The story of a cook

Chapter 208 Going Home ([-])

The second sister's house is not far from the eldest sister's house, only two miles away.

The second sister's house is an old courtyard, and the first house in Yingzidongtou is.

When I arrived, the second sister was making dumplings at home, and the old girl, He He, had already finished school and was doing homework on the table.

The second sister was very surprised to see me and said, "You are at the eldest sister's house, right?"

I said, "Yes, I came back with my second brother-in-law."

Xiao Hehe shouted at me: "Old uncle, you are back!"

I said, "My uncle is back."

He He asked: "What about my eldest sister? Why didn't my eldest sister come back with you?"

I said, "Your eldest sister is at work and can't come back."

Xiao Hehe was a little disappointed, and said: "You can come back, why can't my eldest sister come back, I miss my eldest sister."

I said, "Your eldest sister will come back when the Chinese New Year comes, wait another two months."

Xiao Hehe said: "I have to wait two months, and I will be on winter vacation by then."

I said: "Yes, when the time comes, your eldest sister will come back to play with you for the New Year."

Xiao Hehe looked at me and wanted to say something, at this time the second sister said to her: "You finish your homework quickly, it's time to eat, you don't want to eat."

Xiao Hehe grumbled reluctantly, and continued to do his homework.

The second brother-in-law gave me a cigarette, lit it and smoked it.Ask me: "Guohua, do you want to eat little stupid chickens? I'll kill one soon."

I said: "I don't want to eat it. I just finished eating pork at noon and I'm not hungry at all. I have no room in my stomach. Save your little stupid chicken and eat it when I come back from the New Year."

The second brother-in-law said: "There is no need to keep it until the Chinese New Year. This year, my family has a lot of chicks. There are quite a few. I will kill one in a while."

I quickly said: "Don't kill me, I really don't want to eat them. The dumplings made by my second sister can be eaten. If you kill them, no one will eat them. It's a waste."

The second sister said to me: "It's okay Guohua, if you want to eat, kill one and eat it. If you don't eat it, your second brother-in-law will also kill it when the time comes. I have killed several this winter." Then she continued: "I killed it in the last two days It was only eaten with your fifth brother-in-law, and the one that was killed last time was only eaten with Lanzhi (the eldest sister’s girl). Lanzhi’s object is our barefoot doctor. This year, I always get medicine from others for headaches and brain fever. Children don’t want money, and they don’t want money, just think about killing a chicken and asking them to come and eat.”

I said: "Okay, if you give him money as the second aunt, he promises not to take it. It's good to kill a chicken and ask him to have a meal. It's a favor."

The second brother-in-law said: "Lanzhi is a good girl, and he likes to drink some wine. Our father and I have a bad temper. When I have nothing to do, I will ask him to come home, and your second sister will have a drink with him. The child will It's a good deal, he's a good kid, he and Lanzhi are a good match, both of them can live well, and the kids are quite big, the same age as your Fifth Sister's kids."

I said, "Really? The kids are already that old?"

My niece's children are all four years old, and I am an old uncle who is not married yet, which makes people laugh.

The second sister said: "It's not a big deal. Your niece's children are all grown up, and your nephew will get married in two days. You, an uncle, don't know what to worry about. Hurry up and get married."

I said: "Hurry up, you must hurry up, wait for the Chinese New Year, and get married during the Chinese New Year."

The second sister said: "Guohua, you have to get married. Our mother is so old, so she is waiting for you to get married. Mom can rest assured when you get married, and my eldest sister and I can rest assured."

I said, "Yes, I know that, don't worry, I guarantee marriage during the Chinese New Year."

The second sister asked: "Then you got married during the Chinese New Year, did you go to Lin Yan's house this year?"

I said, "I haven't gone yet. I have never had time. This time, Lin Yan has no time. She has to go to work. Why can't we go to her house without going to work together?"

The second sister said: "Then take two days off and go there alone. After all, I have to go to see my mother."

I said, "Yes, I know."

After talking about me, I started talking about Qiuping. The second sister asked, "How is Qiuping doing there?"

I said: "It's a good job. Now I'm with Lin Yan. I'm working in a hotel. I'm a room attendant. It's pretty brisk. I take a day off every day."

"That's not a bad idea." The second sister said, "I can rest assured that you are by your side. You are her own uncle, so you can take care of her no matter what."

The second brother-in-law said: "Guohua, Qiuping troubles you at your place. On the other hand, if you are her uncle, you have to trouble you. You have to worry about everything at your place. You are like her parents. If you have anything to do, you can directly make the decision, and if you see her doing something wrong, you can say what you should scold, anyway, I leave it to you, and you will take full responsibility, and your second sister and I have no objections."

I laughed and said, "Qiuping is very obedient, sensible, and capable. You can't make mistakes outside, so don't worry."

"We're not worried about it. Isn't it because of you? It's just that Qiuping is young, just seventeen, and doesn't understand some things. With you, you should teach more." The second sister said: "There is one thing that you You must take care of it, you can't ask her to have sex with her, she is too young, no matter how old you are, you have to be over eighteen or nineteen, and you can only do it when you are in your twenties, but it can't be done now."

I said, "Well, I know that."

The second sister finished making the dumplings and took them to the outhouse to cook. The second brother-in-law went out to add grass and ingredients to the mule, and I followed to see.

At this time, it got dark and began to light the lamps.Through the light in the house, I saw that the big corn cage in my second sister's house was higher than the window sill, and the long ones were full of corn, which weighed at least [-] catties.

I asked my second brother-in-law: "Second brother-in-law, your corn hasn't been sold yet?"

The second brother-in-law said: "No, the price of corn has not been good for the past two days. Wait for another two days, wait for it to rise again, and sell it after it rises."

I asked, "How much is the corn price this year?"

The second brother-in-law said: "Now our price is fifty cents. I heard that it has risen to fifty cents in the south."

I said, "If it goes up to fifty-five cents, it should be sold."

The second brother-in-law said, "Yes, I will sell it for fifty cents."

I asked, "So what are you doing this year besides corn?"

The second brother-in-law said: "Other things are fine. The small miscellaneous grains are all sold out, and they sold for 3000 yuan, which is just enough to buy seeds and fertilizers for the New Year. After selling these corns, I will earn this year." The second brother-in-law said a little satisfied : "I have been working this year. I have been driving the winch in the iron mine on the mountain since the spring. It was delayed for a few days during the autumn harvest. I have been working this year. I don't drive much every month. Isn't that cash money? Take it easy."

I asked: "The iron mine is now out of production?"

The second brother-in-law said: "Our mine stopped. Last month, the roof fell down and hit a man. He is still in the hospital for rescue. It may be too bad. It is a safety accident. The city's Mining Bureau came. Stop production and stop working.”

I smiled and said, "Then you won't be able to earn money."

The second brother-in-law said: "Hey, when I still have enough money, I don't think it will be until the spring of the Chinese New Year. After the Chinese New Year, I have to start working again. I will drive the winch after the work starts."

I said: "If you drive a winch, earn less if you earn less. Don't go down the well just to earn more money."

The second brother-in-law said: "I won't go down the well. I admit that I won't go down the well if I earn less. It's too dangerous. If I don't make it right, I will be killed."

I said, "That's okay."

At this time, Xiao Hehe came out and shouted: "Uncle, Dad, what are you two doing, my mother has already fished out the dumplings, the dishes are all ready, it's time to eat—"

Back in the house, the second sister had already fished out the dumplings and put them on the table. On the table were stewed sauerkraut and tofu, a plate of salted duck eggs and salted goose eggs.

I asked my second sister: "Second sister, does your family still raise big geese?"

The second sister said: "It's the first time to raise them this year. There are four of them, but they are too edible. The four big geese are almost as edible as my pig."

I said: "Big geese are big livestock, they can be eaten, raising geese is better than raising dogs, and they can also guard the house." I thought of the big geese raised by my mother and said, "Look at the two big geese raised by our mother." , Fat and fat, follow where Mom goes."

The second sister said: "Our mother's big goose is good, and my mother has nothing to do. I just feed the two hungry ones. The goose and our mother have feelings for each other, and no one else will eat it."

I said, "Yes, those two didn't know me even when they were hungry. They started calling me when they saw me for the first two days after they came back. Now they don't. They know that I'm part of my family."

The big goose raised by my mother is really nice, big, fat and obedient, and this year is already the second year.The mother raised four at first, but the second brother-in-law and the fifth brother-in-law ate two. The mother did not ask them to eat the remaining two, and kept them in the care of the home.The mother took good care of the big geese. The two big geese only ate what the mother fed, whether others fed them or not. Sometimes when the mother went out for a walk, the two big geese followed behind her, like two bodyguards.

The second brother-in-law took the wine and said to me: "Let's drink less."

I looked at the dumplings on the table and said, "Okay, drink less, it's not the same thing if you don't drink it, and then you should pick things up again."

The second sister said: "You two drank a lot at noon, drink less at night and eat more dumplings."

Xiao Hehe said: "Uncle, do you know what my dad is called in our camp now?"

I asked: "What is it called?"

Xiao Hehe said: "It's called 'tofu wine, wine tofu'. My dad drinks at home, and eats tofu when he drinks, and doesn't eat other dishes. Now everyone calls him tofu wine wine tofu."

After he finished speaking, he giggled first.

The second sister said: "It's not the whole thing. I drink it every day. I drink it every day. I have to eat tofu when I drink. My family keeps making tofu all year round. Now I have nothing to do in winter. I make some tofu at home. When I am busy in summer, I go out to buy tofu. Last few days When winter first started, your fifth brother-in-law made tofu for a few days, and every day when tofu was sold, he would come to my door and leave two dollars."

I said: "Eating tofu is fine, and you can't be a bad person." Then I said to my second brother-in-law: "Second brother-in-law, you drink three meals a day a little too much, one meal is enough, drink at night, and go to bed after drinking."

The second brother-in-law said: "I also know that drinking too much is not good. I guess I have a wine bug now, and I can't do without a meal. You see, I can't eat much after drinking, but I have to drink after every meal."

I said, "Listen to me, quit drinking in the morning first. Drinking in the morning is the most harmful to your body. You have been drinking for years. If you are told to quit all of a sudden, you will not be able to do so. Give up drinking in the morning first."

The second brother-in-law said, "I want to quit too, but I can't."

The second sister said angrily, "I'll throw away your wine barrel tomorrow to see if you still drink."

The second brother-in-law said, "If you throw it away, I won't buy it again."

Xiao Hehe said: "Dad, if you drink again, I will throw away your glass. The wine is hidden so that you can't find it. What are you drinking?"

The second brother-in-law just laughed and said: "Look at what my old girl said, be good to dad, okay, dad listens to your uncle, give up drinking in the morning first."

The second brother-in-law has been drinking since he was young. He is 40 years old and has become dependent on alcohol, and he can't quit for a while.Because the second sister often fought with him because of drinking, she didn't quit drinking.

All five brothers-in-law drink, but only the second brother-in-law drinks at home, and the remaining four brothers-in-law don't drink.

The second sister said to me: "Tomorrow, your fifth sister and I will also go to the eldest sister's house. Go there and have a look, and do whatever we can to help."

The second brother-in-law said: "You can go with the fifth brother. If you go there to have a look, you don't need to do anything. People from their own family are enough. Those sisters-in-law and aunts and aunts have all gone. You just go there." Fill up the number."

The second sister said: "That has to go, my sister's family has to go and see whatever the sisters say, so that it will look good to outsiders, so what's not going to work is that you can do whatever you can, boil water Not alive."

I said: "Okay, let's all go. Tomorrow, the eldest sister's house will invite "helpful people."

The second sister said: "You have to go to pick up your fifth sister. In our family, your fifth sister is the only one who has the whole life, and her father-in-law and mother-in-law are all there."

I laughed and said: "You don't need my fifth sister to pick up the marriage. My fifth sister is an aunt, from the side of the eldest sister. The pick-up must be from the side of the older brother-in-law's house. Aunt, aunt, and sister-in-law are all fine. We belong to the aunt and uncle." , I can’t go, just wait for the wedding wine.”

The second sister said: "I'm confused, what can I do with my head, just think that Si Lanjun is my child, anyone can pick up the relatives."

Xiao Hehe said: "Mom, I see that I can give you a brain clearing tablet, or else you are really confused, what can you do if you are confused, no one will cook for me."

The second sister said: "You can eat your dumplings, and you can't stop your mouth if you eat dumplings. You, a child, know what adults say."

Xiao Hehe said: "I know everything, don't think I don't know, I'm not stupid."

After finishing speaking, he snarled at the second sister, which means don't look at me young, I understand everything.

The second sister ignored Xiao Hehe, and then said to me: "The eldest sister's house is indispensable for the boy's wedding. Guests (qie) are indispensable. These years, the eldest sister's house has nothing to do. They are all given to other people's houses. This time, other people's houses should give His family has come with the gift, and the eldest brother-in-law has been working in the village for many years, so the town leaders have to come a lot."

I said, "Basically, it's all a matter of human relations. If you do what you want, you have to do what you want."

The second sister said a little enviously: "Look how good the elder sister is. We can't marry our son a wife. We can't do it in this life. If we don't have a son, we will have to go to a nursing home when we get old."

The second sister has always wanted a boy, but she didn't want to come, and she didn't have that life.

After the second sister got married, her first child was a boy. That year, the child had severe pneumonia, and many children who were just a few months old died.The second sister's first son died of pneumonia five months after the birth.Because of this incident, the second sister was hit hard and became mentally disturbed for a long time. She was raised by her natal mother bit by bit.The second child was Qiuping. At that time, the family planning was not allowed to have a second child, but the second sister refused to accept her fate and wanted a boy no matter what.So the third child was a boy, but it was a pity that the child was stillborn and was not kept.The second sister was hit hard and resigned to her fate and was about to give up. Unexpectedly, the psychology of wanting a son revived in a few years, so Xiao Hehe was born.Xiao Hehe's birth violated the family planning, and was directly fined 5000 yuan by Murakami, so Xiao Hehe is also called "5000 yuan"

I said: "Second sister, if you don't believe me, just wait. When our sister is six years old, no one will enjoy the blessings of you. You two girls will take good care of you. I don't have children yet. If I have children, it will be a shame." The girl is okay, but if she is a kid, she will be finished. You haven't seen it yet, but the kid is just a name, so it's useless, how many filial ones are there?"

The second sister said: "That's good for the boy, at least the family is not extinct."

"You'll know when the time comes." I said, "My mother still has me as a kid, what's the use? I'm not around when I'm old, so you take care of me."

The second sister said: "Aren't you young, besides, you are not married yet."

I said, "Even if I get married, can I come back or my mother can go with me? If I come back, then I don't need to get married. Lin Yan has designated that she won't come back. It's better not to get married. It will be troublesome when I get divorced." Then he said: "If my mother doesn't go, I can't come back. Tell me, what's the use of me as a kid? It's not as good as a girl, you have these two girls and have fun secretly."

At this time, Xiao Hehe said: "My mother is not satisfied, so she said that the boy is good, and the boy will take care of the elderly, but we girls are not good. She said that we are losers and are raised by others."

I laughed and asked Xiao Hehe: "Will you take care of your mother when the time comes?"

Xiao Hehe shook his head and said, "No, I will take care of my parents, but not my mother. My mother always tells me that when the time comes, let my sister take care of my mother, and I will take care of my dad."

My second brother-in-law and I just laughed.

The second sister said: "There is no cure. She said that she would not support me in the old age. She thought I was annoying her every day. Just her father. Her father didn't talk about her and raised his father."

Drinking and chatting with my second brother-in-law, I am very happy to see the current situation of my second sister's house.

The second sister's house is much better than before.

The second brother-in-law said that this year's harvest was pretty good, and he could save some money. In addition, Qiuping sent money to the family every month from a part-time job. He planned to postpone it for another year and renovate the old house in the next year.

The second sister said: "Even if there is no boy, this house has to be built, and your second brother-in-law and we have to live together."

I said: "Okay, I can build a house, I only build a house once in my life, and I will take care of it."

The second brother-in-law said: "We don't compare with other people's homes. If we build a good house, we can build three BJ bungalows, enough for me and your second sister to live in. We don't spend that money, even if we spend it, we don't have that money. Anything less than 3 yuan will do.”

"[-] is enough, and it can be built decently." I said, "First build the house and live in it, then decorate it later, and decorate it in the next year."

The second brother-in-law said: "I also planned that way. I built the house first, and dealt with the outside. When the time comes inside the house, I will see if I have enough money. If I have money, I will clean up the house too."

I said, "Okay, if you don't have enough money then you can find me."

The second sister said: "You don't need money, you just take care of Qiuping, and you have to get married. Lin Yan doesn't know how much money is required for the bride price, let alone thirty thousand or fifty thousand." , Our family usually costs [-] to [-] yuan, not including houses and motorcycles, so you should save more money, or you won’t be able to marry a daughter-in-law.”

I said, "It's okay, you don't need to worry about the money for the wedding, I can do it myself."

(End of this chapter)