Chapter 45(1/2)
Deng Kunlun made an oven himself, which can adjust the temperature. It is also very large and has sufficient firepower. If placed in the kitchen, it can indeed solve many cooking problems for a housewife.
Mao Jilan was also a fair person. Before leaving, he left half of a fat rabbit for Su Yingying. The rabbit was skinned and gutted by her while walking on the tractor before returning home.
The old lady didn't understand that everyone has the responsibility to care for the environment. She washed the rabbit in the mass grave and only needed a few simple treatments before cooking.
Of course she took the two rabbit skins with her. They were no better than the rabbit skins she got from the forest. She planned to get a small fur vest for the two girls at home, Baoqiu and Baoyu.
There are four large skins and three small skins. The largest one can be spread on the bed for the two children. Su Yingying has to turn the rest into clothes.
"Aunt, this oven was given to you by my uncle. Just like a sewing machine, it will make things easier for you. But I don't want to eat roasted rabbit today. I want to eat dumplings tonight. Can you make the rabbit into beef dumplings?"
Because rabbit meat looks red, much like beef, Tom said.
The beef dumplings were delicious on their own, not to mention the fact that she added the oil from the braised pork. The complex, oily dumplings made Tom fondly remember them.
"A rabbit is a rabbit, how can I conjure beef dumplings for you?" Su Yingying handled the rabbit and answered the child's words nonchalantly.
"Auntie, when Auntie Kate came to see my uncle, she would take me to a restaurant outside to eat. Do you know what we ate?" Tom squatted on the ground and was sorting out the firewood for Su Yingtao. Uncle left in anger.
If you ask him to work, of course he will get angry and chirp.
"What to eat?"
"Pizza, steak, French food..." Tom thought about it and couldn't help but start drooling: "M country is really a paradise. You have to follow me back to M country in the future, and I will treat you to eat them all.
"
This kid has no sympathy or empathy for the country where he lives, or for all the people.
Although he has always said that he is the successor of socialism, in his heart he still wants to return to country M, and he also attempts to take Su Yingtao away.
Su Qingying looked at the oven and had an idea: "Your uncle's girlfriend in the United States was named Kate. What gifts did they often give each other?"
Tom thought of the happy past with a look of fascination: "Aunt Kate? They always met at various parties, wearing beautiful clothes. There would be many uncles and aunts surrounding my uncle, listening to him talk about the things he did in Beijing.
Various things in the Pacific, South Pacific and India, and Aunt Kate admires my uncle the most and always likes to give him many beautiful clothes."
It seems that Dr. Deng’s ex-girlfriend is very rich and is keen on giving him all kinds of clothes. It’s no wonder that Dr. Deng’s suits, shirts and trousers seem to be of such good quality.
"Your uncle gave you something wonderful, what is it?"
"What did uncle give Aunt Kate? Most of the time it was paper, piles of paper. That was Aunt Kate's favorite. Every time she got it, she would hug my uncle... Hey, I won't tell you.
, If you say kiss here, you will be laughed at." Tom suddenly covered his face and shook his head.
What kind of paper is it? It is made of U.S. dollars and can allow a woman to hug Dr. Deng and kiss him?
Because of Tom's words, what came to Su Yingying's mind was the image of Deng Kunlun, a fair-skinned man in a suit and leather shoes with a serious look on his face, being pressed against the wall and forcibly kissed by a little girl.
Dr. Deng was a rigid and serious person, but Su Yingying couldn't imagine what it would be like for him to take the initiative to kiss a girl.
There is only half a rabbit. It would be nice to bake it, but there is no tin foil at home. A dry roasted rabbit will be too woody and not delicious. And although she has a lot of milk powder and biscuits, her fine and coarse grains are the same as others. Now at home,
The only things that could be used to make rabbits were a handful of preserved apricots and a handful of black beans, so she stewed a rabbit soup with preserved apricots and black beans.
Then take sifted cornmeal and add milk and eggs to steam a sweet corn tortilla. Isn’t this sweet soup a new flavor when paired with sweet tortillas?
There was also fish. She took off the bones and fried the fish fillets. Wouldn’t there be vegetables, soup and cakes?
"What soup tastes so good?" Deng Kunlun was angry for a long time, but finally couldn't hold it in any longer and went downstairs.
"Your ex-girlfriend in the United States, what is the gift you always give her, and what is the breakup gift?" Su Yingying filled the soup and asked Dr. Deng with raised eyebrows: "Let's talk, you know my past.
, I should also get to know you."
"It's usually a paper. I do some research in biology, and Kate has a lot of salons and parties. She always has ideas in her heart and can do experiments well, but she doesn't have time to write a paper, so I will write it for her.
Comrade Xiao Su, there is nothing to say, because Kate and I have broken up, and she should be married now. 23 to 25 years old is the best childbearing age for a woman. She has missed that age for a long time, and now she has to have children.
age, so she also told me that as long as I return to China, she will marry Leo. Leo is a very nice person and is the best choice for her." Deng Kunlun was very calm and took the rabbit soup and said.
"Then how old is she now? How come she is past the best age for childbearing?" Su Yingying asked again.
She thought Dr. Deng’s previous girlfriend was about the same age as her, but Dr. Deng said: “32, she is five years older than me.”
Su Yingying almost jumped up.
So Dr. Deng likes older girls, not just Bao Jianying, but this was the case when he came from the United States.
This man has had strong tastes since he was a child.
Deng Kunlun took a bite and this time he didn't complain about why it wasn't roasted rabbit.
Because the crispy and fragrant baked corn tortillas, paired with the rabbit soup stewed with apricot preserves and black beans, were indescribably delicious, and he felt that it was time for him to formally mention the issue of eugenics and eugenics to Su Yingying.
After Tom and Jenny entered the bathroom with satisfaction and poured bath water for them, Dr. Deng smiled triumphantly and came out of the bathroom: "You must like the gift of the oven, little girl, happy 18th birthday,
You are an adult from now on. As for me, I think it is a bit late to have sex at the age of 25. After all, I will already be 36 by then. I will miss the best childbearing age for men, but I respect you.
The idea is still your choice, what do you think if we adjust the time to before I am 32 years old?"
So he set his own age at 25, and now he wants to adjust it to two or three years later?
Will it be far away until next year?
Su Yingying didn't answer his words, turned around and went upstairs, put on her pajamas before going downstairs. While Deng Kunlun was waiting for her, he washed all the pots and pans and was wiping the kitchen countertop.
"Do you agree with my opinion? If you agree, I will formally put it on the agenda." When Su Yingtao didn't answer, Deng Kunlun added.
The pile of leather has not been processed yet. Su Yingying has to paint it all night tonight, heat it to eliminate insects, and air-dry it. Deng Kunlun saw that she didn't speak for a long time, and then said: "I just thought about it upstairs."
Okay, it’s not a bad thing for mother-in-law and daughter-in-law to exclude the husband together, because peace and harmony in the family is what Eastern people have always pursued, and if there is one person in a family who is gay, there must be someone who is the villain. I have read this a lot.
I realized this after reading books. Comrade Xiao Su, when it comes to family, your experience is comparable to that of a doctor."
The doctor's understanding is quite good. When it comes to family matters, as long as he is good at thinking, he can understand everything.
But Su Yingying is concerned about another thing: "Doctor, in the West, is sex a very simple thing, just like eating and sleeping?"
"Absolutely. As long as each other thinks the other can do it, it's really a simple matter." Deng Kunlun spread his hands.
This man with a very oriental appearance grew up in the West, but it seems that he did not learn the romance of Western men. Instead, he learned to be very casual. Can sex and relationships be resolved through negotiation? In the West
Possibly, but far from it in the East.
"Then why don't you start today and learn about the attitudes of Eastern couples towards sex?" Su Yingying said with a smile.
Deng Kunlun frowned: "What are the specific examples?"
""Jin Ping Mei" is a particularly good example. You haven't read Jin Ping Mei yet. It's one of the famous works. You can read it." Su Yingying said.
Deng Kunlun had only read "Water Margin" and had never read "Jin Ping Mei". He thought that it was indeed a classical masterpiece like "Three Kingdoms", "Journey to the West" and Water Margin, so he seriously put it on his reading list.
And after going upstairs, he seriously wrote a few words in his life notes: two years later.
I also drew two lines below and added two exclamation points.
At that time, he was 31 years old and Su Yingying was 20 years old. They were basically at the best age for childbearing. It was perfect!
After New Year's Day, the Spring Festival will be more than a month away. In this period, most units will not make major personnel adjustments and personnel changes, so Su Yingying cannot take up the post yet.
It’s Spring Festival in a blink of an eye.
Su Yingying thought that the coal supply at home would definitely be reduced, but she didn't expect that during the Chinese New Year, it would be the factory director Zhang Aiguo who would personally deliver coal to her.
"Director Zhang, we can just go to the coal plant to pull the coal ourselves. Why are you delivering it yourself?" Su Yingying hurriedly opened the back door and asked the driver, Xiao Zhang, to put the coal into the utility room on the first floor.
"The doctor has been busy recently, so we have to take care of the logistics work for him." Zhang Aiguo smiled and moved a bag of coal down: "You don't know yet, but the Prime Minister's Office called and specially commended our factory, ouch..."
His foot touched the door frame and he let out an ouch.
"Director Zhang, please wait..." Su Yingtao saw Zhang Aiguo bouncing as he walked, took out a pair of sock insoles from the house and handed them to him: "Do you have frostbite on your feet? These insoles
I made the shoes for Doctor, would you like to put them in your shoes and try them?"
Zhang Aiguo took the stocking pad and felt it was extremely thick. Moreover, in such a cold weather, it actually burned in his hand. This man was careless and careless, and without thinking about it, he took the stocking pad and went out.
After wearing the socks on his feet for a while, Zhang Aiguo discovered that the socks were so warm that they burned his feet.
However, warming the feet cannot cure Zhang Aiguo's anxiety and irritability.
Only half of the coal prepared in the factory last autumn was left when the warehouse was opened. The production of the machinery factory cannot be separated from the coal supply, not to mention that heating the family area in winter is a huge expense.
The coal disappeared from the warehouse, and the key to the warehouse was in his hand. No one but him could open the warehouse alone.
Therefore, Zhang Aiguo had a very difficult time during this Chinese New Year. The coal supply to the family members of the entire factory was collectively halved. However, his own family simply stopped burning coal at all and gave all the coal to the doctor.
Sister-in-law Duan from his family is very considerate. After all, it was her husband who caused the trouble. Now the leadership has quietly concealed the matter. So she went out after work to sweep leaves and burn them. Only then was she able to survive a period of
Harsh winter.
The couple huddled side by side on the bed at night, with the children sandwiched between them. Zhang Aiguo told the children stories, telling stories about his father's generation when they worked as laborers in the factory, and then about their time in the land of the machinery factory.
Counterattacks were brewing again and again, and how the Japanese were driven away.
Remembering the martyrs and thinking about the worse living conditions of the martyrs, won’t the children feel cold or hungry?
Spring will begin after the Chinese New Year. When spring arrives, elementary school will officially start. Tom and Jenny, and Su Yingying are both enrolled in the first grade. This winter, she took the time to make up for the textbooks from last semester, and has been
She urged them to practice calligraphy, and based on her estimation, these two children would have to be at the top if they studied casually in the first grade.
Su Yingying brought the two children's books and was wrapping the children's book covers when Dr. Deng came in.
Su Yingying didn't know where he got "Jin Ping Mei" from. He only knew that after borrowing the book, he read it at the dining table. After reading for a while, he closed the book and went out angrily.
But after a while, he folded the book back again.
From then on, she never saw the book again.
On the contrary, he has been flipping through the wall calendar at home very frequently recently. Su Yingying didn't know why he did this. It wasn't until I cleaned the table for him two days ago and found the line written in his life diary that I roughly understood who this person was.
Just pinch it a bit and think about it in two years.
Apart from tinkering with daily necessities, this doctor is not willing to invest too much energy in emotional issues. He probably played in the colorful world in country M, but Su Yingying felt that he must not have thrown away the book, otherwise he would not be like this
Flip through the calendar frequently.
To be continued...