59 (2) The village chief of Liangpidian was confided in the sisters of the dumpling banquet

Oops hey! Sweet, soft and glutinous, melt-in-your-mouth ...... Like yogurt or cream – no, no, no!

The old man was secretly worried in his heart, his mouth was slow, his face was solemn, and suddenly his eyebrows opened and he smiled, and a big black hole appeared on his face, and the two rows of devil's black teeth in the black hole were uneven, and then the old man nodded frequently at the laughter, and said to himself in his stomach: "Yes, yes, yes, like a ripe kiwi!" Oops, it's delicious, but it smells like stinking shit! Thinking of this, his expression became complicated.

Feeling that one bite was not enough, the old horse took out a big lump of durian meat from the bag, which was enough to have one or two weights, and stuffed it all with his head and mouth. The old horse continued to taste, and the expression on his face changed for a while like a sunset, which was simply wonderful. It turns out that the fruits of the south are so strange and abundant—absolutely amazing!

In the morning, my sister went to work, and Xiaotang got up and prepared breakfast for Xuecheng. After breakfast, Xiaotang learned to watch cartoons, and Xiaotang went back to her dormitory to move things. She had to take care of Xuecheng here in Fuchun District, and it was definitely inconvenient to run on both sides, so she took advantage of her free time today to pull a box of her usual things and bring them here, of course, as well as heavy textbooks, computers, stationery notes, etc. After cleaning up at eleven o'clock, Xiaotang thought about what to cook at noon.

When she met Xuecheng last afternoon, her sister's face was obviously full of traces of crying, not to mention Xuecheng, that half swollen face, a red-eyed adult looked terrible, not to mention the child! I don't know that the child has been wronged, last night her aunt put down her own things to play with the child and make the child laugh, and the atmosphere seems to be better this morning, but the sadness is still on the face, and she is still learning to become a Zheng

Xiaotang recalls the time when she first came to Shenzhen, whenever she encountered something bad or had good news, her sister always made dumplings for her to eat. Egg stuffing with leeks, eggs with cabbage, stuffing with pork and green onions...... The salty stuffed meat, thick skin, and bulging dumpling belly are neatly lined up after wrapping, and a big bowl is brought out of the pot - scoop two spoonfuls of oil and spicy seeds, sprinkle a few pieces of chopped coriander leaves, and glance at a little like balsamic vinegar, green onions, and pepper noodles......

It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, and simply make dumplings. Xiaotang intends to do everything he can to give his sister who is on vacation in the second half of the holiday and who is physically and mentally supported to make a hearty dumpling feast.

Quickly buy vegetables, choose vegetables, wash vegetables, and then chop the vegetables and meat one by one, and then fry or adjust them all the same - the classic leek egg filling, the coriander and pork filling that my sister loves to eat, and the three fresh shrimp fillings that I love to eat...... When making the stuffing, the woman did not forget to stew the winter melon pork rib soup on the stove to invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis. After the noodles were reconciled, before rolling out the dumpling skin, she slapped a plate of cucumbers, a plate of tomatoes mixed with sugar, and a plate of onions mixed with beef in sauce.

Everything is ready, only dumplings are left. Xiaotang couldn't hold back her excitement to create surprises, so she carefully took several photos from the right angle and sent them to the WeChat group of the three sisters, one to inform her sister, and the other to show off the fruits of her labor.

Who would have thought that Gui Ying had just finished talking about business, and when she went out of the factory to find a car, she saw a few plates of home-cooked cold dishes and several dumpling fillings on the road, and the fat woman swallowed her spit greedily, and then sent a voice She was coming from Dongguan, and she arrived in Fuchun District at half past one, begging Xiaotang to leave two plates for her. It was already one o'clock when Hyosung got home from work, and when he saw that the girl was full of guys on the coffee table, he washed his hands and walked quickly to help. It didn't take long for Gui Ying to join.

"What's going on today? It's so grand! Every kind of dumpling can wrap a big basket in our hometown! Gui Ying's loud voice added a sense of joy to the family.

"It's not like we haven't met for a long time after the Mid-Autumn Festival, if you don't need dumplings to seduce, Sister Yingying, you can come over!" Xiaotang patted the flour on his hand and continued to roll the dumpling skin.

"Don't be so primitive, buy some dumpling skins, I have a big head when I look at housework now! Since Zhiyuan went to work, what I was most afraid of was cooking two meals at home! ”

"It's hard to do it once, and you must roll it by hand! Besides, you two don't have time to go to work, now count me to be free, just right! Xiao Tang finished throwing the seven or eight dumpling wrappers rolled out by his subordinates to the two of them.

"Over the years, I have eaten some dumplings from my hometown here with your sisters." Gui Ying sighed.

"What are you sighing for?" Xiaotang asked, and after asking her sister, who was always silent and squinting and smiling, she swept her eyes.

"Business is not doing well this year, and there is a lot of pressure! I've been in the workplace for so many years, and I've never encountered such a bad environment this year! It's all fronts! Gui Ying complained while making dumplings.

"I've known you for so many years, and when our three children encounter difficulties, my sister is afraid to shrink her feet, I stand still, and you rush forward in a daze! Sister Yingying, I think you are a typical spring-type personality - the greater the pressure, the greater the rebound, and you have no motivation if there is no pressure. Xiaotang looked at the two and laughed.

"I used to be young, but this year is different. It's different. It's hard! Gui Ying sighed again.

"Sigh again! It's hard to get together and sigh all the time! I'll tell you about me, I'm sure I'll scare you two to death, I'm afraid my sister won't dare to tell her if she is worried!" ”

Xiaotang then recounted her National Day experience in Yunnan in detail, and Hyosung was sometimes stunned and sometimes silently wept; Gui Ying is like listening to a story, picking flaws and finding ways everywhere. The dumplings are wrapped, and they are out of the pot again. The three of them are still sighing about Xiaotang being deceived in Yunnan, especially Hyosung, remembering the scene where the girl hugged her and cried that night, and this time she quietly wiped her tears.

The meal was set. Four soup dumplings with soup seasoning, three plates of dried dumplings, plus three plates of cold dishes, four bowls of pork rib soup, and a full coffee table for three women and one child, it must be a sumptuous dumpling feast. Dumplings are not an ordinary meal for northerners, but are as meaningful as a turkey for Christmas and a birthday cake for a birthday star. Northerners often eat dumplings to spend many solar terms, and many areas even eat dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, which shows its status.

Xuecheng was eating the dumplings silently in the corner of the coffee table, and Gui Ying saw the child's red eyes like blood cells, the unnaturally swollen face, and the sadness on Hyosung's face. Seeing this, in order to relieve the embarrassment, Xiaotang kept teasing the child and finding topics.

"I decided to start looking for a job after the exam next week, and I studied while working...... Flustered! Xiaotang said.

"We should take exams while working, we are not young people in our early twenties, and we don't want to go back to our hometown to find our parents! What do middle-aged people do that they can't calculate in the long run? Gui Ying responded.

"Well, don't you have enough money?" Hyosung asked the girl softly.

"No, I just feel like learning...... It's a bit too laid-back! There is no kind of drive and hard work at work! ”

After a while, Xiaotang looked at the two of them by wiping his sweat, and suddenly spoke to the two sisters bravely and seriously: "Tell the two of you, no, no, no, it's to inform the two of you!" I don't want to think about falling in love and getting married right now, not just because of Yunnan or because of that man. There were a lot of questions before...... I didn't figure it out, but now it's dawn on me that I've decided to figure myself out first, fill myself up and be happy, and then do other things. ”

Today, Bao Xiaotang was able to muster up the courage to speak because he asked Zhang Zhuofan and Momi's sisters in advance in advance in the group of sisters in distress. Both of them supported themselves in making these words clear in front of their sister, firstly, to express their thoughts or positions, and secondly, not to let those who cared about her continue to worry or worry.

"Don't! Tang'er, you are so beautiful, why bother! I'll introduce you to a few objects, definitely better than that man, and reliable! Gui Ying was in a hurry.

"It's not...... I want to tell you and my sister that I don't want to think about this now, whether there is a suitable partner or not, no matter how old I am and how sorry I miss out, I feel that I understand myself, improve myself, and make myself happier - this matter is currently more important than falling in love and finding a partner! Xiaotang finished staring at the two sisters.

"Are the two in conflict? I don't think it's a conflict! Gui Ying was puzzled.

Hyosung lowered his head and slowly ate the dumplings, thoughtful, but did not speak. My situation has reached the point of divorce, and I am sad, hopeless, and guilty all day long; Now that my sister is full of holes and I don't want to talk about it anymore, as the eldest sister, when I heard my sister decide like this, the feeling in my heart was not good, and the tears I wanted to burst out were blocked by her reason several times.

"Of course it's a conflict, at least for me! If there is no conflict, why should I do anything more! Xiaotang shrugged and spread his hands.

"She has her own ideas, let her do what she thinks, don't interfere with her." In the silence, Hyosung spoke for the girl.

"Xing'er, what's wrong with you? Don't you know that she has reached the advanced age of childbearing? Gui Ying put down her chopsticks and frowned.

"How don't you know! The premise of fertility is marriage, the premise of marriage is that there is a person, and the premise of marriage is that you are ready to accept this person in all aspects! She feels unprepared now, so how can she skip so many steps to have a baby! Again, women don't have to get married and have children! Hyosung looked at a plate of dumplings on the table with a distracted expression, and whispered softly, which was particularly intimidating.

Gui Ying and Xiaotang looked at each other, obviously frightened.

After being silent with each other and eating a few mouthfuls of dumplings, Xiaotang suddenly bit his chopsticks and said gently: "Actually, I want to be an unmarried family." Right now, I'm just afraid to scare the two of you. Worldly life is nothing more than the way you both look, I see it, I think it's good, and it's bad; I want to try another option, whether it is successful or not, I just want to give it a try and see a different scenery. Xiaotang has to be calm, and the people who listen are also calm.

Gui Ying took a few chopsticks and sauced meat, swallowed it, put down the chopsticks, and said earnestly: "Tang'er, you can be like this now, it can be seen that you have grown up and matured, and you are obviously different from you who only knew how to go to work, dress up, and look for objects before!" Sister is impressed by your words! No matter how you choose, your sister and I will respect you and support you! Anyway, we always hope you are doing well, inside and out! ”

After Gui Ying finished, the three of them each bowed their heads and nodded silently.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Yang was hungry, and the old horse waited for him and his family to wait until almost five o'clock to see that no one had returned, and he led the child out to find food. In late October, when the air was bright and not hot, Lao Ma loved to take his loyal and lovely friend out for a walk. Breathe in the fresh air, stretch his old muscles and bones by the way, the key is to take the baby everywhere to find some Shaanxi to eat.

I have to, Lao Ma is selfish in eating. In order to lay a thick foundation for Shaanxi's taste for the baby's taste, the old man spent a lot of tongue, nonsense, and pockets in the name of treasure hunting.

The grandfather and grandson walked two miles, Yang Yang was hot, tired and hungry, stomped his feet, patted his legs, snorted and squatted on the ground and did not leave. Seeing this, the old horse skillfully put down the scooter on his shoulder, and stepped on it with his feet tacitly. The old horse pulled the towel on the front of the yo-yo with his right hand, and continued to squat on the yo-yo with the iron handle, and the two of them roamed the streets, looking for restaurants in Shaanxi from door to door.

"Grandpa, I'm dying of hunger!" Yang Yang hugged the front of the car and coquettishly.

"Oh, there are few north-facing Shaanxi stores! My baby waits, it's coming soon! When the time comes, what do you want to eat, what will the master give you, will it be successful! ”

Yang Yang pouted and did not answer, and the old horse continued to pull the cart away. I don't know how long I walked, but I suddenly met a wooden brother Liangpi, and the old horse suddenly looked upset when he saw the word Liangpi. Collected the car and hugged the baby, and walked into the cool leather shop.

After watching the broadcast, the price is a little scary, a bowl of cold skin is eighteen yuan, listening to the baby humming and chirping, he is almost hungry, Lao Ma thought to himself to order only one, and he thought about his own dinner, so he put down the waiter: "A cold skin." ”

The waiter turned around and left, and a minute later a middle-aged man with a shiny face and a thin figure came over, and the man bowed politely to the old horse and said: "Oh, don't mean it, the cool skin in the store is finished, and it will take more than a while for the evening to cherry."

"Uh...... You don't have cool skin anymore, what's the matter? The old horse looked up and asked.

"Old man, that's the case, we have a few servings of gluten left now, cold salad gluten - I don't know if you want it?" The man grinned and gave the next two plans.

"Gluten! Gluten is also made! Let's gluten! ”

"One or two?"

"One copy!"

"Okay!" The man clapped his hands and turned around quickly.

After being served, the blue and white porcelain shallow bowl is seven inches wide and one inch high, the gluten in the bowl is built into a dome, and some coriander is sprinkled on the dome...... The old horse swallowed his saliva, pushed the bowl of gluten to Yangyang, and then helped the baby set aside a few and put them in the bowl for her to eat slowly.

Yang Yang fluttered his feet and ate very slowly, the old horse was forced to rumble in his stomach and spit frequently in his mouth, but the bowl of cold skin was really not much, according to the amount of food in Yangyang, she should be able to eat enough. So, the old man continued to sit and wait with stomach acid.

Half an hour later, the beauty finally finished eating, the old horse saw that there was a lot of soup left, flashed the idea to pick up the bowl and pour the balsamic vinegar sauce with red oil in one go, and saw that the exquisite decoration in the cool leather shop, the uniform clothing, and the calligraphy and painting on three sides, I felt a little elegant and did not dare to make a mistake. So, the old horse swallowed a few more mouthfuls of saliva and got up to pay the bill.

"Hello, forty-five in total!" The greasy boss came over to greet him.

"How much?" The old horse's whole body was stiff and tense.

"Forty-five! You're gluten! The gluten here is made by hand, and it has been used for a long time, so you can eat it and think it tastes good! "The owner explained elegantly and politely.

It's really hard to reach out and hit the smiling man, Lao Ma stood in front of the counter, licked his lips, looked at the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and was angry in his heart. I really wanted to have a seizure, seeing that the child was here, the old man didn't want Yangyang to see his devilish side, so he swallowed silently. Knowing that the man wanted him to scan the code to pay the bill, Lao Ma deliberately took out a hundred yuan from his pocket to let him change.

"Hello, fifty-five!" After a while, the skinny boss respectfully handed over the money to Lao Ma.

The old man from Shaanxi has eaten authentic cold skin for 60 years, and he has never heard that cold skin and gluten are two prices! Unexpectedly, as soon as they arrived in other places, Shaanxi people gave priority to Shaanxi people.

The old horse was silent, took the money and pulled the baby out of the store. Angry as if betrayed by the whole world, the old man flew away from the neighborhood without looking back, secretly deciding never to set foot on this street again. Because a shop hates a street - the old village chief is so horizontal. After many years, Lao Ma really never went to that street again.

The liars in this city are really high-level, and Lao Ma cursed and cursed in his heart. How do you have to make money to live here? Cut back 15 hair, buy 83 catties of fruit, eat 45 bowls of cold skin...... In other words, He Zhiyuan's little salary is enough for the whole family to pay a few times a year, buy a few catties of durian, and eat gluten a few times?

When Gui Ying gave him living expenses yesterday, Lao Ma still felt that 3,000 yuan was a lot, enough for his grandfather to eat for two or three months, after all, 3,000 yuan in Majiatun, in the town, and in the county is really a lot. The two of them swayed outside, and they went to hundreds at once, except for the beef balls, they really didn't eat anything high-grade, and that's it, the few hundred yuan for white flowers was gone.

I have a house and a car, the mortgage has just been repaid, and the burden on the two children is not big...... At first, when he first came, Lao Ma thought that his girl's life was still quite good. After eating and drinking here for almost four months, he felt more and more that the prices in the international city were extraordinary, and the old man gradually understood why his woman Yingying was so desperate.

Heck, it's not worth a lot of money here.

Thinking of his daughter, and then comparing and contrasting his son-in-law, Lao Ma couldn't help but feel anxious about the family's livelihood. Relying on Gui Ying to accompany customers to drink outside, what kind of life is this? Sooner or later, I'll have to drink down, what will I do then? Thinking of this, Lao Ma became more and more angry, angry Zhiyuan was incompetent, angry Guiying was stupid and didn't care, angry at the owner of the cool leather shop, angry at the greedy, domineering and arrogant on that street......

The vast majority of men make money by running the house, and there are also women who run the family and men who contribute, but women who run the family and women contribute, Lao Ma has seen it, it is all wonderful. The female dolls produced by this kind of family education are obviously stronger, and the male dolls are weaker. The strange family continues to be strange in the next generation like a ghost. The old horse glanced at the girl who whispered to Fusang Hua, and made up his mind to spin the world - one for Yingying, and the other for Yangyang.