Chapter 033 Severe drought(2/2)
When Jiang Hongguo woke up, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when she heard the concerned words from her two sons.
Breakfast consisted of polenta and vegetable dumplings. There was not much oil or water in the food these days, so there was no need for picky eaters. The two sons grabbed the vegetable dumplings and ate them to their heart's content.
Wang Zhongdao: "Starting tonight, you two will go to the wing to sleep."
"Why?" The two brothers ate in unison.
Jiang Hongguo thought that Wang Zhong would come up with some good reason to get rid of the two sons, but Wang Zhong's words almost made her blush.
"Don't you want younger siblings? You always sleep with us. How can your mother and I give you younger siblings?"
The two sons looked at each other, then looked at their father and mother across from each other in unison, and said in unison: "Okay! We will move after dinner!"
Jiang Hongguo pinched the soft flesh of Wang Zhong's waist, and the hand that had just used a little strength was released. The reaction of the two sons was somewhat beyond his expectation.
After dinner, the two brothers were busy moving their things to the east wing. Jiang Hongguo wanted to help, but Wang Zhong didn't let him.
Just as Wang Zhong was about to go out, Qiao Yue and Niu DaDang ran over with their children in their arms with worried expressions on their faces.
"Big Chong, look at this, what's wrong with the dog?"
Niu Dadan and Qiao Yue's child is almost one year old. His nickname is still Gou'er. He is about the same age as Ma Renli's son Ma Gongshe and is now more than eight months old.
Wang Zhong took the child and inspected it carefully and breathed a sigh of relief: "There is no big problem, it's just malnutrition and a little bit of heat stroke. It's easy to say that it's heat stroke, but this one is malnourished."
Wang Zhong looked at Qiao Yue, the meaning was self-evident. The child was only eight months old and had not yet reached the age of weaning.
"The child is still young, so he can eat some rice lake noodle soup, but he still has to rely on breast milk to supplement his nutrition."
"Do I need to prescribe medicine?" Niu DaDang asked nervously.
"No, I'll give the dog a massage and feed him some mung bean soup. By the way, do you have mung beans at home?"
Niu shook his head boldly.
"Then let Guo'er bring you some. Remember, just drink a small bowl at a time. The dog is too young. Drinking too much is not good for your health."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Wang Zhong gave the dog a massage, told him what to pay attention to, and sent Niu Dandao and his family of three away.
On the mountain, Yang Deng'er, Jin Hua's sister-in-law, and Han Chunmei carried their children on their backs with cloth, holding hoes in their hands, digging for grass roots.
Most of the wild vegetables on the mountain have been sunburned to death. Only some grass roots and leaves of all large trees have been spared. As early as after the summer harvest, the villagers began to go into the mountains to dig wild vegetables and grass roots.
Ziping and Zi'an carried the small hoe alone and followed the ginger red fruit, gathering together with a few people.
"When will it rain today?" Mrs. Jinhua raised her sleeves to wipe the sweat from her forehead, feeling a little tired.
Nowadays, we can’t grow crops, we eat very little, and there is no oil or water in our stomachs, so naturally we don’t have much energy.
"Sister-in-law Deng'er, doesn't your Renli know how to look at the weather? Is that what he said?"
"Why!"
Yang Deng'er stopped what he was doing and stood with his hoe in his hand, with sadness in his eyes: "What can we say, it's not raining."
Sister-in-law Jin Hua said: "We have been in drought for more than a year. The Maixiang River has stopped flowing. I heard that the water in the reservoir has bottomed out. Do you think the autumn sowing can be carried out normally this year?"
Han Chunmei said: "Looking at the current situation, the winter wheat is definitely out. Didn't the team place a lot of buckwheat seeds? When autumn comes and the weather cools down, we will just make up a crop of buckwheat."
"We need to make up a new crop of buckwheat. It's hard to say how it will turn out." Yang Deng'er said worriedly.
"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain!" Jiang Hongguo said: "It's useless for us to worry blindly. Let's just take it one step at a time."
Sister-in-law Jinhua looked at Jiang Hongguo: "Guo'er, I find that you are becoming more and more like your man now!"
Han Chunmei couldn't help but nod.
"Hey, isn't that Qiao Yue?" Everyone looked at Mrs. Jinhua's position and saw a woman wearing a plaid thin shirt, also carrying a child on her back, a hoe, a rattan basket tied around her waist, short shoulder-length hair and
The woman with bangs is heading up the mountain.
"What's so strange!" Yang Deng'er only glanced at it and then withdrew his gaze.
"Don't tell me, Qiao Yue has changed a lot in the past two years." Sister-in-law Jinhua still looked at Qiao Yue.
"When she first married Captain Niu, she was so squeamish. She felt uncomfortable here today and uncomfortable there tomorrow. She asked for leave to avoid being lazy, but refused to work in the fields, so she asked Captain Niu to wait on her."
"That was all in the past, why are you still talking about this!" Jiang Hongguo said: "Besides, aren't Captain Niu and his wife living a good life now?"
Speaking of this, the fire of gossip in Mrs. Jin Hua's heart started to burn: "When it comes to this matter, your men know it best. When Qiao Yue Jian Tian had a quarrel with Captain Niu, it was Big Chong and Cai Baozi who were together.
I was only persuaded to stop when I came to my door."
"Guo'er, tell us how you persuaded your man and Caibaozi?" Mrs. Jinhua looked curious.
"What else can I do to persuade them, other than to let them live a good life?" Jiang Hongguo's heart skipped a beat, remembering Wang Zhong's instructions, and did not dare to tell the truth, otherwise Qiao Yue's reputation in the village would be ruined.
Counting the days to live far away from her husband, she refuses to give birth to a child for her man...
In Jiang Hongguo's perception, this was like a bolt from the blue, impacting her three views.
"Have you met Captain Niu's brother?" Jiang Hongguo changed the subject.
Without the ten thousand kilograms per mu, the lives of the folks in the Maixiang Brigade would be countless times better than in the original plot. Although last year's autumn grain production was significantly reduced, this year's summer grain production was even more serious.
From now on, I won’t have much left in my hands, but every family still has a lot of money, and there is also grain in the brigade’s grain depot. During the days of the Maixiang Brigade, not only in the Maixiangling Commune, but also in the county.
That can also count as number one.
Niu DaDang's younger brother and his mother were also affected by the disaster, and at a time when the trend of exaggeration was raging, it looked like he could no longer survive. One night a while ago, Niu DaDang's half-brother came to the door carrying his mother on his back.
There was still a lot of food in the house, so Niu boldly let the people stay.
Sister-in-law Jin Hua shook her head and said, "Didn't you say that Brother Bold's brother left the same night when he sent Brother Bold's mother back? It seems that not many people in our team have seen him, right?"
"Never seen it!" Han Chunmei also shook her head.
Yang Deng'er said nothing.
Han Chunmei said: "Life is hard outside now. Why don't you think Brother Bold and his younger brother will stay? At least he can still stutter!"
"What a man!" Sister-in-law Jinhua said: "If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't live any longer, I guess even Brother Daring might not be willing to come back."
Yang Deng'er remained silent and concentrated on waving the hoe.
"I heard that Brother Bold and his mother fell ill as soon as he came back?" Sister-in-law Jinhua asked.
Han Chunmei said: "She is sick. When the head of the family and I went to see her, my aunt still couldn't recover and she didn't have much strength."
Jiang Hongguo said: "I have visited the old man several times. He is too old and his bones are already weak. In addition, he has been hungry for a long time and traveled all the way. His vitality has been damaged, so he can only recuperate slowly."
"Can it be nursed back to health?" Mrs. Jinhua asked curiously.
Jiang Hongguo shook her head: "It's hard to say! After all, my aunt's age is what she is."
"Hey!" Han Chunmei sighed: "Now the situation is like this again!"
Sister-in-law Jinhua also expressed emotion: "Who says it's not the case!"
Jiang Hongguo's eyes also flickered, remembering the past.
Chapter completed!