Years 3

Even if you have lived like this, you can still hold on for three to five days. After a long time, you feel that it is really not possible. Everything else is easy to deal with, the key is to eat. It’s just that you don’t have any oil or water, but the food is really bland.

At this point, Lin Yutong and the old lady have a good life now. The old lady has a very small appetite, only half a bowl of porridge and half a corn flour pancake for a meal, even if she is 80% full. She is still thinking, is the old lady reluctant to eat it, saving food for herself. In fact, if she thinks about it carefully, the old lady has always had this kind of appetite. When she talked to her sisters, she ate this way when she was young, and it weighed a little two pounds, and it would be difficult to walk with her feet. As she ate, she got used to it and her appetite was

So old. Later, when she got married, she served her with sex again. This image became even more important. At that time, she could eat good food and enough oil and water, and she ate less than she is now. Therefore, she had two births, but the child was not raised. She lived in half a lifetime. I think the stomach was so big, and she kept eating like this. In the past two years of living with the old woman, she had never been hungry. If she didn't give her dry food, she would be filled with a bowl of porridge and she would be full. Others thought she was suffering, but she knew what was going on.

Maybe it was because she was not well-behaved and she had not given birth to a child. So for the girl she raised, she never stings on her food. Now this is the condition, corn cakes are full. A meal of noodles at noon is still wheat noodles, but when she carried the grain to the mill of the production team, she collected a little coarse harvest. The flour was black and the wheat bran was less, so she could only grind two of them thickly.

This kind of bun cannot be called white flour, it should be called black flour. The steamed buns are a bit sticky and look black and blue. But this must be someone with good conditions, and only the elderly and children at home are qualified to eat.

But the old lady loved her granddaughter. At noon, it was hot noodles, sprinkled with wild onions, tinted some cooked oil, and put salt in it.

The old lady felt that her child had a bad appetite these two days. After the noodles came out, she opened the cabinet that had been locked with the old iron lock, took out a sesame oil that was left with only one bottle, put it in with chopsticks, dipped it in a little and stirred it into the noodles, and the fragrance immediately came out.

Lin Yutong entered the kitchen and saw the old lady locking her black painted old cabinet again.

In fact, there is nothing else except a bottle of sesame oil at the bottom, half a pound of rapeseed oil, two taels of lard, half a bottle of vinegar, half a bottle of soy sauce, and more than half a pound of coarse salt.

The ones placed outside are always half a cup of thick porcelain tea cups, and only one oil bowl is empty.

Lin Yutong, who was used to these, sat in front of the stove with noodles and started eating. The old lady glanced at the girl, turned around and walked out with her little feet, "Have you forgotten to close the door again?"

Lin Yutong was stunned for a moment before she realized that she had to close the door when she had a good meal. If the neighbors came, I would be embarrassed to let her go. If she gave up, it would be really unnecessary. Especially for the child, she came to smell the fragrance and cried and made a fuss to eat. This was so embarrassing.

Close the door! The best way to solve the problem.

When you see someone closing the door, you will have to wait and see if you have any trouble. Everyone knows what it means.

She just got up and said, "I'll go..."

I heard someone shouting at the gate, "Auntie, are you cooking?"

Aunt Jin's voice came from the door, and with the sound of footsteps, I think she had already entered the door now.

Lin Yutong thought of the old lady's eyes rolling and quickly got up. She actually thought not to tell the old lady to talk, and she had to hide this bowl of noodles first.

Oh, old lady! I have never done such a thing in my life.

Everyone stood up, and the old lady was not very loud, "I'm eating noodles!"

Lin Yutong stopped her footsteps, pulled up the curtain on the storage compartment on the locked cabinet again, turned around and held Haiwan, holding her, and stuck her head out with a smile, "Auntie is here?"

Aunt Jin held an empty bowl, looked awkward for a moment, and yelled at Lin Yutong, as if she was answering, and then said to the old lady: "Aunt, borrow a bowl of thin noodles..."

Lin Yutong retracted her head. She had been a person for several lifetimes, and she could understand this immediately. She said that the little old lady is today.

Why is my behavior abnormal? I take the initiative to tell others what I eat and my feelings are waiting here. Seeing this person holding a bowl, I know what he is here for. The old lady is showing off here. Look! My child usually eats fine grains, and your family has to borrow grains every day.

In this comparison, why are you embarrassed to play matchmakers to my house in the future?

Aunt Jin must understand this. But what do you say? A poor man is short and ambition is thin and long. You have to listen to the ugly words and look at the ugly face. Who said that the ones she gave birth to are debt collectors?

He pretended not to understand after understanding it, and smiled and told the old lady that the reason she borrowed the fine grain, "... Erju married his eldest son Xiwa..."

The old lady understood immediately and quickly took over the bowl, "My nephew gets married, then this is a big deal..."

Erju is the second aunt of the Jin family and the second sister-in-law of Aunt Jin. She married the second girl of the Jin family in the Qin family in Shangqin Village.

This second girl is stupid, not as good as the eldest sister, and has a very kind-hearted personality. When she got married there, no matter how poor or rich she was, she always lived her life carefully. In addition, she was very determined and gave birth to four sons for the Qin family one by one. She spoke toughly.

Speaking of which, Xiwa is not as big as Jin Mancheng, the eldest son of the Jin family. But the family has less burdens, and the grandparents who do not have to be served by others make people feel that they are much more carefree. Isn’t this wife just looking for a wedding date? The wedding date is sixteenth this month. Just count it on the day after tomorrow.

For example, relatives at home have funerals, according to the customs here, it has to be used to travel according to the distance of the relationship. There are also some specialties in traveling, just like Aunt Jin said, "I have prepared a mattress and silk for you, and I have been sent to you..."

When my nephew gets married, my uncle is the elder who is very close. If my uncle's family has a good life, a mattress will not be enough, at least it must be a quilt and silk satin.

The conditions at the Jin family are obvious to all, and they are difficult! This situation is a good idea to take out a mattress.

Old Mrs. Qi nodded, "That's all!"

Gifts should have been brought in during wedding banquets. But nowadays, no matter how good you live, you will have to spend too much time. For example, gifts for giving things, such as mattress noodles, you have to be delivered in advance. When getting married, prepare a new quilt and a new mattress. With gifts sent by relatives in advance, you can use them first without spending money to buy them separately.

These things can be done according to the size, size, color, and material according to the rich and poor. But there is something that you have to bring, whether you have money or not.

What?

Flower buns!

On the day when we arrived, relatives brought flower buns with them. There are some specialties in bringing a few flower buns. For example, Aunt Jin had at least eight flower buns this time.

You can no longer use corn flour for this flower bun, and it cannot be shaped at all. Even black flour, the flower buns made are not good-looking. Some people go to the mill to process the grain twice in order to make the gifts good. But depending on the situation of the Jin family, they are still borrowing fine grains. That is, whether it looks good or not, they will deal with this matter before talking about it.

Old Mrs. Qi handed the bowl to Lin Yutong, "Scoop a bowl for your aunt..."

It was locked in the big box inside the house.

Lin Yutong went in and came out for a while, and the bowl was full of sharp edges.

Aunt Jin smiled, "Aunt Ming, please leave you a bowl of thin noodles, that pancake is the best."

It means borrowing a bowl of black noodles and a bowl of white noodles.

Old Mrs. Qi hurriedly said, "No, she also eats every now and then, no matter what kind of meal."

After sending the person away, Old Mrs. Qi snorted at Lin Yutong and urged her: "Go to have a meal!"

Lin Yutong knew what the old lady meant, and her eyes clearly stated: Girls are extroverted.

She quickly explained: "At least eight flower buns are needed... No matter how small the steamed buns are, it is probably not enough. A bowl of noodles is only a little over a pound..."

How big is a steamed bun? A small one.

No matter how small the flower buns are, you have to put two steamed buns on them to avoid being laughed at.

Old Mrs. Qi gave her granddaughter a blank look and said, "Just make a skin with white flour and stuffed cornmeal into it, it's the same."

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Too!

The serious flower buns are stuffed with flower rolls, and the oil-scented and fragrant, which tastes delicious. Nowadays... well, it is common to stuff corn flour and make the surface shine.

Lin Yutong felt that this method was not thought out, but was forced out.

Aunt Jin's house is also feeling depressed. If you have a solution, you wouldn't think about borrowing it from Old Lady Qi. You already look down on your own life, but now I am afraid that I will feel even more reluctant. But except for Old Lady Qi's house, who will definitely have fine grains at home? Isn't there any solution?

Walking from Qi's family to his own family, my heart felt like I was overwhelmed. When I entered the door, I gave her a good face, "...Don't be at home if you have nothing to do. See what kind of work Tong has, hurry up and help me."

What kind of work can be done?

Firewood is not required to be chopped, it is all broken firewood picked out from the ground.

There is also water fetching, wouldn’t it be picked every day?

Another thing? Repair a house?

Although the house is not big, it is better than that of ordinary people's thatched houses.

In this season, we have to add another layer of straw to the thatched house, otherwise when summer comes, two heavy rains, the house will be completely out of place. But Old Mrs. Qi lives in this kind of house. Although the adobe is adobe, the foundation is good. There are walls more than one person tall outside, and the bricks are all made of blue bricks. Straw is covered with straw, but there are broken tiles inside. This is much stronger than ordinary houses. It usually lasts for three to five years, so there is no need to worry about it.

Tongtong also thought of a solution before, and wanted to ask herself to go to the old lady in front of the Qi family, saying that she wanted to build a chicken coop. When she went back, she told the old lady that the old lady disliked the noise of too much chicken, so she didn't call it a cover at all. There were three old hens in the cage at the back wall, and even lay eggs every few days, which was almost enough for their grandparents and grandchildren to eat. People all used eggs to exchange salt and vinegar, but she didn't, but she didn't store eggs, so she ate it while they were fresh. It was tiring to raise too much. The children had to make grass for the chickens every day, and it would be great to have that time to rest. Other people's chickens were free-range, but they only called home at night. There were piles of chickens in the yard at home all day, and it looked so pickled.

Come on! This plan will end here without success.

But there is no need to follow my mother to say these words. He is allowed to go out, just what he needs. He is doing something serious.

The wheat field had just been watered, and the ground was so wet that it could not be entered. The production team was not working, and everyone was in a hurry to repair the house. There were many young men in their homes, and it was done in a long time. Just when I had time, I went out of the alley and headed to the center of the town.

In fact, the East Street of Ping'an Town is more prosperous than the West Street. Material stations, purchasing stations, cotton stations, and supply and marketing cooperatives are all located on the East Street. Go out of the alley and go across from the street, one by one, one by one, and one by one, which are all public places. People in the surrounding villages do not get from Ping'an Town? At this time, the town was not called a town, but a commune, or a commune.

The Fourth Master withdrew his gaze and walked forward. It was only seven or eight minutes away. It was the cross street in the center of the town. Turning south, it was only twenty or thirty steps away. The black iron door was open, and no one was guarding the door. There was a large space inside. There was a basketball court in the square and there was a row of bungalows. The lime-painted walls now look very high-end.

I looked back at the door. There was no sign at the door. The original door was written in paint. After a long time, the wind and sun were exposed, and there were only mottled traces left. The dust became heavy, and even the last trace was covered with dust. The mottled foundation was invisible.

This is the livestock station of the commune.

In fact, the full name should be called Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Station.

If there was no way, I wouldn't have been able to get the farm work out, and I wouldn't have stuffed Lin Yanwang to the veterinary station. Once it was successfully stuffed in, he wouldn't have to worry about the rest. With Tongtong's skills, let's see, isn't it just changing from a temporary worker to a formal worker? How difficult can it be?

But I have to settle this path for her first.

How many people are there in the veterinary station? I asked before, one webmaster, two deputy webmasters, three clerks, and a temporary worker who cooks. I cleaned it up, and it was over.

Look at the edge

There was a sign of the stationmaster hanging at the door of the most innocent room, and knocked on the door.

The voice coming from inside was a little angry, "Who?" The tone was not very good.

"Website Manager Qiao, there is something urgent." The Fourth Master responded and looked back at the situation in several other rooms. A deputy webmaster named Chen next door sneakily glanced out of the window, and then retracted.

The Fourth Master was waiting patiently outside, and there was a rumble sound inside. It took half a minute before the door opened. There was a man in his thirties wearing a white Yeliang shirt, black pants, and leather shoes on his feet. His head was neatly maintained and his beard was shaved very clean. On the first day of the New Year, he still had a bit of elegance. There was a pen in his pocket on the white shirt. He should have just stopped going up, otherwise the webmaster would not have looked down at the direction while opening the door, and his hands were coming down again. Obviously, he wanted to adjust it, but the door was already open and there was someone standing outside, and he was just worried about his image.

I have a little more understanding of this person's personality, which feels much more intuitive than what I hear from others.

"What's the matter?" Webmaster Qiao didn't know the young man in front of him. He looked up and down, and his clothes were not slight, but his temperament made him wonder.

The Fourth Master showed a little dismay and glanced at the office of Deputy Stationmaster Chen next door.

Stationmaster Qiao immediately understood that the door was not the place to speak. Almost immediately, he removed his hand holding the door, moved out of the position, and asked the young man to come in.
To be continued...