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

Madam Li hugged Zhen Zhen and pulled Li Mulin over, coaxed Zhen Zhen and said, "Bao, this is your old uncle, if you see it, give him a smile." Zhen Zhen cooperated and opened her mouth, babbled Yea twice, revealing a sweet smile.

Mrs. Li immediately became happy: "Oh, my treasure is smart. It grows up like your big brother, and we also go to college."

Zhang Chunhua didn't like to listen to Li Mulin talking about things in her hometown. When Li Mulin mentioned the Li family, she was either looking for a distraction or an excuse to do other things, so she didn't know much about the people of the Li family.

Zhang Chunhua's eyes lit up when he heard Mrs. Li say that he was going to go to university. College students are still very valuable in this era. Like the electric power bureau where Zhang's father and Li Mulin work, those who graduate from college and enter the factory can earn a lot more than ordinary workers. Suddenly Zhang Chunhua's tone was very eager: "Mu Lin, who in our family has been admitted to university?"

Li Mulin glanced at her and pointed to the back 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 exam."

Li Mulin looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he squeezed her hard and whispered, "Don't talk too much there, Dongzi studies well and works hard, it's a sure thing to get into college. .You talk nonsense, be careful your mother hears you, she can knock you with a cigarette bag and a pot."

Zhang Chunhua immediately closed his mouth, and glanced in the direction of Mrs. Li with lingering fears. For a while, he was in a complicated mood. It could not be said that he was more grateful to his mother-in-law or more afraid.

After a lively afternoon, seeing that the sky 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. Stew the vermicelli, reheat a bean bag, and you can figure out the rest."

Zhang Chunhua couldn't sit still after listening to Mrs. Li's/arranged things. She looked at Mrs. Li with a smirk and said, "I'll also go to the kitchen to fight."

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

As soon as Zhang Chunhua arrived in the kitchen, he couldn't help but look around. The refined grains were locked in the big box in the corner. No one could take them out except Mrs. Li, but sweet potato noodles and corn noodles were all on the top of the cabinet. In the bag, Zhang Chunhua glanced at each bag, and couldn't help saying sour: "Our family has a lot of food, and the food here at home is comparable to the supply of ice city."

"Don't mention it, there is also a shortage of supplies here at home. I haven't bought enough food 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. Yes, I'm not starving." Liu Xiulan asked Zhang Chunhua curiously while cutting pickled cabbage: "We all say that the food grown in the mountains is supplied to those big cities and towns. Could it be that your ice city is still short of food?"

When Zhang Chunhua heard the words, she didn't even have the mind to dig around. She poured out a dozen potatoes that Osmanthus had taken out of the cellar into the pot, and couldn't help but sighed: "There is nowhere to buy food stamps. If you receive half of the food supply, you will be foolish, and the fish and meat will not meet each other. This year, Mingshu and Mingxin in my family 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 some fish or something to make up for the children. I heard that your ice city also has a big river."

Zhang Chunhua said the more he didn't care: "It's far away, and I don't have any net fish in my house. Speaking of which, our family is pretty good, with a small population and light burden. My neighbor and Mu Lin are in the same workshop. Seven or eight children, all of them are hungry, yellow-faced, skinny, and they are about to worry about their parents." Looking at the piles of potatoes on the ground, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help but say: "If we have so many potatoes at home, The two children will not be so hungry that they will not grow meat."

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

Zhang Chunhua was peeling the potatoes, 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 there? "

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

Zhang Chunhua glanced at the pan, and couldn't help pursing his lower lip: "It's not much, I've seen oil flowers, why are you such a child? Why don't you feel bad for your family?" Osmanthus hung down. Without saying a word, I scooped a spoonful of boiling water into the pot and added the frozen tofu.

Seeing Zhang Chunhua want 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 isn't this something from her family? Dongzi and Osmanthus will be next winter. Just got married, and Osmanthus will be the eldest daughter-in-law of our grandchildren."

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

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

Seeing that Osmanthus' face was not good-looking, Zhang Chunhua realized that he was at someone's house, and said quickly, "Auntie just said it casually, there's nothing bad about it, don't worry about Osmanthus."

"It's alright, how can I be angry with the old aunt as a junior." Osmanthus said as she put the stewed pork and cabbage vermicelli in a large pot in the west in a basin. After a simple wash, she poured a little oil into it, and put the Sauerkraut poured in.

Zhang Chunhua looked at the few pieces of fatty meat 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 the 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, so what are you doing with so much meat. Besides, how hard it is to put oil, put too much I'm afraid the old aunt will feel bad."

Liu Xiulan couldn't help but chuckle. Osmanthus picked up the broom and began to sweep the potato skins in the place. While sweeping, she pushed Zhang Chunhua out: "Auntie, take a step outside! Auntie, you stepped on the potato skins!"

Zhang Chunhua was pushed back step by step, and when he retreated outside the kitchen, Zhang Chunhua reacted. Osmanthus dumped the potato skins in the garbage basket at the door of the kitchen, and put down the door curtain, and did not forget to probe and say: " It's a guest from afar, or you should go back to the house and rest, Auntie, it's not too busy."

Liu Xiulan couldn't hold back, clutching her stomach and laughing, she couldn't straighten her waist, Zhang Chunhua stared dumbfoundedly at Osmanthus flinging the door curtain and returning to the kitchen, her face suddenly turned blue and white: "I'll just say that, you are childish. Why is it so big? Don't put the rest of the meat in the cabinet, and cook it quickly. It's hot in the house, how can I fix it if it breaks?"

In the kitchen, Liu Xiulan's laugh became louder when she heard what Zhang Chunhua was saying outside. Osmanthus was sitting and adding firewood to the stove, and couldn't help pursing her lips.

Zhen Zhen was dozing off after playing in the Westinghouse for a while, when Mrs. Li saw this, she quickly 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 went 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 and 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.

Mrs. Li looked at Zhang Chunhua, who was frightened, and then at the creaking door. She couldn't help frowning: "Although this door in my house is sturdy, you can't help dragging it like that."

While patting Zhen Zhen, 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.

Mrs. 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. Compensate?"

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

"Okay, I understand." Mrs. Li waved her hand: "Go back to the house and rest. After dinner, you can go to the back room early to sleep, and the kang will be burned for you."

Zhang Chunhua responded and looked back at Wang Sufen and Mrs. Li entering the east room. Then they entered with trembling legs. Li Muwu and Li Sen went out to chop firewood, and Li Mulin was sitting on the kang rubbing cigarette leaves for the old lady. , when he looked up, he saw Zhang Chunhua come 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, so forget about your mother, they are heroes who have killed devils, I guess I can't beat them. She. Osmanthus even dares to choke me when she talks about a little girl's film, so I'll just say that she's a waste of money, she's not happy with me anymore."

"I didn't eat your oil, what are you talking about, stop it, don't make your mother unhappy for the new year." Li Mulin rolled her eyes at her.

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

Li Mulin gave her a strange look: "When did I say that my family is in a bad situation? Although Beicha is a small place, there are mountains and rivers. As long as you work hard, you will never starve to death."

Zhang Chunhua stretched his neck and glanced back, seeing that Mrs. Li hadn't come back, and whispered to Li Mulin: "There is a lot of food in the kitchen, when Osmanthus opened the cellar to get cabbage, I took a look inside, and the cabbage and potatoes inside were hundreds of kilograms. The third sister-in-law said that the family has opened a lot of wasteland in the mountains."

Letters from home have said these things, and Li Mulin is not surprised. He lowered his head and said while rubbing tobacco leaves, "I know, letters from home have said, what are you talking about?"

Zhang Chunhua hit him with a hatred of iron, 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 found you so big? To put it in a nasty way, if I marry you in Bingcheng, I will be taken from this family. It was separated, and after that, I was the only one who honored my mother, and no one asked me for things from home. I told 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, and it is also because we are going home for the New Year, so you can eat it with an open belly. Don't give me any blessings!"

Zhang Chunhua reluctantly found that from the old to the young, everyone in this family was too upright and sturdy, she couldn't help but hammered the fire kang, wanting to cry without tears: "I can't save some face for others, I can't help it. It's my first time back!"