Zhao Qingsong went to the county town to do some shopping and stopped by to send some New Year's goods to Li Rong's family.
The brigade was killing a New Year pig, but Li Rong didn't go there because she had a big belly, and they didn't have any part in it anyway.
The big cow who was on vacation came back from nowhere with his two cows. The little cow had a red face and was sniffing constantly with runny nose.
Li Rong said "Ouch": "Where are you going to play with your little brother? Why don't you wear more clothes? You may catch a cold. Be careful when your parents come back to take care of you."
Dan Niu was a little unconvinced: "He didn't follow me. He went to play in the snow with Huzi and the others. Look, his trousers are all wet. My parents will scold me again later."
His aggrieved look made Li Rong smile: "You are the elder brother, but this time you are wrong. I played in the snow until my clothes got wet. Now I have a runny nose. I will catch a cold tonight. Let your parents take you there."
Get an injection at the medical point!”
When Erniu heard that he was about to get an injection, he quickly wiped his nose with the back of his hand, sniffed, and screamed: "I don't want an injection!"
Daniel gloated beside him: "I told you not to play in the snow."
Li Rong touched Er Niu's face, which was cold, and said to Dan Niu: "Take my brother to change his pants quickly, it will be really cold later. By the way, why don't they come back after you nursed them?"
Danniu shook his head and told Li Rong that he didn't know, while dragging Erniu back to the house to change his pants.
Zhao Qingsong came back after finishing his work in the county town and bought some beef to make boiled beef.
Zhao Qingsong is at home and basically takes over the housework. Although the taste of the food he cooks is not as good as Li Rong's, it is not bad either.
Things like boiled beef don't require any level of expertise, but with Li Rong's guidance, he was able to cook them very well.
It wasn't until Zhao Qingsong finished processing the beef that Mother Zhao and the others returned home.
Li Rong poked her head out and called out to her daughter: "We are cooking for you here. Stop cooking and eat together."
Mother Zhao smiled and said, "That's good, my wife and I will take care of the portioned pork first."
Processing is actually to clean the pork, prepare some internal organs, put it in an enamel basin or pot, and finally put it in the snow to save it for the New Year.
Seeing that Zhao Qingsong was still cooking, Mother Zhao thought about adding some vegetables and brought some pig blood to cook for Zhao Qingsong.
Seeing that neither Father Zhao nor Brother Zhao came back, Li Rong asked, "Why haven't Father and Brother Zhao come back yet? Are they eating at the commune?"
When pigs are killed in the commune, a meal will be cooked for the butcher and the commune members who come to help.
Father Zhao and Zhao Qingyang both went to help kill the pigs.
"Yes, where are we eating? We don't have to wait for them. A bunch of big men are drinking soju."
A lot of cabbage leaves and pig blood are added to the boiled beef to make it look like spicy hotpot.
Lirong is very enjoyable to eat. It would be even better if it had meatballs and mushrooms.
Li Rong accidentally said what she was thinking.
Mother Zhao smiled and said, "There are no fungi anywhere in the winter. When there is a lot of rain in the summer, the fungi will grow on the mountains."
Li Rong smiled, yes, where did the fungi come from in the winter here? It would be great if we could grow them in greenhouses in modern times, and we could eat fresh mushrooms even in the ice and snow.
This dish is so delicious and spicy that even the big cow stopped chirping and snorted while hugging the rice.
He Xing told him to slow down, and when he was about to tell him not to eat in such a hurry, he would choke, but Daniel coughed loudly.
"Hiss~ so spicy cough cough~"
He Xing patted him on the back: "I told you to slow down."
"It's so refreshing, I don't feel cold at all after eating it."
Zhao Qingsong said: "Tonight's food is a bit spicy. Rongrong prefers spicy food recently."
Mother Zhao looked at Li Rong's belly: "Why did I like eating sour food before, but now I like spicy food? Is a sour baby a spicy girl, is it a boy or a girl?"
Li Rong said: "It doesn't matter whether the baby is a boy or a girl."
Daniel said: "Then I can have two children, a younger brother and a younger sister."
Zhao Qingsong gave Da Niu a piece of beef: "That's good, my second uncle will give you some meat."
"hey-hey."
Li Rong chuckled. She knew that twins were impossible. She had already checked them so many times. If the twins had been checked out earlier, the size of their bellies would not be like twins.
After dinner, Zhao's mother and He Xing took the initiative to clean up the dishes and asked Zhao Qingsong to take Li Rong out for a walk.
Li Rong's belly is big now, so she needs to move more to facilitate future births.
Zhao Qingsong was not polite to them and led Li Rong out.
The temperature outside was low and Li Rong didn't want to go out, so Zhao Qingsong took her to walk back and forth in the yard.
After a while, Li Rong suddenly sneezed.
Zhao Qingsong was afraid that she would be cold, so he quickly brought her inside.
"I want to take a shower." Li Rong breathed, "I'll finish it early and tell you early. By the way, haven't dad and eldest brother come back yet?"
"I didn't hear any noise." Zhao Qingsong added coals to the kang and lit the fire. "Light this and I'll get you water to take a bath."
"Yeah." Li Rong smiled softly, sat on the kang with her belly supported, picked up the pen and paper on the kang table and fell into thinking.
After Zhao Qingsong made the kang fire, he stood up and saw Li Rong thinking about a name again. He leaned over and looked at it: "Have you decided on a name? I see you have been thinking about it for a long time."
"Names are a big deal in a child's life," Li Rong glanced at him, "Of course you have to think about it carefully."
The winter here is extremely cold, and the colder it is, the more comfortable it is on the kang.
Last year Li Rong stayed in bed even though she was not pregnant, and this year she is even more lethargic.
I slept until noon.
Zhao's mother saw her getting up and said to her: "There is hot porridge and pork porridge in the pot. Go and eat it when I ask you to get up."
Li Rong nodded, washed her face and brushed her teeth with the hot water in the pot, and asked Zhao's mother vaguely: "Where did Zhao Qingsong go?"
Mother Zhao said: "Isn't the river frozen? This year someone in the team said they were going to dig a hole and catch fish. The eldest brother and the second eldest brother both went over to watch."
Li Rong smiled and was about to speak when she heard Zhao's mother complain: "It's such a cold day, I don't know where the fish came from."
After Li Rong finished the porridge, she felt warm in her stomach. It wasn't snowing, sunny or windy outside, so it wasn't too cold.
She was bored at home, and it happened that Daniel came back and wanted to go out to watch again, so she followed him out.
After leaving the village, we walked for a while before reaching the place where the members of the community caught fish.
There were a lot of people around there, and before I even walked in, I heard someone shouting: "Get the fish!"
Daniel had an anxious look on his face and wanted to run but didn't. Li Rong patted him on the shoulder: "You go first, I'll walk slowly behind."
The big bull flew out and squeezed into the crowd to watch.
Li Rong walked over slowly, looking at Da Jiang Bingmian's lips pursed, not daring to walk up.
Someone in the crowd poked Zhao Qingsong: "Zhao Qingsong, is that your wife?"
Zhao Qingsong looked back and saw that she was indeed his pregnant little wife. Seeing her exploring the ice, his eyelids suddenly jumped and he stopped looking at the fishing net and hurriedly walked towards Li Rong.