Dream back to the beginning, you are fine

Chapter 290 Old Formula

When approaching the Xiangyang brigade, snowflakes floated in the sky again, dancing in the air like catkins, and falling down to the world like goose feathers spinning with the wind.

After winter, there is not much work in the fields, and many neighbors eat two meals a day, sleeping until the morning and getting up at three poles, and it is almost noon after breakfast.

If the weather is good, the elderly and children who are not busy collecting work points will go outside to bask in the sun during the slack season, but the gloomy weather today is the opposite.

After returning the ox cart from the Xiangyang brigade, Shen Weimin dragged Xu Changqing back to their new home first. Sure enough, he seldom met neighbors along the way in this weather.

When he got home, General Tie locked the door, and Shen Weimin quickly unlocked it and pushed the door. He stamped his feet outside the door first, and signaled Xu Changqing to go in first.

Crossing the high threshold and walking in, Xu Changqing looked around the yard. The snow in the yard hadn't been swept yet, and then looked at the messy firewood shed.

She couldn't help laughing.

"Woke up late in the morning?"

"That's not true, the alarm clock was set." After closing the door, Shen Weimin turned around and heard this, pointed to the corridor paved with crushed stones, "Sweeping."

"It's sweeping." Xu Changqing was amused, and didn't stop any longer. She continued to walk, but when she was about to reach the main room, she saw something in front of the east wing.

This is a square with a length and width of more than one meter, and its height is almost the same.The reason why they are highly similar is that the top is covered with snow that has not yet been cleared.

The snow piled up high.

Needless to say, this kind of square that suddenly popped up in the yard in winter looks very familiar. It must be an open-air ice kiln made of ice.

"I haven't seen you since I came to the door two days ago, what good things have you prepared for storage?" Fish, it is definitely impossible, and the winter fishing activities organized by the brigade are not far away.

It's just a small fight, not to mention that he doesn't like it, and it's impossible to build such a big ice kiln so quickly. "You didn't even take care of my aunt's pig, did you?"

"No."

Fortunately, the Evergreen Garden is old and succulent.

"Also half."

Xu Changqing almost couldn't get up in one breath.

Are you really on the fence with pigs? !
"Before I paid the live pig tax to the two of them, I agreed to give half of it to my relatives. The two of them paid a task pig, and the other family kept half of the pig. The Chinese New Year is almost the same."

You are amazing!

No wonder he took the initiative to help the food station pull task pigs before.If your brigade doesn't complete the task pig quota this year, it means that you can't even kill the extra pigs.

After speaking, Shen Weimin first pulled her into the east wing.As soon as you enter, you will find the kitchen. In the northeast corner of the kitchen is a large firewood stove, on which is stuffy boiled pork bone soup.

"I know you don't like ginger soup, so drink a bowl of this soup first to keep it warm. I also specially put in some seaweed and dried shrimps, the old recipe, I hope you will drink it if you like."

"I can do it myself." There is a long double-layered cabinet near the south wall. This is a cupboard cabinet made by her second uncle. It is easy to find where to put the dishes.

"You'd better sit inside first, I'm familiar with it, faster than you."

Seeing Shen Weimin rushing to do the work, Xu Changqing had no choice but to let him.However, she did not go into the room with a big Kang and a basement entrance with a door opened on the north wall.

"Who were you in last night?" Although it's not as good as an ice cellar, it's not very hot. It must be because you didn't add more firewood when you went out in the morning.

Naturally, people go out early in the morning, and there is no one watching at home, so it is really not easy to add firewood to the stove, and it can only let it slowly use the residual heat.

"Don't start the fire yet."

Xu Changqing raised his head in confusion.

"It's burning. There will be thick smoke coming out of the chimney outside. Your aunt will rush over when she sees it. That's just right. Let's go in quickly after drinking. I haven't slept much these days."

Can it be so neat?Xu Changqing took the soup bowl from Shen Weimin, glanced at him, and drank the soup first.It is indeed a familiar old recipe and old craftsmanship.

Spicy, fresh and fragrant.

Take a sip and warm up your whole body.

"Is it good to drink?"

It's not as good as the stew you made in Evergreen Garden before, but it has a different taste, Xu Changqing nodded and continued to drink the soup in the bowl with both hands.

"I haven't made it clear to you just now, not only this year, but also the half pig left over from your aunt's family every year in previous years will also be transferred to me. I have a ticket."

clear.

Generally, if a family raises two pigs and can keep half of them for the New Year, it is considered the most willing. If the family has no plans for any happy event, they will basically not keep them.

It is usually exchanged for money, or for food station meat tickets.Even if you have meat tickets for your own use, you should keep them until the next time you hand in the task pig or kill the new year pig and consume it slowly.

Most of the families in the Xiangyang Brigade, including her aunt's, are living a good life and have enough food, but they are absolutely reluctant to leave a pig to eat by themselves.

What's more, their brigade harvests more grain than Baizigou every year, so they are willing to use coarse grains for raising pigs, which is not as much as Baizigou raises pigs by grazing grass and vegetables.

I heard from her aunt before that the two pigs raised by the family this year weighed a full three hundred catties each. No, before entering the twelfth lunar month, the task pigs will be handed in when they have reached the standard.

For a pig of [-] catties, half of it is [-] catties, plus Dafang's half a pig, even if the rice noodles were used up two days ago, the [-] catties will be removed...

"As for me, I will take it as a present and send it to the provincial capital. Of course, I have not forgotten our sister and second uncle. Their two families are farther than my uncle. I will replace it with air-dried meat.

Although the uncle doesn't live in the provincial capital, but when it's cold, he can directly ask the third aunt to send it by train.These can be regarded as our family's largest human expenditure. "

"It's not a gift in return." Xu Changqing put down the empty bowl, "I said, why didn't your parents suspect where the money in your hand came from, and you can find a lot of excuses."

Who says there is no doubt, your mother-in-law is amazing.Shen Weimin smiled and shook his head, "I'll do the washing, just two bowls. There must be some gifts in return, and there are quite a few every year.

It's just that the elders thought that I was still young, and our parents also gave New Year's gifts. When we get married, it will be considered a formal separation, and it may be different. "

"It's not the same if it's not the same, can you care about these things?" Xu Changqing shook his head, "Don't worry, it's nothing to give away for nothing at that time, and how much money can be spent."

"atmosphere!"

"Come on, you fool, I'm not your parents, and I can still be coaxed around by you."

"It's your parents too."

Xu Changqing squinted at him, "My parents, our parents."

"It's about the same. It's not that you don't worry, the main thing is that our family has some things to explain to you first, so that you don't feel indebted again later."

"No, I just accept it."

"By the way, wait a minute, I'll be right there." Shen Weimin put the two washed bowls back into the cupboard and went in through the door on the north wall.

this person?

Not together?
Xu Changqing followed immediately.

"It's cold down here, you don't need to go down."

"Let's put something away first."

"No, I'll be up soon."

(End of this chapter)