Hearing him mention his paralysis, Jiang Qingshan felt a surge of anger rising up, "You come to see me every year, so what? You know that my wife and I are having a hard time,
I don’t see how much help you guys have had.”
"What do you think of me? Giving you money and food? You don't even look at my age, your eldest brother. I'm almost fifty-five, and I rely on my sons for food. Besides, my family also relies on me on weekdays.
Living on wild vegetables and potatoes..."
At this point, Uncle Jiang changed the topic, "Seriously, if my family could get so much fat meat, I would definitely give you half a catty! I'm not as stingy as you, and I won't sell half a catty of meat for thirty cents."
, I’ve never seen you like this.”
"Stop coming! Anyone will say this if you open your mouth. If I really want you to give us half a pound of fat, you can hide faster than anyone else."
Jiang Qingshan was not going to talk nonsense with his two brothers, "If you really want to buy it, yes! A pound of meat costs three yuan, and I will sell it to you, otherwise there is no need to talk."
"What? Three yuan a pound? Are you robbing me?"
"Let's go if you don't want to buy it," Jiang Qingshan said disgustedly, "We are busy during the Chinese New Year, and the kitchen at home is not big. The two of you are crowded in here, and it is in the way. My wife and I can't stretch our hands when we are working.
Already."
It was rare to hear her husband criticizing his brother, and the corners of Shen Su'e's lips raised slightly.
Seeing that the two men still refused to leave, she deliberately picked up a large basin of rabbit blood and pretended to pour it on them.
"Oops! What are you doing? Don't splash it on us!" Uncle Jiang and Uncle Jiang were so frightened that they backed away from the door.
"If you don't leave, I will really splash you!"
"Okay, okay, let's just leave, really!" Having seen the fourth wife's shrewdness, they didn't dare to stay any longer, so they had to leave.
After leaving the yard of the fourth brother's house, Uncle Jiang became more and more angry as he thought about it, "How can there be people like them? It makes me so angry! It's a shame that I go to see him every year with you and my third brother. I didn't expect him to treat us like this."
elder brother."
"Hey," Erbo Jiang sighed, "When you brought me here, I told you that they couldn't sell fat meat to us. You still don't believe it."
"I thought that the fourth child would miss his brother's affection, but who knew that after his legs healed, his temper became even worse. He was exactly the same as his wife. There was no human touch at all. It was so chilling."
After listening to his eldest brother complaining for a while, Erbo Jiang patted his arm and said, "Forget it, we are brothers after all. They have indeed had a hard time in recent years. If it weren't for the extra lucky star in the family, how could they have lived so well?
?”
"Lucky Star?" Uncle Jiang was stunned for a moment, remembering the recent rumors in the village, "You mean the girl that Dadong Niang picked up, right?"
His second brother nodded, "Yes, Wu Chaozi just said something about the cakes in her house. I don't know what that means."
"Bake? What kind of cake? Pancake? Shaobing?"
Uncle Jiang thought about it for a while, "I should have gone to see the baby just now. When they separated before, I didn't pay much attention to the girl."
"Haha, I was just eating dog meat that time, and I didn't pay attention."
The two brothers chatted for a while, and when they reached a fork in the road, Uncle Jiang turned right to go home. His elder brother felt unwilling to do so, so he took a detour and arrived at Dadongzi's house.
At the same time, Wu Chaozi of the Jiang family looked around for a while and asked where his third brother and fourth brother had gone. His father told him that they had heard the notice half an hour ago and went to the production team to collect dividends and grain.
"oh……"
"What did you say was in the Lingbao House?"
Wu Chaozi lowered his voice, "Biscuits! A pack of biscuits!"
The couple was stunned for a moment, thinking of the two bags of white noodles that appeared out of thin air before, and hurried to Lingbao House to find the biscuits Wu Chaozi mentioned.
"What a biscuit!" Shen Su'e said in shock.
"I haven't opened the other two paper bags, so I don't know what they contain."
After Wu Chaozi finished speaking, his mother opened the bag containing the candies and her eyes widened, "Candy? It's sesame paste candies and bean root candies!"
"What? Sesame paste candy?" The three people's heads were squeezed together.
Wu Chaozi seemed to have thought of something and said excitedly: "Mom, I remembered it. Lingbao asked me what I would buy if I had money. I said candy, and these candies appeared in Lingbao's house."
As he said this, he beamed with joy and said loudly: "Mom, there are gods really protecting us. No, it's not us, it's the Lingbao. Whatever the Lingbao wants to eat, the gods will give it to him..."
"Shh!" Shen Su'e gestured hurriedly, "Why are you shouting so loudly? Are you afraid that others won't hear you?"
Realizing that his voice was too loud, Wu Chaozi hurriedly covered his mouth and whispered: "I'm so excited! It's my first time to see so many candies. The two bags are full of candies. I have never eaten sesame paste candies and Bean root candy."
He wanted to taste them so much that he couldn't help but reach out and take a piece, but before he could put it into his mouth, his mother snatched it back, "You brat, these candies appeared in our house because of Lingbao." , how can you be the first to eat?"
"That's right, oh, I didn't control my hand!" Wu Chaozi patted the back of his hand hard, "Lingbao should be eaten first."
They turned to look at the baby sitting on the small bench, waved to her, and said happily: "Lingbao, come here, there are a lot of candies here."
When Lingbao came to her side, Shen Su'e took her hand and said: "These candies and biscuits are given to Lingbao by the gods. You can keep them for Lingbao and eat them slowly. If your fifth brother and the others want to eat them, you Just give them one or two to taste."
Little Lingbao shook his head, "It's too much. Lingbao can't eat it. The fifth brother, the third brother, the fourth brother, father and mother will all eat it together."
Her parents' eyes were full of doting, and they were moved and said: "Lingbao is so good!"
"These are for mother, these are for father," Lingbao first grabbed two handfuls of sesame paste candy and gave them to her parents, then grabbed a handful and gave them to her fifth brother, "Fifth brother, eat the candies."
Wuchaozi handed one piece back to Lingbao, "Lingbao eats it first."
"After eating Lingbao, the fifth brother should also eat it together."
Looking at the well-behaved and cute sister in front of him, Wu Chaozi was filled with emotion and nodded hard at her twice, "Yeah!"
Lingbao's eyes were crooked as he stuffed a large piece of sesame paste candy into his mouth, feeling the sweetness spreading in his mouth.
His father smiled and asked: "Is it delicious?"
“It’s delicious, very sweet and fragrant!”
After hearing what his daughter said, Jiang Qingshan couldn't help but taste a piece. He felt that it tasted crispy, and the residue would fall off when he held it in his mouth. After chewing a few mouthfuls, the full sweetness mixed with the taste of sesame sauce was something he had never tasted before. smell.
Compared with sesame paste candy, bean root candy is also classified as candy by the supply and marketing cooperative, but it is not too sweet, but it tastes very tough and has a rich bean flavor.
"Oh, it's so delicious! I don't want to eat anymore after eating this," Shen Su'e said, "I would have known better that Sihaizi wouldn't be allowed to kill rabbits."
"Haha, these things are digested very quickly. You will definitely be hungry again at night!" Jiang Qingshan said with a smile, "We are blessed with Lingbao, otherwise we may never have the chance to eat such things in our lives.
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His wife nodded, "No, these things require candy and biscuit tickets. Only the cadres in the town can buy them."
Wu Chaozi on the side squinted his eyes and looked happy while eating.
While he was happily eating sweets and biscuits, his elder brother was worrying about the burnt pork. He felt it was a pity to lose it, but eating it felt like eating carbon in his mouth.
"This meat is useless, what a pity!" Uncle Jiang shook his head and said deliberately, "Dadongzi, if I'm not the uncle, why are your parents so lucky after the family division, and you are so lucky?