After returning home, Zhao Xueer took a bamboo basket and made it into a simple cage, and put the rabbits she caught into it, preparing to cook rabbit meat for her younger siblings the next day.

After that, he went to the well under the elm tree at the entrance of the village and picked up two buckets of water. He poured them into a pot to boil hot water for his dirty brothers and sisters to take a bath.

Two little clay figures were squatting in the yard, staring at the rabbit in the cage.

Water was boiling on the stove. Zhao Xueer walked out of the kitchen and saw this scene. She thought the two little guys were staring at the rabbit because they thought it was cute.

As soon as I got closer, I heard my younger brother muttering, "This rabbit must be delicious when burned."

Zhao Xueer burst into laughter, she was drooling and staring at the rabbit without blinking.

After the water was boiled, the brother and sister took turns to take a bath, changed out of their dirty clothes, and washed their hair with soap locust.

After taking a bath and changing clothes, Yun Xiaotang's head sank, and Zhao Xueer took a clean towel to wipe her hair.

Zhao Tianer had short hair, so he wiped it with a towel a few times, shook his head, and the hair was dry.

Zhao Xueer carefully wiped the water droplets on her sister's hair. When her hair was half dry, Zhao Xueer picked up a comb and combed her sister's hair smoothly.

Yun Xiaotang's hair is soft and soft, and it is not long. It is about at the shoulder level. With her hair hanging down at this time, she looks very well-behaved.

After that, the three of them basked in the sun together in the yard.

At this time, the sun was about to set, and the setting sun shone into the courtyard. The warm orange sun reflected on the faces of the three people, making them look extremely warm.

…

In the next few days, Zhao Xueer went to the deep mountain whenever she had free time, and found a lot of good things.

The days passed slowly and the New Year came in a blink of an eye.

From the winter of 1960 to the beginning of 1961, it has been more than a month since Yun Xiaotang entered the book.

The Spring Festival is here, and no matter how poor you are, Yushu Village is filled with joy.

I took out the rice bran and sweet potatoes that I was reluctant to eat on weekdays, and had a reunion dinner at home, looking forward to a good harvest in the new year and hoping that life would gradually get better.

On New Year's Eve, Zhao Xueer took them to clean the house together, sweeping and dusting to sweep away bad luck and usher in hope.

In a small vegetable garden in the yard, wild leeks grew so luxuriantly that Zhao Xueer herself never imagined that this could be grown, but shepherd's purse sprouted just as she watched.

In addition to wild leeks and shepherd's purse, there was also a wild pepper tree in the vegetable garden. Not only that, there was also wild ginger growing in the soil. These were all picked by her from the mountain later, and she would finally have seasoning for cooking in the future.

She took out a knife and cut a handful of leeks, and prepared to use the remaining semolina to make leek cakes to eat. Then she tore some wild peppers and pulled out a piece of wild ginger to make rabbit meat for her younger siblings.

The rabbits she caught before were all fed by the weeds she collected when she went to the mountains, and they survived and were well raised.

Now, during the Chinese New Year, it’s time to cook a big meal. My younger brother, Zhao Tianer, has been wanting to eat this rabbit for a long time.

After washing the leeks, wild pepper and wild ginger and preparing them, she sharpened her knife and walked towards the rabbit.

Opening the cage and lifting up the rabbit's short legs, she peeled and skinned the rabbit, chopped it into pieces, washed it, and put it into a pot to blanch the blood. After removing the floating foam on the water, she picked up the rabbit meat and put it on a plate.

The dough in the basin has risen and is not very big. She has already used up all the remaining semolina. It is enough to bake a few leek pancakes.

She chopped the wild leeks and added some salt, then kneaded the woke dough, rolled the dough into long strips, cut it into several small sections, kneaded the small sections into several small round cakes, and then wrapped the leeks in them.

Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Tian'er stood at the door of the kitchen and watched eagerly. Knowing that they could not help, they moved a stool to accompany their sister at the door of the kitchen.

After all the preparations were done, Zhao Xueer took out the soybean oil that she had treasured for a long time and used it to bake pancakes and roast rabbit meat.

Heat the pot, pour the golden soybean oil into the pot, and the aroma is fragrant. You know, they usually eat boiled vegetables, so how can they use soybean oil like today?

Moreover, there is not much soybean oil in this bottle. It was secretly left behind by my father and mother. In the past, they always ate in big pots and ate food from public canteens, so they had no need to cook by themselves. That is, after the autumn harvest, in winter.

Only then can you cook your own food at home.

Zhao Tian'er shrugged the tip of his nose and inhaled the aroma of soybean oil in the air, "It smells so good. I can eat oil today."

When Yun Xiaotang smelled the fragrance of the oil, she couldn't help but swallow her saliva.

In the kitchen, as soon as the oil was hot, Zhao Xueer put the leek pancakes one by one into the pot, seared one side until golden, and then turned the pancakes over one by one. At this time, the aroma of leeks had already spread out.

Fry the cake and put it on the plate. There is still some oil left in the pot. This oil cannot be wasted. Zhao Xueer put wild ginger and wild pepper into the pot and stir-fry until fragrant. Then pour the rabbit meat into the pot and stir-fry.

, the aroma of meat wafts out from the pot.

Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Tian'er moved the stools back to the main room, lifted the edge of the kitchen door and looked into the kitchen.

Waiting until Zhao Xueer took out the rabbit meat, she said it was time to eat.

Zhao Tian'er helped get the bowl quickly, while Yun Xiaotang went back to the main room, set up the stools, and waited for his brother and sister.

Leek cakes, fried rabbit meat, and previously cooked rice bran and sweet potato porridge, this table of meals is their New Year's Eve dinner.

Although it is not a rich meal, it is still an excellent meal.

After a sip of porridge, a bite of cake, and a piece of rabbit meat, the three of them had a very happy New Year's Eve dinner.

…

Once the Spring Festival is over, winter ends and spring comes, and it’s time for the production team to start plowing.

The villagers of Yushu Village, who had been sleeping all winter, began to mobilize as a whole to prepare for this year's work, as if they had finished hiding in winter.

"Members and villagers, the new year is here, and we have to start new work. Everyone will come to the production team for a meeting this afternoon."

The loudspeaker in the village rang, and Captain Li's rich voice echoed throughout the village.

These days, cable broadcasting is installed at the door of every household, and tweeters are even installed at village entrances and farm heads.

The villagers who heard the sound of the trumpet opened their doors and looked outside.

"Hey, you, I can finally start the new year's work and start eating in the canteen again."

"Isn't that right? The older ones in my family are much younger, so they don't get much work points, but everyone has a mouth to eat, and they eat a lot. The food distributed a year ago is not enough to eat."

"Hey, I went to the mountains to dig wild vegetables, but there wasn't enough wild vegetables to eat. And there was heavy snow, so I couldn't even go up the mountain. This winter is finally over."

The villagers walked out of their homes one after another, talking to each other about their current situation.
Chapter completed!