Overall, luck was good – light snowflakes fell in the sky on the day the tofu shop closed.

In the evening, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as goose feather snow.

One night fell silently, and the next day when I opened the door, I was filled with a white world.

Snow is both good and bad for the countryside.

The advantage is that the pests in the field are frozen to death, and the crops are frozen, and the harvest will be better next year; secondly, the food prepared for the New Year is not afraid of spoiling, like freshly ground tofu, and the cover is placed in the shade next to the water tank behind the house, like a natural freezer.

Needless to say, it is inconvenient to go out in the cold and snow, let alone go up the mountain to chop firewood; while freezing to death pests, the vegetables in each family's own land are also frozen enough; and the roofs of individual houses are crushed and the water tanks are frozen and cracked......

Fortunately, the diligent people have already gone up to the roof to inspect the good weather in those days. The moth-eaten beams were reinforced with auxiliary beams and columns, the broken tiles were replaced with new ones, and the electric poles along the village road were inspected one by one, and some were reinforced by a row of wooden stakes nailed around them.

Ying Fang felt a little cold when she got up, and took out the military coat that Xiang Gangtuo bought from the military factory from the box, and it was much warmer after putting it on.

There was the sound of brooms scraping the floor in the yard, and the family was already clearing the snow. In the cowshed in the yard next door, the tamed wild cow mooed from time to time.

Xiao Sanye came back with a small bucket of steaming milk, and shouted, "Are you awake?

Yesterday, she read a medical book and found an article dedicated to the medicinal value of cow's milk, and gave a few examples. Thinking that there is no shortage of fresh milk at home, why not pick a few simple recipes to try?

The simplest is ginger ale and milk. Ying Fang memorized the steps and began to do it.

Only two ingredients are needed for ginger juice and milk, one is ginger and the other is milk.

Jiang Yingfang's family has a kind, after the ground, even the mud is piled up in the corner of the warehouse, there is ginger, and there are many fewer insects in the house.

I picked a piece of ginger with a relatively small crumbling skin, peeled and washed it, cut it into granules and mashed it in a small mortar, then transferred it to clean gauze and pinched out the juice. Step 1: Ginger ale is complete.

Then boil the milk. After boiling, add an appropriate amount of sugar, and keep stirring after turning off the heat until the milk temperature drops to about 70 degrees.

Then quickly pour the milk into a bowl with ginger ale, and after a few minutes it will solidify into ginger juice and hit the milk.

Yingfang divided a large bowl of ginger juice into several small bowls for everyone to taste.

Xiao Sanye was the first to comment: "The taste of ginger is stronger, the better." ”

The old man also gave a good review: "Not bad, it's much better than milk." ”

Ying Fang smiled and said, "Grandpa, if you like it, I will make you a cup every day in the future." The medical book says that drinking it like this has the effect of warming the stomach, strengthening the body, dissipating cold, and calming the nerves, which is much better than drinking milk directly. ”

"You're not afraid of trouble. The old man smiled and said he had no opinion.

Everyone else also said that it was delicious, and Yingfang decided to bring her family a glass of ginger juice and milk every morning in the future.

"Can you drink the baby eggs?" Jiang Xinrou asked.

"It's okay to feed two spoonfuls a little. ”

"Then I'll feed them. Jiang Xinrou happily held the small bowl and shared it with her grandchildren.

Ying Fang continued to tinker with fresh milk snacks.

At this time, there was a lively laughter outside.

Xiao Li walked in with a large wave of guests.

It turned out that Xiao Da and Xiao Er had arrived.

Let's talk about the two families, the old family is actually Xiao Da, the second family is the third generation of grandparents and grandchildren, and even Yingfang's second cousin Xiao Minshu, who has never met, came this time.

When the old man saw that his sons were coming, he was happy in his heart, but his mouth was still stubborn: "Why are you here at this time?"

How could Second Uncle Xiao not know her father-in-law's temper, and explained with a smile: "I don't want to surprise my father." And the third child drew a road map in the letter, and it didn't take much effort to find it after getting off the boat. ”

"Grandpa, you've been here for a year, and you look much better. Xiao Minshu had seen the elders, turned around inside and outside the house, and proposed with great interest, "It seems that this place has good feng shui, why don't I stay a few more days after the New Year?" ”

"What about work, work doesn't matter?" said the old man.

"It's not just a mission to come back, the first batch of half a month off, and it's too late to go back on the tenth day of the new year. You see that last year, my uncle and aunt and cousin recognized each other, my cousin gave birth to a baby, and I couldn't rush back after confinement, and this year I rarely took a half-month long vacation, grandpa, you won't let me go, right?"

"Whatever you want. The old man waved his hand and popped out two words.

Only the curvature that the corners of his mouth couldn't suppress revealed the fact that he was very happy at the moment.

Fang Zhouzhen and the others looked for triplets as soon as they came, and they also brought a lot of food and play.

However, their son was handsome, and he drank a bowl of ginger juice and milk at Yingfang, and became Yingfang's little follower.

The guests in Kyoto arrived on the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, and after three days of the New Year, the group arrived, allocated accommodation, put away the luggage, and started non-stop.

There are many people during the Chinese New Year, not only is it lively, but the dishes are eaten, and the condiments such as egg dumplings, tofu rolls, meatballs, and fish balls are also delicious.

Fry a piece of lard, and as soon as you scoop up the fragrant and crispy lard residue, you and I will share it all in one bite.

Make an egg dumpling, gather curious and delicious bear children around, wrap a small egg dumpling with less meat and send it to their mouths, and the aroma of eggs fills the entire stove.

Men sweep snow, chop firewood, kill chickens and ducks, women pluck chicken feathers, make dumplings, and cut shredded rice cakes; triplets sit in bamboo carts and listen to handsome little pot friends tell them stories.

Shuai Shuai sat on a small chair with a bowl of fried chestnuts on his knees, and painstakingly peeled the chestnuts while telling stories to the triplets. The chestnut meat was finally peeled out, he tasted it himself, and then broke a small grain for Yang Yang, and then broke a small grain for Nuan Nuan, and left a small grain for Yan Yan.

The triplets clapped their hands happily.

The handsome little pot friend then peeled chestnuts and told stories.

I can't tell if it's the temptation of chestnuts or the temptation of the story, but the effect is pretty good.

On the day of the New Year, Xiang Gang also came back from the mountain, and at the same time picked up the old Jin and the two of them, the golden retriever, the kumquat, and the little gold.

That's right, Xiao Jin finally showed his face in front of everyone.

The other four golds were taken by Mr. Xiao and others to take the initiative to bring them back for the New Year, saying that it was cold and there was no food monster in the mountains.

Although there is no custom of Chinese New Year's Eve reunion in the animal world, leaving Xiaojin in the mountains in vain, Xiang Gang feels that he can't help it.

The revolutionary feelings were established, and Xiang Gang had already regarded him as a comrade-in-arms.

Thinking that four is just a belt, and five is also a belt, he simply made a reason that is not lame and brought Xiaojin with him.

As a snake that does not need to hibernate, and a snake that has made great contributions to assisting China at the border, everyone is not curious and in awe of it.

The curiosity is due to the question "Aren't snakes cold-blooded?

Awe-inspiring because this is a bamboo leaf! No matter how spiritual and patriotic it is, it is also a poisonous snake! If it is bitten, it is likely to die.

So curiosity is curiosity, for a while, no one dared to approach. The most daring are the four bear children.

Shuai Shuai pinched a little chestnut meat that he had peeled for a long time, stretched out his arms, blinked his big eyes and asked Xiao Jin: "Little snake and little snake, here you are! This is the chestnut meat I peeled, but it is delicious." I've fed my younger brothers and sisters with the ones I peeled in front, and there's so much left, do you like it? I'll feed you......"

"Oh, my little ancestor! This is a snake, not a cat or a dog. Second Uncle Xiao was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat, and she copied him away, instilling safety awareness in a broken way.

Lao Jin and Uncle Meow shook their ears in unison, what's wrong with cats and dogs?

As for the gold teeth, they played with the triplets as soon as they came. Lao Jin expressed his complete loss of temper to this playful son.

The golden retriever seems to know Xiao Er's family, who let him cheat a lot of food from them before. This time was no exception, scratching his head and ears and doing a few funny moves, and after successfully tricking a bunch of fruits, he squatted in the corner and let go of his belly to eat.

Xiao Jin spit out the snake letter, swaggered out of the house under the cautious and defensive eyes of everyone, and then got into the snowdrift, and disappeared from everyone's sight in an instant.

Except for Xiang Gang and Yingfang, who knew that it was hiding on the beam of the east house and sleeping soundly, everyone else was amazed.

"Probably this is a snake that likes the cold and hates warmth. ”

"Then why do you go to the South, isn't it very humid and hot?"

"Uh......"

"Alright, I'll say a few words. The old man interrupted the gossip of the juniors, "This snake may have come to meet us, and it is not strange to leave after getting to know us." When I see it in the future, I know that it is our ally in China and a friend of our family, don't hurt it, you can give it convenience. Nature is full of strange things, don't babble as if you haven't seen the world. ”

"Old man, when Jin appeared, it seemed that you were not surprised. "Xiao Sanye spared no effort to demolish his father's platform.

The old man blew his beard: "I was surprised...... I was surprised because Lao Tzu had never seen such a beautiful snake when he lived to this age. That's right, it's beautiful, don't believe it, you say, that snake is turquoise, like a good jade gem?"

There was silence.

For a long time, don't shake your head and shake your shoulders and snicker.

Xiao Sanye bowed to his father: "In terms of the skill of patting sycophants, I am indeed inferior to you." Admire, admire, bow down!"

"Get out!"

"Hahahaha......"

……

The Chinese New Year's Eve of '72 seems to be still vivid, and this is the Chinese New Year's Eve of '76.

In the blink of an eye, four years have passed.

The Yanqi River Bridge will be open after the New Year. Six pairs of stout piers, like giants squatting in the river, shoulder support the grandiose and wide bridge deck.

Up and down in Ninghe County, especially the elders and villagers in Jiangbei, look forward to the early opening of the bridge.

Not far from the bridge, two four-story family houses have also been completed.

When the construction began two years ago, all the residents of the county town were disdainful and said, "Which factory has a welfare house for workers? Who likes to live in such a remote place?" ”

Two years later, a four-story family house has been erected, and with the completion of the bridge, the nearby green belt has begun to take shape. Especially at the end of last year, the second grain and cotton station settled across the road, and this piece has become a new world in the old county.

Many residents are asking which unit of public housing this house is? Those who have children whose jobs have not yet been secured and want to enter this unit with their heads sharpened; and those who have children who have no partner are trying to ask relatives or matchmakers to find a young man or girl in this unit.

In short, before the arrival of the Spring Festival in '77, the four-story military family room became a new landmark in Ninghe County.

On the streets, nine out of ten people would talk about the Yanqi River Bridge and the four-story public house next to the foot of the bridge, and the rest were worried about family planning, which was getting stricter and stricter.

"The days go by so fast, and in a flash, the baby eggs will soon be seven years old. Jiang Xinrou sighed.

She was quickly flipping over the spatula to fry melon seeds. A melon seed popped out of the pot, she picked it up and swallowed it, smashed it and felt that it was still a little raw, and continued to stir-fry.

Ying Fang sat in front of the fire and pulled the blower.

Since the commune was electrified, the lives of every family have improved dramatically. For example, in the past two years, she has added two household appliances, a blower and a desktop fan.

With the blower, the stove is no longer so cloudy, and the cooked rice and stir-fried vegetables are much more uniform than when the blower is not used, and there will be no more charred and blackened pots at every turn.

And the firewood that is fully burned, that is, the ash of plants and trees, is more delicate, and the effect of manure is even better.

Seeing that the fire was almost over, Yingfang turned off the blower and heard her mother ask there, "Did you hear what I said?"

She was stunned for a moment and continued: "The blower is turned on too loudly, Mom, I didn't hear what you said." ”

Jiang Xinrou glanced at her, and repeated angrily: "I said, after the New Year, the baby eggs are seven years old." If only I had told you the year before last that I would have a snack and add a younger brother or sister to them. ”

"Baby Dan has a small birthday, and he is only five years old. Ying Fang replied.

"That's not the point! The point is, you didn't add a brother or sister to them. I knew that family planning would be so tight, and I really should have had a child the year before last. It was okay in the first half of last year, and the wind was not so tight. At least the wind hasn't reached the countryside yet. There's no hope right now. ”

Ying Fang couldn't cry or laugh: "Mom, other people's families are worried about one or two, why are you worried about the three of our families? Aren't the triplets brothers and sisters to each other?"

"There are many people and great strength, who will think that there are many brothers and sisters? It is strange to say, didn't your master give you a pulse a few years ago? said that your body is as strong as a cow, and it is easy to conceive, why didn't you react? Honestly, did you take the kind of medicine that the secretary's daughter-in-law said?"

"Nope. Yingfang said. It's actually quite empty in my heart.

She didn't take that medicine, but she didn't often read medical books and knew a little about Qihuang, and often pressed several acupuncture points that were conducive to contraception, such as Duantian, Sanjiao, Yangchi, and Yuying. Especially the man who was "gluttonous" from the mountain, after tossing and turning over this and that, he instructed the man to help her press, and she really didn't get pregnant again.