Chapter 18 Secret Help
Thinking of the current situation at home, although the children would not go hungry, there was no meat or fish in normal times. The half-aged boy was poor, and now he has a bite.
I could only nod my head and agreed, but I couldn't help but remind them:
"You can't talk about this matter everywhere. If every household does this, something might happen!"
The three brothers nodded happily and waited for a while to gather and set off.
Jiujiu asked for fishmeal from the old man and put it in the palm of her hand. When Song Xinhui came over to touch her face, she smeared the powder on his hand.
"This child has only been born a few days ago and his hands are so strong." Song Xinhui couldn't help but sigh.
Qiu Li was busy laying the mattress: "You can just take the child to the riverside for a walk, but don't be too busy too late. You have to work in the production team tomorrow!"
"I understand." Song Xinhui touched his nose with his hand, turned around and waved to the few stinky brats standing behind him.
The father and son each took the tools prepared in advance and set out in the darkness of the night.
After walking for about ten minutes, I arrived at the river. After that night of heavy rain, the water level rose a lot.
Song Xinhui turned on the kerosene lamp: "Look, the water level cannot go down, just build a few small pits on the shore to catch fish."
"Dad, just sit and rest aside, my brother and I will do it." Song Chen rolled up his sleeves and was about to start working.
How could Song Xinhui let his son do it himself? He gave the lights in his hand to his youngest son Song Yuan: "You just take responsibility for watching the lights and don't let it go."
"Yeah." Song Yuan was so old and was very excited when he left the house so late for the first time.
Song Xinhui worked very quickly, and soon prepared a small puddle, sprinkled some vegetable dumplings, and then went to the shore to find a large bundle of branches to cover the puddle.
Song Chen and Song Dong were not willing to be outdone, so they also built a water hole on the side, but the hole was not as big as their father dug.
The father and son worked together and quickly built a water hole, which added up to four water holes, and then stopped to rest.
Song Chen sat on the ground: "Dad, just go back and rest. My brother and I are here to wait before dawn to bring the fish back. Then restore the surroundings to their original state."
"You forgot what your mother said, I will bring you three peace back." Song Xinhui sat next to his eldest son: "The next year, a school will be built in the village. You will take your younger brother to school together. You will always use it after learning two more words."
"Dad, I don't want to go to school. I want to work in the fields. I earn some work points and get more food when I get autumn harvest. In this way, my family can eat enough and no longer be afraid of hunger." Song Chen felt that being educated is more important than being a belly. Only when I eat enough can I have strength, otherwise everything will be useless.
"You don't have to worry about food. You have to give me a year to study. I'm suffering from the loss of not being educated and can't let you suffer for the rest of your life." Song Xinhui said to his eldest son solemnly.
"Dad." Song Chen saw that his father was firm in his attitude and knew that nothing was useful to say now, so he could only wait for the next year.
Chapter completed!