Life is a Game

In the end, Tian Lin couldn't find a place where she could enjoy the shade. There were too many migrant workers and too little shade. She could only find a place where there were few people and she could sit and stretch her feet and seize the time to rest.

Everyone has no watch, and the time is judged by the sun. Jiang Feng was sitting on the ground listening to Tian Lin and Xiujuan chatting about family affairs, when they heard a clear and sharp whistle and an inaudible shout, everyone stood up.

start work.

At first Jiang Feng heard Tian Lin talk about anti-sandbags and thought their work was just anti-sandbags. After he really saw it, Jiang Feng realized that anti-sandbags were just a synonym, and no one was anti-sandbags at all. Compared with their work, anti-sandbags It's much easier.

Xiujuan picked the sand and Tian Lin pulled the cart. The two loads of sand were so heavy that Xiujuan couldn't even straighten her waist.

Tian Linla's cart is loaded with stones, big and small, and the road is uneven or steep. Tian Lin pulls the cart and walks crookedly, and must prevent the cart from turning into a pit, and stop when she is tired. Take a breath, and if you are really tired, take a bowl to drink a bowl of water after a trip.

Tian Lin and Xiujuan were inconspicuous mixed in the crowd, there were people everywhere, everyone was working, the dust was flying, everyone's face was covered with sweat, and everyone's clothes were dirty to the same color. Unlike the extras in film and television dramas who act as background boards and do not work, everyone here is real. The scorching sun is real, the sweat is real, and the staggering steps are real. The footprints left by everyone are also real.

For the first time, Jiang Feng felt the atmosphere of working people.

It's really a labor atmosphere, an atmosphere where you feel guilty if you stop and sit by the side and feel out of place.

This place is not dead, on the contrary, it is full of vitality. Jiang Feng saw a lot of people like Xiujuan, who were racing against the clock and staggering forward for that slightly elusive hope.

They didn't stop working until the sun was about to set. The scope of the dam repair was too wide, there were not so many lights, and the ground was scattered with uneven sand and stones. If they worked overtime at night, it was inevitable that some people would be injured.

As soon as Tianlin got off work, she packed up her things and rushed to Jiang's house—actually, there was nothing, just a palm leaf fan, a handkerchief and an empty bowl for drinking water in the cloth bag.

Jiang's house was a little far away from where Tian Lin went to work. Jiang Feng felt that Tian Lin had already walked very fast, and he walked for more than an hour until it was almost dark. Jiang Feng had never seen the Jiang family's old house before. When he was born, his family had already moved to the later house.

As soon as Tian Lin pushed the door, Jiang Feng felt an unprecedented visual impact.

Fat boys of five sizes, from big to small, sat at the dining table and waited for the meal.

Jiang Feng could recognize his father very clearly. His father probably had just entered elementary school at this time. He was not tall and not particularly fat, but he should be considered very fat in this era when the streets are full of skinny people. And kinda cute.

Jiang Jiankang faced the gate, and when he saw Tian Lin came back, he immediately shouted: "Mom, my cousin is back, why don't we have dinner yet!"

"What's it called? Your dad hasn't cooked the meat yet, and you're the one who makes the most noise. You see, no one else is making noise. Wait, the meat can be served when the meat comes out of the pot." It was a middle-aged woman who was slightly fat. Grandma Jiang, who had become what she most wanted to be when she was young, came out of the room, holding a rag in her hand, and she seemed to be cleaning the room, "Tian Lin, there are two pots of boiling water in the toilet, you can mix cold water yourself Take a shower, and dinner will be ready soon."

"Okay third aunt." Tian Lin looked dirty and didn't dare to stay in the living room for a long time, so she rushed into the toilet.

Jiang Feng looked around. The house was not big, only two rooms, with a balcony but very small. There were two beds in one of the rooms. Judging from the clutter of that room, it should be the room of Jiang Jiankang's five brothers. Although the child was fat, he was still small, and he could sleep on two beds.

The living room was divided into areas, the one connected to the kitchen had a dining table, and the other had a simple small bed. Tian Lin should sleep here during this time. Grandma Jiang was cleaning the room, Jiang Jiankang, Jiang Jiandang, and Jiang Jianguo, the three older boys, were drooling at the smell of meat, and the two younger boys, Jiang Jianshe and Jiang Jianye, were smelling the smell of meat and eating their hands.

Jiang Feng went into the kitchen and took a look. The kitchen was not big, but the kitchen utensils were complete. There are several dishes in the corner, all of which are meat dishes without a little green, braised pig's trotters, pork in a pot, braised pork with preserved vegetables and crucian carp tofu soup, and there is still a piece of braised pork in the pot. It's an all-meat feast.

Grandma Jiang came out of the room after wiping the cabinets, and saw her sons who were worthless on the dining table and said angrily: "Everyone is like reincarnated from starving ghosts, and it's not like you don't have enough food on weekdays. Didn’t you still eat braised pork for a few days? Jianguo, wipe away the drool for Jianshe, just look at your brother because you don’t know.”

Jiang Jianguo hurriedly wiped Jiang Jianshe's saliva with Jiang Jianshe's sleeve, since it was his drool, of course he wiped it with his clothes.

Grandma Jiang didn't see this scene, she went into the kitchen. After two people entered the small kitchen, it became a bit crowded, and the old man also felt a little uncomfortable, and said, "What are you doing here, I just heard that Tian Lin came back."

"I'm back and taking a shower. She's too tired from the dam's anti-package work. I guess she won't be able to wear the clothes now when the dam is repaired." Grandma Jiang said.

The old man never cared about such trivial matters, so he didn't answer Grandma Jiang's words: "I heard today that the dam is expected to be completed next month."

"So fast." Grandma Jiang was startled, glanced outside and whispered, "Can I do what I told you last time? The kid Zhuangshi is in poor health. If Tian Lin can stay at their house in the city It can also be much easier. You can also see during this period that although Tian Lin is a bit lazy, she is still serious about her work, and she is also a nice person. I asked her to live in our house and she also paid the monthly rice and extra allowances. Rent and eat for me. Isn’t the leader above often appointing you to cook, so just open your mouth and ask him if it’s okay.”

The old man glanced at the pot: "I've inquired about it, and this time the higher-ups are going to use this incident to establish a model. Repeated orders and repeated orders have emphasized that no relationship is allowed and no internal appointments are allowed. Don't even think about it."

Grandma Jiang could only sigh and glanced at the pot.

"By the way, did you add sugar to today's braised pork?"

Grandpa:? ? ?

Jiang Feng read from the old man's face that the topic changed too quickly.

"Why add sugar?"

"It's delicious with sugar!" Grandma Jiang's voice suddenly became louder. "Today is Jiankang's birthday. Jiankang likes to eat sweet food. You must add sugar to the braised pork! Jiankang has liked sweet food since he was a child. He is one year old. When you don’t have a few teeth and can only eat a little bit of mush, you will know what to eat with the one you brought back from FJ, add sugar, hurry up, if you don’t add meat, it will be out of the pot.”

Although the old man felt that what Grandma Jiang said was unreasonable, he still honestly added sugar to the braised pork that was about to be cooked, and let the pork cook for a while, and it took a little longer to come out of the pan.

Grandma Jiang took out the dishes happily. There were five dishes, all of which were meat.

Tian Lin had already washed the dishes and changed into clothes she felt. When she saw Grandma Jiang coming out, she quickly stepped forward to help her. As a result, Tian Lin couldn't help swallowing while looking at the meat on the plate.

She has been living in Jiang's house these days, but she has not had a few meals with Jiang's family. Because she has to go to work every day, she always leaves early and returns late, and she never catches up with the meal time. Usually, the old man steamed some steamed buns or made some pancakes for her on the first night or early in the morning, and she ate them while walking. , the rest for lunch. In the evening, Grandma Jiang left some food for her. The rice is white rice, and there are vegetables. It is impossible to keep some meat soup.

There are five more fat boys in the Jiang family, and three of them are old enough to eat. On weekdays, there is only one plate of roasted meat, and it takes only a blink of an eye to serve it on the table. There is no broth left. Brother can lick the plate cleaner than his face. The old man's policy of raising children has always been that eating is a blessing, eat as much as you can, and never deduct a certain amount for cooking. This also leads to the fact that although he and Grandma Jiang's income is not low, he often goes out to earn extra money, but the Jiang family has always been I didn't save any money.

All eaten.

This kind of advanced life mode can be regarded as quite weird in this era where everyone is shrinking and dieting.

No wonder the old man didn't care, anyway, he was very comfortable.

Tian Lin was stunned.

At first, she thought that Grandma Jiang specially asked her to come back early for dinner at night and said that today was Jiang Jiankang's birthday. The roast meat at home was roast meat, a plate of meat.

In Tian Lin's view, it is a luxury to burn a plate of meat just because the children in the family celebrate their birthdays. You must know that when she was not married, the family celebrated the New Year with the elders. When you can eat meat, you can't eat too much at one time. On New Year's Eve, when a plate of meat is cooked, the family member Duo Tianlin only gets one or two yuan, and it's all fat meat that lean meat can't grab. The rest is chopped into meat stuffing and mixed with cabbage to make dumplings. If there is more, it is made into bacon. When the family is greedy for meat, put two slices of bacon in the dish and mix with the meat flavor to satisfy the gluttony.

Tian Lin suspected that she had worked so hard today that she had hallucinated. What did she see? She saw five big plates of meat!

Five big plates, all meat!

Tian Lin was a little afraid to move her chopsticks.

She didn't dare to move, Jiang Jiankang and the five boys were unambiguous, and they pointed directly at the braised pig's feet when they came up. Jiang Jianshe was the youngest, and he couldn't speak clearly and couldn't hold his chopsticks steadily. He also knew how to point at braised pig's trotters with his chopsticks and say something vague and completely inaudible, asking Grandma Jiang to pick up the trotters for him to eat.

"Tian Lin, eat, if you don't move your chopsticks, this good meat will be picked up by my five boys." Grandma Jiang greeted Tian Lin, thinking that Tian Lin was embarrassed to stretch out her chopsticks.

"Thank you, Sangu." Tian Lin lowered her head and picked up a small piece of lean meat from the pig's trotter.

"You also like to eat lean meat, and so do the boys in my family. Every time there is meat in your uncle's unit in the factory, we both pick the thin ones and pick the ribs, and others always say that we promote style." Grandma Jiang said with a smile.

Tian Lin nodded. She also felt that Grandma Jiang was promoting her style. Every time a pig was slaughtered, everyone rushed to pick the big fat meat. Yes, this is not to promote style.

"Sparse ribs are a good thing in the first place. I used to..." The old man wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he didn't say anything.

Tian Lin stuffed the meat into her mouth, and was so startled that she couldn't speak.

This expression is very familiar to Jiang Feng. Two months after Jiang Shoucheng was forced by his second aunt to become a vegetarian and lose weight, Jiang Shoucheng used this expression whenever he ate meat. His first reaction was that it was actually meat, and the meat tasted like this. Then he marveled at the chef's craftsmanship. .

To starve a person for a long time without meat for a year or two, and to do physical work every day, eating the stewed meat handed down by the Zhao family is delicious, and maybe it is delicious because the meat is fat and oily.

Tian Lin chewed it twice, and swallowed the meat.

She felt that she hadn't even tasted the meat, it was her stomach that was so hungry for meat that urged her to swallow it, and she swallowed it.

"By the way, Tian Lin, did you eat stew when you married here?" Grandma Jiang asked.

"No." Tian Lin shook her head, "Mom said that during the Chinese New Year, I would cook stewed meat for me, make a big pot, and it would be enough."

"The stewed meat made by my mother is delicious. The meat is big and fat. Every time I cook it, it is a big pot. Although our Zhao family has no money, the stewed meat for the Chinese New Year is absolutely unambiguous! On the day I got married, my mother made a special one. Pot stew, your uncle said it was delicious when he ate it." Grandma Jiang was beaming when she talked about it.

Grandpa: ...

The old man's expression was a little indescribable.

"Unfortunately, the stewed meat is only cooked in the 30th year of the year. We married daughters can't eat it. I haven't eaten it for many years. Tian Lin, this is the ancestral craft of our Zhao family. When you celebrate the New Year You must learn from your mother, and don't lose this skill!" Grandma Jiang reminded.

Jiang Feng: ...

Grandma, do you know what you said! ! !

"En!" Tian Lin nodded solemnly.

"Eat meat!" Grandma Jiang said proudly.

Tian Lin picked up a large piece of fat braised pork and bit down in one bite.

a bit sweet.

Tian Lin thought happily, is this the feeling of big meat?

tasty!

Jiang Feng began to be shrouded in fog and left his memory.