The Siheyuan of the Young Educated Youth

After being yelled at by Huo Zhengping, Su Xiaorou stopped arguing with Huo Jun and went to the kitchen. There were some green onions at home, which she could use to boil some water for him to drink.

It’s so cold at home, I don’t know if I can sweat.

I wanted to rub it with wine, but there was none at home.

Su Xiaorou wiped her tears, but they flowed again. She didn't want to cry, but she couldn't help it. She was silently peeling green onions in the kitchen.

Huo Siying followed out, helped to light the fire, and whispered,

"Mom, Huo Sheng came back last night."

Su Xiaorou paused for a moment. She used to dislike Huo Sheng, but he did help the family a little last year.

"What did you bring back?"

How come she didn't see anything? Did she come back empty-handed without taking anything?

Huo Siying said softly, "I didn't take anything last night."

Before she even thought about getting anything, she wanted to tell her mother that the piece of meat was cut in half. Now she didn't know whether she should tell her mother.

She knew from a young age that her mother disliked Huo Sheng, but she herself didn't hate him. Although they were not close, he was still her brother, and she liked him instinctively because of the blood relationship. She just listened silently to what her mother said.

Su Xiaorou was unhappy. She had gone out to help and had managed to save a few meals for her family and earn some food. But now a big guy came back and she was afraid that all the food would be eaten up in a few days.

"Go get that piece of meat and cook some meat porridge for your brother. He needs to eat something good since he is injured."

I originally wanted to save it for the New Year, but now it seems that if I don’t eat it right away, Huo Zhengping will definitely give it to Huo Sheng.

Huo Siying went to get the meat with a bitter face. It made no difference whether she said it or not.

When Su Xiaorou saw that only half of the meat was left, her face became even uglier and she threw the kitchen knife on the chopping board with a bang.

She wanted to go into the house to question Huo Zhengping, but he was used to having the final say in this family. If she asked him about giving her son something to eat, she would seem petty. But the current situation at home...

What a rare thing! Can we have the same food as in Beijing? We have to wait for her to come back so that we can eat together as a family, right?

Without even asking yourself, you just left her there?

The more you endure, the more aggrieved you feel.

She had been with him all her life, and she was so wronged! When she married him, he was no longer young, and she was still a 17-year-old girl. There was a difference of more than ten years. It was said that older people would be more caring, but she had not gained any benefits in all these years, and she had only suffered!

I remembered all the bad things that happened to me. I couldn't help squatting on the ground and crying.

Huo Zhengping heard it in the house and became more and more impatient. He kept crying all day long. When his son had a fever, he didn't quickly make some scallion water and just kept crying!

He cried out, "Is this the end?"

Su Xiaorou shuddered with fear, her heart beating wildly. She rubbed her chest, stopped crying, and quickly cut some onions and boiled some water.

This damn old man has a bad temper! If you provoke him, you never know how he will lose his temper!

After boiling the water, Huo Siying brought it into the house for Huo Jun to drink.

She walked up to Huo Zhengping and tried to speak as softly as possible.

"Old Huo, you see Huo Jun is not feeling well right now, how about we use that piece of meat to cook him some meat porridge?"

Huo Zhengping glanced at her. After being together for twenty years, he still didn't know what she was thinking? She was narrow-minded.

"Cook it, eat it better, and get better faster."

They are all his own sons, which one should he not feel sorry for? He didn't eat a single bite last night, but none of the four children were left out. Is it necessary to do this in front of him? As if he was very proud.

Hearing his agreement, Su Xiaorou's tense mind relaxed.

"Then I'll cook more and you can eat some. You're injured too."

As he got older, she was afraid that he would dislike her even more, but she didn't dare to tell him that he was old, for fear that he would not like to hear it.

Huo Zhengping said, "Hmm." "Let's cook it all, so the whole family can have some."

Su Xiaorou hasn't eaten yet. Since I happened to be back today, I'll cook it all and let her have some too.

Now that Huo Sheng is back, he can hunt some game so we can have meat during the New Year.

Su Xiaorou, is the whole family eating this? There's only so much meat.

Huo Zhengping glared at her. What are you still standing there for? Go cook?

Su Xiaorou felt a little better and turned around to go out to cook porridge.

Su Xiaorou had to go back to Captain Qu's house to help, so she had dinner early. She added shredded sauerkraut to the corned beef porridge, and served it with shredded pickled vegetables and steamed bread. The whole family was very satisfied with the meal.

Huo Sheng didn't go back until after eight o'clock in the evening, for fear of meeting someone if he went back too early.

When Huo Siying opened the door, she saw Huo Sheng carrying a large sack and a large luggage roll on his back. She opened her eyes wide in surprise.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

Huo Siyan also ran out, and her eyes were filled with smiles when she saw so many things.

Huo Sheng went into the house, put the sack on the ground, and took things out one by one.

"Here are some dried vegetables, mushrooms, black fungus, and a wolf leg. You can stew them and eat them tomorrow. I'll go to the mountain to hunt more later."

Huo Siyan blurted out, "Wolf legs? Brother, did you go to hunt wolves last night?"

A large group of people in the village didn't kill any wolves last night.

Huo Sheng was a little speechless, and mumbled, "Ah! This is for you."

Huo Sheng took out two leather waistcoats, and Huo Siyan took them.

"Sister, sister, look, what beautiful leather. Brother, what kind of leather is this? It's so soft."

As he said this, he applied it to himself.

Huo Sheng: "It's roe deer skin."

He wanted to say it was for Dad and Huo Jun, but he smacked his lips and didn't say it out loud, fearing that the little girl would be embarrassed. Seeing how happy she was, he couldn't say it out loud. As a brother, he didn't buy her anything.

Huo Siyan put it on herself, and put the other one on Huo Siying.

"Sister, it looks really good. It's perfect to wear with a cotton-padded jacket."

Huo Siying smiled shyly, she liked it too.

The two sisters wore them and went into the house to show their father.

Huo Zhengping looked at the two of them, then at Huo Sheng, with a meaningful look in his eyes.

Huo Sheng regretted in his heart that he should have been thick-skinned and asked Qi Feifei to make one for everyone.

"Dad, I happened to meet a fur seller, and I bought these two waistcoats. I'll let whoever in the family can wear them wear them."

Based on distribution based on need, they should give it to Dad and Huo Jun, right?

Huo Zhengping turned his gaze away and looked at his two daughters. "Yeah, they look good. Just don't wear them outside, it's not good for people to see them."

Those who are undergoing labor reform still wear such nice things, which is an even greater crime. They can't keep their things.

The two sisters took them off carefully and put them away, as they were reluctant to wear them normally.

Huo Sheng didn't know what to say for a moment. This... was taken back for nothing, right?

Forget it. When Aunt Su comes back, she might not make the same distribution again. In Aunt Su's heart, my father and Huo Jun are still more important.

"Dad, I also took more than ten kilograms of millet and five kilograms of flour. The flour is for you to make dumplings for the New Year, and you and Huo Jun can cook porridge with the millet. You need to eat something good now that you are injured."