MTL - Accidentally born in the ’60s-Chapter 8

Zhen Zhen's big eyes flickered to look at this and that, although she couldn't see clearly, but after these days, she can basically identify a few people close to her family.

Mr. Li hugged Zhen Zhen and pulled Li Mulin over, coaxed Zhen Zhen and said, "Baby, this is your old uncle, if you see it, give him a smile." Zhen Zhen He opened his mouth cooperatively and babbled twice, revealing a sweet smile.

Old Mrs. Li was instantly happy: "Oh my treasure is smart, grow up like your big brother, we also go to university."

Zhang Chunhua didn't like listening to Li Mulin talk about her hometown before. When Li Mulin mentioned the Li family, she was either looking for a distraction or an excuse to do other things, so she was not interested in the Li family. Very well understood.

Zhang Chunhua's eyes lit up when Mrs. Li said she was going to college The workers received a lot of wages, and Zhang Chunhua's tone was very eager: "Mu Lin, who in our family has been admitted to the university?"

Li Mulin glanced at her and pointed to the inner room: "Mingdong, the second brother's family, will take the university entrance exam after next summer."

Zhang Chunhua was instantly discouraged, pouted and said, "I thought they all passed the test."

Li Mulin looked around and saw that no one noticed this, so he squeezed her hard and whispered: "Don't talk too much there, Dongzi is good at studying and hard work, It's a sure thing to get admitted to university. If you talk nonsense, be careful if your mother hears it, she can knock you with a cigarette pot."

Zhang Chunhua immediately closed his mouth and glanced in the direction of Mrs. Li with lingering fears, feeling mixed for a while.

It was a lively afternoon, and it was getting dark, Osmanthus came over and asked Mrs. Li, "Milk, what shall we eat at night?"

The old son and his family of four came back. Even though it was not yet the New Year's Day, Mrs. Li generously took out a piece of pork, a fish, and brought in a piece of tofu that was frozen outside. : "Fish stewed tofu, cabbage and pork stewed vermicelli, and then reheated a bean bag, you can do the rest yourself."

Zhang Chunhua couldn't sit still when listening to the things Mrs. Li had arranged. She looked at Mrs. Li with a smirk and said, "I will also go to the kitchen to start a fight."

Mrs. Li nodded, and Liu Xiulan also stood up: "Then I will lead my younger brother and sister over."

They were all in the noodle bags on the top of the cabinet. Zhang Chunhua glanced at each bag one by one and couldn't help saying sour: "Our family has a lot of food, and the food at home is more than enough in Bingcheng."

"Don't mention it, there is also a shortage of supply here at home, and I haven't bought enough grain and vegetables since last year. This is because my mother led us to open up wasteland in the mountains and planted a lot of corn. , sweet potatoes, cabbage, potatoes, etc., so I didn’t starve.” Liu Xiulan asked Zhang Chunhua curiously while cutting sauerkraut: “We all say that the food grown in the mountains is supplied to those big towns, is it possible that you Bingcheng is still short of food?"

Zhang Chunhua didn't even have the mind to dig around when she heard the words, she poured the ten potatoes that Osmanthus had taken out of the cellar into the pot, and couldn't help sighing: "If you have food stamps, If there is nowhere to buy it, it is not good to be able to receive half of the food supply in one month, and the fish and meat will not meet each other. This year, my family Mingshu and Mingxin have not grown much meat. "

Liu Xiulan glanced back at her and couldn't help but ask, "Then you didn't ask Mu Lin to catch fish or something to make up for the children. I heard that your ice city also has a big river."

The more Zhang Chunhua said, the less he thought: "It's far away, and I don't have any of those net fish in my house. Speaking of which, our family is pretty good, with a small population and a light burden. My neighbors and Mu Lin is in a workshop, and his family has seven or eight children, all of whom are hungry, yellow-faced and thin, almost worrying about his parents." Looking at the piles of potatoes on the ground, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but say: " If we had so many potatoes at home, the two kids wouldn't be so hungry that they wouldn't grow meat."

Liu Xiulan has a lot of heart, so she didn't say anything when she heard Zhang Chunhua's words, she just silently put the chopped sauerkraut into a pot on the side, and took another one and continued to cut.

Zhang Chunhua was peeling the potatoes here, and Osmanthus had already put the cleaned fish into the pot. Hearing the sound of oil, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but stand up and look into the big pot: " How much oil is in this?"

"Not much." Osmanthus waved her braid and smiled at Zhang Chunhua.

Zhang Chunhua glanced at the pot and couldn't help pursing his lower lip: "This is not much, I have seen oil flowers, why are you such a child? It's not your stuff, you don't Why do you feel distressed?" Osmanthus lowered her eyes and said nothing, scooping a spoonful of boiling water into the pot and adding frozen tofu.

Seeing Zhang Chunhua and wanting to talk, Liu Xiulan quickly explained: "Second brother's family has planted a lot of soybeans this year, and asked someone to go to the oil store to squeeze the oil back. Besides, why is this not her family's thing? What? Dongzi and Osmanthus will get married next winter, when Osmanthus will be the eldest daughter-in-law of our grandchildren."

Zhang Chunhua shyly sat back again: "I don't feel sorry for something, you don't know, in Bingcheng we only dare to put soybean-sized oil for cooking, and that's not enough."

Osmanthus turned back and said, "We usually do the same at home. This is because the old uncle and old aunt came back and put more oil."

Seeing that Osmanthus' face is not good-looking, Zhang Chunhua realized that he was at someone's house, and said quickly: "The old aunt just said it casually.

"It's alright, how can I be angry with my old aunt as a junior." As Osmanthus said, she put the pork and cabbage noodles stewed in the western cauldron in a pot. After a simple wash, pour it out. I put a little oil in, and poured the sauerkraut into it.

Zhang Chunhua looked at the few pieces of fat left on the cutting board next to him, and couldn't help reminding: "Osmanthus, that sauerkraut is stewed with so much oil, and it's a lot to eat. Besides, you forgot to put it in. meat."

Osmanthus put the rest of the meat in a bowl, put it in the cupboard, and replied calmly: "There are already a lot of good dishes, what to do with so much meat. The oil is so rare, I am afraid that the old aunt will feel distressed if I put too much."

Liu Xiulan couldn't help laughing, Osmanthus picked up the broom and began to sweep the potato skins in the place, and while sweeping, pushed Zhang Chunhua out: "Old aunt, take a step outside! Old aunt, you are stepping on potatoes Skinned!"

Zhang Chunhua was pushed back step by step, and Zhang Chunhua only reacted when she retreated outside the kitchen. Osmanthus threw the potato skins into the garbage basket at the door of the kitchen, put down the door curtain, and returned the Don't forget to probe and say: "It's a guest from afar. Auntie, why don't you go back to the house and rest, it's not too busy."

Liu Xiulan couldn't hold back, clutching her stomach and laughing, she couldn't straighten her waist, Zhang Chunhua stunned and watched Osmanthus fling the curtain and returned to the kitchen, her face suddenly turned blue and white: "I just So tell me, why are you so childish? Then don't put the rest of the meat in the cabinet, and cook it quickly. It's hot in the house, how can you fix it if it breaks?"

In the kitchen, Liu Xiulan laughed louder when she heard what Zhang Chunhua was saying outside, and Osmanthus could not help pursing her lips while she sat adding firewood to the stove.

Zhen Zhen dozed off after playing in the Westinghouse for a while. Seeing this, Mrs. Li hurriedly said, "Hurry back to the house and feed her again before she falls asleep, so as not to have a restless sleep."

Wang Sufen agreed to hold the child and walked out. Madam Li saw that it was inconvenient for her to hold the child, so she helped open the door with a cane. It happened that Zhang Chunhua was in the kitchen muttering something boring while walking back. She just stretched out her hand to open the door, when Mrs. Li's wrinkled face immediately appeared in front of her. Zhang Chunhua's legs softened and she almost hugged the door. Did not fall.

Mr. Li looked at Zhang Chunhua, who was frightened, and at the creaky door, and couldn't help frowning: "Although this door in my house is strong, you can't help it. ."

Wang Sufen couldn't help but ask, "Brother and sister, what's wrong with you?"

Zhang Chunhua thought that his future daughter-in-law was being scolded in the kitchen, and his face suddenly turned red and white. He wanted to complain, but he didn't have the guts. I didn't know what to do for a while.

Mr. Li didn't like this little daughter-in-law who likes to be a demon, she leaned heavily on crutches and said with a flat mouth: "If you have nothing to do in the kitchen, just go back to the house to see the children, don't talk about it anymore. My door is broken, you will pay for it?"

Zhang Chunhua immediately stood up straight, took a step back to get out of the way: "I was squatting and peeling potatoes just now, and my legs were numb."

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Zhang Chunhua responded and looked back to see Wang Sufen and Mrs. Li entering the East Room, and then entered with trembling legs. Li Muwu and Li Sen went out to chop firewood, and Li Mulin was sitting On the kang, I was rubbing cigarette leaves for the old lady. When I looked up, I saw Zhang Chunhua coming in in a daze, and quickly asked, "What's the matter with you?"

Zhang Chunhua sat on the kang and couldn't help but pushed Li Mulin: "You said that your family is so powerful, and your mother is fine, they have killed devils anyway. Hero, I don't think I can beat her. How about Osmanthus, a little girl, dares to choke me when she talks about it, so why don't I just say that she's a waste of money, she's not happy with me anymore."

Zhang Chunhua leaned in, kicked Li Mulin with his toes, and asked in a low voice, "I see that your life is no worse than ours."

Li Mulin gave her a strange look: "When did I say that my family is not doing well? Although Beicha is a small place, there are mountains and rivers. As long as you work hard, you will never starve to death. people."

Zhang Chunhua stretched his neck and looked back, seeing that Mrs. Li hadn't come back, he whispered to Li Mulin: "There is a lot of food in the kitchen. The cabbage and potatoes weigh hundreds of kilograms, and the third sister-in-law said that the family has opened a lot of wasteland in the mountains."

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Zhang Chunhua hated the iron and beat him, and said in a low voice: "We can only eat half full every day in Bingcheng, can you tell your mother to help us?"

"What did you say?" Li Mulin looked at her in disbelief: "Zhang Chunhua, why is it the first time I noticed you have such a big face? If you say something bad, hit me with you in Bingcheng. When I get married, I will be separated from this family. Since then, only I will honor my mother, and I will not ask for anything from the family. Let me tell you, you should give me a break from this idea as soon as possible. "

"But isn't there a shortage of food at home?" Zhang Chunhua was still a little unwilling.

"The food at home is barely enough to fill the stomach. It is also because we are going home for the New Year. This is why you open your belly to eat. Don't give me any blessings!"

Zhang Chunhua reluctantly found that the family, from the old to the young, were all too upright and sturdy, she couldn't help but hammered the heated kang, wanting to cry without tears: "I can't give Save some face, I'll be the first to come back!"