The 80s Chronicle: Addiction To the Army’s Young Wife

Xu Baoshuan didn't mention what the half-fried pork was like in the outside world, probably the father and son didn't take the old lady's words to heart.

After all, after killing pigs for so many years, who doesn't think that their own pork is the best, and it's just a small talk.

It’s just that people who bought meat and ate it at home found that the pork they bought this time tastes delicious, no matter how they do it, they feel that the deliciousness of the dishes at home has improved a lot.

Some people thought about buying some to store before the Chinese New Year, but they found that the taste was not as good as the last time they bought it.

Xu Baoshuan and his son would kill seven or eight pigs every day, not necessarily from the same village, so they couldn't remember who bought the meat from which family, and the matter of coming and going was put on hold.

The old lady also took advantage of the fact that there was still a long time before Chinese New Year, so she took out 20 catties of meat and prepared it for stuffing sausages. The intestines were sheep intestines bought at the market and specially used for stuffing sausages. The sheep intestines have tendons and are very thin after cleaning. It's very appropriate in this year.

That evening, when Xu Jianjun came back from his work unit, there was still a covered plastic bucket behind him.

As soon as he entered the door, he said to Xu Ning: "Ning Ning, I asked someone to get fish fry for you."

Xu Ning came out of the room and saw the dozens of fish fry in the white plastic bucket, looking very energetic, swimming in it with their little tails flicking freely, very cute.

"Where did you get it?" Qin Xuejuan also joined in to watch the fun, "What kind of fish are they?"

"Thirty carps and ten herrings." Xu Jianjun said, "herring fry are a bit more expensive than carp, but they have more spines."

"That's okay, you can chop it up and make fish balls." Qin Xuejuan smiled.

Xu Ning squatted on the ground to observe for a while, and directly brought these fish into the space in front of his parents.

Although they saw their daughters fetching things outside many times, they rarely saw Xu Ning delivering things into the space. At this time, seeing the empty plastic bucket, if there was no water in the bucket, they really thought they saw a ghost up.

The couple looked at each other in blank dismay, as if a god was standing in front of them.

At night, Xu Ning got into the space and saw the forty fish fry looking happy in the pond, so he knew that they should like it here very much. As for food, there is no shortage of food at home, a corn pancake is enough.

According to Xu Ning's vision, these fish can be eaten in three to five days.

In this day and age, there is no time for pollution, and there is almost no smog, let alone a rural area with a good ecology.

A good environment and climate follow the laws of the four seasons, and snowflakes also fall every two days.

On the day of the final exam at the end of the year, the snow fell more and more.

It is not a good thing that the snowflakes are too big, as it will crush the wheat in the field to death. The old lady often sighs while looking at the weather outside.

In fact, she often forgets about her granddaughter's space. As long as there are seeds at home, even if anyone in the world is hungry, their family will not be hungry.

In the examination room, Xu Ning bowed his head and worked hard on the questions.

Some students are still fooling around in this kind of day. It is obvious that they have broken their cans, and they don't care if they get good grades in the exam.

For those who want to pass the exam but lack knowledge, they just look at the unanswerable questions on the test paper for a while, and look up and around for a while, which will always attract the warning eyes of the invigilator, and then shrink their necks and bow their heads to continue to be absent-minded.

She felt that the exam questions this time were easier than in the first final exam. Maybe she has really worked hard for more than half a year, and now she has paid off.

The only thing that makes Xu Ning a little helpless is that her handwriting is not very good-looking, at least it is not as good as Zhang Meng's. She usually tries her best to write one stroke at a time, but unfortunately the effect is not too great. The strokes and strokes of others are really the birth of two mothers, they are completely different.

Thinking of going to the county bookstore to buy a set of copybooks to practice when she has time, or asking Xie Zheng to write a set for her, she followed suit.

Xie Zheng's handwriting is really beautiful. It has been more than half a year since Xu Ning started, and he is still very envious.

On the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month, the exams for the first half of the semester were finally over. The school gave students a two-day vacation. After returning to school for half a day on the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, the winter vacation would begin.

After the exam this time, Xu Ning predicted his score, no matter what, he can enter the top ten in the class, just like Xie Zheng told her back then, if he has enough knowledge, he can predict his score after the exam .

She is like this now, and even thinks that she can be ranked between fifth and eighth in the class this time.

They waited in the classroom until Xie Zheng came to look for her, and then they went home together.

"I'm going to the Imperial Capital after the Chinese New Year, do you want to go and have fun with me?" Two days ago, the old man of the Yin family in the Imperial Capital called his family, saying that he was asked to go to the Imperial Capital for a few days after the Chinese New Year. Mainly to bring him to meet people in the current circle. Many people in the high-level are now soldiers in the hands of his grandfather decades ago. Although the old man has retired, he is not light in the circle of the imperial capital.

The most important thing is that in the first month, I want to take him to the graves of his grandparents and parents to worship.

Xu Ning was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: "Our family has no relatives in the imperial capital, brother Zheng, you go, I won't follow along to join in the fun."

Xie Zheng didn't force it either, "Then I'll bring you a local specialty when I come back. I heard that roast duck is delicious."

"It's better to bring something else. The roast duck will probably lose its flavor when you bring it back. It tastes good when it's hot." Xu Ning couldn't help laughing.

"Then I don't know what's good, I'll go and have a look."

Xu Ning knew that there was no one in his family, so what was he going to do when he returned to the emperor this time?

But although there is no one, the reputation of the Xie family will not be damaged in any way because of this, at least no one in the imperial capital will have any contempt because there is only one person left in the Xie family.

The great people who came from that era would not watch the orphan of the Xie family being bullied by anyone, otherwise it would be slapping all of them in the face.

Just ask the entire Huaxia, who has the guts to slap this group of people in the face, absolutely none of them.

I just don't know if Xie Zheng will meet Chen Qianwen when he goes back this time.

Speaking of which, Xie Zheng also went to the imperial capital in his previous life, but it was around the Qingming Festival every year. Didn't he see Chen Qianwen?

In fact, I have never seen it before. Chen Qianwen is only one year younger than Xie Zheng. She was sent abroad by the Chen family to study at the beginning of this year, and occasionally came back with her aunt who married abroad.

After playing at home for two days, after returning to school, the results of the final exam were announced. Xu Ning really performed exceptionally this time, finishing the half-year course with the third place after Lu Kang and Yang Bo.

And she finally got her wish, this time she got three certificates, one of which was "School Literary and Art Model", another one of "Three Good Students" and one "Study Model".

This is the one with the most awards from the third class. Lu Kang and Yang Bo are just missing a literary model. After all, neither of them participated in the party.

Not to mention how other students in the class think of Xu Ning, even Zhou Yan is in a very happy mood now.

Xu Ning was still ranked at the bottom of the class in the first year of junior high school. He really didn't expect that the final exam of the first year of junior high school would jump to the top 20 in the class, and now he surpassed most of his classmates and ranked in the top three in the class. It was a gorgeous counterattack.

Teacher Zhou exaggerated and praised the three of them on the podium, especially Xu Ning, who continued to inspire other students with her progress. Not many really got in. Now in the hearts of many children, there is no play in learning. It’s attractive to come here, and some people even come back because the people in the village go out to work and earn a lot of money. They are very jealous, and they want to go out with the people in the village to make money, and take a look at the colorful world outside. .

In this way, several students drop out of school every year. Of course, the teacher will not give up, but even with repeated home visits, the chances of being able to persuade them to return to school are very slim.

In the last class in the morning, it was still the teacher's commonplace talk about the holidays, and then the school bell rang, and the classroom was empty in an instant at the fastest speed.

Back home at noon, Xu Ning took out the certificate from his schoolbag, rolled it into a tube and walked to the kitchen with a smile on his face.

"Grandma, Mom, guess how many I got in the exam?"

"It must be better than last time. You can tell by looking happy." Qin Xuejuan shook the water in her hand, "What time is it?"

"Thump, thud, thump..." She showed the certificate from behind, "The third in the class, this is the certificate I got."

Now it's not just Qin Xuejuan, even the old lady is happy.

"Oh, let me see!" Qin Xuejuan got up and wiped the water from her hands on the apron, and went forward to take it, "A good student, a model in learning, a model in art...my daughter is really amazing."

After the old lady heard this, she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, "I'll post it on the wall for you, so that people can see my granddaughter's abilities."

"...It's better not to use it." Xu Ning suddenly became embarrassed, "It's enough for our family to know."

"There's nothing to be ashamed of, it's a good thing." The old lady obviously made up her mind.

Well, she just wanted to show off her granddaughter.

Xu Ning didn't continue to refute with grandma, and rolled up the award certificate and put it in his room later, "We are on vacation until school starts on the nineteenth day of the first month next year."

"Twenty days, you can have fun and continue to work hard next year." The old lady said.

Xu Ning nodded vigorously, "Don't worry, grandma, I still have to go to college."

The three of them had lunch at noon, talked for a while by the coal stove, and the three of them came to the kitchen again.

There is still a week before the Chinese New Year, and now there are a lot of things that need to be prepared, such as steaming steamed buns, croquettes, grinding tofu, making pork skin jelly, etc., and I have to spare a day to sweep the dust. There are many things to do every day.

Qin Xuejuan has a big belly now, and there are not many things she can do. As usual, the family can only count on the old lady at this time. Now that Xu Ning is sensible, the old lady can relax a lot.

At least the granddaughter can take care of things like cooking well by herself.

The old lady was refining lard next to them, and they kept all the suet from the slaughtered pig. It happened that the lard left in the pot could be used for cooking at night.

Xu Ning sat in front of the stove with his mother and picked beans, soaked them in water overnight, and sent them to the mill to grind them tomorrow, then they could take them home to make tofu.

Thinking of having tofu curd and soy milk tomorrow, Xu Ning felt extremely happy.

"Forget about planting some beans in the space, the tofu made that way must be more delicious."

"It's also a reason, but we can still do it in the future, not bad this time." Only the old lady can make tofu in their family. This is also learned from the deceased old man. Their family makes a tofu every year. Cage tofu is already a common practice.

After picking up the beans, the mother and daughter dug out the half of the pigskin and began to depilate. The asphalt depilation method is now used in rural areas. The asphalt is melted and poured on the pigskin. After the asphalt is cooled, the pig hair will be removed. They will all be pulled out, and of course there will be fish that slip through the net, and the rest will be easy to deal with occasionally.

However, this method is said to produce toxins. Xu Ning does not know if it is true or not. To rest assured, she specially mixed water from the space and soaked the whole pigskin in it. Otherwise, she would not dare to let Qin Xuejuan eat it, because she was afraid of eating it. What's wrong.

If Qin Xuejuan wasn't pregnant and she didn't have space, she didn't really care. Anyway, she had eaten it when she was a child, once a year, she didn't get poisoned or died, and she didn't get sick after eating it.

Xu Ning doesn't know if the space water has a disinfecting effect, but he just feels that soaking in it will make him feel better.

The old lady didn't say anything when she saw it. The water was all "fairy water", so soaking it overnight would definitely do no harm.

It was only when the old lady saw a layer of pitch-black things floating in the basin the next morning that she really felt lucky that she had soaked it, otherwise all these things would have been eaten in her stomach. talk.

Xu Ning is not a picky eater. Many people don't like lard, but she can't eat it at all, unless she waits for the vegetables to cool and solidify, then she realizes that they are fried with lard, but the dishes fried with lard are delicious , this is an indisputable fact.

As the suet continues to melt in the pot, the rich aroma fills the small farmyard.

"It smells so good?" Xie Zheng walked in, carrying two exquisite gift boxes in his hand.

"Xiaozheng is here, do you want to eat oil residue?" The old lady pointed to the half pot of oil residue on the pot.

Xie Zheng didn't dislike it either, he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, "It smells so good."

"Like waiting to bring some home."

"Okay." Xie Zheng put the two gift boxes in his hand on the side of the pot, "Someone gave them to my house, and grandma asked me to send two boxes, one box of roast duck, one box of sauced beef."

The old lady knew right away that it was definitely not cheap, not to mention whether the food inside was good or not, the packaging alone was worth two bucks.

"Send something to my family, and your family can keep it for yourself."

"There are still at home, so Grandma Yu shouldn't be polite to us." After Xie Zheng said, he looked at Xu Ning, "I'm busy during the day, don't forget to do my homework at night, I won't have much free time next year."

Xu Ning was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized, then nodded and said, "Got it, I'll go there after dinner."

"That's okay, Grandma and Aunt Yu are busy, and I'm going back to help my grandpa clean up the yard."

"Hey, hey, I'll bring you a bowl of oil residue." Seeing Xie Zheng walking out, the old lady hurriedly raised her hand to greet him, went to the cupboard and took a sea bowl, filled it full and stuffed it into his hand, " Don't rush to deliver the bowl, and don't let your grandma come back with more stuff."

Xie Zheng couldn't laugh or cry, holding the sea bowl and went back.

When Gao Xiulan saw Xie Zheng coming back with a bowl of greasy residue, she didn't say anything, she vacated the bowl and put vegetable balls in it, and asked Xie Zheng to send it back.

"Grandma Yu also asked me to send her an empty bowl back."

"It's not empty, it's not a good thing, send it to help your grandpa clean the yard, and knead dough and steam buns with me tomorrow."

"Come on."

The taste of the new year is getting stronger and stronger. When I walk out of the house, everyone I see has a happy smile on their faces.

The children are probably the happiest. Not only can they eat good food during the New Year, but they can also wear new clothes and get lucky money.

Even Xie Zheng, who was reborn, felt an inexplicable excitement at this moment.

In the past few years, they and the Xu family have been keeping vigil together at night. Back in the past few years, the two adults watched TV on the kang, while he and Xu Ning huddled together and fell asleep early, until the clock struck midnight. When the sound is sounded, they will be called up to eat dumplings by adults, and then the sound of firecrackers in the village roars at that time, usually for an hour or two before stopping.

On the morning of the first day of the new year, when the village visits each other to pay New Year's greetings, he will lead Xu Ning around the homes of the elders in the village. When he goes out, his hands are empty, and when he comes back, both of them will have candies and dried fruits in their pockets.

Probably the same process this year.

Last year it was at Xu's house, this year it's their turn.

Generally, they stay at their own home, because the relationship between the two families is good, and the population of the two families is small. I don’t know when it will be like this, and they will get together to survive the New Year in rotation.

In the early morning of the 22nd, the old lady got up early and came to the kitchen. She saw the big porcelain basin soaked with pigskin in the corner at a glance, and was shocked when she saw the dirt floating on it.

I went forward to find a coal hook and stirred it, picked up the pigskin inside, and poured out the dirt inside, otherwise it would disgust her to death.

Thinking of whether she ate all these dirty things when she made pork skin jelly before, she felt her stomach churning violently.

Fortunately, Xu Ning soaked it in space water, otherwise it would be fine for his wife to eat it in her stomach.

It was still not too bright at this time, and the old lady drained the soaked beans, put them on a small cart, and went to the mill in the village wearing the stars and the moon.

When I came over, the mill was already brightly lit, and there were already three or four families waiting here pushing beans. If it was later, there would probably be more people.

There are more than 100 households in the village, at least half of them grind beans during Chinese New Year, so you don’t have to wait too long if you come early.

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Brother Zheng: Follow me to visit my parents' graves.

Ning Mei: ...it's not suitable for me to go.

Brother Zheng: It suits you the most.