Crossing the road to riches

Chapter 6 People come and go in the middle of the night
When eating in the evening, she had already told her family that she planned to go to the town, but what she said was not to make a living, but to find an errand to reduce the burden on the family. One person's ration.

The whole family didn't have any objections, anyway, she couldn't work in the field anyway, and if she fainted later, she would have to call the doctor.

Wen Hao lay on the bed and looked at the moon in the sky through the missing tiles on the roof, it was big and round.

But I don't have the heart to appreciate the scenery, let out a long sigh, everything is difficult at the beginning.

Although the place is closed, but through some news, I still know that the country's situation is not optimistic. Now the war is tight, the tax is getting heavier every year, and the big guns are being caught everywhere.

It was caught last year. Two-thirds of a village had to send a middle-aged woman to the front line, but fortunately, my family was lucky.

I also heard that there are droughts in several places, and two of them are still the hometown of rice grain. The price of grain has been rising in the past two years, and this year's harvest will definitely increase sharply.

With the current situation at home, it might be difficult to rely on my own little food, and I will have to buy food to survive, so I have to use money to store food.

But you must know that people in the village rely on self-sufficiency, that is, they go to work during the slack season, or sell some of their leftover agricultural products. It is not enough to rely on buying food for their poor family. Until this time next year.

Just as I was thinking about what to do in the town tomorrow, the door opened.

She has the habit of locking it, but the condition does not allow it. If the wooden door doesn't collapse while sleeping, she will be grateful.

Instant vigilance.

Wen Youcai held the egg in his hand in the middle of the night and really couldn't eat it. He felt that even if he was dissatisfied with the partiality of his family, he should not hide this egg in his position as a big sister.

In the end, it was cheaper for the little girl after tossing and turning.

Wen Youcai pushed the door open and came in. Fortunately, he was halfway there talking, otherwise the two of them would have had a life-and-death fight today.

"little sister".

She breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the elder sister's voice.

He responded softly: "Well, is there anything Elder Sister can do for me at such a late hour?".

Youcai walked to his little sister's bedside, and put the egg in her hand: "It was also given by someone else today, just one you can eat on the way tomorrow, don't tell them, it's okay if you don't tell them, if you tell them, you won't get hungry." .

Wen Hao's impression of this eldest sister today is biased, because no matter from which point of view, she feels that the cynicism of being an eldest sister is prejudiced against her, but it has changed at this moment.

It's right to think about it. At home, I study by myself, and the hard work is all on the elder sister and my mother. It is inevitable that I will feel unbalanced.

Wen Hao did not refuse, because she felt that accepting the gift was also a way of expressing her kindness.

"Thank you sister, I will work hard."

It's just that the eldest sister still doesn't give face: "The family doesn't expect much from you, so just don't starve to death outside."

……

If I eat less, I will get hungry sooner. If I don’t want to, I will go to see the situation tomorrow. Drink some water to satisfy my hunger. I won’t be hungry when I fall asleep. I can wake up early tomorrow due to urination, so that I don’t have to wake up without an alarm clock.

Just when he was about to fall asleep, someone came in again.

A Jiling was frightened.

It was Wen Hao's mother, and the first thing she did when she returned to the house was to settle accounts with the man who hid money from his private house to help her family.

But this time he didn't do anything, after all, at that time, he was willing to take out the money to ask the mother's doctor to save him, but he just threatened a little, and took the private money back by the way.

This old guy has hidden quite a lot, a total of fifteen copper coins. You know, the price of brown rice now costs three copper coins a catty, but it can sell five catties of rice, and the little chicken can bargain. Take two back to raise and lay eggs.

Thinking about it makes me angry, it seems that the control is still loose, and the courage is getting bigger and bigger, the money should not be passed from him.

But thinking that my little girl will go to the town to find a job tomorrow, I still feel a little worried. It's better to put some money on me, and it's not good to give it blatantly, otherwise the big one will definitely feel unbalanced.

That's why I sneaked here in the middle of the night.

"It's your old lady."

I had to sit up and said, "Mom, what are you doing in my house in the middle of the night?"

Wen Fugui also didn't have a good tone, he threw a small amount of money on Wen's bed and left.

Don't forget the threat sentence before you go.

"Don't think it's giving you a good face. I'm afraid that you will die out of nothing, and you will have to pay it back in the future."

Wen Hao really couldn't be moved.

However, I counted the money with the small half of it, and it was a total of three hundred Wen, which was probably most of the money in the family.

The money had just been put away and was about to go to bed, when someone came again.

Wen Hao sighed, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep today.

"Good baby, it's your father."

"Father, what are you doing in my house in the middle of the night?".

Mrs. Zhao looked around like a thief, and when she confirmed that no one was up at night, she quietly sat beside the warm bed.

He secretly took out a cloth bag from his pocket and stuffed it in Wen Hao's hand.

The cloth bag is heavy, and it should be filled with sand, like a sandbag, but not so bulging.

"Good treasure, this is the private money saved by my father. Your mother just took part of it, but isn't it a good saying, you can't put eggs in one basket, so they are divided into two parts. There are thirty What about the text".

Wen Hao was moved and a little surprised at the money his father brought.

"Father, where did your private money come from?"

Speaking of this, I am quite proud and proud: "Didn't daddy make insoles and sell them in the town during the slack season? Dad made good, soft and comfortable ones. They received ten pairs and fifteen copper coins from others. They are willing to give daddy more. Two copper coins, don't let anyone tell you that my father didn't tell anyone, when I went to buy cloth, my father bought too much and was good at bargaining, and I could save two copper coins, besides, your father took more than fifteen pairs at once, your father Go once a month and get sixty pairs at a time."

Wen Hao's nose is sore, how many insoles do I have to pay for secretly saving this money.

He came out at night with an excuse, but he couldn't talk too much, so he had to go back to the house.

Before leaving, I still didn't forget to explain: "You can't tell your mother, and don't let your eldest sister and second brother know, this little money is my lifeblood."

Wen Hao nodded: "I know, Dad, don't worry."

After his father left, Wen Hao didn't even bother to close the door, maybe someone would come later, and it would be good to give him some start-up funds.

But obviously wrong.

When Wen Hao was woken up by urinating the next day, there was no one in the house, and they were all working in the fields, because the morning was cool and there was no sun, and even the milk had gone.

There is a potato on the table, a small cloth bag, and there are four or five potatoes in the cloth bag, and a bamboo tube filled with water, but it is bigger than the bowl.

After a brief wash, I packed some things, and went to the kitchen and the cellar to check the situation at home.

There are half a basket of potatoes in the kitchen, two baskets in the cellar, and some sweet potatoes piled on the ground.

Even coarse salt is only at the bottom of the jar, so I am reluctant to use it for cooking. When I eat, I get a big pot of water, put a small spoon in it, and drink it for the whole family. If I don’t eat salt, I won’t have the strength to work.

Immediately wipe your mouth and go to work after eating without taking a break. One is because you are full and have the strength to do it. There is no need to urinate in sweat, so the salt water you drink is worth it.

Wen Hao sighed, with the little food in the family, at most, he could carry it for two months at most, and the food he collected was estimated to be even worse than the tax.

With the things on his back, he encouraged himself, and shouted: "Let me be a food man and save the world."

(End of this chapter)