to cook, he even cooked with the educated youths, and they could eat the meals cooked by Meng Tao every day. They are happy, go to the production team to work actively and work hard, and go home quickly after work, and don’t go out easily when they get home. Those who don’t know think they have some treasure hidden in their house.

In the eyes of the educated youths, Peach Blossom is still a treasure, but this treasure does not belong to them, so they have to guard it carefully, and it is good to spend more time together.

Meng Tao acts as a fire cat for the time being, and only cares about everyone's lunch, dinner, and breakfast. Although she is not in a hurry to go to work, she still has something to do. Don't ask what she is busy with, she is busy anyway.

For a week at home, she had a full schedule every day. She went out after breakfast, sometimes came back for lunch, and sometimes didn't return, but she must return home at four or five o'clock in the afternoon.

So she has time to cook dinner, and Chinese food is usually prepared the night before or the morning. Before they get off work at noon, Taurus helps to light a fire, and it can be eaten as soon as it is hot.

The meals Meng Tao cooks for the educated youths are relatively expensive. The dinner is very careful, and the Chinese food is sloppy. It is also steamed multi-grain steamed buns, served with millet porridge, mixed wild vegetables, fried dried radishes, and the hens raised by the educated youths He is very good at laying eggs, and it belongs to Meng Tao. Unlike Qian Xiaoyun who saves eggs, Meng Tao directly cooks them for everyone to eat.

At the beginning, Jiang Limei questioned, thinking that this way of eating is too extravagant and wasteful, what should I do if I have eaten up all the rations and have not yet received the rations?
As soon as she finished speaking, Xu Guoliang and Sun Yutang gave her a hard time, telling her not to eat, to pull her down, and to fire herself.

Zhao Ming also said that it doesn't matter if the rations are finished. He brought some national food stamps and money from home, so he can put them first.

It should be eaten like this. The three educated youths in the past were too frugal in managing food, but frugality is a virtue, and they can’t say anything, but the farm work is really hard. If you don’t eat better and don’t supplement nutrition, it’s really impossible, and your body will collapse. Lost, take this opportunity to reset the food standard.

Jiang Xiaodong and He Huijuan also have food stamps and money, not to mention Qian Liang and Qian Xiaoyun, these two are actually descendants of capitalists, they have nothing else, they don’t lack money tickets, and they don’t dare to spend them usually because they don’t want to reveal their identities and be discriminated against.

Jiang Limei was a little aggrieved, and she just kindly reminded her.

The educated youths can figure it out on their own, so Meng Tao doesn't talk too much. If there is disagreement, she can quit as a temporary cook. She, Jinniu and Xiao Wangcai can eat better.

For five or six days in a row, Meng Tao and Bao Dongmei went to Daqing Mountain every day, and every day they could bring back a basket of fresh wild vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and mountain bamboo shoots. Hare and pheasant, the Meng family and the Bao family have meat to eat every day, and the standard of living is not too good. Even Zhou Cuiling's family is ruined. She can bring a chicken or rabbit home every time she comes to Meng Tao's house.

Meng Tao and Bao Dongmei also went to the wild pear grove. Meng Tao took a large piece of clean transparent film and spread it under the pear tree. Then he shook the branches and collected two bags full of pear blossoms. Carry a bag down the mountain, fortunately it is not heavy, throw it into the space when you get home to avoid people, and then go to the county winery to make pear blossom wine.

On the mountain, I also encountered wild strawberries, whose scientific name is raspberry, but Bao Dongmei said that this is called Siyuepao. It is sour and sweet, but it is delicious. If the sun is bigger, you can eat it after about ten days.

More than ten days later, Meng Tao wondered if he would have time to go up the mountain to pick them. This kind of small berry is also liked by snakes, rats and birds. Wouldn't it be a pity if they got there first?
Meng Tao still remembered that she had promised to bring wild strawberries to see Xiao Mingming, and she liked to eat them herself.Taking advantage of Bao Dongmei's inattention, he dug up three or four wild strawberry plants full of fruits and grains with a hatchet, and threw them into the space, intending to plant them in the crevices under the stone platform, so that there is no need to remember, what? When it is ripe and when it is picked, it can be given to Xiao Mingming or eaten by oneself.

On the evening of Ching Ming Festival, Meng Tao carried a bamboo basket, which contained some prepared offerings, such as incense sticks and yellow mounting paper bought from the black market, and went up the mountain to pay homage to Grandpa Meng.

Taurus followed on crutches, and the educated youths also wanted to go together, but there were too many people and the goal was high. In the end, Zhao Ming was the representative to accompany Taurus to prevent him from falling.

Superstitious activities are not allowed in this year. Although in the countryside, no one will give up offering sacrifices to ancestors, but only one or two people go quietly, plant a shovel of soil on the ancestral graves and then return quickly. It is impossible to perform Qingming sacrifices like later generations The ancestors made it like an outing, the whole family was dispatched, and the more people there were, the more prosperous the family was.

If it is reported, it will be troublesome. The higher-ups will immediately send a working group down and ask the brigade to hold a meeting to criticize and educate. If it is serious, they will be taken to the commune to study again, and they will not be released until they understand the mistake.

So keep a low profile and save trouble.

(End of this chapter)