Zhang Chunhua is a very careful person, but she doesn't have much ability. To put it bluntly, she is bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, so Mrs. Li just waved her crutches and the bag under her eyes twice, and Zhang Chunhua immediately persuaded. It would be fine if she was honest from now on, but she is not a person with a long memory. She didn't dare to provoke Mrs. Li and bullied her granddaughter-in-law. Her elders did not praise her, how could such a person be a cowardly woman, so Zhang Chunhua said a few words and was quickly slapped back by Osmanthus. Zhang Chunhua saw that none of the Li family members were vegetarians from old to young, and even Li Mulin didn't stand by her, so she completely stopped.

On the 30th day of the new year, Mrs. Li got up early and instructed her son and grandson to put pendants and hanging gourds on the door, and put the couplets and blessings on the gate. Mrs. Li also took out the pork that had been hidden for half a month. , The rooster that had been raised at home for a year was also killed, and the seven or eight large bones that had been washed in the ravine a few days ago were chopped into pieces with an axe and melted in water, ready to be stewed with sauerkraut.

Liu Xiulan and Osmanthus were busy in the kitchen. The men were sweeping snow and chopping firewood in the yard. Zhang Chunhua was kicked out by Osmanthus as soon as he entered the kitchen. With a swipe of Mrs. Li's eyes, she knew that the two of them had made a fuss. Let Zhang Chunhua stay in the house, and don't expect her to be of any help.

Mrs. Li instructed Zhang Chunhua to put four plates on the kang table. She took out the key hanging from her waist and put peanuts and melon seeds on each plate. The pine nuts and hazelnuts picked up from the mountains in autumn were fried and placed on two plates. He also grabbed a handful of candy bars and gave them to a few grandchildren and told them to eat them in their pockets.

Zhang Chunhua grabbed a handful of pine nuts and took pliers to open them one by one, but he shoved them into Mingshu and Mingxin's mouths vigorously. They ran around outside and asked Li Mulin for twenty or so firecrackers. When they came back, they dragged Ming Shu and Ming Xin to set off firecrackers together.

Mingshu was as big as Mingbei, and it was when he liked to play. When he heard that he was going to set off firecrackers, he quickly pushed away the pine nuts handed over by Zhang Chunhua, put on his shoes and pulled his padded jacket and ran out. Mingxin was anxious when he saw it. He stood up and got off the kang: "Brother, wait for me, I'm going too." Ming Shu looked out anxiously, and then turned back and urged Ming Xin: "Then put on your shoes quickly."

Zhang Chunhua saw that both sons were about to run out, so he hugged Mingxin and coaxed him, "Good son, it's cold outside. It's so good for you and your mother to eat at home. Look at how fragrant the fried pine nuts are."

In the past two days, Mingxin's stomach has been round and he is not so eager to eat. At this time, he is more concerned about going out and setting off firecrackers. He struggled twice from Zhang Chunhua's arms, and almost burst into tears: "Mom, let me go, I want to go out to play."

Old lady Li was teasing Zhen Zhen with a bunch of gourds, listening to Mingxin crying and making noise next to her, she couldn't help but say: "Tell him to go, who doesn't ask their children to go out to play in the new year, you three My sister-in-law's Ming Rong and Ming Guang are also outside."

Zhang Chunhua let go of his hands embarrassedly, and looked at the pine nuts and hazelnuts on the table again, worried that someone would eat them all, so he went to the kitchen to ask for a small bowl, and peeled off half the bowl of nuts under the dumbfounded gaze of Mrs. Li. come out.

Zhang Chunhua raised his head, looked at Mrs. Li's eyes and felt a little uncomfortable, and quickly defended: "These things have to be bought in Bingcheng. I see Mingshu and Mingxin like them, so I will take them out first and give them to them. Keep it back to eat."

Mrs. Li really couldn't figure out how the Zhang family raised such a petite Zhang Chunhua. It stands to reason that with Zhang's father's salary, their family of three should be better than others. However, the daughter-in-law has come back for so many years, and Mrs. Li is not the kind of stingy person. She glanced at Zhang Chunhua and said, "Our mountain is full of red pine, and there are pine towers everywhere. If the child likes to eat it, I will give it to you when I get home. Take some back."

Zhang Chunhua must have been delighted, grinned and said, "Our place is so nice, there's nowhere to buy it if you have money outside."

When Zhang Chunhua entered the door, Mr. Li could easily hear a decent sentence, so he couldn't help laughing: "Take an empty plate and let your second sister-in-law fill it up, and there will be neighbors who like to visit in a while, so what does an empty plate look like. "

This time, Zhang Chunhua agreed very quickly, got off the kang swiftly, and Zhen Zhen was half lying in Wang Sufen's arms, smelling the bowl of peeled pine nuts and hazelnuts, drooling, it was really fragrant.

The pine nuts of this era are genuine wild pine nuts. Not to mention their great taste, stir fry them in a large iron pan with sand, and you will drool just by smelling the smell.

Seeing Zhen Zhen staring at the nuts, Mrs. Li couldn't help laughing: "Yo, our little girl will smell it, I can't give you this, you are still young. Wait until next autumn I picked up pine cones and hazelnuts and gave us Zhen Zhen to eat."

Zhen Zhen swallowed her saliva, trying her best to put her chubby little hand on her face and wipe the saliva from the corner of her mouth. Wang Sufen took the cotton saliva towel and wiped Zhen Zhen's mouth and hands while laughing, leaning back and forth and saying to Mrs. Li, "Mother, look at Zhen Zhen, the little child in the confinement still knows how clean it is, give it to yourself. Wipe yourself."

Mrs. Li smiled and put the gourd on Zhen Zhen's hand, and said happily, "Zhen Zhen is smart, she is strong, and when she grows up, she can feed wild boars with milk." She glanced at Wang Sufen again, her expression was very Satisfied: "Your milk is good this time. It seems that the chicken soup and fish soup are not for nothing. I will ask Mingnan and Mingbei to go and retrieve the fish later."

Wang Sufen couldn't help but said: "This year, the Yongcui River is really weird. In summer, the fish were easy to catch, and in winter, eight or nine times they would come home empty-handed, but this year, I didn't catch much of this fish in summer, and in winter, it was every few days. You can catch two."

Mrs. Li touched Zhen Zhen's pink and tender smiling face and said casually, "This is the ration that God gave us to Zhen Zhen."

The house is on fire, and a group of boys outside are playing crazy in the ice and snow. Half the children from each household have come out. You put firecrackers in the snowdrifts, and I will put some firecrackers in a few ice cubes. Under the shelf, see who can play the flower.

Running to the Yongcui River with firecrackers all the way, the children of each family took out the sledges and lined up a row of competitions. Whoever lost would take out the firecrackers for everyone to set off. Ming Bei, Ming Nan, and Ming Rong slid quickly with two wooden sticks with nails, Ming Guang followed behind with Ming Shu and Ming Xin, shouting cheers.

After a crazy morning, there was delicious food at home. Mingxin couldn't help but sigh while washing his face: "Nanny's family is much more interesting than mine." Zhang Chunhua looked back and saw that no one was paying attention, so he whispered to his son : "Our family is better than the Nanny's family. If I say that the Nanny's family is better, I will keep you here and not take you back to Bingcheng."

After all, Mingxin is a four or five-year-old child. He wilted when he heard it. In the afternoon, he didn't dare to go out with his brothers. He honestly followed his mother to sleep on the hot kang.

In the evening, Liu Xiulan and Osmanthus got busy early, stewed sauerkraut with big bones, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and stewed carp with tofu. Mingxin sat up on the kang when he smelled the fragrance. When he turned around, he saw Mrs. Li leading Wang Sufen. Making dumplings with Zhang Chunhua, all the white and fat dumplings were placed on the curtain, Mingxin's saliva immediately stayed: "Mom, I still think my family is much better than ours, or you can keep me, I think it's fine to be here."

Zhang Chunhua's face turned red immediately, Wang Sufen rolled out the dumpling skin and smiled at Mingxin: "That's a good feeling, and the second aunt will put her arms around you and sleep."

Mingxin couldn't understand Zhang Chunhua's complicated expression, and he crawled into the middle of the kang with a smile, pushed the scooter, and asked Wang Sufen innocently, "Do you share a room with Sister Zhen Zhen?"

Wang Sufen suppressed a smile and said solemnly, "Yeah, sister Zhen Zhen is young, so she has to sleep with the second aunt."

"That's fine!" Mingxin nodded seriously: "Then I'll live here."

Mrs. Li and Wang Sufen burst into laughter. Although Zhang Chunhua knew that Wang Sufen and Ming Xin were joking, she felt a little uncomfortable. But at this time, no one noticed her discomfort. From time to time, there was a sound of firecrackers outside. The whole family gathered in the Westinghouse to talk and do things at home. From time to time, bursts of joyful laughter could be heard.

Seeing that the dishes were ready, the three Li Muwu brothers brought in a large round table that was only used once a year and set it up, with pots of hearty dishes on top.

Li Muwu took out the wine that he had been reluctant to drink, poured a cup for the old lady and two younger brothers, and everyone took a sip happily after clinking the glasses.

After the Lunar New Year's Eve, the days went by very fast. In the blink of an eye, it was the tenth day of the first lunar month. It was time for Li Mulin to return to Bingcheng. Before leaving, Li Mulin put the money he had saved and the money given by Mrs. Li together, and took out 50 catties of national food stamps and gave them to Mrs. Li together: "Mother, this is the money for honoring you in these ten years, I will send money and food stamps back every month from now on.”

Mrs. Li took the things, and led her son to the kitchen. She took half a bag of cornmeal and a leg of a roe deer that had been frozen for two months and handed it to Li Mulin: "These are what your second brother and second sister-in-law prepared for you. You guys are also having a hard time, we can grow some land at home, we can also pick some mushrooms, fungus, wild vegetables, pheasants and hares from the mountains, how can it be better than you."

Looking at the things, Li Mulin couldn't help shedding tears: "Now that the years are difficult, it's better for my mother to keep it. Our family has a small population, and we can make do with enough to eat."

"I don't care what you two adults eat. Ming Shu and Ming Xin are both good children. I feel bad for starving them." Mrs. Li took a puff of her cigarette and waved her hand after a moment of silence: "Hurry up, don't go. Missed the car."

Li Mulin wiped away his tears, and was about to say two more words of farewell to the old lady, when a heart-piercing cry suddenly made Li Mulin forget everything he wanted to say.

"I won't leave, I won't leave, Nanny, come and save me!" Mingxin watched his parents pack up his things and was about to go out, and then he reacted, and immediately burst into tears: "Hello, Nanny, I like milk and I don't want to go home."

Zhang Chunhua was sweating anxiously, and coaxed him while dressing him: "Don't cry, we'll come back next time."

"You said the day before yesterday that the milk family is not as good as ours, and you won't come back next time." Mingxin didn't believe his mother, and while crying, he learned every word of what Zhang Chunhua said.

Zhang Chunhua glanced at Mrs. Li, who was standing on the side with a smoking bag, and she couldn't help sweating. Although the food at Li's house was good and the two children had gained some weight, she saw that the two children and the Li family were getting more and more Dear, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help being jealous, so he whispered to his son the other day.

"Don't talk nonsense, if you don't obey me, I won't bring you next time." Zhang Chunhua finally put on his son's clothes, dragged him halfway to Mrs. Li, and said with a smile: "Mother, let's go, what are we waiting for? We'll come back when Mu Lin is on leave."

Mrs. Li didn't lift her eyelids, she just touched her little grandson's head, and said kindly, "Come back in autumn, the mountains are full of good things, and then I'll let you eat enough milk!"

In a word, Mingxin's tears stopped. He wiped the tears from his face and raised his face to show an innocent smile: "I like milk!"

The Li Mulin family was sent away, and the Li family resumed their old life. In a blink of an eye, the ice and snow dissipated, the river water melted, and the weather gradually became hot. After Zhen Zhen turned over and rolled, finally when the summer came, Zhen Zhen sat down. stand up.