Back to 1980: Please Love Me Again

Chapter 11 Not enough money!

For dinner, Liu Xiumei made soup with shredded radish and lumps.

Fresh and refreshing, it is very suitable for the patient Zhao Wenmu, and his throat is uncomfortable, so it is best to eat liquid food.

Pimple soup is made in a large iron pot, and one pot of soup can feed the whole family.

I saw Liu Xiumei chopping green onion and shredded radish quickly, and four-year-old Ziting deftly lying on the stove to add firewood.

After the oil was hot, Liu Xiumei told the little guy to stay away, and quickly put in chopped green onion and stir-fried. After the aroma was released, add shredded radish and stir-fry until it was half-cooked, then added two ladles of water.

Then she held a water ladle in one hand, let the water drip into the flour little by little, and stirred gently with a chopstick in the other hand until all the flour was soaked in water and turned into small lumps.

After the water boiled, it started to pimple.

After cooking for two to three minutes on high heat, separate the firewood slightly to the sides so that the heat at the bottom of the pot will be reduced.

Crack a few eggs into the pan and stir gently, but without breaking the eggs.Cover the large pot and simmer for a few minutes.

A pot of shredded radish soup is complete.

The movements were smooth and natural but not fancy, Song Yun and Zhao Jing, two sisters-in-law, watched with gusto.

When the lid of the pot is opened, a mass of white steam rises, and the aroma of the pimple soup permeates.

"Sister-in-law, the pimple soup you made is the best!"

Zhao Wenmu did not forget to fart the rainbow.

What he said was the truth. Since he was a child, he really liked eating the pimple soup made by his sister-in-law the most.

Sprinkle a little salt, Liu Xiumei served a large bowl for everyone.

Zimeng, Ziting, Zhao Wenmu, Zhao Jing and Liu Yun each had a poached egg in their bowls.

Zhao Wenlin, Zhao Wenguang and herself didn't have any in the bowl.

Zhao Wenmu picked up the eggs in his own bowl, put them in Liu Xiumei's bowl, and said with a grin:

"Sister-in-law, you know, I don't like poached eggs the least."

It's true that he didn't like poached eggs when he was a child, and it's true that he wants his sister-in-law to eat it now.

"If you are sick, you should eat some eggs, and you will be picky when it comes to eating!"

As Liu Xiumei said, she wanted to pinch him back.

Zhao Wenmu quickly covered the rice bowl with his hand.

"Uncle, I'll share the egg yolk with you."

Boy Meng brought an egg yolk, this kid doesn't like to eat egg yolks.

"Uncle, I'll give you mine too!"

Xiao Ziting also took one.

"I don't want it, give it to your father and your second uncle."

Finally, Zhao Jing divided the poached egg in her bowl into two, and gave Zhao Wenmu half of it.

He immediately removed his hand and said with a smile:
"Thank you ma'am!"

The family was happy and happy, laughing and laughing constantly.
In the evening, Zhao Wenlin took flour, oil, and sugar to Zhao Xuehai's place, not only for hunting the next day, but also to help Zhao Wenmu ease the relationship with the old couple.

"Boss, why are you carrying so many things?"

There are so many good things, not to mention that you can't see them usually, even during the Chinese New Year, their family has never bought them.

"Father, mother, this is all bought by my younger brother."

The faces of Zhao Xuehai and his wife changed greatly when they heard the words, Liu Sumei pointed at the pile of things tremblingly and asked:

"What bad thing did the third child do again?"

Zhao Wenlin saw that the old couple had misunderstood, and hurriedly explained the matter of the three brothers selling wild vegetables in detail.

He also repeatedly assured that this was what he and Zhao Wenguang saw with their own eyes.

Zhao Wenlin's guarantee still carries some weight.

Although Zhao Xuehai believed it seven or eight points, he still said with a straight face:
"Take all these things back to him. We are not blessed to take his things! Boss, tell him, we don't ask for anything else, just ask him to treat my daughter better!"

Liu Sumei also wiped her tears and said:

"Boss, you take the things back to the third child. Your father and I are not short of food and clothing. Take it back and save it for Ah Jing to replenish her health."

In the past two years, Zhao Jing's situation has become the old lady's heart disease. She sighed and wiped away tears from time to time.

If Zhao Jing married someone else, she would have her sons call at her door and take her daughter home.

The old lady felt extremely uncomfortable when she thought that she had pushed Zhao Jing into the fire pit.

Zhao Wenlin talked all kinds of things, but in the end he couldn't keep things.

He also knew that although the old couple were still angry with Zhao Wenmu, the main thing was to leave these things to Zhao Jing and Zhao Wenmu.

He didn't force it either, the younger brother has indeed changed, and his parents will forgive him sooner or later.

Come on a little bit.

Fortunately, Zhao Xuehai did not refuse to hunt. After all, he lived 20 years longer. He told his eldest son:
"Boss, don't go to Lao Liu and Lao Chen's place, I will talk about it later. This matter can't be done in a big way, and the same goes for you selling wild vegetables. You must not delay the work of the production team, you know? ?!"

People who have really experienced that era know that the crime of destroying something is absolutely unacceptable.

Zhao Wenlin nodded, keeping this in mind.

In fact, Zhao Wenmu is also trying to find a way to make the matter of harvesting wild vegetables and game easier.

Living a new life, he believes that there are many safe and reliable ways to live a prosperous life, so he does not want to take unnecessary risks.

In the evening Zhao Jing returned to the house after washing, and Zhao Wenmu stood in front of her with his hands behind his back.

"Sister, hold out your hand."

Zhao Jing froze for a moment, then cooperatively extended her right hand with the palm facing upwards.

The slender hands were slender and thin, with thick calluses on the belly of the fingers and the center of the palm, and the originally fair skin looked a little yellowish.

Zhao Wenmu gently put the cream and clam oil in her palm.

Zhao Jing looked at the things in her hand, her eyes were shining, there is no girl who does not love beauty.

She is only 21 years old, which is the most beautiful age for a girl.

Zhao Jing was only willing to pick up a little bit of cream and dab it on her face, not only because the cream was expensive, but also because it was the first time her younger brother gave her something.

If it wasn't for being afraid of Zhao Wenmu's jokes, she would have wanted to put it away and keep it all the time.

Zhao Jing seemed to be in a good mood throughout the night, with a faint smile on her face all the time, the girl's sunny smile without makeup made Zhao Wenmu's heart agitated.

After all, right now he is a young man of 20 years old.

I have been married for decades in the previous life, but it is only because I feel guilty and I don't want to get involved with other women.

It's not that there's anything wrong with the body.

But there is no way, the relationship between the two is far from reaching that point now, and he can only try to calm himself down as much as possible.

If it doesn't work, I can only take out the ancestral unique five-finger hugging pillar.

On the second day, everyone worked together according to the arrangement of the previous day, and got busy early in the morning.

Zhao Wenmu went to find Zhao Wenyuan.

"Wen Yuan, go to Shandongtou Village and call Qian Erniu here, and gather at my elder brother's orchard. I have something to tell you."

Zhao Wenyuan is Zhao Wenmu's distant cousin, playing with Zhao Wenmu's butt from childhood.

After the two arrived, Zhao Wenmu went straight to the point and expressed his intention:
"Ayuan, Erniu, are you willing to follow me?"

"willing!"

"Yes! Third brother, what do you want us to do? Are you going to beat up that bastard Sun Guoqing? I've already disliked him!"

Zhao Wenmu couldn't laugh or cry, these two people didn't even know what to do, so they were willing to follow him.

"It's not about beating people, it's about making money!"

Zhao Wenmu explained the wild vegetable business in detail.

"I'm too busy now, you guys help me dig wild vegetables for now, and there will be more important things for you to do in the future."

"In the middle, we all listen to the third brother."

"Well, from now on, we will gather here every morning, and I will give you 3 yuan per day as wages."

When they heard 3 yuan, they were very excited. 3 yuan a day, 90 yuan a month, several times higher than workers' wages!
"Third brother, 5 cents is enough for you, and digging wild vegetables is worth 3 yuan!"

Zhao Wenyuan and Qian Erniu are not greedy either, they feel that they cannot take advantage of Zhao Wenmu.

"3 yuan is not much, you can keep it at ease, there will be more in the future!"

It is no problem for one person to process 80 catties of wild vegetables a day, and the value is 8 yuan. Zhao Wenmu doesn't think 3 yuan is too much.

Seeing that Zhao Wenyuan and Qian Erniu could not refuse, they agreed.

As a result, the two got up early and worked late, digging as much wild vegetables as possible. Even Zhao Wenmu couldn't stand it anymore, and ordered the two to go home before six o'clock every night.

If they can't see clearly at night, are these two planning to dig wild vegetables 24 hours a day?

The Jews have to cry bitterly when they come!

Everything went well that day.

Zhao Wenguang still sold about 300 catties of wild vegetables in less than an hour after entering the city, and there was no obstacle to delivering them to state-run restaurants.

Seven or eight members of the Zhao family, including Zhao Wenyuan and Qian Erniu, dug about 600 catties of wild vegetables a day.

Will be able to satisfy the quantity required.

In the evening, Zhao Xuehai and four or five other old people came to Zhao Wenlin's orchard with a bunch of pheasants, hares, and fresh carp and crucian carp.

Zhao Wenlin's orchard is outside the village, and few people usually come here, and it's not far from the road to the city. Zhao Wenmu set up his base for buying wild game here.

Zhao Xuehai greeted Zhao Wenlin excitedly:
"Boss, hurry up and take a few people with you to Xiaoqingshan, where you caught a wild boar!"

Xiaoqingshan is not far away, and the road is not too steep, and it is full moon again, so there is no problem in walking at night.

The three brothers, Zhao Wenyuan, and several old people rushed to Xiaoqingshan with flashlights.

An adult wild boar was trapped in the big pit dug by the old man.

This is a very simple but practical trap. Dig a big pit on the road that wild boars often walk on. The top of the pit is camouflaged with green grass, and then sprinkled with corn grains. If the wild boar eats corn grains, it will fall into the pit.

The pit was so deep that wild boars could not climb it.

In order to prevent accidental injury, there are no sharp things in the pit.

So, the wild boar is grunting and chirping right now.

Adult wild boars are very strong and have long fangs. Once bitten by it, it is no joke.

It took a lot of effort for everyone to tie up the wild boar and carry it out.

A wild boar leg was broken in the middle, and the specific process is inconvenient to describe in detail.

Final weighing and counting.

野鸡7只，15斤4两；野兔24只，92斤7两；
鲫鱼若干，14斤2两；鲤鱼12条，39斤8两；
1 wild boar, 172 catties.

Zhao Wenmu suddenly realized a problem.

He doesn't have enough money!

(End of this chapter)