Chapter 219 Only Pancakes
Chapter 219 Only Pancakes
In the county seat, outside the bathhouse of the No. [-] Textile Factory.
The afterglow of the setting sun became stronger, dyeing the snow in front of and behind the house a touch of pale gold.
Xu Dahai looked back at the bathhouse, and whoosh, someone's smelly shoes flew out.
In addition, you can clearly hear the yelling, smashing, etc. coming from inside, which seems to be very intense.
"Maybe there are old grudges. In the era when gangsterism is rampant, this is all a small scene. Okay, don't worry about them. Let's go back to the hotel."
After returning to the hotel.
Xu Dahai went to the small restaurant downstairs to buy another meal - braised pork ribs, roasted chicken, pot-wrapped pork, stir-fried pork with cabbage and a large portion of radish soup.
The staple food is sauerkraut and pork dumplings.
Everything is contained in a long iron box, and a rope is tied around the outside of the iron box.
Just hold the rope and it won't be hot.
"Let's eat! Try the food in the restaurant downstairs." Xu Dahai smiled and took the food back to the house.
Wang Xiuxiu helped take the rice and asked while placing it on the cabinet: "Do you need a deposit for these lunch boxes?"
"Yes, I have to take the lunch box back to refund the deposit after finishing the meal."
Xu Dahai put the bowl on the table and poured the radish soup into the bowl:
"Let's eat. Let's go watch a movie later."
"Well, these ribs are quite fragrant, but a little spicy. I added chili pepper."
The dishes in small restaurants contain more ingredients and have a stronger taste, but after all, they taste different from the dishes cooked at home. It is quite novel to eat them once in a while.
"Mom, eat the ribs!"
"Dad, I'll give you a big piece of ribs too!"
Xiao Tingzi also gave Xu Dahai and Wang Xiuxiu some food. They looked at each other and laughed instantly.
"Okay, okay, you can eat too. You can eat whatever you want."
There were gusts of cold wind outside the window, and soon there were heavy snowflakes. The snowflakes were flying in the air, like countless wool flying in the sky.
.......
Just when their family of three was eating in a warm hotel room.
Xujiatun'er.
After dinner, my mother Yang Yuanfen brought her sixth sister Xu Juan to Xu Dahai's courtyard.
"Your brother and your sister-in-law went to the county town. The cat at home must not have been fed."
"Well, will my brother and the others come back tomorrow?" Xu Juan tightened the collar of her cotton-padded jacket and looked up at the sky.
A bright moon hangs in the sky, it is so beautiful.
The moonlight fell, illuminating the snow in the yard very brightly.
"Who knows if he will come back? Okay, let's go in."
Mom opened the courtyard door, then opened the house door. After entering the house, she pulled the light cord. Click! The low-wattage light bulb instantly emitted a dim light.
"Meow~meow~meow~"
The fat orange cat was sleeping on the kang. When he heard the noise, he stretched himself quickly, jumped off the kang and ran quickly into the main room.
"Have you not eaten all day? Come, let's eat some pancakes.
I don’t know what you eat every day. Anyway, what I brought here is pancakes. "
Mom broke up the corn pancake and put it in the cat bowl. After smelling it, the big orange cat ate it with big mouthfuls.
"Okay! It's quite a grab for food!"
My mother petted a big, sturdy orange cat and started to hold firewood to burn the kang in the east room.
There are Chinese fish in the water urn in the east room. They are quite big and quite fat.
In fact, my mother couldn't understand why she kept such a Chinese fish. She felt a bit like she was full.
But Xu Dahai and the others were not at home, and she still didn't want the fish to die.
"Let's burn the kang. When your brother, sister-in-law and others come back, at least the house will be warm."
My mother squatted next to the kang stove, and the dancing flames warmed her body:
"Xiaojuan, stop petting the cat and change the briquettes in the stove."
"Huh? Oh, my brother and the others are still lighting the stove when they are not at home?"
"Light it up. Your brother specifically told you what to order before he left."
Mom patted the dirt on her body, turned to watch Xu Juan change the briquettes, and asked: "Juan'er, tell the truth to Mom, are you confident in taking the high school entrance examination?"
"Yes, as long as I can maintain my current level, I will definitely be able to pass the high school entrance exam! Our teacher said the same thing."
"That's fine, hey~ study hard."
Mom looked at the moonlight outside the window and didn't know what she was thinking. After a long time, she let out a long sigh, and a feeling of powerlessness came over her.
Getting into high school is not the end. Can you get into college?
If you get admitted to college, you will be like the third child. You won’t be able to see each other a few times a year, right?
Of course, my mother will still encourage Xu Juan to continue studying. As for what it will be like in the future... I can only force myself not to think about these things.
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county seat.
Xu Dahai's family of three rested for a while after eating, and then went to the cinema to watch a movie - "Youth Like Fire".
It's also an old movie.
There is more than one cinema in the county. The old building is indeed quite old. Movies are shown almost every day, and the tickets are not expensive.
A movie ticket used to cost 3 cents, but in the past two years it has increased to 5 cents, but some employees can buy discounted movie tickets.
After watching the movie, the family of three returned to the hotel while discussing the plot.
The next morning, we went to the skating rink again and then returned to Longxing Township.
The old mother-in-law made dumplings and refused to let them go. She dragged them and insisted that they have lunch before leaving.
There is a saying that the mother-in-law, a little old lady, has quite strong hands.
"Then let's go after eating."
After Xu Dahai and the others agreed to stay, the mother-in-law stopped dragging them and sat on the small bench to continue making dumplings.
The sauerkraut is seasoned with oil, and the dumplings, which look like small boats, are placed in circles on the large round grate of sorghum stalks.
It's oily, also called deep-frying. After the fat pork is used up, this is what's left. It's very fragrant.
Wang Xiuxiu also sprinkled some flour on the grate to prevent the dumplings from sticking to the grate.
"Xiao Hai, there are still frozen pears in the house. You go and eat the frozen pears."
"Yeah, I'll go to the thatched house first."
After Xu Dahai came out of the thatched house, he didn't go back to the house. Instead, he went to the canteen outside and bought 5 kilograms of eggs, two bottles of white wine, and two kilograms of rice cakes.
When I passed by a roast chicken restaurant, I ordered two more roast chickens.
The mother-in-law was very happy to see him coming back with big and small bags of things, but she still said that there was nothing missing at home and that he was spending money indiscriminately.
At noon, Xu Dahai had a drink with his father-in-law Wang Yuande, his brother-in-law Wang Renhe, and his second brother-in-law Wang Renbing.
As for my brother-in-law Wang Renqing, I don’t know where he went to play. Anyway, he didn’t come back at noon.
The wine was in my ears and I was almost done drinking when the dumplings were served.
The second brother-in-law Wang Renbing suddenly said: "Xiaohai, do you know Sun Guangcai from your hometown?"
"We've met a few times, what's going on?"
"He fought with Shen Kuanjie and the others some time ago, and they fought really hard! There were dozens of people on both sides, and when they started fighting, it was..."
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