Chapter 178 Adultery
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Chapter 178. Adultery
The one he rode was the bicycle left by Zhou Xiao Mei when she got married. At that time, when Su Da Lin gifted the four major household gifts, Mother Zhou only kept this bicycle.
It had always been at old Zhou's side. Whichever Brother needed to use it, they can take it.
Zhou Qing Bai used it this time. Lin Qing He needed the family's bicycle to go to work.
But on the day of the pork distribution, Lin Qing He directly asked for a leave. Wasn't there still Chen Shan who can substitute. Can't let him get his salary just by sitting there.
With Chen Shan as the substitute. Lin Qing He can get two days of leave every month. She had never asked for leave before, so asking for one day wasn't a big issue.
As expected, it went without saying that the pork allocation was like the previous years. Lin Qing He's family was distributed a lot this year.
This year, Lin Qing He asked for an extra portion of pig blood due to her teaching position.
Having a bit of pig blood can also occasionally wash the chalk dust in the lungs.
As for the rest, Lin Qing He brought them back with her three sons, as well as Mother Zhou and Zhou Xiao Mei's boys.
Little Su Cheng was excited: "Eat meat, eat meat."
"Pig intestines fried with pickles are incredibly tasty." San Wa nodded.
Little Su Cheng's drool was about to flow out.
Da Wa and Er Wa were also delighted. The two brothers didn't need to study today. The production team's primary school get a day off since the production team were slaughtering pigs today
Mentioning this, it was extremely lax.
Like usual, Lin Qing He and Mother Zhou started to sort them out as soon as they got home.
The pig's large intestines and pork belly were handed over to Mother Zhou for processing. While Lin Qing He immediately began to cut the fat and extract the oil.
The oil at home was depleted quite fiercely. The two bottles she bought last time were all used up. The spare bottle that was taken out of the space was almost used.
So this time, she obtained a lot of fatty meat. She was able to boil two jars of white lard for use.
After a while, it'll be the New Year period and there will be more.
After the oil was extracted, the oil residue was taken out. A bowl was scooped for the boys, while the rest were reserved for cooking. The fried cabbage and chinese cabbage that was stir-fried with this was very aromatic and sweet.
The bowl of oil residue was shared between the kids. They all had a mouthful of oil and glittery satisfied eyes. This included little Su Cheng too.
The brothers, little Su Cheng and little Su Xun, were well-raised here. Lin Qing He didn't find them chubby. However, under the current social aesthetic point of view, anyone with eyes can see Lin Qing He had treated the two brothers very well.
Besides, Teacher Lin's character was very upright. One was one, two was two. She would never mistreat her sister-in-law's children in the shadow.
After dividing the meat this year, they will eat fried pork intestines with pickled veg.
As for the pork stomach, it had been stewed by Lin Qing He. This was set aside for the evening.
When Zhou Qing Bai came back at noon, there was still a bowl of pork intestine and pickled veg left. She left it for him as everyone else had eaten already.
"Will you still go tomorrow?" Lin Qing He asked.
Though the mantou wasn't hot anymore, it wasn't cold either. She kept it warm in the used pot.
"Still need to go for a few more days." Zhou Qing Bai replied.
They did receive a lot of things that can be burned. But still, their family consumed a lot of burning material.
People wash their feet only once every three to five days. At Lin Qing He's side, they basically have to wash their feet every day. What's more, it was with ginger water.
And this was just the children. Just herself, she had to boil water and scrub herself every other day. She also requested Zhou Qing Bai to wash up. She loved to be very clean, so how can it not consume firewood?
But Zhou Qing Bai had no objection to this. His wife had informed him that if they don't clean up before doing it, it'll be easy to get sick. She had asked the hospital doctor.
In order to be close to his wife in winter, it went without saying that Zhou Qing Bai started to prepare firewood at this time.
He went out early in the morning after eating and only came back now. Zhou Qing Bai was starving.
Four mantou accompanied by this dish was all gobbled up by him.
"Go and rest." Lin Qing He tidied up. She also planned to lie down for a while and then go to work later.
Zhou Qing Bai went to spread out the few bundles of firewood to dry and then went to rest.
Because of the meat distribution, the food for the next few days was naturally great.
Pig head, braised pork, and so on were all made in different ways.
So when Su Da Lin and Zhou Xiao Mei came back on their day off, they noticed Little Su Cheng gotten chubbier.
Zhou Xiao Mei tried to lift her son but couldn't, so she let his father carry him.
On the other hand, Su Da Lin held his son without letting go. When he saw how well-fed his son was, the smile on his face never disappeared.
"What did you eat?" Zhou Xiao Mei chatted.
"Eat meat." Little Su Cheng answered.
"My little brother likes to eat fatty meat. A big chunk of fat. In a meal, he gobbled up a lot. So he got fat." San Wa said.
"Did San Wa eat a lot too?" Zhou Xiao Mei grinned.
"I have." San Wa nodded: "Aunt, you bought us sweets again."
Zhou Xiao Mei brought back a package of milk candy. On top of that, two jins of eggs. Originally, there were about five jins. They were sent to Third Sister-in-law's side. Two of them were also delivered to there. Little Su Xun had to drink milk. (T/N: judging by the collective noun, them probably should be fish. Will never know since the author accidently left out a word.)
However, they also supplied food at this side. They brought back ten jins of white flour.
"Cheng Cheng's small mouthful don't need you two to bring so much food and supplies." Lin Qing He said.
"I know this kid. He's not big but still got a big appetite. To nurture to this degree, he must have eated a lot." Zhou Xiao Mei smiled. Then she asked about Fourth Sister-in-law's teaching matter. "I didn't know Fourth Sister-in-law studied so much in private that the educated youths can't beat you."
Lin Qing He coughed dryly. On this matter, the more she said, the more mistakes she made, so Lin Qing He didn't intend to say more. She just dismissed it with a few vague sentences.
Until now, Zhou Qing Bai hadn't asked her specifically.
After all, living under the same roof, he knew exactly when she started to study. As for studying before she came over? Never happened.
Su Da Lin and Zhou Xiao Mei arrived early in the morning. They couldn't spend the night and had to go back in the evening.
They went back after dinner there.
Little Su Cheng didn't display any reluctantness as he was very happy to live there. He just requested his parents to definitely bring him candy when they have free time.
Little Su Xun, the youngest son, was also well raised. He still mainly had milk from Third Sister-in-law.
As his appetite grew, Third Sister-in-law didn't have sufficient supply.
Third Brother would go fishing from time to time. If Zhou Dong brought fish and shrimps over, Lin Qing He would also send some to Third Sister-in-law. If not, there won't be enough now.
The kids' food(breastmilk) absolutely couldn't compare to those women in later generations because the difference in food was really big.
Su Da Lin and Zhou Xiao Mei went back the same day the came. Zhou Qing Bai had saved enough firewood for the family after ten consecutive days of gathering.
And when he didn't plan to get more firewood, it started to snow late that night.
And the next day, the matter of Wang Ling and her brother-in-law committing adultery spread throughout the Zhoujia village.