Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Of course, they still sold the goods in Chengdu. When they returned to Shizishan Village, half a month had passed.

As promised, Chunni gave Li Shuhua 50 yuan as a reward.

Li Shuhua wanted to refuse. This trip to the south not only allowed her to avoid the pressure from her family to get married and broaden her horizons, but also made her realize that women could be as independent and strong as Xue Shaohong, and could hold up the sky for themselves.

Chunni didn't agree. This was already agreed in advance. Li Shuhua's clothes sales were no worse than hers. If it weren't for her, she might have to stay in Chengdu for a few more days. In the end, Li Shuhua accepted it. She really needed the money. She promised her grandmother that she would give her 20 yuan when she came back, otherwise why would her grandmother let her go out! ?

Yang Bangming was going to give her 50 yuan, but she refused because she had already received Chunni's wages. One should not be too greedy.

When they reached the village entrance, they returned to their own homes and looked for their own mothers. Of course, Chunni had no mother. But she felt at ease only when she returned to her home.

"Boss, the college entrance examination is tomorrow. You can relax today." Lao Ma's calm electronic voice came, leaving Chunni stunned for a moment.

After almost a thousand days and nights of urging, Chunni has become accustomed to entering into the learning atmosphere as soon as she closes her eyes every night.

She thought that Lao Ma was a cold robot, without soul and warmth. But he was the one who urged her to study tirelessly when she was on the train and when she was tired from the busy farming season.

Unexpectedly, he would give himself a holiday on the eve of the college entrance examination. Is this the calm before the storm? Is Lao Ma planning something big?

However, Chunni was happy not to have to study. She stood up, checked the documents she would use tomorrow, and put them together with the pen and ink.

Fearing that the pen might break down at a critical moment, Chunni also prepared three steel pens as a precaution.

All is ready except for the opportunity!

Chunni thought she wouldn't be able to sleep, but unexpectedly she fell asleep as soon as she lay down.

Early in the morning, Chunni was awakened by Xiazhi.

"Sister, it's time to get up."

Chunni regained consciousness quickly. Today was a big day and it was not suitable to sleep in.

Chunni quickly got up, washed up, and went to the kitchen. To her surprise, the meal was already ready.

Xia Zhi smiled shyly, "I'm not very good at cooking, so I just cooked a pot of porridge and fried some green peppers and potatoes. Sister, please don't despise me." Then he handed Chunni two eggs and said with a smile: "After eating two eggs, sister got 100 points in every subject today!"

Chunni looked at her watch and it was only six o'clock. She looked at the warm porridge and almost burst into tears.

I'm afraid I'll have to get up at five o'clock to cook during the summer solstice!

Several years of hard work seem to have paid off.

Chunni took the peeled eggs with a smile, but did not say thank you. She just kept Xia Zhi's kindness in her heart.

While Chunni was eating, Qiuguo also got up from bed, rubbing his eyes.

"Sister, I believe you can do it."

"Yeah, I can do that."

The care and support from her family gave Chunni great strength, making her, who had to take the college entrance examination twice, feel happy.

This time, Chunni will take the college entrance examination for two days. The subjects are: Chinese, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and politics. It takes a total of two and a half days.

Xia Zhi went to the brigade headquarters specifically to borrow a bicycle. During the college entrance examination, he would accompany and pick up students throughout the journey.

The exam went smoothly, and Chunni’s hard work of practicing questions every night was worth it.

If other senior high school students knew Chunni's idea, they might sneer at her.

They practice questions day and night and don’t even feel tired!

Chunni has always been a Buddhist. Since she has done her best, whether she can go to university depends on fate.

If I get it, it's my fate. If I lose it, it's my luck. Chunni was quite open-minded. On the contrary, Xiazhi and his sister seemed to be hesitant to speak, which made Chunni laugh.

People are still too young! Chunni put the college entrance examination behind her and immediately remembered the Sichuan spicy stew in the recipe. She checked the ingredients needed. Just to make the soup stock, you need chicken, duck and pig skin, which is not easy to make! And the weather is so hot now, the stew will go bad in two days.

Forget it, let’s wait until the weather cools down before doing this!

It would be nice to have some iced watermelon on a hot day. Chunni was cooking pumpkin and mung bean soup when she thought of the sweet and thirst-quenching watermelon. She swallowed unconsciously and quickly scooped up a bucket of water from the water tank and was about to drink it.

Suddenly I remembered the round bellies of the children in the village, and I couldn't drink the cool well water anymore.

Forget it, she doesn't want to have worms in her stomach.

Chunni shook her head fiercely, feeling sad as she looked at the boiling water that was still smoking.

When will we have a refrigerator?

Then she thought of another important problem. Without electricity, it would be useless even if she had a refrigerator.

"Sister, sister, something big has happened!"

As soon as Dong Lin got home from school, he shouted to Chunni.

Chunni hurried out of the kitchen and pulled Donglin up and down to check him.

"What's wrong? What's wrong? Are you dizzy? Do you want to vomit?" She thought Dong Lin had heatstroke!

Dong Lin dodged Chunni's loving touch, ran to the water tank, picked up the ladle, scooped a bowl of water, and drank it down with a gulp.

Chunni couldn't stop him and kept muttering: "I've told you so many times that there are microorganisms in unboiled water. Drinking too much will give you a stomachache."

"I'm thirsty! Besides, boiled water doesn't quench thirst like cold water." Dong Lin retorted logically.

Chunni felt a little guilty thinking that she almost drank cold water just now, but she still taught Donglin a lesson with righteous words.

Who makes her the eldest sister?

"That won't do. Well water is so dirty. It contains all kinds of bacteria and microorganisms..."

Dong Lin saw that his elder sister was scolding him endlessly, so he quickly changed the subject. "Sister, something happened."

"What's wrong?" Chunni asked.

"My good friend Sun Datou! He rolled on the ground before school was over today. Will he die?"

"Ah?" Chunni didn't understand why Donglin was thinking about such a big issue as life and death, and hurriedly interrupted his wild thoughts. "What does a child know about death? From what I see, Datou is tall and strong, and he may live longer than you!"

"Then am I going to die?" Dong Lin asked again.

"There's nothing wrong with your body, but I can't say for sure about your brain," Chunni teased.

"Big sister!" Chunni's teasing brought dissatisfaction to Donglin. He pouted, feeling very aggrieved.

Chunni...what should I do? I have turned a good man into a cute girl!

Countless suggestions on how to cultivate a man quickly appeared in Chunni's mind.

Dong Lin didn't know that there would be countless tests waiting for him in the future. He said excitedly: "The teacher sent Datou to the clinic. I have to tell Datou's parents!"

After saying that, Dong Lin ran away in a hurry.

Chunni...

After all, Datou was once Chunni's student, so she planned to wait for him to come back and get some things to visit him.

The eggplants and green beans in the field are ripe, and Chunni plans to get some to make a cold dish in the evening.

After dinner, Chunni and her family were enjoying the cool air in the yard when they heard the commotion in the village.

Dong Lin was at an age where he couldn't sit still, so he curiously went out and ran towards the center of the village.

"Not afraid of the heat." Qiu Guo muttered softly.

Chunni used a palm leaf fan to swat the long-legged mosquito sucking on her calf, and said slowly: "Children are not afraid of heat. You went through it the same way back then."

Xia Zhi lay on a bench made of two long benches and laughed.

"Brother, let alone second brother, we're all the same. I still remember two years ago, when the county supply and marketing cooperative was collecting cicada shells, you two skipped your naps and went out in the scorching sun every day to look for cicada shells. Haha, you didn't find many cicada shells, but you both got heatstroke. The money from selling the cicada shells wasn't even enough to cover your medicine expenses. Hahaha!"

Summer Solstice…

Autumn Fruits...

Sisters and the like are so annoying.

"Wow, wow, it's amazing!" Dong Lin's extremely excited voice came from far away.

"Sister, you don't know what happened?"

"What's the big deal?" Xia Zhi was curious.

Little Dong Lin said excitedly: "Big Head is back, do you know what disease he has?"

Dong Lin is a little boy with a big brain, and he even knows how to keep people in suspense.

Xia Zhi ignored him. Qiu Guo became interested and asked, "What's wrong?"

Dong Lin said mysteriously: "Ascariasis."

Chunni thought of the cool well water and shuddered.

"There is no such thing as ascariasis in the world, you liar," Qiu Guo retorted.

"It's true. It's true. Datou said that he had a lot of roundworms in his stomach, which was why he had a stomachache. The doctor gave him a piece of candy, and then he passed a lot of roundworms."

"Ah! How disgusting. I don't want to listen anymore." Qiu Guo went straight back to his room.

Xia Zhi stood up, said hello to Chunni, and went out. He made an appointment with his friends to go to the river to take a bath together.

"Why don't you believe it?" Dong Lin was a little depressed.

Chunni touched Donglin's head and thought to herself that she should go to the health center to buy some pagoda candies.