"Oh! I'm done. It's very tiring to cook meat for the first time." The second aunt wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"Haha! Isn't this an experience for you today?" The second uncle sat in front of the stove, holding a teacup and said with a smile.

"You just sit and talk without pain in your back, and you are just like an old man holding a tea cup all day long." The second aunt rolled her eyes at the second uncle angrily.

"Okay, I'm making some porridge, let's start eating."

His mother, Wang Chunmei, scooped up a bowl of corn and hazelnuts and asked Li Min to dig out a few sweet potatoes from the cellar to make sweet potato and hazelnuts.

The second aunt was cutting the braised pork belly, pork head and braised vegetables on the chopping board. The little guys were lying at the door of the kitchen, swallowing their saliva.

"It smells so good!" Li Tao said as he swallowed the saliva.

These little guys kept eating the braised pork after it came out of the pot today, but were kicked out by Cui Yanzi. They still didn't give up and kept guarding at the door of the kitchen.

"Okay, it's time to eat!" Twenty minutes later, my mother also made porridge.

The second aunt and the second sister started to bring the braised meat outside, while Li Wen and others hurried into the kitchen to bring the food.

"Today's meal is really sumptuous!" the second uncle exclaimed as he looked at the food on the table.

There were two large bowls of braised pork and two large bowls of braised vegetables on each side of the table. They were piled high. The aroma of freshly cooked food was very tempting.

"Okay, don't stand still, the children can't wait any longer. Let's eat!" the old lady said.

The old lady gave the order, and the little guys couldn't wait to put their chopsticks into the braised pork bowl.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious!" Several little guys praised vaguely while eating.

The marinated pork head meat is mixed with the seasonings made by Li Wen to make the taste even better.

This meal was very satisfying. I had been busy for most of the afternoon, smelling the aroma of braised pork. Only the hungry client could experience the healing effects of delicious food.

After dinner, the little ones went back to the room to read the little book that Li Wen picked up from the scrapyard, while the adults talked about it in the front hall.

"I didn't expect that the braised pork today didn't shrink too much after braised. It looks like it still has more than a hundred kilograms." The second uncle said while picking his teeth.

"That's it! Divide some tomorrow and give some to relatives." It's been very difficult for everyone in the past few years. It's rare that our family has so much braised pork, so we can send some to the children."

"In these famine years, only relatives and neighbors can survive by supporting each other," the old lady told her.

"Okay, got it, Mom!" Even if our family eats so much meat every day, we can't finish it.

"Deyou! When the time comes, I will give five kilograms to each of my two in-laws, and three kilograms each to your eldest sister, second sister, and Xiaoli's family."

"I will give some of it to your uncle, your aunt, and your aunt to share it with them. But you have to wait until after the New Year to visit relatives, so you can save money on gifts," the old lady ordered.

"Mom, you're right! During the Chinese New Year, our relatives take braised pork as gifts, which is very respectable." The second aunt smiled happily.

After the second aunt finished speaking, the whole family burst into laughter. Indeed, it was too arrogant to visit relatives and give them braised pork during the Chinese New Year.

"Dad, I still need to prepare some braised pork. I'm going to take it to the town and county during the Chinese New Year to make connections."

"I have to visit the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative, the cultural center, and the friends who came to our house last time." Li Wen said.

"Yes, we rely on our parents at home and our friends when we go out. In recent months, the restaurants in town and the county supply and marketing cooperative have given us a lot of help. We have to move around." Li Deyou nodded and said.

"You also need to keep in touch with your friends at the cultural center. Thanks to them for helping you collect mail and manuscript fees in the past few months, otherwise it would be a lot of trouble to send them to the village." Mother Wang Chunmei couldn't help but nodded.

In recent months, Li Wen's works have no address in Liu Village. All of them were collected by the janitor of the cultural center and his friends, earning a lot of money and bills.

"Okay, Awen, you can see how much you need tomorrow and take it yourself. Anyway, there is a lot of braised meat, and we still have forty pounds of meat to eat!" Father Li Deyou said with a chuckle.

When Li Deyou said this, everyone laughed.

"Brother, Xiao Wu and Xiao Quan will go to work after the new year. Should we ask my brother-in-law to take him to visit the people who have achieved work quotas? After all, the two children will have to be taken to work by then." Second uncle Li Dezhong said.

He took a puff of dry cigarette and thought.

As soon as the second uncle opened his mouth, everyone fell silent. The family was very concerned about the future of the two eldest sons of the third generation.

After thinking for a while, Li Deyou said: "You said it, second brother, we really have to take the initiative to come to the door. After all, we are not familiar with the two units, and we will have to take the children in at that time."

"With more than one hundred kilograms of fish, we have indeed taken advantage. In a normal year, people who have five hundred kilograms of fish may not care about us."

"Dad, second uncle, let's go to the county together tomorrow. Aren't these the pig heads that haven't been removed yet? You two go there with the pig heads. You can give one to each family. This is absolutely sincere." Li Wen said with a smile.

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"Okay, let's do it this way. A big pig's head is a great gift, let alone sincerity." The second uncle patted his thigh and said with a smile.

At dawn the next morning, the family began to move separately.

The mother and second aunt went to deliver meat to their parents' families respectively. Li Wen and his son headed towards the county town carrying several backpacks.

Because the pork is already cold, and the weather is cold in winter, the meat has been frozen, so there is no flavor. Otherwise, the father and son would not dare to go through the market so openly.

It snowed again last night. Fortunately, the snow on the road was not too thick, and everyone walked slowly along the way.

The road was really difficult to walk, so we walked for three hours and arrived at the county town near noon.

At this time, the New Year flavor in the county has slowly come out. Snack salesmen from food companies are also everywhere. Candied haws, sugar figures, and various fruits sold at stalls have appeared on the streets.

Several people first came to the aunt's house. Since it was a working day, the eldest uncle and cousin were still at work. Several other cousins ​​went out to play with friends, and only the aunt was at home.

Seeing her brother and several nephews arriving, Li Xiulan hurriedly invited them in to sit down, poured water and brought snacks.

Several people first gave a portion of braised pork to their aunt, and Li Xiulan was very happy after accepting it.

"This year, my sister has gained a lot of glory from her parents' family!" Aunt Li Xiulan was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

Then her father, her second uncle, and her aunt explained their purpose of coming. After hearing this, Li Xiulan nodded in agreement.

However, she didn't know the people who assigned jobs to Li Wu and Li Quan, so she had to wait until her uncle came home at noon.

Seeing that nothing happened without him, Li Wen explained to his aunt that he still had something to do, and left the aunt's house with a basket on his back.

After leaving the house, Li Wen first went to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative and food company. He gave five kilograms of braised pork to Zhang Wenjie, Sun Peng, and Manager Sun respectively.

Then Li Wen sent three kilograms of braised pork to Chen Shuyao, Zheng Kai, Wang Feng, and Zhang Tao's family without stopping, and several families also gave gifts in return.

Because it happened to be lunch time, Li Wen also had lunch at Zheng Kai's house.

The last stop was Li Wen's trip to the Cultural Center. First, he gave two kilograms of braised pork to the fan uncle, the guard, and then went to Director Sun's office to give another five kilograms to Director Sun. (After all, the guard has been helping him with collections recently.

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"Xiao Wen, don't leave in a hurry. Let's collect the New Year benefits." After being polite with Director Sun, Li Wen was stopped by Director Sun just as he was about to go out.

"Uncle Sun, our cultural center provides benefits to our non-staff staff!" Li Wen asked with a smile.

"As long as you are a member of our cultural center, you have it." Director Sun said with a smile.

"It just so happens that you are here today! You go to the logistics office to collect your New Year's benefits. It will save me the time to notify you. It is really inconvenient in the winter." Director Sun said with a smile.

Li Wen said goodbye to Director Sun and went to the Logistics Office to receive his New Year's benefits.

The linen bag was quite heavy, and Li Wen was embarrassed to open it at the cultural center. He immediately untied it when he walked out of the gate.

"Hey, it's not bad!" Two kilograms of green apples, a bag of fruits, and half a kilogram of pork. Wrapped in a paper bag were two New Year pictures and a pair of couplets.

"The benefits are really good. No wonder people like to work in formal units." Li Wen put the things in his backpack.

Li Wen doesn't have much braised pork in his basket now. He will give it to Uncle Bald and Aunt Zhang in the state-owned hotel when he returns to town.

Li Wen passed by a candied haws-on-a-stick stall and bought four candied haws-on-sticks. There was no ticket for this. However, a bunch cost five cents, which was not cheap.

When I returned to my aunt's house, my father and others may have returned from a visit and were sitting and chatting with my aunt.

"I'm back!"

After walking in, Li Wen smiled and greeted several people.

"How's it going? Have you sent them all?" Father Li Deyou put down the teacup in his hand and asked.

"I sent it, and they all gave me a lot of gifts in return, and the cultural center also gave out New Year benefits." Li Wen replied with a smile.

"There is also a gift in return. People in the city are so particular!" said the second uncle, sipping tea.

"Dad, how are my brother and the others doing?" Li Wen asked with a smile.ωωw..net

"Very good! Your eldest uncle took us to visit today. Several people collected pig heads and were very enthusiastic. I promised to take your brother to work in the third grade of junior high school." said his father Li Deyou with a happy face.

"That's great!"

Li Wen was also happy for his brothers. If he could have a job with an iron rice bowl, as long as he didn't make political mistakes, he would really have nothing to worry about in this era.

After sitting at my aunt's house for a while and drinking some water, the father and son got up and left one after another. After all, it was snowing and the road was difficult, so we had to go back early.

When passing through town on their way home, my father and others went to deliver meat to the second aunt's house and discuss the work of the second aunt's cousin. Li Wen came to the state-owned hotel.

"Aunt Zhang, I'm here again!"

Li Wen looked at Zhang Xia who was sitting next to the stove and warmed herself up and said with a smile.

"You kid, why are you coming to town on a snowy day? You don't mind the road being difficult to walk." Zhang Xia asked with a smile, looking at Li Wen who was covered in snow.
Chapter completed!