It was already dark when Zhou Guoqiang arrived, and now it is winter, and it is relatively dark, so he will put the remaining two businesses until tomorrow morning after delivering a 'meat' trip at home. Thinking about picking up the three children quickly, the car drove faster than usual.

It was also dark when I hurried here.

Hearing the sound of the tricycle, Zhou Xiaoyun and Dabao Xiaobao immediately went downstairs.

There is a seat next to Zhou Guoqiang, which is naturally reserved for Zhou Xiaoyun to sit, Zhou Xiaoyun once wanted Xiaobao to sit, but unfortunately Xiaobao refused.

What else does he say: "I'm small, but it's a boy, and I should let the 'girl' sit." What a grace it is to hear this. Zhou Xiaoyun was simply proud of having such a younger brother.

Dabao and Xiaobao stood in the canopy in the back, and the cold wind along the way could not stop the laughter.

Er Ya was already standing at the 'door' and looking forward to it. Hearing the sound of the tricycle from afar, he hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Mom, Dad brought my brothers and sisters back to pull them back!" ”

Zhao 'Yu' Zhen was busy making dinner, and continued to work after answering.

Zhou Xiaoyun saw that the lights at home were on, and his heart warmed.

It's still your own home!

Erya was the first to pounce on Zhou Xiaoyun: "Sister! ”

Zhou Xiaoyun answered, hugged Erya and entered the courtyard.

Zhao 'Yu' Zhen just brought the food to the table and beckoned the children to dinner. On a cold day, the children's favorite mutton 'meat' sauerkraut was specially burned and put in the hot pot. Pour some wine and burn it hot, and eat it to warm your heart and stomach.

Dabao loves to eat 'meat' the most, and eating with Xiaobao can only be described as locusts crossing the wind and clouds.

Zhou Xiaoyun found his favorite potato flour roll fried at the dinner table, and he was satisfied after eating five or six pieces.

Zhao 'Yu' Zhen was also happy to see the children eating happily, and when she saw Zhou Xiaoyun stop her chopsticks and hurriedly said, "Big girl, you eat more, I deliberately made more today." When you leave the day after tomorrow, I'll make some ready-made ones for you to take to the school to eat. ”

This year's family had a bumper harvest of yams, and Zhao 'Yu' Zhen specially made more yam powder.

I believe that many children growing up in rural areas will be familiar with it, and usually rural 'women' and 'women' will do it. First, the yam is washed with water, and then beaten into a paste with a machine, mixed with water and set aside to precipitate, and the slightly light gray solid form formed is the potato flour.

Somehow, it 'makes' into a ball like a watermelon-sized shape, and it's funny to be round and smooth.

It is said that the next processing is vermicelli.

Zhou Xiaoyun doesn't know the specific process, but she loves to eat food made of potato flour.

Yam flour is different from flour in that it is stickier and more fragrant.

The method is roughly divided into two kinds, one is to put some water on the potato flour, put some salt and some green onion 'flowers' and stir it, pour it on the hot pan and spread it out like a cake, put some oil on both sides, and finally reach the bottom of the bowl with oil 'flowers'. I can't see the shape anymore, but it's really delicious to pick a little bit with chopsticks and put it in your mouth.

The second method is more troublesome, first you have to spread the potato flour into a circle, remove it from the pot and put it aside to cool.

Chop some cabbage, add some diced tofu, mix with oil, salt, and green onion 'flowers' to make the filling, spread the filling evenly on the potato flour, and roll it into strips. Then cut it into sections with a knife, and finally put the sections into the oil pan and fry them. Fry until the oil is bright and golden brown, and put it on a flat plate, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, which is delicious and beautiful.

This Zhongshan potato flour roll is the most common 'lane' family dish, and later it was somehow adopted by various restaurants, and the potato flour that was not worth a few dollars turned into a dozen yuan a plate.

In the next few years, there will be fewer people farming, and young people will go out to work to make more money, who else will make this kind of potato flour? Good things pass quickly!

Stop, stop, don't think about this kind of powerless thing, don't hurt the 'spring' and sad autumn, or live happily in the moment is the most important thing.

Zhou Xiaoyun, who had a full stomach, helped Zhao 'Yu' Zhen clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Zhao 'Yu' Zhen did not refuse the help of the 'girl'.

Looking at Zhou Xiaoyun, who was as tall as herself and had grown into a big girl, Zhao 'Yu' Zhen felt a lot of emotion in her heart.

It seemed that in the blink of an eye, the little 'girl' child had grown so big.

The saying that children urge people to grow old is really true.

This period of time before the year was the busiest time for Zhou Guoqiang and his wife. Zhou Guoqiang, whose business was booming, had to hire two more temporary workers to come home to help.

Zhou Guoqiang moved his mind and wanted to specialize in wholesale business, but this small pig 'meat' business that sold at nothing could not make too much money, and Zhao 'Yu' Zhen spent half a day every morning.

and Zhao 'Yu'

Zhen discussed, but Zhao 'Yu' Zhen disagreed.

"You go to collect pig 'meat' every day and come back and then kill pigs and send pig 'meat' or something, it's enough for me to go to the vegetable farm, isn't it 'good' for the two of us to divide labor like this? Besides, don't look down on my pig 'meat' stall, you can make a lot of money every day. At least enough for the family to eat and drink pocket expenses, our big and big girls and little treasures are all studying outside, and we have to provide for the big girls and little treasures to go to college in the future. This tuition and living expenses are not a small amount, we have the strength to work harder now, what a pity to lose such a good business! ”

What Zhao 'Yu' Zhen said is also 'quite reasonable'.

Zhou Guoqiang had to put aside this idea for the time being, in fact, he also felt sorry for Zhao 'Yu' Zhen. She had to get up early in the morning to cook, then go to the vegetable market, and rush back at noon to make lunch for Erya. After cleaning up, I have to serve a few big 'fat' pigs in the pen. A few acres of land are still being planted, and the busyness outside the home is like a spinning top, turning non-stop all day without rest.

At Zhou Guoqiang's insistence, the 'chickens' and ducks were sold out, and there was really no time to 'fine' serve these little animals anymore.

Zhou Guoqiang originally thought that he would not do the business of selling at odds, so that Zhao 'Yu' Zhen could make it easier, but Zhao 'Yu' Zhen refused to give up.

The couple worked hard to make money for several children to go to school. Zhou Guoqiang and Zhao 'Yu' Zhen's thinking is still relatively enlightened and progressive, as long as their children are promising, then it is worth working hard to make money for their children to go to school.

There are also people in the village who are reluctant to 'spend' their children's tuition fees, so that their children can graduate from junior high school

Going to work, isn't Sun Min, the 'daughter' of Sun Chengwu's family? I heard that my relatives found something to do in the garment factory! It is said that only a small part of the salary is left, and the rest is "paid" to the family, which is kept to build a building.

Zhao 'Yu' cherished the chatter: "This Sun Min is only a little older, let her go to work, and Sun Chengwu's daughter-in-law is really willing." ”

I heard that there is a 'girl' from a family in a neighboring village who was admitted to a key high school and was reluctant to let her child go to the city to study. It is said that the tuition and living expenses are too expensive!

If it was my son, I wouldn't have said such a thing!

Some people are willing to spend a lot of money on their sons, but they are reluctant to let their 'daughters' go to high school, and they always feel that their daughters are going to marry out when they grow up, and they are from other people's families, and the money they 'spend' is also in vain, and the 'spending' is always cheaper than other people's families.

I really don't know when this kind of patriarchal thinking of rural people will really change. Alas, how difficult it is for rural 'girls' to get ahead!