60s white-eyed wolf

The county town is full of traffic and people come and go, which is much more interesting than the countryside that has remained unchanged for more than ten years.The end of the new year is approaching, although the year is not good, there are still a lot of people buying new year's goods in various stores, but most of them are in a hurry and look worried.

Slogans of various colors are painted on the walls facing the street, and colorful papers with large characters or paintings can be seen everywhere.Cao Fugui glanced at it, and saw what "struggle", "carry on to the end", "reveal" and "criticism" were all about. He didn't understand these official matters, and he was not interested at all, so he hurried to the aunt's house with his second uncle.

My aunt's family lived in Yingchun Street in the south of the city, which was originally called Guanjiao Street. How could this feudal ideology be suppressed by the people in the new society, so the name was changed.The Qian family lived in the compound at the end of the street.

The courtyard was originally the mansion of an official in the Qing Dynasty, but later it was used as a residence by an officer of the Guo Party, and several small bungalows were erected. Now the bungalows are allocated by the government to the cadres in the county, and the big courtyard is nationalized. The housing management department leased it to workers and cadres of several large factories.The old Qian's family of three generations and six members occupied two big houses, and the conditions were relatively affluent. Some of them had more difficulties living in, and they built their own houses in the yard, crowding a big yard to the brim, with layers upon layers.

The carts in the yard couldn't be pushed in, so Cao Qingxian parked the cart at a familiar family's house near the gate, picked up the load and walked into the yard.Cao Fugui followed behind with a smile, and while greeting people, he secretly stuffed two radishes, which made the old man smile dazzledly and hurriedly thanked him.In this season, not to mention fresh vegetables, even dried vegetables are rare in the supply and marketing cooperatives, and only the ones grown by farmers in the countryside are available.

"Hey! Xiao Cao is here to see your aunt!"

"Mom Qingzhu, your precious nephew is here!"

"Oh, every time Xiao Cao comes here, there are big baskets and small baskets, and Lao Qian's relatives in the countryside are not at a disadvantage."

"Bring something from the countryside, let us see it too?"

Many old men, old ladies, and housewives gathered around in the yard, chatting with each other.There were also a few sour ones with guns and clubs. Cao Fugui smiled and did not fight with others. He protected the basket in his hand, and slickly squeezed through the crowd while saying hello, and walked in without letting anyone touch the things in the basket.

Cao Qingxian followed behind in a muffled voice, his face flushed red, he had no way to deal with these middle-aged women, uncles and aunts, but luckily his eldest nephew cleared the way.

"Guy, I'm here, miss me?"

Cao Fugui was carrying a bamboo basket, and smiled at the aunt who came out in surprise, his eyes crooked, revealing a row of neat little white teeth.

"Hey, hey! Fugui... Ouch! Second brother, why do you let Fugui carry these heavy things, children grow up, don't press them so that they don't grow taller!"

Cao Lianxiu hastily put down the clothes he was washing, and ran out full of surprises. As soon as he yelled, he saw Fugui carrying a big basket, and his second brother Han, who seemed to be a follower, followed behind with a bamboo basket on his back, and hurried to catch up catch.

"Auntie, don't! Your hand..."

Cao Fugui flashed hurriedly and motioned for his aunt to take it.

Cao Lianxiu lowered her head, her hands were covered with white soap foam, and she forgot to wash them when she left in such a hurry.She smiled and stretched out her hand, making a gesture to pinch her nephew's tender face. Seeing that Fugui was so frightened that she tilted her head, she rubbed her hand carefully on the bib, and hugged the basket in his hand with her hands. With a blank look, she said: " You love to be clean! Go, enter the house."

She turned around halfway, and laughed loudly at her neighbor: "Baby Allah's eldest nephew, Fugui, is here. It's rare to be happy. Everyone, don't look at the white face. He is small, so I'm sorry."

The neighbors laughed and dispersed.

After entering the house and closing the door tightly, Cao Lianxiu put down the basket that was tightly covered with hay and sundries, and sat down with two men, big and small, and took out his four-year-old son, Qian Qingshi, with his uncle, Cousin salutes.While serving tea and pouring water, he said angrily: "Jie is heavy, Mommy is really serious, and I asked you to recite it. There is a household book in the city, and you can buy everything you need. Don't worry about us, but the big cafeteria in the commune It’s all closed, do you have enough food for yourself?”

The two cousins ​​of the Qian family and Cao Fugui are very affectionate. They haven't seen each other for a while, when Qingshi sees him, he jumps up and asks, drags his brother to play, and makes his mother slap his ass before calming down.He grabbed Brother Fugui's hand, drooling as he stared at the basket.His uncle from his hometown would always bring delicious food home. His favorites were his uncle and his rich cousin, unlike his elder brother who bullied people every day.

"Guy, don't be too busy. There is something to eat at home, don't worry! It's all from the mountains. Grandma said to bring some to you to try. You can buy things in the city with a household book. The third grandpa read the newspaper and said, that What's more, even if the supplies are 'lack', how much can I buy? Tsk tsk! Qingshi has also grown taller and thinner."

Fugui hugged Qingshi and lifted it into the air and "flyed" twice, which made Qingshi scream and giggle, and handed the child to the second uncle, and he sat down with the busy aunt, and let her see the things he brought in a low voice.

Cao Qingxian hugged the bluestone, touched his little head, then carefully picked up a white porcelain cup with the chairman's inscription "serve the people", opened the lid of the tea, took a sip, and nodded repeatedly when he heard his nephew's words .

"Very good stuff, are you still so careful?"

Cao Lianxiu brushed her short hair behind her ears, and swiftly removed the head covering from the basket, revealing a few big round radishes with green tassels, and a few Chinese cabbages piled on the side.

She picked up the vegetables in surprise, looked left and right, and exclaimed: "Ah! It's so fresh, the radishes at home haven't been confiscated yet? Haven't they been frozen?"

Cao Fugui smiled without saying a word, and quickly removed the top layer of radish and cabbage, and the bottom was stuffed, red and white, fresh meat with essence and fat!

"meat!"

Cao Lianxiu let out an exclamation, quickly covered her mouth, and quickly helped to lift the fresh meat out of the basket. The two thick knives weighed about twenty catties.

"Meat meat meat! I want to eat uh-"

Qingshi's eyes were green, and his saliva flowed down. Uncle Cao hurriedly covered his little mouth.

Cao Fugui turned his head to stare at Qingshi, and said in a low voice: "Qingshi, if people hear that there is meat in the house, you will have nothing to eat!"

Qingshi's eyes widened, and he shut up immediately in shock, only staring at the meat in the basket.He hasn't eaten meat for a long time!

"...W-Where did this come from? Pork? It doesn't look like a pig raised in a pen!" Cao Lianxiu was so shocked that his eyes were round, and suppressing his excitement, he asked in a low voice, almost drooling.

It can't be blamed for her lack of restraint. In the city, she buys things with her household income. Her father-in-law is a primary school teacher, and the man is also a small cadre in the factory. After all, she has more supplies than ordinary people, but she and her mother-in-law are both housewives. For formal work, the ration is less.

Coupled with the two and a half big children of green pillars and blue stones, it is time to grow up and eat.

However, the supply of food and non-staple food in the city has become less and less in the past year, and life is very tight, and I don't see much oily smell on weekdays.If it weren't for her and her mother-in-law to get some subsidies for manual work, and her mother's family in the country occasionally subsidizes a little food, these days would be really sad.

"Auntie has good eyes!"

Cao Fugui sighed in admiration, avoiding the important and neglecting the trivial, boasting about his glorious deeds of fighting wild boars bravely.Hearing this, Cao Lianxiu's face turned green and then pale, he patted his chest, grabbed his nephew's ear and scolded, because he stutters so much that he doesn't take his own life seriously, this wild boar is more fierce than a tiger in the mountains, how can he be provoked?Thanks to good luck this time, I will never dare to be rash again in the future.

Cao Fugui repeatedly agreed, saved his own ear, pointed at the "culprit" angrily and said, "Guy, eat it, it's not good to provoke anyone, but to provoke my brother Fugui! Not eating it is not enough to anger the people!"

Cao Lianxiu couldn't stand still laughing, and affectionately grabbed his nephew's ear, hurriedly carried the pork back to the house, and began to worry about how to cook it.

Residents in the yard do not have a separate stove like in the small western-style buildings. Most of them set up a coal stove to cook in the patio of the yard. You know exactly what your family eats and the leftovers from other families.Now that everyone is half-starved, Lao Qian's family has prepared a pot of meat to stew. Isn't this waiting for others to talk about it, and they have to pay more than half of it!

Fortunately, people always come up with solutions.Carried the stove to the back room, closed the doors and windows tightly, stuffed rags in the cracks of the windows, took a large earthen jar and filled it with pieces of meat, densely spread a layer of radish and cabbage on top, put star anise and cinnamon, covered the lid and slowly Stewed, the meat is fragrant in the room, and not much comes out.

Qingshi circled around the stove, preferring not to play with the children in the yard, and refused to leave even if he was beaten to death. He sucked his saliva and waited patiently, no matter what, he wanted to eat the first bite of meat!

Smelling the faint fragrance, there were a few neighbors who poked their heads out to look outside the house. They didn't have the nerve to push the door in and ask, so they could only tighten their belts and curse at their mother, and went back to their house to lie to themselves by pouring clean water.

When the adults and children of the Qian family came back, Uncle Cao, who couldn't stay still, even chopped the thick firewood behind the house neatly, and piled it up in a big pile.

He originally wanted to leave when the things were delivered, but his nephew refused and insisted on waiting for his aunt to come back to discuss something.Cao Qingxian had no choice but to wait, and also checked to see if his eldest nephew was well, so he could explain to the old lady when he went home.

When the old lady of the Qian family returned to the house, she was surrounded by several neighbors, who all said, "Oh, relatives from the country brought delicious food again, and your daughter-in-law didn't come out of the house, and she didn't know how to cook it." What, are you afraid that the big guys will be greedy for her!

Old Madam Qian opened her mouth, crackling and crackling.Oh, it’s a hard time in the country, and it’s rare that something is sent as a kindness between relatives. My Qingshi Qingzhuguang is tall but not fat, and their grandma is also worried. She saves a little bit from her mouth, all for the sake of the children .Even if the family doesn't have enough to eat, they still can't starve their children, is that right?

The words were repeated and typed, the mouth kept on talking, and the footsteps were even more non-stop. Before anyone could understand and think clearly, the old lady with a distressed and lamented face had already walked into her house, said goodbye, and closed the door and locked it.

This evening, the Qian family and uncle Cao had a wild boar meal quietly, and their mouths were filled with greasiness and their stomachs were full of happiness.

Qian Qingzhu hugged his cousin and insisted that they go to the mountains to hunt wild boars together, and find meat for grandparents to eat, but his mother lifted the soles of his shoes and pumped his buttocks.This trick is also passed down from the ancestors of the women of the Cao family.

No matter what, the Qian family would not let Uncle Cao and Fugui go home immediately, they must stay overnight. Although the house is a bit tight, a floor shop is enough, and there is no reason to go over the mountains and walk at night when it is dark ?