Chen Yi took over the work. Of course Jiang Xinyu couldn't wait to rest if she could. She didn't believe that there were people who were born with a love for labor.
After a day's work, she only earned five work points. Based on the team's annual harvest in previous years, her five work points were not worth much. Thinking about the more than fifty cents in her pocket, it was really a huge sum of money.
Dragging his tired body towards home, Chen Yi walked beside her with a hoe, took out a few nougat candies from his pocket and handed them to her.
After Jiang Xinyu took it, she gave two to Jiang Yuzhu.
On the way, everyone went back to their homes. When the mother and daughter arrived home, Chen Xiuyun prepared to cook sweet potato porridge, and asked the two sisters to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables while it was still dark.
Comrade Chen Xiuyun specifically told us to dig up more wild vegetables and bring them back.
Jiang Xinyu's face has begun to turn green. The wild vegetables she dug must have been made into wild vegetable dumplings and brought to school to eat.
After leaving the door, I met Jiang Pandi who was also coming out with a basket, and the two of them headed south together.
Jiang Pandi is getting married soon, and I heard that Jiang Yuzhu has decided to marry a family from the next village. She may get married before she has a vacation this semester.
Jiang Pandi is quite thin, with beautiful skin like a horse, black and red. On weekdays, she not only has to work in the fields, but also washes the family's clothes, digs wild vegetables, collects firewood, and feeds the pigs. Except for the kitchen work, which she couldn't touch, she basically took care of all the other work.
Why can't Jiang Pandi do the work on the stove? That's because before the family was separated, Mrs. Li kept the food in the family and had a fixed amount of food for each meal, for fear that one of her daughters-in-law would be greedy for the food. , by controlling the stove, she has the "power" of the family in her hands.
As for now, Mrs. Li and her husband live with Ma Meili at home, still holding the stove. As the daughter-in-law, Ma Meili often has a battle of wits and courage with Mrs. Li over the stove. Ma Meili is afraid that Mrs. Li will take advantage of the family. To subsidize Zhang Fengmei's family, they must keep a close eye on them.
Jiang Pandi looked at the colorful headband on Jiang Xinyu's braid and asked enviously: "Did Chen Yi give you this headband?"
Jiang Xinyu said casually: "No, my mother brought it back from Shanghai."
Jiang Pandi stopped talking. She was just thinking, why can Jiang Xinyu live such a good life without her father?
Jiang Pandi dug wild vegetables farther and farther away from her, so Jiang Xinyu simply got up and went to find a place with more wild vegetables.
She carried two baskets and waited until it got dark before filling them completely. When passing by the cowshed, she thought of the old man who fell down last time. She staggered and knocked on the door. The man who lived in the cowshed , they are all a bunch of poor people.
After Zhou Shunyi opened the door, he used the candlelight in the room to see a pile of wild vegetables pushed under the door. Jiang Xinyu's back was immediately invisible in the darkness.
Zhou Shunyi knelt down, picked up all the wild vegetables, and brought them into the house.
Physical fatigue will make you sleep deeper and more soundly. Jiang Xinyu slept until dawn after eating and did not wake up hungry in the middle of the night.
When she got up, Jiang Yuzhu was carrying water home.
The pond is not far from home. When I am not doing laundry, I can fill up the water tank at home and it can last for two or three days.
"When we move to the east end of the village, how will we carry out water?" Jiang Xinyu asked while washing her face.
Jiang Yuzhu said: "There is a canal over there. People who live at the entrance of the village go to the canal to get water. It is closer than going to the pond."
The wild vegetable pancakes steamed in Chen Xiuyun's pot were already cooked. When the lid of the pot was lifted, it turned out to be a large pot, which was enough for her to take to school for three or four days.
After dinner, the two sisters went to dig the land on their own plot, and happened to meet Mrs. Li who was also working on the plot.
Just when Jiang Xinyu thought that another scene might be inevitable, Mrs. Li glared at the two of them with a sullen look, then turned around and left with her hoe in hand.
The two sisters looked at each other.
"What's wrong with her?"
Jiang Yuzhu shook her head, "Nai has been like this these past few days. She ignores me and my mother, doesn't curse, and doesn't look for trouble."
Jiang Xinyu sighed, "Sure enough, being educated by the Women's Federation is useful."
The private land was not very big, so the two sisters finished their work in the middle of the morning. When Jiang Xinyu was going to school, she gave Chen Xiuyun the high school mathematics knowledge she had compiled at school.
Chen Xiuyun flipped through the book and felt that the efficiency of the little girl was quite high.
She didn't say anything, but packed her up the wild vegetable pancakes and pickles, as well as the dry corn pancakes for the lunch kang, which were enough for two days. These things were enough for her to eat for a week.
No fried noodles this week because we have run out of white noodles at home.
Jiang Xinyu went out wearing an old cotton-padded jacket and patched black trousers, carrying a rag bag cross-body, and saw Chen Yi waiting at the door.
"Aunt, I'll send Xinyu off."
Chen Xiuyun nodded, "I sent you there. Don't delay. Come back quickly. It's dark and the road is hard to walk."
Jiang Xinyu was also convinced by this scene. She was still a high school student. Does this count as falling in love in front of her mother?
Chen Yi walked Jiang Xinyu to the school gate and gave her the cloth bag hanging on the front handle.
Jiang Xinyu opened it and saw that there was a bag of crispy snacks, a can of malted milk, and a bag of nougat in the bag.
"You come out at noon on Wednesday, and I will take you to a state-owned restaurant for a meal."
It will definitely be conspicuous to bring it out to eat every day. Wednesday is just the right time. I have two days of classes and two days of vacation, so it will definitely not be difficult.
Jiang Xinyu felt that Chen Yi was more considerate than before, and she seemed not to have cared about him before.
"Thank you." Jiang Xinyu felt that she was going to sell these things to Chen Yi, but damn, she couldn't refuse.
Chen Yi nodded, said a few more words, and then left on his bicycle.
It's been two weeks since school started.
Chen Xiuyun has planted various vegetables in the private plot at home, including peppers, cucumbers, beans, eggplants, leeks...
The land is not big, but there are a lot of things to plant. Cantaloupe and watermelon seeds are also planted on the edge of the land.
When Jiang Xinyu came back this week, she and Jiang Yuzhu carried water to water the private plot.
She came back by herself today. Chen Yi didn't go to pick her up. I heard there was a movie playing in the town.
"Sister, why don't you go to the movie?"
Is Jiang Yuzhu reluctant to part with the five cents?
Jiang Yuzhu just couldn't part with the five cents. Her family ate wild vegetables every day, so how could she be willing to spend the five cents?
After pouring the water, Chen Xiuyun also boiled bath water for her.
After washing, I changed everything inside and out, and there was another pile of dirty clothes.
Jiang Xinyu was sitting on a small bench, washing clothes on a washboard.
Women in the brigade like to carry basins to the pond to wash themselves. It is convenient to use, but Jiang Xinyu refuses to do it. It is still cold today. If they wash in the pond, their fingers will freeze. You can also add some when washing at home.
Hot water will not make you feel uncomfortable.
It was already dark. Jiang Xinyu had finished drying her clothes, and some female comrades came to her door.
Jiang Xinyu was a little curious, why were there people here this late at night?