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Chapter 239 Don’t wait until the flowers are gone and the branches are broken! !

Since 1952, things have really gotten better in the past few years.

We ordinary people's life depends on four words: "food, clothing, housing and transportation". As the ancients said, food is the most important thing for people. When life is good, everyone likes to think about something to eat.

Early in the morning on New Year's Eve, the cool air of Nanluogu Alley is mixed with the aroma of various foods.

Zhang Chenfei only took a sniff and smelled fried lotus clips, dry fried balls, rice noodles, fried fish, boiled meat, and steamed glutinous rice.

Looking into the kitchens of each household, they are making pasta, chopping meat, and dishing stuffings.

In this era, it is important to have more children to contribute to the country. In the short alley, there are more than fifty children of all ages.

At this moment,
Children on winter vacation were running around like wild dogs, sometimes in No. 95 courtyard, sometimes in No. 93 courtyard, and sometimes in other courtyards, like wild dogs on the loose.

The neighbors are living a better life, and they are not stingy with the children.

When he saw them coming, he picked some freshly made food from the basket and handed over the steaming fried goods.

After Tang Danniu thought about it, it was true.

A child would grab a handful, put it in his pocket and go out to play, chewing it for most of the day. This can also be used to deal with the lack of snacks when the men at home drink.

After doing this,

Zhang Ping'an was an expert at making fires. Hearing this, he immediately pulled out the firewood from the stove.

Grandma Zhang got up early in the morning and made New Year snacks for her eight great-grandchildren at their request.

After that, use a wooden spatula to keep stirring the corn in the pot.

The front yard of the courtyard, old Zhang's house.

Grandma Zhang glared at her: "How can I not understand the principle of long-lasting water?? This sugar was brought back by Da Fei, saying it was given to him by a friend."

Grandma Zhang touched the head of Zhang Pingan, who already looked like a young man: "The heat is very good, keep it up."

After spanking her buttocks, she turned around and ran out of the house, continuing to run wildly with her friends.

The fried corn made in this way is so hard that it can break one's teeth, but the more you chew it, the more delicious it becomes.

"Is this ready?? I'll take a bite first." Zhang Ping'an grabbed a handful without fear of burning it and threw a few into his mouth, chewing them crunchily.

The children were immediately happy. The glutinous rice sticks were covered with white sugar, which is a precious thing! ! Usually you can't catch it at all.

Isn’t it time for me to give birth to eight children for your old Zhang family? ? You see that Xiao Zao'er and Da Fei are about to get married, so you don't care about me anymore. "

The same goes for this old lady. She always teaches them to be frugal, but she lives so extravagantly! ! !

Then I scooped out a few kilograms of dry corn kernels from the jar, washed them, and drained them.

He continued to stir-fry until the moisture on the corn disappeared, then he told Zhang Ping'an to change the heat to medium.

Tang Danniu touched the bag of sugar, which weighed three or four kilograms, and was speechless: "Grandma, sugar is such a precious thing, how could you buy so much at one time? Can't you live like this?"

The old lady called her grandson Zhang Pingan to light the fire, while she poured the corn kernels into the pot and stir-fried over high heat.

"Everyone be good, my wife will make glutinous rice sticks for you to eat today."

Hey, you don’t want me to be born again? ? ?
Tang Danniu curled her lips and said unhappily: "Old lady, you really want to kill the donkey as soon as you unload the millstone.

Is this because there is a new person and the old person is forgotten? ?

Realize that the old lady's attitude towards him has always been the same. Nothing changed at all because of Tian Xiaozao's upcoming arrival, and she suddenly became happy again.

It is said that a man is not as good as a day after thirty-one days. After having sex with Ryoko a lot during this period, she felt that the old saying was true.

Although life at home is easy now, we can't be so wasteful, right? ? ?

This family eats something, that family eats something. By the time their breakfast is ready, the little ones are already so full that they can't eat anything, which makes their parents scold them.

The children were not polite and said: "Thank you grandma/aunt/aunt", took the delicious food with both hands, stuffed it into their mouths, and started chewing.

After making the home version of popcorn, the old lady took out a large bag of sugar from the bottom of the cupboard.

Grandma Zhang was annoyed that Danniu Tang always talked about Xiao Laojiu. When she heard her talking about it again, she couldn't help but cast a sidelong glance:
"Don't blame our old Zhang family for giving birth to little Laojiu. Our family does not value girls over boys. No matter what the child is, as long as it is the son of our old Zhang family, I will care about it."

Grandma Zhang rolled her eyes: "You have to speak according to your conscience. You can tell yourself, when have I ever been alone?"

He picked up the gourd and gourd to dig out flour, and started working with the old lady.

We ordinary people live a life that pays attention to the steady flow of water! ! ! "

"Madam, is this heat okay???" Zhang Ping'an sat on a small stool in front of the stove, raised his face, and said in a voice that was changing.

After breakfast, the old lady first washed the big iron pot at home and wiped away any remaining water with cotton cloth.

If she doesn't make up for him, when will she be able to hold that fat girl in her arms? ? ? ! !

Last year, Zhang Chenfei paid for the New Year snacks. This year, the children shouted that the ones made by his wife were more delicious, and the old lady was not afraid of hard work.

Liangzi is very busy at work every day, so I make him a cup of sugar water every day so that he can replenish his health. Once your body is in good condition, you can quickly give birth to little Lao Jiu for our old Zhang family, right? ? "

Children in this era are so rough. They don't get angry even when they are beaten, let alone scolded.

Who can finish a thirty-minute homework in three minutes? ? ? Pooh! !

For free? ? ? Tang Danniu was happy now: "Since I don't need any money, grandma, please give me some later.

After frying the corn until it turns dark gray, the body is swollen and round, and there is a crackling sound, she shovels it all out and puts it in an enamel basin.

Zhang Chenfei, who was secretly eating popcorn on the side and accidentally watched the whole show, couldn't help but give a thumbs up to his sister-in-law.

With such a dull sensitivity, is it possible to live an unhappy life? ? But, is the eldest brother really dead? ? How about giving him some red-haired medicinal wine? ?

There are only three days off for the New Year, and every household has saved up their New Year's goods to buy them on New Year's Eve. Therefore, on this day, every household is so busy that their feet never touch the ground.

The women are busy frying, cleaning, and steaming steamed buns for the Chinese New Year. The men are also busy, going to the supply and marketing cooperative and the vegetable market.

When I get home, I have to go into the kitchen and do something to my wife.

Not long after liberation, men generally did not enter the kitchen.

Usually when a woman works in the kitchen, if she asks a man to help her, not only will the man be reluctant, but the neighbors will also point fingers and say that there is a lazy woman in the house.

Only during extremely busy times like the Chinese New Year can women confidently ask their men to help.

When Lao Zhangjiajiang rice sticks were prepared and ready to be fried, Tian Zhigang took Tian Xiaozao into Courtyard No. 95.

"Old lady, I wish you a happy New Year!!!" Tian Zhigang stood at the door of Zhang's kitchen and said with a smile, his face completely devoid of the anger from the night before.

"Is Zhigang here? Come in quickly and try my new popcorn." Grandma Zhang also smiled. Tian Zhigang didn't listen to her, but stepped into the kitchen: "I'm here to help you, I'm good at making fried food."

"Hey. That's a good feeling. I've long heard Liangzi say that Uncle Tian, ​​your cooking is delicious." As Tang Danniu said this, she wanted to hand over the strainer in her hand. But Grandma Zhang grabbed her and glared at her.

Ah, this...

A trace of embarrassment flashed in Tang Da Niu's eyes, and she hurriedly made amends: "Uncle Tian, ​​you should go back to the house. You and Xiao Zao are guests, how can I let you work???"

Tian Zhigang smiled heartily: "Hey, from now on we are all our own people, how can we say that we are not guests?"

With this remark,
Grandma Zhang smiled with satisfaction.

Tang Danniu was even more fussy, saying that Uncle Tian agreed with our family Da Fei and Zao'er? ? ? This is simply great, everyone is celebrating!
He also said that in fact, you should have agreed a long time ago. Think about it, you are just a precious daughter like Xiao Zao. If you marry somewhere else, it will be difficult for you to even meet her.

But what? ? Our two families live so close to each other. If Zaoer marries Dafei of our family, wouldn’t it be as if she never left home? ? ?

"That's what I'm talking about. Only when Zao'er marries Da Fei from our family can I fulfill my filial piety to you. If it were someone else, your life would not be easy when you grow old." At the end, Tang Danniu commented.

Grandma Zhang thought she couldn't speak, so she couldn't help but glare at her again.

Tian Zhigang on the side laughed and didn't care at all. He came to the interview and started to help.

Zhang Chenfei saw that the people in the kitchen were getting along very harmoniously. He told his grandma that he was going out to buy new year's goods, and took Tian Xiaozao out of the door.

"Hey, Uncle Yan, have you set up the table for writing Spring Festival couplets again?? This year is the same as last year, it's still five cents a copy??? It's good to write!!!"

"Master, are you still celebrating the New Year with Silly Zhu this year??? Where is the Jia family?? Oh, I won't play with you anymore."

"Second uncle, it's Chinese New Year. Just hit the child if you want to. Don't break the child again..."

The two of them rode bicycles all the way out of Nanluogu Lane and turned onto Gulou East Street.

Zhang Chenfei pedaled his bicycle leisurely and asked Tian Xiaozao what happened after he returned home yesterday.

Tian Xiaozao's face suddenly turned red. He remembered that he was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle and Da Fei couldn't see him at all, so he calmed down a little.

"No, it's nothing... My dad just asked how the two of us got together...

And...there are also the details of getting along. Later I agreed. "

Zhang Chenfei raised his eyebrows. Of course he didn't believe that things were as simple as Tian Xiaozao said. However, based on what happened in the cinema last night, we could guess the reason for Tian Zhigang's change, so we didn't ask further questions.

The two of them arrived at the vegetable market, which was already crowded with people.

Zhang Chenfei let Tian Xiaozao push the bicycle, and he was responsible for buying and paying for it.

As soon as I walked down from the Laodong'an Vegetable Market, there was a chicken, a pig's trotter, and a lamb hind leg hanging on the bicycle. There are countless other vegetarian dishes, fruits and so on.

Tian Xiaozao saw that Zhang Chenfei seemed to be buying things for free, so he couldn't help but give him a hand: "Is life really hard? Buying so many things???"

"Isn't this the Chinese New Year? I'm happy." Zhang Chenfei stood in front of a stall selling dried vegetables.

"It's not the last time to celebrate the New Year, is it???" Seeing Zhang Chenfei ask the boss to buy a pound of day lily, Tian Xiaozao's brows jumped, "Who is a good person who buys day lily by the pound???"

Is this going to last until the Year of the Monkey? ? ?
Zhang Chenfei didn't care so much. He carried a large bag of day lily and hung it on the handlebar. He said nonchalantly: "Anyway, the dried vegetables won't go bad, so I'll just eat them."

This year is indeed not the last time to celebrate the New Year, but it is the last few years when you don’t need a ticket and you can buy new year’s goods if you have money! ! !

Flour will begin to be rationed next year, pork the year after that, vegetables the year after that, and then beef, mutton, fresh eggs, white sugar, brown sugar, pastries, vermicelli...

How do you say something? ? If there is wine today, you will be drunk now. Don’t wait until there are no flowers and break branches.

If you have the conditions now, then eat hard! !
At last,
At Zhang Chenfei's insistence, the two bought enough ingredients for the Zhang family and Tian family together for more than a week before returning.

Thanks to the good quality of the bicycles of this era, lifting a few hundred kilograms is just like playing, if you encounter the kind of people who cut corners in later generations. The car would have to be crushed.

In the afternoon, the two families were busy together again, frying meatballs, making bowls, killing fish and chickens...

When it gets dark,
Zhang Chenliang and his eldest son decorated the front and back yards, as well as Tian Xiaozao's house, with Spring Festival couplets bought from Uncle Yan.

then,

I don’t know which direction the sound of firecrackers sounded. This seemed to be the first shot fired before the race.

Next, the crackling sound of firecrackers continued to sound, and then became more and more intensive, and finally, it was as majestic as a heavy rain.

Listening to the continuous sound of firecrackers and smelling the familiar smell of sulfur in the air, which represents the festival.

When every household in the courtyard was lighting a lamp, the old Zhang family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was also put on the table.

Last year, the Zhang family’s New Year’s Eve dinner was already very rich. This year, with the participation of Tian Zhigang, Tian Xiaozao and his daughter, it was even more luxurious.

On the table are not only the common Chinese New Year dishes of chicken, duck, fish, tofu and cabbage, but also sea cucumbers and scallops.

"Second uncle, what is this? It's dark." Zhang Laosi picked up the sea cucumber and asked curiously.

"Is this little shell from the sea???" Zhang Laowu grabbed a sixty-year-old shell with his hand, folded it in his hand, and studied it.

In this era of inconvenient transportation, few people in the north had ever seen seafood.

Zhang Chenfei told his two nephews that this one was a sea cucumber and that one was a sixty-year-old: "They are both seafood."

Seafood? ? ?
The Zhang family's gourd boys suddenly realized.

Zhang Ping'an looked like he knew everything: "I understand, these two things are on the same level as kelp."

After saying that, he looked at his second uncle, as if begging for praise.

Ah, this... Zhang Chenfei touched his nose and said bravely: "You are right."

Zhang Chenliang took out a jar of old wine, opened the lid, and filled it for Tian Zhigang: "Uncle Tian, ​​try this wine... This is brewed by my father-in-law himself."

Tang Danniu also took out the Arctic Ocean, and each of the children at home had a bottle.

Although life at home is better now and the Arctic Ocean is not out of reach, it is still a good thing that can only be drunk during the holidays.

Several children from the Zhang family were holding glass bottles, and they were all so happy that they couldn't even see it.

After everyone sat down, Tian Zhigang spoke to Grandma Zhang and asked her to say a few words.

"What am I talking about? Is there anything to talk about?" Grandma Zhang waved her hand, pretending to shirk.

"Hey, they say that an old man in a family is like a treasure. You are the Dinghai Shenzhen of the old Zhang family. You must say a few words during the New Year." Tian Zhigang said.

"That's right, grandma, don't you say a few words every year? Why are you still pretending today??" Zhang Chenfei exposed his old lady's old background.

Grandma Zhang glanced at him angrily, and when she looked at Tian Zhigang again, a smile appeared on her face: "Then I will say a few words??"

(End of this chapter)