Reborn 1980: Cannon fodder mother changes her life against fate

Lu Chuyao gave full authority to her husband Song Mingze to purchase the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner and the new year products such as peanuts, melon seeds and candies.

She took her son at home with her grandma to cook porridge and enjoy the snow and drink tea.

After a while, Aunt Hua passed by the door of Song's house and happened to catch a glimpse of Mingze's wife squatting on the ground rolling snowballs and making a snowman, her little white hands red with cold.

She felt cold looking at him, but he was having so much fun, and his bright smile was more dazzling than the light reflected from the snow on the ground.

Then she saw the girl waving to the house, and the next second, Song Zhiyu's little baby ran towards his mother like a happy puppy.

A soft and sweet female voice sounded, "Baby, this is your New Year's gift from your mother, little snowman, do you like it?"

The child didn't answer either, his chubby face showed a charming smile, which was very cute.He opened his fingers to poke the snowman, but timidly stopped in mid-air.

Lu Chuyao encouraged him, "Touch and feel what snow is."

At some point, Aunt Hua's back was no longer visible in front of the courtyard gate.

Regarding Lu Chuyao's unique way of raising a baby, Grandma Song seems to be a bit irresponsible. How can a mother specially take her son to play in the snow? What if he catches a cold?

Also, she always instructs her little golden grandson to do this and that, but she doesn’t even feed her, letting her eat by herself!

He was full of sorrow and had nowhere to say it. Song Mingze should be unhappy if he talked too much.

The old lady pouted, she finally understood that her grandson Song Mingze was a wife slave, doting on his wife to no end.

Song Mingze, who was being talked about by the old lady, was pushing his bicycle hard in the mud and snow.He didn't expect so many people to come out to the market in the middle of winter. The narrow streets were full of pedestrians and bustling with people.

He followed the crowd to the pork stall, and a strong smell of blood immediately entered his nose.

"Master, are there any more tenderloins?"

Before going out, his wife emphatically told him to buy some tenderloin. It is said that the tenderest part of a pig is the tenderloin.

The butcher holding the bone-cutting knife looked over when he heard this, turned the remaining half of the pork on the chopping board, and said, "How much do you want?"

"Weigh it two kilograms. In addition, there will be ten kilograms of pork belly, five kilograms of ribs, and two pig's feet." He announced the names of the dishes like a machine gun, while the people next to him looked sideways, curiously looking at this generous young man.

The butcher was also surprised and raised his thick eyebrows, "The tenderloin is only one and a half pounds, is that okay?"

"Okay, please weigh me."

The butcher raised his knife and neatly divided the meat into plastic bags.

"Please help me chop the ribs into small pieces, thank you."

It was rare to meet such a polite customer, and the butcher's attitude became gentle.Usually when others ask him to chop bones, he chops them casually.

It was different today. He carefully chopped the ribs into small pieces of even size without gaps.

Song Mingze counted the change and paid it, then carried the heavy plastic bag to the next stall.

Buy aniseed and peanuts!

"Brother Mingze?"

A young man wearing a military green Lei Feng hat stopped Song Mingze.

The young man is of medium build, with thin cheeks and a pair of clear and round eyes.

Song Mingze recognized him as the youngest son of Uncle Kang's family in the Xiangyang Brigade, and his nickname seemed to be Ni Loach.

"I, Loach, used to fight guerrillas with you when I was a kid, and I even thought you called me chief."

"Oh, Loach, I recognize you."

The loach named Song Baozhu scratched the back of his head shyly, glanced at Song Mingze quickly, then quickly lowered his head and hesitated: "Brother Mingze, I have a merciless request."

"What's the matter?"

"There are many people here, let's go over there and talk." He pointed to the entrance of an alley not far away.

Song Mingze looked in the direction of his finger and nodded slightly.This guy doesn't have the guts to be a deceiver!

The two of them came to the entrance of the alley one after another. Song Mingze put one hand in his pocket and said calmly, "We can talk now."

"I'd like to borrow some money from you."

Afraid of being rejected by Song Mingze, Ni Loach quickly stated his reasons, "Don't borrow too much, just 50 yuan." He stretched out a slap and stared at the tall and majestic man in front of him pleadingly.

Song Mingze suddenly discovered that the shape of Loach's eyes resembled his wife's, and he was very interested when he heard his request not to borrow too much but only fifty.

"50 yuan is equivalent to one month's salary of a senior worker. Besides, why do you want to borrow money? Why don't you ask your parents for it."

Loach was hesitating and hesitating about what to say. When he suddenly looked into Song Mingze's deep black eyes, his heart trembled, and he finally made his choice.

He wanted to join forces with his friends in the Spring Festival couplets and window grilles business during the two days of the New Year. The city was bustling with lights and colorful decorations, but the nearby villages were relatively deserted.So he had his eye on this market and was sure he could make quick money by relying on Spring Festival couplets and windows.

"It's New Year's Eve soon, where are you going to buy goods? Also, if you just sell these two things, the profit margin...is a little small, right?"

Loach smiled confidently, "We don't want to buy anything. We just need to spend some money to buy red paper and ink. My friend knows calligraphy. In addition to window grilles, we also want to make red lanterns."

"But money is tight. If you are willing to lend me, we can go ahead and do it boldly. Brother Mingze, don't worry, I can pay you back on the sixth day of the new year at most, with interest of ten and a half cents!"

Song Mingze lifted up his sleeves and exposed the corner of his watch. He had been out for an hour.In front of him was a young man who tried his best to raise his chin and pretend to be very confident. He lightly curled his lips and took out 50 yuan from his wallet.

He held the thin banknote between his two fingers and handed it out, "I hope you will do what you say."

As soon as I entered the house, heavy snow fell from the sky again.A slightly scrawled snowman stood quietly in the yard. The strong wind hit, and its nose was ruthlessly blown to the ground.

Creaking sounds resounded in the quiet courtyard, leaving a series of obvious footprints wherever the leather shoes went. Song Mingze bent down to pick up the carrots that fell on the ground.

Then walk towards the kitchen.

The kitchen on New Year's Eve is Lu Chuyao's battlefield. She directs the whole family, old and young, to wash the pots and wash the vegetables, plus a part-time cook, who controls the heat according to her arrangements.

Braised whole fish, sweet and sour pork ribs, stir-fried chicken with old ginger, braised smoked bamboo shoots and bacon, stir-fried tenderloin...

Mouth-watering dishes were served one after another, and the aroma was so rich that it floated three miles outside the house (exaggeration).

Anyway, Song Zhiyu, the greedy little cat, couldn't wait to get on the table. Unfortunately, except for the soft and tender fish, the other dishes today were all hard dishes.

"Yaoyao, why don't you make some egg soup for me to eat?"

"…All right."

In fact, she wanted Song Zhiyu to slowly try adult meals. After all, he was over a year old and could not always eat liquid food.

On New Year's Eve, thousands of houses were brightly lit, and firecrackers sounded from time to time in the lonely black sky. It was rare that one of the four corners of the dining table in the Song family's hut was missing.

Song Mingze raised his wine glass, happily swept it across the faces of his favorite family members one by one, and said softly, "Happy New Year, I wish everyone in our family good health, safety and success."