Four Foods in the Mountains

The pork belly in the pork belly soup is the most delicious, and the radish is also soft and rotten, soaking in the soup and melting with the tongue.

After Lu Yunchuan drank a bowl of soup, Cen Ning took the bowl and filled him with another bowl full of pork belly.

Looking at the pork belly in the bowl, Lu Yunchuan suddenly remembered the time before the separation.

At that time, Lu Yunrui was still young and was studying every day. Wang Fengyu loved her son very much, and often made him eat and nourish his body in different ways.

Once the Wu family slaughtered pigs, Wang Fengyu went to buy pork ribs and came back to make soup.

When it was time to eat, the six members of the family sat on the table, and the pork rib soup was also served on the table.

A pot of pork rib soup, Wang Fengyu filled a bowl for Lu De Xing and a bowl for himself, but there was more soup than ribs.

How old was Sister Lan at that time, Wang Fengyu didn't sandwich the ribs, and gave Sister Lan a bowl of steamed buns to eat.

The remaining pork ribs Wang Fengyu brought to Lu Yunrui: "My dear son, this pork ribs have been stewed for a long time today, and they are very fragrant. You can eat a few more pieces, it will be good for your health."

The pork ribs were stewed until they were soft, Lu Yunrui ate the meat so much that he slammed his mouth open, sucking the bones until his mouth was full of oil.

Lu Yunchuan and Lu Yunlang were more than ten years old at the time, they were growing up, and they were doing heavy work every day. Looking at the pork ribs in Lu Yunrui's bowl, they could feel the aroma go straight into their noses. The smell of ribs.

There is no one who is not greedy for meat. Lu Yunchuan drank porridge and ate steamed buns with whole grains all year round. Lu Yunchuan watched Lu Yunrui eat meat until his eyes became straight.

Lu Yunrui raised his eyes and saw it, and hugged the bowl into his arms: "It's my meat, you are not allowed to look at it!"

Then he swept Lu Yunchuan up and down in disgust: "You are dirty and smelly, stay away from me! Don't get my clothes dirty."

At that time, the field work was heavy, and it was cold in autumn. Every time the two of them came back from the field, their bodies were covered with dirt, and Wang Fengyu was stingy with firewood.

Lu Yunlang couldn't stand listening, and said, "Why are you talking to Second Brother?"

"He's not my second brother, you don't have a mother, I have a mother! Both of you are filthy and stinky! Stay away from me—" Lu Yunrui shook his head and stamped his feet, crying.

"You talk nonsense again!" Lu Yunlang put down his chopsticks and scolded with a dark face.

Now Lu Yunrui stopped eating the ribs and cried even more.

"What are you doing, what are you doing here!" Wang Fengyu slammed her chopsticks, "Can you still have a good meal? Does your brother eat meat? How old is he and how old are you? ?”

Lu Yunlang held back his anger and said, "We do all the work at home, and we earn the money by working in the town. And listen to what he just said!"

"What's wrong with your younger brother who said a few wrong words at such a young age? I think your wings are stiff, and you are going to kick your nose and face for doing some work at home. Go to the village and see, which half-child Don't help out with the housework?

Is it not enough for me to serve your family to eat and drink, do you want me to work underground?Did I owe your old Lu family in my previous life?I had a hard time following someone with two oil bottles, and now even my son would be bullied for saying a wrong sentence! "

"Hey, what's the fuss about eating?" Lu Dexing, who was on the side, was finally willing to speak, not because he felt sorry for his two sons, but because Wang Fengyu couldn't keep his face when he mentioned work, and seeing Wang Fengyu talking more and more outrageous .

It is true that every family in the village has to help the family with the field work, but all the work in the field is done by the children in the family, and the Lu family is the first family.

"You say you, now you are yelling in the yard, and later the neighbors will hear you and gossip, you have to be angry, why bother?" Lu Dexing comforted Wang Fengyu and gave Lu Yunlang and Lu Yunchuan each a piece of ribs, " Don't you just want to eat meat, eat it quickly, don't make your brother unhappy here."

His actions and tone of voice didn't sound like he was comforting his son, but rather like dealing with a dog begging for food.

The pork ribs in the bowl had a meaty smell, and they looked tender and juicy. Lu Yunchuan couldn't eat oil a few times throughout the year. Lu Yunchuan stared at a piece of pork ribs in the bowl, and his hands under the table were tightly clenched.

"Eat... hey?! What are you doing, you bastard!"

Throwing two pieces of spare ribs, the wild dog outside the yard picked it up and ran away wagging its tail.

Lu Yunchuan put his and Lu Yunlang's bowls back on the table, he was young, and his tone was scary: "Give the dog what should be eaten by the dog."

As he spoke, he ignored Wang Fengyu and Lu Dexing's jumping feet and insults, and pulled Lu Yunlang away.

The two of them went to the mountain to pick wild fruits on half empty stomachs. Eating too many unripe fruits made their stomachs sour, but it was better than being hungry.

The two brothers are not talkative people, they sat down on the mountain without talking after filling their stomachs with wild fruits.

Lu Yunlang pulled weeds to weave grasshoppers. He was two years older than Lu Yunchuan, unlike Lu Yunchuan who had no impression of his mother. He still remembered Wei Zhuming teaching him to weave grasshoppers and garlands when he was a child, and he also remembered Wei Zhuming giving him Stew and soup.

Thinking about it this way, the second brother was a bit more pitiful than him.

Lu Yunlang felt uncomfortable, seeing Lu Yunchuan sitting on the ground with his head bowed, his Adam's apple rolling several times, he patted Lu Yunchuan's weak shoulder and said in a hoarse voice: "Go, brother will take you to get some meat .”

The two of them don't have a single copper coin, where can they get meat?But Lu Yunchuan followed Lu Yunlang without saying a word.

After walking to the gate of Wu's courtyard, Lu Yunchuan grabbed Lu Yunlang: "I don't want to eat, don't ask others for it."

He is gluttonous, but he won't eat the meat that Lu Dexing throws at him like a dog, and he won't eat the meat that Lu Yunlang stretches out his hand to others because of him.

"No, the Wu family has to kill pigs and sell meat today, and the work in the field is scheduled to be delayed for a day. Let's go and do a day's work for their family and exchange some pigs with them."

Anyway, the two of them are used to doing the work in the field, so it's okay to be a little tired.

Autumn crops are inseparable from people. The Lu family brothers are well-known in the village. If they tell you to work for one day, they will definitely do it for you. They will not play tricks. It is more reassuring than hiring other adult men to do it. .

What's more, they don't want money, they just say they want to exchange some pigs.

The Wu family agreed, and when the two brothers left, Aunt Wu shook her head and said to Father Wu: "Today Wang Fengyu came to the house and cut two catties of pork ribs and said that he would go back to make soup. What a crime."

After doing the work of the two families one day, when it was dark, Lu Yunlang and Lu Yunchuan walked to the courtyard of Wu's house exhausted.

Aunt Wu has a son herself. Seeing that both of them are taller than her son, but the two together are not as heavy as her own son, she feels distressed, so she took a pig belly and a pair of pig intestines, and said: "I help you If you fry it, you can eat it in my yard."

She was afraid that Wang Fengyu would see her just getting into the water, and that woman would be ignorant.

After asking for someone else's sewer, how could they spend more on firewood and oil? The two brothers didn't answer, and took the pig sewer to thank them and left.

Not daring to go home and be seen by the family, the two of them ran to the river and rubbed the pork belly and large intestine with the river water. The stomach rumbled all afternoon, and it was too late to care whether it was washed or not, so they lit a fire on the back mountain and started roasting.

There was no oil or spices, and the water had a fishy smell in your mouth, but when you were hungry, you couldn't control the taste, so the two of them gathered together in the back mountain and ate it hungrily.

I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve had such a serious meal. Lu Yunlang looked at Lu Yunchuan chewing hard, with wet eyes, and said, “Be patient, it’ll be fine when we get married, and we’ll go to the village chief when we get married. , A house has been divided, that is not considered a serious separation, and you can no longer be angry with them."

At that time, Lu Yunchuan was chewing on the scorched large intestine, looking at his brother's red eyes, and for the first time had some expectations for the days to come.

Yes, maybe it will be fine when we get married. I love my daughter-in-law, go out to work and make more money for her to use, and all the good things are only for her. Don't let her live a hard life, and don't let Lu Dexing and Wang Fengyu bully herself like this insult her.

In this way, maybe his future daughter-in-law will also be willing to love and love him.

"What are you doing in a daze? The soup is getting cold."

Woke up by Cen Ning's words, Lu Yunchuan blinked while holding the bowl, looked at Cen Ning and said, "This pork belly tastes good, you washed it clean."

Cen Ning said with a smile, "I've washed it many times and rubbed it with salt. After all, it's internal organs, which smell very bad. How can you eat them if you don't clean them?"

Lu Yunchuan nodded and took a big mouthful.

God still treats him kindly, if he can marry Cen Ning, so much suffering before will not be in vain.

It was getting dark early at this time, and after dinner, Lu Yunchuan bundled the firewood he cut today and put it in the granary, while Cen Ning washed the dishes and prepared the noodles for making cakes tomorrow morning in advance.

After finishing these tasks, the two of them went into the back room after simply scrubbing with hot water.

The kang was not heated in the room, so I took off my cotton clothes and got under the quilt, which was still cold.

Fortunately, I scalded my feet with hot water just now, but it wasn't that cold.

Lu Yunchuan was about to blow the oil lamp, when Cen Ning said "ah", he got up from the bed and reached for the things on the box at the end of the kang.

"I almost forgot, you try to see if it fits you quickly." Cen Ning said as he handed the things in front of Lu Yunchuan, his eyes sparkling.

Lu Yunchuan stared at the brand-new cotton coat and trousers in front of him, startled: "You, the cotton coat you made for me? Didn't you make it for yourself?"

During this period of time, he left early and returned late, and was tired, so he didn't even notice that Cen Ning was sewing cotton clothes for him.

"Why don't you make yourself a suit? I have clothes to wear."

Cen Ning stared at him, took the cotton coat and compared it to him: "You also said that you have clothes. How old are those two cotton coats? They shouldn't be warm by now. Try this one on, it's very warm."

"I'm not afraid of the cold." Lu Yunchuan was a little anxious. He could tell at a glance that the padded coat was stuffed with a lot of cotton. He held Cen Ning's hand that was about to put the padded coat on him and said, "Ning'er, I'm really not afraid of the cold."

Hearing this, Cen Ning pursed his lips, and the smile in his eyes faded a bit: "You don't fear the cold even if you wear a ragged cotton coat in winter, are you an iron man?"

It's okay to change it to the old days, but tonight when Lu Yunchuan thought about the past, it was just the time to get into a dead end, thinking that Cen Ning was still wearing old cotton clothes, but he had to wear new ones, it really shouldn't be, how can he live a better life, just like this What about Fu Lang?

Didn't notice Cen Ning's gloomy face, Lu Yunchuan was still saying: "I'm used to wearing that padded coat, really, Ning'er, you can make this dress smaller and wear it yourself..."

Hearing this, Cen Ning's heart sank.

Almost half a year into their marriage, he had a cold face with Lu Yunchuan for the first time, and his face was tense: "I told you to go out less to do some work and take a rest, but if you didn't listen to me, I told you to go up the mountain to chop firewood and go home to eat at noon." The mouth is hot, don’t stay on the mountain and eat pancakes every day, you don’t listen to me, even if I sew you a new cotton padded coat now, you say you’re used to wearing the old ones, and tell me to change yours…”

Lu Yunchuan made him a little aggrieved: "Then why are you getting married? Is there another mouth to eat in the house for nothing?"