Hard times have room

Chapter 17 Sugar Water
At night, in the second room in the back room, the room was only lit with pine oil candles the size of a pinky finger, with a halo the size of a bean, making the room very dark.

Paulin came to her parents' room and took out the money mixed in the dictionary and gave it to Su Hongying.

"Paulin, where did you get it from?" Su Hongying took the money in surprise. She usually pays Baolin a fraction of a cent for the New Year, and the exam bonus is not much. She usually spends about the same for books, pens, and other miscellaneous things. Now, where does the money in Pauline's hands come from, so much, it is almost catching up with 1/3 of the money she has worked so hard to save for so many years.

That's right, the second room, in the absence of any major expenditures over the years, has now saved a huge sum of 96 yuan, 5 cents, and the large and third-bedroom private rooms combined are not that much.

Although Dafang has many people and is diligent, he earns a lot of money every year, but he can't stand Li Tao to take care of his parents' family. Every year, his nephew has a set of clothes, and the gifts he gives during the New Year's festival are not a small number. Dafang Li Tao is in charge. Every year, Li Tao's specific filial piety to her mother's family should not be known to other people in the big house, or else it would have been a long time ago.

Su Hongying also happened to see a birthday gift that Li Tao prepared for her mother, Mrs. Li. Good guy, a pound of meat, two pounds of white flour, a packet of sugar, and three feet of cloth. At least half of the big house's income basically goes to her parents' family.

Although there is a Yue family in the third room, they still receive gifts according to the village standards, but they can't save money because the third Wang Jianjun is not diligent, and Xu Qing became pregnant with Wen Jun that year when he could save a private house. At the age of three or four, she can let go. It didn't take long for her to become pregnant with the orb again, and Xu Qing was dragged by her child. She usually has to go to work again. There is no time to go up the mountain, but there are few private houses!

A few days ago, when I went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, the old lady was still telling the third child to work diligently. Wen Jun would go to school in a year or two, and the pressure on the third room would be even greater.

The second room, Su Hongying, does not have a family. Every year, the Yue family spends a lot of money on festivals and birthdays. The family of three works diligently. Usually, they live frugally. It is possible to save such a sum of money in five or six years.

Even in the village, this amount of money is a huge sum of money, and even a family with a slightly weaker foundation in the village can't come up with this amount of money.

"I found it in the Chinese-Russian translation dictionary I brought back. When I pulled out the dictionary, I felt it was very new. When I checked whether there were any missing pages, I found something in the back of the dictionary. Money." Pauline said with a nod to the corners of her lips like a memory.

Pauline didn't lie either. That's the truth, but it sounds a little weird.

"Hey, girl, why didn't I know there was money in the dictionary? Didn't I rummage behind?" Wang Jiandang looked at the money Bao Lin took out, his eyes almost popping out, obviously they were all together The junkyard, why don't you know anything about it.

"Oh, wasn't I worried that Dad would not calm down and reveal your stuff? I didn't tell you, I thought about coming back and talking to Mom."

"Is your father and I so unreliable in your heart?" Wang Jiandang pretended to be sad.

"Oh, dad, my good dad, that's not the case. I was so nervous at the time that I didn't dare to say or do anything. My heart is still pounding now." Wang Jiandang's arm acted like a spoiled brat.

"Okay, don't play tricks, you two, my daughter is lucky, she can pick up cash when she goes out to buy books. I won't be busy another day. Mom will definitely take you to see it again." Su Hongying picked up a big deal this time. Today It's not over yet, I'm thinking about the next time.

There is no such thing in the world, you don't have to do anything, just sit back and enjoy the achievements.

"Mom, where's the brown sugar that I brought back today, let's soak it in brown sugar water and drink it!" Pauline said greedily, thinking about flipping through this article and not mentioning the money thing again, she really didn't know what to say.

"Oh, yes, brown sugar, founding the party, go and bring the kettle in the main room, and by the way, bring three bowls to the kitchen, let's drink sugar water." Su Hongying fumbled with the key to open the box to get the brown sugar.

"Hey, I'll go right now." Wang Jiandang walked out of the room to get things.

It will be more than ten minutes before the family of three drink the hot sugar water.

Brown sugar is now made of sugar bricks, one piece at a time. There are about three pieces in a catty of brown sugar. The hot water will melt into sugar water after waiting for a minute or two.

When Paulin returned to the house, she brought the book with her, and it was convenient for her two brothers to live in a room at night.

Early the next morning, after drinking the vegetable porridge, Paulin hurriedly went to dig wild vegetables. It was half noon by the time she had dug enough wild vegetables for a day.

The snail Xiaobei that I touched two days ago at home has vomited mud. After blanching in hot water, I used a thick shoe-making needle to pick out the snails and the heads of the snails. Most of the back baskets only came out a bowl.

Xiaobei squeezed the sand out of it with his hands to remove the internal organs. Xiaobei in the river had little meat, and only a small bowl of meat came out of the small half-back basket.

At noon, the staple food was pasted with some corn tortillas, and a vegetable soup was made with tender wild vegetables.

For the snails and shells, Pauline deliberately left two teaspoons of lard in her milk.

After the lard is fragrant, add a small half bowl of chopped chili and garlic slices, stir-fry until cooked, then add the snail meat and scallop, stir-fry until the meat is firm, add half a bowl of water, simmer and taste, open the lid , add an appropriate amount of salt water, and sprinkle with chopped green onion before serving.

The snail meat is firm, the shellfish is sweet and chewy, coupled with the unique flavor of chopped peppers, spicy and irritating garlic, and the last chopped green onion is fragrant. The vegetable juice was divided up by the two boys in the family and scraped off with a tortilla.

In the afternoon, the two young men didn't go to work, so Pauline was asked to go to the beach with two backpacks on his back.

Paulin is also willing to follow along. It's fun. In Paulin's opinion, one of the most fun things in the village includes touching the snails, not to mention the snail meat is delicious, although it is a bit troublesome to deal with.

But life is alive, isn't it just for eating, drinking and having fun!

The three of them were busy for most of the afternoon, and went back with two baskets full of snails.

"Bang Sha Sha Sha Sha," the two baskets of snails were dumped into the broken tank at the door of the kitchen at home. According to the rules, they should be raised for a day or two to spit mud and sand.

"The day after tomorrow, let's eat it again. By the way, the two of you had to help pick the meat that day. Today, Wen Jun and I both picked the meat for two hours, and my legs are numb. There are more here, you don't help. , I can't figure it out." Pauline scooped the water to the sand in the back basket, it was too dirty, and after thinking about it, I'd better go to the river to brush it later.

"Okay, you can tell us both in advance and we'll stay here to help you." Wang Wenhui said while shaking his clothes and trousers.

When the adults at home came back in the evening, all three of them were criticized. After all, things like snails were basically unrecognizable when they came back. The adults loved the clothes, and it would be strange if they didn't get scolded.

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