No one knew about the North Xinjiang jujube in that era. The guys really thought this kind of fruit was fresh, so they took it one by one and started to chew it. Only Ye Yuping had no interest in this thing because he had been with his grandmother since he was a child, but his grandmother focused on him.

My uncle's house was also built, but it has not been renovated yet. The habit of rural people is to build it for a while before cleaning it up. This way, it is not fashionable when you move in. Ye Yuze glanced at the New Year's goods prepared by his grandma, cabbage, frozen tofu outside, and radish. This year, my grandma seemed to have made it her best and actually bought about ten kilograms of meat.

But the whole family has a total of more than a dozen people, so how can this little thing be enough? Seeing that it is not too late, Ye Yuze drove directly to the county town.

The old uncle stopped him and asked him what he was doing. Ye Yuze whispered to go to the city to buy meat. The old uncle pointed to the adjacent village. Today is a big market there, and everything is sold. Ye Yuze waved to him to get in the car, and the two went to the market.

There have always been markets in my hometown. Even in the most difficult times, although I don’t have much money, I will take out the wealthier things at home to exchange for what I need, such as fruits such as dates, apricots, pears, etc., and exchange them for cloth tickets and grain.

After two years of land contracting, people's lives have changed a lot. The rows of bags on the grain stalls in the big market are the best proof. These are all for selling grain.

In the past, I didn’t say whether there was any grain sold, even if someone sold it, I would make a small bag and pack a few kilograms, and it would disappear in a blink of an eye. What I could see in the grain market were nothing more than elm bark and dried sweet potatoes that replace grain.

"Is there enough food at home?" Ye Yuze subconsciously asked his uncle because he was used to the most important thing every time he came back was to buy food.

The uncle smiled and showed his white teeth: "If your grandma hadn't been watching tightly, our family wouldn't have finished eating white flour wheat every day. But she didn't let her eat it, and she had to let her eat it every two days. She didn't know why she had so much wheat? When the new wheat came down again in June, she didn't know where to put it?"

Ye Yuze also smiled. Uncle was just showing off his nakedness! Unexpectedly, in just two years of contracting households, people's lives have changed so much. At least they won't be hungry. Ye Yuze bought some snacks and went straight to the meat stall. Without meat, it would be impossible to live the New Year.

There are three stalls selling pork, and the rich grain is reflected in the pork. The thick layer of fat is four fingers thick. In the past, people did not have anything to feed pigs? They were all cooked with wild vegetables in the field with water and boiled. It was no different from those eaten by sheep. How could they grow fat?

However, pork is obviously more expensive than before. Today's pork is the fattest part, one dollar per pound, pork belly is 80 cents, pork head is 60 cents, and pork ribs are 50 cents per pound. The big bones are given directly by buying meat, and no one buys that thing.

Ye Yuze directly wrapped all the ribs from the three stalls. When paying the bill, the uncle scrambled with him to give the money. Ye Yuze asked quietly: "How much did grandma give you?"

The uncle also whispered that at the end of the year, he and the uncle both kept private money secretly. After all, they were all people with wives and children. How could they be fine if they didn’t have some money? Grandma’s parent system is still too strict.

Ye Yuze quickly pushed his money back: "If you spend this, be careful that my aunt won't let you go to the kang at night!"

After loading the ribs into the car, Ye Yuze thought about it and bought a large piece of fat, otherwise it would be difficult to explain when he went back. Even if his grandmother couldn't bear to scold him, she would feel distressed for several days.

The mutton in my hometown is cheaper, 80 cents per pound, but the mutton is sold with bones. Ye Yuze directly ordered one.

The most rare thing is that there is beef sold, which only costs 60 cents per pound. Ye Yuze will definitely not let it go. The biggest regret in his mouth is that it is difficult to eat beef. Although there are a lot of beef, they are all used for farming. Who would be willing to kill and sell meat?

After buying sixty kilograms of beef, the two of them went home. My father was guarding the tractor with the uncle in the yard and talking about something. Ye Yuze didn't know that his father bought it.

Seeing them coming back, the three younger brothers rushed over and helped unload the truck. There was no refrigerator in my hometown, and these meats were hung under the eaves. There were several iron hooks under the eaves of grandma's house. They were used for this. They were no more than one person from the ground, and even cats and dogs could not reach them.

The fourth brother went to the kitchen with a piece of lamb leg. He also had two small knives that he had sharpened with a saw blade in his pocket. However, the charcoal must be burned again, and the project volume is a bit large.

Grandma smiled and looked at the little grandson who had met for the first time and was busy there, reminding him from time to time not to hurt his hands. If it were someone else to do this, it would have been scolded.

The third brother became interested when he saw so many meats. He took the initiative to find a few wooden sticks and ran to the yard to start cooking charcoal, but his skills were not good. It was the second brother who worked together to make it successful after the fourth brother cut the meat.

Ye Yuze took some meat and a few bottles of wine, went to Ma Ye and Lao Gu’s parents, and told him about his situation. The old couple was very happy and said that they would definitely have a future after working in the capital.

Mr. Ma is living a very comfortable life now. After the land is divided, his family has a lot of labor. He is a good way to take care of the crops. The crops are harvested in the two seasons a year. He also bought the carriage in the team. Several sons also followed him to pull bricks in the brick factory and prepared to buy one after the New Year.

In that era, fireworks were set off, but there were no fireworks in the countryside, they were all firecrackers. People were no longer satisfied with the kind of red whip. There was a village that specialized in making firecrackers, and Ye Yuze went to see the production process.

A piece of wood is topped on the beam of the house, and below is a roller with wooden boards. The paper is spread on the table, pushing the wood, and a paper tube is rolled up. Then seal it with mud, then the mud is dried and then the medicine is loaded in and twisted.

The popular cannon here is called "Ten Rings and One Gudong", which means adding a thunder between ten small whips. When it is released, it is "Pa Pa Pa Pa Pa, Dong!"

Generally, there are 100 firecrackers, one yuan and five hangs. Ye Yuze directly packs his cannons. He has to go to the grave on the afternoon of New Year's Eve. Here, it is important that the firecrackers on the grave will be fired for a long time, and the life of the family will be easier.

Life has passed that era when the poorer and more glorious becomes. Only when the family has money and food will the wife come to the house. The most significant change in the village after eating is that the price of marriage bride price and what the woman wants has risen sharply.

Now when you get married, the girls don’t have sewing machines or bicycles at home and don’t care about you. Ye Yuze secretly smacks his tongue. Fortunately, refrigerators and color TVs have not been popular in the countryside, otherwise it would be enough for the silly man tossing for several years.
Chapter completed!