"But then the big canteen stopped, and after Director Wang was transferred to work in our factory, the hospitality gradually increased, and there must be one or two times a week, and if you say more, it is possible to say four or five times!"

"After all, Director Wang gave a start, and other leaders also followed the small stove when they saw that he was fine, and that was the same thing, as long as the leader came, or the people from the brother unit, then they all came to the canteen to make a hospitality meal!"

"But they often open a small stove, and the people in our canteen are also cost-effective, so many leftovers, just to improve the food for the people in our canteen!"

"That is, they can't eat big fish and meat in the private room, and we can't even drink some soup in the back kitchen, right? The leftovers on this table go back to the kitchen, a rule that has been passed down for hundreds of years. ”

"This is to go outside to do red and white things, in addition to giving money, we have to open a table for our back kitchen, not to mention that we still contribute to them in vain."

"Jinxiu, the few dishes you fried at noon today can calm me, so ordinary dishes, let it be arranged, it will immediately become different, it looks like people are reluctant to move chopsticks, it's a work of art!"

The other chefs around the side were all complimenting, after all, they didn't know whether the dishes tasted good or not, but the appearance of those dishes was there.

Not only is the color bright and attractive, the presentation is delicate and beautiful, but even the peonies and birds made of radish on the plate are also lifelike, as if they are the real thing.

Listening to everyone's compliments, Liang Jinxiu couldn't help but show a little smug look on his face, his cooking skills have been learned from his father for more than ten years, and now he can be regarded as a houser.

That's the case in the back kitchen, where the workers don't have much to do all afternoon after lunch.

The time for chatting passed quickly, and it didn't take long for the bell to ring after work, and she happily rushed to the courtyard with her lunch box, and dinner was also served, full of a large box of beans and stewed pork ribs, and she was even thinking about whether to drink some wine.

As soon as he returned to the courtyard, Liang Jinxiu couldn't wait to open the lunch box, looked at the stewed pork ribs full of beans, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then picked the fattest piece with his hand, stuffed it directly into his mouth, and swallowed it after three chews and two chews.

Then he squinted his eyes and looked like he was reminiscing, and it took a long time to open his eyes and mutter, "It's so delicious!" Sure enough, stewed pork ribs with beans are the best thing in the world. ”

This box of stewed pork ribs with beans made the Liang family's dinner full of happiness, and made Liang Jinxiu addicted to eating, and his face was full of happiness all night.

In the end, even the broth in the lunch box was not bad, so that the steamed buns were dipped clean, and even the water used to brush the lunch box was saved, and it could be used directly for rice the next day.

Xue family.

Mrs. Xue had just recovered from her illness, and her face was also sallow, and she was sitting on the edge of the bed at this time, sewing clothes for her daughter.

The weather is getting colder day by day, and she wants to add a liner to her long-sleeved clothes to wear as autumn clothes.

In this era, the supply of cloth was tight, and a person only had seven feet of cloth a year, and in addition to keeping and mending clothes, there was not enough to make new clothes.

Therefore, there are many people who only have one piece of clothing a year, and they dismantle and alter this clothing throughout the year to correspond to the corresponding season.

In spring and summer, people dismantle the lining of clothes and change them into single clothes, and when they reach autumn, they add a layer of lining to the clothes, so that the clothes become double-layered and are worn in autumn, and then in winter, cotton is added to the lining, so that it becomes a winter cotton coat.

Mrs. Xue had a pair of reading glasses on her face, and while sewing her clothes seriously, she spoke seriously, and nagged to Xue Ling, who was lying on the bed in a daze: "Liang Jinxiu next door brought meat back to eat today." ”

"This stinky girl, she comes back with a boxed lunch every day, and she doesn't know how to send some to our family."

"My old lady hasn't eaten meat for a few months, and she deserves her daddy not to want her."

Xue Ling lay down and slept, listening to his mother's nagging, but did not speak.

.......

In a beautiful ravine in the northwest of Sijiu City, along the gurgling stream, there are dozens of thatched houses made of loess.

Under the stone bridge over the stream, a group of children are playing in the water, splashing layers of water from time to time, like white lotus flowers in full bloom.

Two young women were washing clothes by the river. Even the rags covered with patches on their bodies couldn't hide their outstanding beauty at all.

"Hey, have you heard? Shen Wenfang next door has become a city person, and I also want to enter the city. I've heard people say that there are countless high-rise buildings, countless cars, and all kinds of delicious things in the city! ”

"And as long as I can marry in the city, I don't have to worry about being hungry anymore, and I don't have to work in the fields before dawn every day, I feel happy when I think about it."

"I just don't know what the person I'm going to marry looks like? Is it good-looking or not, is he tall or not, and I don't know if his temper is good? Will you hit people at every turn like my dad did? ”

"I will definitely be able to marry in the city this time, I don't care what that man looks like, even if she looks like Zhu Bajie, I don't care, as long as she is willing to marry me and can take me out of this ghost place, I am willing to marry her."

"You don't dislike growing up like Zhu Bajie? Then I can't, my future man doesn't have to be particularly handsome, but he also has to look pleasing to the eye. ”

"And he has to have a good temper, preferably the kind of person who talks and reads kindly, and most importantly, he has to be good to me, and really like me!"

After the sisters finished washing, they returned to the small courtyard, looked up at the low and dilapidated house, sighed, and then walked in with a blank face.

On the table in the hall was a large cage drawer, in which were placed a dozen cornmeal dumplings, and on the side were several large bowls with notched water, and the bowls contained a transparent liquid that I don't know whether it was water or porridge.

The man glared at his two daughters, his face unkind. "I know how to go out to play all day long, not to mention helping the family do some work, and when you get married in the future, see how your mother-in-law cleans you up when the time comes!"

The woman took a bowl of porridge, handed it to her eldest daughter, and said, "Xiaoqin, today the Tie Niu of our commune asked the matchmaker to come to kiss again, and their family is willing to give a bride price of six yuan, which is a sky-high price in our ten miles and eight villages." ”

Xiaoqin's tall and simple figure appeared in her mind, remembering the happy time when they grew up together, she couldn't help but be a little moved, but in the end she gritted her teeth and shook her head and said:

"I don't, I don't want to be a farmer anymore, I can earn six or seven cents a day of hard work, and only three or four cents a job in a good year, and less than ninety yuan in total."