Naturally, the retreat was not completed, not only the sugar was not returned, but seeing her parents spend the money in their hands little by little, Xu Rujiao could only be anxious, but she was powerless to stop it.

It can't be said that the eldest sister can't get married, and she has to keep the money to return the dowry, not to mention that the money that went into the pocket of her grandmother's family wants to come back.

Carrying the food they bought and the dowry of their eldest daughter, Xu Guangshi and his wife were very happy, and they laughed and groaned all the way.

Because it was Laba today, Li Xiuqin gritted her teeth and spent a dollar to buy two catties of red beans, and the beans didn't need a ticket, she thought that it was rare to celebrate the festival and make a bean porridge for the girls to drink.

"Dad, I read the book that Laba all drink Laba porridge, is Laba porridge bean porridge?" On the way back, Xu Ruyan picked up the two catties of red beans and asked with a smashing mouth.

Not to mention their family, even in the entire Shuiquan Village, the most educated and knowledgeable people are Xu Guangshi, but unfortunately they were born in this era, and the higher the culture, the more burdensome they are.

But the three girls of the Xu family are the most adoring of their father, his small head seems to be filled with countless stories, so that their childhood has become mysterious and bizarre and colorful, no matter how ordinary and ordinary things in life he can tell one, two, three, when other children and even adults in the village feel that the rain depends on God's mood, the children of the Xu family already know that it is the water vapor in the air condensed into small droplets of water and fell.

"Laba porridge is not only made of beans, but also red dates, lotus seeds, peanuts, barley, millet, rice, and corn." Xu Guangshi replied with a smile.

Xu Ruyan's eyes widened: "Eight kinds!" What kind of people have to be able to afford it! She said and looked left and right, and saw that there were no outsiders, so she quietly leaned into Xu Guangshi's ear and asked, "Dad, did you eat it when you were a child?" ”

Xu Guangshi nodded cooperatively.

Xu Ruyan shouted even more exaggeratedly, arguing that one day she would also taste the taste of laba porridge.

Li Xiuqin glanced at her angrily: "You can eat it, what do you want." He reminded again, "You can just talk about it here, and don't talk about it when you get to a crowded place." ”

Xu Ruyan stuck out her tongue: "Got it." ”

Xu Guangshi's composition is not good, according to the words of the red soldiers, that is, the landlord's old wealth, the capitalist's enemy, and the object that should be defeated.

When he was a teenager, Xu Guangshi suffered a lot of crimes, his family was in the middle of the road, his parents and brothers were separated, and he lived alone in Shuiquan Village, and the people in the village regarded him as an enemy, until he married Li Xiuqin, a poor middle peasant, and had children, and his situation slowly improved.

But for Xu Guangshi's previous experiences, the family only dared to whisper a few words behind closed doors, and they didn't dare to mention half a word to the outside world.

After walking for more than an hour, and taking a fellow villager with a tailwind tricycle in the middle, the family finally rushed back to Shuiquan Village before dark.

When I met the villagers who had just gotten off work, I looked at the big bags and small bags they were carrying and greeted them with a smile: "Xiuqin is back, I bought a lot." ”

"Not much", Li Xiuqin responded modestly, "barely able to spend the New Year." ”

"I heard that your new aunt is good, the family conditions are good, and the eldest girl is married to enjoy happiness."

He is not the only one who says this, Li Xiuqin shakes her hand every time she hears it, but she can't hide the smile on the corner of her mouth, she thinks so in her heart.

Xu Rujiao felt harsh when she heard it, she pulled the corner of Li Xiuqin's clothes: "Mom, let's go home quickly, I'm hungry." ”

"Okay, go home, go home." Li Xiuqin responded, she was also hungry with her chest sticking to her back, and the two cornmeal tortillas she ate for breakfast had already been digested, and she couldn't help but speed up her pace.

I didn't have time to clean up when I got home, so I went to the pot to wash the rice, Xu Guangshi hugged firewood and burned the fire, and a few small ones helped in order to drink bean porridge early, washing beans, scooping water, and handing brooms...... Soon the beans and rice were cooked, and the aroma wafted out.

asked Xu Guangshi to pack up his things, Li Xiuqin turned around and went to the pickle jar to take out a vegetable gnocchi, planning to cut it for half the night and eat it with porridge.

Xu Ruyan glanced at the things she bought today, sucked her saliva and followed her mother step by step.

Li Xiuqin turned around and almost bumped into her: "What are you doing?" ”

"Mom", Xu Ruyan glanced at the things she bought today, and said with anticipation, "Let's cut some sauce and eat it." ”

"Nope." Li Xiuqin immediately refused, "That's for the New Year." ”

The sauce elbow was bought by them in the grocery store, and they planned to buy two catties of pork, but there were no meat tickets at home, so Li Xiuqin ruthlessly bought a pound of sauce elbows, which is more expensive than raw pork, and one pound costs two cents a piece, if it weren't for the fact that there would be a little meat on the New Year's table, she would be reluctant.

"Just a little, just cut a little and taste it, okay?" Xu Ruyan continued to fight without giving up.

"If you can't say no, you can't do it", Li Xiuqin was resolute, and drove people away while cutting pickles with her head down, "Go to watch the fire with Sanya, and no one will eat the porridge after a while." ”

Before the words fell, they were overshadowed by a louder voice in the courtyard: "Oops, it's so fragrant!" Third sister, what are you buying? ”