The Zhou family is not like the Tian family, where grain, oil and salt have to be locked up, Zhou Cuiling easily measured the rice noodles from her parents' room, and the staple food was to boil millet porridge and then steam a basket of Sanhe noodles.

First cover the noodles and wake up, and the two girls took the vegetable basket and went to the back vegetable garden to pick vegetables.

Aunt Yang is diligent, and Zhou Cuiling usually helps, their vegetable garden is very well maintained, and the weather in October is still lush.

When Meng Tao saw the two fruity orange trees, he told Zhou Cuiling that he gave Zhang Guoqing an orange, saying that Zhou Cuiling picked it by himself, and he was so happy that he was reluctant to eat it in his pocket.

Zhou Cuiling was disgusted: "What a fool, if you don't eat it, you can't eat it when you see it." However, my oranges are late-ripening varieties, so you can keep them until the Chinese New Year and eat enough when he comes back for the New Year. ”

Meng Tao asked, "Where are the fruit trees?" I also want to find a few trees to plant in the back garden, so that I can eat them if I want. ”

Zhou Cuiling laughed: "You can really do it, how many more do you want to plant?" Then it will be collective, and it will be good for you to plant one or two trees in your own home, and pick the fruit for oil and salt. ”

"One or two trees are fine, how can there be?"

"I don't know where it is, my orange tree, or a few years ago, my father went to visit the orchard of Fengming Commune, and saw the substandard fruit tree saplings they threw away, so he picked up two and sandwiched them behind the bicycle and came back to plant, but I didn't expect the planting to be alive and bear fruit."

Is there an orchard in Phong Minh commune? Meng Tao remembered this information.

In this era, private trading was restricted, although the countryside could go to the commune every month to catch a big market, but grain and food were not in the transaction, and it was quite difficult to eat a fruit, like Zhou Cuiling's house, there were one or two trees, and the fruit could be eaten by himself and sent to relatives, but it could not be sold privately, and if it was really to be sold, it was sent to the public purchase station, and the price was very low, and it was really only enough to buy oil and salt.

However, with the existence of the black market, Meng Tao feels that his own space can change the quality of fruits, and he is really short of money, so he can make some money by doing a fruit sales business, right?

After picking a basket full of vegetables, Meng Tao saw that the fence was full of spindle-shaped small bitter gourds, pointed and said, "This can also be cooked, don't you eat it at home?" ”

Zhou Cuiling said: "This melon is too bitter, my mother grows it every year, but the whole family doesn't like to eat it." ”

"I saw people scrambling eggs and this melon together in the canteen of Qianjin Steel Mill, and many people rushed to eat it, and I heard that eating it can clear liver heat, which is good for the body, especially for the eyes."

"Really? My dad said that after he went to the commune, he read a lot of documents and wrote reports, and his eyes were foggy, so he fried this tonight and made it for my dad to eat in the future. ”

"If you don't like it, just eat it every few days."

"Yes, give him food once a week."

Zhou Cuiling went up and picked seven or eight bitter gourds in one go.

The two of them carried the vegetable basket back to the kitchen, one selected vegetables, washed vegetables and cut vegetables, one kneaded dough and steamed wotou, boiled millet porridge, and then began to stir-fry the vegetables in the same way.

Meng Tao went to the consignment store, originally wanted to buy bulk wine, bulk bud grain wine four cents and eight cents a catty, and later saw bottled bamboo leaf green wine, two dollars a bottle, so he bought two bottles.

Zhou Shi'an pushed his bicycle and entered the courtyard with the three sons he picked up on the road, smelled the smell of sausage, and was very surprised, and several boys were excited: Do you have meat to eat today? That's great!

They rushed into the house and saw their sister coming back from the city, and there was another cheer around them.

Zhou Cuiling asked her younger brothers to wash their hands, and then told Zhou Shi'an that tonight's sausages and beef jerky were brought back by Meng Tao from the provincial capital, and she also bought wine, and asked her father and Uncle Bao to drink two glasses.

Zhou Shi'an looked at Meng Tao with some surprise, this little girl who is like a rabbit is like a guts, her kung fu has changed a lot in just a few days, and she has come back from a trip to the provincial capital, and she understands the sophistication of human feelings.

He nodded: "Okay, then let your brother go and invite Uncle Bao over, let's dip the peach blossom light and have a few drinks." ”

Zhou Cuiling's three younger brothers got a gift from Meng Tao, each of them had a villain book, which had made them happy, plus a big apple and a handful of toffee, they simply won the jackpot with the future generations, and they were so happy that they couldn't find the north, the eldest brother immediately volunteered to ask Captain Bao Shunfeng, the second brother followed Aunt Yang's instructions to call Zhou Shiping, the second uncle of the Zhou family, and the third brother was busy moving the stool and arranging the seats.

Bao Shunfeng came over quickly, and asked Meng Tao as soon as they met: "Cui Ling's object said on the phone that you agreed to break off with Tian Zhigao, how about it, can you tell us?" ”

Aunt Yang said with a smile: "Uncle Bao, let's sit down and eat first, these two girls came back from the area in a hurry early in the morning, they didn't eat breakfast and lunch, and they made us a table of dishes when they were hungry." ”

Zhou Shi'an opened the wine, the house was full of wine, and beckoned to the wind: "Come on, this wine, sausage and beef jerky, but the peach blossom girl specially honors us." ”

Bao Shunfeng couldn't help the temptation of the wine, walked to the table and sat down, looked at the table full of dishes, and smashed his mouth: "Loser girl!" I can't put a few dollars in my pocket, what are you doing with this? What kind of beef jerky and sausages are all expensive things! ”

Meng Tao, who was serving porridge, smiled bitterly: This "loser" hat can't be taken off.

Zhou Cuiling said: "Uncle Bao, you have wronged the peach blossoms, she doesn't know where to buy these, they were given by someone who recognizes her as a sister." She also knew that it was expensive, so she asked us all to taste it together. ”

"Think of Peach Blossom as a girl? And what's going on? ”

"Yes, that person is Zhang Guoqing's teacher, he is also surnamed Meng, when he saw Peach Blossom, he said that he was like his sister, so he recognized his godfather. Peach Blossom was going home, and he also sent it to the car with the National Day and bought these sausages and beef jerky for Peach Blossom to carry. ”

"Is that so?"

Meng Tao replied: "Yes, Brother Meng also said that if he has a chance, he will come to Linshui Village to have a look." ”

Bao Shunfeng nodded: "Okay, as long as he is sincere, we can always afford to entertain him." ”

At this time, Uncle Tuesday came over, and also made a few funny words, the atmosphere at the dinner table became lighter, everyone sat around the table, raised chopsticks to eat, everyone was hungry, first fill the stomach and then talk.

Drinking should always take your time, take a sip of wine and talk a lot, and when the people who have eaten are full and leave the table, the three men are still drinking and talking.

Meng Tao didn't leave the dinner table, Zhou Shi'an and Bao Shunfeng asked her to sit next to her and tell her about the steel mill in detail, and she made an honest report.

Zhou Shi'an and Bao Shunfeng were angry again when they heard it, Bao Shunfeng scolded and scolded, scolded Tian Zhigao for not being a thing, Zhou Shi'an paved his wine glass, and said that the treatment of Qianqian Steel Mill was too light, he just didn't have time, if he brought peach blossoms over, it would definitely not be such a result.

Uncle Tuesday said to Meng Tao: "You have worked hard in the Tian family for four years, if you hold on to it, the girls in the city can't do it, they must be dispersed." ”

Meng Tao shook his head: "Seeing that the two of them are like that, I am completely an outsider, Tian Zhigao looks at me like an unknown person, and the twisted melon is not sweet, so I don't want him." ”

Uncle Tuesday shook his head and sighed: "In this way, your grandfather has wasted his efforts, Tian Zhigao has a chance, and the benefits are for others to go." ”

"What good can it be? According to Tian Zhigao's temperament, I don't think it will be able to go anywhere. The Tian family doesn't have a good thing, and it's right for Peach Blossom to leave. Zhou Cuiling said.

Aunt Yang nodded in agreement, as the saying goes, paper can't hold the fire, although the cadres of the Linshui Village Brigade have done a job to tell the villagers not to go out and spread the word, but with hundreds of mouths, who can control it? The "poisoning" incident of the Tian family still inevitably spread, and the surrounding villages and the entire commune all knew about it.

Now the reputation of the Tian family is insignificant, not only Linshui Village dislikes them, but the villagers of the surrounding villages all claim that they should not let the Tian family enter their village, and the two youngest sons of the Tian family were originally studying in the commune middle school, and they were ridiculed by their classmates every day, and they had no face to go to school, so they dropped out of school and went home.

Such a person, no matter how rich they are, who is rare?