Back To Qiqi Farming To Raise Children

  Chapter 72 Brothers

  The younger brother is going to get married. As the elder brother who has separated the family, he should express it more or less.

   This money is not for Xu Shide, but for the family to help reduce the burden on parents.

   "Don't, this winter you took a lot of food from home, and the whole family has enjoyed a lot of glory with you."

  Zhou Guilan refused to take it, so she quickly waved her hand.

   "You're going to go out and set up a household, and you don't have a house to live in, and your wife is still pregnant, and it's time to have a baby in April next year.

   Money is used everywhere, and the money in your hand is not much, so keep it for yourself. "

  After Xu Shiyan dug up wild ginseng for the second time, he secretly gave Zhou Guilan one hundred yuan. Zhou Guilan only mentioned it to Xu Chenghou, and no one else in the family knew about it.

  This winter, the family kept eating meat, which was sent back by Xu Shiyan, and now he has to give the family money.

  Zhou Guilan felt sorry for her son and refused to have it no matter what.

   "Mom, Shi Yan gave it to you, so you can keep it.

  The two of us lived on the mountain, and we ate food from the team, which didn’t cost much.

   There are a lot of people in the family, and the expenses are also high. I don't know what to do with the fourth child's marriage. This little money may not be able to help much.

  If you don’t accept it, Shiyan should feel that he gave too little. "

  Su Anying sat beside her mother-in-law, and stuffed the money directly into Zhou Guilan's pocket.

  The son and daughter-in-law said so, what else can Zhou Guilan do? Only paid.

   "Oh, it's getting late, hurry up and cook.

   You two can eat here at night, don't go back to work, you probably don't have anything on the other side. "

   Suddenly raised his head, just in time to see the clock on the wall, seeing that it was almost four o'clock, he quickly called the two daughters-in-law to cook.

   "Linzi, you two should turn on the fire and cook quickly, stew sauerkraut at night, and heat up some fire-sticking spoons."

   Sticky fire spoon is a kind of food that people in Northeast China like very much.

   Sticky grains, such as rhubarb rice, sticky millet, sticky sorghum, sticky corn, etc., soak in water for about a week, and push the water to grind.

  Put it out to stick the dough, put it in a cloth bag to control the excess water, then use the sticky dough to make a skin, wrap it with bean filling and pat it flat.

  Heat a dry pan, put a griddle in the pan, and place the wrapped sticky spoon on the griddle until cooked.

  The large fields in the team grow corn and beans, and the private plots and small wastelands of each family are generally used to grow broomcorn, millet, sorghum, small beans and other miscellaneous grains.

  Xu's family is diligent, picking up a lot of small pieces of wasteland, planting some broomcorn and glutinous millet every year, just keeping the sticky fire spoon.

   Soak a hundred catties of rice at a time, and sometimes it takes several days to wrap the sticky fire spoon.

  Pick up the cooked sticky fire spoon in a bucket and put it in the warehouse to freeze. When eating, pick up a pot and bring it back, put it in the pot and steam it again.

  Northeast people like to eat sticky food. In winter, sticky fire spoon and sticky bean buns are packed, and in summer, sticky mice are packed. Sticky food digests slowly and resists hunger.

   Of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, people with a bad stomach eat less, and they are prone to heartburn.

  The bean paste in the sticky fire spoon is sweet. There is not so much white sugar in this year, and it is all saccharin.

  Fire-sticking spoons do not taste right with other dishes, but only go well with sauerkraut, so in Northeast China, most of the time, sticky-fire spoons are eaten with sauerkraut.

  My brother-in-law brought home a lot of food all winter, and today he brought back so much. Although it is famously reserved for banquets, after all, the family can follow suit.

  Xue Xiulin and Wei Mingrong also changed their previous attitudes and were extra diligent. As soon as the mother-in-law said, the two immediately went to cook.

  Su Anying felt that it was shameful for her to let her sisters-in-law cook, and she was idle in the house, so she followed to the kitchen, but was pushed back by the two sister-in-laws.

   "You are pregnant with a child now, just wait for the meal honestly, and you still need to do this work?"

   Just like that, Su Anying was driven back to the east room, and chatted with Zhou Guilan.

  On the other end, Xu Shixian and his friends also called Xu Shiyan to Beikang, where the brothers chatted.

   "Fifth, what are your plans for the future?"

  Xu Shixiang took the college entrance examination before, but the review time was too short, his grades were not good, and he failed the exam.

   "I still want to review and take the exam again, but my father is not happy."

  Because of failing the college entrance examination, Xu Shixiang fell ill a few days ago, and now he is still listless, with a few blisters at the corners of his mouth, and it looks like he is quite angry.

   "Well, review well and take the exam again next year. This year's time is too short, and it's normal if you don't pass the exam."

  In the summer of 1978, Xu Shixiang took the college entrance examination again and was admitted to Tonghua Agricultural School, which can be regarded as a technical secondary school.

  After graduating two years later, he was assigned to Xinglong Commune as a civil affairs assistant.

  Later, I slowly entered the Finance Office, transferred to Yushu Township and became the deputy head of the township, and finally entered the county forestry workstation as the station manager.

   It can be said that Xu Shixiang is the best one among the five Xu family brothers.

   "Third brother, you have time to help me talk to my father, my father is listening to you now.

  You don’t know if you’re not at home, but he always praises you in front of us. "Xu Shixiang forced a smile, with a hint of pleading in his tone.

  Xu Shiyan was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, "My father praised me? It's fine if he doesn't scold me.

  You listen to me, don't talk to my father, you should review and study hard, and work hard to pass the exam and go to college. It will change your whole life. "

  With the old man's temper, if he talks about it, he will definitely suffer, and he doesn't want to cause trouble.

  In the previous life, without him to persuade him, is it different for the fifth child to take the college entrance examination?

  Xu Shixiang was stunned when he heard the words, and then laughed, "Well, I think so too."

   Brothers and I haven’t gathered together to talk for a long time, this unexpected gathering, talking and laughing is also very lively.

   Of course, there are also quite a few changes.

  In the past, Xu Shiyan listened silently to his brothers and said something occasionally, but now, his brothers surrounded him.

  Keep asking about watching and hunting on the mountain, especially when it comes to hunting, that brother's eyes are shining.

   "Third son, let's go up the mountain another day?

  Let me tell you, a few days ago I went to work in a forest farm and saw a Tiancangzi, but I didn’t tell anyone.

   I'm just waiting for you to come back, we brothers are going to kill Cangzi. "Xu Shi'an looked excited, eager to try.

  The bear bile of the black blind man was sold for 400 yuan last time, and the two brothers shared 200 yuan each.

  Xu Shian only gave his mother one hundred, and kept the rest for himself.

   Originally, he wanted to go up the mountain to find Xu Shiyan to hunt together, but Wei Mingrong stopped him.

  How can there be so many black and blind people in the mountains? Just some wild boars are useless, they can only be eaten and cannot be sold for money, so it is better to go to the forest farm to earn some money.

  Xu Shian couldn't handle his wife, so he had no choice but to work in the forest farm.

   As a result, Xu Shi'an got into a fight with their trumpeter. He quarreled with him the day before yesterday, and went home in a fit of anger.

   Fortunately, he worked in the forest farm for a while, but he discovered a quite hidden black blind warehouse.

   If Tian Cangzi could be killed and get another bear gall, he wouldn't have to look for work anymore.

   "Second brother, are you reading that right?" Xu Shiyan became energetic when he heard that.

  He wished to kill a few more black blind warehouses and earn more money. There are many places to use the money in the future. "Where?"

  (end of this chapter)