Return to 1983: Starting from hunting in the mountains

Chapter 8 Lard board, boiled lard

He smiled and patted the two little guys on the back and said softly: "Dad bought some delicious food for Tangtang Xixi."

Tangtang and Xixi blinked curiously and said that Lu Jiansheng took out four candies from his pocket.

As soon as the candies were taken out, the eyes of the two little guys lit up.

"Tangtang~"

"Dad, is this candy?"

The two little guys screamed in disbelief, which made Lu Jiansheng feel sad. Maybe the two little guys had only seen other children in the village eat it when they grew up, and he had never noticed it.

In order to support his family in his previous life, he never took care of his two children, but in the end he got nothing.

"Yeah! You two have two pills each." Lu Jiansheng nodded.

A few candies filled the two little guys' watery eyes with happy colors.

Looking at the candy handed over by Tangtang, and those big eyes that Lu Jiansheng couldn't refuse.

"This little fool."

"Tangtang and her mother dug a lot of wild vegetables today!"

As soon as Lu Jiansheng finished speaking, Xixi turned around and ran behind him with his short legs.

Lu Jiansheng's heart warmed and he handed all the candies to Tangtang's hand.

"Woooooo~"

"I'll share it with your sister later."

Asked softly: "What is mom doing?"

Looking at the candies in her hand, Tangtang licked her lips and carefully counted the candies in her little hands, then shook her head and said: "Tangtang has four candies, one for mom, and one for Tangtang." , Xixi one”

Lu Jiansheng still took it.

"Mom, I'm washing wild vegetables!"

As she spoke, Tangtang took out a candy with one small hand and handed it to Lu Jiansheng.

"Tangtang is so good."

But now...

"Daddy's meat yesterday was so delicious!"

Lu Jiansheng was stunned! Then he smiled and rubbed Tangtang's little head next to him.

"And one for dad,"

The little guy jumped up with excitement.

Lu Jiansheng touched her head and walked inside. Bai Ruoxi was being pulled out by Xixi, and they bumped into each other.

Lu Jiansheng's tears couldn't help but flow out. The world of a child is so simple. In fact, he bought seven of them for a dime, exchanged two for knives on the way, and gave four to the little guy. He still had one on him, which he planned to do for himself. For Bai Ruoxi.

She shouted in a milky voice: "Mom! Come on! Daddy is buying candies."

"Xixi said you were back and insisted on dragging me over to buy dried candies~"

Before Bai Ruoxi could finish her words, she looked at the two children excitedly sharing the sweets and said nothing more.

"One for Tangtang and one for Xixi."

"Mom, one! Dad gave me the candy just now."

I counted the candies one by one and distributed them carefully, fearing that even these few candies would be missing.

Bai Ruoxi refused at first, until the two little guys put the candy into Bai Ruoxi's mouth and asked: "Mom, is it delicious?"                  Delicious!

Bai Ruoxi glanced at Lu Jiansheng awkwardly, but when they heard it was delicious, the two little guys became even more excited.

‘Dad, eat too! "

"Eat~"

"Uh~" When he was watching the show, he saw his own head.

Seeing this, Lu Jiansheng couldn't help but eat the candy in his hand.

"Daddy, is it delicious?"

"Uh~ Children seem to like asking questions, even if they have already asked Bai Ruoxi just now.

“Delicious~”

Lu Jiansheng's words are so delicious that the two little guys can giggle.

Then Lu Jiansheng took out all the things he bought.
  Lard board, rice and noodles! and sugar and matches.

Bai Ruoxi couldn't help frowning when she saw it, why did you buy these fine rice noodles? How expensive is this! You can replace it with whole grains, and lard board is so expensive. Why did you buy so much?

"We don't have much oil at home."

Lu Jiansheng explained.

It was okay if he didn't explain. Once he explained, Bai Ruoxi couldn't help but feel distressed and said, "You didn't put in so much oil at once yesterday."

Lu Jiansheng couldn't laugh or cry.

But my heart is more distressed for Bai Ruoxi. Bai Ruoxi married him when she was seventeen years old. He was twenty-two years old at the time, which was five years older than Bai Ruoxi. Logically speaking, people get married early in rural areas these days, and Lu Jiansheng has grown up. It's not bad. You should have gotten married early.

It's just that the years before Lu Jiansheng got married were different from the years after. At that time, marriage was not based on looks or how rich you were, because at that time, every household still ate from a big pot.

The girl's parents were mainly looking for a man based on his honesty (those days there were many couples who only met once or even before they got married) and whether they could do it. Unfortunately, Lu Jiansheng was not very honest in the brigade at the time, and his body was not very strong. .

The most important thing is that Lu Jiansheng's parents died early. His eldest and second sisters had already married off, and life was not easy. His eldest brother had no support when he was young, and he was the only one in the family. Without the help of his parents, it was really impossible to find a wife.

That is to say, Bai Ruoxi was not very young at that time and was an educated youth from the city, so he was able to trick her into getting her.
  Bai Ruoxi didn't care how poor his family was after marrying him. During the years she married him, she worked hard, was kind and virtuous, and never complained even if she didn't have enough to eat.

There are also two cute little guys, who are like bean sprouts. They are three and a half years old. They should be chubby, but when they are scratched, they are not even half fleshy, and their faces are so small that they have oval faces.
  Two big black eyes, topped by a head of withered yellow hair.

The more Lu Jiansheng looked at it, the more he realized what a loser he was before! Now he wants to go hunting in the mountains! Give them mother and daughter good nutrition and nourish their bodies that have suffered losses for so many years.

Lu Jiansheng was thinking about it in his mind, and his men were also busy. He walked into the kitchen with the lard board, then quickly lit the earthen stove to heat the pot, and boiled a pot of water. Lu Jiansheng cut the cleaned lard board into pieces. , the oil yield rate of lard board is 50% to 60%.
  After cutting the lard board, put it in boiling hot water, then add a little sugar and a little salt.

Just after boiling it, the aroma of oil and meat suddenly came up. Especially in this era, there is not much oil in the stomach.
  Smelling the smell of meat and fat, the two little guys held the candy that they were reluctant to eat. They stretched their short legs on the stove and looked at it curiously.

Tangtang smacked her lips, pointed at the meat oil that was precipitating in the pot, and said in a milky voice: "Dad, what is this? It smells so good~"

Xixi took a sip of saliva.

Swallowed.

She was so greedy that she stretched out her hand and grabbed the hem of Lu Jiansheng's clothes, her voice was soft and milky and coquettish: "Xixi, I want to eat, I want to eat~"

"Dad is here, cooking lard, Xixi, be careful, don't get burned."

At this time, Bai Ruoxi hurriedly came over and hugged her daughter, fearing that she would be splashed by oil and water.

"Mom, Xixi is so good today, and dad even praised Tangtang for being cute today~" Xixi said coquettishly to Bai Ruoxi in a coquettish voice.

"Woo~ Daddy also praised Tangtang."

The proud looks of the two little guys made Bai Ruoxi speechless, while Lu Jiansheng on the side had long been amused.

(End of this chapter)