The Role of Women in Novels
Chapter 53

Zhao Mancang sent Zhao Jiadong to school in the commune and did not return until the afternoon. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the apprentice ceremony that Zhao Guodong had prepared for Xu Ergou.

Cigarettes are good cigarettes, and alcohol is also a good wine, if such an item is delivered, there must be a decent one. It's just that the family is short on manpower, and I don't know if Zhao Guodong will be able to stay busy in the future.

Zhao Mancang sighed, sitting in his yard smoking, waiting for Zhao Guodong to come home.

Zhao Guodong did not return from the oil workshop until it started to get dark. He was late all morning today, so he purposely worked the afternoon, after everyone in the oil workshop left, he packed up all his belongings and went home alone.

She met Li Yufeng at the door of Li's house when she went there, but she did not see him when she returned.She saw smoke billowing from the chimney of Li's house, and she saw smoke rising from the chimney of Li's house, and Li Yufeng was probably lighting a fire on the stove.

I haven't seen him for half a day, and I feel panic in my heart. The feeling of sleeping with him on a tractor during the day, remembering him now, still made Zhao Guodong feel excited.

But he still did not stop at Li's doorstep, and immediately went home.

Grandma Zhao had already prepared dinner, and the weather was hot these two days, so she fried the melon pickled edamame rice, and a bowl of pickled vegetables and egg shell soup.

The eggshell was made by Zhao Mancang when he accidentally broke the egg while sending Zhao Jiadong to school today. Although eggs were just ordinary items, the Zhao family still relied on them to exchange some money to subsidize the family.

Zhao Guodong had only taken pickles to eat, after all the calculations, he had really not eaten fewer eggs lately.

“Guodong, eat her eggshell.” The elders always like to pass on good things to their children. Even though Zhao Guodong was an adult, in Grandma Zhao's heart, she was still a child.

“Grandma, you can eat by yourself.” Zhao Guodong ate half a bowl of rice with pickles, and suddenly recalling something, he reached into his pants pocket, and took out a bottle of shell oil.

This was given to him by Li Yufeng when he went to the oil workshop, and asked him to use it for Grandma. Grandma takes care of her family household, washes and cooks herself, her hands must be old and rough.

"This is for you." Zhao Guodong took out the shell oil and placed it on the table. The Zhao family had not connected the cable yet. Currently, the oil lamp is on in the kitchen, which looks very dim.

Grandma Zhao's eyesight was not good, so she leaned over to look at it, only to find that it was a can of clam oil. In the past, when Mr. Zhao was here, the Zhao family was not criticized, and their lives were much better than now, he had never used good things, but now ... just a two-cent clam oil, he's got no use for a few years.

There was nothing short of two cents, but his heart was old, he felt that he was a half-retired person, and he did not care anymore about this. But now seeing this thing on the table, he still could not hide the excitement in his heart. He picked it up and looked at it in his palm, narrowed his wrinkled eyes, and asked Zhao Guodong, "That girl from the Li family is asking you to give it to me."

Zhao Guodong nodded timidly, her cheeks hot, although she now felt that she was Li Yufeng's target, but whenever someone mentioned her, it always made her heart uneasy, and he couldn't calm down at all. "Of course, he has knowledge." Grandma did not say she liked or disliked, but the smile on her face and the deepening smile at the end of her eyes had betrayed her: "Looking at her this way, the girl is not as good as the rumors say." Horrible ..." Li Yufeng could be considered as Granny Zhao who grew up watching her grow up, but in reality, other than being spoiled and hot-tempered at home, she had nothing more to complain about. Even though she is very pampered, she may not be good at doing homework or the like, but anyone girl who does not enjoy living at home, is not, it was not difficult to learn these things after he became a family, the key was that he had a heart that willingly followed Zhao Guodong. Zhao Guodong also felt a little \*\*\*\*\*\*\* in her heart, she worked really hard for this family, hoping to make grandma eat well, she said, but she did not expect Li Yufeng to use two cents of clam oil to make grandma smile again. With a woman behind him who could comfort me and give me advice, it felt completely different from being alone.

"Dad, I have made a deal with Mr. Chen. Let Qingquan bring me an apprentice the day after tomorrow. "The farm team has turned the wheat fields, and the production team will be busy sowing rice in the next few days. Well, in half a month, the entire production team will start the next round of rice planting boom, so. time is very urgent for Zhao Guodong.

"Okay, I'll come with you."

Zhao Mancang quietly raised his head and glanced at Zhao Guodong, seeing the confident expression on his face. This person, the person he spoke to was different, even though he worked hard before, but like now, he worked hard every day, and he could not hide the smile on his eyebrows and eyes. Zhao Mancang could only feel relieved, he did not expect his son who usually looked arrogant and haughty, to be carried in the hands of that chick from the Li family.

“Because you've talked to someone, you want to improve yourself, and you can't let them live a difficult life with you.” Zhao Mancang took two mouthfuls of food and explained again.

"Dad, I know." Zhao Guodong nodded sincerely. He had finished eating by this time, put the bowl and chopsticks in his hand, and said, "I'll water the private fields." ... Li Yufeng followed

Chen

In order for Li Yufeng to have a chance to exercise, Chen Zhaodi decided that Li Yufeng would be in charge today.

Fortunately, the dishes to be prepared tonight were very simple, and everything was taken directly by Chen Zhaodi in the private yard behind the house. Two ripe tomatoes, two pumpkins, and a freshly planted stump nut.

The only dish that could be cooked well by Li Yufeng in later generations was scrambled eggs with tomatoes. But strictly speaking, this is called scrambled tomatoes with eggs, because the dishes he fries always contain more eggs than tomatoes.

But in later generations, it was a world where tomatoes were more expensive than eggs, but now tomatoes grown from the fields are still not as expensive as eggs.

"Mom, how many eggs do you have to break?" Li Yufeng thought for a moment, and then asked Chen Zhaodi's opinion. He must put at least four eggs into this plate ...

“Two, one is not enough to eat, and I can't cook egg flowers!” For Chen Zhaodi, two eggs might be many.

Li Yufeng could now understand this kind of psychology very well, in this era of scarcity of supplies, she could better understand the meaning of "who knows that every Chinese food is hard work".

"Mix the eggs well, sprinkle a little salt in them, add a spoonful of cooked wine, then sprinkle chopped chives on them, and mix well."

Li Yufeng mixed the egg liquid according to Chen Zhaodi's instructions, and saw her enter the water tank next to my ground stove scooping up a small spoonful of water and pouring it. There was only half a bowl of egg liquid, and suddenly there was another half.

The vegetable oil in the pot had boiled, and Chen Zhaodi poured the egg liquid, once the egg yolk liquid touched the boiling oil, turned into golden yolk, mixed with the chopped green onion, and let out a sharp aroma. "Adding a small spoonful of water into the egg can make the egg look a little more. Although the taste may not be as good without adding water, everyone can eat a few more mouthfuls. "Li Yufeng can't wait to write it down in the little notebook, although in the future there will be no more violence, but this is the experience of the people who work. When the family returns for dinner, they discover a secret at the dinner table. Chen Zhaodi, who had good cooking skills, failed today. Stir-pea stir-fry is rather raw, pumpkin soup is too salty, and the only scrambled egg with a decent tomato is becoming the most popular dish in the family. Wang Aihua felt that something was amiss after just one bite. Her mother-in-law had been busy making clothes for the child in Zhang Cuifang's stomach lately, and she was afraid that she would not have time to cook, so she let her little sister in - the law did what she wanted. But in this way, it was very difficult for the temples of the five internal organs. "Mom, I'll be back tomorrow morning to make dinner." "No, let Yufeng do it. We will only eat what we have. There is no way to pick and choose. "When Chen Zhaodi spoke, the big man was filled with grievances It was hard to say. Li Yufeng quickly expressed her opinion: "I...I'll try my best to make better food tomorrow."

After Li Guoji returned, he buried his head into his food. After hearing this, he lifted his head and said, "No wonder I think this dish is a little different today. It turned out that it was made by Yufeng? Well, these scrambled eggs with tomatoes are delicious, better than the one your mother just married me. Time is better."

Chen Zhaodi could not help but laugh as she saw his wife making fun of herself, and sighed: "Right, you don't "I don't have a better life than my son-in-law. My daughter wants to learn to cook before she even goes through the door. That's good."

Li Guoji stuffed the rice into his mouth, and he choked on hearing those words, finally stopped coughing, and asked with a blank face, "Hostling? Where...Where does the daughter-in-law come from?"...A family

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everyone turns off the lights and goes to sleep.

Chen Zhaodi glanced into the courtyard, went inside the house and locked the door, then turned around and came to the bed. Li Guoji was already lying on the bed, crossing his legs, hands resting behind his head, frowning and thinking of something.

"You can't be honest about this. You know what your daughter thinks in the morning, so how can you hide it from me?" Li Guoji saw Chen Zhaodi coming, and he was still complaining in his heart. She felt something the whole family knew, so she hid it from me. Look at him as a father!

"You can't blame me. You went to Lao Zhao's house to cancel the engagement. This will tell you that your daughter and Tie Dan get along well again. What if you want to save face and refuse to agree?" embarrassed, and besides, Li Guoji was still the captain, if he put a face in front of Zhao Guodong, it would not scare his future son-in-law back.

“I also care about Tie Dan.” Li Guoji moved to the bed to make room for Chen Zhaodi, thought for a moment and said, “I'm not saying that a girl who is married to Tie And definitely won't suffer in the future. I was worried that he would not be able to know it before, but now he understands it. Who is Liu Zhenhua? He's a cunning guy from the city. A few days ago, I heard that he and Liu Zhiqing had an unpleasant matter." "By the way, anyway,

our production team Who will you provide the recommended quota for the University of Labor, Farmers and Soldiers?" Chen Zhaodi suddenly recalled this matter.