But these younger generations were born at the wrong time. Not only did they not catch up with the good times, but they also caught up with the Xie family's refuge and did not eat any good food at all.
In order to take refuge, their family tried their best to blend in with the local ordinary farmers, not daring to do anything out of the ordinary. At the beginning, they were afraid that those people would not believe that they were bankrupt, and they were afraid that those people would attack the Xie family again.
Later, it was because of the division into components. Xie Hongguang and Xie Zhiyuan, father and son, keenly felt that in the following days, the components would become more and more important.
In order to preserve the good ingredients they had worked so hard to obtain, they naturally didn't dare to reveal anything else, and naturally they didn't dare to make any more demands on food.
Eat whatever you can, and being full is considered a good thing.
After so many years of living, they have completely integrated into their hometown and into the current environment, and will no longer look out of place.
And thanks to my family's ability, it's very easy to get a few jobs here.
But in order to keep a low profile, I can only stay in the countryside.
If there is anything different about their family, it is that they will try their best within their own capabilities to make the children's lives easier and faster. Another thing is that the Xie family's children must study, at least they must complete high school.
When he learned from the letter that Zhang Yu would start working directly after junior high school and was not planning to go to high school, Xie Zhiyuan was so anxious that he almost prepared to buy a train ticket for the next day and wanted to take Zhang Yu back to school in person.
That is to say, he learned the news relatively late, and Zhang Yu didn't give up all his studies, so he didn't rush to Beijing.
In fact, when the years were good in the past few years, the Xie family's life was quite comfortable. After all, they didn't have to break a penny in half like ordinary farmers to spend. They had a way out and didn't have to be so frugal.
However, the past two years have been bad. The harvest of their brigade this year is pretty good. Although it is a little worse, it is not going to starve.
But some time ago, a lot of food from the brigade was diverted due to natural disasters in various places. As a result, the rations were naturally reduced a lot, and their family became nervous.
All in all, except for the two times when we were entertaining Zhang Yu and the others, we had cabbage and radish with clear soup and little water.
No wonder some juniors are greedy.
Under the eyes of everyone, Zhang Yu successively took out five kilograms of pork suet, a small can of oil prepared in advance, bacon, sausages and the most important 50 kilograms of rice.
"Here, these were all bought from that friend of yours?" Seeing these things, Xie Zhiyuan was also a little stunned and asked in disbelief.
"Of course, he came here to deliver these things. It was a coincidence that I happened to run into them, so I took some of them."
"Is everything going to be okay?" Xie Zhiyuan asked a little worriedly. He was worried that someone had decided on these things. His friend was afraid that Zhang Yu would reveal him to him, so he gave them to Zhang Yu and then turned around and held a grudge.
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"It's okay. He has to sell it sooner or later anyway. He sells it to others and sells it to me. Besides, I give it to him at the highest price. Whose money is not earned!" Zhang Yu waved his hand and said indifferently.
"That's good, that's good. I'll accept the things, but I can't let you pay the money." Xie Zhiyuan patted his thigh and made a decision.
"Uncle, I have money in my hand."
"You are rich if you have money in your hands. Keep the money in your hands well. You will always need it when you get married and have children."
"Uncle, these things are not for you. They are for me to honor my grandma and grandpa. Do I have to pay for my grandpa's things because I am a filial piety to my grandma?"
With that said, Zhang Yu sat down next to Xie Hongguang and said unceremoniously: "Grandma, grandpa, look at me, uncle, he treats me like an outsider. If I buy something to be filial to you, he will also give me money.
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"You are a member of our family. No one can treat you as an outsider. Boss, did you hear that?" Xie Hongguang also knew that Zhang Yu would definitely not accept the money today. Besides, if Zhang Yu was short of money, there would still be them. They
The old couple still have a lot of good things in their hands, and they will never lose their grandson.
"Okay, then I'll accept it and let your aunt make braised pork for you tomorrow. Your aunt has her own secret recipe for the braised pork."
Xie Zhiyuan no longer mentioned money.
Although the milk powder Zhang Yu took out next shocked the Xie family, but after thinking about what he had already taken out, he felt that the milk powder was nothing.
But for them, let alone milk powder, malted milk powder is not easy to buy. Let’s not talk about whether it is expensive or not. The most important thing is that it is always out of stock.
Every time the supply and marketing cooperative in the town comes to buy malted milk, it will be snatched away by those who are related or nearby. People like them who only go to the town when something happens are basically
Untouchable.
The next morning, the family got up unusually early, and Zhou Huizhen and Huan Mei started working in the kitchen.
Cut the pork suet into small pieces and use it to stir the suet in the pot. Huan Mei said with some sigh: "The suet Xiaoyu brought back is really good."
"No, this is the best piece of suet on the pig. The oil will make it moist and we can eat some sweet potato bread and sauerkraut stuffing."
"Okay, last time I didn't make enough dumplings and I couldn't even get enough of them. I'm going to make more this time." Huan Mei also planned happily.
After the lard was cooked, Zhou Huizhen carefully poured the oil into a jar, which would be their main source of oil and water for the next period of time.
Taking advantage of the oil pan, I stir-fried two more vegetarian dishes. I thought of the children's greedy appearance, and I was heartbroken. I cut off half of the pork belly, added some potatoes, and made a big pot of braised pork stew.
Potato.
Since Zhang Yu had 50 kilograms of rice, the cornmeal that had been sifted several times was no longer needed, so he simply made pancakes and stuck them to the side of the pot where the braised pork was stewed.
Braised pork and potatoes, sticky cornmeal pancakes, pickled cabbage dumplings, this meal can be considered a sumptuous meal in this day and age, and many people can't afford these during the Chinese New Year.
After these dishes were served, the whole family felt satisfied.
Sometimes, time passes really quickly, and before you know it, it's time for Zhang Yu to return to Beijing.
He was not idle during this period, and did a lot of things when no one was paying attention to him. For example, he went to town twice while buying new year's goods during the Chinese New Year, and found the same reason to thank Xie.
The family got a batch of grain. This batch of grain was paid for by Xie Zhiyuan. He refused to let Zhang Yu pay for it no matter what. Grandma and grandpa also agreed with his decision.