"When your eldest brother has the New Year's holiday, I will go back with you and learn from Mom and Bingyue. What I can do is still limited." Bai Lu's focus every time is very strange.
Shui Jianshe smiled and said nothing. From this point of view, the eldest brother chose Bai Lu as his wife because she was good-looking, not evil-minded, and squeamish but not lazy. You can't just look at people at face value.
When it was approaching eleven o'clock, Bai Lu cut off a large piece of the pig leg sent by Shui Shangqing and Shui Jianshe and stewed it with potatoes and steamed rice.
When the meal was almost ready, Shui Jianguo came back on his bicycle. He was very happy to see his father and fourth brother playing with their son on the sofa.
"It's so cold today, why did Dad and Jianshe come here?"
Shui Shangqing explained: "When the weather is cold, we usually don't come to the county. But I hunted something a few days ago, so it's better to sell it as soon as possible. So I ran over and brought you a wild boar. Legs. When can you take the day off this year?”
"As in previous years, we will officially rest on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and only on the fifth day of the lunar month. This year, the weather is sunny and cold, and it snows early, but it hasn't snowed much recently, and I don't know what days the Chinese New Year will be. Can’t get down?”
"No one can say for sure about this kind of thing, so naturally it's better not to leave, otherwise it will be difficult to visit relatives."
Bai Lu put the prepared dishes and rice on the table, and they started to have lunch together. Little Bokang's lunch was a bowl of egg custard, which was delicious while sitting in his mother's arms.
Shui Shangqing was very happy to see it. His eldest grandson would grow faster and stronger if he could eat it.
When Shui Jianguo went to work in the afternoon, Shui Shangqing and Shui Jianshe drove the donkey cart home.
I arrived home around three in the afternoon. As soon as I entered the yard, I could smell the aroma of dried meat, and I was still cooking.
The two of them entered the kitchen and saw Liu Xuemei frying the cooked pork strips in batches so that they could be kept longer and easier to eat.
Several others packed the previously prepared and cooled pork strips in brown paper. There are thirty or forty packages packed, which is quite a lot.
Shui Bingyue looked up at her father and fourth brother, and said with a smile: "Do you want to try it? The ones in the small basin are reserved for us to eat. This time we put a little more chili pepper, and it tastes delicious."
Shui Shangqing tasted one and nodded: "It's indeed delicious. I think it's enough to send twenty packets to your second brother and third brother each. We can eat the rest ourselves."
Liu Xuemei took the time to reply: "That's what I planned too. After all, we can't just patronize those outside, and everyone at home must have a share. So we did more.
I'll leave it to you to make dinner today. Make something refreshing, preferably without meat. After smelling meat all day, I felt a little uncomfortable. I just want something light. "
"No problem. How about we have pickled cabbage noodles tonight? It's definitely refreshing and appetizing."
Soon, it was dinner time. Have dinner together as a family. Shui Shangqing told everyone what he gained from selling things today.
“The antlers, musk, deer skins, and wild boar skins we obtained from hunting a few days ago were sold for a total of 800 yuan.
At that time, your fourth brother and I killed three wild boars, so I split the money from selling the things with your fourth brother. Everyone can eat meat as they please.
But your fourth brother said that it was very hard for everyone to carry the prey all the way. Without you, what we can bring back is limited, so we will reward you with ten yuan each.
Next time, if you want to share money, do it. Only then can you have the opportunity to make money. Of course, this time, the prey is too big. You are right not to act rashly. People should act within their capabilities. "
After Shui Shangqing finished speaking, he gave money to Xiaowu, Xiaoliu, Xiaoqi and Bingyue. The little ones were very happy.
Originally, I didn’t contribute much this time, so it would be great to have meat to eat, and I could also share the money, which was an unexpected surprise.
Although Bingyue gave everyone a lot of good things before, those things cannot be exposed to the public and cannot be used temporarily, so there is no cash to attract people's liking.
After the children went back to their rooms to rest, Shui Shangqing called Jianshe into his room and gave the fourth child 500 yuan in front of Liu Xuemei.
Shui Jianshe waved his hand: "Dad gave me too much, I'll just take half of it."
"Take what is given to you. This is how your brothers came here. You are not young anymore, so you should have some money in your hands. You earned it by your own ability." Liu Xuemei said to her son.
Shui Shangqing directly put a thick wad of money into his son's hand and warned: "You will graduate from high school soon. You can tell me if you want to find a job or if you have any other ideas."
"I'm not in a hurry. When I graduate and help my father work at home, my mother won't have to be so tired and can stay at home with my sister. When my sister reaches school age, I will think about work."
Liu Xuemei didn't expect the fourth child to have such an idea. After all, after all these years, when it comes to luck, he is indeed not as good as the second and third children. There is a way out even before graduation.
"Construction, Mom has been here for so many years and she doesn't feel tired. If you have a chance, it's better to go to the city and work as a worker. Farming, there is not much way out.
Your brothers all know to choose what is beneficial to them, and Bingyue definitely doesn’t want you to stay in the village and farm. You have been studying in the commune for the past few years, and it has been very hard every day. I didn’t come back to farm after graduation. "
"It's getting late, I'll go back first." Shui Jianshe was not easily persuaded, so he did not answer directly.
Shui Shangqing waved his hand: "Go back and rest."
Watching the fourth child go out and close the door. Liu Xuemei asked her husband: "Why don't you persuade him?"
"There is still half a year, and it is too early to say anything now. We can only feed the children, but nothing else can help.
The fourth child is actually the one with the most ideas and the most stubborn among the children. Didn't you see that when the others came to Bingyue, they all followed her. Only the fourth child can make Bingyue follow him. "
In the days that followed, the fourth child took several children to fish and sell fish, but Shui Shangqing stopped getting involved. The children left early and came back late every day, but they were very happy.
After all, they have been doing this for four years, and they are all experienced veterans. The money they can earn from fishing is no worse than hunting.
Because the seventh brother was busy making money with the other brothers and had no time to study with Shen Dongsheng. Shui Bingyue carried the big fish to apologize to Mr. Shen.
Shen Dongsheng took the fish and teased her: "Why don't you learn from me and then teach your seventh brother."
Shui Bingyue waved her hands hurriedly: "I'm still young and don't need to learn so many things. I'm really not interested in painting. I prefer to learn how to cook delicious food from my mother."
"I haven't seen you for so many days, what are you busy with?"
"My brothers have been fishing recently, so my mother chose some to make dried fish so that she can be used as a holiday gift when she goes to my uncle's house during the Chinese New Year. I am learning to knit things at home."
Shen Dongsheng was very interested: "Then what can you make up?"
