Chen Miao's confinement period was really convenient. Chen Jiang didn't know much about it. He didn't know what was going on and didn't think anything was wrong.
Mother Chen gave the child two tiger-head hats, two pairs of tiger-head shoes, and ten eggs when he was twelve days old.
The twelve-day-old child is already white and chubby, and looks very cute. Mother Chen kept praising the two children as she looked at them. They are indeed so good-looking.
Chen Miao tidied up the two children. Now that nothing has been discharged, it means they are ready. So she usually makes the noodles and Chen Jiang makes the fire.
The Chinese New Year is almost here. Many people in the village are killing pigs.
Chen Miao asked Chen Jiang to buy meat. One family should buy three to four kilograms, up to five kilograms. It’s the same if you buy more. Now you can freeze it in the winter, and when you are out of confinement, you can put it away directly. Now you can raise it for a year.
How fragrant is pig?
Chen Jiang was very obedient. He asked how many kilograms he would buy from this house and how many kilograms he would buy from that house. Unexpectedly, he bought more than fifty kilograms.
"Third sister, is it too much?"
"It's not much. When I'm out of confinement, I'll pickle it. There will be pork to eat in the summer. If anyone still sells meat, you can go ahead and buy it. It'll be fine. You will have to eat some when your children grow up in the future."
Everyone in the village knows in Chen Jiang that anyone who kills pigs will buy the meat, so they come to call the pigs when they are being killed.
Until the New Year's Day, Chen Jiang was chopping meat fillings, Chen Miao was making noodles, and the two siblings were making dumplings in the house.
"Third sister, my two nephews are so fat and good-looking."
Chen Miao felt a sense of pride in her heart, a feeling that could not be described in words.
She couldn't go out to stew meat, but she didn't want to suffer from confinement syndrome. So she ate meat dumplings, and Chen Jiang was very satisfied.
Chen Tong was scratching his head at home. He knew that the fourth brother had bought a lot of meat. Today is the New Year, so there must be meat.
There is also the third sister who is in confinement. There must be delicious food, but my mother won’t let her go.
There are also dumplings at home at noon. The family has been divided. Although the three brothers have not moved out, the food has been divided. So the four of them are eating.
At home, we only have sauerkraut stewed in lard. This kind of food is simply not available in normal times. Not knowing that this is the Lunar New Year, and knowing that there are delicious places, Chen Tong felt that the food today was not delicious.
After eating, the two siblings cleaned up. Chen Tong watched his parents lie down and ran away secretly. He couldn't help it.
Chen's mother sighed. "Chen Tong, this kid really can't change."
Father Chen didn't say anything. But there was nothing he could do about his younger son.
Although Chen's mother didn't know much about literacy, she was a decent person. When her fourth son told her about her youngest son's situation, she watched carefully for a few days and found out that he was really like that.
The family was separated for the sake of the younger son, but it seemed that the separation had no effect.
Chen Tong ran to the third sister's house and knocked hard. He was immediately frightened by what the third sister said and did not dare to knock hard the second time.
Chen Jiang had just laid down when he heard a knock on the door and came out to open the door.
"Fourth brother." Chen Tong smiled flatteringly.
"Why are you here? Is there something going on at home?"
"It's okay, it's okay. Fourth brother, what did you have for lunch?"
"Make dumplings." Chen Jiang couldn't help it, he also knew what his little brother was like.
"Fourth brother, I want to eat dumplings too."
"There's nothing left. Third sister didn't pack much."
Chen Tong was disappointed. "Fourth brother, there is no stew?"
"Third sister has not yet given birth, and I don't know how to cook it. There is no stew."
Chen Tong followed him into the house and really didn't smell the smell of meat. He also knew that the fourth brother would not lie.
In fact, Chen Tong was a very energetic person. He stood outside Chen Miao's door and softly called "Third Sister."
"Well, the child is asleep."
Now Chen Tong was happy. He really didn't want to see Chen Miao. If she didn't have delicious food here, he really wouldn't come here.
I followed my fourth brother back to the house and saw that there were cabbage, sauerkraut vats, and several large vats in the house. This should be food.
"Fourth brother, our family has dumplings stewed with sauerkraut for lunch. The eldest and second brothers do the same thing. Third sister-in-law secretly doesn't know what she cooks."
Chen Jiang lay down and didn't say anything. That's just how it is for my little brother.
"Fourth Brother, Third Sister bought so much meat, do you eat meat every day?" Chen Tong swallowed a mouthful of saliva after finishing speaking.
"The third sister buys meat to feed her children in the future. How can adults eat meat every day?"
"Fourth brother, you are already fat, you must have something delicious to eat."
Chen Jiang also knew that he was fat. The third sister didn't eat much, and she only allowed him to eat meat.
"Fourth brother, can I stay at Third Sister's house too?"
"You go ask the third sister and mother."
"Mom won't let me come." Why won't you let me come? You can do the work yourself.
He still didn't give up and thought about asking the third sister later, what if the third sister let him come? Then the mother wouldn't say anything.
Chen Miao took a nap, and now she has no schedule. When the child wakes up, she takes care of it and breastfeeds her. When the child sleeps, she takes the time to take a nap.
The two children can eat quite well, and their own milk is also very good. After the two children finish eating, there is still a lot of leftover milk. In the future, there will not be enough milk for them to eat, and it will not go bad in the space anyway.
The two children woke up, and this time I took them into the space to give them a bath, which made them more comfortable.
After the mother and son came out, two of them were already asleep.
Seeing that it was already getting late, I started making dumplings by myself. I had made enough for lunch, leaving only noodles and fillings, so I had nothing to do now to make dumplings.
Chen Jiang and Chen Tong were grinding corn in the west room. It was almost dark outside. When the third sister called him, Chen Jiang went over immediately.
"You light the fire and cook the dumplings."
Chen Tong's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Third sister, I also want to eat dumplings."
"Not that much. You'd better go home and eat quickly."
Chen Tong's expression turned ugly, "Third Sister, can I live in your house too?"
"No, you should go home. There are still so many things to do at home."
After hearing this, Chen Tong ran away and was very angry. They are both younger brothers, so why can't he stay here? Why can only the fourth brother do it?
Chen Miao didn't like Chen Tong because she was afraid that things about her own space would be discovered. Chen Jiang was a child who didn't know how to say anything and wouldn't ask questions even if he didn't understand something, but Chen Tong was different.
In the evening, the two siblings ate dumplings. They were really delicious.
"Third sister, I will go back when I am twenty-nine."
"Well, let's go back."
"I'll come here to feed the animals and light the fire for you during the day, and then go home to stay at night."
My brother-in-law never spends the New Year at his brother-in-law's house, unless he has no parents.
When Mother Chen looked at her youngest son, she knew that the third daughter had no face for him at all. She never imagined that she still had such a temper.
In the evening, there was sauerkraut porridge at home. How could it compare with dumplings? Chen Tong felt even more resentful.
On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen Jiang helped with all the work.
"Go get the fattest piece of meat."
Chen Miao cut off a piece weighing two kilograms. "You take it back to your parents."
