Back to the third grade

Chapter 129

"So you went out?" Zhou Jin's voice came from the phone, "Okay..." She lowered her voice, "My dad won't let me go out anymore. He told me not to go out years ago. I suspect he knew that we It’s time to go out.” That day they first went to the pet shop next to Zhou Yu’s house, and then went to the street behind the zoo, and it was almost eight o’clock when they returned home.

When Zhou's father saw Zhou Hao enter the door that day, he just put down the newspaper and said, "You're back? Are you hungry?" He went to the kitchen to serve her food, without saying anything.But the next day, I told her not to go out before the year, your aunt might bring something, and if someone brings it, you go downstairs to pick it up.Then he locked Zhou Jie at home.

"Then you are really pitiful." Lin Mei sympathized verbally, "Why don't you come to my house and help me blow things up?"

"Hey, no need." Zhou Yu smiled, Lin Mei is also very pitiful at home.

After buying the couplets, Lin Mei no longer has time to go out. She has a lot, a lot of work to do, that is, the dishes for the New Year. She has to be responsible for cooking for her uncle's family and hers.

My aunt is addicted to being a food stall now, and said that because many migrant workers have returned home recently, no one has competed with her for business recently!She sells from noon to night every day, and then puts the car downstairs in the rental house, and then takes the bus home, and she arrives home at nine o'clock every time.

Mother Lin told her that she will do it alone this year, is that okay?

Lin Mei said, "Okay, it's easy for me to do it myself."

"Then let's cook less this year. I told your uncle, we just eat it at home, and we don't have to cook as much as before. You can fry some octopus, meatballs, lotus vegetable clips, eggplant clips, and crispy meat." That's enough." Not much, right?In the past, I had to make vegetable balls and make cold dishes. The cold dishes that my family eats during the Chinese New Year are all homemade.

Lin Mei has soaked four cans of sour beans and two jars of sour cabbage.It's just for my own family, but if it's for my uncle's house, it will have to be doubled.

She said, "That's good, it's easy."

Then from the next day, he went to his uncle's house at [-]:[-] am, grabbed Tao Tao and rushed to the vegetable market. This time he couldn't escape.

On the first day, I bought two live chickens, and five catties of pork belly were minced into stuffing, half of which was stuffed into sausages, and half of it was fried into balls and stuffed to make lotus vegetable sandwiches.

Tao Tao was very excited at the beginning, because going to the vegetable market with his sister was not like visiting his mother. He would buy whatever he wanted, and his mother would say, "What do you buy? Wait until you make money!"

His sister gave the green light all the way!
Want to eat fried kidney?Then buy two pork loins for you.

Want to drink mutton soup?Then cut two catties of mutton, and then buy some mutton liver, mutton lung, mutton brain or something.Do you want to eat roast chicken?

Tao Tao salivated and said, "Eat!"

Lin Mei went to the chicken restaurant: "The boss picked two chickens!"

Tao Tao saw that there was a fried chicken shop next to him, so he poked at his sister: "Sister, can you buy some fried chicken wings?"

Lin Mei gave him the wallet: "Go and buy what you want to eat."

Tao Tao went in a hurry.

Then when I got home, I slumped on the sofa and didn't move.

Lin Mei moved things to the kitchen one after another, and said, "You bought too much. You can buy this Coke tomorrow. It's too heavy to buy so much at once."

Tao Tao had an ominous premonition: "Do you want to go shopping tomorrow?" His sister didn't answer him...

Lin Mei skipped this obvious question, came over with a basin of lotus roots, put them on the ground and said, "Come on, handsome guy, clean up these lotus roots."

Tao Tao looked at the dirty lotus root with some mud, as if facing a century-old problem: "... how to clean it?"

Lin Mei brought him another bucket of clean water and said, "Brush the mud first, and then use a peeler to peel off all the dirty parts." Too much undercut.

After assigning work to her younger brother, Lin Mei went into the kitchen to prepare croquettes with stuffing. Her goal today is to at least fry the croquettes first. If she has time in the afternoon, she can fry half of the croquettes.Tomorrow, either fried hairtail or crispy meat.

Tao Tao was in a daze for at least a minute, he didn't know how to start with the job in front of him!
Qiangqiang lay at his feet, looked at him with sympathetic eyes, and put a paw on his leg.Tao Tao touched Qiangqiang, sighed, and said, "Mom is at home and my sister is at home. My sister is at home and my sister is at home. It's okay. When I get married, I will call my daughter-in-law."

Lin Mei heard in the kitchen that she wanted to dream, boy, from now on your wife will order you.She still remembers her future sister-in-law, who is small, thin, and at first glance is a very weak girl, the kind who can blow her away if she speaks louder.But in his bones, he is the same as his aunt, except that he does not take advantage of his relatives, and his nature is also shrewd and capable, just like my aunt after removing all the unpleasant elements.She originally thought that Tao Tao had found a completely opposite girlfriend after being "tortured" by her aunt, but later she found out that her younger brother is actually a rare dutiful son.

Tao Tao was still smoking a cigarette and complaining to her back then, with an unbelievable expression on his face: "How do you think I found her?"

Lin Mei wrapped up the words "because you love your mother" and said: "Because you are filial."

Tao Tao looked at her with the eyes of "Are you kidding?!", "When they met, they almost shot at each other. You don't know, sister, I am very afraid of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law problems. Every day I dream about the kind of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in TV dramas. Arguing and then breaking up the family..."

Lin Mei: Do you actually like watching mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dramas? !
In fact, my aunt is used to taking advantage of others, and although my sister-in-law doesn't take advantage of others, she doesn't like others taking advantage of her, so the two are at odds.Personality is too similar, always seems to be full of strong fighting spirit!It's like two fighting machines with their own power stations that never get tired.

Tao Tao was true back then;

Lin Mei rolled up her sleeves to chop shallots, minced ginger, and mixed stuffing. By the way, she recalled the past (future) time. When she looked up, Tao Tao came over with a washbasin and said, "Sister, I've finished peeling! Do you think I'm peeling well? "

In the washbasin were Bai Shengsheng's lotus vegetables, and Tao Tao even tore them apart from the middle section. There was no other problem except that he looked thinner by more than a circle.Lin Mei saw that even holes were cut out in some places, so she said calmly, "It's a great cut!"

Tao Tao was overjoyed, Lin Mei took over the pot, poured another bag of minced meat into a pot, added seasonings, and said to Tao Tao, "Go mix it."

Tao Tao came to hand in the task, and then took a new task and left, his back was a bit bleak...

Lin Mei started the pot here, poured oil, took a bowl and poured some cold water, took a spoon, and tried to test that the oil temperature was about the same, and began to pour balls into it.

After Tao Tao was in the living room for a while, he could smell the burning aroma of croquettes, and heard the piercing sound of frying things in the kitchen.He couldn't help but swallowed, and began to look forward to lunch. My sister will definitely be able to eat it at noon after finishing.

Tao Tao mixed the stuffing in this pot, and Lin Mei's meatballs fried half a pot, so he directly picked up a plate and gave it to him: "Go and eat." Tao Tao took the plate and went to get the steamed buns.

Fry until eleven o'clock, Lin Mei must have enough meatballs, turn off the low heat and bring down the oil pan, and continue to fry things in the afternoon.Then take out the pan and make lunch.

At noon, Tao Tao looked at the dishes on the table and was so moved: "Sister, did you fry all the kidneys?"

Lin Mei said, "Isn't it that you want to eat?"

No, he just remembered that his mother always fried half of his kidneys before, and said that the other half would be enough for two meals next time┬┬

Grandma and grandpa went to the activity center for the elderly. When they came back at noon, they saw that the food was ready and said, "Meimei is really capable. Are you tired? Grandma will help you at home in the afternoon."

Lin Mei hurriedly said no, and served porridge and noodles for grandma and grandpa.The meals of the two old people are different. They seldom eat rice now, because they think it is too hard, and they will have stomach pains if they eat it.

On the table were heated roasted chicken, stir-fried pork kidneys for Tao Tao, Lin Mei also fried vinegared cabbage, which was her dish, and a plate of fried meatballs.

Lin Mei said about fried lotus root clips in the afternoon, "It should be enough to fry a pot of meatballs."

Grandma put down her chopsticks to look at it, and shook her head with Lin Mei when she came back: "It's enough to fry another pot. You'll be done frying it before the first day of the new year."

Lin Mei: "...No way?" This is the first time she has undertaken the New Year's dinner on her own. Is it estimated that it is seriously insufficient?
Grandma pointed to Tao Tao and said, "And your uncle." Then whispered to her, "And your aunt. These are all edible." Especially the newly made ones, everyone would "steal".

Lin Mei: "...I'll do it in the afternoon."

When he went to the supermarket the next day, Tao Tao saw that some raw chicken feet could no longer walk, so he dragged Lin Mei and said, "Sister, let's make some chicken feet!"

Lin Mei asked him how many catties to buy, and Tao Tao excitedly said, "Buy ten catties!"

Lin Mei said calmly: "It won't fit in the refrigerator." This thing will be eaten within three to five days after it's made, and it won't contain preservatives if it's made at home.She only bought two catties, and Tao Tao said, "I can eat this in a day!"

Lin Mei said: "It's just for you to eat and play." Recently, the refrigerator at home has been seriously full, and the two refrigerators of Lin Mei's uncle's house have been filled to the limit.After all the fried octopus and crispy meat are cooked, there is no room in the refrigerator.It would be better for Tao Tao to solve this in one meal.

All the pots in the kitchen are taken up.Uncle came back and wanted to go to the kitchen to find something to eat. When he lifted the lid, there were deep-fried meatballs inside. He took a bowl to decorate, and then lifted the lid: Fried lotus clips. One, seeing that there is probably nothing left in the remaining pots, I came out contented.

Lin Mei leaned on the sofa and sent text messages. Lin's mother and grandma were choosing leeks to make dumplings and buns.She works during the day and the adults work at night.Seeing his uncle come out with a bowl in one hand and two steamed buns in the other, Mother Lin said, "Are you hot?"

The dining table was occupied by them, and my uncle sat down on the sofa and said, "Meimei just fried it this afternoon, so it doesn't need to be heated. Right? Meimei?"

It took Lin Mei a while to realize, she got up and said, "There is still mutton soup in the pot."

Uncle said: "No need..." Seeing that Lin Mei had already entered the kitchen, he said to Mother Lin, "Our child is really capable." In the kitchen over there, Lin Mei shouted, "Uncle! Do you want parsley and chives? "

Uncle shouted: "Yes!"

"Do you want chili!"

Mother Lin shouted: "You take it here and let him release it by himself!"

Lin Mei came out with the soup in one hand and the salt shaker in the other. On the salt shaker was a plate of fried peppers. After putting it down, she said, "I still have sugar and garlic, do you want it?"

Tao Tao brought a stool to his father very filially and said, "Dad, put this on it to eat."

The uncle stomped on him lightly, "Go, bring Tangsuan, don't let your sister run away."

When someone went, Lin Mei sat on the sofa and sent text messages with her mobile phone.

The TV was on in the room, but the sound was very low.

The dishes were being selected at the dinner table, but Lin's mother and grandma hardly spoke.

Uncle is eating.

These few people were quietly looking at Lin Mei.

Only Tao Tao went into the house and took out potato chips: "Sister, here's a can for you."

Sending text messages requires two hands, and Lin Mei occupies both hands. She deeply feels that eating potato chips is too much time, so she shakes her head.So Tao Tao considerately opened it, stuffed his sister with a mouthful of potato chips, and then ate his own.

The room was extremely quiet, only occasionally Tao Tao would let out a few screams while playing a palm game.

Uncle looked at Lin Mei for a long while, and tentatively found a topic: "Meimei, what is this tied to your phone? Such a string is so beautiful!"

Lin Mei was a little slow to react now. She didn't look up until half a minute after her uncle asked. It was a mobile phone chain. Tu Hai gave her so much, so she hung up three at a time. It looked like a big chain. "Oh, yes..." Before she could say anything, Tao Tao saw that she was busy and answered enthusiastically for her sister, "It's a mobile phone chain, Dad, you are so old-fashioned!"

uncle:

Tao Tao was stared at by his dear father, and immediately put down the game console and ran to get a book, lying on the coffee table to "seriously read".

dad!look!I'm studying!
Uncle ignored him, sat down with Lin Mei, and asked "curiously" in a soft voice again: "Meimei, are you texting with a classmate? Are you a college classmate?"

Lin Mei answered distractedly, "No."

Probably because my niece's attitude was too "cold", and the uncle only used his eyes to express his curiosity that he was about to break through the sky, and did not "disturb" Lin Mei's text messages anymore.

Then on the third day, my uncle found that Lin Mei had brought a bag of wool, and she would take time to get two injections when she was sending text messages, but usually after putting it down, her hands could only be glued to the phone, almost as if she was just about to pick up the sweater Needle, the mobile phone placed aside will beep twice, prompting: there is a text message

Lin Mei picked it up, sent ten or eight short messages, put it down, took a sweater needle, and beat every second for 1 minute!The phone over there: Didi!

Even when watching the Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve, Lin Mei kept sending text messages.After going to the toilet and returning, Tao Tao hurriedly informed: "Sister, your phone rang several times."

Uncle hehe said, "Meimei is really busy."

Aunt: "Many people wish Meimei New Year's greetings! It's almost the same as your uncle." The uncle's mobile phone is in the hands of the aunt, and she is responsible for replying the New Year's text messages.

uncle:

Mother Lin seemed to be watching the Spring Festival Gala seriously, with a serious expression as if she was in a meeting.

Tao Tao took the opportunity to play games, looked at the TV and said, "This year's Spring Festival Gala is really bad!"

On the first day of junior high school, after lunch, Lin Mei greeted Lin's mother, grandma, and grandpa at one o'clock and said that she would go out for a while.

"Are you coming back for dinner tonight?" Grandma asked quickly.

"Come back, there are no restaurants open outside now." Lin Mei felt that this question was very strange. If she didn't come back to eat, where else could she eat?

Grandma took Lin Mei's scarf and gloves, looked at her dark blue scarf and said, "Why is there no white flower on this one?" She remembered that her grandson's new one had a beautiful and delicate white diamond pattern on it.

Lin Mei took it and surrounded her: "This one was played early."

"Is there time to finish playing?" Grandma is very worried about her granddaughter. It's already the first day of junior high school, and it looks like it's not half finished yet.

Lin Mei said: "Let's play slowly." It should be fine.

Grandma comforted her granddaughter: "It's okay, it's the same if you don't finish playing and send it out next year."

After Lin Mei came out, she always felt that what grandma said seemed to have some profound connotations.

After Lin Mei left here, grandma asked Lin's mother, "Meimei is talking about friends?"

Mother Lin nodded and said, "It should be her junior high school classmate."

"Which one?" Grandma asked quickly.

Mother Lin shook her head and said, "I don't know."

Grandma was not in a hurry, and comforted Mother Lin, "Oh. Don't worry, there are so many beautiful things."

Mother Lin said, "I'm not in a hurry. She's already in college, so it's time to talk." She wasn't in a hurry.

She just wants to see when this little girl will tell her!

There are fewer people and fewer cars on the road during Chinese New Year.The winter is sunny and warm, the sun is shining, and there are no clouds in the sky.

The two made an appointment to meet at the gate of the attached middle school, but Tuhai deliberately crossed the road and waited for Lin Mei on the road of the textile factory's affiliated courtyard.It turned out that the place where Lin Mei got off the bus was the road of the attached middle school. Tu Hai saw the empty bus coming and stopped. Lin Mei jumped off in a red coat and a blue scarf, and walked towards the attached middle school while looking around.He hurriedly waved and shouted across the road, then looked at the cars on the left and right, and ran over.

Lin Mei stopped and waited for him, the two faced each other, only smiling.

I haven't seen him for almost a week, and Tuhai is a little nervous.

It was Lin Mei who found the topic first, and turned to let him look at the ponytail: "Does it look good?"

The ponytail hairstyle today was chosen by Tu Hai.Tu Hai has a romantic heart. The hair bands he chose for her are all broken flowers and lace, and the colors are all pink, pink yellow, and pink blue.

Lin Mei... she also worked up her courage to use it.

Tu Hai smiled so much that his teeth were exposed, he gently held Lin Mei's ponytail and stroked it, only to feel that the tentacles were as cool and smooth as silk, "It's pretty, it's so pretty! I'll buy you some more!"

Lin Mei smiled, "That's enough." In order to change the subject, she said, "Did you watch the Spring Festival Gala?" She didn't watch a single show, and was texting and wearing a scarf the whole time.

Tuhai didn't look at it either.But he immediately said: "I saw it, and there are a few programs that are not bad."

Lin Mei immediately looked at him curiously, waiting for his explanation.

Tu Hai: "..." He saw a balloon seller in front of him!Immediately say, "Do you want that?"

Lin Mei looked over, and in front of the balloon booth was a pair of parents with a baby who might only be one year old.

"..." Could it be that she is still walking down the street with a balloon at her age? !

In the end, Lin Mei held strawberry candied haws in her hand, and Tuhai walked across the road with a black balloon pony in her arms.

It's not ugly, it's really cute.

Lin Mei thought to herself looking at Tu Hai hugging the balloon horse.She touched the mobile phone in her pocket and thought: I hate not having a smart phone now!
(End of this chapter)