Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 259

"Dad, little Queque is dead, and it's all because of my sister who caught her to death."

The two-year-old Xiao Li'er pouted and huffed angrily with a sad sound.

"Oh." Ping'er was held by Xu Deyong. He pointed at the dead sparrow with his little finger and looked at Xu Deyong, as if he was also saying "no movement."

Xu Deyong kissed Ping'er's little face, nodded and said, "Well, then we won't raise him anymore."

Xiao Li'er blinked and said, "Grandpa Niu's bird can survive."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "That's a different species."

Xiao Lier showed her little white teeth and smiled and said, "Dad, raise one."

"Squeak..." Ping'er also stared at his calf happily.

Xu Deyong raised his chin and said: "Ask your mother, if your mother lets you raise her, you can raise her."

When Xu Huizhen heard this, she couldn't help but roll her eyes at him and said, "With you? You can still conjure things!"

"Okay, okay." Xiao Li'er said happily again.

Xu Deyong smiled and said nothing else.

Xiao Li'er curled her lips, looked at the dead bird and said, "Then let's eat meat."

Xu Deyong said: "You have done a good job, and you have done your best to obey fate."

……

"Yes!" Xu Huizhen sighed and said: "There is also a tavern. The business will never be back to before. The turnover in the past few months is only half of the original. Don't even think about this year's year-end subsidy."

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "It's too young and has no meat. If you want to eat it, dad will cut it later."

"No." Xiao Li'er pouted and leaned on Xu Deyong.

Seeing Xu Deyong holding her sister, she was a little jealous and wanted to climb onto Xu Deyong's lap.

Xu Deyong said: "Don't worry so much. Worrying can't change anything. When soldiers come, they will cover up the water and the earth."

Soon, the two little kids sat on Xu Deyong's lap and started playing happily.

Xu Deyong saw it, smiled and reassured: "It's okay, I have everything."

The next day, January 58, 1, was New Year's Day.

Of course, this amount is more than enough for most people, but it’s just the beginning!
Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "You little greedy cat."

Xu Huizhen, who was knitting a sweater, raised her head and said: "If you don't raise me, you will be a restless child. If you raise me, you won't take care of me. Your father will take care of me."

"Yes." Xu Huizhen nodded and said, "I hope the situation will not be worse."

Xu Deyong had to put one on one leg.

Xu Huizhen looked at the two carefree girls. While smiling, there was also worry about the future in her eyes.

Xu Huizhen continued to worry a little: "Pork is now rationed. In fact, other places have already started to use meat stamps to buy meat, just like food stamps. We should be able to do it soon."

When it comes to cutting meat, I have to mention that starting from December 12, Sijiucheng has implemented a "certificate ration" supply of pork, which is divided into five levels according to different consumption objects. Urban residents are limited to purchasing pork at 1 yuan per household per day.

New Year's Day at this time was not as recognized and lively as later generations, but it was still a festival and a day off.

But many factories will continue to work.

After Xu Deyong got up early in the morning and finished exercising, he opened the blind box with a thought.

"Boom."

Two sacks of sweet potatoes fell into the blind box space, weighing a full two hundred kilograms. This stuff was worthless, less than two cents a kilogram, and two hundred kilograms was less than four yuan.

Of course, this is not a matter of more money and less money. It would be great if sweet potato seedlings can be eaten in many places in the future.

At this time, his blind box space is full of things to see.

Moreover, this is not the first time that the sweet potato has been opened. There are three bags inside, which add up to five hundred kilograms.

In addition to sweet potatoes, there are also more than 700 kilograms of rice and noodles, more than 50 kilograms of peanut oil and soybean oil, pork, mutton, beef, canned food, eggs, fish...etc., more or less everything for food, drink and clothing. There are some things that he has developed day by day in the past two years.

Even the little braid rope used to tie Xiao Lier's hair was thirty feet long, and it cost two cents a foot in the store.

Except for eating a little at the beginning, I almost didn’t eat anything after that.

There were also relatively good days this year, but after that I had to tighten my belt.

Without these things, even a family like theirs would have to gnaw on cornstarch and live half full during the most difficult times. When the two children and Xu Huizhen woke up, Xu Deyong had already cooked porridge.

After a simple breakfast, the family packed up their things. Xu Deyong put up the simple shed of the cart and took his mother to the courtyard three times.

On the way, Xu Deyong cut a piece of pork worth one dollar.

Xiao Li'er sat on the small bench in the car and said happily: "I'm going to Tai Nai's house to eat dumplings."

"Giggle..." Ping'er, wearing a tiger-head hat, stepped on the cart with his two little feet, jumping up and down with Le's calves.

The family returned to the courtyard.

Xu Deyong parked the car, led Xiao Li'er, and Xu Huizhen held Ping'er in his arms. They greeted everyone they met and walked through the front yard to the middle yard.

Qin Huairu was seen wearing a slightly bulky patched cotton jacket, lying by the sink and retching.

Xiaobanggan said on the side: "Mom, mom, what's wrong with you?"

Qin Huairu washed her hands and said, "Mom is fine."

When she heard the noise, she raised her head, forced a smile and said, "Deyong and Huizhen are back."

Xu Huizhen said with concern in her tone: "Sister-in-law Qin, are you okay? If not, go to the hospital."

Qin Huairu lowered his head slightly and whispered shyly: "It's nothing. It should be fine."

Xu Huizhen smiled and said, "Congratulations then."

The two talked for a few words and learned that the first man, Jia Dongxu, He Yuzhu and others had all worked overtime.

After that, Qin Huairu took Xiaobanggan home and glanced at Xu Deyong before leaving.

Xiao Banggeng was not happy yet and said he wanted to play with his sister, but he was dragged away anyway.

Xiao Li'er was already happily trotting home, shouting: "Tainai, I am."

When Ping'er saw her sister running away, she was so anxious that her upper body was tilted.

Xu Huizhen patted her little butt and said, "Why are you so anxious, little follower?"

Xu Deyong smiled, then carried his things and entered the house with Xu Huizhen, thinking that Qin Huairu should be pregnant with "Xiaodang".

In the room, Xu Nanshi was happily hugging Xiao Li'er.

Xu Deyong came in, smiled, raised the pork in his hand and said, "Grandma, let's make dumplings for lunch today."

Xu Nanshi subconsciously said: "I know how to eat all day long..."

Xiao Lier said happily: "Make dumplings, make dumplings, I want to make dumplings."

Xu Nanshi changed her voice and said, "Okay, Grandma will make dumplings for Li'er to eat."

"Ah..." Ping'er also yelled with a grin.

Xu Nanshi smiled and said: "Oh, there is also Ping'er."

Hearing Xu Nanshi call her name, Ping'er became even more cheerful, like a big fish being caught.

Xu Huizhen had no choice but to put her on the bed and let her flutter by herself.

Xu Deyong said: "I'll chop the stuffing."

Xu Huizhen raised her hand and said, "Then let me make some noodles."

"I also want to make noodles." Xiao Li'er said positively.

"Don't make trouble."

……

Xu Nanshi sat by the bed and looked at Ping'er with a smile. She was in a good mood when she saw this scene, but she just thought to herself that it would be nice to have a great-grandson next year.

Well, I'll give you some insinuations later.

As for the things that happened outside, she had lived for more than half a century and had heard and seen all kinds of strange things. What was so strange about some more?
"Boom, boom, boom..."

Xu Deyong began to chop the meat.

Man is a knife, I am a fish!

Meat is eaten every year, but the knife may not be the same as that year!
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(End of this chapter)