Hard times have room

Chapter 980 Rat Hole

After eleven o'clock, they went to the state-owned restaurant next to them not long after breakfast. Baolin ate a bowl of plain noodles, and Wang Jiandang ate two bowls.

After eating the hot noodle soup, I feel like my whole body is alive again.

Plain noodles are the cheapest in the state-run restaurants. A bowl of noodles only costs one tael of food stamps plus [-] cents. Compared with the buns they ate in the morning, this price is already very affordable.

After five o'clock in the afternoon, the father and daughter returned to Shanghe Village. Because of the cold weather, there were no people outside. Basically, no one saw Wang Jiandang and Wang Baolin coming back.

It is said that basically no one sees them, that is because no one can hide from their neighbors, that is, Wang Cheng's family, because the two families are too close to each other.

Wang Cheng's family not only knew that their father and daughter came back today, but also knew that they had been out for several days. As for whether it was two days or three days, they were not sure, after all, they didn't always keep an eye on Wang Jiandang's house.

Su Hongying showed extraordinary enthusiasm for the return of Baolin and Wang Jiandang, especially for the bag on Wang Jiandang's back, and there was no need for their father and daughter to introduce anything, Su Hongying herself was very interested turned up.

To say that since Baolin and her father and daughter went out to this moment, Su Hongying's happiest time is when she just rummaged through the things in the back basket, which gave her a sense of excitement that she was hunting for treasure.

Dinner was made by Baolin. She simply boiled six sweet potatoes and made half a pot of scallop shrimp skin fish soup. Although there was only a little lard in it and the rest of the ingredients were only salt and ginger, that kind of The astonishing freshness has won unanimous praise from the whole family, and Su Hongying even fell in love with this thing called yaozhu.

The next day, the whole family got up late. Baolin and Wang Jiandang managed to get a solid sleep at home. Of course, they had to sleep enough. Before they got enough sleep, they didn’t want to get up at all, let alone move. .

Su Hongying doesn't want to wake up alone, the morning is so beautiful, her two favorite people are by her side, this is the scene she has been thinking about day and night for the past two days, of course she has to sleep with them for a while, She didn't want to get up early alone to face the howling cold wind.

By the time the family got up, the sky was already bright, and even the sun, who hadn't seen him for a long time, was dimly and half-covered in the sky.

Although the sun is not strong at all, it is better than nothing.

After Pauline finished her breakfast, she stood in the open area of ​​her yard. She was basking in the sun. Although it was useless, she was still as cold as before, and her hands were tightly tucked into her pockets, but It is also possible to comfort yourself.

Today's sun is hiding behind a layer of mist, and the sun that used to be so fierce that it cannot be seen directly is now being watched by anyone at will.

Their family has tasks today, and yesterday was the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, which was the day for house cleaning, but yesterday Su Hongying was alone at home, she had no interest in cleaning at all, so she just cleaned casually and got away with it.

Today, none of the three members of their family can run or be lazy. Each of them is responsible for an area, and they started working in a mighty way.

Baolin was in charge of her own room and main room, which were the easiest to clean. The kitchen, which was the most difficult to clean, was assigned to Su Hongying and Comrade Wang Jiandang, including their own rooms, of course.

Because the house is built with mud bricks at home, there are countless ashes in the house. In the main room alone, Pauline cleaned out a lot of dust and mud debris. , she ran out a long time ago, because there was too much dust and she couldn't bear it.

There is also an attic at home. The attic is made of wooden boards. Even after several years of use, it is still very strong. When it was first built, the best pine trees were used.

At that time, all the firewood was handed over to Wang Zizi. His craftsmanship is still very good. For more than ten years, he has been well-known in Shanghe Village.

Compared with Baolin, when Su Hongying and Wang Jiandang were cleaning the kitchen, they accidentally saw a mouse nest under the firewood pile in the corner, which made them very angry. Just these mice, they don’t know how much food they will bring to the family all year round. It is absolutely unacceptable and unforgivable.

Su Hongying, who used to think it was troublesome to boil hot water to wipe tables, chairs, benches, cabinets, bedside shelves, etc., after letting Wang Jiandang guard the mouse hole, she immediately started to set up a pot to boil hot water. , scalding hot water, and give the mouse in the mouse hole a good bath.

Now the rats belong to everyone who shouts and beat them, and they can’t let them go when they see them. After all, the food is so precious, and the food that I don’t want to eat is actually given by the rats. Just thinking about it, many people are about to go crazy up.

What's more, the rats don't just steal food, they bite the precious furniture at home or the dowry boxes of the women. In the middle of the night, suddenly, the sound of dishes being smashed appeared, on your favorite cotton padded coat Not to mention the biting holes, but also gave birth to small mice, and there were mouse droppings everywhere.

To human beings, they are numerous crimes. As long as they are seen, they must be eliminated quickly. Those rats that are slightly bigger will also eat their skin and eat their meat.

Today's mice grow up eating worms and food, and the taste of mouse meat is definitely better than that of pork. As for the inner feelings, it is not worth mentioning in front of the smell of meat and greedy worms.

So, panting for breath, Pauline finished cleaning her own area and went to the kitchen. In the end, she saw that the kitchen was still the same as before, in a mess. Her dad was squatting in a corner, as if he was stepping on something, and her mother It is boiling water, with a very serious expression, which is so strange!After all, she was also the one who sternly rejected the proposal to boil hot water.

"What is this?" It's a good habit to ask when you don't understand.

"There is a mouse hole in our kitchen. Taking advantage of the opportunity of cleaning, I directly serve them in a pot. I am guarding the mouse hole here to prevent the mice from sneaking out. Your mother is boiling hot water. I plan to feed them later. You're cruel." Seeing that his daughter-in-law was not in the mood to speak, Wang Jiandang had no choice but to answer by himself.

"Oh, so that's the case." Pauline walked slowly to Wang Jiandang's side and whispered in his ear, "So, is my mother unhappy because there are mice in the house?"

"Of course, there are mice in the house, what a disaster it is!"

"When the hot water is poured into them and the mouse hole is blocked, I guess she will go back to the house to pack her things and see if anything in the house has been harmed by mice." Wang Jiandang glanced nervously at himself from time to time. A daughter-in-law, a cowardly one.

Now my daughter-in-law is in a bad mood, if he says something wrong and provokes her, he will definitely be punished, and he can't help being careless.

(End of this chapter)