60s Splendid Life

Chapter 351 Buying Sheep

This year, because the factory had a late holiday, by the time Lu Jin came home from the holiday, the sanitation of the house had already been taken care of by the children and grandpa, and even the grandpa brought the children to buy all the things needed for the New Year.

Every year before the Chinese New Year, pigs are slaughtered in their village. In previous years, he took a few children in his family to get the meat. This year, because he was still busy in the factory, it was his grandfather who took a few children to get the meat. They have already made the sausage and bacon, and their uncle brought two sisters-in-law to their house to help them with a lot of work that day. This is something that Lu Jin didn't know until he returned home.

Now several cousins ​​and cousins ​​are working in the factory, of course, not through the back door from him, but because the factory expanded its enrollment later, and young people in the village can basically work in the factory as long as they are not lazy, but Those who perform really poorly after entering will also be dismissed.So far, several people have been persuaded to quit, some from other villages and some from their own village, but there is no one he is familiar with on the list.

When the children in the family grow up, they can also help the family with a lot of work, which makes it easier for him.But after their unit was on holiday, the next day was New Year's Eve.

Here, the last day of the old year is also the Chinese New Year.

But at this time, their uncle and Shen Yu hadn't arrived yet.

Waking up early in the morning, Lu Haochen, Xiao Bao'er, and Dandan Shen Xing ran to the door to look several times, and then simply squatted at the door and refused to go in.

"Oh, when will our uncle come?"

"Oh, why isn't my brother here yet?"

The first question about asking uncle was said by Lu Haochen, and the second question about waiting for brother was said by Shen Xing.

The little boys all looked worried, the people they were waiting for hadn't come yet.

"What are you guys doing squatting at the door? It's such a cold day. I'm coming back for dinner. Uncle and Shen Yu will come later." Lu Jin felt funny again when he saw the row of boys squatting at the door. He knew this Who is the group of children waiting for? From yesterday to now, can he not know?

He's on vacation, Shen Yu and their uncles haven't had a vacation yet, but it's pretty much the same in previous years. His vacation is a little earlier than Shen Yu and their uncles. Sometimes if something happens to his uncle, he might even come over for the New Year's Eve dinner There are all kinds of food, and I have encountered it in one year.

"Oh."

The few children couldn't wait for anyone, and they looked disappointed, as if they couldn't arouse their enthusiasm when they heard the word "eating".However, this dejected look changed into a different expression when they sat at the dinner table. One by one, they took the chopsticks and served the bowls, and immediately transformed into rice cooks.

On the way from the town to Lujia Village, a young man was riding a bicycle in the cold wind.

Because it just snowed last night, the road was a little slippery, so Shen Yu didn't dare to ride too fast.But despite this, riding in winter also consumes more energy than usual. He felt a little tired halfway through the ride, and his speed couldn't help but slow down. The journey took longer than usual.

In the past, I could meet a lot of people on this road. This time, it is probably because of the Chinese New Year, and there are no people and cars on the road.

The cold wind blew like a knife, and it hurt his face, but it couldn't stop his heart to celebrate the New Year with the person he liked.And their children, if they don't see his elder brother, they might cry.

But... Maybe Shen Yu was overthinking this.

Shen Xing was so happy to eat now, he didn't know where he had forgotten his brother.

A few children were playing in the yard after breakfast, and Da Mao and Er Mao also ran over with their sister. The children in the yard, together with a few big geese, made the whole yard lively like New Year's Eve.Hearing the sound of a bicycle outside, Shen Xing turned around abruptly, and saw his brother get off the bicycle, shouted "Brother—" and threw himself into his brother's arms.

Fortunately, Shen Yu was prepared, otherwise he would have fallen to the ground after being thrown by this kid.But even so, he still took a step back to stabilize his body, and didn't let himself and the car fall down together.

"Brother Shen Yu, you're here."

Hearing Shen Xing's call, Lu Haochen and the others also noticed that Brother Shen Yu was coming, and they all ran over one by one, followed by a little girl with a little thong on the top of her head, who couldn't squeeze in because she was too short. Behind my brothers.

"En." Shen Yu responded, reached out and rubbed his younger brother's head to let a group of boys get out of the way, and he pushed the bicycle in.

"Brother, what's in the back of you?" Shen Xing asked when he saw the two big boxes at the back of the car.

"There are food and clothes that mother sent us. Please help carry the boxes in first." Two boxes were tied to the rear frame of the bicycle. A boy helped carry a box into the house.He took out a bag of candy and distributed it to a group of children, and he carried a box to the kitchen by himself.

Standing at the door of the kitchen, Lu Jin smiled when he saw the people coming, and asked, "What did you bring?"

"It's from the unit, and some things from my mother. I haven't sent them to you because I was busy before. I just brought them to you when I came here today." Of course, there are also things he bought with his own money. , but Shen Yu didn't say anything.

However, when Lu Jin opened the box and saw what was inside, he knew that this person had spent a lot of money to buy something and added it himself.

"Brother, brother Shen Yu brought us a lot of clothes."

"Oh, yes, let me see."

Hearing the happy voices of the children in the room, Lu Jin went in and took a look, only to realize that Shen Yu had brought a large box of clothes. Shen Yu said it was sent by his mother, and there were clothes and shoes in it. , he glanced at this person and asked, "Why don't you keep it for Shen Xing to dress?"

Shen Yu said, "We have it, and it's for you."

And the size varies from big to small, and the small Shen Xing can't wear it.

Lu Jin didn't know what to say anymore, so he had to put it away first, and let a group of boys take their sisters to eat candy and listen to the radio in the house, and warned: "Don't take your little sister outside to blow the wind, Da Mao, give it to your sister." Wipe your nose clean."

Da Mao was obedient and took out a tissue to wipe his sister's nose.

The little sister who was born that year is also three or four years old this year, and she can follow behind her brothers and sisters as a little follower, but she is too young and needs to be taken care of.Fortunately, the brothers didn't dislike her for being young, and were willing to go out and take her out to play together.

"Sister, go make a pot of ginger tea and pour everyone a drink. I'm busy in the kitchen." Before going out, Lu Jin said to their sister.

"Okay, brother, go get busy, I will take care of them." There is a stove and a kettle to boil water in the house, and their family has prepared dried ginger slices in winter. Lu Qinglian put the ginger slices into the kettle, put them in Boiling water on the stove, knowing that her younger siblings don't like drinking ginger tea, she scooped two spoonfuls of sugar into it.

With his sister in the house, Lu Jin can go about his business with peace of mind.

"Sit here and drink some water to warm yourself up by the fire." After reaching the kitchen, Lu Jin poured a cup of hot water for the person who came in behind, and stuffed the cup into Shen Yu's hand. When the person's hand was cold, he knew It was because this person rode a bicycle all the way to get there in the cold.

Pushed down on the stool in front of the stove, Shen Yu, who was stuffed with a cup of hot water in his hand, had a smile on his face. After all, he didn't disobey the young man's order, and sat honestly in front of the stove to warm up and drink Drinking water, a glass of water down the stomach, the whole body is warm.

Although grandpa bought everything for their family before the Chinese New Year, they still need to cook their own food for the Chinese New Year. In previous years, their family only prepared it on this day, so it is not too late to do it now.

"Where's grandpa?"

"Going outside to get the sheep."

Said Cao Cao Cao Cao will be there, they are talking about grandpa, grandpa came back.

Hearing the sound of grandpa coming back from outside, the twist in the pot was exploding, and Lu Jin couldn't leave, so he asked Shen Yu to go outside to help grandpa move the sheep in, and heard the voice of grandpa talking to Shen Yu outside: "Today There are a lot of people buying sheep, and they waited for a while to kill the sheep, or they would have returned long ago.”

"Grandpa, sit down and have a rest." Lu Jin asked Shen Yu to pour a glass of water for grandpa.

Yu Wenchang was not polite either, so he sat down on the stool in the kitchen, took the water and drank it in small sips, mainly because the water in the cup was a bit hot and he couldn't drink it in large gulps.While drinking water, I told my two grandsons what I encountered when I went to buy sheep today. It was nothing more than the fact that there were so many people buying sheep today. I waited in line for a long time to kill the sheep. I also met people from the village. Come back and help him bring back the slaughtered sheep.

Few people in their village raise sheep. The sheep are bought from another commune a few miles away. This year, there are quite a lot of people from other villages in their village to buy sheep, but others buy a sheep with several people. Bought a whole head of sheep.

After Lu Jin fried the mahua and sugar cakes, he called a few boys to bring some to eat, and then he went out to look at the sheep they bought.

The sheep has been slaughtered, and the meat is very fresh and tender.Lu Jin picked out the lamb chops and bones, and saved the lamb chops for roasting at night. The lamb bones will be used for soup later, and he asked the person standing in front of him, "Do you have lamb dumplings for dinner?"

"Okay." Shen Yu said.

In fact, Shen Yu didn't eat much sheep before. I don't know if the sheep here are well raised, or Lu Jin handles the mutton well. In short, the mutton he eats here is not offensive, so he slowly accepts it. eat lamb.

If you want to eat mutton dumplings, you have to chop the stuffing. Lu Jin remembered that the mutton pancakes he ate in the cafeteria last time were not bad, so he asked Shen Yu to chop more meat stuffing, half for pancakes and half for dumplings.

Lu Haochen, who had been playing with his younger brothers in the house for a while, saw his older brothers busy outside, so he also went out to help with work.