Back to the Red Age

Chapter 179 It’s better to be a girl

"This is milk powder, which can be turned into milk by mixing it with hot water," Qin Ming said, while instructing his niece, "Yuanyuan, you and Mantou go and get a bowl for everyone, and then get a little soup bowl for everyone." Come in."

"Okay!" Yuanyuan and Steamed Bun agreed and ran out quickly.

"Uncle, I'm going to help too." Tiepi also ran out, his eyebrows full of excitement.

Although my uncle didn't say it clearly, he had already brought bowls, so he must be giving them something to eat.

I just ate cake today, and it was both delicious and delicious. My uncle’s life at home is really good.

Soon, three children walked in with a stack of bowls and a spoon bigger than a palm, "Uncle, is this spoon okay?"

"Okay." There is indeed no small spoon at home, but my family is not so particular about it, so I can just use this spoon.

Qin Ming opened the milk powder bag, and a strong milk fragrance wafted out.

"Wow, it smells so good." Zhaodi and Cuicui almost put their heads into the bowl. Qin Ming looked at these two greedy little cats and touched their heads, "Stay away and let me change you." trick."

"Little uncle can do magic tricks?" Zhao Di's eyes widened. The other children also looked at Qin Ming in surprise.

Qin Ming first placed the bowls in sequence, then used a spoon to dig out some milk powder from the bag and put it into the bowl. Finally, he poured hot water into it and stirred it with a spoon.

"Come on, come on, the trick worked!"

Seeing that the water they usually drank suddenly turned into white liquid, the children clapped their hands and laughed happily.

"Uncle, it smells so good. Can this be eaten?" Tiepi wiped the hazelnut on his mouth and looked at the white bowl with a longing expression.

"Of course, the conjuration is just for you to drink, so drink it all." Qin Ming continued to mix the milk powder. Tiepi was very greedy, but he handed the first bowl to Qin's mother, "Drink the milk!"

"Today, let's each taste a bowl. After drinking, I will tell you the benefits of this thing." Qin's mother opened her mouth and was about to refuse, but Qin Ming had already spoken out first. Qin's mother hesitated for a moment and saw All the bowls were filled with water, and then everyone was allowed to drink milk.

After Qin's mother spoke, everyone also picked up their bowls. Qin Erni also picked up a bowl, but she didn't drink it. Instead, she fed the fourth child with the spoon.

"Second sister, the fourth child is still young, so you can just feed him two spoons." The fourth child is in poor health and would eat milk all at once. Qin Ming is afraid that he will be lactose intolerant and have diarrhea, so Qin Erni feeds him less.

"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Qin Erni only fed her two spoonfuls and then stopped feeding her. As for the rest, she drank it by herself.

"This stuff tastes really good."

"It's just a bit fishy, ​​tasteless, and not as delicious as malted milk." Everyone kept discussing, and Qin Ming laughed dumbly, "This malted milk is just a drink, and there aren't many nutrients in it, but this milk powder doesn't." It’s the same, it’s full of high protein and very nutritious.”

"Brother, such a good thing must be very expensive, right?"

"It's okay, let's eat first. In a few days I'll be free to look for milk and goats. Let's just make do with it now. The work is getting heavier and heavier, and everyone's bodies must keep up. Mom, you and dad , and the children at home, drink a bowl of milk powder every morning. Don’t cook the rice soup for the fourth child for the time being, just give him this. You can feed him a little less at a time, and then feed him again when he is hungry. "

There are many people in the family, and two bags of milk powder cannot supply everyone, so we can only get what is most needed first.

"Your father and I are both old. Why should we drink this? Let's leave our share to the fourth child. Maybe with this sip, he will be able to live well." No one objected to Qin's mother's words. After all, The fourth child is really pitiful.

After talking for a while, everyone went back to sleep. The next day was the weekend, and the school was not in session, but the factory still had to start work, and the land in the commune also needed people to farm. The Qin family went there early in the morning. Everyone was busy with their work, leaving only Qin Ming and the children. At this time, the children were doing homework in the courtyard. When they saw Qin Ming coming out of the house, they all stood up and greeted Qin Ming, "Uncle/Uncle."

"Uncle, I have left some food for you. I will bring it out to you right now." Yuanyuan reacted the fastest and ran directly to the kitchen.

"Uncle, I'll help you wash up." Pandi quickly stood up and went into the house to get water.

This is the advantage of having more girls. Someone is busy making breakfast for him, and someone is waiting for him to wash his face and hands. He is much better than those dull boys. When he marries a wife, he must let her give him more children. Several lovely and well-behaved girls.

"Uncle, thank you."

The children in the commune who were the same age as them were now following the adults in the fields to earn cents. They were embarrassed to eat free rice, so they brought back a bundle of grass when school was over. Later, Qin Ming told Qin's mother that from then on, their The task then becomes learning.

"Thank you for what I have done. You have earned this opportunity to study on your own. But I have something to say before you. This condition has been provided to you as best as possible. But if you can't learn the knowledge, then you will be blamed for my big ears. Served."

"I know, uncle/uncle."

"Uncle, it's time to wash your face." Pandi walked out with a basin of water and a special towel for Qin Ming in her hand.

"Okay!" Qin Ming walked over with a smile and washed his hands and face, "Pandi, can you understand the text?"

Pandi stood aside and waited. When she heard Qin Ming's question, her brows knitted together, "Uncle, the text is so difficult."

"It doesn't matter, you have just started to get in touch with each other. Follow your brothers and sisters more and ask questions when you encounter something you don't understand." Pandi and the others are in poor physical condition, so Qin Ming does not have high requirements for their sisters. First, use the diluted spiritual fluid to boost her foundation.

"I understand, uncle." Pandi nodded in agreement. Seeing Qin Ming finish washing his face, he rushed to take the water away. This water cannot be wasted casually, it must be used to water the vegetable field.

The corn paste was mixed with white flour steamed buns, two boiled eggs and a plate of cold cucumber strips. Qin Ming ate them all quickly.

After knowing that the children started drinking more milk, Qin Ming prepared to go for a walk in the mountains. The eldest brother's three children, the second sister's four, plus the third brother's two children, when the one in Zhang Yinghong's belly comes out..., hiss, these are almost forming a football team.

With so many children, two bags of milk powder can't even carry it, let alone a fourth child who drinks milk every day, so Qin Ming plans to go into the mountains to look for bison, wild sheep, etc. If he's lucky, he might be able to make it. You can find cows, goats...

"You all study hard at home. I will come back later to check on your study status. Yuanyuan, I have food in the house. Grandma and the others didn't come back at noon, so you go get the food and cook. I'll go out for a walk." Food is expensive these days and everyone keeps it locked in cabinets. Qin's mother is also an expert in this industry, so she is not at home. If Yuanyuan and the others want to cook, they have to find other ways to get food.

"Okay uncle, when will you come back?"

"Not sure yet, you don't need to worry about me, cook your own food, and they will send you some milk." Now that there is no big canteen, everyone naturally needs to cook by themselves, but it is not the season for double grabbing yet, and the fields are also It doesn't require a lot of effort, so most of the guys just work in the fields for a day with just two packs.

"Remember, fry more meat and send it over. The older meat will spoil if you don't eat it."

Although Qin's mother had salted the meat and chilled it in water, it was not winter after all, so she couldn't make bacon, and salting it wouldn't slow it down for a few days, so she had to eat it quickly.

"I know." When they heard that they could eat meat, a group of children were very happy and started discussing how to make delicious food. "Eat, eat, eat, you know how to eat. If you don't study hard, do you deserve to eat meat?"

Mantou is worthy of being the eldest brother. He suppressed all the younger ones with one voice. Qin Ming didn't say anything. It's normal for the older ones to discipline the younger ones these days. He is the only exception. Not only can the older ones not discipline, He must be worshiped as an ancestor.

"Wang Wang"

It had been too long since he had gone into the mountains. The dog who followed Qin Ming into the mountains was obviously very excited. He ran ahead and ran back for a while to pick up Qin Ming. Qin Ming touched the dog's head and led it deeper into the mountain. go.

In this weather, lambs are the fattest. There are many lambs in the Qinming space, but there are no milk-producing sheep. This is also a shortcoming of the system space. Although the animals and plants in the space can grow quickly, Some growth processes were directly reduced.

After wandering around the mountains with the dog for a long time, he encountered a lot of pheasants and hares, but Qin Ming didn't even see the shadow of the prey he was looking for. Seeing that it was getting late, he could only take the prey home first. Go into the mountains next time.

At the foot of the mountain, smoke is rising from the chimneys on the roofs. The sun has not yet set and the commune has not finished work yet. The children at home must be starting to cook.

Sure enough, when he got home, he saw Mantou and his younger brother chopping firewood, Cuicui and Zhaodi feeding chickens and ducks, and Tiepi taking Laidi to feed pigs. Qin Ming went straight into the kitchen and saw that Yuanyuan and Pandi had already washed their hands. Potatoes, freshly picked cucumbers and a piece of meat were placed on the chopping board. It seemed that they were about to be stewed.

"Yuanyuan, stop messing with that thing, boil a pot of water, let's have dinner tonight." Qin Ming spoke, and then the two little girls saw Qin Ming.

"Uncle, there are so many!" Pandi was surprised and anxious. Her little uncle was so amazing. He went out for a walk and came back with two pheasants and two hares.

"We're lucky today. Let's eat chicken stewed with mushrooms and braised rabbit."

Qin Ming cooked the food himself, while two little girls helped. After a while, the strong aroma of meat wafted out of the kitchen.

"What delicious food are you making again? You can just eat it by yourself. The meat we had for lunch hasn't been digested yet." Qin's mother and the others came to the kitchen after smelling the smell. Before they entered the kitchen, the sound came out. Passed in first.

"Miscellaneous, my uncle shot two pheasants and two hares." Cuicui quickly showed off to Qin's mother, "My uncle said that tonight we will have chicken stewed with mushrooms and braised rabbit meat."

"Yao Yao, why are you going into the mountain alone? It's so dangerous." Qin's father and Qin's mother's expressions changed.

Qin Ming knew what his parents were worried about. Although he was confident in his own skills, there was no need to worry the two old people, so he said, "It's okay, parents. I didn't go in, so I just walked around outside. Then I encountered these, and I guess it’s because everyone is going to the fields to earn centimeters now, and there are fewer people entering the mountains, so I picked them up.”

"It's true. It's been a strange day this year. Not a drop of rain has fallen. Our commune has discussed that if it doesn't rain, we will have to go to the river to fetch water for seedlings."

It's okay for people to eat horse chews, as long as they take two steps, but the crops are grown in the ground and cannot be moved. Without water, they will dry up and die of thirst with no harvest.

"Our place is pretty good, and it's not far from the river. I heard that there are many communes far away from the river, and you have to walk more than ten miles to fetch water. This is really life-threatening."

It is always unpleasant to bring up this kind of topic, but Qin Ming has nothing to do. He has tried his best, but after all, he is only a person and cannot compete with God.

"But this time the new grain seeds are quite good. The previous seedlings were already thin and yellow, but they looked like nothing was wrong and grew green and shiny."

"That's right. I heard that it was specially developed by experts. They are so powerful, and the seedlings they develop must be energetic."

The experts these days are all very powerful, but Father Qin and Mother Qin didn't know that the powerful expert they said was bringing them a big pot of braised rabbit.

"Dad, Mom, it's time to wash your hands and eat."

Braised rabbit, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and fried meat with cucumbers, this dinner was simply sumptuous. Father Qin rubbed his hands excitedly when he saw such a good dish. This dish is suitable for drinking!

"Mom, I still have some good wine that someone else gave me. How about I take it out and let's all have a drink?"

"You keep your good wine yourself. We still have wine at home. I'll get it!" Mother Qin kept the wine before finishing it last time, then turned around and went to the house to get it out.

The cool breeze was blowing, and the family was sitting in the courtyard with a sip of wine and a sip of meat. Not to mention how beautiful this day was, but we had to ignore what Qin's mother kept saying from beginning to end, "So much meat, just one meal." This needs to be salted and can be eaten for several days.”

"Mom, you have to eat the bacon at home as soon as possible. If it goes bad, you won't be able to eat it. I'm not so busy with schoolwork now. I can go home often and bring meat back anytime."

"No, you just study hard in school, and if you have meat, take it to school to eat and replenish your body. We have food and drink, so you don't need to worry about it. Don't bring things back in big and small bags like this again." Qin's mother hurriedly spoke. Fortunately, Qin Ming came back at night. No one in the commune knew that he had brought such old things. Fortunately, she was able to shock people, so these things were not known to outsiders.

If people knew that their family was eating and drinking like this in the house, it wouldn't cause big trouble!

"Okay, I understand." Anyway, you say what's yours, and I'll take what's mine. I've lived for two lifetimes. Can I still make up for the filial piety that I failed to fulfill in my previous life?

"Old Qin's family, are you at home?" At this moment, a shout suddenly came from outside the courtyard gate.

(End of this chapter)