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Hu Meilian's arrival brought an unpleasant episode to the Chinese New Year, but a few minor misunderstandings and forgetfulness did not cause much harm.

Yuan Xia has long since given up on Hu Meilian and has no expectations. He has seen her do more disgusting things, so what is the point of this.

The only one who felt uncomfortable was Yuan Dehou. The white-haired man gave away the black-haired man, which made him distraught. He thought that his daughter-in-law would treat the fatherless children kindly, but she remarried when she turned around, and left the children behind.

If the eldest grandson hadn't become sensible, the eldest granddaughter might not be alive at this moment.

He has a lot of dissatisfaction with Hu Meilian, but he can't talk about it. Originally, the father-in-law and daughter-in-law had to avoid suspicion, but now that Hu Meilian has married into someone else's family, he has no position to criticize.

Fortunately, several grandchildren make Yuan Dehou feel gratified, especially Yuan Xia, he is very sensible, and everything is arranged properly, not only taking care of his younger siblings, but even taking care of him as an old man.

Yuan Xia was afraid that he would not be used to living in the city, so he specially found some small jobs for him to pass the time, such as doing some wood carving work, radio boxes, etc.

It is said that he was asked to take care of a few children, but in fact, he was also taken care of by the children.

Except for the lack of income that makes him a little uneasy, everything else is more comfortable than in his hometown. For example, he can take a bath once a winter in his hometown. Here, he can go to the bathhouse once a week. It is not cold at all, and the children will help him wipe his back. .

On the morning of the New Year's Eve, Ma Anmin came back from the outside in a large truck, which was full of supplies purchased from other places, which were the New Year's benefits given to employees by the factory.

This benefit is issued every year, and there is food and use, but this year is a bit late.

As soon as the trade union horn blared, it was surrounded by adults and children, and everyone was waiting to see what kind of welfare it would be.

What Ma Anmin brought back were apples, one box for one employee, and two boxes for two employees.

Everyone looked at the red and fragrant apples, and they were all overjoyed.Transportation is inconvenient in this era, and apples from the north are rare in the south.Visiting relatives and friends or entertaining guests are all very dignified things.

In previous years, Yuanxia's family also existed, but this year it was not their turn. After all, apart from their deceased father, they had no actual connection with the agricultural machinery factory.

Yuan Xia looked at his younger brother and sister lying on the side of the guardrail and stretching their necks to look downstairs, their eyes were full of envy, so they clapped their hands and said loudly: "Don't look, hurry up and make dumplings, there will be dumplings tonight."

Although they grew up in the south, their family still has a northern stomach. They all love pasta in their bones, although they can't eat it often.During the holidays, dumplings are a repertoire, and this year is no exception.

Children also learn to make dumplings from an early age.

There are two kinds of dumpling fillings: cabbage pork and celery pork, and there is no pure meat filling.Meat is too expensive, and you can't afford pure meat stuffing, and there are limited meat tickets. Every family buys a limited amount of meat, so you have to save it.

Lack of supplies, this is Yuan Xia's deepest experience right now.

Downstairs, people were bustlingly distributing apples, and upstairs, Yuan Xia's family was bustlingly making dumplings.

"Dongdong, be gentle, don't break the glass, I don't have the money to buy a new one." Yuan Xia reminded Yuan Dong who was rolling dumpling wrappers on the glass surface of the writing desk with a rolling pin.

The place in the house is too narrow, the dining table is usually folded, and the paint on the dining table is mottled, so it is not suitable for rolling dumpling wrappers. Usually they roll the wrappers on the writing desk pressed with plexiglass.

Pressing a piece of plexiglass about half a centimeter thick on the writing desk is almost a standard configuration for people with better conditions. The writing desk pressed with glass is flat enough to facilitate writing.

Such a piece of glass is not cheap, so be extremely careful when using it.

Yuan Dong didn't care much: "I'm paying attention."

When they were about to make the dumplings, the noise downstairs finally subsided gradually.After a while, the corridor became lively, and the people who went to distribute the apples came back.

Chongyang turned his head and looked towards the door.Although he was stopped by his brother and didn't go downstairs to watch the excitement, it didn't mean he wasn't envious.

Ma Jianshe carried a box of apples and walked to the door of Yuan Xia's house, but did not leave. Instead, he turned directly into their house and put the apples on the ground: "Yuan Xia, your apples."

Everyone in the room was startled, Yuan Xia was the first to react, and said, "We don't need it, you take it back and eat it yourself."

Ma Jianshe smiled: "Do you think this belongs to my family? Of course not, it was distributed to your family by the factory, really! If you don't believe me, ask Chairman Long, he is also here."

Yuan Xia was skeptical, he put down the dumplings he had made, walked to the door, and saw the chairman of the trade union, Long Fuming, talking with Ma Anmin, coming over.

Ma Jianshe said loudly: "Uncle Long, this is from the factory for Yuan Xia's family, is there anything wrong?"

The slightly chubby Long Fuming said with a smile, "Yes. It's the Chinese New Year's Eve. This is a little thought from the factory."

Yuan Xia hurriedly said, "Thank you Chairman Long and the factory leaders."

Long Fuming walked to the door of Yuan Xia's house, and said: "This shouldn't be. If Lao Yuan hadn't acted bravely, this apple should belong to your family. Keep it well and eat it with your younger brothers and sisters during the New Year. Master Yuan, go with the children How about making dumplings? Is life okay?" He entered the room to offer cigarettes to Yuan Dehou as he spoke.

Yuan Dehou got up, stretched out his hands to take the cigarettes cautiously: "Thank you for your concern, the leader, you can get by."

Long Fuming looked at the room, tidied it up neatly, nodded and said, "Just get by, and if you have any difficulties, go to the factory leader. Although Dasheng is gone, he is still a part of our factory. "

Yuan Dehou nodded gratefully: "Thank you for your concern."

Of course, no matter whether it is Yuan Dehou or Yuan Xia, these words are taken as polite words, and they will not really go to the factory leader.

This box of apples was a surprise and brought them a lot of joy and happiness this year.

After Long Fuming left, Ma Anmin turned back and said to Yuan Xia, "Yuan Xia, uncle bought something for you. Come get it with me now." Ma Jianshe was still following behind him.

Yuan Xia Yixi: "Really? Then go quickly." He wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and hurriedly followed Ma Anmin out the door.

Grandpa and younger brothers and sisters all looked at him curiously: "Xia Xia (big brother), what did you buy?"

Yuan Xia turned her head and blinked: "I'll know in a while."

Ma Jianshe hooked Yuan Xia's shoulder: "Yuan Xia, what did you buy? It's so mysterious. My father even asked me to help you move things."

Yuan Xia smiled and said, "Thank you!"

They went downstairs to the van parked in the dormitory building.

Ma Anmin opened the door of the driver's cab, went up from the other side, carefully moved out a bag in the driver's cab, and said, "Jiangshe and Yuanxia, ​​carry on together, be careful, it's a bit heavy, don't break the bag."

Yuan Xia and Ma Jianshe quickly stretched out their hands to help hold the bag together, and took down a bulging snakeskin bag from above.

Ma Jianshe reached out and pressed the bag: "What? Rice? It doesn't look like it."

Yuan Xia said, "No, sunflower seeds."

Ma Jianshe blinked: "Why do you buy so many sunflower seeds?"

Yuan Xia smiled: "Eat."

Ma Anmin said from above: "There is still one bag, so I can take it."

Ma Jianshe's eyes widened: "Why do you buy so many sunflower seeds? Can you finish them all?"

Yuan Xia smiled slightly: "Eat slowly."

Two bags of sunflower seeds, [-] catties each, a total of [-] catties, Yuan Xia said, "Thank you, Uncle Ma, it must be troublesome to buy this?"

Ma Anmin smiled and said: "It's okay. It's also good luck. These sunflower seeds were shipped from my hometown. Most of them went to the oil mill, and a small part went to the local supply and marketing cooperative. I bought them from the supply and marketing cooperative. , it is not a staple food or a non-staple food, no food stamps are required, and there is no purchase limit. I remember you said that you should buy as much as possible, so I bought a hundred catties, forty-five cents a catty, how much? If there is more, I will keep a bag , take it and distribute it to others.”

"Not much, not much, thank you, Uncle Ma, I have both." Yuan Xia was overjoyed, thought there was only one bag, but bought two bags, and he carried one of them on his shoulder.

Ma Jianshe also helped to carry another bag upstairs, and asked as he walked, "Yuanxia, ​​there are so many, it's not cheap, you can't eat all of them yourself, right?"

Yuan Xia said: "You will know later."

After his grandfather arrived, Yuan Xia had been trying to find a way for him to do something, and asked Li Yuying to help him find carpentry work.Hearing that Ma Anmin was going out to pack apples, he asked him to see if he could buy some sunflower seeds or chestnuts.

Later generations say that eating melon seeds is a traditional skill that everyone in China is good at. In fact, this tradition does not last long.

At least before the 90s, sunflower seeds were rarely seen in the south, because of inconvenient transportation and the era of dominant planned economy, it was difficult to exchange materials.

Yuan Xia has read the anthology of Deng Gongwen, so he naturally knows the story of "Fool's Melon Seeds", the No.

Although it is easy to be cut off from the tail of capitalism, it is easy to be hit as a speculator, but after careful consideration by Yuan Xia, the risk is still controllable.

One is that melon seeds are bought and sold at a small cost, and the amount is not large. At most, the education is confiscated. The other is that my father was chased as a martyr. It's easy to get sympathy, and you won't be punished heavily.

Unexpectedly, Ma Anmin really did him a big favor by buying a hundred catties of melon seeds, and now he only needs to persuade his grandfather to sell the melon seeds.

When Yuan Dehou heard that he was going to sell melon seeds, he agreed without hesitation, and Yuan Xia was a little surprised so fast: "Grandpa, are you not afraid that others will say that you are a speculator?"

Yuan Dehou said: "What are you afraid of? It's just a few melon seeds. In our hometown village, when there are movies and markets, there are also sunflower seeds sellers. They are not afraid. What am I afraid of?"

When Yuan Xia heard this, he couldn't help laughing. The grandfather who was born as a farmer has never connected speculation with himself in his life.

The younger brothers and sisters were amazed at the two big bags of melon seeds. It's not like they haven't eaten melon seeds before. Occasionally, someone on the street sells melon seeds with a basket or a load. They use a small bamboo tube as a measuring cylinder. pockets, or rolled into a cone of old newspaper, they would buy it and eat it.

The small melon seeds are very fragrant, and they are reluctant to eat them too quickly. They always peel them slowly one by one, and they can be eaten for a long time, which is longer than ten hard candies that cost ten cents.

Unexpectedly, they can sell melon seeds at home now, so of course they are excited.

"That's great, our family will have endless melon seeds in the future." Chongyang jumped up and down excitedly.

Yuan Xia said with a smile: "It's not much, it's only one hundred catties, so it won't be endless."

Yuan Qiu asked: "Brother, when shall we sell melon seeds?"

"Go tomorrow."

"Great!" The brothers and sisters all cheered.

So that afternoon, after they finished making the dumplings, they started to fry the melon seeds.

The most common way to eat melon seeds is to fry them.But if you want to be more distinctive, you have to study more eating methods, such as boiled melon seeds.

Yuan Xia knows that melon seeds can have many flavors, such as spiced, caramel, etc., but he has only tasted these flavors and does not know how to make them, so he has to try them.

Tomorrow is the Spring Festival. Children will more or less get some pocket money from their parents and elders. Young people will also take advantage of the holiday to go to the cinema to watch movies. At this time, buy a pack or two of melon seeds and eat them slowly. .

It is foreseeable that tomorrow's melon seeds will not be easy to sell.