"Mom, we are so lucky, we actually bought two kilograms of pork!" the boss said happily.
Bai Lu was making dumpling wrappers. Halfway through rolling out the dough, she walked out and saw that the bag her husband was carrying was actually filled with a large piece of pork. She was happy and puzzled at the same time, "Isn't it said that each household can only buy half a catty of pork at most?"
"The superiors have temporarily changed the regulations. Instead of dividing the meat per household, it is divided per person. Each person can buy up to three taels of meat."
Su Jianmin put the meat on the dining table and continued: "The boss is also smart. After hearing the news, he immediately asked the third child to come to the factory to find me to apply for a household registration certificate, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to buy these two kilograms of meat."
"Ah? You need to apply for a household registration certificate to buy meat? Isn't this too troublesome?"
"Otherwise, how can we determine how many people a family has?" said the boss. "Most of the people in front of me left to get certificates. Fortunately, I went with my third brother. Otherwise, I would have been waiting in line today.
It’s evening, don’t you think so, Third Brother?”
The third child nodded, "Yes, I saw many people in the queue who were afraid of not being able to buy pork, so they didn't go to get a certificate, so they only bought three taels of meat."
While they were talking, the second child couldn't help but drool while staring at the pork.
"Mom," he asked his mother, "tonight's dumplings won't be like last year's dumplings wrapped in minced meat with wild vegetables, so wrapped that you can't even taste the meat?"
Thinking of the dumplings he ate last year, Su Jianmin frowned, "The taste of wild vegetables last year was indeed too strong, astringent and sour..."
"Don't worry, this time it's stuffed with cabbage and pork, not wild vegetables. Besides, if two kilograms of pork are wrapped in it, your mouth will definitely be filled with the taste of meat."
After Bai Lu finished speaking, she asked Yao Hua worriedly, "Hua Hua, do you like eating cabbage?"
"I'm not particular about what I eat, as long as I can eat it," Yao Hua replied.
While he was speaking, the door was knocked several times, "Bang, bang..."
Yao Hua was closest to the door, turned around and ran to open the door.
"Ouch! It's Hua Hua!"
When she saw Yao Hua, Li Qinghua grinned from the corner of her mouth to her ears.
She smiled from ear to ear and pushed her daughter in front of Yao Hua, "Yanzi, hurry up and say hello to brother Hua Hua and say hello to you."
"Brother Huahua, hello."
Out of politeness, Yao Hua simply responded "Hello", then raised his head and asked Li Qinghua, "Auntie, do you want to see Uncle Su if you have something to do? Or are you looking for Aunt Bai?"
"Ah? Well, no... I just want to..."
"Who is it?" Hearing the voices outside the door, Su Jianmin walked to the door, "Oh! Are they Xiao Li and Yanzi?"
"Master Su, you are back," Li Qinghua said with a smile. "Happy New Year's Eve. My swallow has been making noises about coming to your house to play. I really can't control it anymore, so I was wondering if I could let her stay at your house for a while.
Son?"
Su Jianmin immediately nodded and agreed: "Of course!"
After saying that, like many elders, he bent down and smiled at the short and thin little girl outside the door and said: "Yanzi, you and my little four are playing really well, right?"
"Yeah!" Yanzi nodded vigorously.
"Don't worry, Xiao Li, my mistress will take good care of Yanzi..."
The smile at the corner of Li Qinghua's mouth solidified slightly, "Haha, um, indeed, Yanzi was playing behind Xiaosi when she could run, but she just said that Huahua gave her candy and she wanted to play more with brother Huahua."
Although I thought what she said was a bit strange, Su Jianmin was more nervous and didn't think much about it.
"Yanzi wants to play with Huahua?" He turned to look at the little boy beside him and said in a casual tone, "Huahua, you have to take good care of Yanzi and don't run around and jump around, lest she get hurt."
Li Qinghua beamed when she heard this and pushed her daughter inside, "Yanzi, you and Brother Huahua are having so much fun. Mom will go home first and cook New Year's Eve dinner for you..."
Yao Hua frowned tightly.
After Li Qinghua left, he asked He Xiaoyan: "Are you here to play with Xiaosi?"
"I don't want to play with Xiao Si," He Xiaoyan was afraid of being scolded by her mother, so she stretched out her hand to firmly grasp Yao Hua's arm, "I want to play with brother Hua Hua."
"Why did you call me brother?"
Hearing He Xiaoyan call her brother, Yao Hua felt a little angry for no reason.
He has always wanted to be an older brother. He has imagined countless times that his mother would give him a younger brother and surround him every day, calling him older brother. But since meeting Jinbao, he has been fully expecting Jinbao to grow up and be the first to learn the language when he is babbling.
Call me brother.
He Xiaoyan was stunned for a moment, "Mom said you are brother Hua Hua..."
"In what year and month were you born?"
"What month is it?" He Xiaoyan felt that Yao Hua was fierce, and couldn't help but curled her lips, looking like she was about to cry.
Yao Hua said impatiently: "I asked you about your birth date. How do you tell whether you are older or younger than me? I think we are about the same age. It is possible that you are older than me."
He Xiaoyan has never had a birthday, and she doesn’t remember her birth date, “I don’t know…”
"How stupid! You don't even know your birth date! Anyway, don't call me brother anymore. I'm not your brother, and I don't like to play with you. You can go play with Su Xiaosi." Yao Hua said coldly.
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He Xiaoyan couldn't help but curl her mouth downwards.
Feeling Yao Hua pull her arm out of her hand, she couldn't control herself and cried loudly, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
"What's going on?" Su Jianmin was about to help his wife roll out dumpling wrappers when he heard Yanzi crying, so he came back and asked, "Why did you cry without even saying a few words? Oh, Huahua, what did you say to Yanzi?"
"
"I asked her her birthday, but she couldn't tell me. I asked her not to call me brother. I'm not her brother."
"Your child..." After all, he was not his own child. Su Jianmin did not dare to say harsh words. He sighed helplessly and said, "Oh, what does age matter? Just let her call you brother?"
Yao Hua argued with reason, "Uncle Su, what you said is wrong. Of course age matters. Otherwise, why didn't Su Xiaosi call me brother? Why should I call him brother Zhiyuan?"
"this……"
"By the same token, Yanzi should look the same age as me. I was born in the last ten months of the year. If she is younger than me, then she is older than me. It would be really weird to call me brother."
Su Jianmin was stunned by Yao Hua's words. He couldn't refute a word for a long time. After a while, he said: "Although the truth is this, I think it doesn't matter whether you call me brother or brother..."
"As the saying goes, 'There is a distinction between superiority and inferiority, there is an order between elders and younger ones.' Uncle Su, the reason why I call you uncle is because you are similar in age to my father. You should not call someone who is younger than you and not related by blood, uncle."
Bar?"
Su Jianmin blushed, "Nonsense! Am I sick? Why do you call someone who is younger than me and not related by blood uncle?"
"For the same reason, I don't like having a girl who may be older than me call me brother."