Chapter 40 Dumplings! dumpling! ! !
Who can bear to eat dumplings stuffed with pork and sauerkraut even if they don't agree with each other?
You must know that in the early 1980s, supplies were extremely scarce. Ordinary families could only eat white flour during the New Year and holidays. That is to say, there is a lot of land and grain in the Northeast. Looking at the whole country, at the same time, many places are not enough to eat all kinds of grains.
With money and pork dumplings to eat, this kind of treatment is comparable to the Chinese New Year. Even Li Wentong was a little moved when he heard the news. Life will get better now.
With yesterday’s foreshadowing, calling the three families together to eat dumplings today is no longer rude. Xiaotao and Xiaowen were both unambiguous, and went home to call for help. Yue Feng He also went out together and called Grandma Li over.
When calling people over, Yue Feng also played a trick. Instead of asking Grandma Li to come eat dumplings, he asked her to come to the house to help with some work! Grandma Li was usually being helped by the Yue Feng family. When she heard someone calling her for help, she followed without even stumbling.
When they entered the Yue family's house and asked what was going on, they couldn't get up and leave. Meng Yulan took Grandma Li's hand and the two of them murmured a few words, and Grandma Li stayed at home calmly.
Excessive politeness is a heretic. Meng Yulan couldn't make dumplings for so many people by herself, so she called her mother over and worked faster.
Soon, Xiaowen’s mother and Xiaotao’s mother also arrived at Yue Feng’s house.
The old ladies were making dumpling fillings in the outer room, while the young guys got on the kang, drank water, and chatted about their experiences of going up to the mountains to fly eagles during the day.
A few people joined hands and worked quickly. Before half past seven, the dumplings were wrapped, covering five large curtains. It took two pots of Bayin pot to finish them.
The lively atmosphere at home has also infected Yue Lei, whose leg injury has not healed. Today, the head of the Yue family is also in a temper. He made an exception and asked Yue Feng to pour two taels of white wine and accompany a group of relatives and friends on the Kang table. Erba started to drink.
My son seems to be a completely different person since he woke up.
After Yue Feng started training eagles and catching chickens, in less than half a month, Yue Lei found that the atmosphere of the entire family had completely changed.
My son has a good idea and strong execution ability, and the friends he works with are all very reliable.
Yue Lei learned from his wife that Yue Feng earned more than 40 yuan from his trip to the city today. The efficiency of making money at home was so scary.
Today my son went into the mountains with an eagle for a day and caught nine more greyhounds. According to the price of furs collected by the supply and marketing cooperative, this is another big sum of money. The life of the Yue family has completely improved.
Everyone ate the dumplings that night with smiles on their faces. The table of women and children in the west room felt satisfied from the bottom of their hearts because they had eaten white meat and meat, while the table of men in the east room drinking wine felt satisfied because Like-minded people came together to make money, and drank wine very freely.
In fact, in the land of Northeast, it is rare for the ladies at home to dislike their husbands drinking. In many families, the ladies will also smoke and drink when they are happy. These habits are affected by the special environment, but It is also a reflection of family status.
However, just because men don’t dislike drinking doesn’t mean they can drink alcohol freely. Especially the kind of Jiu Mengzi who has no ability and drinks all day long is not welcome wherever he goes.
Tonight, all the gentlemen at the table in the east room, except Yue Feng and Uncle Li, were a little drunk, but no old ladies came over to point fingers.
They are all grateful to the Yue family, and grateful to Yue Feng and his son for making real money with their husbands or children. With money, they can live a better life.
The dinner of dumplings lasted until half past nine before the dinner ended. Yue Feng sent Xiaowen and Xiaowu brothers home after drinking too much. Along the way, Aunt Zhang kept silently thanking Yue Feng for taking his brothers. Speaking of excitement, aunt Zhang, who had been suffering from life's hardships for half her life, even had tears flowing out of the corners of her eyes. Tears come.
Yue Feng personally helped the two drunken brothers to the kang. Seeing with his own eyes how the Zhang family’s north room was almost bare, he had a better understanding of the suffering of ordinary people at the bottom. Concrete knowledge.
When Aunt Zhang personally walked out of the gate, Yue Feng silently made up his mind that he would definitely make his friends live a good life in the future!
The next morning, Yue Feng got up early as usual. There was no bicycle to ride today, so he had to walk into the city on his legs.
However, there were greyhounds and pheasants, as well as sand half chickens and flying dragons, which could not fit into a satchel. Yue Feng decisively dragged out the small sledge made by his father from the warehouse.
Although it didn’t snow, there was so much game that it was better to drag it with a sledge than to carry it on your back. When Yue Lei made this sledge, he buried two thick wires underneath and dragged it on the flat ground. Much easier than the single filament type.
At five o'clock in the morning, Yue Feng arrived at the side door of the No. 2 Canteen of Hongqi Coal Mine on time. Within a few minutes, Master Niu also rushed over.
"Hey, there are a lot of things today. Did you just drag the sledge here?" Niu Fusheng greeted when he saw this.
Yue Feng grinned: "Yes, the eagle has been released. In addition to the flying dragon and the sand half chicken, there are also greyhounds and a wild big rooster!"
"Both. Is it alive?" When he heard Greyhound, Niu Fusheng's expression and tone were obviously surprised, and then he was overjoyed.
"Well, they are all alive! They are delicious when they are killed and bled immediately! We are all regular customers, and the food is good. Master Niu, you have to pay a high price!" Yue Feng nodded and responded. .
“Don’t worry, if you praise me, I will definitely support you too! Let’s talk in the house first!”
Soon, Niu Fusheng took Yue Feng to the warehouse behind the Second Canteen.
Yue Feng opened the bags and cages fixed on the sledge, and then took out all the game today.
The total number today is 25 sand half chickens, 33 flying dragon birds, 8 live greyhounds, and one wild rooster weighing more than three pounds.
When Niu Fusheng faced the ingredients, he still inspected them meticulously. All the game was fresh and fresh, and there was nothing wrong with the appearance.
“The quality of Sha Ban Chicken and Fei Long Bird is good, but the price is still the same!
The skin of this greyhound is more valuable than the meat! But I can only use meat here!
The meat of a greyhound is worth 18 yuan to you, and I will skin it for you and take it away when you come back next time!
You can also keep the big pheasant. Nowadays, a domestic rooster on the ghost market costs about two to three yuan depending on the size. Logically speaking, pheasants are not as expensive as domestic chickens, but yours must be completely tailed. How about I give you three yuan as well? ”
Should I say it, the price given by Niu Fusheng is very fair.
Some people may think that it is unreasonable that the big pheasant caught with all their efforts is not as expensive as domestic chicken, but at that time This is the current situation, not only for chickens, but also for pork. Big fat pigs raised at home are more expensive than wild boars hunted from the mountains.
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