Chapter 13 Home Visits
Lou Jingping's home visit work is obviously much longer than others', and before getting into the main topic, Chen Wei and Hu Zhengjun talked with Lou's grandmother for a while.
The old man originally liked to tell people about the past, and it happened that Chen Wei and they were also willing to listen, and this talk would not be finished for a while.
Today, most of the laborers on the team went out to dig rice stumps collectively, and most of the people who came to Lou's house to see the excitement were some children, who saw that it was not interesting, so they played in Lou's yard for a while, and then went to other places.
Lou Yanni didn't know how long the home visit lasted when they arrived yesterday, she just thought that these greetings were normal, she only listened for a while, and then called Lou Yanqiu to the field to collect vegetables, there is a lot of work at home, and she can't delay her efforts.
"......" Chen Wei, the main owner is gone, and I don't know if Lou Yanni can come back after her work when Han Rin comes.
The two chatted for almost half an hour, and seeing that there was nothing to say, Chen Wei opened the book and motioned to Hu Zhengjun to start the home visit process.
The questions are still those questions, Lou Jingping was quite nervous at the beginning, but after chatting for so long, his mind was strangely calm, he asked what to answer, and behaved very atmosphericly.
There were not many problems with the home visit, and Lou Jingping was not nervous, it was also ten or twenty minutes, and it was over quickly.
Before leaving in the morning, Han Rin was going to a meeting temporarily, and Hu Zhengjun, who was supposed to go back to work, pushed him down again, and Chen Wei deliberately arranged Lou's family to be the last one to visit in the morning, just to delay Han Rin's time.
"Ahem." Chen Wei and Hu Zhengjun glanced at each other and coughed dryly, this is really impossible to drag on any longer, Chen Wei closed the notebook, "Old man, the home visit is over here, you stay, we will go first." ”
The two of them had been trying their best to delay the time, and they had said that they would be able to come back at eleven o'clock, but now it was almost twelve o'clock, and there was no one to see.
"It's time for dinner." Grandma Lou looked up at the sky, and suddenly shouted at the inner room, "Junlin, go to the vegetable field and call your two sisters back, it's time to cook, comrades of the People's Liberation Army, let's make a bite at home." ”
Hearing that they wanted to keep the meal, Chen Wei and Hu Zhengjun couldn't care about delaying the time, so they hurriedly got up and were about to refuse, now the conditions of each family are not good, the conditions of the Lou family are obviously worse than the family, where are the two embarrassed to stay and eat.
Grandma Lou's face was flat, "Sit, sit, sit, I didn't prepare anything, you have your rules, I know, but this meal still has to be eaten." ”
"Old man, this is not good, the organization rules ......"
"Okay, okay, what to push with my old man, it's coarse tea and light rice, and you can eat whatever you eat at home." Grandma Lou waved her hand, "I know your regulations, don't take a stitch from the masses, it's okay, the People's Liberation Army is poor, you just have a blank slate." ”
Grandma Lou still remembers that the People's Liberation Army came up to take grain and beat the white strips in the past, but the People's Liberation Army is trustworthy, and those white strip people's communes have paid back.
"Otherwise, stay and eat." Chen Wei and Hu Zhengjun glanced at each other.
Chen Wei took the idea first, and they did not have a hard and fast rule that they must not eat at the interviewee's house, just leave money and food stamps after eating, "Old man, playing white slips is an old yellow calendar, we will give money tickets." ”
Seeing that they stayed, Grandma Lou smiled, and didn't listen carefully to Chen Wei's words, so she quickly pushed Lou Jingping, "Didn't you dig up the yellow eel yesterday, hurry up and let your sister add a dish at noon." ”
In order to facilitate watering, the Lou family's self-reserved land was opened by a large ditch in the village, and the small plots were cleaned up neatly, and there was a loofah shelf on the side of the ditch, and the old loofahs that were left behind grew long and big.
Lou Yanni and Lou Yanqiu's task today is to take the old autumn vegetables back home and dry them or make sauerkraut.
When Lou Junlin came to find it, the sisters were also about to go home with a basket full of vegetables, and the other basket left behind was about to call Lou Jingping to get it back.
Hearing that they were going to eat at home, Lou Yanni hurriedly went back to the field to pick a handful of fresh lentils, two handfuls of peppers and a few fresh eggplants, but unfortunately it was not time to kill the pigs, and the sales point of the production team could not buy meat.
"Sister, my brother got a lot of yellow eels yesterday, and there is meat." Lou Junlin grinned, and carried two baskets of vegetables by himself.
By the time Han Rin arrived at Loujiawan, the steaming meal had just been served.
Seeing Han Rin, Lou Yanni was a little confused, although she cooked more rice than usual, but another one was definitely not enough.
And although the dishes on the table seem to be rich, except for a yellow eel, there is no extra meat dish, and there is a piece of moldy bacon that has been put for a long time at home, but the meat is processed and eaten by itself, and it is not easy to take it out to entertain guests.
However, it is imperative that the rice be re-cooked first.
The cauldron is to scoop rice, and then cook rice can only be stewed in a clay pot, stewed rice is much more fragrant than scooping rice, Lou's family usually has such a luxury during the New Year, fortunately, there are not many times like this, thinking that Grandma Lou has not eaten stewed rice for a long time, Lou Yanni gritted her teeth and added another handful of rice.
The rice is there, the dish is still a problem, Lou Yanni thought about it, and took a few of the sour lettuce heads soaked in the jar two days ago and the cucumbers soaked in the morning out and cut them and put them on the plate.
"Sister, didn't you pickle two salted fish last time, are there any?" Lou Yanqiu was also in a hurry, and suddenly her eyes lit up and she looked at Lou Yanni.
Yes, the hush money sent by Zuo Weiguo last time is still there!
Two fish, Lou Jingping saved one after coming back, and one whole, which happened to be used at this time.
Finally added the last dish, Lou Yanni beckoned Lou Jingping and Lou Junlin to come to the stove house to bring the rice out, Han Rin and the others were not just waiting for dinner, and the three of them lined up to go into the stove house to get their own food.
Loujiawan here is wet for her own family, and the guests eat dry, when Lou Yanni cooked for Grandma Lou and Lou Jingping, she brought some rice soup, and the three of Han Rin were full of dry rice.
The Lou family does not have the custom of girls not going to the table, but the Eight Immortals table at home is small, and the three soldiers who sit down, plus Grandma Lou and Lou Jingping, can no longer squeeze in, and it is not polite to stand by the bed.
Lou Yanni took the twins to eat in the stove house, this Lou Grandma had already explained to Han Rin and them first, and the rice of the three of them was served first, saying that most of the rice was actually rice soup, which was put on the stove to be warmed.
The Lou family's stove house is a low mud embryo house, and Han Rin has to bow his head slightly when he goes in, but fortunately, the stove house is not small, and it is not too crowded for a few of them to go in.
The stove house was cleaned up, and there was a small square table against the wall, on which a few dishes were placed, it should be Lou Yanni who wanted to take her younger brothers and sisters to eat here, and seeing that there were some eels outside, there were also some left here, so Han Rin didn't say anything.
"Comrade, serve well, it's a little hot."