Sun Dahai thought to himself, did he remember it wrong?
No, Sun Dahai remembers clearly that the first time he met his brother was in the summer after the family moved back to the old house. The uncle brought his aunt and Sun Dahe back home for the first time, who had just recovered from a serious illness.
Sun Dahe still remembers that he teased his younger brother at that time, saying that he looked like a sick boy. After being slapped a few times by his mother, he was told that Sun Dahe had been hospitalized for a month and was just discharged from the hospital.
Because my uncle Sun Weimin and my aunt Niu Hong were very busy during that time, one had to make a battlefield summary to the military region, and the other had to manage the recovery work of dozens of seriously injured comrades, and they couldn't take care of the children at all.
Sun Dahe spent the whole day playing with the older children from the family members of the army. After spring, one time when they went fishing, Sun Dahe accidentally fell into the water.
The children rescued Sun Dahe and sent him to the hospital. Due to choking on water and catching cold, Sun Dahe contracted pneumonia and was hospitalized for nearly a month.
In this way, this period of history has changed.
Before his little wings could flap, he had affected his uncle's home more than a thousand kilometers away? Sun Dahai felt truly terrified.
"Speaking of which, I want to praise Dahai this time." Grandma said to Sun Dahai.
Sun Dahai was confused.
"During the family meeting last week, didn't your father say that he had received a letter from Wei Min and that he had withdrawn from the front line and returned to the station safely. After the rest, he could go home on vacation. What did you say to me and you later?
Dad said that the war has just ended, and my uncle and aunt will probably be very busy. My younger brother (Sun Dahe) may not have anyone to take care of him. Anyway, he can go to kindergarten now. Why not ask my uncle and the others to send my younger brother to the capital, and we will take care of him here.
, let him and Yuanyuan go to the hospital together."
Sun Dahai scratched his head, looking confused.
Li Cuifeng gently patted Sun Dahai on the head: "You kid, you can be shrewd and confused at times. It happened the night you were discharged from the hospital."
Sun Dahai seemed to have some impression.
Because he knew about his uncle's current situation in his previous life, Sun Dahai did think of his poor brother Sun Dahe when his father announced his uncle's letter, and he seemed to have made some suggestions casually.
Sun Dahai thought for a while and was a little confused: "It seemed to be January 24th when I was discharged from the hospital. Even if my father sent the letter the next day, it has only been 10 days. The train from the Land of Abundance to the capital will take at least 10 days.
It took more than thirty hours for my brother to arrive today. Isn't this too fast?" Sun Dahai was not even interested in complaining about the efficiency of the postal service and railways in this era.
"So, this is your credit." Jiang Xiuping was very satisfied with Sun Dahai: "It seems that your father sent the letter the next day, that is, Sunday, right?" Jiang Xiuping looked at Li Cuifeng.
Mom nodded and continued: "Although the letter has been sent, it is so far away and the place is transferred to the army. It is estimated that it has not been handed over to the people yet. It was your uncle who sent the letter.
The letter didn't make it clear, and the family was worried. So he made a special call to your dad's work last week. The letter was written in vain, but they both made it clear on the phone. The last special refund train was sent out the day before yesterday.
What's even more coincidental is that your bad uncle has also changed his job and is taking this train home. The three grown men deliberately hid it from us and arranged things to make a surprise attack on us."
As he spoke, Li Cuifeng became angry again and glared at Bruce Lee fiercely.
Bruce Lee, who was holding Sun Yuanyuan, wished he could exchange it with his niece and hide behind Sun Yuanyuan.
"In order to give your mother and me a surprise, your dad didn't tell anyone. This morning, he took a short leave and went to the station to pick them up and send them home before going to work." Jiang Xiuping said.
He wasn't angry, he just pulled his little grandson and was happy.
"Brother, you are here." As soon as Zhang Guozheng walked into the dining hall, he was spotted by the sharp-eyed Zhang Yujie.
Zhang Guozheng smiled at his sister and said to Sun Dahai: "Dahai, Grandma Zheng said that the kitchen is ready. You will make new braised food at noon. You can do it now."
Sun Dahai looked at Zhang Guozheng, whose hands were covered with flour, and said, "Brother Guozheng, you were here earlier? Where are my aunts and the others? How come you are the one doing the work?"
"Aunt Xiaoyue took my aunt and uncle Xiaoyong to the street to buy new year's goods. There are many people eating at noon today, so I'm helping Grandma Zheng make noodles."
Sun Dahai asked his mother: "What else are you buying for the New Year? Didn't you buy them all?"
Mom shook her head: "When I came back, they were all gone."
Grandma said casually: "If you want to buy it, just buy it. Today is thirty. There are many people in the family, so it's better to be lively."
Of course, Sun Dahai didn't care anymore. His younger brother was here. As an elder brother, he was still relatively poor, so he had to make something delicious to welcome him.
"Uncle Tang, judging by your accent, you are also from the capital, right?"
"Yes, I would play sports all day long, and there would be no teachers in school. My family was afraid that I would mess around, so they found some connections and sent me to the army."
"Okay, today is New Year's Eve. We have a New Year's Eve dinner in the evening. Let's keep it simple and eat noodles at noon. I will make several more styles of noodles to welcome my brother home."
Sun Dahai walked up to Sun Dahe and squatted down. He said to his younger brother: "Brother, you just came here today. I'll cook you something delicious, okay?"
Before Sun Dahe could speak, Sun Yuanyuan ran over happily. She took Sun Dahe's hand and said, "Brother, the food I cook is delicious."
Zhang Yujie also cheered loudly from the side.
Sun Dahe also smiled and said, "Okay, thank you, brother."
Sun Dahai and Zhang Guozheng came to the kitchen. Grandma Zheng was making noodles. Because there were so many people, Grandma Zheng was already making her third bowl of noodles. Sun Dahai asked Zhang Guozheng to help him choose and wash the vegetables. He took a single basin and started
Kneading noodles.
He first mixed warm water and added a little salt to it, kneaded the dough into a moderately soft and hard dough, then rolled it into thick noodles, flattened them and brushed them with a little oil, and placed them layer by layer on a large plate.
Cover with a damp cloth and start to rise.
Grandma Zheng was done. She asked Sun Dahai: "What do you do?"
Sun Dahai said: "Grandma Zheng, do you still want to make vegetarian braised food at noon?"
"No need, we are all masters who can eat meat. Even if we make vegetarian braised food, your grandma and I will only have a few bites, so don't bother."
"Well, let's make three kinds of braised pork for lunch, and make a little less of each one. You can fry the meat sauce, and I'll make the other ones. Brother Guozheng, take a butcher's knife and cut a fatter strip of pork belly, about two pounds.
, Peel it.”
"I'll handle the meat. Guozheng, you can stir up the yellow sauce and add a little less warm water."
The three of them divided their work and started working.
Sun Dahai processed several vegetables and put them in a basin. Seeing that Zhang Guozheng had mixed the sauce, he asked him to wash the vegetables.
"Dahai, how can your family still buy fresh vegetables in this season?" Zhang Guozheng looked at the large basket of various vegetables in the corner of the kitchen and asked with envy.
"That's a trick to deceive the eyes and the mouth." Sun Dahai made Zhang Guozheng lose his power in one sentence: "Half of this basket of vegetables is kept fresh and stored, and the other half is out-of-season vegetables grown in the greenhouse. Now these two
There are technical problems that have not been solved in the method. It looks good, but the taste is not even half of that of normal dishes, let alone the nutrition."
Sun Dahai continued: "Today, if you want to eat truly fresh green vegetables, you can only get them by air from the south. Otherwise, you can only make do."
While Sun Dahai was talking, he used the coal stove that assisted cooking to boil a pot of water. He worked very quickly. He peeled and sliced the potatoes, soaked them in cold water, and then put the onions and tomatoes that Zhang Guozheng had washed.
Slice green peppers and cut garlic sprouts into sections.
When the pot is boiling, Sun Dahai picks up the thick noodles with his hands and puts them into the pot.
Pulling out dough pieces is a technical job, which looks simple but is difficult to do. Sun Dahai is good at his craftsmanship. The dough pieces he pulls out are uniform in size and thickness, just like nails. This is commonly known as "nail surface".
Sun Dahai took the cooked noodles out of the water and took out a small piece of lamb hind leg meat and cut it into thin slices.
Grandma Zheng’s fried sauce is ready.
Leave the pot for cooking noodles alone, you can continue to use it to cook noodles for a while. Sun Dahai used another burner to heat the wok.
After the pot is hot, add oil, then put the mutton, onions, potatoes, green peppers in order and stir-fry, and finally the tomatoes.
After stewing for a while, Sun Dahai dipped his chopsticks into the soup to taste it, and his brows immediately wrinkled.