Seeing Xu Sang, Xu Yin knew where the matchbox was.
"Sister, do you want to paste a matchbox?"
Xu Sang had not yet recovered from the surprise of her second sister coming to see her. She was surprised to hear Xu Yin ask this question.
Matchboxes are something that even city dwellers are scrambling to earn extra money from. Who doesn’t want to make matchboxes? Who doesn’t like them?
But--
"Second sister, don't you always like to paste matchboxes?"
Xu Yin: "..."
No! She doesn't like it.
The original person actually didn’t like it either.
She just didn't want to go to the ground, so she rushed to paste the matchbox.
After all, compared to other tasks, gluing matchboxes is easy and clean.
When it comes to housework that you don't want to do, you can also refuse it on the pretext that you need to paste a matchbox.
"You just said, do you want to be confused? You don't want me to ask others. I recently took my parents to the fields to earn work points, and I really don't have time."
"Ah? You went to the ground?"
Xu Sang was even more surprised. The second sister had changed so much this time that she almost no longer recognized her.
"Yes, I have received full work points for several days. Why don't I go to hand over the matchbox today? I didn't plan to accept it at first, but thinking about it, this is the job my grandpa asked someone to find. It's not good to turn it down, so I'd better accept it.
Come back. If you are willing, I will leave it to you. Once the paste is done, you can directly ask your brother-in-law to send it to the match factory. But you have to paste it evenly. The eldest sister who inspects it pays great attention to quality. If the quality is good, she will send more quantity next time.
You, my batch is better than before, she gave me two thousand."
"Okay, okay."
Hearing what the second sister said, Xu Sang did not refuse.
"Thank you, second sister."
"Sisters, why don't you say thank you?"
Xu Yin put down the matchboxes in the two snakeskin bags, took out the contents of the backpack, and placed them on the table.
"Sister, I'm in a hurry to go home and cook. I won't talk to you any more. I'll give these to you. The chicken cake is soft. You can share some with your in-laws and grandparents. Also, although we don't have brothers, we do have sisters.
You three, if you feel wronged, go home and I will support you."
After saying that, she picked up her backpack and prepared to leave.
"It's already past this time. Let's stay for a quick meal before leaving." Xu Sang held her back.
"I won't eat anymore."
After eating, the two at home will definitely go on strike.
Xu Sang had no choice but to give up and put the malan heads dug up in the morning into a basket for her second sister to take with her to add some dishes, and then sent her out:
"Second sister, I will go back to my parents' house in a while. You can keep the dirty clothes and my elder sister will wash them for you later."
Xu Yin staggered and turned around and said, "No! How old am I? Do I still need you to wash my clothes? Just live in peace and contentment, I'm at home!"
After Xu Yin left, Xu Sang returned to the house and saw the things on the table. He didn't pay attention to them just now. Now he took a closer look and found that they were all good things bought in the city.
Chicken cake, sorghum glutinous rice, lard candy... Oops! And a strip of pork belly? Ah! What is this? So beautiful and delicate!
When I unscrewed the bottle cap, I smelled the scent of cream. Could it be cream?
Xu Sang didn't recognize the words on the package, so he took it to his neighbor's new wife, who had been in elementary school for a few years, and asked.
"Sister Sang Sang, this is the cream, bottled cream, did you buy it? It's not cheap, right?"
"I didn't buy it, it was a gift from my second sister."
But where did the second sister get the money? How much did she earn from pasting matchboxes? There were so many things, and pork and cream were not cheap. How many matchboxes did she have to paste?
Xu Sang was filled with emotion when he thought of his second sister gluing matchboxes day and night in order to earn money to buy these things.
The second sister must be worried that she would suffer hardship in her husband's family, so she came to support her as soon as she received the money.
What a good second sister...wuwuwu...
Xu Yin didn't know that Xu Sang was moved to tears because of that little thing.
If she knew... well, she would probably say that she was lucky to run fast, and she was most afraid of dealing with this kind of situation.
The Shuangqiao Brigade is a quarter of an hour away from the Seven Star Brigade at her own pace.
When I get home, it’s not time to finish work in the morning.
Xu Yin breathed a sigh of relief, put away her things, and started cooking.
The pork belly bought in the morning was given to Xu Sang, and the family food was taken from the system warehouse.
Didn't the world champion open an ecological farm in his lifetime? The purely ecological, semi-free range black pork from Paoshan is less fat than the domestic pigs of this era, but more fragrant and juicy.
The most authentic three-layered pattern near the back tip of the buttocks, overlapping fat and thin, with intertwined textures. In fact, if you include the thin layer, there are as many as nine or ten layers.
Xu Yin loves this pork belly. It is stewed into Dongpo pork. When you pick it up with chopsticks, it trembles slightly and becomes soft and chewy.
Pork trotters are of course stewed with soybeans.
We originally had some soybeans at home, and Grandma Xu even grabbed a few handfuls two days ago.
After Xu Yin washed it and soaked it, she briefly blanched the pig's trotters and stewed them slowly later. It will be eaten tonight, so there is no rush.
At noon, in addition to the braised pork, I also fried shrimp skin and leeks, mixed with malan head, and made seaweed and egg drop soup.
Xu Laosan and his wife worked together for a long time and came home groaning tiredly. They smelled the aroma of meat before they even entered the door, and their fatigue was swept away.
"Did my daughter really buy meat?"
"Yinyin! Yinyin, have you bought meat?"
"Ouch! Braised pork!"
The couple ran into the house one after the other and saw the red and attractive braised pork on the table. They were overjoyed:
"There is really meat to eat today!"
"Daughter! Can I drink?"
"Drink some! Just don't delay your afternoon work."
"No delay, no delay! I promise there will be no delay!"
After Xu Laosan made repeated promises, he poured himself a small cup, happily sipped the wine and ate a chopstick of braised pork, feeling as happy as a god.
"This is life!"
Chen Huilan buried her head in the rice and ate the braised pork, looking extremely satisfied:
"It's so delicious! I've never tasted such delicious meat! The braised pork made with your milk during the Chinese New Year is far inferior to this."
How can this be the same!
Mrs. Xu was reluctant to let go of the stuff.
In her opinion, eating meat is good. The deliciousness of the meat itself outweighs everything else. What a waste if you add sugar, wine and soy sauce! Save it and mix it with lard to make another dish.
A meal of braised pork lasted three days for the couple.
During this period, the couple felt as if they were full of blood when they went to work. While working, they were always banging their mouths and savoring the delicious braised pork.
After three days, seeing the two of them starting to show signs of laziness again, Xu Yin took out cigarettes and cream at the right time.
So on this day, the couple, who had planned to lie down for a nap without getting up, were so excited by this surprise that they lost all sleep.
"Is this a filter? Oops! Thanks to my daughter, I, Mr. Xu Laosan, will also be able to wear a filter one day!"
"What is this? Balm? It smells so good!" Chen Huilan held the delicate glass bottle, unscrewed the cap, and smelled the scent of cream.
"Yes! Bottled cream! New goods from the supply and marketing cooperative. No need to vote for now, so I bought you a bottle. Mom and dad have worked hard recently, so I always want to reward you with something."
"Oh, working for your own family is not hard work!" Chen Huilan grinned happily.
Xu Laosan clamped the cigarette to his ears like others, and smiled from ear to ear: "That's right! Isn't it just the next place? Don't worry, my dear! Your father's waist is no longer sore, his legs are no longer painful, and he is more energetic at work!