Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 208 Integration
But these juniors were born at the wrong time. Not only did they not catch up with the good times, but they also caught up with the days when Xie's family took refuge, so they didn't eat any good things at all.

In order to take refuge, their family tried their best to blend in with the local ordinary farmers, and they didn't dare to act out of line. At the beginning, it was to prevent those people from not believing that they were bankrupt, and fearing that those people would attack Xie's family again.

Later, it was because of the division of components. Xie Hongguang and Xie Zhiyuan, father and son, keenly felt that in the days to come, the components would become more and more important.

And in order to keep the good ingredients that they had so hard to get, they naturally dare not reveal other things, and naturally they dare not make more demands on food.

It is a good thing to eat whatever you have.

And after so many years of life, they can be considered to have completely integrated into their hometown, into the current environment, and will no longer appear abrupt.

And with the ability of Xie's family, it is very easy to get a few jobs here.

But in order to keep a low profile, they can only stay in the countryside.

If there is any difference in their family, that is, they will try their best to let the children live a more relaxed life within their ability, and the other is that the children of Xie's family must study, at least they must complete high school.

When he learned from the letter that Zhang Yu was going to work directly after junior high school and was not going to continue to go to high school, Xie Zhiyuan was so anxious that he was almost ready to buy a train ticket for the next day, and wanted to send Zhang Yu back to school in person.

That is to say, he got the news relatively late, and Zhang Yu didn't give up all his studies, so he didn't rush to Beijing.

In fact, when the times were good a few years ago, Xie's family lived a pretty good life. After all, they didn't have to spend a penny in half like ordinary farmers. They had a way out and didn't have to be so frugal.

However, the past two years have not been good, and the harvest of their brigade this year is not bad. Although it is a little short, it will not starve.

But some time ago, due to natural disasters in various places, a lot of food in the brigade was transferred away. As a result, the rations were naturally reduced a lot, and their family became nervous.

All in all, except for the two dips in meat when entertaining Zhang Yu and the others, the rest of the time was mostly cabbage and radishes with little water in the soup.

No wonder the juniors were hungry.

Under the eyes of everyone, Zhang Yu took out five catties of suet one after another, a small can of oil prepared in advance, those bacon, sausages and the most important 50 catties of rice.

"This, this is all bought from your friend?" Seeing these things, Xie Zhiyuan was also a little stunned, and asked in disbelief.

"Of course, he came here this time to deliver these things. It was a coincidence that I happened to meet them, so I cut a little bit off."

"Is there anything going on?" Xie Zhiyuan asked a little uneasy. He was worried that someone had set these things up. His friend was afraid that Zhang Yu would reveal him, so he gave it to Zhang Yu. He turned his head and held grudges he.

"It's okay, anyway, he will sell it sooner or later. If he sells it to others, he sells it to me. Besides, I give it to him at the highest price. Who doesn't earn money!" Zhang Yu waved his hand and said indifferently.

"That's good, that's good, I'll accept the things, but you can't let me pay the money." Xie Zhiyuan patted his thigh and made a decision.

"Uncle, I have money in my hand."

"If you have money in your hand, you are rich. Keep the money in your hand well. You will always need it when you get married and have children."

"Uncle, these things are not for you, but for my filial piety to my grandma and grandpa. Do I have to pay for my grandpa's things if I honor my grandma?"

After speaking, Zhang Yu sat down next to Xie Hongguang, and said bluntly: "Grandma, grandpa, look at Uncle, he treats me like an outsider, I buy something to honor you, and he still wants to give me money. "

"You are a member of our family, and no one can treat you as an outsider. Boss, do you hear that?" Xie Hongguang also knew that Zhang Yu would definitely not accept this money today. Besides, if Zhang Yu was short of money, there would be them, they The old couple still have a lot of good things in their hands, so they won't lose their grandson.

"Okay, then I'll take it. I'll ask your aunt to cook braised pork for you tomorrow. Your aunt has her own secret recipe for the braised pork."

Xie Zhiyuan also stopped talking about money.

Although the milk powder that Zhang Yu took out next shocked the Xie family, but after thinking about the things that had already been taken out, the milk powder was nothing.

But for them, not to mention milk powder, malted milk extract is not easy to buy, let’s not talk about whether the price is expensive or not, the most important thing is that it is always out of stock.

Every time the supply and marketing cooperatives in the town come to malted milk, they will be snatched away by those who are related or close, and people like them who only go to the town when they have something to do are basically Untouchable.

The next morning, the family woke up very early, Zhou Huizhen and Hu Anmei were busy in the kitchen.

Cut the pork suet into small pieces, and used it to rely on the oil. When stirring the suet in the pot, Hu Anmei sighed and said, "The suet brought back by Xiaoyu is so good."

"That's not right, this is the best piece of suet on the pig, and the oil that will come out in a while will be delicious. Let's eat some sweet potato bread and some sauerkraut stuffing."

"Okay, I made few dumplings last time, and I didn't enjoy eating them. I need to make more dumplings this time." Hu Anmei also planned happily.

After the suet was ready, Zhou Huizhen carefully put the oil into the jar, which will be their main source of oil and water for the next period of time.

Taking advantage of the oil pan, I fried two more vegetarian dishes. Thinking of the children's greediness, I cut off half of the pork belly, put some potatoes, and made a big pot full of braised pork. Potato.

Because of the 50 catties of rice that Zhang Yu got, the cornmeal that had been sifted several times was no longer needed, and they were simply made into pancakes and pasted on the side of the stewed pork pot.

Stewed potatoes with braised pork, pasted cornmeal pancakes, pickled cabbage oil dumplings, this meal can be regarded as the most sumptuous in this day and age, and many people can't eat these during the New Year.

After these dishes were on the table, the family who ate them were so satisfied.

Sometimes, time really flies, and before you know it, it's time for Zhang Yu to return to Beijing.

During this period of time, he was not idle, and he did a lot of things when no one was paying attention to him. For example, he went to the town twice while buying new year's goods for the New Year, and found the same reason again, thank you The family bought a batch of food, and this batch of food was paid by Xie Zhiyuan. He refused to ask Zhang Yu to pay for it no matter what. Grandma and grandpa also agreed with his decision.

(End of this chapter)