Abandoning my husband and son, I raised my six daughters to live happily

Meng Suisui said that she was about to go out and call people back, but Shen Xiufang stopped her and persuaded her.

"Sister, you don't have to worry about it. They know what's going on. Yu Fan said that they should finish it early while the sun is shining so that the wall dries quickly and can be used earlier."

Meng Suisui stopped. She was really in a hurry to use the stove.

To make dried meat, you need to steam the dried meat in a pot. The stoves in the house are all connected to earthen stoves. In summer, too many stoves are burned and it is too hot to sleep on, so several stoves must be built in the yard. At that time, you can take the dried meat to the yard and steam it.

"Sister-in-law, then take this thermos to them. There are popsicles in this thermos. Let them eat them when they are hot. If they feel uncomfortable, go back to the house. Don't get heatstroke."

"Okay, sister, don't worry. They are all boys. They must resist. Nothing will happen to them."

"Well, I'll ask the boss to cook some more mung bean soup, and let each of them drink some later."

When Shen Xiufang went out with the thermos, Meng Yufan and the five children were having sex in full swing.

Seeing Liu Laidi, she couldn't help but persuade her.

"Third brother, stop working with them. You'll get tanned soon."

The third child was humming and kneading the mud, raised his head and said nonchalantly.

"It's okay, second aunt, I'm not afraid of getting tanned. I think building walls is much more fun than cutting meat in the house."

"You kid." Shen Xiufang smiled fondly and placed the thermos in the shade next to her. "Sister, I'm afraid you'll have heatstroke, so you can eat popsicles when you're hot. I put the thermos with popsicles next to the wall."

Meng Yufan's youngest son is a foodie and immediately jumped up excitedly.

"Wow, there are popsicles to eat again. Auntie is so nice."

Liu Laidi was extremely proud when she heard this. She raised her chin and said, "How is my mother?"

The younger brothers all nodded and said, "Okay, aunt is the best."

Liu Laidi said, "Hey, my mother is the best."

In the house, Liu Zhaodi cooked mung bean soup, and then went to the house to make dried meat.

The division of labor in the afternoon is different from that in the morning.

Meng Suisui and Shen Xiufang removed the skin and fat from the selected pork, then shaved the fascia clean bit by bit, and then handed it over to the second and fourth children.

The second and fourth sons cut the meat into strips and cut them along the grain, keeping the length and thickness basically the same.

The boss is responsible for soaking the cut meat in cooking wine and water for 30 minutes to remove the blood from the meat.

After removing the blood, she added salt, onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, light soy sauce, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, sugar, oyster sauce and soy sauce to the meat strips, mixed them evenly, and marinated for two hours.

Lao Wu and Lao Liu are responsible for taking out the marinated beef, removing the seasonings on the surface, taking it outside to a cool and ventilated place, spreading it evenly, and waiting for it to dry naturally.

Everyone does their job, focused and committed.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Meng woke up, washed her hands and joined the work team.

At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Mengtou also woke up. After inspecting the house, he chose to go outside to build the stove with Meng Yufan.

Before leaving the house, he specifically asked, "Please keep your noise down when you work. It's rare to see my second brother sleeping so well. Don't wake up my second brother."

Old Mrs. Meng was sober for the most part and joked, "You can see it, this little old man always turned towards his younger brother when he was young, but he is still the same as before when he is old."

Meng Suisui asked: "Was my second uncle very handsome when he was young?"

Speaking of her second uncle, Mrs. Meng became energetic and said excitedly, "That's not just handsome, that's very handsome. You have never seen your second uncle in military uniform. Back then, many young girls in our village rushed to get married." For your second uncle, even after he injured his leg, there will be girls willing to marry him and serve him for the rest of his life."

"Then why didn't the second uncle agree?"

"Why do you need to ask? Your second uncle is an upright man. He doesn't want to delay others."

......

The family gathered together and chatted miscellaneously, and time flew by.

Six pm.

After working all afternoon, I finally finished the work.

Meng Yufan led five children to build four stoves in the yard.

Meng Suisui and the others cut up all the meat that could be made into jerky from the two pigs, marinated it, and put it outside to dry.

It takes 24 hours to air-dry. Once dry, you can put it on the pot and steam it.

After they finished their work, Liu Zhaodi's meal was ready.

Everyone washed their hands and prepared to eat. Meng Suisui raised her hand to knock on the door of the west room.

There was no movement in the room, so he was probably still sleeping.

Meng Suisui opened the door and walked in.

The second uncle frowned and slept extremely uneasily.

Have a nightmare?

Meng Suisui went to pat her second uncle's arm.

"Second uncle, wake up."

As soon as he touched the second uncle's arm, his wrist was suddenly pulled out by the second uncle.

In an instant, Meng Suisui's hands were pinned to her back, unable to move at all.

"Second uncle, it's me, I'm Meng Suisui, your eldest niece!"

"Sui Sui?"

The second uncle made a confused sound, and then seemed to react.

Meng Suisui felt her wrist loosen, and the restraint disappeared.

She turned around and saw that her second uncle's brows were furrowed and his expression was annoyed.

Everything just now was the second uncle's subconscious reaction when he was sleeping. It should be the sequelae of his previous service as a soldier, and he has a strong sense of prevention.

"Sorry." The second uncle said eloquently.

Meng Suisui was a little surprised, then she quickly said with a gentle smile, "It doesn't matter, it didn't hurt at all just now, but don't tell me, uncle, you are really good at reaching out. I feel like it won't be a problem for you to hit ten with one."

Meng Qingwu was amused by her, but the smile on his face gradually turned bitter.

It was really not a problem for him to hit ten of them before, but now...

Sensing the change in her second uncle's mood, Meng Suisui quickly changed the topic.

"Second uncle, the food is ready. Let's go over and eat."

Meng Suisui deliberately didn't help him this time. She regarded her second uncle as a normal person, feeling that this would make him feel more comfortable.

I saw the second uncle put on his shoes smoothly and walked out on crutches.

Meng Suisui looked at her second uncle's back and thought to herself, his second uncle would definitely be able to stand without wanting to sit, and he might not like it even if he bought a wheelchair.

I don’t know how far prosthetic limbs have developed in this era. In the era she lived before, after amputation, you could walk normally with prosthetic limbs, and you could hardly tell there was anything wrong with your legs if you put on a pair of longer pants.

In the future, I must order a better prosthesis for my second uncle so that he can stand up again and walk normally.

Everyone was exhausted after a day's work. After dinner, Meng Suisui divided the ribs into three bags.

One bag is for Lao Mengtou, one bag is for Meng Yufan, and the other bag is for the second uncle to take back.

The natal family are used to Meng Suisui giving them such generous things. Even if she doesn't accept them now, Meng Suisui will send the things to their home. They have stopped struggling a long time ago. They take whatever is given to them and happily enjoy kissing their daughter. and the care of my sister.

It was the first time Meng Qingwu saw this kind of posture. He didn't expect that he would still have a share in it, so he subconsciously refused.

"I don't want it, you keep it for the kids to eat."

"Second uncle, I killed two pigs today. I can't eat that much. Don't be polite to me. If you don't accept it, I won't ask you for help next time."

Others also persuaded Meng Suisui, but Meng Qingwu had no choice but to accept it.

Meng Suisui said, "I will boil the fat meat into lard later. After it is cooked and cooled, I will send it to you. You can eat it for a long time in the lard blanket jar. You can use lard when making stews." It smells good.”

Everyone knows that lard oil stew is very fragrant, but under current conditions, few people can afford to eat lard oil.

Old Mrs. Meng said, "Okay, I'll go home later and clean the meat and oil altar and prepare it first."

Meng Qingwu wanted to refuse, but when he saw how friendly everyone was, he was afraid that refusing like just now would affect everyone's mood, so he didn't say anything.

Old Mengtou: "Let's go, old lady, go home."

Meng Qingwu also stood up and said, "I'm leaving too."

Meng Suisui said, "Second uncle, please come back later."

Meng Qingwu didn't know why, so he put down the crutch and sat down on the edge of the kang again.

Meng Suisui sent Old Mengtou and the others away first, and when they came back, they had an extra box in their hands.

She opened the box and a pair of white sneakers came into view.

"Second uncle, I bought you a pair of shoes. You try to see if they fit. If they don't fit, I'll go to town to exchange them."

The second uncle took one look at the shoes, and his expression suddenly changed.