As soon as I entered the backyard, I smelled the aroma of meat. There were several children squatting in the middle of the courtyard, staring at Xu Damao's house and drooling.
It hasn't even come out of the pot yet, but you can smell it in the whole backyard. After it comes out of the pot, you can smell it even in the middle courtyard if you have a sharp nose.
This is the reason why Li Chu doesn't want to cook at home. He doesn't like meat, but in this era, other people still don't have enough to eat. It's better for you to eat meat every day at home. This is a sin. Who dares
If you do this, just wait for someone to apply eye drops to him.
After entering the house, Xu Damao was busy working by the stove.
When Xu Damao saw Li Chu coming in alone, he asked: "Brother Chu, why are you alone? Where is Brother Jia?"
"He went to the alley entrance to make soy sauce. He will be here later."
"You sit down first, Brother Chu. I'll be ready soon. Why did you bring the wine? I invited you over for a drink, and I didn't even prepare the wine."
"It's not a good wine. I don't drink much at home, so I just brought it over and drank together."
Li Chu sat at the table and put the wine on the table.
After a while, Xu Damao brought the dishes over, a pot of roasted rabbit meat with potatoes, a plate of braised cabbage, a plate of peanuts, and a few steamed buns with noodles.
Just at this time, Jia Dongxu also came in: "I came just in time." When Jia Dongxu saw the pot of meat, his eyes lit up a lot.
The conditions of his family are also very difficult. Although Jia Dongxu's salary is 28.5 yuan, his mother and daughter-in-law both have rural registered permanent residence.
The two children's household registration is also in the countryside with his wife Qin Huairu. They don't have a ration of food. The five members of the family live on his 28.5 yuan. Calculated, his family is not enough to meet the poverty line standard.
At that time, households with an average household income of less than 5 yuan per person per month were considered poor households.
His family is still high-income, but there is not enough food. If you have money and no tickets, you can't buy food. You can buy it at the pigeon market, but it is much more expensive than the food station.
Every month the family is in a tight situation, and at the end of the month the family is short of food.
Xu Damao invited him to sit down, and after serving all the dishes, he took three cups from the cabinet.
Li Chu opened the Fenjiu that he brought, filled the cup, picked it up and said, "Thank you, Brother Damao, for the hospitality. Come on, let's go first."
The three of them picked up their cups and touched them, and they were done. They put down their cups, picked up their chopsticks, and went to eat the meat.
Rabbit meat is a bit bad, but at this point, as long as there is meat, it is a good thing.
The three of them were eating, drinking and chatting, and Xu Damao suddenly remembered: "By the way, Brother Chu, what do you think I'd like to tidy up the house like you do? I already have a partner now, and I'll get married in the future."
After we have children, this house will become a bit small."
"Sure, you kid, you're really fast."
"Brother Chu, then introduce me to the person who cleans your house later."
"No problem, come and do it. Congratulations on finding a partner." Li Chu picked up the cup and said.
Putting down the cup, Jia Dongxu looked at Li Chu: "Xiao Chu, you are not young anymore, why haven't you found a partner yet?"
"That's right, Brother Chu, your conditions are much better than mine."
"Why are you so anxious? You are all more anxious than me. It's not like I can't find you." Li Chu changed the subject and said, "Da Mao, is it time for you to become a regular employee?"
"Yes, the application form for regularization has been submitted. I should be able to become a regular employee next month, and I will be able to get a salary of 31 yuan and 50 cents." Xu Damao said proudly, "Hey, he will be more stupid then.
Zhu’s salary is higher.”
Li Chu wanted to laugh after hearing his words. In fact, although Xu Damao was a bit cunning, he was also a very simple person. He just wanted to compete with He Yuzhu, as long as he was better than him.
After hearing this, Jia Dongxu said helplessly: "Why do you keep competing with him? You two have been fighting since childhood, and it's not enough now?"
When Xu Damao remembered He Yuzhu beating him, his teeth itched with hatred, and he said angrily: "I just want to be better than him and let him squander again in front of me."
After saying that, he started laughing again: "This time, the person we were introduced one after another this time, I have a clue. As for him, he has become a joke. Oh my, I am so happy when I think of this!" After saying this, he drank.
After drinking a glass of wine, Lehe's mouth was split.
Here, Jia Dongxu and Li Chu both laughed after hearing Xu Damao's words. It wasn't that they were laughing at He Yuzhu, but what he did this time was really hilarious.
The three of them drank and chatted like this, and unknowingly they finished both bottles of wine. Xu Damao was so drunk that he slipped under the table.
Li Chu and Jia Dongxu carried Xu Damao to the bed together, and left without helping him clean up.
As soon as he went out, Jia Dongxu said: "Xiao Chu, do you have any food left?"
Li Chu knew as soon as he heard that Jia Dongxu wanted to borrow food. It was the end of the month and his family was probably running out of food. Li Chu thought for a while: "I don't have much. I can still lend you 10 kilograms of corn noodles."
"That's enough, that's enough. My salary will be paid in a few days. Just make up for these two days. Thank you very much, Xiao Chu."
"You're welcome, Brother Jia, we can still help our neighbors with this little difficulty."
As he was talking, he walked to the middle courtyard. Jia Dongxu walked towards his home and said, "Xiao Chu, you go back first. I'll go inside and get the dough bag."
Li Chu didn't wait for him and walked to the front yard.
When he got home and just put some water in it, he heard a female voice outside the door calling him: "Is Dr. Li at home?"
Li Chu went over and opened the door curtain, and saw Qin Huairu still holding Xiaodang in her arms: "Sister-in-law, why are you here? Where is Brother Jia?"
"How much do you guys drink? If your brother Jia lies down when he gets home, he won't be able to get up. I have to come over."
Li Chu chuckled: "Sister-in-law, give me the bag and I will pack it for you. You come in first with the child in your arms."
"It's okay. I'll just wait outside. You go ahead and pretend." There is only one grown man in Li Chu's family, so it would be difficult for her to go in even if she was holding her child.
Seeing that she was embarrassed to come in, Li Chu didn't say much. He took the bag and went in to load her with stick noodles. There was stick noodles in the noodle tank in the utility room. He went in and packed 10 kilograms of stick noodles and came out.
He handed it to Qin Huairu: "Sister-in-law, can you take it easily, or else I can send it back to you?"
Qin Huairu took the dough bag and said, "It's okay, I can take it." She lowered her head and said to Xiao Dang in her arms, "Xiao Dang, thank you uncle quickly."