Eating melons and raising children in the period literature

The weather was sunny and the temperature was not high. Yang Qingqing was resting at home.

This was the second time Yang Qingqing had taken a break after working for such a long time.

That day she slept until she woke up naturally, and didn't have to get up early like she did every day to catch the bus. It was still dark.

Now when she opened her eyes, it was still dark, but her mental state was different. She felt that she had developed a habit.

In the past, she would not open her eyes until noon and would not eat until afternoon. She was a typical night owl.

Now it's all good. I go to bed early at night and get up early during the day. My life and work schedule is not regular.

Yang Qingqing was standing in the main room. She heard the voices in Wenxuan's room and shouted

"Children, today I will show you my cooking skills. Let's have a delicious meal today. Is there anything you want to eat?"

Wen Jing, Wen Xuan and others came out of the house, followed by Wen Dan and Wen Ran.

"Aunt, what delicious food can you make for us? We can do anything."

"Yeah, we can all."

This is Wenjing and Wenxuan. They are both sensible and not picky eaters. They usually eat whatever Yang Qingqing cooks. They never complain that it’s not tasty or that they don’t want to eat it.

"Auntie, I want to eat meat, especially lots of meat."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."

Wenyuan and Wendan are both talkative and picky eaters, and they usually like to eat meat.

But in this era, there is no one who doesn’t like to eat meat!

The remaining two little girls were quiet and didn't like to talk. But maybe because they were still young, they didn't understand a lot, and they just followed their older brothers and sisters every day, and they also loved to eat meat.

When they heard Wen Yuan mention eating meat, their eyes lit up and they looked at Yang Qingqing with special curiosity.

Yang Qingqing looked at the children, paused, touched her chin and said

"Since you want to eat meat, don't you have any other ideas? What kind of meat should you eat? What kind of rice should you eat?"

Wenyuan was the first to say, "Aunt, I only eat meat, that's all. I don't have to eat anything else. I like braised pork the most. Yes, yes, I like braised pork the most."

Wen Dan followed suit and said, "I'm the same as Wen Yuan. I like eating meat the most."

Wen Ran and Wen Qian nodded, but Wen Jing and Wen Xuan seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Wen Jing was worried that if she only ate meat, she would need a lot of meat. Would Yang Qingqing be angry? She was already very tired at work every day, and she had to meet their unreasonable demands, which made Wen Jing feel very guilty.

Wenxuan simply thought that since Yang Qingqing was the only one working at home, there was no way to get that much meat, but he still wanted to eat it.

"Aunt, we don't..."

Yang Qingqing saw Wen Jing and Wen Xuan were about to speak, so she interrupted them and said

"Okay, since we all want to eat meat, let's eat meat today. Wenjing and Wenxuan, you two can relax. I prepared everything yesterday. It's in my room! Just to give you a surprise today. Wait..."

Yang Qingqing turned back to the house and took a backpack from the space.

In the backpack were five pounds of pork belly, two chickens, two fish, three pounds of beef, some canned snacks, several large apples, and five or six bunches of grapes.

"Ding-ding-ding-ding, look at the delicious food I brought back. Are you surprised? Are you surprised? I worked so hard yesterday to prevent someone from finding out."

Yang Qingqing made a special explanation because she was afraid that the children would keep asking questions. Although it was a bit unreasonable, they were still young and naive, so it was easier to fool them.

No one found it strange to hear Yang Qingqing say this.

They all ran to Yang Qingqing to see what delicious food she had.

At first, when Yang Qingqing took out the snacks, the children were not very interested. After all, she had been feeding them snacks all the time, and the children were almost tired of them.

When Yang Qingqing took out the cans and apples, several children jumped up at once.

Wenxuan immediately hugged the apple and looked at the children's eager hands.

Yang Qingqing quickly said, "This is for all of you. Everyone will get one. You will be responsible for distributing it to everyone later. Do you hear me? I will definitely buy more in the future."

When she took out the grapes again, Wen Yuan wanted to throw away the apple and grab the grapes, but he couldn't bear to do so. He could only watch Yang Qingqing give the grapes to her elder sister.

"Here, Wenjing, wash them later and you can all eat them. If they taste good, I can buy more tomorrow. Grapes are in season now, and the supply and marketing cooperative has them every day."

In fact, the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county are not open every day, but they don’t go to the county and are not clear about the situation, so they just follow whatever Yang Qingqing says.

"Okay, I'll go wash them right away. Wen Qian loves eating grapes the most." Wen Jing thought about the grapes her mother would buy every year. Wen Qian would eat a lot of them every time, and her face would be covered with them. She felt that Yang Qingqing must have bought them specially for Wen Qian.

Wen Qian is the youngest among them and has the least impression of her parents. Yang Qingqing must pay more attention to her.

In fact, Yang Qingqing really didn't think of Wen Qian. After all, she is a very delicate person. She usually holds the idea of ​​being confused.

But Yang Qingqing also hit the jackpot by accident, making Wen Jing and Wen Xuan like her more

"Look, there's still so much meat. We can have a good meal today. What are you going to do?"

"do not know"

"Listen to you, auntie"

Several children shook their heads and said they would listen to Yang Qingqing. They had never seen so much meat before, and they didn’t know how to eat it.

"Then I'll make the arrangements. The weather is good now. Should we cook it all at once, or leave the raw meat and cook it next time?"

"I've done it all, I can eat it all"

“Me too, I might have eaten it.”

These two little foodies want to eat everything.

"It's all right, Auntie, do whatever you want. Auntie, don't listen to them, we can't finish the extra food."

"Me too"

"I listen to my aunt"

"Me too, I listen to my aunt."

These are the remaining children, especially Wenjing, who do not agree to eat it all at once.

"Okay, I'll figure it out! Let's make some sweet and sour pork, big plate chicken, and pickled fish. How about we make something else in the evening, and invite my second brother and second sister-in-law to come over, and we'll have another meal together, how about that?"

"Aunt, what is Dapanji? I've never eaten it before. Is it delicious?" Wenxuan was very curious about what Dapanji was. He had never heard of it before, and it attracted his attention.

“Yes, I haven’t eaten it yet, I want to eat it.”

"Me too"

The others nodded their heads, their eyes full of curiosity, wanting to eat it, but not knowing what it was, which was the most attractive.

"I won't tell you yet! Haha~ That's settled. You should study and have fun. I'm going to cook."

"Aunt, let me help you! If you need any vegetables, we can go to my second uncle's house to pick them."

Wen Jing offered to help and Yang Qingqing thought it was okay. She still needed some vegetables, especially since there was no sauerkraut at home. Nowadays, people make their own sauerkraut at home.

In the Northeast, every household makes pickled cabbage every autumn, and there are many varieties. In addition to the famous Northeast pickled cabbage, there are many other varieties, such as old-style pickled cabbage, spicy cabbage, pickled cabbage...

"Okay, go pick some vegetables for me. The most important thing is to go to Grandma Wendan's house and get some pickled vegetables for me."

One time when Yang Qingqing went to Ma Jizu's house, she saw Zhao Xiaohua making pancakes with pickled cabbage. She wanted to make pickled cabbage for the pickled fish. It happened that she needed it today, so she could go and ask for some. When it was ready, she could bring a bowl to them so that Wenjie could also eat it and they wouldn't refuse.

"Okay, we'll go now. Auntie, please wait for our good news."

Several children went out with baskets and a big bowl in their hands.