Early the next morning, Xin Andong wrapped his grandfather's thick old army coat and walked back to the county on foot, not to mention, because he was born cold, the soles of his feet have not been warm since the winter, and his grandmother used a bottle of saline to fill a bottle of hot water into the quilt to warm his feet when he went to sleep at night.

He came early, and it was only seven o'clock when he saw the electronic watch, the lobster restaurant had not opened at this time, and his parents must have gone to the vegetable market to get the goods, Xin Andong didn't need to wake up the sleeping two sisters if he had the key, he opened the door lightly and entered the store, the house was a little dark, but the floor in the restaurant was tidy, and the tables and chairs were regularly set on the table.

At the end of the year, the lobster restaurant was a little busy, and the parents didn't close until late last night, and it must have been five or six o'clock in the morning to buy the goods, Xin Andong tiptoed into the back kitchen, ready to see what food was available to make breakfast for his parents.

Lifting the lid of the pot, Xin Andong saw a pot of dough fermented last night in the big iron pot outside, it seems that Xin's mother plans to make pastries today, and there are ready-made ones that save him from kneading, he scooped up some rice and washed a handful of leeks while boiling porridge, and took a big white radish, soaked in the pot with spare kelp, and also picked a thin strip, cut it and mix it with seasonings, and then stuffed the pie.

After the pie filling is wrapped, the white flour cakes wrapped in a round and flat are placed in the bamboo basket, Xin Andong starts another pot, heats the bottom of the pan and brushes a layer of oil, and then puts all the cakes next to each other in the pot and cooks them over low heat, and soon the fragrance of the thin-crust pie comes out, and the golden cake looks particularly attractive after it comes out of the pot.

It happened that Xin Andong was also hungry, and then picked up one and started eating, took a bite, and it was filled with shredded radish, he nodded, well, it tasted good.

When he lifted the lid of the pot, he saw that the white rice porridge was bubbling and bubbling, not sticky enough, so he had to boil it for a while, and he thought about it for nothing, so he bit the cake and ate it while preparing to go to the front room to sit down.

Xin Andong had just opened the curtain of the kitchen door, and saw the third sister wearing a cotton jacket and messy hair coming out of the sleeping hut, yawning and stretching.

"Third sister. He shouted softly, startling Xin Anqiu, who was squinting to wash, suddenly opened his eyes, patted his chest and took a step back, and said angrily, "Little brother is you, I thought there was a thief in the house, why did you come so early?"

Xin Andong said with a smile while holding the cake in one hand, "I haven't seen you for two days, I miss my sister." ”

Xin Anqiu smiled brightly, she also wanted to be a well-behaved little brother, suddenly, her nose moved, and her eyes lit up when she saw the cake in Xin Andong's hand, and she was surprised, "It's so fragrant, this is the cake you made?

After speaking, she walked towards the kitchen, she was the first to get up today to make breakfast, but she didn't expect the little brother to do all her work.

Entered the kitchen, sure enough, a pot of fragrant pancakes was well covered, and there was soft glutinous millet porridge boiling in the other pot.

Thinking of being able to drink hot porridge quickly, Xin Anqiu quickly brushed his teeth and washed his face.

At this time, the Xin family couple who went to the vegetable market early in the morning to buy goods happened to come back, Xin Andong heard the sound and immediately got up to open the door, and then helped move baskets of vegetables into the backyard.

Xin Wenfang didn't see her son for two days and thought about it, patted off the soil on her hands, and said softly, "I'm hungry, Mom, I'm going to make breakfast." "She had just come back from the vegetable market, and she was a little dirty, and she was ready to go into the kitchen after a while.

"Mom......" Xin Andong was just about to speak, and Xin Anqiu, who had just finished washing, came in and said to Xin's mother with a mouthwash jar, "Mom, you go to the kitchen to take a look, my brother is so virtuous, I made breakfast for your father early, and I baked a lot of cakes." ”

Xin Wenfang was pleased with her son's sensibility, and at the same time took the opportunity to educate her daughter, "You are still a girl, your brother is more virtuous than you, lazy girl, see who will marry you in the future!"

"Oh, I don't have to worry in the future, I have a little brother, my little brother said that I won't marry and he will raise me!" Xin Anqiu walked to Xin Andong's side, glanced at Xin's mother proudly, and then raised his chin and asked him for confirmation, "Yes, little brother." ”

The third sister has been a lot more lively after going to school, and her body has been raised, her short black hair can no longer see the sallow yellow color she used to have, and there is also meat on her cheeks.

Her family is happy to see this change, especially Xin Andong, remembering that when she first arrived at Xin's house, the delicate and plump girl in front of her could not be compared with the yellow-skinned girl in front of her.

He nodded, smiled and said connivingly, "It's okay, the third sister can do whatever she likes, it doesn't matter if she doesn't get married, my younger brother won't starve my sister if he has a bite to eat." ”

Although the third sister has become more beautiful and her temperament is a little more vivid, but in the end she has a disability in her left leg, and in the final analysis, she still has low self-esteem in her heart, Xin Andong didn't take it to heart even if she saw through it, as long as the third sister lived happily, everything else could be ignored.

Xin Wenfang was happy to see a pair of children having a close relationship, but she was ...... She walked over and slapped Sanya hard, and said to Xin Andong, "Don't listen to your third sister's nonsense, she dares not to marry and see that I won't break her legs!"

It's troublesome, but in principle, Xin Wenfang will never let Xin Anqiu be sloppy, just like Sanya will graduate from junior high school in half a year next year, and then she may be able to show Sanya in advance.

No one cares what Xin's mother thinks, no one cares about the two sisters and brothers, Xin Anqiu doesn't care, she is not afraid of her mother, as long as the younger brother is there, her mother can always obey her in the end.

In addition to Xin Anqiu, there is another thing that makes Xin's mother most reassuring is Xin Andong's second sister Xin Anxia, who is still seriously autistic, the second sister is very insecure, and she often trembles when the front room opens a store, so Xin Wenfang has always let her stay alone in the backyard room.

Fortunately, the second sister is well-behaved, and she can be very happy to sew and mend with a rag head alone.

Xin Wenfang gently pushed open the door of the sleeping hut and called her second daughter, who woke up in the morning and didn't know what she was sewing, to wash up and prepare for breakfast.

Xin Andong baked a lot of cakes today, and there are three kinds of fillings, leeks, shredded radish, kelp, good flour, and fragrant cakes, just eat pancakes with white rice porridge, Xin Dazhuang solved five in one go, Xin Wenfang ate three, Xin Anqiu also ate three, and even the second sister Xin Anxia also ate more than two, and in the end, Xin Andong, the boy, had the smallest appetite, only ate one cake, but drank two bowls of white rice porridge, and because the pickles made by grandma were so delicious, it was a perfect match with white rice porridge!

The lobster restaurant is generally open at nine o'clock, after breakfast, the Xin family washes the vegetables in the backyard to prepare for the work, the meat skewers are marinated the night before, and the vegetables are skewered the next day in order to ensure freshness.

After working for an hour, Xin Andong told Xin Wenfang about his main plan to come to the county today, Xin Wenfang remembered that he hadn't asked his son how the sausages were sold, and after hearing his son say that they were all sold out, he immediately smiled and agreed with Xin Andong's plan, and said happily, "Cheng, since someone buys it, then you get more pork this time and come back to fill the sausages, although your father and I don't have any skills, but we have the strength." ”

Although the sausage filling is a little tired, but it can't be tired slowly, Xin Andong said to Xin Wenfangming, "Mom, the backyard of our store here is not very convenient, people come and go, I still want to get it in the village." ”

Selling sausages is his son's business, he has no opinion on what to do with Xin Wenfang, after the two discussed for a while, Xin Andong proposed to go to Tong's house, his batch of sausages was sold out, at least he had to pay back the five hundred yuan he borrowed from Tong Zhenghao, before leaving, he thought about putting the eight pancakes left over from breakfast at home in a bag, as well as the ten catties of sausages promised Tong Zhenghao, and slipped to Tong's house together.

The pancakes are for Tong Zhenghao to eat, that is, for him to taste, he doesn't have anything good, although the pancakes are a little cold, but at least it's better than nothing at all, otherwise every time he talks to Tong Zhenghao, he will be said to have no conscience, and Xin Andong is also very weak-hearted.

Familiar with the way found Tong's house, knocked on the door twice, and soon opened.

Tong Zhenghao's original expression was so happy after seeing him, not to mention how happy he was, he excitedly stepped forward and hugged his shoulders, and while taking him home, he complained, "You said that you sold sausages for so long, I haven't seen you for a few days, I'm bored at home every day, didn't it snow the day before yesterday, I was still going to build a snowman, who knew that the snow on the ground was so thin that I laughed to death the next day, and I was happy for nothing!"

Shimizu Prefecture belongs to the central region, although it will snow after the cold winter, but it is not thick, usually it snows at night, and the next day except for the white layer on the eaves, the snow on the ground usually melts when the sun rises.

Tong Zhenghao's temperament of climbing trees and climbing over the wall also made him impatient to stay at home, but with Brother Zong here, he must have no chance to go out in the wild.

"Next time, let's pile it up when the snow is heavy," after speaking, he picked up the things in his hand and motioned to Tong Zhenghao, "Look, the sausage I promised you last time." ”

Tong Zhenghao looked down, the sausage full of salted meat was so dazzling, his saliva immediately flooded, he couldn't wait to take it, and poked it on the sausage, and couldn't wait to look up and ask Xin Andong, "When are we going to eat?" You will make it for me later, the person next door to my house also bought your sausage, and when I ate it, the smell drifted to my house, I smelled the smell and almost went crazy, fortunately you came today, otherwise I would have to go to your store to find Aunt Xin to eat the sausage. ”

After listening to him, Tong Zhenghao immediately rolled his eyes, I can't kill you, and I'm embarrassed to go to his store to ask for sausages.

But he didn't care about Tong Zhenghao, an older baby, and only said, "You can eat the sausages by cutting them into slices and steaming them a little, and I'll go back to the village later." "It means that I don't have time to feed you, and I have enough food and clothing by myself.