Farmer's happy event

Chapter 18 The First Year
When they got home, the sky had just cast a dark shadow, Liu Jingren unloaded the car, and Yang Shi and the four girls carried the things brought back by their natal family into the house.

Lianzi watched helplessly as Yang handed over the meat, fish, and noodle pancakes to Shen, and she only thought in her heart that she must split up as soon as possible, otherwise their family would not have a good life.

At this time, Mrs. Shen hasn't cooked yet, she probably knows that Mrs. Yang's natal family will return the gift, and she will cook after returning home after receiving the gift.

Shen and the two daughters-in-law went to the kitchen to wash the pot and boil water for cooking, while Lianzi plunged into the house again, reading with relish.

Last time, Su Keyan found a few books for Lianzi from home. Although they were all about medicinal materials, in the ancient times when spiritual food was seriously scarce, Lianzi actually found it very interesting.

Her specialty is knowledge of agriculture and forestry, so she asked Su Keyan to get her some books on this subject.

Su Keyan went back to the town to celebrate the New Year. I haven't seen him for many days. I don't know how he is.Lianzi thought this way, but soon felt that she was really unnecessary, what could his family want, how could he be missing?Reunion with relatives, I'm afraid it is much better than being here.

The smell of the food gradually wafted out, and the famished child couldn't sit still, and ran to the kitchen again and again.

Perhaps because she ate too much at noon, Lianzi didn't feel very hungry. She didn't get off the kang until Mrs. Yang called her to eat, put on her shoes and went to eat in the main room.

For dinner, stewed cabbage with pork belly and steamed noodle pancakes are served.

Mrs. Yang went to her mother's house to get two dishes of meat and returned one. She only cut a small piece for this dinner.But for people who haven't eaten meat for a year, it is really a big temptation.

Mrs. Li was the first to sit down at the table, picking chopsticks back and forth in the vegetable bowl.The meat was chopped very finely, and it was not easy to find. Li Shi almost turned over the entire vegetable bowl, picking out meat and putting it in his and wheat bowls.

"What are you doing? Let no one eat it!" Shen Shi, who just entered the door, saw it and yelled, "It's embarrassing for someone with shallow eyelids and ignorance!."

As she spoke, Shen sat down beside Liu Jinglin, picked up a piece of meat that Li had not picked up with her chopsticks, and put it into Liu Jinglin's bowl.

Although the meal is not harmonious, it is still sweet.Lianzi has always been afraid of the cold, and would be lazy to move around in winter. After eating, she went back to the house and went to the kang, picked up the book and continued to read.

"Oh, be careful, don't let your grandma see." Yang came after washing the dishes and saw Lianzi reading a book on the kang.

Another reason why their family eats dinner early is that they can go to bed early and save lamp oil.If Shen knew that Lianzi was actually reading with a lamp, it would be another matter.

"Come on, you don't understand." Yang said with a low smile, "Girls are like girls, we don't need to learn this."

Lianzi smiled and said, "Mother, I can read and write, brother Ke Yan still taught me that day."

Yang didn't believe her words, thought she was just joking, and said angrily, "Don't bother Mr. Su."

Although Su Keyan's hometown is also here in Liujiazhuang, it has developed within a few years. Later, Su Keyan's father, Su Mu'an, became the head of the county. In the eyes of the Yang family and Liujiazhuang people, it is like a god. His existence is naturally very respectful.

Lianzi didn't have such thoughts, but she could understand Yang, so she nodded and smiled: "Okay, I won't bother him in the future." But if he insisted on making trouble, then she had no choice but to accept it reluctantly.

Mrs. Yang turned off the light, said something else, and then took off her clothes and got into the warm blanket covered by her sleeping child and her husband.

The next day was New Year's Eve, and the whole family got up a lot earlier.Even Lianzi, who loves to sleep late, wakes up with her sisters at dawn.

Although he just made a lot of money this year, it was saved by Mrs. Chen for Liu Jinglin, and he wouldn't let it go.As a result, Liu Jinglin became the richest person in the family, but he didn't feel that way in his heart.He originally wanted to do something for this family, but now seeing that the life of the family is still tight, it doesn't feel good to think about it.

Although Huzi had his annual leave for the past few days, his parents couldn't bear to detain him at home to review his homework.Zhou Tongli also went to school for a few days back then, but because of some changes in his family, he had to drop out of school.Later, he was diligent and capable, relying on his own hard work, and he was able to earn a family fortune.Therefore, his hope in this life is to let his son study hard. Even if he can't be an official, it is good to read more sage books.It's a pity that Huzi is still too young and playful, so he has to grind for a long time before going to school every day.

Huzi wanted to go out to play all day long, but Mrs. Zhao refused to let him go. In the end, he couldn't do it. Even if he didn't study his homework, he had to be detained at home.

After lunch, the family began to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

The famine has not completely passed, and many people still live on porridge every day.There are not many vegetables in winter, and in addition to the famine in the past few days, the food has been eaten up, so I just want to prepare, but there is nothing to prepare.

When the New Year's Eve dinner was served, Lianzi saw that there was only a small dish of fried peanuts that was still available. Shen's family had picked and picked the peanuts that were reserved for planting. Such a small dish.Other than that, the rest are pickled radish strips, mixed wild vegetable roots and the like.

"This New Year's Eve dinner is too shabby." Lianzi couldn't help saying in her heart.

A family of more than a dozen gathered together to eat. Although it was a reunion dinner, today's meal was obviously not as delicious as yesterday's.Originally, Mrs. Li proposed to stew another dish with pork, but Mrs. Shen flatly refused, "I'll burn you!"

There is only so much meat, I ate half of it yesterday, and there is only half of it left, Shen plans to wait until the evening when making dumplings.

"Mother, let's go out and look at the flowers." Li Zi tugged at Yang Shi's sleeve and looked at her eagerly.

Mrs. Yang was washing the dishes when she heard the words and looked up: "I'm afraid I won't be able to see it this year."

The flowers in Lizi's mouth refer to fireworks. In previous years, in their thirties, there would always be some rich people who bought fireworks to set off, hoping for a lively atmosphere.Whenever this time, Lizi would always pull her sisters and go far away to see.It's just this year, not necessarily.Such a severe famine, presumably those people's life is not so easy, how can there be money to buy luxury goods such as fireworks.

Lizi was a little disappointed, looking forward to the New Year all year round, this year is really boring, why not go out and have fun.Thinking of this, Li Zi turned around and was about to walk towards the door.

"Don't go out, let's make dumplings later." Yang called to stop her, "You are not young anymore, it's time to study hard, play like crazy all day, don't talk about your mother-in-law's house then."

Li Zi stuck out her tongue and came back reluctantly.

It was still early to make dumplings, and Li Zi had nothing to do, so he simply went back to the house, and saw that Lian Zi was still sitting at the door reading a book by the light.

"What kind of book? I'll read it too." As he spoke, he leaned over.

Li Zi just glanced at Lian Zi's hand, and then wanted to give up.What are these, there is not even a picture, and there are ghost-like characters.

"Can you understand it?"

Lianzi turned a page of the book and nodded slightly: "I can understand a little bit, it can be said that my brother taught me some words."

"Really?" Li Zi's eyes sparkled, "Then can you teach me?"

Lianzi raised her head upon hearing this, looked her up and down several times before asking, "Are you willing to learn?"

Lizi nodded busyly, she had long wanted to go to school like those boys, but she also knew that it was impossible.

"Okay, I'll let Huzi teach you." Lianzi lowered her head and said nothing, continuing to read the book in her hand.

"Ah, Huzi." Lizi was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it, he said, "Okay." Although he didn't like this Huzi who was always arguing with her, but Huzi was better than learning to read. , she finally chose the latter.

But in Lianzi's eyes, there's nothing wrong with Huzi, at least it's much better than the big bull who often plays with Lizi and sucks two snot all day long.

This is a book about medicinal materials. You can skip studying lotus seeds for the time being, but she is probably going to make some money by selling medicinal materials these days, so she has paid special attention to it.

After all, she studied agriculture and forestry in her previous life, and she was very amateur about medicinal materials. If she wanted to make some money by selling medicinal materials, she had to learn more.

Fortunately, the current characters are not very different from the ones she is familiar with, and she can even read them roughly.

Li Zi kept chattering and asking non-stop, making Lian Zi lose interest in reading, so she simply closed the book and went to the main room.

In the main room, except for Maizi, the whole family is there.I have already started preparing to make dumplings, and when there is work, Maizi will naturally flash as far as possible.

Father Liu and his sons lay on the kang and smoked dry cigarettes, while Liu Jinglin sat on a low stool on the ground and continued his work.

Shen was kneading the dough, Yang and Chunzi were chopping stuffing, while Guzi and Maizi were helping with odd jobs.As for Mrs. Li, he washed the half of the pork back and forth, and put his fingers into his mouth from time to time to suck the lard on it.

Seeing that Mrs. Li did not come back after washing for a long time, Mrs. Shen was displeased and said, "How long will it last? You won't be alone if you touch it again!"

There are few condiments in this era, and because of the famine, I am even more reluctant to buy these extra things.But fortunately, there is pork in it, so it is not hard to swallow.

After everything was tidied up, the women of the whole family wrapped up together, which was a joyous experience.

There was only one oil lamp lit in the main room, and the optical fiber was a bit dim, but this was the only time in the whole year that Mrs. Shen allowed the lamp to be lit for so long at night.

Maizi also moved to the main room, sat under the lamp and plucked colorful rags, carefully making a flower head.

Guzi and Douzi have already learned how to make dumplings, and they do it very well, while Lizi and Lianzi are learning how to make dumplings under Yang's teaching.In fact, Lianzi knew how to make dumplings a long time ago, but at this time she just pretended to have just learned it, and cooperated with Yang Shi.

(End of this chapter)