Chapter 17: Curious Where Did White Noodles Come From?
"What's this?" Erhuazi couldn't help but bend down.
Before he could untie the sack, his shoulder was held down by a big hand, and his father's voice came from behind him, "Don't let you come in and make noise about Lingbao, you kid owes a beating, right?" ”
Erhuazi turned to his father and asked, "Dad, what's in this bag?" I've never seen a bag like this at home before, and I'm looking at it. ”
Jiang Qingshan originally planned to take his second son away, but after listening to his question, he let out a puzzled "ah" and looked at the ground, "What's this?" ”
Curious, he didn't think much about it, and opened the sack one step ahead of his son.
The smell of flour came to my face, and the smell was indescribable, which made people feel refreshed, and couldn't help but get closer and smell it a few more times.
"White face?" Erhuazi was surprised and surprised, "Dad, this is white noodles!" The first time I smelled such fragrant white flour, it smelled much better than the flour milled from the wheat grown in our village! ”
Outside, Shen Su'e and Si Haizi heard his exclamatory words and felt strange, "What white noodles?" ”
"Second brother, what are you talking about? How can there be white flour at home? ”
Erhuazi hurriedly said: "Mother, Sihaizi, come and take a look, there are two big bags, this white noodle is fine at first glance!" It's a rich and strong fan, right? ”
Flour is divided into one, two and three according to quality, which are named Fuqiang brand, construction brand and production brand, and Fuqiang flour is the best flour.
The price of this flour is on the high side, the taste is good, and it is a luxury product, and only people in big cities have the opportunity to eat it.
"This one smells so good!"
After taking a few breaths in a row, Sihaizi looked at his mother, "Mother, where did our family get the white noodles?" Just now you said that there is no food at home. ”
After listening to the fourth brother, Er Huazi looked at his father and mother for a while, and saw that their expressions were not very natural, his brows couldn't help but tighten, and he turned his head to look at Xiao Lingbao on the bed.
"Mother, the big girl before bit the Lingbao and said that the person who stole the thing was the Lingbao, could she not be talking nonsense?" Erhuazi guessed and asked, "Could it be that this flour was stolen by Lingbao from the production team?" ”
As soon as his words fell, the back of his head was knocked hard by his father, and he let out an "ouch" in pain, and hurriedly covered his head.
"What are you talking nonsense? You go to Captain Li and ask, is there flour in the storage room? ”
"Second brother, what you said is really excessive! Lingbao is still so small, how can he go to the storage room to steal something? Besides, you just said that this flour is like rich and strong powder, where does our village get rich and strong powder? ”
Erhuazi rubbed his head, "Also, too, ha......"
Afraid that his father would knock him again, he subconsciously swallowed his saliva, "Daddy, you don't know where this flour came from, so this thing is too strange, right?" ”
"What's going on?" Shen Su'e said, "Your father has been paralyzed for so many years, and there are just two more bags of fine noodles at home, what's so strange?" ”
Erhuazi was entangled in his mother's words, and he felt unreasonable, but it seemed to make sense.
Sihaizi sighed, "Mother, I think Lingbao may really be a lucky star!" You just said that there is nothing to eat at home, and Lingbao has two more bags of flour around him. ”
"I said a long time ago that Lingbao is a lucky star, you said I was superstitious before, but now I believe it, right? You're going to take care of your sister, do you hear me? ”
After Shen Su'e finished speaking, her husband said happily: "Haha, our family has white noodles to eat now, and tomorrow you don't need Erhuazi to go to the black market to buy us food stamps." ”
"No! We still have to go to the black market, and we have to buy food stamps, otherwise others will not be able to explain when they see our family eating noodles. Shen Su'e said.
After some discussion, the couple decided to let Erhuazi go to the black market to buy food stamps, and advised, "Remember to buy flour stamps, don't buy rice." ”
"Huh? Oh......" Erhuazi looked at the two bags of fine noodles and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, "Mother, then this noodle ......"
"When you buy the flour back tomorrow, in addition to two catties of meat, I will give you another catty of noodles, okay? But don't tell your daughter-in-law about this delicate matter, lest she talk nonsense everywhere, do you hear? ”
Erhuazi knew too much about her daughter-in-law's mouth, so she immediately responded, "Don't worry, I definitely won't tell her, if she knows, I don't know what will happen in the village." ”
When he got home, he told his daughter-in-law about going to the black market the next day, "My mother promised me that as long as I helped buy white noodles, she would not only give me two catties of meat, but also one catty of noodles, and we would be able to eat dog meat noodles during the Chinese New Year." ”
I thought that my daughter-in-law would be very happy when she heard it, but I didn't expect her to say sarcastically, "Your mother is really good, so I asked you to do such an errand." ”
"What's wrong? My mother is very good, originally she wanted my eldest brother to go, but I worked hard to take the job myself. Erhuazi said.
Huang Yuezhu snorted with disdain, "Huh! I don't think she treats you and your eldest brother as her own sons, and sure enough, they are outsiders when they are separated! ”
With that, she pulled her husband to her side, "What can I do if you get caught buying food stamps?" I'm holding such a big belly, woo......"
"Alright, don't worry, I'll be fine!"
Huang Yuezhu pretended to cry twice, sniffed, and said: "Two catties of meat and one catty of noodles are too little, according to me, it should be ten catties of meat and five catties of noodles!" You go and bargain with your mother again and ask her to give more. ”
"The wild dog is only about twenty catties after skinning, and there is not much meat left after removing the bones, so it is good to be able to divide two catties."
"Your mother would rather raise a decrepit baby than give you meat, and want you to do such a dangerous thing, it's really ruthless!"
Hearing that his daughter-in-law was still scolding, Erhuazi hurriedly interrupted: "Okay, don't say it, my mother is my mother in the end, besides, Lingbao's child is also very good, look at it and be blessed, what a decrepit baby?" You don't scold people anymore. ”
"What's the blessing? A girl's film! Huang Yuezhu said with disgust, "In my village, everyone says that giving birth to a girl has been declining for three years, you look at Damei, she gave birth to a big girl, she is unlucky, the girl is declining!" ”
"I think the girl is also very good, if the baby in your belly is a girl, and the rich and noble will make up a 'good' word, how good?" After Erhuazi finished with a smile, he touched his daughter-in-law's belly.
Huang Yuezhu pushed her husband away, "Go, go, don't be a crow's mouth, I don't want to give birth to any useless daughters, I just want a son!" ”
Her husband thought of Lingbao's cute appearance, and couldn't help but say, "I still want a daughter, if only she was born like Lingbao." ”
"Can you stop mentioning that girl? Stomach! You went to your father's place for an evil spirit, right? What kind of Ecstasy did they pour you? Really! ”
Seeing that her daughter-in-law was so angry that her eyebrows were twisted, Erhuazi didn't dare to say anything more about liking Lingbao, so she closed her mouth and kept silent.
The next day, he went to his father's house early to ask his mother for money.
Before dawn, through the courtyard gate, he faintly smelled the fragrance wafting out.
In the kitchen, Shen Su'e had already cooked a large pot of noodles, and she was afraid of being smelled by other people in the village, so she got up at four o'clock to roll out the noodles.
Lingbao followed her mother like a little tail, and when she heard a knock on the door, she opened the door and saw her second brother standing outside the door.
"Lingbao, get up so early?" Erhuazi asked with a smile.
The little milk baby raised her little head and kept silent, her light brown-orange eyes turned golden, and she saw that her second brother's eyebrows were haunted by a black gas that represented disaster.