Great Power Reclamation

Chapter 442
At that time, no one knew about the jujube in northern Xinjiang. The younger brothers really felt that this kind of fruit was fresh, and they gnawed on it one by one.Only Ye Yuping has no interest in this thing because he followed his grandma since he was a child, but grandma pays attention to him.

The old uncle's house has also been built, but it has not been decorated yet. The habit of rural people is to put it away for a while before tidying it up.In this way, it will not be damp when you live in it.Ye Yuze took a look at grandma's new year's goods, cabbage, tofu frozen outside, and radishes.Grandma seems to have gone all out this year, and even bought more than ten catties of meat.

But the whole family adds up to more than a dozen people, how can this little stuff be enough?Seeing that it wasn't too late, Ye Yuze drove directly to the county seat.

The old uncle stopped him and asked him what he was doing?Ye Yuze whispered that he was going to buy meat in the city, and the old uncle pointed to the neighboring village, where today was a big market, and everything was sold.Ye Yuze beckoned him to get in the car, and the two went to the market.

There has always been a market in my hometown. Even in the most difficult period, although I don't have much money, I will take out the things that are more prosperous at home and exchange them for what I need.For example, fruits such as dates, apricots, and pears are exchanged for cloth tickets and grain.

The land has been contracted for two years, and people's lives have changed a lot.The rows of pockets full of food at Daji's grain stall are the best proof.It's all about selling food.

In the past, regardless of whether there was any grain for sale, even if someone sold it, it would be a small bag with a few catties, and it would disappear in a blink of an eye. What you can see in the grain market is nothing more than elm bark, dried sweet potatoes and other food substitutes. .

"Is there enough food for the family?" Ye Yuze asked the old uncle subconsciously, because he was used to the most important thing every time he came back was to buy food.

The uncle smiled, showing his white teeth: "If your grandma didn't watch closely, our family would not be able to finish eating white flour and wheat every day. But she refused to let it eat, and she insisted on letting it eat every two days, and I don't know how to let it go What are you doing with so much wheat? When the new wheat comes down again in June, you don’t know where to put it?”

Ye Yuze also laughed, this old uncle is showing off naked!Unexpectedly, people's lives have changed so much in just two years after the contracting of production to households.At least I won't starve.Ye Yuze bought some snacks, and then went straight to the meat stall. You can't celebrate the New Year without meat.

There are three stalls selling pork. The pork is rich in food, and the thick layer of fat is as thick as four fingers.How could people feed pigs in the past?They are all wild vegetables in the field mixed with a pot of water and boiled, which is no different from what sheep eat. How can they grow fat?
However, pork is obviously more expensive than before. Today's pork is the fattest part and costs [-] yuan a catty, and pork belly is [-] cents.The pig's head is [-] cents, and the ribs are [-] cents a catty.Big bones are given away when you buy meat directly, and no one buys that stuff.

Ye Yuze directly wrapped up the ribs of the three stalls, and when paying the bill, the old uncle competed with him for the money.Ye Yuze asked quietly: "How much did grandma give you?"

The old uncle also whispered to him that at the end of the year, both he and the uncle secretly kept private money. After all, they both have wives and children, so what can they do without some money?Grandma's parental system is still too strict.

Ye Yuze hurriedly pushed his money back: "If you spend so much, be careful that my old aunt won't let you go to the kang at night!"

When the ribs were loaded into the car, Ye Yuze thought about it and bought a big piece of fat, otherwise it would be difficult to explain when he went back, and even if grandma couldn't bear to scold him, she would feel distressed for several days.

Mutton from my hometown is cheaper, [-] cents a catty, but mutton is sold with bones.Ye Yuze directly asked for one.

The most rare thing is that there is beef for sale, and it only costs [-] cents a catty.This Ye Yuze will definitely not let it go, and his biggest regret is that it is difficult to eat beef.Although there are a lot of cattle, they are all used for farming. Who is willing to kill and sell meat?
After buying [-] catties of beef, the two of them went home. Dad was talking with his uncle by the tractor in the yard. Ye Yuze didn't even know about buying this.

Seeing them coming back, the three younger brothers rushed over to help unload the car.There is no refrigerator in my hometown, and these meats are hung under the eaves.There are a few iron hooks under the eaves of grandma's house for this purpose. They are as high as a person from the ground, and cats and dogs can't reach them.

The fourth child went to the kitchen with a leg of lamb in his arms. In his pocket were two small knives he had sharpened with a saw blade.It's just that the charcoal must be fired again, and the amount of work is a bit large.

The grandma smiled and watched the little grandson who was meeting for the first time busy there, and reminded him from time to time not to hurt his hands. If it was done by someone else, he would have been scolded.

The third child also became interested when he saw so much meat.I took the initiative to find a few sticks and ran to the yard to start burning charcoal, but the craftsmanship was not good.It was only after the fourth child finished cutting the meat that the two of them worked together to make it successfully.

Ye Yuze took some meat and a few bottles of wine, went to Ma Ye and Lao Rou's parents, and told him about his situation. The old couple were very happy, and said that they would definitely be promising after working in the capital.

Mr. Ma is also living a very comfortable life now. After the land is divided, the family has a lot of labor, and he is good at tending the crops. The crops are harvested twice a year. He also bought the carriages in the team. The second son also pulled bricks in the brick factory, and planned to buy another one after the New Year.

Fireworks were not allowed in that era, but there were no fireworks in the countryside, they were all firecrackers.People are no longer satisfied with that little red whip.There is a company in the village that specializes in making firecrackers, and Ye Yuze went to watch the making process.

A piece of wood is supported on the beam of the house, and below it is a roller with a wooden plank. The paper is spread on the table, and when the wood is pushed, a paper tube is rolled.Then seal it with mud, and then fill it with medicine and twist it when the mud is dry.

The popular cannon here is called ten rings and one goo-dong, that is, a mole seed is added between ten small whips.

Usually, this kind of firecrackers cost one hundred rings, one yuan and five hangs, but Ye Yuze just rounded up his family's firecrackers.This New Year's Eve will go to the grave in the afternoon.The point here is that whoever keeps the firecrackers on the grave for a long time will have a better life.

Life has passed the era of poorer and more glorious.Only when the family has money and food, the daughter-in-law will come to the door. After eating enough, the most obvious change in the village is that the price of wedding gifts and things that the woman wants rises sharply.

Now that you are married, there is no sewing machine or bicycle at home, and the girls ignore you.Ye Yuze clicked his tongue secretly. Fortunately, refrigerators and color TVs have not been popularized in rural areas, otherwise it would be enough for silly old men to toss for several years.

From 29 to [-], these two days are pork steamed buns.Generally speaking, before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, no staple food is cooked at home. On those days, the adults are busy going around to pay New Year's greetings, and other people will also come to the house to pay New Year's greetings. Meat and steamed buns can be eaten at any time after warming up.

(End of this chapter)