Chapter 50： dumpling

"Go to sleep!" It was Gu Zheng who spoke first, and he was embarrassed for her when he saw Qin Lingling staying motionless.

This marriage, after all, was a ridiculous and rapid marriage, so Gu Zheng also made a good buffer time for each, but saw that she was more nervous than herself, and couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"Oh, oh." Qin Lingling responded twice, seeing that there was only one quilt on the bed, and quickly said: "There is another quilt. I'll take it out."

She usually covers a quilt with Gu Yao, which is a little warmer, but when you change to Gu Zheng, you can get another quilt so that the two can each use a quilt.

Qin Lingling looked at the innocent Gu Zheng next to the bed with the quilt. Let’s sleep with the quilt, but she couldn’t say it.

Gu Zheng took the quilt in her hand and said, "I am tall. Two people sleep on a quilt. You might get cold. Let's put a quilt on each!"

Gu Zheng made the bed and gave Qin Lingling the warmer quilt very intimately.

When the two of them lay down and the oil lamp turned off, the room was suddenly quiet and anxious. Only the cold wind outside was blowing in, coming in through the tiles from time to time, making people feel cold all over.

Qin Lingling couldn't sleep, not only because Gu Zheng lay beside her, but also because the weather was so cold that even if such an old quilt was opened and played again, it was still not very warm.

She missed her cashmere quilt, missed her silk quilt, missed her electric blanket, warm baby, little sun, everything that can keep out the cold in winter.

Before, she still felt that her time was not advanced enough, and she was still frozen. Of course, the most important thing is that there is no money.

And now, it's freezing again, and there is no money or those things.

Even if Qin Lingling didn't move, she could feel a cold wind hitting her limbs and her scalp numb.

She's cold... cold...

Wrap the quilt tightly and tightly, not revealing the slightest position, but there is no heat source, she still feels uncomfortable.

The neighbor kept moving, and Gu Zheng couldn't fall asleep either.

"Lingling, what's the matter with you?" He asked, looking at the direction above his head.

"Cold!" Qin Lingling said almost subconsciously. After she finished speaking, she hurriedly covered her mouth and said in embarrassment, "Well, I'm fine, hehe, I'll go to sleep right away."

But Gu Zheng had already listened to her, and after thinking about it, he said, "Or, let's cover the two quilts together, so that it will be warmer."

Qin Lingling was playing around with her quilt. She didn't hear what he said. After a busy day, the quilt was folded on this side, and the trouser legs on the other side were accidentally pushed up by the quilt. There was no way, she had to come forward and asked: " What did you say?"

"I said, let's cover the quilt together so that you will be warmer."

Seeing Gu Zheng's posture of sacrificing the ego to complete the big ego, Qin Lingling hesitated: "I sleep restlessly at night, just in case..."

Qin Lingling is still embarrassed now thinking of what caused him to sleep in the same bed for the first time.

"fine."

Qin Lingling hesitated for a moment, and was finally defeated by the severe cold. Since Gu Zheng doesn't care anymore, then she is fine? As long as she tries to sleep more peacefully at night, stay away from him, it should be fine.

The two quilts were stacked on top of each other, and the two quilt walls separated, Qin Lingling only felt a burst of hot air coming towards her, not to mention how warm and comfortable. If it were not for avoiding that Gu Zheng is not a man worthy of her name, she would really like to step forward and hug the hot stove and sleep well.

Although it was far away from Gu Zheng, without the quilt blocking him, Gu Zheng acted as a source of heat, and Qin Lingling fell asleep very quickly with this feeling, and didn't even have to conceal his head in the quilt.

The next door breathed evenly, and Gu Zheng still didn't fall asleep.

He turned his head, adjusted to the dark eyes, and could vaguely see that delicate face, as if to breathe better, his mouth was slightly open, and there was an indescribable cuteness between the breaths and the breaths.

He smiled and said into the dark air, "Go to sleep!"

As a result, before he had time to fall asleep, Qin Lingling, who was already asleep, was holding the heat source without looking at it, she directly sensed it with her limbs, and hugged the heat source next to her.

Gu Zheng: "..."

Thinking of the last time she held herself like an octopus, Gu Zheng secretly said, "I have to be held to sleep again tonight."

I originally thought that I shouldn't be able to sleep like this, and would keep waking up even if I fell asleep, but Gu Zheng didn't expect that he would sleep until dawn.

The rooster crowed outside. He looked at the tile above his head, then turned to look at Qin Lingling who was still holding him tightly, a little stunned.

Ever since I woke up from the flood, there has never been a day to sleep peacefully. I will always have those nightmares in the middle of the night, the tragic nightmares that I can't recover.

But this time, he had no dreams until dawn.

Thinking of this, he thought, it should be the role of Qin Lingling, who is holding his own. I don't know what kind of magic power is in her body that can make him sleep so well?

Anyway, it was a good start for him.

But, he wakes up now, how can he move her away to get up?

Maybe God also heard his heart, and Qin Lingling didn't know what dream she had, and muttered a few words. The hands holding his chest tightly and the feet sitting on his lap moved all the way. opened.

When he got up, Gu Zheng was not good at alarming Qin Lingling.

Knowing that Gu Zheng went out for a run and exercise, and then returned to fetch water from the kitchen water tank, Qin Lingling woke up leisurely.

The sun shines through the window that I don't know what is open, and the night is warm, making Qin Lingling more comfortable than when she woke up.

She stretched and yawned again, her expression relaxed.

It wasn't until Gu Zheng opened the door to come in that she was shocked, pulling the quilt, and remembering how they slept yesterday.

Seeing that Gu Zheng was up in bed, I don't know if she hugged him again yesterday?

"Wake up?" Gu Zheng asked.

"Um."

"I boiled hot water for you in the kitchen. You can use it when you get up to brush your teeth and wash your face."

"okay."

"Then I'll go out to work."

"it is good."

When Gu Zheng went out, Qin Lingling hurriedly got up.

It's over, it's over, she promised Gu Zheng to get up early today to go shopping in town. Looking at this day, it's not too early, right?

"He's awake, why didn't he wake me up?" Qin Lingling muttered, secretly saying that she was too sleepy, and she actually slept until the so-called three shots of the sun.

But how did she know that after Gu Zheng got up, Gu Yao came over to call for someone, but Gu Zheng said, "Your sister-in-law went to bed too late last night. Let her sleep more!"

When Gu Yao heard such a serious sentence, Gu Yao suddenly wanted to bend it, pulling a long tail sound, "Oh", the little squirrel seemed to have strayed quickly, and then Gu Zheng ran and added back to fetch water. Wake up Qin Lingling.

So, when Qin Lingling brushed her teeth and washed her face, the sister-in-law was looking at herself with a fascinating expression. She didn't know what was going on at all?

"Sister-in-law..." Gu Yao walked in small steps, her voice deliberately prolonged, and Qin Lingling's expression was dumbfounded.

This is the first time I have seen this sulky little sister-in-law.

She asked again, "What's wrong, what are you?"

Gu Yao was afraid that she would be shy, and shook her head quickly, "Nothing, hehe..."

Qin Lingling: "..."

Does she seem to be nothing?

The little girl is at the age of being curious about men and women and want to fall in love. Seeing her brother-in-law's relationship is good, she can't help but ask with some curiosity and concern: "Sister-in-law, are you tired?"

"Not tired." Qin Lingling replied with a serious expression.

"Oh, how did you sleep last night?"

"Well, it's good, the bed is warm."

This is the truth. With Gu Zheng's big heater, it is much warmer than when Gu Yao was still alive.

Gu Yao didn't doubt that he had him, and even thought about it in a deeper way.

So, Qin Lingling asked her sister-in-law to stare at her endlessly all morning. When she went to find Gu Zheng, she couldn't help but ask: "What happened to Yaoyao today? When she talked to me, her voice was weird, as if something was going on. ."

Gu Zheng was taken aback, thinking of what he had said to his sister, but he said with a serious face: "It's okay, I'm probably excited to see me go home."

Qin Lingling thinks about it too.

Gu Zheng finally managed to conceal it, and only hoped that his sister would not talk nonsense. When he said that, all he was thinking was that Qin Lingling didn't sleep well last night, so he said to let her sleep more. There was no other meaning. But when the reaction was over, it was hard to explain what was going on. Lest the misunderstanding gets deeper and deeper.

Gu Zheng cooked some white porridge and straightened a few sweet potatoes.

The white porridge mentioned is actually in the form of yellow porridge, in the form of brown rice. It does not smell when the yellow coat is taken off, but it is not bad to be able to eat this kind of porridge in this era.

The two of them ate and left Gu Yao to take care of the house before they left.

Gu Zheng was riding her own bicycle, and Gu Yao was sitting behind her, holding the back seat of the car in her hands.

At the beginning, the car went smoothly. She looked around and grasped the bottom of the back seat firmly.

But halfway through the road, I don’t know if it rained before. At the end of the last year, there were a lot of people coming in and out. The soft places of the road were more compressed by the wheels of cars and became potholes. The landslide on the mountain also rolled down a lot of stones. It happened to be a small downhill again. Gu Zheng said, "Be careful, hold firmly." The car kept bumping.

Qin Lingling was so frightened that she almost let go of her hand and fell from the rear seat. Fortunately, Gu Zheng's reminder allowed her to hug Gu Zheng's waist and hold her tightly.

When it was flat, Gu Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and the person behind him asked, "Are you okay!"

"It's okay, it's okay. Just a shock."

"Um."

In this way, Qin Lingling didn't dare to let go. After all, the road to the town was either uphill or downhill. The road was bumpy, not a concrete road for later generations.

Qin Lingling looked at the road seriously, for fear that Gu Zheng's car would go into the mud pit, and she would not know that she was holding Gu Zheng's waist with her hands.

However, Gu Zheng felt the soft hands hugging herself tightly. Because she was too close, a smell different from soap came from her body. It was fragrant, like the smell of milk rabbit candy.

Worried about being treated as a metamorphosis, Gu Zheng didn't dare to hear more.

It was not until the car reached the town that Qin Lingling released her waist holding Gu Zheng.

She was a little bit embarrassed when she got out of the car.

The two of them were the same as last time. With a shopping list, the two went straight to the supply and marketing agency and bought everything they could buy.

"Let’s pull some cloth back, just to make you a pillow, and then let someone help make your body clothes, and change your old clothes and trousers to be longer, too short."

Qin Lingling found that Gu Zheng had almost no clothes at home. The clothes in the closet were all a bit short, and they needed some cloth to continue wearing them. And the clothes he is wearing now can't always wear one piece.

Gu Zheng nodded without hesitation: "Okay, it's up to you."

Although Qin Lingling didn’t work in the brigade, he was still teaching for the brigade and serving the commune. So at the end of the year, the brigade gave Qin Lingling a one-person ticket, three feet six per cent. Although not much, it sews for Gu Zheng. Make up, make some clothes is enough.

After Qin Lingling bought the cloth, Gu Zheng found out that she hadn't bought any cloth for herself. What she had bought was all cyan army green cloth, and didn't buy any cloth for girls.

"Why don't you buy yourself some cloth?" Gu Zheng asked.

"No, I have a lot of clothes, but you, there are few clothes left."

In fact, Qin Lingling doesn’t have any cloth tickets anymore. There is not much cloth of one foot three feet six, which is only four and a half meters. Gu Zheng is tall and has a wide shoulder. In addition, in winter, the clothes have to be double-layered, and leftovers are used. It's also enough.

But where could Gu Zheng let herself buy cloth alone, Qin Lingling had nothing, and took out the cloth ticket from her pocket. "I still have the cloth ticket issued by the army at the end of the year. It is a total of 10 feet, 3 feet and 7 feet. I can buy more."

Seeing that he had a vote, Qin Lingling was still surprised, but did not refuse.

Just listen to Gu Zheng's words: "Even if it is not enough, you can find someone to buy it. Many people have young children. If they have more fabrics, they will sell or exchange them. If you don't have enough, you can buy some back."

"okay, I get it."

How did Qin Lingling know that these days, cloth tickets can be said to contain so many kinds of tickets, and more people will sell them, especially if there are many children in the family. The amount of this cloth is not large. The cloth tickets are sold to the people who bought the cloth.

But since Gu Zheng had spoken, she was not polite, and went in again, picked some corduroy and cotton, and after the selection, after asking Gu Zheng's opinion, he said yes, this is the way to pay and hand over the ticket.

After buying the necessities, Gu Zheng stored the things in a store, and then led Qin Lingling around.

"Where to go?" Qin Lingling asked.

Gu Zheng thought of what his teammates said, and said, "Take you to eat something delicious."

What Gu Zheng said is delicious, is a shop selling meat dumplings.

It was noon, and Qin Lingling was hungry for a long time because she was not full of the gruel she had eaten in the morning.

This will ask, the fragrant meaty smell, can't help drooling.

"This meat dumpling is very delicious, let's go and eat some! It just happens to be hungry."

Qin Lingling wanted to say yes, but she was hungry after all. It can be imagined that the money in the pocket is basically spent and there is not much money, let alone a few tickets, but it can't be wasted like this.

The boss at the other end greeted warmly, "Please, please!"

But before Gu Zheng's feet were lifted forward, Qin Lingling quickly grabbed him, "Let's stop eating!"

"What's the matter, why?" Gu Zheng asked. He glanced at the boss waiting for them at the door. "The meat dumplings in this store are pretty good."

Liu Yuanhui has said that most girls like to eat delicious food. He once came to eat this meat dumpling. It tasted very good, so I also wanted to ask Qin Lingling to eat it. Thanks for her hard work at home for the past six months.

But Qin Lingling refused, pulling him not to leave, "Well, if you want to eat meat dumplings, let's go home and eat. You can buy flour and make the dough, and you can make it yourself."

"Aren't you hungry?"

"Then we can eat steamed stuffed buns to cushion our stomachs, aren't we finished buying things, we can go back soon, just to bring Yaoyao two steamed stuffed buns, she said she likes to eat steamed stuffed buns."

Qin Lingling doesn't like the smell of fermented steamed buns, which is hard to say, but Gu Yao said she likes it very much.

As for the meat dumplings, she is reluctant to eat them. Although she doesn't know the real price, when the meat needs only a few cents, this pound of meat dumplings is estimated to be doubled. At such an expensive price, she might as well go home and make them by herself. Eat, she can also make dumplings anyway.

Qin Lingling insisted that Gu Zheng could only give up, but she always felt that something was lacking in her heart?

On the way back, Gu Zheng still wanted to buy some compensation for Qin Lingling, so he fixed his eyes on those hair accessories again, but every time he saw something, Qin Lingling stopped immediately, "Don't look, I won't buy it."

"But…"

"I can't buy it anyway, I'm out of money."

"I have." Gu Zheng insisted.

He basically didn’t spend the money he earned. The army had food and drink, and he saved a lot of money every month. He kept it at home. Although Liu Yuanhui sometimes didn’t speak well, he didn’t know what was going on in his family, but it’s a little bit. That's right, the daughter-in-law in the family suffered with him, so treat her better.

Qin Lingling glared at his hand that was about to take out his pocket. The man could tease and joking with her yesterday, but now he can't turn a tendon.

"Don't buy it!" the girl resolutely said.

After pulling the people out, Qin Lingling said, "Those things are very ugly, don't buy them. I can make them myself with cloth."

Seeing that she really didn't want to buy it, Gu Zheng could only rest his mind, but the rubber band clip didn't need it, but he wanted to see what he needed?

"There's a dress, it looks pretty." Gu Zheng said after passing a clothing store.

"It's too ugly to match my face."

"There is a tea egg seller over there."

"No, tea eggs are boiled eggs in tea leaves, and so will I."

"That…"

"You don't need to buy anything." Qin Lingling interrupted before he was finished.

In the end, Gu Zheng had no choice but to hold back.

It's not that Qin Lingling doesn't want to buy it, but she knows that they are not rich now. She feels that he is making up for the things that Gu Zheng wants to buy, but she feels that such compensation is unnecessary.

However, Qin Lingling couldn't bear to see Gu Zheng being rejected repeatedly by herself.

"By the way, some tofu is very delicious. I don't know if it is there yet. If it is, we can buy some. You can buy this. Let's make a yong tofu at that time."

Hearing this, Gu Zheng's dimmed eyes suddenly lit up, "Okay."

"Let's go!"

Fortunately, even today is the threshold for buying new year goods, that tofu is still on sale.

When the two came, only two catties were left.

The aunt said, "The Chinese New Year is about to come. Many people buy tofu. If you are later, it will be sold out."

"Then we are quite lucky." Qin Lingling smiled at Gu Zheng, her crescent eyes seemed to hide thousands of stars, and people would be infected by her smile.

Gu Zheng smiled back. He was serious and seldom laughed all the year round, but suddenly laughed, but it was a little strange.

When they returned, the two bought steamed buns and steamed buns, Qin Lingling ate one, and Gu Zheng ate two, and then rushed back.

On the way, she knew that one pound of meat dumplings is four.

Hearing this price, Qin Lingling was stunned, "Fortunately, I didn't buy it. It's half the price. We bought the flour, so we can roll out the dough and make dumplings. We still have meat at home."

Gu Zheng responded, "I listen to you."

Listening to the words of obedience, Qin Lingling's mood improved. This feeling of being followed is simply not so good.

After returning, Qin Lingling gave the remaining two buns to Gu Yao, and she was busy making dumplings.

There were garlic sprouts in the vegetable field, and she also ordered two leeks from other people's homes. The guild leader was flourishing, so she took the knife and cut them all.

After taking it home, Gu Zheng was correcting the tiles on the roof to avoid the rain in the coming year. The house will become a curtain hole. When he is not at home, the two women don't know what to do.

Just after processing, Qin Lingling came back carrying a basket with vegetables, and she could see the leeks in the basket.

Gu Zheng remembered saying that the meat dumplings with leeks and meat were very delicious, but she did not expect that she brought leeks back.

In addition to leeks, Qin Lingling also pulled out carrots.

She is only fortunate that it is not too easy to grow vegetables in the south in winter. In addition, many places in this era have not been extensively damaged by pesticides, and there are not so many pests, so all kinds of things she grows are growing well.

Gu Zheng got down from the wooden ladder, clapped his hands, and asked, "Is there anything I can help?"

"Yes, chop meat!"

"it is good."

Gu Zheng took the wooden ladder back to the house next door. Only then did he come back. According to Qin Lingling's instructions, he peeled off the skin of the pork, then cut it into pieces, and then chopped the meat.

Qin Lingling was washing the dishes, listening to the sound of "Doldodole" coming from inside.

Gu Zheng was strong and fast. After a while, the meat was chopped.

Qin Lingling washed the carrots and leeks, took them to the house, cut the carrots into shreds, and then cut them horizontally. After a while, the shredded radishes turned into small radishes, and the leeks were treated in the same way.

Stir the two ingredients with the meat sauce separately, and then add salt to adjust the taste. Because the ingredients are limited, she can only use simple ingredients that can be used. In this era, as long as there is meat and the salt is just right, it will not It won't taste good.

After the flour was mixed, they were rolled into small circles with a pole. Qin Lingling asked Gu Yao and Gu Zheng to help.

"I'm not good at it," Gu Zheng said, afraid that the more he would help, the more he could help.

Gu Yao also shook her head, "Sister-in-law, I haven't made dumplings either."

Although they have eaten dumplings, they don't make dumplings. At the end of the year, most people make the kind of super-large dumplings—radish dumplings, or Aiyun, sweet skin and salty fillings, etc., but dumplings won't make dumplings.

Qin Lingling smiled and said, "Just squeeze it, wrap the stuffing in and peel it so that it won't be rotten. Then use some to steam and some to make wontons and boil them in water."

"Okay, then I'll do it, sister-in-law, don't think it's too ugly."

"Will not."

"Brother, do it too, my sister-in-law will not dislike the ugly dumplings you make."

Gu Zheng raised his head and looked at Qin Lingling. It happened that the other party also looked over and looked at each other. The other party was smiling with crooked eyebrows, and Gu Zheng felt better.

He answered, "I'll try to pack a little better."

There are a lot of dumplings, and the three of them will be able to eat a full meal tonight, but Qin Lingling dilutes the meat with two flavored ingredients, and more vegetarian dishes.

Especially the dumplings cooked as wontons, with green onions and celery in it, and a few slices of Chinese cabbage, which looks full.

A burst of fragrance wafted from the next room, and the family of four in the Gu's home was eating simple sweet potato porridge, looking at each other.

"Dad, it smells so good!" Gu Chunhua said.

Gu Guoqiang knew what was being cooked next door, and excitedly said, "Dad, my brother and them are eating dumplings over there. I heard that my brother and sister-in-law went to town and bought flour to make them. Dad, let's eat meat dumplings tomorrow! The food we ate is too unpalatable."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Dani knocked on his hand with a pair of chopsticks, "What are you muttering? The meat dumplings next door are delicious, why don't you come to live?"

"Then I want them to let me go!" Gu Guoqiang murmured.

These days, the sister-in-law next door ate well and drank well, and even the eldest sister followed and drank spicy food, but they are all at the end of the year, and they can’t eat more than two pieces of pork.

The more I thought about it, Gu Guoqiang became more aggrieved and said to the opposite old father: "Dad, we shouldn't have separated at the beginning, otherwise we can eat meat dumplings now. The yellow stewed pork stewed by my sister-in-law was also fragrant the other day. Now, our scent is completely different."

This will know that his sister-in-law is good, but he regrets that he died when he split up.

Not to mention that Gu Guoqiang regretted it. Gu Dashun regretted it even more. He refused to divide his family from the beginning. There was no way to divide it.

And Li Dani hated it even more, thinking about the aggrieved feelings these days, when Gu Dashun was full, she hurried forward and urged: "Gu Zheng has been back for one day. You told him that he didn't talk about money? Is it true? Don’t you?"

Gu Dashun smoking a cigarette with a sad look, and said, "He said before..."

But before he finished speaking, Li Dani interrupted, "He said it would do? They all promised to give five yuan a month, then you have to give it, five yuan is less, people have to give ten yuan a lot, or they will raise up. Is he easy?"

"Isn't it all to blame for you, so you can't see the meat?"

"I..." Li Dani was very angry, "Why is it all to me? I really thought it was all I did. I think your son clearly didn't want to pay, so he would find such a reason. Go, hurry up and have a look. Tomorrow is the year. It’s thirty, what year will we celebrate this year if we don’t go to our house?"

New Year is a very important day for people like them. Seeing Li Dani's constant urging, Gu Dashun said displeasedly: "Okay, okay, don't rush, I'll go right away."

"Remember, the money must be taken back. If he doesn't give it, you just say that no one will have a good time this year. Then let people see how he Gu Zheng white-eyed wolf treats you father?"

"Okay, don't beep, it's annoying." Gu Dashun said impatiently, "Wait when I smoke this cigarette."

After standing for a while, he finished smoking, Gu Dashun slowly walked towards his son's house next door, but the distance of a few steps was full of fragrance, making his steps more determined!

Why is this old man not good at eating and drinking, and his son is eating meat and soup next door? Sixty yuan a year is not much!

The author has something to say: Porridge: Guess, can Old Man Gu get the money?

Old man Gu: It must be there!

Gu Zheng: I will lose if I can.

By the way, thank you little cuties for the nutrient solution, mine, thank you.