The two sisters walked home with little rabbits in their arms and firewood in their hands.
Jiang Xinyu looked up at the sky, "Is it going to snow?"
When it was not yet dark, it felt gloomy, and the temperature seemed to have dropped a few degrees. Her hands holding Chai were so cold that they became stiff. Thinking of the cold room, Jiang Xinyu felt even colder. She didn't know how to die again. Can I go back? I'm just afraid that if I die this time, I will really die.
Jiang Yuzhu said: "When you go to school tomorrow, you must wear thicker clothes and put on the new sweater that uncle brought."
Jiang Xinyu made some calculations and found out that the original owner was on winter vacation in a week. Because of Jiang Jianmin's death, the original owner had been on leave for the past few days. The teachers at the school knew about this, after all, there were other high school students in the team.
The two sisters went home this time and temporarily placed the rabbit in the house. The stove was almost finished, and the two of them were building a shed for the stove against the corner to keep out the rain.
This small courtyard had a gate when it was built. As long as the gap in the wall connected to the Jiang family courtyard was blocked up, it would be a complete small courtyard.
Obviously, Comrade Chen Xiuyun wanted to be clearly separated from Lao Jiang's family. He had already found someone to use long wooden sticks to build a door side by side. People from the village were helping to fix it.
Old Mrs. Li stared straight at this side with her drooping triangular eyes, her head looking like a big goose's head stretched out. Jiang Xinyu was even tired for her.
The pigsty of Lao Jiang's family was also built very quickly. The bottom was hollowed out to leave an open space for pig manure. They could raise two pigs at most, and the space did not need to be particularly large. The two Jiang brothers moved quickly and had already surrounded them by nightfall. Okay, as for the shed roof, we’ll talk about it tomorrow. We’ll talk about it first after we get our pigs back.
Chen Gang took out the piglet and watched the rest of the Jiang family drive the pigs to the new pig pen and dig out the pig manure shovel by shovel.
Forget about the smell of pig manure.
The smell of pig manure is unpleasant, but it can bring income to the family and increase the income of the land.
One cubic meter of pig manure was calculated as thirty work points. Mrs. Jiang was satisfied when she saw that the evaluation team composed of members did not fool her.
Jiang Xinyu had already hid in the house. The smell in the courtyard was really too strong.
She added firewood to the earthen brazier and lit it until she choked to tears for a long time.
Open the windows to ensure air circulation, otherwise you will be poisoned.
One pot was lit, and she divided another pot and placed it in the room where Comrade Chen Xiuyun was staying. It was dark and she had to go to bed, and there were no entertainment activities. Now, by burning it in advance, she could keep warm at night.
After the courtyard was completely quiet, Chen Gang and Chen Xiuyun entered the house.
After Jiang Yuzhu fetched water, she lifted up the aluminum kettle that was burning on the brazier, poured hot water into it, and asked the two of them to wash their hands and clean up. The tea bottles and aluminum kettles at home were given to them by Chen Xiuyun as a teacher in the team. Most people don’t have it yet.
After finishing the work, Chen Xiuyun said: "We don't have a pot, what will we eat tonight?"
Jiang Xinyu said: "Roast some sweet potatoes in the brazier."
We can only deal with it casually like this.
Chen Xiuyun didn't want to go next door to use the stove. If she went, the old lady would say something unpleasant.
When the smell of roasted sweet potatoes came, there was a knock on the courtyard door. It was Ma Meili calling the door.
Chen Xiuyun arrived at the gate of the fence. Under the dark sky, Ma Meili had two bowls with six or seven steamed buns in his hands.
"Sister-in-law, you can't open fire, let's just give it to you first." Of course Ma Meili felt distressed to give these cornbread to her, but she couldn't resist her man and let her give them away. Besides, she felt that Chen Xiuyun had many good things, and they would have a good relationship in the future.
You can also get some light, otherwise you wouldn't be able to send your own food out.
Chen Xiuyun took it after considering her brother and two daughters, and then asked Ma Meili to wait. She went in and carried two kilograms of sorghum noodles and came out with two white rabbit toffees in her hand, "Give Zhenwu a sweet mouthful."
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Ma Meili was satisfied, and the smile on her face became thicker, "If you have anything to do, tell me, we are all a family, and I will help you if you can."
Ma Meili was extremely grateful for her decision to give Jiang Yuzhu two cents. Look now, Chen Xiuyun has the best relationship with her in the entire Jiang family. When she got back to the house, she looked at the White Rabbit toffee by candle, which she had never seen before.
The sugar seeds, separated by the wrapping paper, smelled like milk. Thinking of Chen Gang who came from Shanghai, Ma Meili felt envious.
Chen Xiuyun took the wowotou back, opened another canned meat, put some into the bowl, and took out the only pickled radish jar that was moved from Lao Jiang's house, and put a lot of pickled radish in it.
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The four of them ate the steamed buns with vegetables. After finishing the steamed buns, they finished the roasted sweet potatoes. Finally, Chen Xiuyun generously made a bowl of malted milk for each of the three of them.
Chen Gang waved his hand, "As I get older, whatever malted milk I drink, I keep it for my two nieces."
He is a cook. After working in the factory for so many years, he has never lacked food. Otherwise, he would not be able to gain weight. When there are leftovers in the cafeteria, he can share them with other cooks and take them home. It can be said that there is no shortage of food at home.
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This is the first time I have returned to Sanmei in so many years. You can tell how much she has lived by looking at how much possessions she has. Of course Chen Gang will not snatch his niece's food rations here. With his appetite, he only has two Wowotou and two sweet potatoes.
I'm not even half full, but I can still bear it for two days.
Chen Xiuyun was afraid that her elder brother wouldn't be able to bear the cold here, so she took her own quilt and covered it with Chen Gang, and also took the military coat that she originally brought to Jiang Jianmin.
"Third sister, don't freeze yourself at night. You can take your military coat back and cover it with you."
Chen Xiuyun said: "In the evening, Yuzhu, Xinyu and I would squeeze together so that the three of us could stay warm."
In this case, Chen Gang could only do it.
It was a cold day, Jiang Xinyu was right again, and snowflakes began to fall in the sky.
Chen Xiuyun placed the two braziers in the same room, covered the two girls with quilts and went out again.
Where did Chen Xiuyun go? She went to the cemetery to see Jiang Jianmin.
She didn't even have time to talk to him properly in the morning. She was busy with the family separation and the house was probably tidied up. She felt empty in her heart and just wanted to talk to her man.
She has been in the countryside for twenty years, and her memories of the countryside are deeper and more profound than her memories of home.
In the dark cemetery, with graves one after another, Chen Xiuyun didn't feel scared.
She cried again, and after crying she said: "Your mother didn't let our daughter live, and I separated the family. Don't blame me. I will provide you with food in the future, but don't count on me for anything else."
Jiang Xinyu, who was lying in bed, wanted to take a bath, her house with a constant temperature all year round, a big bathtub, and the cake she refused to buy when Chen Yi asked Uncle Wang to park the car but she refused. She swore that if she did it again, she would never be angry.
And refused to let Uncle Wang buy cakes!
Thinking of the brightly decorated windows and various cake shops exuding sweet smells in modern society, her mouth began to salivate. In this era when supplies are scarce and it is difficult for every household to eat meat, how can she survive eating all kinds of delicious food?
Not so greedy yourself?
Not only was Chen Gang not full for dinner, she was also not full.
Malted milk was sweet and delicious, but it didn't stop her from being hungry, and it didn't relieve her sudden cravings.