70s Xiao Que Xing

Chapter 153
Xie Xiaonian saw that the old man in front of her was uneasy about playing cards, and her frightened face immediately turned pale. Although she changed her clothes, her makeup still looked like that of a rural woman. If she was caught, plus what happened before, not only She, even Zhongjun will be implicated.

Thinking of this, Xie Xiaonian didn't dare to be caught, and ran away in fright, not wanting the 5 cents for the old man.

Although there is no shelter here, it is still remote enough, and the old man is too old to run away from her, so when Xie Xiaonian tried his best to run, he threw the old man away in a short while.

Although Xie Xiaonian had already thrown the person away, she didn't stop, and continued to run for a long distance. After finding a corner, she sat down on the ground.

Xie Xiaonian was panting heavily while thinking, fortunately she is in good health and can run fast, otherwise she would be doomed.

She really underestimated the integrity of people in this era, and she also took it for granted, thinking that many people have the mentality of being cheap and not earning bastards, forgetting that people's ideological realm at this time is very high.

However, this incident also taught Xie Xiaonian a lesson, and completely shattered the faint pride she thought she came from later generations.

After Xie Xiaonian recovered, seeing that it was not far from the station, she quickly changed her clothes and rushed to the station. She had to leave the county quickly to be at ease.

Xie Xiaonian didn't feel at ease until he returned to the commune and returned to his normal self.

After returning to the commune, Xie Xiaonian didn't even bother to wander around, and rode his bicycle back home.

Because Xie Xiaonian hasn't eaten anything since he had breakfast in the morning until after 3 o'clock. He was frightened before and didn't feel hungry, but when he got home and relaxed, his stomach started to growl.

After entering the space, Xie Xiaonian immediately went to the kitchen, drank a big bowl of chicken soup that he made earlier, and then ate a bowl of rice and a piece of pastry before feeling full.

Then Xie Xiaonian started to sort out the things she bought today, because when she bought them, she just threw them in the space, so all the things were thrown in the open space not far from the well, in a pile of miscellaneous things.

Xie Xiaonian moved a small bench, sat there and started tidying up. It took a total of more than 2 hours to finish tidying everything up, and put them in the right place by category. She didn't know if she didn't tidy up Crazy to buy so many things.

There are 8 pieces of white towels, 7 pieces of soap, 5 pieces of toothpaste, 2 large blankets, 5 or 6 pieces of blue and white wool, 2 double-threaded gloves, and 3 pieces of blue, black, gray, white, plaid and other fabrics , 2 pairs of black rubber shoes, 2 flashlights, 10 batteries, 3 catties of white rabbit toffee, 6 catties of white sugar, 1 bundle of vermicelli, 4 bags of malted milk, a pile of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, 2 Maotai, Wuliangye, and Xifeng wine Bottles, more than 50 catties of bulk wine, goldfish cigarettes, etc., there are almost everything you need in life. Although the quantity of each is not much, Xie Xiaonian is a little surprised by the variety.

No wonder she spent more than half of the money and tickets she earned today. It turned out that she bought so many things.

Fortunately, because it was the Chinese New Year, all the stores had relatively complete supplies, so she could buy so many things. Otherwise, even if she had money and tickets, she might not be able to buy some things.

And what Xie Xiaonian is most satisfied with is the two flashlights bought at the labor insurance supply store. Although there is a kerosene lamp at home now, and Xie Xiaonian is not too dark, Xie Xiaonian still thinks that a flashlight is a must, no matter what.

That is, the current flashlights use batteries, which are not convenient for charging, and it is not very cost-effective.

Fortunately, she doesn't need to use it often, otherwise it would be a big expense to buy batteries.

After tidying up the things to be put in the space, Xie Xiaonian took out the things that needed to be put outside from the space, put those that should be put in the kitchen into the kitchen, and put those that should be put in the cupboard into the cupboard.

Although Xie Xiaonian spent all the tickets that she got today except for the part that was collected in advance, but she didn't spend the tickets that Xu Zhongjun left for her before he left, and the tickets that were mailed to her. Sometimes, it can still hold up the scene.

Although there is nothing to buy, she still has to put on a show and buy some new year's goods when the time comes.

After finishing it, Xie Xiaonian saw that he had nothing to do, so he took the basin to the river to wash clothes. Although Xie Xiaonian mostly washed clothes in the space, every two or three days, he would still go to the river to pretend Put on a show, otherwise you will be suspicious if you don't wash your clothes all day long but wear them clean.

When Xie Xiaonian walked to the river, he saw that the surface of the river dug by the villagers was frozen again, so he picked up a wooden stick beside him and prepared to break the ice. Fortunately, the ice by the river was not very frozen, so Xie Xiaonian cut The ice broke.

Although Xie Xiaonian just washed one or two pieces of clothes just for show, but because the water was too icy, after washing, her hands were already frozen.

Xie Xiaonian hurriedly put the basin aside, put her hands in her bosom to warm it up, and when it was almost warm, Xie Xiaonian felt alive, at this moment she didn't care about the itching of her hands, and went home with the wooden basin.

After Xie Xiaonian went home and finished drying her clothes, she quickly closed the door and window of the east room and entered the space, and then soaked her hands in the well water of the space. This is what she always does after returning from washing clothes.

Fortunately, there was a well in the space, otherwise her hands would definitely have a lot of chilblains like in previous years.

After Xie Xiaonian had a good time, she went to the sister-in-law's house with 2 catties of pork and 1 catty of trough cake.

"Sister-in-law, you didn't go to the market today, did you? The market was very lively. This is the meat and trough cake I bought today. I'll bring some here for you to try." After Xie Xiaonian entered the room, seeing everyone was there, she just thought They certainly did not go to the market.

"You bought that little thing, what do you give us back! You can't keep eating your things." Although Xu's mother was happy to thank Xiaonian for her filial piety, she was embarrassed to keep eating her things, after all, they had already separated.

"It's okay, I still have some at home. I thought it was almost Laba, so I bought some more, and I can add another dish then."

"The rabbit you sent last time is still frozen outside, waiting for Laba to eat, and there are two pieces of bacon left at home, how can I eat this meat." The sister-in-law continued.

"It's fine if you can't eat Laba. You can eat it tonight, and improve the lives of the children in advance. If there is nothing else, I will go back first." Xie Xiaonian didn't stay long, and was ready to go home.

"Then don't forget to come to eat at home later!" Seeing that Xie Xiaonian really wanted to give, Xu's mother took a step back and said.

"No need, I just ate in the middle of the afternoon and I'm not hungry yet!"

Xie Xiaonian felt that if she gave such a small amount of food, the sister-in-law's family might not have enough to eat, so she would have the nerve to eat more.

But at night, Xie Xiaonian had just boiled some hot water in the kitchen and poured the water into the kettle when she heard her sister-in-law calling her outside.

When Xie Xiaonian came out of the kitchen, she saw her sister-in-law carrying a bowl of dumplings into the courtyard.

Seeing Xie Xiaonian come out, Li Suxin said with a smile: "The meat you sent today, my mother made dumplings. Seeing that you didn't go home, I brought you a bowl. It's freshly cooked, so you can eat it while it's hot." After speaking, Li Suxin handed the bowl to Xie Xiaonian.

Xie Xiaonian looked at the big bowl full of dumplings, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law, I'm really not hungry, and why did you give me so much? No matter how much I can eat, I can't eat so much. A lot, how much can you make with that little meat, take it back and give it to Lanhua and the others."

"There's still plenty at home, enough for them to eat. If you can't finish it, just keep it warmed up tomorrow morning, and it won't spoil this day. Hurry up, hurry up, I'm going home for dinner too." Li Suxin said .

Seeing this, Xie Xiaonian stopped being polite. After taking the dumplings, she went back to the stove and found her own bowl and poured them in.

When I was about to brush the bowl and return it to my sister-in-law, I saw my sister-in-law also followed into the stove, and said with a smile: "I don't need to brush it, and it's not dirty. I can use it directly when I go back." He took the bowl in Xie Xiaonian's hand, said hello and went home.

Originally, Xie Xiaonian should have put something in the bowl as a return gift, but there was nothing to return at home, and she gave the meat, so it would be fine if she didn't return anything, so Xie Xiaonian didn't keep much, and asked the sister-in-law to take the empty bowl and go back to eat .

Looking at the dumplings in the bowl, Xie Xiaonian thought of Xu Zhongjun again, and wondered how he was doing now and whether he could eat dumplings.

After a while, Xie Xiaonian cheered up, brought the dumplings to the house, sat on the kang and began to eat.

My sister-in-law’s home made stuffed pork and mushrooms, because Xie Xiaonian gave pork belly from domestic pigs, which has more fat and is very suitable for making dumplings, so even if there are more mushrooms, it still tastes delicious. After a while, Xie Xiaonian finished a big bowl of dumplings.

Although Xie Xiaonian's appetite is much bigger now, she still feels a bit full after eating a large bowl of food, so she quickly got up and moved around, and she felt better after walking around the house a few times.

After Xie Xiaonian got better, she quickly tidied up the house, locked the door and went back to the space to sleep.

It may be due to too much mental energy consumption. Recently, she has always been particularly tired and sleepy. Fortunately, the time in the space is relatively long, so she can sleep casually, otherwise she will definitely not be able to do anything all day long. up.

The next morning, Xie Xiaonian was making shoes in the house as usual, when she heard someone calling her at the door, it sounded like Li Zhenzhu's voice again.

When Xie Xiaonian went out to take a look, it was indeed Li Zhenzhu who had come, Xie Xiaonian hurriedly said: "Pearl, come in quickly, what's the matter, why are you here again?"

### Chapter 150 Four Grinding Noodles for Chinese New Year

"Why, I'm not welcome!" Li Zhenzhu said pretending to be angry.

"No way, I wish you would come every day!" Xie Xiaonian said happily.

"Hmph, you have a conscience!"

After Li Zhenzhu entered the room and sat down, she put the small package she took on the kang table, then opened it and said to Xie Xiaonian: "Look what I brought you, thump, thump, military uniform." It seemed to shake before Xie Xiaonian's eyes.

Xie Xiaonian was a little surprised when she saw the brand new military uniform in Li Zhenzhu's hands, and hurriedly asked, "Where did you get it, it's still new."

"My mother sent it to me. How about it? It looks good. There are two pieces in total, and we happen to be one of us." Li Zhenzhu said happily.

"How can I take the one your mother sent you? You can keep it for yourself to wear. The Zhongjun gave me a military uniform when I got married. I wore it once on the wedding day, and it's still new." Seeing that Li Zhenzhu wanted to give him the military uniform, Xie Xiaonian quickly refused.

"My mother sent you this suit specially, and you must keep it. And you have taken care of me so much and helped me so much. It's not right for my mother to send you a military uniform. You must keep it, otherwise My mother will definitely not spare me, and I still have a body." Li Zhenzhu accepted without refusal.

"I didn't help you with anything. It's because you worked hard enough to adapt to the life here. Even without me, you can still live well." Xie Xiaonian said.

"Why, you helped me a lot. If it weren't for you, I would definitely be hungry like Zhang Hao and Chen Jianshe, or like Lin Xiaodan, because I couldn't bear the pain, I would just find someone from the village to marry. So You must keep this clothes, if you don't, I will get angry, and I won't come to your house anymore." Li Zhenzhu said pretending to be angry again.

"Okay, okay, can't I keep it, don't pout your lips, you will do this trick." Xie Xiaonian said with a smile.

"Yeah, I knew, Xiao Nian, you are the best, but my mother didn't tell me about sending clothes in advance, and I didn't know your size, so I tried to get a bigger one. If it doesn't fit , you can change it with a sewing machine." Li Zhenzhu said happily when she heard that Xie Xiaonian was willing to accept it.

"By the way, there is something Liu Yifan gave you. It was sent by Liu Yifan's family. It was made by his mother himself. It is delicious, but a little sour." Li Zhenzhu took out another very The big oiled paper bag, after opening, I saw a big bag of dried bayberry inside.

Xie Xiaonian glanced at it, and felt that her mouth was starting to be sour. There was no red bayberry in her space, and she hadn't eaten it for a long time.

So Xie Xiaonian directly reached out and took one and put it in her mouth, maybe it was because of the sugar, she didn't feel it was too sour, but it was sweet and sour. She ate one and regretted that it wasn't sour enough Woolen cloth.

And there are bayberry cores in it, Xie Xiaonian thought, you don't need to cook the bayberry to make dried bayberry, you just need to salt it, these bayberry cores should be able to germinate.

So Xie Xiaonian is going to keep these bayberry cores and try to plant them in the space.

"It's really delicious. You go back and help me, thank you Liu Yifan. By the way, how are you two, did you tell your parents?" Xie Xiaonian gossiped.

"We get along very well. I've already told my family. My elder brother didn't object when he wrote the letter, but he didn't agree either. He said that he would ask my second brother to come here during the Chinese New Year and have a look. And Liu Yifan's parents don't have any objections." Li Zhenzhu said shyly.

In fact, Li Zhenzhu's elder brother said this just to hold Li Zhenzhu back, fearing that if there was opposition from the family, Li Zhenzhu would become rebellious and do something irreversible.

But they didn't agree, nor did they dislike Liu Yifan's family background, nor did they refuse to let his sister marry because of his sister's control.

The main reason was that they hadn't met Liu Yifan yet, so no matter how good Li Zhenzhu said about him, they were still worried.

My sister, who has been in pain for so many years, wants to find a partner, so they have to take good care of her.

Xie Xiaonian saw that the two had plans and got along well, and was very happy for them, so she said, "That's good, don't forget to invite me to a wedding wine when you get married." After finishing speaking, Xie Xiaonian laughed loudly .

Li Zhenzhu got a big blush, looked at Xie Xiaonian sadly, and said: "If you tease me again, I won't play with you anymore."

Xie Xiaonian knew that people at this time were very shy and not as open as later generations, so she quickly said: "Okay, I'm not kidding you, you can stay here for dinner today, you didn't eat at home last time. "

"Really, okay, let's make dumplings and eat them. I haven't eaten for a long time. At home, Liu Yifan and I have to sneak around when we eat, and we haven't dared to make dumplings because the noise is too loud. It was discovered by others." Li Zhenzhu said.

"Okay, no problem. I happen to have the meat I bought yesterday at home. But you usually pretend to be the meat sent by your family, or go to the market every time you go to the market, and then eat the pheasant and hare at home. It’s fine if you don’t buy it at the fair, as long as the number of times is not too much and it’s not too much, no one will say anything, how can you be so wronged because you are afraid of being found out.” Although Xie Xiaonian just ate dumplings yesterday, but because of Li Pearl, decided to eat it again.

"That's right, why didn't I think of it? I was only concerned about not being discovered by others. Anyway, others don't know how much money and tickets we have in our hands. As long as the supply and marketing cooperative sells it, I can say that I bought it. Now You don't have to worry about the new year's goods." Li Zhenzhu said happily.

What she didn't know was that although Li Yifan didn't say it, he had already done it this way, otherwise, every time something was sent from home, he would move home in a big way!
"Then let's prepare dumplings now, and chop stuffing and noodles."

Xie Xiaonian took a piece of pork from the back room, actually from the space, and soaked some shaved pheasant chicken that had been dried before, preparing to make dumplings filled with pork, shiitake mushrooms and radish chicken.

Because Xie Xiaonian wanted to send some to the elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law's family, and also steamed some for Liu Yifan and the third grandma for Pearl to take home, so the two of them were busy all morning and made a lot of dumplings.

Early the next morning, when Xie Xiaonian went to fetch water, he happened to run into his elder brother Xu Mingzhong who was carrying water. Seeing Xie Xiaonian, Xu Zhongming said happily: "Third brother and sister, the new flour at home can be ground today. You go home to eat noodles at night."

"Don't you tell me that I forgot that it's our turn to grind noodles today. Are you milling in the brigade now? I'll go and see if I can help." Xie Xiaonian continued.

"You don't need to go, my father and mother are here, there is a donkey pulling the mill, and it doesn't take much effort, you have nothing to do when you go, you see, neither I nor your sister-in-law went, just remember to come home to eat noodles at night .” After speaking, Xu Zhongming left with his shoulders on his shoulders.

Seeing this, Xie Xiaonian didn't say anything else, she just waited for an early evening to help with the cooking.

Although most of the villagers' wheat is handed over to the public grain or sold to the supply and marketing cooperatives, each family will keep some for daily use. During the Chinese New Year, each family will even have to grind some flour, at least to eat dumplings.

However, there are only two donkeys in Xujialing, so the villagers will wash and dry the wheat in advance, and start to grind the noodles in turns from late November, so it will probably take around the 2th of the twelfth lunar month before the whole village can finish grinding.

After grinding the noodles, every family will use the flour to make something delicious to improve their lives, and white noodles are already a rare delicacy in the hearts of the villagers who eat corn as their staple food every day.

That's why Xu's mother called Xie Xiaonian to her home, thinking of improving Xie Xiaonian's life, after all, Xie Xiaonian never forgot about their delicious food.

Xie Xiaonian went to the sister-in-law's house early in the evening, although Xu's mother did it by herself for making noodles and rolling the noodles, so it was not her turn to do it, but she could still help out by cooking the fire and washing the vegetables.

Xu's mother made noodle soup at night. Although there were only some cabbage leaves in it, because the cabbage in the noodles was fried with meat oil, it tasted like meat.

In addition, the Xu family has not eaten noodles for a long time, so the family eats them with small pickles, which is delicious.

Xie Xiaonian also thinks that Xu's mother is very skilled at rolling out the noodles, which is better than her own, and because it's colder now, a bowl of hot noodle soup makes her whole body warm and very comfortable.

After eating, Xie Xiaonian was about to help clean up the dishes, when Xu's mother said: "Xiao Nian, don't clean up, let your sister-in-law clean up."

"That's right, Xiao Nian, you don't need to touch your hands, I'll finish this job in a while." After speaking, the sister-in-law quickly cleaned up the dishes, and then went to the stove to clean the pot and wash the dishes.

Because the meal was early, Xie Xiaonian was not in a hurry to go home, so she chatted with Xu's father and Xu's mother at the sister-in-law's house, and played with a few children.

After the sister-in-law cleaned up, Xie Xiaonian stayed for a while longer, and when she saw that it was getting dark, she prepared to go home: "Father and mother, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

Seeing that Xie Xiaonian was about to leave, Mother Xu said to her, "Don't rush away."

Then he said to his sister-in-law: "Su Xin, go and get the flour for Xiao Nian, let her take it home."

"Okay, mother." After speaking, the sister-in-law went to the back room.

"No need, sister-in-law, I've eaten it all, how can I take it again, and there are a lot of flour bought at home." When Xie Xiaonian heard that she wanted to give her flour, she quickly stopped her sister-in-law from taking it.

She knew that the elder sister-in-law's house didn't have much flour at all, and if she gave her some more, she didn't know if it would be enough for Chinese New Year steamed buns to entertain guests.

"It costs a lot of money to buy, and you have it at home. It's yours. This is our intention. We didn't get you wheat at the beginning, but we planned to give you some directly after the flour was ground at home. During the Chinese New Year, you If there are people from my mother's family and my uncle's family, they will be laughed at if they don't have white flour steamed buns." Xu's mother pulled Xie Xiaonian, and asked the sister-in-law to go to the house to get flour.

"That's right, Xiao Nian, just take it, you may not always have it at home if you want to eat it." The sister-in-law took the 20 catties of flour that she had prepared before from the house, and said directly to Xie Xiaonian.

Seeing that the sister-in-law didn't have any objections, Xie Xiaonian had no choice but to continue, thinking about getting some other things in the future and returning them back.

"By the way, it's Laba tomorrow, you come over for lunch at noon, and the three of us will celebrate Laba together." Xu's mother thought that it would be Laba tomorrow, so she hurriedly said to Xie Xiaonian that they also celebrated Laba together in previous years, afraid that Xie Xiaonian just got married Come here, don't know the rules.

(End of this chapter)