Qiao Jinling was so sleepy that she simply lay down on her mother's bed, tilted her head in a daze and fell asleep.
When they woke up again, it was already bright, and Qiao Jinfeng and Sun Huifang were already standing in the courtyard talking.
"Mom, I want to get up and bake my cotton-padded jacket and pants~"
Qiao Jinling lay on the bed and called her mother at the top of her lungs. In the winter, water drops turn into ice, so before getting up, Sun Huifang would put her cotton-padded clothes and socks on the stove with her arms and let the heat bake them, making them fluffy and soft, making them particularly comfortable to wear.
"Mom, please put some clothes on me~"
Qiao Jinling couldn't help but want to act like a baby.
"How old are you, are you ashamed to let your mother wear clothes?"
Sun Huifang teased her daughter, but she didn't stop moving her hands. With a doting look on her face, she put on her daughter's cotton coat and socks, carefully tucked her long johns into the socks, and then put on her cotton trousers.
"Mom, my long johns have reached my knees."
Qiao Jinling especially hated the looseness of her socks, her long johns were always rolled in, exposing her ankles, and the cold wind whizzed up through the trouser legs.
"Wait a minute, mommy will drag you out."
Sun Huifang put her hand into her pants, pinched it with two fingers, pushed it down hard, and pulled it off little by little.
Qiao Jinling stretched out his arms and put his arms around her mother's neck. Sun Huifang directly carried her out.
"Jinfeng, don't touch the cold water. Girls should be more careful, otherwise they will easily develop problems. Add some hot water and then wash your face."
Sun Huifang put down Qiao Jinling, picked up the kettle from the stove, poured hot water and tested the water temperature with her hands.
"The water is warm, let's wash it. Take your sister to wash it with you."
"Um!"
Qiao Jinfeng washed Qiao Jinling first, and the hot air hit her face. Qiao Jinling suddenly woke up, every pore itched, and her little hairs stretched.
After the two of them finished washing, they laughed and applied the cream, she applied it to her face, she applied it to her nose, and her face felt fragrant and tender.
"Jinfeng, come here."
Sun Huifang called Qiao Jinfeng over and quietly put two menstrual belts into her hands. Qiao Jinling knew that when there were no sanitary napkins in the past, women used these belts made of cotton cloth and lined with straw paper.
"Feng'er, change it frequently and remember to scald it with boiling water..."
Sun Huifang lowered her voice for fear of being overheard by Qiao Jinling. Such things were kept secret and were passed down by word of mouth between mother and daughter.
Qiao Jinling feels lucky that she doesn't have to use them now. By the time she does, sanitary napkins will have become popular.
Because Qiao Jinfeng was physically inconvenient, Qiao Jinling did not bother her.
…
The flavor of the new year is getting stronger and stronger, and 1987 is getting closer and closer.
Although Sun Huifang asked Qiao Jinfeng to play with her sister, the sensible Qiao Jinfeng didn't go anywhere. She stayed in the small shop every day, either helping Sun Huifang calculate the prices or helping Liu Qingqing sell clothes. She had a quick mind and could tell the prices at once.
There is only a boring Qiao Jinling left. She doesn't want to sell clothes or calculate prices.
She also didn't want to watch "Journey to the West" on TV. Sun Huifang also found it strange that not all children nowadays like to watch Monkey King, but her own daughter didn't like to watch it. Before buying a TV, she kept talking about watching "The Monkey", but she didn't watch it after buying it.
.
Only Qiao Jinling himself understands that the lines of Liu Shui's winter and summer vacations and the iron-clad "Journey to the West" can be memorized almost by heart.
The happiest thing for her every day now is skating on the ice, skating further and further every time. When she gets tired of skating, she chats with Mrs. Ge.
Because Mrs. Ge couldn't find her grandson, and her son also went out to look for the child, she suddenly became much older. Only when Qiao Jinling came, the old lady could smile.
In the past two or three days, everyone was almost busy. Sun Huifang took her two children to clean up the house. No matter how busy she was, she had to sweep the dust. "Dust" is "Chen", which means that all bad luck, poverty, and bad luck will be swept away.
Sweep out.
"Sweep gold once, silver twice, and sweep three times to create a cornucopia. There is a treasure in the cornucopia, but the golden spirit and golden phoenix cannot be used."
Sun Huifang incorporated the two sisters into "Sweeping Song", which made them giggle.
Sun Huifang was so busy that she couldn't use the knife during the first month of the year. She had to steam steamed buns, freeze tofu, and slaughter chickens...
Now she was throwing the chicken into a basin of hot water, scalding the feathers, pulling it clean while it was still hot, then disemboweling it and removing its heart and intestines.
"Feng'er, Lingling, please paste the couplets and hang up the red lanterns."
"okay!"
The two children agreed happily, and as soon as they decorated it, the family immediately had a New Year atmosphere.
"Hey, Sister Jinfeng, this lantern is hung crookedly."
Qiao Jinling stood below to direct, while Qiao Jinfeng stood on the bench to adjust.
"Is this okay, Lingling?"
Qiao Jinfeng didn't even turn his head. Before he could wait for Qiao Jinling's answer, he only felt the corner of his clothes being gently pulled.
"What's wrong, Lingling?"
Qiao Jinfeng turned around and looked stunned.
It turns out that mother He Meiying and brother Qiao Jinlong are here.
"Feng'er, it's almost the Chinese New Year. Mom is bringing your brother to see you."
He Meiying wore a scarf around her head and put her muffs into her sleeves. The floral cloth on the cuffs was a little torn, revealing the old cotton wool inside. Her cheeks were red from the cold, and there were wrinkles at the corners of her eyes. She hadn't seen him for so long, and He Meiying was actually old.
So much.
Qiao Jinfeng's throat rolled. After all, she was her own mother, and she felt uncomfortable now that she was in such a miserable state.
"Sister, please go home. Dad's leg was broken. He lay in bed all day and screamed in pain. Mom was so tired that she couldn't straighten her waist every day. No one cried secretly at night."
Qiao Jinlong stepped forward and took Qiao Jinfeng's hand. He was much stronger. Maybe He Meiying would not let her great son suffer no matter how hard she suffered.
"Mom...Mom~"
Qiao Jinfeng shouted in a low voice. She was not so cruel, she was soft-hearted after all.
"Hey! Feng'er, look at the walnut kernels that mom brought you. Mom knows that you are studying in the city now and are promising. The newspaper said that eating walnuts is good for the brain. Mom doesn't have anything good, so she will get it for you.
Some walnuts."
He Meiying handed over the basket hanging on her elbow, and Qiao Jinling saw that her hands were dry, cracked and bleeding from the cold, rough and covered with traces of work.
She instinctively felt that something was wrong.
It is said that the situation is easy to change, but the nature is hard to change. How can a person change so much? He used to hit and scold his daughter, but now he can't help but feel pain in his heart.
"Sister, look at mom's hands. She stayed up all night to pick out walnut kernels for you, and she made several big bloody cuts on her hands."
Qiao Jinlong took He Meiying's hand and pointed it to Qiao Jinfeng.
"Longlong, don't show it to your sister. It's all because of mother's carelessness. Don't blame your sister. Your sister is from the city now. Let's talk more politely."
He Meiying said, wiping the non-existent tears with her sleeves.
Qiao Jinling smelled a hint of tea talk. No matter what purpose He Meiying had, there was a high possibility that she and Qiao Jinlong would be miserable in acting as partners.
"Mom, actually I don't need to eat walnuts."
Qiao Jinfeng felt a little distressed.
"Feng'er, I'm okay. It's your dad. After autumn, there's not much farm work at home. He's a lot older, but he still has to follow the example of young people and go to work in the city. If he doesn't make any money, he'll hurt his legs.
Broken."
He Meiying frowned with a bitter look on her face, her brows hiding disgust. This out-of-season man was stubborn when he was young and didn't care about making money. When he got old, he struggled to work and was as stupid as a pig. A stick can't make a sullen man.
He talked like a mosquito humming, and the noise made her have a headache all day long.
She could only put her idea to Qiao Jinfeng, and after asking about it, she found out that her daughter had really flown up the branches and became a veritable golden phoenix!