There are very few green vegetables in this season, and vegetables such as cabbage and potatoes stored in winter are almost eaten, and many families even eat only pickles.

Lin Tong's family ate all the chicken and meat sent by Meng Yanran, and the dried vegetables they brought were also gone.

She muttered to herself in her heart, no wonder people say that half the size eats the poor.

Her family has three children, all of whom are not very old, and one is a little girl.

I don't know if I think her cooking is extraordinarily delicious, or if there are many people rushing to eat it, anyway, Lin Tong's food and vegetables are good at a very fast rate.

"Sister Guilian, if you don't come back, we'll be hungry."

Although it is a bit exaggerated, Lin Tong does feel that making money is imminent.

The spring breeze blew the green grassland, Lin Tong and Zhang Yuzhi made an appointment to dig some wild vegetables, Xu Nian and Rhubarb followed, and played crazy in the wild.

Zhang Yuzhi has the cornmeal given by Lin Tong and the grain stored by his family, although it cannot be said that he will be paid next month, but it is no problem to arrive for a while.

Lin Tong often ate wild vegetables in her previous life, and in the spring in her hometown, there were some wild vegetables sold on the streets, and her mother would buy them back, and according to different kinds of vegetables, they would be fried or boiled, or made into stuffed dumplings or buns.

can dig wild vegetables, let alone her, even her mother, who only did this when she was a child.

The previous few times, it was sent to her by Zhang Yuzhi, the weather was very good, and she also wanted to take the child to go outside.

However, Lin Tong only knew her mother-in-law, and she didn't know anything else.

Xu Nian is stronger than her, who made Lin Tong's memory just missing this piece!

Zhang Yuzhi is a good hand at work, and his movements are very fast, Lin Tong worked hard to dig one, she could dig several trees, and the wicker basket she brought after a while was half a basket.

In the distance, An Xiu and Wang's sister-in-law also came, the two of them carried baskets, talking and laughing, An Xiu even said hello to the two: "You guys also come to dig wild vegetables!" ”

Zhang Yuzhi glanced at Lin Tong before he smiled: "Yes, dig some wild vegetables to eat, there are no vegetables at home this spring." ”

An Xiu covered her mouth and smiled: "Oh, you still eat this?" Who still eats this thing now, my sister-in-law and I dug it and fed the chickens. ”

Isn't that looking for something to do?

Zhang Yuzhi's face turned red.

Lin Tong said lightly: "We love to eat, you have an opinion!" ”

An Xiu smiled proudly, "How dare I, you can eat it if you like!" ”

Sister-in-law Wang pulled her and smiled at Lin Tong, "Xiaolin, let's go over there." ”

Lin Tong nodded.

She heard Sister-in-law Wang whisper An Xiu, "Are you messing with her again?" Didn't you eat enough last time? ”

The two gradually walked away, she didn't hear An Xiu's answer, but she could hear that Sister-in-law Wang was quite dissatisfied with herself.

Zhang Yuzhi leaned over and whispered, "An Xiu's mouth is annoying." ”

Lin Tong thought to himself, you are what my mother used to say in my previous life: a man with a kang head.

But think about it, Zhang Yuzhi is also weak-hearted, and she naturally can't refute her words if she has no confidence.

"Okay, don't talk about her, Sister Yuzhi, what kind of dish are you picking?" Lin Tong looked at her basket, she really didn't know this wild vegetable.

"This is shepherd's cabbage, blanched in water and mixed with seasoning, it's delicious."

Lin Tong picked it up and looked at it, "This is shepherd's cabbage, this thing is said to be delicious in dumplings and steamed buns." ”

"You can take it for a while." Zhang Yuzhi will be very discerning, "It just so happens that I love to eat this mother-in-law and mountain leeks." ”

Lin Tong didn't refuse, "That's okay, then I won't be polite to you." After a while, you can go to my house and get a few eggs, just to fry mountain leeks. ”

Yesterday, Zhang Yuzhi gave her a little mountain leek, and she happened to scrambled eggs for the children to eat, and today she also wants to change the taste.

I've been here for so long, and I really haven't made dumplings, and I want to drool when I think about it.

The two picked for a while, and the two wicker baskets were full, and then they called Xu Nian home.

Xu Nian was playing with joy today, holding a small wooden stick in his hand, picking a wild vegetable for a while, dragging two leaves and throwing them into the basket, picking not much, but he was not mistaken, they were all mother-in-law Ding and Qu Ma Cai.

"Xiao Nian is awesome!" Lin Tong did not hesitate to praise himself, and gave two thumbs up, "More capable than my mother!" ”

Xu Niankua's little face was glowing, and the little mouth was grinning behind the ears.

Zhang Yuzhi looked a little envious, "How sensible and obedient your child is!" It's not like my two naughty boys, who know how to play every day. ”

Xu Nian unknowingly became someone else's child.

Lin Tong didn't think so, the two sons of Zhang Yuzhi's family were naughty, but every day after school, they would come to dig wild vegetables for a while, and they would help feed the chickens and pigs, and they never delayed their work.

Zhang Yuzhi, like many parents nowadays, is accustomed to this, only seeing the naughty side of the child, but what is worthy of praise is considered normal, and never praises the child.

When she got home, Lin Tong took three eggs for Zhang Yuzhi and filled her with a few small shortbreads.

As soon as the wild vegetables were washed, someone shouted outside the door: "Is it Lin Tong's house?" ”

Lin Tong opened the door and asked, "It's me, are you ......?"

Before he finished speaking, he saw the postman in green overalls, Lin Tong's eyes flashed with excitement, and he wiped his hands on the apron around his waist, "I am Lin Tong, is there my letter?" ”

"Yes, there's your letter and remittance slip." The postman gave her a curious look, "Sign it here." ”

Lin Tong hurriedly took the pen, signed, took the remittance slip and letter, thanked him, and turned back to the house.

She first glanced at the remittance slip, which was two hundred yuan, and the message was indeed from the Children's Story Publishing House, she waved her hand happily, "Yay! That's great! ”

Two hundred yuan, the manuscript fee is much more than Lin Tong imagined.

She thought that it would be good to give thirty or fifty of these small stories.

In fact, the manuscript fee alone is more than 100 yuan, but the illustrations attached by Lin Tong at the same time attracted the attention of the editor, this kind of small animal image with cartoons is simply too cute, of course, the editorial department does not know what cartoons are, but they all feel that the pictures drawn by the authors themselves are better than their own pictures, so the editor-in-chief makes a decision, and uses the original author's pictures.

Add in the cost of drawing, and it's really not too much to give two hundred.

Xu Nianda ran over, raised his little head and asked, "Mom, what's wrong?" What's the joy? ”

Lin Tong hugged him with a smile and kissed him on the cheek, "Yes, I'm very happy that the story written by my mother has been published, now that we have money, we don't have to worry about running out of food." ”

Xu Nian giggled, "Oh, don't worry about running out of food, that's great!" ”

Two unproductive, just such a little pursuit!

Lin Tong's words should make others laugh when they hear them.

Lin Tong opened the letter, inside was the new issue of the magazine's story pictorial, she took it out, couldn't wait to open it, there was a letter mixed in it, she didn't care to read it, turned a few pages of the pictorial, and found the story she wrote.

The story is accompanied by her illustrations, which are colorful and full of cartoons, which is very attractive to children's eyes.

Xu Nian was already lying there, watching it with relish, and his mouth still let out exclamations from time to time, "Wow, Mom, you told me this story, but it's not as good as this pictorial." "Wow, Mom, did you draw your picture too, it's so beautiful, it's so beautiful, Mom, you can teach me to draw too!"

Lin Tong was a little proud, and shared it with the child before opening the folded letterhead.

The letter was written by the magazine's editor, who was surnamed Xia, who praised her talent and told her that several of the stories she had written had been adopted, that only two stories had been published in this issue, and that there would be two more in the next issue.

The publisher not only paid the manuscript fee, but also praised her for the good and innovative writing of her stories, and invited her to continue to submit good stories.

Lin Tong put away the letter and remittance slip, scrambled eggs and shallots for Xu Nian at noon, the two of them had dinner, and finally waited until the afternoon to go to work, took the household registration book and remittance slip, and led Xu Nian to the post and telecommunications office.

The staff of the Post and Telecommunications Bureau looked at Lin Tong several times, probably wanting to know what kind of ability this woman had and could receive the manuscript fee from the publishing house.

Lin Tong withdrew the money, and suddenly felt that he had become a rich man.

Walking is a little swaggering.

You know, in this town, two hundred dollars can buy a bungalow of sixty or seventy square meters, with a large yard attached.

She can now walk cross-shouldered.

"Mom, now that we have money, can we buy mutton to eat? Xiao Nian hasn't eaten for a few days. ”

It is difficult to go from simplicity to luxury, and it is even more difficult to go from luxury to simplicity.

Lin Tong is a little tight these days, and there are many mouths for eating at home, so it is impossible to cook mutton like before, the child is sensible and doesn't say anything, but he is also greedy in his heart.

No, as soon as I have money, the first thing I think about is to eat.

"Of course you can, let's go, let's buy meat, and my mother will make dumplings for you in the evening."

Lin Tong said very arrogantly.

"Oh, that's great, you can eat dumplings!" Xu Nian jumped up happily.

In Xu Nian's heart, he can only eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, so he will be so happy to hear that he will eat dumplings.

Lin Tong was very embarrassed to see it, for them, it was not difficult to eat dumplings, she reflected in her heart, was she lazy?

The two of them can't eat much, and it's not too much trouble, at least it's much less trouble than her making cakes.

Lin Tong didn't like dumplings much in his previous life, so he didn't even have much enthusiasm to make dumplings.

Seeing that Xu Nian's saliva was about to flow down, he decided to pack it a few more times in the future.

Now she is actually hungry when she hears about the delicious food.

After all, the standard of living in the two lives is not the same.

I bought a large piece of mutton and lamb chops in front of a stall set up by the locals on the roadside, and I felt a little embarrassed.

In just about half a month, there are obviously more people setting up stalls here than before.

Although some people look down on small traders and hawkers because of the problem of concept, there are still many people who can see the money earned by this stall, and now the management is not strict, and the news from the county is also increasing, and the term self-employed also appears in everyone's ears.

Lin Tong put the mutton into the basket, carried the basket and took Xu Nian's little hand and walked a few steps, saw the savings bank on the side of the road, hesitated, turned his footsteps, and walked in.

"Mom, where is this?"

"It's the bank."

"What are you doing at the bank?"

"Mom has to save money, and it's not safe to keep it at home."

"Why isn't it safe?"

"Because it's easy to be stolen by bad guys!"

Xu Nian also experienced being stolen money by thieves on the train, and when he heard it, he hurriedly said: "Mom, save the money quickly, so that the thief will never steal it again." ”

At this time, the savings house was not only simple, but also very deserted.

Nowadays people don't have the awareness to put money in the bank.

It can't be said that there is no consciousness, but the family has no extra money, enough living expenses and no famine, then this woman will manage and live.

After saving 150 yuan, the two went home, Lin Tong put the deposit receipt and more than 40 yuan in cash into the box and locked them, and began to prepare dumplings with noodles.

There are not a lot of white noodles at home, and if you think about it, you know how much white noodles are enough for her to do disasters like this and that all day long.

Mixed with some cornmeal, Lin Tong mixed the noodles, put them aside to wake up, and began to clean up the mutton.

She bought a lot of meat, and it was impossible to use it all, so she cut off a large piece of meat, marinated it with salt, and prepared it to be cooked tomorrow.

Chopping meat filling, chopping vegetables, kneading dough and kneading agents, rolling skin and wrapping dumplings, she was busy for more than two hours before wrapping a large curtain and a panel of dumplings.

She bought a lot of meat, and she didn't pick it, but wrapped a part of it with shepherd's cabbage, and a part of it with mountain onions.

When the children came back from school, they saw her making dumplings and jumped up with joy.

Lin Tong watched Zhile, and the way the children expressed their happiness was the same, so straightforward.

Jiang Yu quietly finished her homework and was about to leave, but was left behind by Lin Tong, "This pot of dumplings is about to be cooked, you wait for the next plate to go back, and you sisters will try it." ”

Jiang Yujing often eats some delicious food at Lin Tong's house, but she still doesn't dare to ask for dumplings, so she waved her hand in a panic, "No, auntie, I can't ask for it, my mother will beat me to death." ”

Lin Tong was stunned when he heard this, "Okay then, then you can go back!" ”

Jiang Yujing left on the front foot, and on the back foot, she cooked dumplings, filled a plate, and called Yujiao and Xiao Nian to send them to the Jiang family.

"Be careful, don't touch the dumplings with your hands, be careful to burn your hands, and don't buckle the ground."

She told the two of them to send dumplings and come back quickly, "I'll send two plates to Aunt Yuzhi's house in a while." ”

Yujiao is not a big person, but the work at home is often done, and serving a plate of dumplings is nothing.

Xiao Nian followed her, and when she passed by An Xiu's house, An Xiu's eyes widened, and her eyes followed Er Xiao into Commissar Jiang's house.

"Cut, I'm really good at sycophancy!" An Xiu rolled her eyes, swallowed her saliva, and turned around and entered the courtyard.

Xiaoshu ran in and asked, "Mom, what are you eating today?" ”

An Xiu scolded: "You know how to eat, what else do you do besides eating?" ”

Xiaoshu was scolded and unhappy, "Why are you scolding me again, I wasn't naughty today, and the teacher praised me." ”

As soon as An Xiu was about to speak, a thought flashed through his mind, and he immediately put on a smiling face, "I have a little cold today, and I haven't cooked yet, you go to Xu Nian and Huzi to play, and I'll call you when we eat." ”

Xiaoshu glanced at the steaming stove in confusion, An Xiu's face turned red, and patted his son's head, "Look at what, I boiled hot water and bathed you at night." ”

Xiaoshu sighed, and said as he ran out, "Mom, I'm hungry, you hurry up and call me to eat." ”

An Xiu raised her chin proudly, look at how good our brains are, my son has dumplings to eat, it's best to eat Lin Tong's share, so that she can't eat any of them!