Lexing, a soldier carrying luggage and a backpack walked to the door of Lin Lan's house, raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Is there anyone in the house?" ”

"Yes." Xiaodouzi pulled the door latch, "Uncle of the People's Liberation Army? After a moment, he turned his head and shouted, "Grandma, my uncle is back." ”

Lin Guozhu put down his bag, bent down and put his hands under his armpits, laughed and lifted him up: "Little clever, so smart!" ”

Wu Shufen ran out of the stove room, looked at her tall and handsome son, and tears of joy rolled in her eyes: "Guozhu is back!" Your dad said you'd be there tomorrow! ”

Lin Guozhu put down the little bean and stepped forward, held Wu Shufen's hand, and looked at her with admiration: "Mom, my son is back." ”

The old lady was old, her straight back was a little hunched, her hair was gray, and the corners of her eyes were covered with cobweb-like wrinkles.

"It's good to come, it's good to come back." Wu Shufen took her son's hand, and tears of joy fell.

Xiaodouzi looked at the two curiously: "Grandma, the third uncle is back, why are you still crying?" ”

"You see the beans laughing at you." Lin Guozhu took out a handkerchief with red circles and wiped away her tears for her.

"Grandma didn't cry, grandma was happy." Wu Shufen looked at Lin Guozhu, "Are you hungry?" Mom kills chickens at home today, and I'll cook chicken noodles for you to eat. Then he turned around and walked towards the stove.

"Okay, it's been a long time since I've eaten your noodles." Lin Guozhu turned around and returned to the gate of the courtyard to pick up his luggage and close the courtyard door, only then did he see Wangcai who was looking at him vigilantly, "Xiaodouzi, your dog is quite majestic!" ”

Xiaodouzi nodded: "Third uncle, its name is Wangcai, it is very clever, and it can recognize people, it will bite him when a bad person comes, and it will never bite when relatives come, and it will not eat what others give it." ”

Lin Guozhu nodded: "It's a good dog." ”

When the nephews and uncles entered the stove room, Lin Guozhu saw that the basin was full of chicken, and there were rows of bacon hanging on the beams, sausages, pork ribs, and pig's trotters.

Lin Guozhu exclaimed: "Wow! Xiaodouzi's family has a lot of bacon! The third uncle stayed at your house to eat bacon and didn't go back to Shilian. ”

Xiaodouzi nodded happily: "Okay, the third uncle will stay at my house and not leave." ”

Lin Guozhu looked at him with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that the third uncle will finish eating the meat for you?" ”

Xiaodouzi looked at him and shook his head: "Don't be afraid, there are a lot of fat pigs in Uncle Xiangyang's pig farm." ”

Lin Guozhu took out a bag of white rabbits from his bag, and handed a few bullet shells to Xiaodouzi: "Uncle collected it by shooting a target." ”

Xiao Douzi happily picked up the bullet casing: "Third uncle, can I give one to Brother Xiao Kai?" ”

"Yes." Lin Guozhu smiled, "Douzi is a generous and good boy. ”

Wu Shufen scooped a basin of hot water for him: "That's it, our little bean is not petty at all, and it is very generous." ”

Lin Guozhu nodded: "Mom, Xiaolan's life is really good!" He now kind of believes that his father is writing to say that Xiaolan is very capable now and has a good life.

Wu Shufen adjusted the seasoning, scooped up the noodles and put them in a bowl, rolled out the chicken offal fried at noon, and sandwiched two fried eggs on top.

Lin Guozhu looked at the noodles in the bowl and said with a smile: "It's too rich." ”

Wu Shufen looked at him lovingly: "I'm tired of riding in the car, eat more." ”

Xiaodouzi also said: "Third uncle, you won't be tired after eating and sleeping." ”

"Thank you, Little Bean." Lin Guozhu took the bowl and sat down at the table and ate it in a big gulp.

Wu Shufen said to Xiaodouzi: "Good grandson, it's time for you to take a nap." ”

Xiaodouzi looked at her: "Grandma, I'll go read the doll book for a while before sleeping." ”

"Okay," Wu Shufen said after she got down, "Your mother said that you can't lie in bed and read, your eyes will be broken." ”

"I know." Xiaodouzi went to the side room to get the doll book, sat at the desk and read it.

Wu Shufen sat in front of the large wooden basin with the porcelain basin and began to marinate the cured chicken.

The porcelain basin was filled with salt, bay leaf powder, and cumin, and the chicken in the wooden basin had been drained and wiped with white wine.

Wu Shufen evenly spread the mixed seasoning on the inside and outside of the chicken, kneaded it several times, and then put it into a jar and cover the lid.

After marinating for three days, turn the chicken underneath over, take it out after marinating for three or four days, wash it with warm water, take two bamboo slices to stretch the chicken belly, and then tie it around the chicken's neck with hemp rope and hang it in the yard to dry.

Lin Guozhu finished eating the noodles in the bucket bowl and helped Wu Shufen apply the seasoning: "Mom, Xiaolan's shop has already opened?" ”

Wu Shufen nodded: "It's been more than ten days since it opened, and today your father also went to the city to see the shop, Xiaolan helped us buy three shops and opened a shop that sells big ingredients and local products." ”

"Today, several big markets are open, pastry shops and miscellaneous shops are open, and your father and Xiaolan have gone to the city. Xiaolan wanted us to come to the city to open a restaurant, and your father said that he would go back and discuss it with your eldest brother before making a decision. ”

Lin Guozhu looked at her and said, "Mom, how is Xiaolan's fiancée?" Is it good for beans? ”

He felt that what he heard was someone else's sister, and Xiaolan's girl let her eat it.

Speaking of Li Xiangyang, Wu Shufen was full of smiles: "Xiangyang couldn't be better to Xiaolan and Douzi, and Douzi and Xiangyang are also close." Xiangyang is tall and big, and he went to Yangcheng to buy goods a few days ago, and when he comes back, you will be satisfied. ”

Lin Guozhu also breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her happy appearance: "That's good, Xiaolan can live in peace in the future, and your life with your father will be easy." ”

Wu Shufen got up and looked at him: "Guozhu, you come back this time, will you leave after the New Year?" ”

Lin Guozhu helped Wu Shufen put the seasoned chicken into the tank, and said to her: "Mom, I won't leave when I come back this time, I have changed jobs." ”

Wu Shufen nodded happily: "It's good to change jobs, you should also start a family." As old as you, the babies in the family are all in elementary school, and you don't even have a partner. ”

Lin Guozhu didn't have to find a partner, washed his hands and took out a large envelope from his backpack, and handed it to Wu Shufen: "Mom, this is my transfer subsidy, and the army has also arranged jobs for this batch of non-commissioned officers, and I will work in the Armed Forces Department after I come back." ”

Wu Shufen looked at him with disgust: "Mom's hands are full of spices, you pretend to be yourself." ”

Lin Guozhu said with a smile: "I heard my father say that Xiaolan gave money to buy the shop, and you take it and return the money to Xiaolan." ”

Wu Shufen said happily: "Yes, the money for this time is also Xiaolan's pad, we originally planned to hand over the miscellaneous shop to Xiaolan to take care of, after coming here, I saw that her feet did not touch the ground all day long, and your father and I were afraid that she would be tired." ”

"If you hadn't said it yourself, I wouldn't have believed you were talking about Xiaolan." Lin Guozhu put the money away with a smile, picked up the stone prepared by Wu Shufen and pressed it on the chicken, and lifted the jar of pickled cured chicken to the corner and put it away.

(End of chapter)