Xiaoxi's toilet is next to the pigsty, and Grandpa Chen built two walls with fire bricks along the edge of the eaves. But on the other side, there is no door, and it is blocked by a cloth curtain. This thing is just to cover up the shame, for fear that when you go to the toilet, it will be seen badly, and it will not block the wind at all.

Chen Yubin sat back in his place, did not take a pen to write, opened his hands, and went to the fire to roast. "Master, why don't you have any pigs in the pigsty?"

"Huh, there are no more pigs in the pigsty?" Xiaoxi looked back at Chen Yubin in surprise.

"Well, I just went to the toilet and went in to take a look, and there was only one pig left. "I also threw two red naona into the pig's trough.

"The pigs in the pigsty have long been sold. Granny Chen, who was eating roasted peanuts on the side, replied.

Because it is boring to sit by the fire in winter, and there is no snack at home, everyone will grab two handfuls of raw peanuts or take two handfuls of red roots, potatoes (potatoes), and taro (taro), bury them in the fire, roast them, and eat them.

Burned out with fire, delicious, these are the memories of Xiaoxi's childhood winter.

Chen Yubin also pulled out two peanuts from the ash heap, patted the ashes, peeled them and threw them in his mouth, regardless of the hot mouth, and ate them with relish.

"It's sold, it's been sold for a long time. Although he stuffed peanuts in his mouth, it couldn't stop his mouth or his curious heart.

"Just two days ago, the boss of Renwang drove over to collect it, alas~ Everyone has sold it for money this year, and it can have a good year. "She is really happy for everyone, she gets up early and is greedy all year round, she has worked hard, she sells the money, and adults and children can buy a new dress and eat two more pieces of meat during the New Year.

Thinking of the money she received that day to sell pigs, Granny Chen now wants to laugh three times just by thinking of that number.

But no, this has entered the wax moon, and it is time to pass the pig. Looking at her mother-in-law who was smiling silently and squinting, Xiaoxi thought, it is estimated that it has been sold for money. At this time, she also became interested, dropped the pen, turned around, lay on the back of the chair, looked at Granny Chen for a long time, and said, "Mother, how much did you sell for a total of money?" That's five fat pigs, and the creek is often fed, so they know how fat they are.

Granny Chen looked at Old Man Chen with a smile, pretending not to see the heat in Chen Yubin's eyes, and paused before saying, "Ask your grandfather." "It's still up to an appetite.

However, the Xiaoxi sisters and brothers still turned their heads to look at Old Man Chen. Embarrassed by this naked look, Old Man Chen couldn't resist it, forced himself to suppress the excitement in his heart, and said with a smile: "It was sold for a total of five thousand three hundred and forty yuan." Hahaha...... I will buy you new clothes for the New Year, buy more food, and we will eat well in the next few days. ”

Five thousand three hundred and four, it is sold for a lot of money, no wonder the old couple is so happy, you know, all year round, this family can earn 10,000 yuan.

Speaking of the things to buy for the New Year, Chen Yubin jumped up from the chair excitedly as if he had been beaten with chicken blood, "I still have to buy guns, and when the time comes, I will buy more guns, ground mice (sky monkeys), and fireworks or something." ”

Thinking about it, this year's income is good, and it is indeed necessary to have a good time. It's the New Year, everyone has to be happy, "Okay, when the time comes, buy more firecrackers or something, everyone is lively, this year, it's all hard." ”

His request was satisfied, Chen Yubin screamed excitedly, and jumped twice on the spot to express his inner joy.

"What do you want to buy from Xiaoxi?" Seeing that his grandson made a request, but his granddaughter didn't mention it, Old Man Chen looked at Xiaoxi expectantly.

"Ah~ what to buy......" Seeing that grandpa asked herself what she wanted to buy for the New Year, before she had to put it aside, Xiaoxi would definitely be able to say a big slip, but now, she really didn't know what to buy. "Well, buy more good food...... Also, if you come across a seller of mutton, beef, or something, buy more meat. "When I think of the yellow beef I ate the year before last, the saliva of the creek is about to flow out.

That's the scalper of the second master's family. To tell the truth, where are the villagers willing to kill cattle, but cattle are the main labor force, and they are experts in their work! That is the second master's cattle seem to be tired to death or something, they are slaughtered on the spot, skinned, and then given to the people who help, each family divided two catties of meat, kept some for their own family, and sold the rest to the butchers.

Because the family had never eaten beef, Grandpa Chen planned to stew the two catties of meat like pork, but Xiaoxi hurriedly stopped him, took a big ingredient, and asked Grandpa Chen to marinate it. The taste is really amazing, better than any braised beef that Xiaoxi has eaten before.

The other three people who said also remembered the braised beef they ate that time, and their eyes suddenly glowed green, "Yes, yes, buy more, the braised beef is delicious." ”

Old Man Chen also nodded, "That's for sure." "Mutton is okay, beef is not common, now that I have money, I have it, of course I have to buy more.

"Oh, and that frozen tofu, I have to buy some tofu and freeze it, that thing is resistant to cooking and delicious. Thinking of the frozen tofu she had eaten two days ago, Granny Chen proposed. She had never eaten tofu like this before, not to mention her, no one in the neighborhood had ever thought of freezing tofu out and eating it. Let's eat it, it's not bad.

"Grandpa, why don't we eat sauerkraut fish at night, put more chili peppers, sour and spicy, this cold day, just go to the cold, warm and warm." At school, it left us cold. "Speaking of tofu, Xiaoxi thinks of sauerkraut fish.

"Okay. "It's a wet and cold day, so let's go to the cold and warm the stomach. Fish, sauerkraut, there are many at home, and it is not a big deal.

The sauerkraut used to cook fish at home is another kind of sauerkraut - pickled cabbage, which is the whole vegetable leaves of the baby cabbage selected, soaked in the jar like pickles, sour and spicy. The leaves of baby cabbage are thick and strong, and it is delicious to make sauerkraut fish.

Baby cabbage is their name here, also called children's cabbage, and the scientific name is Baozi mustard. Because the buds that grow from the axils of the leaves continue to expand, so that they are replaced by bulging buds, just like countless children surround the mother in the middle, so it is called baby cabbage.

The Fuling mustard sold in the supermarket is made from the tubers of baby cabbage.

Say move, the night is long and the day is short in winter, and it gets dark quickly, Granny Chen patted the ash on her hand, "Then I'll go and see if there is any tofu here, buy two." ”

"Mother, buy more, didn't you say that frozen tofu is delicious, buy more and come back to freeze, anyway, we have a place to put it, and we are not afraid of spoiling." Xiaoxi said.

"Okay, I'll take a look" patted the dust on his clothes, got up, took a basin and went out.

"Okay, you two hurry up and do your homework, it's going to be dark soon, finish writing early and throw it away early, the black light will hurt your eyes. Seeing that the sister and brother were still picking up peanuts in the ash pile to eat, Old Man Chen hurriedly urged.

Xiaoxi and Chen Yubin glanced at each other, quickly patted the ash on their hands, and returned to the dinner table to do their homework.

"Mother, I'm back. Xiaoxi got up and glanced at the basin in Granny Chen's arms, "There are only two pieces of tofu left, and they are selling very well today." ”

"Haha...... I was lucky today, their family did not do much today, and their family deliberately left two pieces, and when they saw me going to buy tofu, they said sell it to me, and they won't eat this tofu tonight. Granny Chen put the basin on the board and said with joy. She had just come back from outside, and it was almost dark, so she started cutting tofu and started cooking.

Xiaoxi finished his homework anyway, and stopped his grandfather, who was about to get up, and rushed to boil the pot. The firewood in the stove was crackling, and the fire shone on the face of the stream, which was warm, and the brook looked particularly good.

The firelight stretched the figure of the creek and put it on the earthen wall behind, Chen Yubin saw it, so he ran over and raised his hand to the wall, and he could make a puppy and a wild goose, and the creek was also lively, she only had an extra rabbit, but both of them had a lot of fun.

Because the firewood is longer than the hole in the pot, a small half of the firewood will be left outside, and if the person who burns the pot can't stuff it in time, the inside will be burned out, and the outside will fall to the ground. If someone is sloppy and doesn't clean up, and there is firewood or something in front of the pot door, it is easy to light it.

The two children were only concerned with playing, so they forgot about the pot, and when they heard the sound of firewood falling to the ground, they turned around and hurriedly stuffed the firewood that had fallen on the ground into the pot hole with tongs. Fortunately, their old man Chen is a tidying person, and he is clean in front of the pot door, and there is no firewood at all. The brook hurriedly used a broom to sweep the coals that had fallen everywhere into the ash heap.

And Chen Yubin quickly picked up a thin wooden stick, which was still burning, and turned the unburned end in a circle. Because of its speed, the ignition drew a coherent circle in the air. He didn't just draw circles, but when the fire went out, he would leave a little black charcoal, so he scribbled on the wall with this stick.

"Binbin, what are you doing, don't play with fire, you want to pee at night again...... It's not allowed to scribble on the wall, you see you're neat, the flowers are bulging, it's black everywhere, if you lean against the wall, won't you wipe your body......" Old Man Chen, who was roasting on the fire, inadvertently looked back and saw it, and quickly scolded.

Flower drumming is messy, fancy meaning.

Small children play with fire and pee at night. To pee is to wet the bed and draw a map on the bed. These are all deliberately scared by adults who are afraid that children will play with fire and light the house, hurt themselves or something. Children are still very concerned about peeing or something, and they also know how to lose face.

But no matter how much the adults scare, the children can't resist the temptation of water and fire, and the more the adults don't let what they do, the more they like to do it secretly behind the adult's back.

They also say that "you can't point to the moon, because if you point to the moon, you will cut off your ears." It is probably because of the reverence for the moon that such words are spread. And it's not just scaring children, most adults are convinced.

In fact, Xiaoxi is also convinced of what the adults say, but she can't stop her from having a curious heart. One night the moon was very round and bright, and everyone sat in the courtyard to rest and cool off, Xiaoxi remembered what adults often said, and she secretly stretched out her index finger and pointed at the moon without believing it, but she could not resist the fear in her heart, and quickly withdrew her hand.