70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 197
Fortunately, after a short while, the banquet started inside, and everyone was only focused on eating, for fear that they would not be able to grab it, so they had no time to inquire about Xie Xiaonian.

Because they are not rich now, from Xie Xiaonian's point of view, this meal is just average.

However, because the host family killed a pig, there are still a few meat dishes.

A total of cold spinach, pears, braised crispy pork, braised pork, pork bone radish soup, hot and sour cabbage, fried shredded radish, pig intestine soup and a bowl of rice wine were served, plus a mixed noodle for each person. Steamed buns, although not enough to satisfy everyone, are rare for the villagers who haven't seen meat for a long time.

Because everyone picked up the food in a bowl, and the two children would grab food from time to time, Xie Xiaonian's little cleanliness reappeared, and he didn't quite adapt to the situation in front of him.

Especially when seeing those two children eating with oily mouths and licking their fingers, Xie Xiaonian felt a little uncomfortable.

Therefore, Xie Xiaonian picked up a chopstick to taste the dish just after it was served and before everyone turned it over, and then stopped eating after eating half a Zamian steamed bun.

And Xie Xiaonian also saw how greedy these children were, and saw that when the meat in the bowl was finished, the two children at the same table wiped the oil flower and vegetable soup on the plate with steamed buns and ate them.

The same is true for other tables, and even some adults do the same. After eating, the bowls and plates on the table are clean, and there is no need to brush them.

It's not like in the previous life, after everyone finished eating, there was a lot left on the table, and there was not even much food left.

No wonder Xie Xiaonian remembered that when she got married, although the Xu family prepared a good banquet, there were only a few leftovers left in the end.

It seems that as long as there are vegetables and gravy left, it means that the noodles are very good. Like when she got married, not only can people be full, but there are still some meat and vegetables left, which is very good up.

Seeing that the two children didn't seem to be full, Xie Xiaonian distributed the remaining steamed buns to the two children.

Looking at the scene of everyone eating in front of him, Xie Xiaonian always felt a little sad.

But she also thought of a way to help the villagers. Aren't the people in the village gluttonous and have no oil in their stomachs?

Then when it's Chinese New Year, she will put more fish and prey in various ponds and mountains in the village. In this way, each family can share a few more catties of meat, which can be regarded as helping them in disguise.

After the banquet was over, Xie Xiaonian didn't stay, and went home directly, fearing that the pancakes would cause trouble.

But when Xie Xiaonian arrived at sister-in-law's house, she found that Pancake was sleeping soundly and did not cry.

Xie Xiaonian looked at Pancake's sleeping face, and said with relief, "It's fine if you don't cry, I'm afraid he won't see me and will cry at home again."

"Panbing is very good today. You fell asleep after leaving for a while, and you haven't woken up yet. By the way, how is the banquet at Hongri's house!" Mother Xu asked in a low voice.

"It's okay. I haven't eaten rice noodles from other restaurants, and I don't know what level his family is." So next, Xie Xiaonian told Xu's mother about the dishes he ate today and what he saw.

Xu's mother nodded after hearing this and said: "According to what you said, there are so many dishes, and the noodles are not bad. After all, there are a few meat dishes on the table."

"That's good, but I think some people are not full? Many children are still licking their plates!" Xie Xiaonian said puzzled.

"It's already pretty good. You must know that a few years ago, many people didn't have banquets. Even if they had banquets, it would be good to have a meat dish on the table. As for those little kids, it was because they were greedy. My family has many children and the family is poor, so I can eat a few dumplings and taste the meat during Chinese New Year all year round, so I can’t be greedy! But life is much better now, at least people won’t starve to death.” Xu Mother said with a sigh.

"Hey, they're all poor and troublesome." Xu's father, who had been silent all this time, also sighed beside him.

After finishing speaking, as if remembering the difficulty before, he picked up the cigarette stick on his waist and prepared to take two puffs.

But when he turned his head and saw the pancakes lying on the kang, he could only put down the cigarette stick.

And Xie Xiaonian didn't know what to say, after all, she hadn't experienced it before, so she couldn't empathize with it, so she could only keep silent.

In a blink of an eye, it was the twelfth lunar month. On the second day of the junior high school, when Xie Xiaonian was holding the toy and guiding the pancake to turn over, Pearl and Liu Yifan came to the house.

"Xiao Nian, the brigade secretary said that we performed very well this year and allowed us to go home for the New Year!" Li Zhenzhu said happily as soon as she entered the door.

"That's a good thing, you have never been back, when did you leave, did you write a letter to your family?" Xie Xiaonian was also very happy for the two of them, and asked hastily.

"No, I just got the news this morning, and then we hurried to tell you, and we are going to send a letter to my family tomorrow. We set off on the 16th of the twelfth lunar month. We will go to my house to meet my parents first, and then go to his house for the New Year. Come back at 15." The more Li Zhenzhu said, the more shy she became, her face was as red as a small apple.

"Then you guys are getting engaged, don't forget to treat me to a wedding wine!" Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

"There's no such thing as an engagement, it's just that my second brother came home and told about Yifan's situation, and my parents want to see him." Li Zhenzhu's face was almost buried in his chest at this time, and his ears were very red.

As for Liu Yifan sitting on the side, his face was flushed, but everyone could see the sweetness in it.

Xie Xiaonian looked at this innocent man and woman, and said with a smile: "Anyway, this is a good thing. Both parents have met, and the marriage is not far away."

At this time, Xie Xiaonian only hoped that Pearl's dream would come true and would not be blocked by her parents.

Xie Xiaonian saw that the two of them were always so shy, so she changed the subject and said, "How is the third grandma? I haven't seen her for a long time."

"She's very good. You have the things you bring to the third grandma from time to time. In order to take advantage of her, her nieces and daughters-in-law have a much better attitude towards the third grandma." Li Zhenzhu said disdainfully

"No matter what it is for, as long as they can treat the third grandma better. When you go back later, help me bring some pheasants and hares over there. They are all taken care of, and the third grandma can eat them during the Chinese New Year. By the way, I Everyone in the village knows about raising rabbits, so you don’t have to raise them secretly or give them to the third grandma anymore, and you will be able to raise them openly next year.”

As long as Third Grandma's nieces and daughters-in-law can treat Third Grandma better, Xie Xiaonian won't care about that.

"I've heard about that too. It's a good thing you hid the pheasant and were not caught. But now some people in Xiezhuang are planning to raise rabbits from the beginning of next spring. We will also raise rabbits. Just be careful not to be caught again." Wu Lihua is on the lookout, I'm here to ask for a rabbit." Li Zhenzhu instructed.

"I almost killed all the rabbits at home. I plan to send the remaining four to my two uncles during the Chinese New Year. Even if she targets me, I won't give it to her, and I don't want to give it to her now." It's not easy to bully, and she won't be able to please me if she keeps an eye on me." Although Xie Xiaonian is not afraid of Wu Lihua, if she keeps making trouble for him, Xie Xiaonian will still be annoyed.

"By the way, you don't know, now your stepmother doesn't care about Li Zhi and his wife anymore!" Li Zhenzhu said gossipingly.

"I don't care? It's not like her style. Didn't she look very distressed before?"

"That was before, but now I don't care about it. You don't know, she stole money from the family to subsidize Li Zhi some time ago, and your father found out that if she dared to meddle in Li Zhi's affairs, he would drive her back to her mother's house." And because she was at Li Zhi's house all day long, she made her own decisions, and Zhang Hao kicked her out of the house, and now she is Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror—the two ends are not human!" After Li Zhenzhu said that, she laughed, feeling very happy Degas.

"Is the child alright?" Xie Xiaonian asked worriedly even though she had long thought of leaving Li Zhi's affairs alone.

"It's okay, now the production team allows Li Zhi to squeeze a catty of goat's milk to go home every day, so the child won't be hungry."

"As long as the child is fine! Okay, let's not talk about Li Zhi, let's make trouble!" Then the few people started talking about other things, and they stopped talking about Xie's family.

Because Xie Xiaonian has already passed a year in this era, so after entering the twelfth lunar month this year, Xie Xiaonian has a lot of experience, and he knows exactly when to do things.

Because the production team informed that this year they will still go hunting in the mountains from the 11th day of the twelfth lunar month, so on the night of the tenth day, after everyone in the village was asleep, Xie Xiaonian put the pancakes and Xiaobai into the space, and asked Xiaobai to help her see Hearing the movement around him, he sneaked out the door and headed for the back mountain.

Xie Xiaonian is going to put some small animals on the only way their production team must go hunting. Anyway, Xiao Bai can control these animals, so he is not afraid that they will run away.

Because in the space, the physical state of a person is synchronized with the outside, so Xie Xiaonian is not afraid that the pancakes will be hungry in the space, chatting with Xiaobai in his heart to build courage, while walking up the mountain at ease.

Xie Xiaonian's footsteps were fast, so in a short while, he reached the halfway up the mountain.

This place is much deeper than the place where the villagers usually live, and no one usually comes here. No one should know how many animals live here.

So Xie Xiaonian stopped here, put 2 adult wild boars in a small cave nearby, and put another one in a crevice of a rock, pretending that the wild boar stumbled and fell into it.

Then Xie Xiaonian placed more than 100 pheasants and more than 200 wild rabbits scattered along the way, and let Xiaobai control these rabbits, and made some rabbit holes in the woods, a few or a dozen rabbits nested in one hole, In this way, as long as they come out to look for food, or the villagers smoke the hay, they can be caught.

Because Xiaobai gave them an order, they will only move and hide within a radius of one kilometer within three days.

As for after 3 days, if they are lucky not to be caught, then they will be free.

In order not to make people suspect their production team and help other people, Xie Xiaonian also released some prey where other production teams hunted.

Although not as many as their 2nd team, each production team has at least one wild boar and hundreds of pheasants and hares.

Although Xie Xiaonian walked fast, he was busy from 11 o'clock in the evening to 4 o'clock the next day, and during these few hours, Xie Xiaonian was busy all the time except entering the space to feed the pancake.

It is easy to release animals, but where and how to release them so that no one will suspect them is the most troublesome thing.

Fortunately, there is Xiaobai, who can control the animals in the mountains, so she doesn't have to hide and she won't be in any danger, otherwise it will definitely take longer.

Because it was getting late now, when Xie Xiaonian arrived home around 5 o'clock, it was still dark, and no one else found her whereabouts.

After Xie Xiaonian went home and went to the space to catch up on sleep, she stayed at home the next day as usual, and she didn't show anything unusual, but she didn't go out to see off the hunters in the team in the morning, because Xu Zhongjun wasn't there after all.

Xie Xiaonian knew that if all went well, the villagers would bring the prey back in the afternoon.

When it was around 5 o'clock in the afternoon, Lan Hua frowned and said, "Auntie, why is it so noisy outside? Something happened, right?"

(End of this chapter)