golden years(13)

It's snowing heavily and the new year is coming to an end.

Tongtong rubbed his hands and looked at the sky outside. If he didn't come back, the road would be difficult to walk: the snow would be heavy.

It was windy and snowy, and the village became increasingly quiet. The house was originally quite lively, but after the partition walls were built, the house became an independent courtyard. Originally, my parents-in-law were supposed to come with them, but they had to live here.

The new house was damp, so she might as well forget it for now and wait until the house was completely dry before moving in the summer. Living in the back was too far from the door, and she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to hear the fourth master's knock on the door.

She was worried and walked out along the eaves without stepping on the snow all the way. When she reached the front hall, she opened the door. Good guy, this wild wind blew people through. There was a thin layer of snow at the door.

Damin or Sanling swept the snow every once in a while, but not much fell. The whole alley was covered with people coming out to sweep it from time to time.

"Where are Xiaotong and the fourth child?" The woman who spoke to him was the woman across the door. She was not much older than Tongtong. She was also a newly married couple who had moved out. Speaking of which, they were of the same race. The man's surname was Jin, and his name was Jin Suo, his wife.

She didn't know her name, Lin Yutong. She only knew that her elders called her Taozi. She just opened the door and came out, and asked after seeing Tong pass.

Lin Yutong replied to her, "I'm afraid I won't hear the knock on the door, so come out and take a look! I'm riding a bike out, and the road is slippery, so I'm afraid I'll fall somewhere! Look at the day, it's dark, I think it's going to rain..."

Sister-in-law Tao shrank her neck, kicked her hands into her sleeves, looked up, and quickly locked her neck, "I don't think it's going to be good either. It's going to rain now. I don't know if this thatched cottage is safe or not." She said,

He stretched out his cold and blue hands, revealing his thin wrists, then quickly retracted them: "This thatched cottage is built with rafters and purlins as thick as my wrists!"

It means that my parents-in-law could not afford to build a house, so they randomly gathered a pile of firewood and sticks to build a nest, and the people who lived there were frightened.

If she said this, Lin Yutong still felt a little confused: "If it doesn't work, call someone quickly to knock the snow off the roof." Sister-in-law Tao was so frightened that she shouted all over the alley: "Golden Lock! Golden Lock! Run away."

Where did it go?"

Just as he was shouting, the Fourth Master came over from the other side of the alley on a bicycle, carrying a bag of something on the back of the bicycle, and there was snow on his head and shoulders.

When we didn't reach the doorstep of our house, the snow became heavy, and it was so dense that we couldn't see far.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the house, the fourth master got out of the car and quickly pointed in, "What are you doing out here? It's so cold."

Isn’t that just freezing to death?

The fourth master pushed the car in. It was a little difficult to cross the threshold with a bag of things behind it. Tongtong helped him lift it, and then he went in. After closing the door, the wind subsided, and he quickly helped the fourth master to remove the snow from his body.

Dust.

Fourth Master carried a bag of things directly to the room. The room was warm and he felt excited as soon as he entered.

The fourth master took off his coat and warmed the fire, while Tongtong untied the bag. There was a small bag inside the big bag, which was full of chestnuts, hazelnuts, and pine nuts. He took out the small bag, and there were dried shrimps, dried squid, and small shrimps underneath.

Tongtong smiled and looked at Fourth Master: "Where did you get it?" This thing is not easy to get.

Fourth Master scratched her nose, "I think you want to eat these."

I really want to eat that!

Due to my health, I can't eat anything too spicy. In fact, I have always wanted to eat chili peppers, but I only eat mildly spicy things occasionally, but I can't get enough of it.

I haven’t eaten potatoes, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes for a long time. I’ve been obsessed with eating them for the past six months. I want to ask what else I want to eat, and then there’s seafood. But nowadays, it’s still hard to eat fresh seafood in the north, and it’s hard to find dry food.

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Unexpectedly, the Chinese New Year is approaching, and Fourth Master has brought back all the specialties from the Northeast and dry goods from the coast.

Just as I was packing my things, there was a banging sound on the door. It was Sister-in-law Tao who was opposite the door, "Fourth, please help me..."

Ouch! I'm afraid the house can't hold on anymore.

The fourth master grabbed his coat and walked out, saying to Tongtong: "Don't come out! I don't need you."

Tongtong still looked out at the door of the room. Hearing the voices of so many men in the alley, he knew there was no shortage of people.

She was packing up what she needed to do at home, and thought about what to do. After thinking about it, the Chinese New Year was almost here, and the Fourth Master didn’t have any candy yet. Then she might as well make some candies for the Fourth Master. The current candy cubes were not what the Fourth Master liked.

For food, get some peanuts, melon seeds, and pine nuts to make pralines.

I definitely won't be able to cook it today. I have to wait until tomorrow to get some food and wait for Fourth Master to come back.

According to the local custom, this meal is usually skipped in the evening. If you are hungry, you will bake steamed buns and roasted sweet potatoes on the stove to make ends meet. You will not cook seriously anymore. Therefore, Yang Shuhui will not come over to cook.

But Tongtong and Fourth Master were still used to eating at night, and now that there was a stove, Tongtong stewed bone soup, made wontons, and waited for Fourth Master to come back before cooking.

When I had nothing to do, I sat in front of the stove and peeled pine nuts.

Yang Shuhui came here when it was almost dark and came here to burn the kang. As soon as she entered the room, she smelled the aroma of broth. The small chopping board was covered with wrapped wontons. What was her daughter-in-law peeling there?

Seeing her coming, the daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Mom, I made wontons, and there's a grate frozen outside. When you leave later, bring the wontons over. There's a lot of soup. I'll ask Sihai to bring them to you...

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"If you want to eat, mommy will cook it for you!" Why do you want to cook it yourself?

Easy thing!

Yang Shuhui looked at the wontons. To be honest, she actually didn't know how to make them. She had heard of wontons but had never eaten them. She thought, is this different from dumplings?

Now when I look at them, they are different. Each one looks like a flower.

Lin Yutong didn't ask her mother-in-law to burn the kang, "I stuffed two dustpans of sawdust into it at noon, so there's no need to burn it anymore."

The fourth master managed to get wood chips from the lumber factory. He pulled several carts of sawdust. This thing is the best for burning kangs. It is resistant to burning and heats evenly. Not only did the Lin family get a cart of wood chips, but they also pulled them specially for Sanyun County.

Quite a few.

Yang Shuhui went over to help peel the pine nuts, "Peel this to... fry and eat?"

Come over tomorrow and you'll know when it's done.

It was already dark when the Fourth Master came back, and he seemed to be talking to someone when he entered the door.

Tongtong poked his head out and said, "You're back?"

Back! In response to Tongtong's words, Fourth Master said, "Pull some sawdust to make it a success."

Liu Chenggong was embarrassed, "The kitchen collapsed, and all the firewood inside and outside were buried underneath. It's dark, so we can't clean it up."

Lin Yutong quickly said, "The sawdust is easy to pull. They are all put in snakeskin bags. Pull more bags." There is an old lady in Liu's family who is almost eighty years old and is paralyzed. Tonight, there is no cover.

If you don't burn the kang, you will freeze to death.

The fourth master watched it being put on the cart, then closed the door and came back.

Yang Shuhui asked, "If the kitchen collapsed, then the wall of the building would not be cracked?" It was dangerous to think about it as it was close to the building.

"If it's cracked, use wooden sticks to hold it against the wall for now. It doesn't matter. Block the cracks with straw first to avoid air leakage."

What a pain! "Successful, this kid is an honest kid, and it's not like he's not hard-working. He just wants to achieve things that are beyond his reach. First he practices calligraphy, which is probably not good, and then he memorizes the law or something... This is not someone's son.

He went to the tax office, and then went to the tax office with his abacus, and it was time to show his abacus... He stayed up all day and late at night. He wanted to learn everything, he could learn everything, but he just didn't want to be down-to-earth.

The affairs of his family have been cleared up. If he can enter that unit, what relationship does he have with him or her? Think about it naively." This is also true.

While Yang Shuhui was talking, she saw her daughter-in-law put the wontons into the pot, followed by the spinach. During this time, she put various ingredients into the bowl, and when the pot boiled, took out the wontons and filled the soup with them.

, sprinkle with minced green onions, coriander and dried shrimps, and add some sesame oil. Ouch! This smells delicious!

He turned around and brought himself a bowl and took a bite. It was different from dumplings and was delicious.

The son was holding such a big bowl, and the daughter-in-law only had three or five of them, but she had a big bowl of soup. At this moment, the daughter-in-law was slowly drinking the soup, but she was watching her son eat with a smile, and asked, "Is the pepper suitable?"

"

Suitable! People who drink it will sweat.

Yang Shuhui suddenly felt that coming here to cook for others might not be a good thing!

This young couple's life seems to be a little different from ours.

Just for my cowardly son, my daughter-in-law is so precious! I am a mother, so I feel a little guilty!

It snowed heavily the next day, so nothing happened. She came over to help her daughter-in-law. Didn't she say she was going to make something yesterday? After she came, she stuck the door shut from the inside, fearing that outsiders would come and eat it.

What to do?

Good guy, melon seed kernels, peanut kernels, pine nut kernels, and some white sugar. My daughter-in-law is making sugar. The nut sugar is made and cut into small pieces and placed on a plate. The daughter-in-law holds it and stuffs it into her son's mouth, "

Is it delicious?"

tasty!

Isn’t it delicious? Who can afford to make this? He only earns a little money, and his daughter-in-law’s monthly remuneration is several thousand. Yes! My son has brought back so much food, but who doesn’t have money?

Did you get it? I got it. If the daughter-in-law likes to eat it, just give it up. In fact, the daughter-in-law only eats three or five as snacks and doesn’t always eat them. Once it’s made into candy, she just tastes it. She doesn’t like it much.

.But my son is different. There was just a plate full of candies like this, and half of the plate was gone in the blink of an eye.

The daughter-in-law bought it with her money, and she cooked it herself, and it all went into her son's mouth.

Then there were raisins and candied dates, making some saqima. This one was more delicious, and she thought it was delicious. Her son could eat it when he held it. When it was done, the daughter-in-law cleaned up two pots and said, "Mom

, bring it to my dad."

Eating this stuff will cause toothache!

She only put away a bowl of both, "Just bring it over and taste it. If you want to eat, come back and get it. You can keep it first."

That’s okay!

When she was leaving, she heard her daughter-in-law say to her son, "I'll buy some wrapping paper later and wrap this in pieces. If I'm hungry at work or on patrol and don't have time to eat, I'll just eat this as a cushion."
To be continued...