Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 47 Mom, can I ask you a favor?

A total of eleven steamed buns were brought. Dad gave two to each of his younger brothers, leaving only seven. Luo Cheng didn’t intend to eat, he wasn’t hungry, and he wasn’t polite about the lunch reception. He ate quite a bit, and his stomach was filled with oil and water.

When my mother and grandmother heard what my father had just shouted, they both left the room. Grandma’s walking is obviously stronger than when Luo Cheng first came.

“Nariko, come back, why did you buy steamed buns again? You don’t have many food stamps, don’t spend them randomly.”

“Grandson, come to grandma. Is it okay to go to the city?”

The steamed buns were not for sale, but that matter would be explained later. Upon hearing grandma’s call, Luo Cheng walked over immediately. Then he continued to Shishi: “Give grandma one steamed bun, and you, your sister, and mom will take the rest.”

After hearing Luo Cheng’s words, Shishi originally wanted to continue grabbing steamed buns. I was stunned for a moment, why is there only one grandma? Although it is said that in rural areas, they eat with men first and then with young people, but it was the elders who took the initiative to give in like that. For example, if you ask grandma to arrange these eleven steamed buns, she will definitely take the initiative to eat less.

But as a junior, Luo Cheng took the initiative to arrange for his elders to eat less. This is a bit~~to put it bluntly~~ and disrespectful of the elderly.

“Brother, I’m still young. One is enough for me. Give grandma two steamed buns.”

Luo Shishi took the initiative to give in and said, and grandma’s hand that had just lovingly grasped Luo Cheng’s arm tightened slightly.

“Listen to your brother, grandma is old and can’t eat so much.”

The atmosphere in the scene suddenly became a little subtle. I saw that my sister and mother were both hesitant to speak, as if they wanted to say something, but they held back their words.

As the backbone of the family, Rowan also felt that he had to stand up and say something. He wanted to take a step forward, but his feet seemed to be rooted and he just couldn’t lift them up.

As parents, when they get old, they will have to rely on their eldest son. But today’s behavior of Luo Cheng, as a father, wants to teach Luo Cheng. But what if things don’t develop as you want after teaching.

Just now, he and his youngest son had dirt on their hands and wanted to eat the steamed buns directly, but they were ignored. He has been like this at home for many years. Since Rowan took over, no one has really cared about him. At most, he can only talk about some things. If he is not willing to listen, he has to follow his own wishes.

“Dad, the water is here. I’ll pour it for you, and you can wash it.”

At this time, Luo Bing filled a ladle of water. The ladle was like a large gourd cut in half. A ladle had a lot of water.

Luo Cheng was also a little confused, as if he felt something was wrong in the atmosphere, but he didn’t think much about the distribution of steamed buns. If he knew what his family members were thinking, he would die of injustice. He is very fond of grandma.

“Milk, you eat less now. Mommy will make you some meatloaf soup later. You have to replenish your body. Older people should not eat too much. This steamed bun is not small. Just eat one. That’s it.”

Luo Cheng smiled and said in his grandma’s ear that he didn’t believe her when she said she was too old to eat that much. The day before yesterday, when her uncle and aunt came to the house, grandma was very happy. She also drank two bowls of porridge and ate a steamed bun.

Meatloaf soup, are you kidding? Nowadays, you can’t eat much meat during the New Year and holidays, but now you can eat meat for no reason.

“Shishi, the one at the bottom of the backpack, wrapped in oil paper, contains two kilograms of meat. Give it to my mother. I will make meat pie soup for grandma later. We will also eat a little meat tonight.”

Luo Shishi was really shocked. There were two kilograms of meat in the backpack she was carrying for her brother. I actually just came back from the bus station carrying two kilograms of meat.

The steamed buns were placed on top, and the cotton gauze the two sisters asked for was placed in the middle. Because the width was not wide, even if it was five feet long, it would not have much thickness when stacked together. Then there is the wrapped meat underneath.

Because we had to get the meat, we couldn’t hide it with the cotton gauze, so we had to take it out in front of everyone. As soon as this thing is taken out, rural people will know what it is for. These two girls are so amazing that they even secretly ask their eldest son to bring something to him when he comes to the city. But it is indeed something that women need. The two girls are not young anymore, so this is what they bought. If there are others, their parents will definitely talk to them in the evening.

Luo Shishi took out a large oil-paper package, and her mother immediately stepped forward to take it in her hand without opening the oil paper, but immediately entered the room. The others also followed into the room tacitly.

The steamed buns are very fragrant, but they can’t resist people’s desire for meat in this era. Instead of tearing the oil paper apart impatiently, he carefully and slowly unwrapped the oil paper in the order of the package.

When a two-pound piece of pork belly appeared in front of everyone, everyone except Luo Cheng felt their breathing slow down and stared straight at it. Especially the kid Luo Bing, he felt like he could eat the piece of raw meat in front of him.

The only fly in the ointment is that everyone feels that the fat of this piece of meat is not thick, that is, it has little fat.

How to eat this piece of meat, really plan carefully. Luo Bing looked at the meat and finished a steamed bun in a few mouthfuls. He felt that the steamed bun had the smell of meat.

It’s okay to give some points to uncles and aunts, but it’s not necessary. If they can’t survive and can’t open the pot, even if they don’t have enough to eat, they will give them some food. But they have no elders to support, so grandma stays with her father.

“Nariko, can I ask you a favor?”

Mom Zhang Ling looked at the meat and was silent for a while, then suddenly said to Luo Cheng, and anyone with a discerning eye would know that this matter has something to do with the meat.

“Mom, don’t be like this. There is nothing between us that we don’t want.”

My father and grandma stood aside and said nothing, because they could probably guess what my mother asked for. This matter is really embarrassing.

Seeing Luo Cheng say this, my mother spoke up. Just as my father and grandma guessed, it was about a nephew from my mother’s Zhang Ling family.

It seems that it was yesterday that my mother went back to her parents’ home. After my uncle and aunt shared the food and left the day before yesterday, they also agreed to give some to my mother’s parents’ home. Twenty pounds of stick noodles and twenty pounds of sweet potatoes. Because his father Luo Wen and his younger brother Luo Bing were going to work in the brigade, his mother went to Luo Cheng’s uncle’s house without any food.

Luo Cheng’s uncle is my mother’s brother, and my mother’s parents also live with his uncle. I didn’t bring any food. It wasn’t because I couldn’t bear it. Forty pounds of stuff was nothing in my mother’s hands. It was because she, an old lady, didn’t dare to carry so much food on the road alone. A while ago, there have been several incidents of food snatching in nearby villages, which made people panic.

So after my mother went to her parents’ house, not long after, my uncle came to their place with his two nephews. They came to get food, and the uncle’s eldest son, also the eldest nephew on my mother’s side, his wife gave birth to a baby two months ago, and because there is no food, it is almost weaned now. The whole family was so worried that they were already planning to starve to death. They shouldn’t have children these days.

After my mother heard this, she thought he was more of her own nephew and even called her aunt. I couldn’t hold it back yesterday and gave my eldest nephew a pound of rice and asked him to go home and make some rice soup. After all, he wasn’t completely weaned yet, but he just couldn’t get enough.

But everyone knows that if this woman’s body cannot keep up, even if the rice water has the effect of producing milk, it will not be of much use. When I saw this meat today, needless to say, my mother thought of her poor niece-in-law again.