# c3: meat buns Wang Lingling got up early the next morning, shocking her father Wang Yongshun. You must know that ever since she graduated from junior high school two years ago, his second daughter has not woken up even after three hours of the rooster's crowing. Why did the sun come out in the west today? Wang Lingling still pretended in front of Wang Yongshun, saying that she planned to go to town and see if her younger brother Yaozong was lacking anything at school. Wang Yongshun didn't say anything, but Li Chunjuan was in a daze. "What are you going to do? It's such a long way, just ask Sanya to make a trip." The high school in the town cannot be called a town now. It should be regarded as the commune high school of Hongqi Commune. It is the only high school in several nearby communes. The place is small and most students carry their own food to school. When it is time to eat, they go to school and take turns to reheat their meals. The Wang family's life was easier. Wang Yaozong didn't carry food when he went to school, he just ate in the cafeteria. In this regard, Li Chunjuan is still afraid that her son will be wronged at school, so she always visits him every half month to give her son some more. Wang Lingling said impatiently: "I don't have any ready-made ones at home now. I'll go ask first. If Yaozong wants it, I'll wait until next time to deliver it." Now she was eager to create more opportunities for Wang Ying and Xu Shuang to get along. Li Chunjuan also cherishes her second daughter, who is in good health, and doesn't say anything else. After Wang Yongshun and Li Chunjuan both went to work, Wang Lingling knocked on Wang Ying's door. Wang Ying has been recuperating her body these days and usually sleeps in the morning. As soon as Wang Lingling knocked on the door, Wang Ying suddenly remembered. Meat buns! She went to stand and clean up. Wang Lingling stood at the door waiting for her, and did not enter the house. The room Wang Ying lived in was the worst of the four rooms. Not to mention it was small and had poor lighting. Especially in the past two years where Li Chunjuan took control and simply used Wang Ying's house as a warehouse. There are some broken boards and bricks piled up in one corner of the house. It is not easy for country people to build a house. Li Chunjuan thought that her son was growing older and would need to marry a wife and have children. The four rooms looked spacious, but in fact they are not enough for living in. If her son gives her two or three grandchildren, there wouldn't be enough space to fit them all. With this in mind, Li Chunjuan started to save bricks and boards with a sense of crisis. She planned to save up some money in the next few years. With the money she deducted from Wang Ying, plus the money from Wang Ying's wedding gift, she could buy some tiles and get some wood. Bricks could also be used to build a house. The old people say that if you have a big house, you can invite the child god home. It is a good thing to have more children and more blessings. In addition to these wooden boards, bricks, and rotten tiles, the only other things in Wang Ying's house were a broken wooden bed and a table with missing legs. On the table stood an enamel jar with half the handle missing. Wang Lingling stood at the door with great disgust, wondering why Wang Ying was so sloppy and the room was so messy. She is so sloppy, how did she win Zhao Jun's heart in her previous life? She couldn't help but lecture Wang Ying: "Sanya, don't take this the wrong way, you should really clean up the house. Look at this mess. If you marry into someone else's house and it's still such a mess, won't your mother-in-law clean you up? Sanya, you have to remember that your parents are both gone. If you don’t live up to your expectations, you will suffer the consequences when you get married. " Wang Ying rolled her eyes while cleaning herself up. She wanted to quarrel with her, but she was afraid that this person would change her mind on treating her to meat buns. Over the past few days, Wang Ying keenly discovered that Wang Lingling was not normal. In her recollection, Wang Lingling was very proud for having a partner who worked in a state-owned hotel. The original owner clearly remembered that Wang Lingling was still making bold statements last month, saying that she would live a good life after marrying into the Xu family. There has been a severe drought for three years, and the cooks are starving to death. In the eyes of the country people, if you get into the back kitchen, wouldn't that just be taking full advantage of the public resources? Wang Lingling privately discussed with Li Chunjuan how to persuade Xu Shuang to get things from the kitchen. As a chef in a state-owned hotel, couldn't you eat meat and drink oil freely? How honorable it would be to take some back to your parents’ house when the time comes! It had only been a few days, why was Wang Lingling suddenly unwilling to marry Xu Shuang? Wang Ying put on patched clothes and wore her hair in two braids. She looked at herself in the half-palm-sized mirror at the door. After a few days of spiritual spring water replenishment, although still weak, her energy and spirit have returned a little. Wang Lingling talked for a while and felt bored when Wang Ying ignored her. This is how Sanya is, no matter what you do, you can't get a word out of her, and the only thing she can do is work and cry. However, Wang Lingling was relieved for the time being. The two words Wang Ying said to her yesterday made her toss and turn for a long time last night. She almost thought that Wang Ying was reborn like her. But now I see that the other party is still boring, so that’s okay. "Let's go." Wang Ying's mind is now full of thoughts of meat buns. The two of them left the brigade and headed for town. Speaking of which, there were eight brigades under the commune here. The Wang family belonged to brigade seven, with their backs against the mountains. There was a small river ditch at the west end of the brigade. After crossing the river ditch and walking for three miles, you can reach Xipo Town. Because it is close to Xipo Town, even though there is a hotel supply and marketing cooperative in their own Shengli Commune, people in the 7th Brigade still like to go to Hongqi Commune in Xipo Town to buy things. Wang Ying memorized the route while walking. The original owner had left a memory of it, but it was not her own personal experience. It always seemed to be separated by a layer of clouds. For example, it was difficult for Wang Ying to recognize the names of the people she greeted along the way, so she could only call them uncle and aunt. Anyway, the original owner rarely went out before. The main surname of the 7th Brigade was Tian, ​​and the Wang family had very few in-laws. There is nothing wrong with calling someone according to their age. At this time, most people went to work and there were not many people to meet. Wang Ying greeted everyone with a bright smile. "Am I right? That was Wang Ying from the Yongfu family just now?" "Isn't Li Chunjuan mumbling all day long that she looks like a young lady at home? Why is she still so thin?" "She is thin, but she is perceptive. Look at Wang Lingling, her nostrils are facing the sky." …… It’s no wonder that the commune members are making a fuss. Who told Wang Ying that before, besides going to school, she always stayed at home and worked? Li Chunjuan didn't think anything was wrong, but her uncle Wang Yongshun is concerned about face. Even for a simple matter as laundry, he usually asked Wang Ying to wash it early in the morning. After washing, the members of the commune had not gotten up yet, while she went to the back mountain to weed pigs. The place where the Wang family lives is close to the back hill, and they can't meet anyone. Wang Ying rarely appeared in front of others in the past few years. Li Chunjuan also said outside that Wang Ying would not work in the fields and that Wang Lingling would only serve Wang Ying at home. But there is nothing to be done, after all, who made her be the child of a martyr? Not many people may believe in Li Chunjuan's words. If nothing else, Wang Lingling looks down on this and that, and you ask her to serve the cousin in the next room? Anyone with any brains can't believe it. When I saw the two cousins ​​coming out together, the contrast was very obvious. The one cousin walked arrogantly in front and didn't say hello to anyone she saw. The other cousin walked behind with sallow, thin features and a shy smile on her face... "...Should we ask the captain to go to the Wang family to have a look? She is the child of a martyr after all." "Are you going? Don't blame me for not reminding you that a girl has to be supported by her parents' family when she gets married. Do you think the brigade leader doesn't know anything? They didn't jump out and say it themselves." "Besides, even if Li Chunjuan is not decent, Wang Yongshun is still honest. Wang Ying has even graduated from high school." "What's the use of reading so many books? I heard people say that those people are all stinky intellectuals." "You are the only one who knows how to talk nonsense. Even if she wants to be a stinky intellectual, could she actually make it?" "We're getting off topic, what about Yongshun. I think Yongshun doesn't treat her well. Apart from asking her to go to school, I don't see anything done for this girl. Look at how short those pants are." "Yongshun is a man. The one who was careless was Li Chunjuan." …… Along the way, Wang Ying multi-tasked. Her hearing, which had become slightly more sensitive due to the spiritual spring water, was able to hear all the words of the people behind her. Sure enough... Uncle Wang Yongshun's reputation is much better than that of his aunt Li Chunjuan. Wang Lingling and Wang Ying walked for more than half an hour to Xipo Town. Xipo Town is not big, but the location is good. It can be reached along the road from the county. Across the river is Hongqi Commune. It is a 20 minute walk along the road. A few miles away is the county. Therefore, everything in the town is available, including two state-owned hotels, a car repair shop, a supply and marketing cooperative, and an animal husbandry station... Wang Lingling took Wang Ying through most of the town before finding the state-owned hotel where Xu Shuang worked. Xipo Town is said to have two state-owned hotels, but in fact only the one where Xu Shuang works can be called a hotel. The big "Xipo Hotel" signboard has the word "po" next to the word "tu", which looks a bit funny. Another restaurant used to be a time-honored noodle stall, but now it is state-owned and its name is State-owned Noodle House. There were more than a dozen tables set up in the Xipo Hotel. It was almost dinner time, but there were only a few people in the restaurant. The waiter was leaning against the counter and picking his nails. Everyone in the store was wearing an apron with a red five-pointed star and a few big characters on it - "Xipo State-owned Hotel, Xipo Town, Nanshao County". When Wang Lingling entered the store, she asked, "Is Xu Shuang from your store in the back kitchen? I'll go in to find him for something." The waiter didn't know Wang Lingling, so how could he let her into the kitchen? "I'm not here, so I went to the food station to get the food." Wang Lingling spoke impatiently, "Then when will he come back?" Waiter: "It's impossible to tell. We don't have a watch, so who can tell the time?" Wang Lingling's face showed displeasure instantly. The waiter was an honorable working class and didn't tolerate her. He invited her to leave directly: "Comrade, if you want to eat, sit down. If you don't want to eat, go out. If you are looking for someone, just wait at the door." Wang Lingling was so angry that her head hurt. She wanted to say that she was Xu Shuang's fiance, but if she said this, wouldn't it give Xu Shuang a chance to rely on her? "...Then give me four meat buns." The waiter picked up the book and wrote: "Four tickets for four cents." Wang Ying took out her small handkerchief from her pocket. Strictly speaking, these days, rural people did not receive food stamps, but because her younger brother Wang Yaozong was in school at home, Li Chunjuan felt sorry for her son and did not ask him to take care of her like Wang Ying. Instead of going to school with dry food, she carried the food to the food station and exchanged it for food stamps for her son to eat in the school cafeteria, so Wang Lingling was able to have two kilograms of food stamps with her. The waiter found money and tickets, picked up four [meat buns](#user-content-fn-1)[^1] from the kitchen, put them in an enamel bowl, and put them directly on the counter. Wang Ying was sitting well at first, but she couldn't sit still when she saw the meat buns going into the bowl. The folds of the steaming hot meat buns look so cute and steamy, and a little sauce-colored mark can be faintly seen on the top edge. The flour is not very white, with a slightly yellowish color that has not been thoroughly sifted, but it seems to add a soft light effect to the meat buns, making them look more attractive and delicious... Wang Lingling held her breath and gave Wang Ying two meat buns. The food provided by the state-owned restaurant was solid, and the meat buns were bulging. She knew there was a lot of stuffing inside. Wang Lingling was also a little greedy after she was angry. In the past few days since she was reborn, her house didn't even smell of minced meat. Today she said she was here to feed Wang Ying and Xu Shuang, but also to eat some meat for herself. Just when she took a bite of the steamed bun and was about to savor it, Wang Ying had quickly finished off most of her own steamed bun. When Wang Lingling took her second bite, Wang Ying had already finished hers. Wang Lingling was halfway through eating, and Wang Ying was already... Wang Ying was still unfinished and looked at her cousin pitifully: "Sister, I haven't eaten enough." Pork stuffed buns are just like people of this era. Apart from the meat stuffing, there is not even a scallion and minced ginger inside. Wang Ying feels that the chef in this family must be dedicated to their craft. It can be seen just from the fact that he uses onion and ginger water instead of the simple minced scallions and ginger. You can tell he pays great attention to detail! The natural smell of wheat, coupled with the smell of minced meat itself, the smell of pork spread all the way to the stomach. Wang Ying felt that she could have twenty more. Wang Lingling gritted her teeth, Xu Shuang hadn't come back yet, and Wang Ying must not be dissatisfied now. "...You eat it, and I'll buy it later." [^1]: ![](/files/z07r1FqEx51kCmko4FPR) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://rainyday.gitbook.io/mtls/novels/mac1960/c3-meat-buns.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. 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