Life in a quiet village in Xianshan

"Let's go!"

When he came in front of Gu Siwei, Hu Yanqiu made another very small move, which was to twist his waist. The amplitude was so small that you couldn't see it without paying attention. Gu Siwei didn't see it anyway, and only Hu Yanqiu knew it.

Gu Siwei said stupidly: "Why are you walking? You take your things back. Anyway, you have a bicycle, but I don't have that thing. Here."

As he spoke, he bent down and took out the things he had brought with him from the basket.

Hu Yanqiu said: "I didn't ride my bicycle today because the bicycle was broken."

"broken?"

Gu Siwei was a little doubtful. Why was it working fine in the morning but broken at noon? But after thinking about it, I realized that it’s not unusual. Isn’t it normal for a bicycle to break down?

"If it's broken, how will you come to work in the afternoon?" Gu Siwei asked casually.

Hu Yanqiu said: "I don't have to go to work in the afternoon. Some technical experts come here to practice."

"Why?" Gu Siwei asked.

Hu Yanqiu said: "Maybe it is to give the leader something to see when he comes to inspect tomorrow. I don't know for sure. Anyway, I and the five or six people who come after me don't have to go to work."

"Not bad, not bad, let's rest for a day and a half." Gu Siwei smiled, thinking about doing something.

Hu Yanqiu said: "No, I will go to work tomorrow afternoon, and the inspection will be over in the morning."

"By the way, you guys are off work, who is on duty tonight?" Gu Siwei asked casually.

Hu Yanqiu didn't think too much and blurted out: "We don't have to be on duty. We will get off work when the time comes. The people on duty are responsible for the security department. Even if we want to protect others, we won't let them go. I'm happy to do that." I work the night shift, so I just go to bed when there’s no one around. Haha."

"That's right," Gu Siwei laughed.

The two of them were chatting and walking, and the originally short road was over before they knew it.

Standing at the gate of the family courtyard, Gu Siwei took out the things he brought from the basket and handed them to Hu Yanqiu's hands.

"What's all this?" Hu Yanqiu thought it wasn't much, but who knew it was really a lot. In addition to salted pork, there were a few pig's trotters, two big tortoises, and two live wild ducks.

It doesn't look like a lot, but the portion is really quite a lot.

"What the hell, it's all delicious. Take it home quickly. I'm leaving." Gu Siwei packed up the basket and carried it on his back.

Just when Hu Yanqiu was thinking about how to bring the things home, his mother Lu Yihui happened to come back from get off work. Seeing this scene, she immediately came to the two of them, got out of the car and said.

"Xiao Gu, don't keep sending me things in the future."

"Auntie is back? I didn't give you anything. Aren't I friends with Yanqiu? There are only my sister and me at home, so we can't eat the food we bought," Gu Siwei said with a smile.

Lu Yihui glanced at the two big turtles in her daughter's hands and couldn't help but said: "These turtles are big enough. They must have grown for several years at least, right?"

"I really don't know about this. My sister caught a lot of them last night and gave some to my friends here. I thought of sending two more to your house."

Lu Yihui looked at Gu Siwei and felt that it was not frivolous for this boy to be so considerate towards his daughter.

Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at his daughter, and couldn't help but feel a twitch in his heart. The so-called beloved son is better than his father, and this beloved daughter is better than her mother. From the flesh that fell off her body, one could tell at a glance that her daughter had probably been raped by this boy. I'm sure I'm done eating, my eyes are almost filled with honey when I look at this.

"Well, it just so happens that Auntie is back, so I'll go back." Gu Siwei had something on his mind, so naturally he had to leave early.

Lu Yihui saw the appearance of her daughter, and suddenly she didn't want Gu Siwei to leave, so she said: "How can this be possible? It's outrageous that you didn't even eat a meal when you brought things here. You must stay to eat, otherwise these things You take it away”.

Gu Siwei had a bit of a bitter look on his face: "Auntie, I really have something to do and I'm rushing back. The villagers' crops have been damaged due to the heavy rain a few days ago. Now is the time to be busy."

"No matter how busy you are, you are never in a hurry for a meal." Lu Yihui said, giving Gu Siwei a slight expression on his face, and then he became happy.

Gu Siwei glanced at Hu Yanqiu and was about to ask her to help him. He really had something going on here. The anger he had suffered in the morning hadn't been released yet. He had to find a way to escape. What should he bring with him when he went to Hu Yanqiu's house for dinner? It would take more than an hour, which would be too much of a delay.

"If that's the case, then go to my house for a meal. My house is not a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. I'm going to scare you," Hu Yanqiu said to Gu Siwei.

"I'm really not afraid, I'm just worried." Gu Siwei felt a little helpless.

Lu Yihui was suddenly a little startled when she saw the girlish attitude shown by her daughter unknowingly. Lu Yihui could hardly remember the last time she looked like this. It must have been at least seven or eight years ago. She would still be here. She acts coquettishly in front of her, but since her daughter has grown up, this kind of normal communication between mother and daughter has become much less common.

At this point, Lu Yihui couldn't help but sigh: What a dilemma. I thought my children would be able to become more self-reliant when they grow up, but after my children become self-reliant, I, as a parent, feel a little disappointed.

"Okay, I'll stop disturbing you, Auntie." Gu Siwei saw that he really couldn't shirk it, so he happily agreed.

Hu Yanqiu said happily: "Then you can cook at noon today. I haven't tasted your cooking for a long time. It just so happens that my mother doesn't know how to cook turtle."

Gu Siwei said: "No problem."

"You girl, how can you let guests cook?" Lu Yihui said politely.

Lu Yihui probably forgot that when Gu Siwei went to her house last time, most of the dishes were made by Gu Siwei.

Entering the family courtyard, people kept saying hello to Lu Yihui and his wife. As for Gu Siwei, he received everyone's attention. There was no other way. At this time, people were very curious and even more eager to gossip.

Everyone was guessing in their hearts, who is this handsome young man? He seems to be the target of the eldest girl in their family. Not to mention that they are a perfect match together. The girl is handsome and the boy is handsome, but the guy is just a little bit... Too high.

Gu Siwei was so shameless that he didn't care whether others saw it or not. Carrying a basket on his back and carrying two big tortoises, he walked away with his chest held high and his head raised.

Lu Yihui saw that Gu Siwei's face was not red and his heart was not beating under the gaze of everyone, and he felt that this child had a good character.

From the perspective of his good personality, and further thinking, it seems that many things are good. The only thing wrong is that he is wrong. If he had a city registered permanent residence, this child would be perfect.

When he got home, he opened the door, put down the basket and started to work.

Kill the bastard first, and don't need him to deal with the bacon and wild eggs.

Put the tortoise on the chopping board and tease it with chopsticks. The tortoise stretched out his head and bit the chopsticks tightly. He refused to let go, which shows the fierceness of the wild tortoise.

But today, its vigor was of no use. Gu Siwei raised his knife and passed it with a clang.

Use a knife to open the lid, chop off the edges, chop the meat into pieces the size of mahjong pieces, and throw them into a basin to soak in the blood.

"Auntie, let's keep this one in a bucket."

Gu Siwei looked at the remaining one. He definitely couldn't cook two of them today because there was still bacon. This thing is really a good tool for cooking. Moreover, half of Gu Siwei's salted bacon was dried in the space, at least. The results of more than half a year, not to mention other places on the top are covered with salt and frost, which shows that the salt is enough.

"Why don't we do it all?" Lu Yihui saw the tortoise chopped open in the eye bowl, and felt that it seemed a little short.

Gu Siwei guessed Lu Yihui's thoughts and said: "That's enough. Let's put in some potatoes and stew them quickly. When they come out, the potatoes will taste better than the turtles."

Gu Siwei's favorite thing is to stew eel, but where can Lu Yihui find eel for him? Even if he buys it outside, he has to try his luck. This kind of thing has long been sold in small canteens, who would sell it at a stall.

It’s not that the food is bad, but that the average family is not willing to eat this stuff. If they have a little money, they would like to buy more staple food. What kind of family would they spend on eels?

"It's up to you, I really don't have any talent in this area anyway." Lu Yihui admitted that she really had no talent in cooking. If her cooking skills were half as enthusiastic as her work, she would definitely be able to do well, but she just couldn't I don't like it by nature.

Thinking of this, Lu Yihui couldn't help but look at Gu Siwei again, and felt that Gu Siwei had another advantage, that is, he could cook, and his daughter had inherited this from her, and she was confused when it came to cooking.

At this time, Lu Yihui really felt like a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law, and the more she looked at her, the more she liked him. However, when she thought of Gu Siwei's household registration, Lu Yihui couldn't be happy anymore.

It is difficult for people like Gu Siwei decades later to understand the significance of hukou to people in this era. It is not a simple piece of paper, it is a class and a social status.

Stepping over it is not much different from a carp jumping over a dragon gate.

Gu Siwei waited for the bacon to be washed, took it and put it in the pot to cook for a while. When the meat was soft, he took it out of the pot, dried it and started slicing it with a knife.

The bacon didn't look good when it was first taken out. It was dark and dirty, but after washing and cooking, it looked much better. The lean meat showed a sauce color, and the original white fat had completely evolved into a frozen state. , almost as if it were transparent.

The knife passed gently and cut off a thin slice.

Hu Yanqiu picked it up and looked at it through the window: "Oh, it's so beautiful. The meat can be marinated like this, transparent."

Hearing the commotion here, Lu Yihui also came over and immediately praised the meat when he saw it.

Gu Siwei cut two portions, alternately taking the fat and thin portions, and placed them one on top of the other to form a circle along the edge. In the middle, he beat an egg, chopped some stuffing with the lean meat from Hu Yanqiu's house, and put it together. Steam in the pot.

The other part is to take the leaner part and stir-fry green vegetables directly. It is a big and full plate, and there is no need to pay attention to the presentation. The best presentation is when the portion is large.

As for the bastard, it was naturally stewed potatoes. After finishing the bacon, Gu Siwei would make it.

I have never cooked tortoise, but Gu Siwei just stewed it like a salted goose. If you adjust the ingredients and pay attention, the taste will not be bad. Some things are similar, and the cooking is the same.

When the dishes are cooked, the room is filled with aroma.

Hu Yanqiu's father Hu Shunkai and younger brother Hu Yanping, everyone who entered the room couldn't help but take a breath and praised the fragrance.