Chapter 85 Mending the pot
"Grandma, a grandfather who mends the pot came to the village. He was sitting under the big tree at the head of the village, mending the pot." Lin Xiaoshuang replied.
"Mom, do we have a pot to fix?" Lin Shu put the luggage back in the bedroom and came out just in time to hear Liu Xiao'e's question.
Liu Xiao'e turned around and took out an iron tripod pot and a wok from the kitchen, "I have been using these two pots for so many years. I don't know when a small hole got rotten. I am going to patch it up before using it again." . ”
Especially the iron tripod pot. This old-fashioned iron pot is good for stewing soup. The Mid-Autumn Festival is here, and there are many guests at home, so there are naturally a lot of dishes to cook. These two pots are just right for complementing each other. With.
"Oh, then Gu Jiuti and I will go there. Where are my dad and the others? Why haven't they come home yet?"
"Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and there are a lot of fish in the reservoir at the end of the mountain in the village. Captain Today we are organizing people to fish, preparing every household One or two pieces each. Your dad and the others have gone to the reservoir to join in the fun. They should be back soon."
"Oh, let's go make up the pot."
Lin Shu and Gu Jiu. One person carried an iron pot and walked towards the big tree at the entrance of the village.
The profession of tinker was very common in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In the early 1990s, I often saw him walking around the streets carrying a load.
In the late 1990s, the tinker changed his equipment and chose large and small aluminum round bottoms.
At that time, many people used aluminum pots at home, and the bottoms of aluminum pots were easy to break, which led to a good business of tinkers replacing pot bottoms.
"Lin Shu, are you back today?"
Walking in the village, I met Lin Haiyan holding an enamel basin.
Lin Shu smiled and said: "We just came back in the afternoon, are you going to replenish the pots?"
Because Lin Shu had already seen that a piece of enamel on the bottom of the enamel basin on her hand had fallen off, and there was a small hole where the piece had fallen off.
In fact, an enamel basin is an iron basin, but it is coated with a layer of enamel. If this layer of porcelain is accidentally knocked off, the iron sheet inside will easily rust through when exposed to water.
Lin Haiyan smiled at Gu Jiu: "Well, this basin is leaking. It can still be used after repairing it."
Lin Shu introduced to Gu Jiu: "This is my hair. , Lin Haiyan."
The corners of Gu Jiu's mouth curled up slightly, distant yet polite: "Hello"
Lin Haiyan twitched the corners of her lips and leaned close to Lin Shu's ear, "Isn't this person of yours a bit cold-hearted?"
Having an appearance of not being close to strangers, Haiyan felt that she might not be easy to get along with.
"It's okay." Lin Shu thought of someone who was passionate in some aspects and had nothing to do with being cold.
It’s just that he doesn’t talk much to people he doesn’t know well. For example, when they first met, Gu Jiu also ignored her.
The three of them arrived under the big tree at the entrance of the village. The tinker saw them and greeted them with a smile: "Wait a minute, I still have two pots to mend."
"It's okay, take your time." Lin Shu smiled and placed the iron pot next to his stove.
When it was their turn, the tinker first took the wok over and looked through it, then took a sharp hammer to enlarge the small hole.
Before Lin Shu spoke, Lin Haiyan became anxious, "Hey, master, it was originally a small hole, why did you expand it? Isn't it just getting bigger as it is filled?"
" The iron on the side is brittle. How can I mend it if I don't buckle it cleanly?" Without raising his head, the tinker expanded the hole to a certain extent and poured out an appropriate amount of molten iron from the furnace. The molten iron rolled on the clay. Then I saw him filling the hole with molten iron very quickly, and flattening the other side with a fireproof cylinder.
It can be said that it only takes a minute or two to refill a pot, and it is done very quickly.
Lin Shu's two pots cost 20 cents, and Lin Haiyan's enamel basin cost 10 cents. They were not expensive.
In this era, clothes, shoes, pots and pans can all be mended.
The three of them returned to the village and found that the village was bustling. "Ah, their fishermen are back." Lin Haiyan said happily, "Lin Shu, let's go and see how to divide the fish."
"You go first, I will divide the fish first." The two pots were returned home.”
"Okay, let me go first and see how many fish have been caught." Lin Haiyan waved to them with a basin and ran away.
Gu Jiu and Lin Shu returned home carrying the pot. Lin Dashan and his two sons and daughter-in-law were already back.
There was a large basin placed at the door of the house, with two large silver carps in it.
"Dad, have you finished dividing the fish?"
Lin Dashan nodded and called to Gu Jiu who was following Lin Shu, "Brother Ninth is here, come in and sit down. .”
"Dad, eldest brother, second brother." Gu Jiu glanced at the door and didn't see Lin Gang, so he asked: "Why don't you see the third brother?"
"The third unit works in shifts. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, It was his turn to go to work on the holiday, so he didn't have time to come back," Lin Wei explained.
"Young people should put work first. The third brother hasn't come back. You two will have two more drinks with the ninth brother later." Lin Dashan was happy. His son didn't have time to come back from work. This is not a worry at all. Instead, I feel that my son will only be busy with work when he becomes successful.
Liu Xiao'e remembered something and hurriedly handed over the kitchen work to her two daughters-in-law. When she came out, she asked, "Brother Jiu, is your mother alone in the county town?"
Gu Jiu shook his head: "Mom, my mother took the train back yesterday. She was a little worried that my father was at home. Plus, the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, so she went back."
"I thought she was alone in the county town. No matter if she goes back, someone will always take care of her father-in-law at home."
Early the next morning, the village collectively killed a pig. , meat is divided according to population.
As soon as Lin Shu got up, he saw his sister-in-law He Caiyun coming back with a bowl of meat.
“My little sister is awake?”
“A pig was killed in the village?”
"Yes, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival. After a busy year, the team will kill a pig so that everyone can have a good time. In addition to the pork, I also got a piece of pig liver. At noon, my sister-in-law will make a pig liver soup for you to eat to replenish your blood." He Caiyun smiled from ear to ear. It was rare that the captain was willing to kill a pig during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year.
This kind of opportunity to get meat without using meat tickets was only available during the Chinese New Year in the past.
Lin Shu walked around the house, the two sisters-in-law were busy in the kitchen, Liu Xiaoe was feeding pigs and chickens, Lin Dashan took his two sons to the private plot, and Gu Jiu followed Lin Dongfa to dig early in the morning. Loach.
Finally, she saw Lin Xiaojun hiding behind their bedroom door in the big house eating cookies.
Lin Shu slipped him out and said, "You eat alone, if I remember correctly this box of biscuits, your uncle asked you to share it with your sisters, right?"
Lin Xiaojun hugged the biscuit box and held half a biscuit in one hand. He didn't forget to take a bite: "I didn't eat it secretly. My sister said I could have one more piece."
"Did you really only eat one piece? "
"Well, just this one."
This surprised Lin Shu. Could this kid really resist the temptation of delicious food?
"Okay, I won't talk about you eating cookies. You are in the first grade now. Do you understand the teacher's lecture?"
Lin Xiaojun is seven years old this year. He has signed up for school starting on September 1st, but he just doesn’t know how he will study when he first starts school.
"You understand, one plus one equals two is very simple." Lin Xiaojun opened his big round eyes and didn't understand why his sister-in-law asked about his study status?
“What else?”
Lin Xiaojun said proudly: “There are also a, o, and e. I can also read them. Our teachers all praise me for being smart and I can remember them as soon as I teach them. ”
(End of this chapter)