Chapter 157: Children, don’t be greedy, after the 8th day of the twelfth lunar month, it will be the

Chapter 157: Children, don’t be greedy, after the 8th day of the twelfth lunar month, it will be the

Chapter 157: Children, don’t be greedy, after Laba, it’s the New Year

"Second sister, you are really good. You ate my leftovers too."

"Tsk, since I was little, have I eaten less of what you left?"

Hearing her say that, it seems to be true!
Li Jiayi has been the baby of the family since he was young, and all the delicious food is given to him.

Sometimes there would be some food left over, and the eldest sister couldn’t bear to eat it, so it would fall into the mouth of the second sister.

So she doesn't dislike it at all. She has been eating it since she was a child and has long been accustomed to it.

Soon the second sister finished eating half of the peach, then looked at Li Jiayi and asked, "Brother, do you have any more?"

"Yes! Why?"

"Where is it?" He said and started to flip through it.

"Okay, stop looking. There's nothing left today. I'll bring you a net bag tomorrow so you can enjoy it."

"Really?" asked the second sister with shining eyes.

"of course."

"Hahaha, I knew my brother was the best to me. Thank you, brother."

"You're welcome."

"Then I'll go down, you can have a good rest!"

After saying that, the second sister Li Jialin walked out and took away half a bucket of Golden Rooster biscuits.

Li Jiayi shook his head, took out another bucket of Golden Rooster biscuits and put it back where it was, then took out a peach and started eating it.

Li Jiayi fell asleep in a daze. He was woken up by his mother because she wanted to have lunch.

By the time he came down from upstairs after washing his face, everyone was already seated, waiting for him alone.

Needless to say, for lunch, we had ribs, fresh ribs, stewed in a large enamel basin.

There was also an enamel bowl of tomato and egg soup.

The staple food is still steamed buns. To be honest, under normal circumstances, Li Jiayi prefers to eat rice with such dishes.

But the north mainly eats pasta, so basically every meal is steamed bread. Even if they don’t have the conditions, they will eat wowotou.

Although Li Jiayi was not from the south in his previous life, he was the type who could eat both rice and flour.

It’s okay to eat noodles for ten days or half a month, or it’s okay to eat rice for ten days or half a month.

Li Aimin took out a bottle of fine wine from his collection, opened it, poured a glass for Liao Kai and said, "Xiao Kai, you've worked hard today, you should drink a few more glasses."

"Okay, Brother Li, as long as you don't feel bad about your good wine."

"It doesn't matter. No matter how much we drink today, I'll ask my son for the same amount later." Li Aimin looked indifferent.

This made Li Jiayi speechless. What does it have to do with me if you two drink?

But he soon understood that it was equivalent to his father and Uncle Liao helping him with the work today!

Well, the food and drinks are not theirs, so it is normal for his father to ask him to drink more.

But don't you think about why you work? It's because you can have delicious food.

Although Li Jiayi knew it, he didn't say anything because it didn't matter to him.

Even if dad and Uncle Liao don't help him with the work, can't they still eat and drink? And the wine they drink is still theirs.

"By the way, son, this is the money Director Xu gave me to buy pork." Mom took out a stack of money and handed it over.

"Mom, please keep this money! Buy whatever you like later. Consider it my way of showing my filial piety to you."

Hearing Li Jiayi's words, Ye Xin was stunned for a moment. This was one hundred and fifty yuan!

It was more than her three-month salary. She knew her son had some money, but she really didn’t know how much.

But the one hundred and fifty yuan made her realize that her son had much more money than she thought.

At this time, Li Aimin, who was sitting opposite him, said, "Son! If you don't want this money, you can give it to me and I will keep it for you."

"Just stay away." Ye Xin glared at Li Aimin.

"Son, are you sure you want to give me this money? Do you have more money?"

"Don't worry, Mom. I don't have much money, but it's definitely enough. Just take it and use it!"

One hundred and fifty yuan is not a small sum of money for anyone, but for Li Jiayi, it is really nothing.

Just go to the pigeon market and you don’t know how many hundred and fifty you can get.

"Okay then, I'll save it for you so you can use it when you get married."

If someone else said this, they would definitely be lying to the children, just like adults giving New Year's money to children.

But when Ye Xin said this, it was absolutely true. She would really help Li Jiayi save it.

Li Jiayi is the only boy in the family. Not to mention the money, even the money she and Li Aimin earn from work will belong to Li Jiayi in the future.

You know, since childhood, Li Jiayi was the only one in the family who got to keep his own New Year's money, while his two sisters' New Year's money was taken away by their mother with various excuses.

"Come here son, mom will serve you a bowl of pork ribs."

"Mom, you eat yours, don't worry about me, I can do it myself." Li Jiayi quickly picked up the bowl and said.

"Okay, serve it yourself!"

At this time, Liao Kai clinked glasses with Li Aimin, put down his glasses after drinking, and asked, "Jia Yi! All the offal and pig heads have been cleared out, what are you going to do with them?"

"Uncle Liao, you can just stew it. If the pot is not big enough, you can use our pot and we can eat it together after stewing it."

"Okay, I got it." After three rounds of wine and five dishes, Li Aimin drank a little too much and went back to the house to rest.

Knowing that he still had work to do in the afternoon, Liao Kai didn't drink much.

The pig offal and pig heads were braised at Li Jia's house because Liao Kai's pot was too small to stew so much.

Unless you make it twice or thrice.

That would be quite troublesome, but luckily Li Jiayi has a large family and the pot is also quite big, so they can finish the stew in one go.

The most important thing is that there are people to make fire. Yes, both Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin can make fire.

This way he would feel a lot more relaxed. In fact, the most important thing was that no one would come to Li Jia's house.

If this were braised at his house, there would probably be a lot of people hanging around his door to see if they could get some benefits.

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye it was the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. At this time, it was already January 6th of the year 1959.

Although it is not the Chinese New Year yet, it is already the year of 1959.

Ye Xin got up before dawn. In later generations, Laba Day might not be a big deal.

But at this time, Laba is a very important day.

The reason why Ye Xin got up so early was, of course, to make Laba porridge for her family.

In the north, Laba Day is very important. Some old people will say to their children when coaxing them, "Children, don't be greedy, because after Laba Day it will be the New Year."

On the Laba Day, people not only make Laba porridge, but also Laba noodles and Laba garlic.

Of course, this only applies to the North; the South basically doesn't take it seriously.

The ingredients for today’s Laba porridge are very complete because they were all prepared by Li Jiayi.

Compared with previous years, there is a world of difference. In previous years, the Laba porridge had at most two or three ingredients, but this year there are seven or eight.

However, the ingredients for Laba porridge were prepared by Li Jiayi, even the ingredients for pickled Laba garlic.

Laba garlic is a good thing! It can sterilize and disinfect. If it is pickled well, it will be bright green.

In fact, Li Jiayi had already pickled a lot of things in the space. He used three glass jars that were used to hold White Rabbit milk candies, and pickled them in total.

There are also pickled garlic. To be honest, Li Jiayi likes to eat this very much, so he also pickled some.

Anyway, he has no shortage of garlic, as there are piles of it in the space.

Don't think that garlic is easy to buy. It also has a fixed quantity and the amount is very small.

However, the ticket for buying garlic is not called garlic ticket, but onion ticket. With the ticket, you can buy a small amount of onion, ginger and garlic.

You can buy both, or just one of them, but the weight is the same.

You can imagine how difficult life was at that time. Even onions, ginger and garlic were rationed, not to mention other things.

But Li Jia's family didn't need it. Just taking out a little was enough for the family to eat for a long time.

Especially green onions, Li Jiayi takes them out in bundles, enough for making dumplings or buns.

Pork and green onion, beef and green onion, or lamb and green onion fillings are all good.

Others would eat one scallion for several days or cut a little bit and put it in cooking, but they actually use it as stuffing.

Because it was Laba Festival, Li Jiayi had no plans to go out and was lying in bed at this time.

Then there was a knock on the door.

"Brother, hurry up and get up. Mom has cooked the Laba porridge for you to drink."

Fortunately, he locks the door when he sleeps, otherwise my second sister would dare to come in and lift his quilt.

"Got it, I'll get up right away."

"Alas!" Li Jiayi sighed and said, "I can't even sleep a little longer."

He quickly got up from the bed, put on his clothes, and went downstairs.

As for washing, he had already done it in the space. Not only that, he also took a shower.

He didn't want to get up, but he knew that if he didn't get up, his second sister would come and call him.

Since you have to get up anyway, you might as well get up early to avoid the hassle.

When he came down from upstairs, a half-filled enamel basin of Laba porridge was already on the table.

There are also steamed buns, fried vegetables and pickles, and of course, boiled eggs.

This is not the small egg that was not much bigger than a quail egg, but the big egg that Li Jiayi took out from the space.

In the past, there were thirteen or fourteen eggs per pound. Now, there are at most seven or eight eggs per pound, and some even weigh six or seven.

"Eat quickly, or it will get cold soon." Ye Xin said when she saw him coming down.

If there was no fireplace, it would be true. Now there is a fireplace in the house and the temperature is over 20 degrees. How can it be cooled down so easily?
However, Li Jiayi still agreed, took a bowl of Laba porridge, sat down and ate the vegetables while drinking the porridge.

January 16, 1959 was a Friday, which marked the beginning of the year 1959.

Of course, this is based on the Gregorian calendar. In reality, ordinary people still calculate according to the lunar calendar. For example, a child born now would be born on December 8, 1958, not January 16, 1959.

Although the zodiac sign will not change, many people become one year older for no reason. Even if you register in the future, your zodiac sign will be changed.

Because for your date, December 8, 1958, he will calculate it according to the Gregorian calendar. There is nothing you can do about it, it will be like this in later generations.

Of course, this is only part of it. There are many people who were born in the middle of the year, in the same year regardless of whether it is based on the lunar calendar or the solar calendar.

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