Today's breakfast was quite rich. Mrs. Tang cooked fresh rice and fried fresh vegetables in addition to last night's leftovers.
Stir-fried skin rolls with green vegetables, steamed potatoes, steamed bacon and steamed pork with prunes and vegetables, both of which were left over from last night. The steamed pork with prunes and vegetables was steamed several times, and it was completely delicious. It was fresh and rotten, but not fat. It's greasy and delicious.
Mrs. Tang changed her pants and went out to have breakfast. When she saw that Xu Jinfeng and Xuan Zhenzhu didn't include any meat or vegetables, she said with a fierce face: "You guys were so greedy when there was no meat before. Now that there is meat, you won't eat it. If adults don't eat it, children will have to eat it." !”
"Mom, I feel sick eating meat!"
Xu Jinfeng only ate green vegetables. She and Xuan Zhenzhu found out they were pregnant within a month, which was only half a month, and they were not even three months old.
"Me too, I just want to eat vegetables."
Xuan Zhenzhen picked up a piece of steamed potato and ate it without touching the meat at all.
"Just tell me what you want to eat. My family has the conditions now and can afford it."
Mrs. Tang secretly rolled her eyes and swallowed down her complaints. She was being pretentious to be pregnant. It was not like she had never been pregnant before. When the eldest daughter-in-law and second daughter-in-law were pregnant with their first few children, their naked eyes turned green. Empty.
Now it’s so hypocritical to say that eating meat is disgusting.
However, Mrs. Tang only complained in her heart and did not say it out loud. After all, the two daughters-in-law were carrying Tang children. As the mother-in-law, she must serve them well.
"Mom, I want to eat assorted vegetables."
Xu Jinfeng made the request sheepishly. She had been craving for this bite for so long that sour water came out of her mouth.
"Mom, I also want to eat rose bean curd."
Xuan Zhenzhu was also greedy, but she didn't dare to say anything for fear that her mother-in-law would say she was pretentious.
Even she felt hypocritical. She had meat every meal at home, and she was also greedy for pickles and fermented bean curd. If she told anyone about it, she would definitely be laughed at.
Assorted vegetables
rose fermented bean curd
"When I get back from the mountain, I'll go to the town to buy it."
Tang Manyin hurriedly said that he didn't have to go to work today and just had time.
"Second uncle, buy some more thousand pieces. I want to eat thousand pieces of roasted meat!" Tang Niannian was also greedy.
What she was about to say just now was slapped back by Mrs. Tang.
Mrs. Tang didn't say anything and let them make trouble, since she didn't have to pay for it anyway.
After breakfast, Mrs. Tang packed up the things for going to the grave and asked Xu Jinfeng and Xuan Zhenzhen to rest at home. There was snow and slippery roads on the mountain, so it was not suitable for pregnant women to go up the mountain.
Tang Manjin carried a shovel and walked in front. The whole family put on rain boots, raincoats and bamboo hats and went up the mountain.
The snow is still falling, and the green mountains behind are covered with white snow, which is particularly beautiful.
As Tang Manjin walked, he shoveled the snow to clear the way. There were other villagers on the mountain who also came to visit the grave.
Mr. Tang Qingshan was buried on the hillside. All the Tang family members were buried on this hillside. There was a lot of snow on the cemetery. Tang Manjin shoveled it clean, and Mrs. Tang pulled the weeds on the cemetery.
After cleaning everything, Mrs. Tang arranged the offerings one by one, including a plate of braised pork, a plate of steamed fish, and a plate of glutinous rice and rice cakes, all of which the old man loved to eat during his lifetime.
Mrs. Tang lit the incense candle, poured a glass of wine, and whispered: "Old man, it's another year, and the family is now prosperous. Jinfeng and Pearl are both pregnant. I will come back to tell you when they give birth. , I don’t know if you’ve been reincarnated yet, but if you haven’t yet, go find a good family as soon as possible, and don’t forget about us anymore!”
After saying this, Mrs. Tang burned the gold bars and ingots, and the whole family knelt and kowtowed in front of the grave.
After the gold bars and ingots were burned to ashes, Mrs. Tang put away the offerings, and the whole family kowtowed three more times to bid farewell to the old man.
"Old man, I'll come see you again in the first month and let's go!"
Mrs. Tang's eyes were slightly red. After speaking, she wiped her eyes and lifted the basket, "Let's go down the mountain!"
Tang Niannian knelt down and kowtowed, and said silently: "Grandpa, I have found my biological parents, and I have avenged all my revenge in my previous life. Don't worry, I will lead my family to live a good life in this life!"
Her only regret in this life is that the old man is no longer here. How wonderful it would be if she could be reborn before the old man passed away!
"Nian girl, we're going down the mountain!"
Mrs. Tang shouted, feeling very pleased.
Although Nian Yatou is not her biological child, she has the deepest relationship with the old man. Alas, it is a pity that the old man is not blessed and does not enjoy the blessing of Nian Yatou!
"coming!"
Tang Niannian stretched out her hand to wipe off the fallen snow on the tombstone, and followed Mrs. Tang down the mountain.
This hillside is sloping, and there are dozens of cemeteries, all of which are ancestors of the Tang people. Other people with other surnames in Tang Village are buried at the foot of the mountain and are not eligible to be buried in the Tang cemeteries.
The family walked down the mountain and wiped the mud from their shoes on the grass by the roadside.
"Woooo...Mom..."
There was a faint sound of sad crying, not far away.
Tang Niannian took a few steps in the direction of the crying and saw two children, a boy and a girl. Their clothes were thin and patched, and their cotton-padded jackets were so old that the cotton inside was probably hard.
The trousers were single trousers, no socks, only single cloth shoes. The exposed ankles were covered with chilblains, the wounds were cracked, bleeding, and red flesh could be seen.
The girl is about the same size as Liu Jin, but she is thin, with thin yellow hair, and the hands where she wipes her tears are covered with frostbite. The boy is about eleven or twelve years old, as thin as his sister, and has frostbite on his hands and feet.
These two siblings have eight words written all over them——
Hungry and cold, miserable!
Tang Niannian felt that the two siblings looked familiar, but she couldn't remember their names.
"Wangmei?"
Liu Jin recognized the girl, her name was Yu Lamei, and she was from a family with a foreign surname in the village.
The younger brother's name is Yu Songbai.
The two siblings were poor people. Their biological mother, Yu Songbai, died of a sudden illness when she was seven years old. Less than half a year after her death, their father, Yu Qianjin, married a stepmother. The stepmother also had a son and a daughter, who were about the same age as the siblings. .
When you have a stepmother, you have a stepfather. Yu Qianjin was not a very good father to begin with. After having a stepmother, he completely became a stepfather. He was indifferent to his biological children. Of course, he was not very kind to his stepsons and stepdaughters. He just Regardless of the family affairs, leave them all to the stepmother.
The two siblings lived a miserable life under the hands of their stepmother. They had the most work, the most beatings, and the worst food and clothing.
It was already the twelfth lunar month, and the siblings were still wearing single pants and single shoes, and they were so cold that they looked indifferent.
Yu Lamei wiped her tears and stood up. Seeing that the Tang family was a little restrained, she pulled her brother up. The two siblings stood awkwardly, not knowing where to put their hands.
Tang Niannian took a look and saw that the cemetery didn't even have a monument, it was just a grave bag with weeds cleaned up beside it. The grave bag was very clean and there were no offerings, not even incense and candles.
"Second Grandma, Uncle Man Jin, Uncle Man Yin... Six pounds, Sister Niannian!"
Yu Lamei called her over one after another and taught her brother how to call people. Although the girl's clothes were in tatters and she was skinny, she had good facial features. If she had good nutrition, she should be a beautiful girl.
"Come to see your mother?"
Mrs. Tang asked.
The siblings nodded, their eyes still red and swollen.
"It's such a cold day, go down the mountain quickly, don't freeze!" Xu Jinfeng looked pitiful. The two children were so pitiful. They looked cold even with such little clothes.
