The New Year is coming. It's freezing outside and the north wind is howling. Muyi gets up and closes the doors and windows tightly, takes the quilt out of the bedroom, and the family wraps up the quilt tightly and nests on the sofa to watch TV.

After watching for a while, it was almost noon. It was time to have lunch. Muyi gently lifted the quilt, got off the sofa, and quickly wrapped the quilts for Jin Lily and Xiao Lele. He went to the kitchen and picked out some potatoes.

, turned on the faucet and took a basin of cold tap water.

Then he shivered and washed the potatoes. After cleaning the mud on the surface of the potatoes, he picked up the potatoes into the sink, took the muddy water for washing potatoes to the toilet, poured it into the toilet, and pressed the flush button to flush the toilet.

Rinse the tank. Return to the kitchen, rinse the potatoes, put them into the pot, add water, cover the pot, put it on the liquefied gas stove, and start cooking.

Suddenly he seemed to have thought of something. He squatted down, took out two eggs from the small plastic basket in the cupboard under the marble chopping board, put them into the pot and boiled them with the potatoes.

In the living room of Yun Ankang's house, the air conditioner, heater, and TV were all turned on, and the whole house was as warm as summer. The grandson and nephews were playing and chasing each other, and they were all so hot that they were sweating...

Li Sixi had already stewed the mutton that she had not eaten yesterday. She crossed the patio from the kitchen and returned to the living room to greet Yun Ankang, who was playing mahjong, her daughter and son-in-law, son and daughter-in-law, and her grandson and nephew who were playing.

Come to the kitchen and eat the mutton stew.

Since times have improved, Li Sixi and Yun Ankang have slaughtered sheep and stewed them for the children every winter. Because Li Shizhen said in "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Mutton can warm the heart and replenish the deficiency, replenish qi, appetize and keep fit.

Kidney qi nourishes gallbladder and improves eyesight, cures fatigue and cold, five kinds of fatigue and seven injuries."

The twelfth lunar month of winter is the best season to eat mutton. In winter, the human body's yang energy is hidden in the body, so the body is prone to cold hands and feet and poor qi and blood circulation. According to traditional Chinese medicine, mutton tastes sweet but not greasy, and has good sexual properties.

It is warm but not dry, and has the effects of nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, warming the middle and dispelling cold, warming the qi and blood, appetizing and strengthening the spleen. Therefore, eating mutton in winter can not only resist wind and cold, but also nourish the body. It is really a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

Although there are many ways to eat mutton, such as stir-frying, stir-frying, roasting, roasting, sauce, rinsing, etc. But most people still like to choose the simplest cooking method - stewing. When stewing mutton, cook it appropriately

Adding some dried chili peppers, ginger, and Sichuan peppercorns can not only remove the mutton smell, but also maintain the original flavor of the mutton.

While Yun Ankang invited his children and grandchildren to eat meat and drink soup, he also talked about the taboos of eating mutton.

Mutton cannot be eaten with vinegar. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Eating mutton with vinegar will hurt people's hearts." Mutton is very hot, vinegar is sweet and warm in nature, and similar to wine. If the two things are cooked together, it is easy to cause fire and stimulate blood. Therefore, the mutton soup contains

It is not advisable to add vinegar. In addition, vinegar contains protein, sugar, vitamins, acetic acid and a variety of organic acids. It is warm in nature and should be paired with cold foods, but not with hot mutton.

It is not advisable to eat it with tea. Mutton is rich in protein, and tea contains tannic acid. Drinking tea immediately after eating mutton will produce a substance called tannic acid protein, which can easily cause constipation.

Avoid cooking in copper utensils. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "If mutton is cooked in copper utensils, men will lose their yang and women will get violent. The difference in sex is so different that we must not know it." The reason is: Copper reacts with acid or alkali and

Under high heat conditions, chemical changes can occur to generate copper salts. Is mutton a high-protein food? When cooked in copper utensils, certain toxic substances will be produced, which is harmful to human health, so it is not suitable to cook mutton in copper pots.

It should not be eaten with cheese - they have opposite functions and should not be eaten together. It should not be eaten with bean paste. It should not be eaten with buckwheat. It is taboo to eat it when taking the traditional Chinese medicine Pinellia ternata and calamus. It should not be eaten with pumpkin - if it is eaten with pumpkin

Eating too much food can easily lead to jaundice and beriberi...

While Yun Ankang was talking, his grandchildren were shaking their heads and repeating it as if they were reciting something. It made the adults laugh...

Every time they see this happy scene of their family, Yun Ankang and Li Sixi feel emotional in their hearts. Reminiscing about the difficult days in the past, the children saw that their neighbor got a leg of lamb from nowhere, and it was in the courtyard.

A pot is set up on the dam to cook over a fire.

The children were ignorant and wanted to eat when they saw it, so they stood eagerly at the door of the neighbor's yard, drooling... But the neighbor did not give them even a small piece of meat, and even scolded and insulted them.

The brother and sister went home crying very sadly. When Yun Ankang and Li Sixi returned home, they saw a pair of children crying like tears. When they asked why, they felt extremely uncomfortable.

From then on, Li Sixi and Yun Ankang vowed in their hearts that they would strive to be like themselves. From then on, they would kill sheep and stew them for their children every year.

The couple worked hard step by step for the simplest thought deep in their hearts. The days have changed a lot. But the lamb meal every winter has become a "tradition" in the family.

The whole family had enough to eat and drink. The old and the young washed their hands, rinsed their mouths, and went back to the living room to play. Li Sixi tidied up the kitchen and returned to the living room. She watched TV for a while. Yun Ankang asked her: "

Fourth sister, would you like to fight twice?"

"I won't play. You two can just play." Li Sixi didn't like playing mahjong. She didn't like watching mahjong being played either. After sitting for a while, she stood up. She took the mink coat hanging on the hanger and put it on.

.Pick up the cashmere scarf and put it on.

Yun Ankang raised his head and looked at Li Sixi. "Fourth sister, are you going out? It's very cold outside."

"I'm going out for a walk to eat. Look at you, you're just sitting and playing mahjong after eating. You're not moving. Why don't you gain weight?"

Hearing what her mother said, her daughter quickly defended herself, "Mom, you are not being objective when you say this. Look, which one of us is not moving?"

After saying that, everyone went to play mahjong in an exaggerated manner. The mahjong sound of "clatter, clatter, clatter" started...

Li Sixi went out. It was really cold outside. She looked around and saw that every house was closed. Where should she go? She suddenly thought of something. Mu Yi bought her house and had 20,000 yuan left.

The money was not paid.

Having made up her mind, she strolled over to Mu's family.

Guessing that the potatoes were almost cooked, Muyi quickly turned off the liquefied gas and let the residual heat of the liquefied gas stove continue to bake the pot for a while before taking the pot down. He picked out the eggs first and put them on the chopping board.

I cracked the shell, peeled off the eggshell, and gave one to Xiao Lele to eat, and one to Golden Lily.

"Brother, where's yours?" Jin Lily saw Muyi holding a peeled egg in his hand and gave it to her and Xiao Lele, but Muyi was gone.

"Mine is still in the pot. Eat it while it's hot. It will smell fishy after a while when it gets cold."

In fact, Mu Yi only boiled two eggs. He cooked them specially for the two of them to eat as a supplement of nutrition.

Xiao Lele took the egg, took a bite, looked at Mu Yi and smiled.

"Xiao Lele, are the eggs delicious?"

"It's delicious. Eggs are delicious." Xiao Lele said while eating.

Mu Yi's eyes were sore. He said to Xiao Lele silently: "My child, it's all because of your father's fault that you have to suffer." He quickly turned around and went into the kitchen, took out a large military green enamel bowl,

Pick up the potatoes in it and carry it to the sofa to prepare for lunch.

"Dong dong dong". Li Sixi politely knocked on the door of Mu's family. During this walk, his feet and body were not cold, but his face was very cold.

"Brother, someone seems to be knocking on the door." Jin Lily was the first to hear the knock on the door.

Hearing Jin Lily say that someone was knocking on the door, Mu Yi listened carefully. Sure enough, someone was knocking on his door. Mu Yi couldn't help but mutter in his heart, it's freezing cold, who would come to our house?

The current Mu family is really a typical "poor person living in a busy city with no one to care about".

Mu Yi quickly put down the potatoes he was holding, came to the door, and opened it.

Suddenly his eyes lit up. A noble woman was standing in front of her house with a smile. After looking carefully, Mu Yi finally reacted.

"Ms. Li, please come to the house quickly."

Mu Yi greeted Li Sixi and let her into the room.

This is the first time Li Sixi has stepped into the Mu family's house after it was renovated.

She glanced around sharply, taking in everything in the room.

It can be seen that this young couple really has no money. The house has only been simply decorated, with a layer of floor tiles laid and the walls hung with putty and whitewashed. Although a ceiling was raised, the cost of the ceiling and the cost of scraping the dust were also high.

Not much more. Lamps are the most common lights. Except for TVs and refrigerators, there are no home appliances. And the refrigerator is not powered on yet. It seems that it is not in use, or there is no food in the refrigerator. The enamel bowl on the coffee table

There was a bowl of potatoes in it, with two freshly peeled potatoes in it. Little Lele held half an egg in her little hand. There was no air conditioner, and there was no electric stove... Compared with the home, it felt like entering an ice cellar.

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Jin Lily felt a little embarrassed when she saw that a guest had come to the house, and he was also a "creditor". She quickly opened the quilt, and then wrapped the quilt around Xiao Lele.

When Xiao Lele saw someone coming to the house, she called Li Sixi sweetly: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law."

Li Sixi quickly praised Xiao Lele. "Hey, little sister, your mouth is so sweet."

Mu Yi quickly brought a stool for Li Sixi to sit on. Li Sixi did not sit down, but strolled to Mu Yi's bedroom. "Let's take a look."

Mu Yi and Jin Lily hurriedly explained, "Ms. Li, that's ridiculous. There's not much decoration."

Li Sixi looked at the bedroom, then moved to the kitchen and bathroom. The Mu family also had two electrical appliances, a washing machine and a rice cooker.

Li Sixi was really filled with emotions.

Returning to the sofa, Li Sixi sat down.

"It's so cold in the room. Can the baby bear it?" Li Sixi was a little worried about Xiao Lele's coldness.

Jin Lily quickly turned on the heater and placed it in front of Li Sixi. She said with some embarrassment, "It's just a little cold. We all took the quilt to the sofa and wrapped it up."

In fact, Mu Yi and Jin Lily basically did not use heaters to keep warm in order to save electricity bills.

Li Sixi stretched out her hand and lit a fire on the heater. She didn't speak yet.

Jin Baihe and Mu Yi hurriedly explained. "Ms. Li, I'm really sorry. I owe your family the 20,000 yuan, but we can't pay it yet. After the New Year, when we have raised enough, we will take it first.

I’ll give some back to you.”

Li Sixi quickly waved his hand, which meant that Mu Yi and Jin Lily should stop talking.

Mu Yi and Jin Lily stopped quickly. I don't know if Li Sixi didn't want to hear their explanation, or if it was something else.

"These potatoes are your family's lunch?" Li Sixi pointed to the potatoes in the bowl.

Both Mu Yi and Jin Lily were a little embarrassed, so they explained: "I don't want to cook at noon. I'll just boil some potatoes to eat."

In fact, they bought these potatoes to sell "fried potatoes". The business went down. If you don't eat this big bag of potatoes quickly, it will turn green after a while and you can't eat it. So they put the potatoes away

Eat it as a meal.

Li Sixi, who had also lived through hard times, naturally understood that the young couple in front of her did not want to talk about the difficulties of life just because of "face".

She sighed softly. Then she said: "Mu Yi, Jin Lily, you can't live like this. The baby is still young and is growing. She needs to eat nutritious food to grow well.

Otherwise, in the future, you will regret it and you will never come back. The same goes for you two. No matter how difficult life is, no matter how many external debts you owe, what are you afraid of? Life should be better. The body is the capital of revolution. If you can
To be continued...