On the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, the ground was frozen and cracked, the small north wind blew like a knife, and goose feathers and snow flew all over the sky.

This winter, the cold made people sore and had a headache, and their feet were like two pieces of ice. But it still can't stop the women and children who got the news in advance.

This day is the day of the New Year's pig.

It is different from the non-staple food supply, which is purchased with a meat ticket. These are their own pigs in the yard, or two big fat pigs.

Early in the morning, the cooking class was already busy in the open space in front of the large cafeteria. Everyone who watched and participated had excited smiles on their faces, and the younger children looked at the sows waiting for slaughter without fear of the cold wind, constantly wiping the saliva from the corners of their mouths.

A pit had been dug in the clearing, and soon a stove, a cauldron, firewood, and hot water had been boiled, and when everything was done, a few cooks carried a dirty old sow with a large tie to an old bed board and two benches to be washed and slaughtered.

The red knife went into the white knife and came out of the ground, and in the miserable cry of the black pig, soon the pig fell with the knife in his hand, and was skillfully disemboweled, and the pig's internal organs were removed......

The pig's blood in the wooden tray on the ground was quickly salted and served in the canteen.

The other pig continued on the former's path.

Blood sausages were filled, pigs were cleaned, bones were removed, and large pieces of bright red pork were neatly placed on the board and moved into the large kitchen one after another.

Even if you can't eat pig-killing dishes directly in the countryside like the countryside, you can still be happy for the children. Everyone refused to disperse around the cafeteria, hoping to come quickly at noon and go to the canteen early to eat meat.

The women silently counted how much meat they would get today, and with joy they commanded their babies a few times, and hurried away to go home.

From this day onwards, according to the practice of previous years, after the amount of pork was distributed to each family, when it was time to eat, there were bursts of tempting meat aroma from nearby canteens.

What kind of pork liver, stir-fried pork intestine, braised pork head meat, radish bone soup, stewed pork with beans, etc., also appeared one after another.

After tightening the belt for three consecutive years, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve can finally eat various white flour dumplings such as pork and green onion filling, leek egg filling, oil residue cabbage filling, pumpkin filling, sauerkraut filling, etc. How not to make people feel happy, the long-lost laughter and laughter appeared in the compound again.

Zhou Xiaozheng entered the courtyard in the dust, and saw that there were many children in his west wing, and he didn't need to pay attention to it to know that the topic was full of meat.

"Grandpa......"

Zhou Xiaozheng picked up Ping'an, who rushed forward, and touched his little hand: "Is it cold?" ”

"It's not cold. Grandpa, why did you come back, I think your heart hurts when you think about it. Are you tired, I'm older, I'll come down. ”

Having said that, but the arm around his neck was motionless, and Zhou Xiaozheng patted the child's buttocks: "What about the eyes?" What's the matter, don't you feel happy? ”

Ping An pouted: "I have a younger brother." ”

Zhou Xiaozheng smiled. That's right! Why don't children want to compete for favor?

"Grandpa, I have a younger brother!" Ping An is dissatisfied with the reminder again.

Zhou Xiaozheng glanced at him, "I heard it." ”

"Aren't you happy? Uncle Xiaofei said that adults love the elderly. ”

"Listen less to other people's nonsense." Zhou Xiaozheng looked at the child's shining eyes, and said as he walked, "In Grandpa's heart, peace always comes first." ”

Ping An giggled.

Zhou Jiao came out to greet her father, heard this, and looked at her happy son: "Feel at ease, right?" Dad, why do you think he's so careful. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng touched the top of the child's head, looked at her and smiled: "This is normal." This time, it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl, it's enough, and the child is not more about the essence. What do doctors say? Is the body able to eat? ”

"You see I've gained weight, it's good."

Zhou Xiaozheng followed her into the living room, and looked at it again uneasily: "You still have to be careful." Are you looking for Dr. Lin? She is an authoritative profession and a well-known holy hand in obstetrics and gynecology. This time, I must find the other party. ”

"It's her, brother contacted her before."

For this son-in-law's ability to do things, Zhou Xiaozheng is very relieved. He nodded approvingly: "What about the little five?" ”

Ping An immediately replied: "I know, my dad went to the hospital to bring food to my grandfather, and he is about to come back." ”

Zhou Xiaozheng looked at his daughter when he heard this.

"Dad, this matter has to start from the beginning, you wipe your face first. Baby, come down. ”

"I'm with my grandfather. Grandpa, I'm telling you so. There's an old man who wants to take my mother as an apprentice......"

Zhou Xiaozheng put down the child who was about to come down and led him to the bathroom: "Speak slowly." ”

Zhou Jiao listened to her son's speech, smiled, went to her father's room to take out a change of clothes, and when she came to the bathroom, she could still hear the child's milk voice and learn the tone of the old man's voice.

Especially those few foul words, they didn't fall at all. She shook her head: "Dad, put your clothes on the stool at the door, you come out early to eat." ”

"Yes, go sit on the couch and rest."

In the bathroom, Zhou Xiaozheng listened to the live version of the broadcast and looked at his grandson: "Do you think you should learn?" ”

"My mom is happy."

Zhou Xiaozheng hooked the corners of his mouth: "What did your father say?" ”

Ping An nodded: "My dad said as long as my mom won't be tired." Grandpa, my dad also asked my mom to take a leave of absence. My mom got angry and ignored him all the time. ”

"It's time to take a leave of absence. It's too late for your younger siblings to go to school when they're born, and our family doesn't need her to make money. ”

"But I saw my mom win. She said she was in a bad mood, and my dad didn't dare to mention it later. ”

Zhou Xiaozheng smiled happily, it was really a thing to a thing.

"My dad said he wasn't worried about my mom's studies, he was worried about going to the countryside to do farm work. What's worse is that you can't take a leave of absence yet. He was going to find a reliable doctor to prove it. Today, I went to give dumplings to that grandfather just to let the family open a certificate. Do you think my dad can do it? ”

"Analyze it yourself."

"My dad analyzed it for me. He said that once it can be done, it will be done if it is not successful. ”

As Zhang Guoqing speculated, it was done. For the cynical Dr. Hu, the matter of his little apprentice is a hair, if he hadn't teased this kid, he would have proved it a long time ago.

"Don't be too happy! If you want Lao Tzu to say that it is and you can't go to school. Dr. Hu shook his head and shouted that he was not doing his job, and his eyes rolled.

"Don't be fooled. Isn't my daughter-in-law still able to go to the hospital with you during the winter and summer vacations, and besides, before the child was born, she just learned the basics. ”

Dr. Hu didn't want to talk too much about this stupid boy. How can it be so easy to study medicine? There are thousands of medicinal materials alone, and there are thousands of prescriptions, not to mention clinical practice.

Remembering the last invitation from the old guy from the military hospital, he touched his beard, which no longer existed, and coughed a few times. shouted at Zhang Guoqing, who was suspicious: "You melon baby, what do you look at, Lao Tzu can still harm his only heir." When will I be able to meet your father-in-law? ”

Zhang Guoqing glanced at him sympathetically. I secretly want to meet my father-in-law, if I don't blow up your old bones, then it is not a Siberian tiger.

He replied with a smile: "Years ago." ”

"Don't be perfunctory, you kid, if I know, I'll reward you with a pill."

Zhang Guoqing said goodbye with a smile and left. It stands to reason that his father-in-law has just come back and has a bunch of affairs waiting for him, but it is about Zhou Jiao, that is a big deal, if he is not mistaken, maybe the two sides will meet tomorrow night.