After doing all this, Li Lan casually grabbed a handful of pine needles and leaves from the firewood pile to wipe away the oil on his palms, then he couldn't wait to pick up a piece of meat with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth.
He lowered his head and chewed slowly. The more he chewed, the brighter his eyes became. He couldn't tell what he was thinking. He was usually as lazy as a piece of shit, but his craftsmanship was not bad.
So I picked up the second piece, the third piece...
Under his nose, he ate six pieces without even realizing it.
Seeing that something was wrong, Li Heng, who was frying Chinese cabbage, had a twitching face and couldn't help but say:
"No, there are only about twenty pieces of meat in total. Can you wait until dinner?"
Li Lan didn't seem to hear him and continued eating without looking at him.
"Wow! Brother, you guys are going to fry bacon today!" At this moment, a stupid voice came from the door, and the eldest sister Li Yan came over with her big belly.
He half-turned around and asked, "Sister, have you eaten?"
Li Yan stared at the bacon, her eyes shining green, shook her head vigorously, and said it was too bad, but it was too bad.
Dinner consists of two meat dishes and one vegetable dish, one smoked bamboo shoots and bacon, one Chinese cabbage, and a bowl of chili peppers.
And the mouth-watering white rice.
This was already a very luxurious meal for Lao Li's family in 1987.
Normally, it would only be so abundant during the New Year and festivals, or when guests come to the house.
However, all the remaining bacon went into the eldest sister's mouth. Her mouth was full of oil and she ate three large bowls of rice in one go.
Li Heng and Li Lan watched all this silently without making any noise, and tacitly agreed to eat only dried bamboo shoots and cabbage.
When there was the last piece of bacon left at the bottom of the bowl, Li Yan scratched her head and giggled, then greeted with some embarrassment:
"I'm almost done eating, brother and sister, you guys should eat too."
It’s just a piece of meat, but you can also eat a chicken.
How to eat?
Should I share the meal with my second sister?
Li Heng secretly cursed, but there was no blame on his face.
Li Lan glanced at her eldest sister's pregnant belly and then at Li Heng across the table. She picked up two sour red peppers and put them in a bowl. She stood up and took the bowl to the outside under the eaves.
Li Yan was also afraid of the second sister's fierceness, and asked in a low voice with a drum in her heart:
"Brother, is your second sister angry with me? She blames me for eating all the meat."
Li Heng gave her the last piece of meat in the bowl and comforted her with a smile: "No, sister, don't think too much, we are sisters, how can I be angry with you?"
My second sister and I had already eaten a lot when you came, you should have seen it when you walked in."
Li Yan covered her head and recalled the scene when she entered the door before. It seemed that she really saw her second sister eating meat. She suddenly stopped being upset and lowered her head and put the last piece of meat into her mouth:
"Then I'll eat it. The meat is really delicious and fragrant."
Seeing her chewing the bacon, Li Heng felt so sad that he gave her all the minced meat in the bowl.
The eldest sister is married to an honest family, and the eldest brother-in-law is still an apprentice, learning the trade from a carpenter in Huaihua next door. He can only make ends meet on weekdays, with little wages.
Last year, my eldest sister's mother-in-law went to the mountains to dig herbs and was bitten by a wild boar. She became disabled. Now she is still taking medicine to support her and owes a lot of foreign debt.
This is also the reason why the eldest sister often goes to her parents' house because Tian Run'e feels sorry for her and always cooks delicious food to supplement her basic nutrition every time she comes back.
After dinner, the eldest sister, who was full after eating a delicious meal, took the initiative to take over the task of washing dishes and chopsticks. Li Heng refused and wanted to let her rest, but she was pushed out of the kitchen.
The eldest sister is like this, with a stubborn temper to the point of death. After eating the meat, she always wants to find something to make up for, so that her conscience can be at ease.
Li Lan used a broom to clean the corner of the room on the left, spread a piece of pig grass on the ground, and chopped up the pig grass.
I feed four pigs at home, two big and two small. The big one is close to 300 pounds, and the small one is about 70 to 80 pounds.
There is also an ox, used for spring plowing.
Although the second sister is cruel, she is a diligent master. As long as she is in charge of the house, she will take care of pigs, cows and so on. Her hands and feet are more nimble than Tian Run'e's, Yiran looks like an old farmer.
It is strange to say that all the pigs fed by her grow faster than other parents, grow better, and grow like crazy. The piglets can often be slaughtered in half a year.
Therefore, people gave him the nickname Pig Raising Expert.
Even several families with very good family conditions have taken up the idea of ​​​​her and repeatedly come to Tian Run'e's house to do ideological work, hoping to become their daughter-in-law.
But Li Lan didn't look down on those three melons and two dates at all, so she refused with "I want to be a city citizen."
Of course, people are constantly thinking about her, and her beauty is also a big plus.
She and Tian Run'e were almost the same model when they were young. They were so beautiful that anyone from far and wide would say "this girl is good-looking" when they saw her.
The two sisters were working, and Li Heng didn't take a break either.
First, burn a pile of semi-wet and semi-dry firewood in the stove, then block the stove door with a board, put a wire mesh on top, cover the fish and shrimp stall brought back today with a few old newspapers, and finally press it with firewood.
The corners of newspapers.
This is considered done.
Fish and shrimp can be smoked to perfection in one night, and you need to check them every one or two hours to prevent them from being scorched.
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In the evening, the cracked window cracks let in the cold wind, which made people's faces hurt.
Grandma is a bear!
This thief changes his face as soon as God says, and the bad weather is coming again.
Picking two intact old newspapers, digging out a dozen thumbtacks from the corner of the drawer, Li Heng cursed and started to work as a cobbler.
Li Yan, who was heartless, ran to Chen's house across the street to join in the fun and watch the tricks. At the same time, like everyone else at the intersection, she was thinking about the bowl of whistle noodles at 12 o'clock in the morning.
According to custom, for a white wedding like this, the host family will provide whistle noodles for free at 12 o'clock every night as a toothpaste to the rural neighbors.
There are not many entertainment activities in this era, and everyone lives a tight life with little food and clothing. When such a good thing happens, the whole family, old and young, will naturally go to the party together. You are not polite, and you can eat three big bowls of whatever you can eat.
Even children with big farts are not as polite as later generations, so one bowl is more than enough.
What's more, the Chen family is a well-known wealthy family in the village. In the afternoon, they not only slaughtered pigs and cows, but also bought four goats in a grand manner. There were so many whistles that everyone couldn't sleep, and they were all eagerly looking forward to it.
Seeing the cheerful look of the eldest sister in the crowd, Li Lan twisted her face and wanted to call her back, but she glanced at her round and erect pregnant belly and swallowed her words several times.
Finally, Li Lan was so angry that she muttered "Another spineless person" and went back to the house.
There are six people living in three mud houses, and my grandma has been taken away by her aunt.
When they were young, Li Jianguo and Tian Xiaoe lived with Li Heng in one room, and grandma lived with her two granddaughters in the same room.
The back was bigger and taller, so Li Heng and Li Lan were forced to move to the narrow second floor. The two siblings had one to the east and one to the west, separated by wooden boards against the wall, making a simple single room.
What was piled between the two single rooms was mainly some firewood and a frighteningly black longevity coffin.
The birthday coffin belongs to grandma.
Li Heng bent down and got into the simple room. He sat on the hard bed and felt very suffocated. He couldn't sleep. He was used to a comfortable middle-aged life. It was difficult for him to adapt to this old era where he didn't have enough food and clothing.
He felt that the task was arduous. He had to change his living conditions, earn money to treat his father's illness, earn back the face his mother had lost in the Chen family, and make the whole family live a good life. All of this required money, a lot of money, and he was panicking.
I don't want to wait a minute longer.
This miserable situation makes me feel miserable even if I look at it.
Time does not wait for me, every second counts.
With this belief in mind, he began to search his memory for various novels and magazines he had read.
In his previous life, he worked as a civil servant, and later he also worked in the education industry. He had plenty of time. Under the influence of his father, his biggest hobby in daily life was reading and reading newspapers.
Of course, I also play badminton, basketball and practice boxing from time to time.
In order to please Song Yu, she even learned to play the piano halfway.
It can be said that he has a wide range of knowledge. He has seen at least a thousand classics and literary works from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and they filled the whole study room.
Just based on the current social conditions and his living environment, he started to have difficulties again. He was picking and choosing and didn't know where to start?
He doesn't even consider submissions to newspapers.
In his previous life, he was a person who had deposited tens of millions. Now that he was reborn, he was paid a few dozen yuan in royalties and scraps, which meant that Li Heng couldn't muster up any energy.
If it’s not a famous article, I don’t want it.
They all say that you have to become famous as early as possible. Knowing what a prosperous and prosperous era the next generation will be, and the family's downturn and predicament that urgently need to be changed, he doesn't have that much time to waste.
After much thought, he finally settled on three novels.
They are "Abandoned Capital", "Sea of ​​Life" and "Alive".
Chapter completed!