Chapter 6: Feasting
Located in the eastern suburbs of Jiancheng County, the Seed Farm is the largest state-owned farm in Jiancheng County. Through the 105 National Highway of the Seed Farm to the south through Jiancheng County, to the north to the south of the provincial capital, more than a dozen staff family houses of the Seed Farm are distributed on both sides of the 105 National Highway, and the traffic is very convenient.
Zhou Jianhua rode across National Highway 105, turned off the gravel road into the seed farm, and rode towards the second bungalow in the row of family houses closest to the road, the top three of which were Zhou Jianhua's house, the largest of which was a small suite, a dining room with a kitchen and utility room, and the other two single rooms next to it were bedrooms.
Hearing the sound of Zhou Jianhua parking his bicycle in the corridor, his sister Zhou Lihua ran out of the living room: "Brother, why did you come back?!" People are starving to death......"
The voice dragged on, and the tone was obviously very dissatisfied.
Zhou Jianhua turned his head to look at his thin and delicate sister, and saw that she was pouting and looking unhappy, so he asked, "Are you still waiting for me to eat?" ”
Zhou Lihua ignored her and ran back to the room to prepare for dinner. Zhou Jianhua locked the car and carried the fish and candy bags he bought into the living room
When her mother heard Zhou Jianhua's voice coming back, she was about to bring out the hot rice on the stove, and when she saw the hairtail fish that Zhou Jianhua was carrying, she asked in surprise: "Where did this fish come from?" ”
"I bought it. I made a small fortune today, hehe......" Zhou Jianhua happily handed the fish to his mother, put the candy bag on the dining table, and put the remaining more than 20 yuan on the table for his mother to put away.
"So much money?! What the hell is going on?! The mother became more and more suspicious, more than 20 yuan is not a small number, and she may not be able to earn so much money by selling vegetables for two months plus doing odd jobs!
"Today, I helped repair a machine in the mine, and this money is a bonus given by Director Chen of the commune." Zhou Jianhua said briefly: "Mom, let's make this hairtail fish first, let's celebrate today!" ”
"Director Chen gave it?" The mother picked up the money and looked at her son happily, thinking that her son was really good now.
"Rewarded you with so much money?!" Zhou Lihua came out of the kitchen with dishes and chopsticks and saw the money on the table, stared at the watery eyes in surprise, caught a glimpse of the paper bag on the table, and asked, "Brother, what is this?" ”
"Hey...... Brother bought you something delicious! Zhou Jianhua proudly looked at his curious and slightly excited sister on the side, and slowly opened the paper bag.
"Yikes! There's sugar! The moment she saw the candy, Zhou Lihua screamed excitedly, and then rushed forward and couldn't wait to open all the paper bags: "Fruit candy, and orange candy!" Hey...... Brother, what is this? ”
Zhou Lihua saw chocolate wrapped in aluminum foil for the first time, and she didn't know it.
"Well...... It's a medicine, it's very bitter, and you can take a piece when you feel unwell. Zhou Jianhua wanted to tease his sister.
Zhou Lihua asked suspiciously, "Brother, are you uncomfortable?" As he spoke, he reached out to touch Zhou Jianhua's forehead.
"Hmm...... It's very uncomfortable on my back," Zhou Jianhua said in a deliberately low voice, sitting on the stool at the table, twisting his shoulders and back pretendly: "You can help me beat it a few times." ”
Zhou Lihua frowned and turned to her brother's back, pinching and pounding here and there on her brother's back, and asked suspiciously: "Is this okay?" ”
"Hmm...... I'd better take some medicine. Zhou Jianhua reached out and picked up a piece of chocolate, peeled off the aluminum foil, chewed it in a big bite, made an exaggerated appearance of eating very fragrant, and kept clicking his mouth loudly, while shouting loudly in a very exaggerated tone: "Hmm...... It's bitter! It's so bitter, so bitter! ”
Looking at her brother's yin and yang weird expression, Zhou Lihua had a premonition that she was being tricked by her brother, squinted at her brother's strange appearance, and quietly picked up a piece of chocolate and carefully peeled off the aluminum foil and licked it, not bitter! I bit down a little bit and chewed it carefully, fragrant! It smells so good!
"You lied to me!" Zhou Lihua immediately sprinkled coquettishly, and the pink fist kept falling on Zhou Jianhua's shoulder, and then snatched the chocolate from Zhou Jianhua's hand, and quickly turned around and hugged all the candy and chocolates on the table into his arms, and went out to his bedroom, grimacing proudly as he walked: "It's not your share!" Call you to lie to me! Then he deliberately shouted loudly in the corridor outside the door to his brother who was in the other bedroom: "Ronghua! We've got something to eat, come on! ”
The mother had carefully put away the money on the table at this time, looked at her son who was a head above her with pity, and said, "Hurry up and take a bath, I'll go and make fish!" Then he hummed a little song and went to the kitchen.
Zhou Jianhua went to the kitchen vat and scooped a bucket of cold water into the utility room, and then went to the bedroom shared by himself and his younger brother to get clean clothes, and when he came out, he saw his sister coming out of her and her mother's bedroom.
Zhou Lihua deliberately chewed chocolate in front of her brother, walked to the kitchen and stuffed a piece into her mother's mouth, squinting at her brother proudly, and said to her mother: "Mom, learn how to make fish with you today." Then he urged Zhou Jianhua: "Brother, hurry up and wash!" It's so late...... I took a shower and came out just to eat, so as not to wait for you later. ”
"You housekeeper ......!" Zhou Jianhua reluctantly replied to his sister with his head remote, and hurriedly went to the utility room opposite the kitchen to take a bath.
When Zhou Jianhua came out after taking a shower and changing his clothes, his mother had already prepared the hairtail and served it on the table, and the room was full of fish fragrance.
When Zhou Jianhua and his mother sat down at the table, Zhou Lihua and his younger brother Zhou Ronghua couldn't hold back their greed, staring at the fragrant fish on the plate with bright eyes, and were intensively cultivating their own digestive juices.
Zhou Jianhua happily said to his younger brothers and sisters: "What are you still watching? Are you cultivating a bond with the fish, or are you mourning for the fish? ”
"Stop looking, eat!" Mother also said.
Hearing her mother's words, Zhou Lihua and her younger brother immediately feasted on their eyebrows, and couldn't care about talking anymore.
Zhou Jianhua couldn't help but sigh in his heart when he saw his sister and younger brother eating Haisai.
The family has not seen meat dishes for several days, and the vegetables that are usually eaten are basically grown in the field, and it usually takes a month for the family to buy a little fish or meat back, although they also raised a few hens to keep the eggs, and most of the eggs were also taken by the mother to exchange money to make up for the lack of daily use.
"It smells so good! It's been a long time since I've eaten such a delicious fish......" Zhou Lihua ate several pieces of fish in a row, and then she hurriedly said something.
"Mmmm, it's delicious......" Zhou Ronghua was also busy spitting fish bones while vaguely echoing his sister's words.
"Brother, if only you could earn some bonuses and come back often...... Then we can eat fish often......" Zhou Lihua raised her head, licked the oil and water from the corner of her mouth, and thought greedily.
"It's not easy to eat fish...... As long as you are willing to do it. Zhou Jianhua will lead his sister's army, and he knows that his sister is timid and does not dare to kill fish.
"It's hard for Qiao Mei to cook without rice!" Zhou Lihua countered the first army: "As long as you have fish to bring back, I can do it!" ”
"If you want to do it, you can buy it every day!" Zhou Jianhua said.
"Buy fish to eat every day, and you take the money?" Brother Zhou Ronghua also interjected.
"Of course I'm taking the money!" Zhou Jianhua said without hesitation: "In the future, I will bear all the expenses of our family, and all the food you eat will belong to me!" ”
"Brother, can my mother stop selling vegetables and doing odd jobs?" Zhou Ronghua asked again.
"Of course not!" Zhou Jianhua glanced at his mother: "Mom, you don't have to sell vegetables from tomorrow onwards, and you won't have to do odd jobs." ”
"Hehe, I don't sell vegetables and do odd jobs, so I rely on you to support my family alone?" Mother said with a smile.
"yes, it's enough to have me." Zhou Jianhua said very seriously: "Mom, in the future, I will make money with my skills, it will be easy to make money, and I guarantee that everyone will have meat to eat every day in the future." ”
"Really?!" Zhou Lihua screamed happily: "Brother, I want to eat chicken tomorrow!" ”
"Good!" Zhou Jianhua readily agreed, and said with a smile: "Let my mother buy chicken tomorrow." ”
"That'...... I'm going to eat beef the day after tomorrow! Zhou Ronghua also agreed.
"Yes, as long as mom can buy it."
"I'm going to eat canned food too!"
"Yes"
"Apple!"
"Yes"
"Duck"
"Yes"
……
After a while, a large plate of fish was eaten by the sister and brother, Zhou Lihua saw that her mother and brother didn't move chopsticks much, she was a little embarrassed, and said, "Why don't you two eat more?" ”
The mother said, "Of course, you have to live a long life, and you would rather have fewer meals than no meals!" ”
Hearing her mother say this, Zhou Lihua turned her head with a red face and made a grimace at her brother, and then clicked her mouth again, exaggeratedly made a saliva swallowing motion, and said, "Alas...... All right! Then let me go down the drain! ”
"Mom, let the two of them have a good time today." Zhou Jianhua said to his mother while chewing his rice: "There are more than 20 yuan left in the prize money today, even if we eat two catties of fish every day, it will be enough for us to eat for two months - in the future, we will buy some fish and meat every day and come back to eat." ”