My courtyard shelter

Xu Dong continued, "Anyway, the truck has a refrigeration function, so there is no need to worry about the meat going bad. At most, we can just cook it slowly."

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After hearing this, Xu's mother's eyes lit up, as if she had made up her mind.

"There is too much pork, and it is too troublesome to make dried meat. Let's make it into bacon, which is easier to make."

Xu Dong immediately nodded and agreed, "Mom, I'll do whatever you say. ”

Sourcing bacon requires large ceramic jars. Xu Dong was afraid that his mother would regret it, so he didn’t even have time to eat lunch and drove out.

Finally, after much inquiry, he bought ten large water jars at the flower, bird, fish and insect market. He paid a high freight fee and made several trips back and forth before moving all the water jars into the courtyard.

The large water jars were in place, and the whole family began to make bacon.

The ingredients for making bacon are very simple, only salt and pepper are needed. Xu Dong went to the farmer’s market and directly bought all the sea salt and pepper from the merchants.

Then it was time to divide the meat. Xu Dong still overestimated himself. Cutting frozen meat with an electric saw is not only dangerous, but also difficult to operate.

In the end, he had no choice but to drive to a small meat processing workshop and spent 5,000 yuan to cut all the pork into the required strips.

Back home, Xu’s mother was After a long scolding, he had to buy a water tank, hire someone to cut the meat, and add the gas money for the car. He still made a penny after all this!

Although he was angry, he still had to make bacon, otherwise he would lose more.

Xu's mother was an expert in making bacon, and the family made it every year.

The method was indeed very simple. First, fry the sea salt and pepper to make the marinade;

Then put the meat strips into the marinade and rub the marinade on the surface of the meat with your hands;

Then put the meat strips into a large water tank, stack them neatly, cover them with plastic wrap, and marinate for a week;

Finally, take out the meat strips, hang them in a ventilated place, and wait for them to dry slowly.

It was already the third day of the New Year when he finished processing a truckload of meat.

To be honest, Xu Dong regretted it a little. Because of the meat, the whole family did not have a good New Year. The New Year's Eve dinner only had a few home-cooked dishes, which did not have the flavor of the New Year at all.

In fact, there is no shortage of meat in the basement warehouse. The sealed bacon, dried meat and ham are enough for the whole family to eat even if they expire.

Xu Dong himself has developed a collecting habit. He wants to move all the good things home. Coupled with the fear and anxiety about the future, he is so tossing.

Fortunately, he also reflected on himself in time and readjusted his mentality. From this aspect, at least it is not without any effect.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, in order to ease the family atmosphere, which was also the last trip before the catastrophe, Xu Dong drove the whole family to travel around and almost visited Yanjing City.

The New Year atmosphere in the capital is much better than Luyang. There are endless temple fairs of all sizes, and there are all kinds of special snacks, which are also mouth-watering.

The last stop.

The family came to Shijinglong for skiing It was only three days before the opening of the Winter Olympics, and the enthusiasm of the whole nation for skiing was at its highest.

Xu Dong took great pains to get three tickets, and the father and daughter had a great time.

It is very likely that this is probably the last time for the three of them to play in the snow in their lives.

As for Xu's mother, Xu's father and Yang Lina, because they had to take care of the triplets and were not interested in skiing, they simply stayed in the hotel to rest.

After skiing, it was unsafe to drive at night, so everyone stayed in the hotel for one night.

The next morning, Xu Dong drove back home.

It's not that I don't want to play for a few more days, but my sister called last night to inform me that I will arrive in Yanjing at noon.

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The camera turned, and on the high-speed train from Luyang to Yanjing, Xu Ting was chatting with her husband, and her two children and Xu Jingyi were sitting next to her.

The Winter Olympics were being held in Yanjing, and the whole family could just take advantage of the excitement to travel.

"Old Ma, do you think my parents are used to living in Yanjing?"

Xu Ting's husband's surname is Ma, and his name is Ma Jie. He is 36 years old today.

Ma Jie secretly complained: "With money, everywhere is heaven, without money, everywhere is hell."

But this cannot be said, otherwise with Xu Ting's stubborn temper, she can't go to bed for a month.

"They should be used to it. I heard that the courtyard house is down-to-earth and good for the health of the elderly." Ma Jie answered in a conventional way.

Xu Ting thought about it and sighed again: "It's still too cold in the north in winter. I don't know what Dongzi is thinking. Shanghai and Beijing are not worse than Yanjing, and they are closer to home."

"Maybe it's for work!"

"But I heard from my dad that Xu Dong has no job now, and he wanders around all day and never goes home." Xu Ting shook her head, a little worried that her brother would learn bad things when he had money.

"Didn't you say you opened a convenience store? I heard you're going to open dozens more this year?"

Xu Ting rolled her eyes and sneered:

"Don't listen to my mom's bragging. She's going to open dozens more. Even this one has made a lot of money. According to my dad, if you want to open a chain of convenience stores, you might as well go to bed. You can dream about anything."

Ma Lingling couldn't help but chuckle, and Xu Jingyi also covered her mouth and laughed: "Grandpa is quite trendy. He even knows Internet buzzwords."

"Convenience stores are very idle. The old man is watching short videos all day long. It's strange if he doesn't know. Didn't he shoot a short video for the convenience store before? He even called me to like and share it."

Xu Jingyi laughed even more happily, "Haha, I liked that short video too. I thought it was shot by my uncle. What's 'local chicken and duck, delicious food'? It just made me laugh to death."

All of a sudden, everyone seemed to be tickled, and they laughed non-stop.

After laughing enough, Xu Ting rubbed her sore cheeks and continued to "reveal the secret":

"To be honest, the old man's convenience store doesn't make much money at all. Now it is your grandma who makes the most money in the family."

"Grandma has to help take care of the children, how can she still have time to work?" Xu Jingyi asked curiously.

"It's not a formal job, I sell dried chicken and dried duck, and I can earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, which is higher than your uncle's salary!"

"Just say it, why do you bring me along!" After all, in front of the children, Ma Jie was a little embarrassed.

"Hmph..."

Xu Ting didn't say anything else, and quickly changed the subject: "I wonder if Dabao and the other two have learned to walk?"

"Well... they are almost 16 months old, so they should be able to walk."

Xu Ting shook her head, "Not necessarily. Triplets are weaker than normal babies. Dabao and the others were less than three pounds when they were born, so their development must be later."

"With the development of technology, there shouldn't be any big problems now."

"That's good."

As they chatted, they arrived in Yanjing soon.

When the five people walked out of the station exit, Xu Dong had been waiting for a while.

"Ma Lingling, Ma Xu, my uncle is here."

After receiving the five people, Xu Dong suggested that they go to the restaurant next door to eat before going back, but Xu Ting insisted on going back to eat.

According to the elder sister, everyone was not very hungry because they brought snacks with them.