good old days

Ever since Zhang Fengmei came to ask for money and steal the piglet, Jiang Xinyu's family and Jiang Baoqin's family have not dealt with each other very much.

Walking to the village, the juniors of the two families met each other, and it was embarrassing to say a few words.

Jiang Baoqin chased Song Minghan every day, and rumors had been circulating in private in the village.Jiang Yuzhu is in the village every day, how could she not know?

Jiang Yuzhu felt that Jiang Baoqin had a bad heart. Xinyu and Chen Yi were obviously dating, but now she asked such a question in front of Chen Jiajia.

After Jiang Yuzhu finished speaking, she also asked deliberately: "Bao Qin, you are with Song Zhiqing every day, are you two talking about someone?"

When Jiang Baoqin's face was not looking good, he heard her suddenly ask again, his face flushed red, his eyes dodged and he was speechless.Because Chen Jiajia was here, Jiang Baoqin didn't want to deny it, but she was afraid that Song Minghan would be angry with her if he found out.

"What are you talking about? Don't talk nonsense about things you don't have." Although Jiang Baoqin denied it, his coy attitude made people fantasize about it.

Jiang Yuzhu said in surprise: "No? The aunts, aunts and daughter-in-laws in the village say that you two are dating, and I think you two are really close."

Jiang Baoqin blushed even more, acting like a shy little daughter-in-law.

Jiang Yuzhu didn't intend to let her go, "If not, it's better to keep some distance in the future. Look at what's going on in the village."

Chen Jiajia's face was indifferent, and at this time his chin slightly raised and he said: "Song Minghan is a good comrade with integrity and kindness, but his care for Comrade Baoqin has been misunderstood by everyone in the brigade. Wouldn't there be a pure friendship? Comrade Yuzhu, do people in the brigade like to gossip behind people's backs so much?"

Jiang Yuzhu blinked, and said with an innocent face: "Go and ask them, I heard it when I was at work, and Baoqin should have heard it too."

Jiang Yuzhu knew that Comrade Chen Jiajia from Beijing had a sense of superiority, but she didn't ask for anything from others, and she didn't feel that she was inferior, so she didn't want to please.

While talking, Zhou Qi came in with a stick noodle pancake in his hand while eating.

Li Yuezhen looked at the pancakes in his hand and asked, "Is the meal ready?"

Zhou Qi shook his head, "The pancakes haven't finished coming out of the kang, and dinner will be served in a while."

People from the film studio built a simple shed in the village and built three stoves for cooking. People living in the village do not eat at the owner's house.

Li Yuezhen complained: "It's stick noodles again. I haven't eaten white noodles since I came here."

Zhou Qi squatted aside and ate the pancakes without any hesitation. Seeing the rabbit cage in the yard, he smiled and showed his big white teeth and said to Jiang Yuzhu: "I think your rabbit is ready to eat, can you give it to me?" Get another one." Even in the city, where there is a ration at home, this wild rabbit is not something he can eat.

Jiang Yuzhu added a handful of grass to the rabbit, shook her head and said, "I can't make the decision, you can talk to my mother."

There were more and more people, and Song Minghan carried water back and forth four times with a pole, filling two water tanks.Chen Jiajia was about to take a bath, and a group of people dispersed talking and laughing.

Jiang Xinyu walked home with the washed clothes, and Xiao Hei was shaking her tail behind her. When she returned, Comrade Chen Xiuyun was already at home.

There are outsiders in the family, so the mung bean cake business can't be done for the time being, and even the pig pancreas soap has to be stopped.

This season, the bitter vegetables grow just right, and they haven’t bloomed yet. In the evening, Chen Xiuyun washed a handful of bitter vegetables, boiled them, mixed them with salt and vinegar, served pancakes made of thick sorghum noodles and stick noodles, and the mother and daughter three Just had a meal like this.

"I'll go to the county seat tomorrow morning, you two stay at home."

Jiang Xinyu asked in surprise: "Don't you need to go to work?"

Chen Xiuyun said "Yes", "A lot of people have come from the brigade recently, and people from other villages have come to watch the fun. We live at the entrance of the village, so we have to leave someone to watch the yard, otherwise what should we do if we lose something? Tomorrow you two will put chicken manure Shovel it into the dung bucket and go to top-dress the private plot."

If it wasn't for the exchange of pig pancreas soap for money, which gave Chen Xiuyun the confidence, she wouldn't let the two daughters eat at home and not go to work.

I was able to sleep in the same bed with Jiang Yuzhu again at night, and the two sisters each talked about what happened at home and at school.

Jiang Xinyu learned that Jiang Pandi was going to get married in a while. The man had been to a Wuliqiao brigade two days ago. Simple and honest.

She also knew why Comrade Chen Xiuyun agreed to let the educated youth live in.As for the second aunt's house, because there was no room to spare, the studio borrowed the small courtyard of her house from Lao Lin's house.As for Mrs. Li, how safe and secure she is now, even if it doesn't work out, she didn't dare to trouble her family.

There is also Chen Jiajia, a flower from the capital city, who is now famous in the village because of her beautiful shape. She will be surrounded by people wherever she goes, and all the young men are agitated.

Before dawn on the second day, Chen Xiuyun left with a cloth bag containing 40 yuan of pig pancreas soap.

After the two sisters got up, Jiang Yuzhu cooked, and Jiang Xinyu fed the chickens and rabbits. While they were busy, Chen Jiajia and Li Yuezhen also got up.

Chen Jiajia scratched her neck and the corner of her jaw, and said to Li Yuezhen: "Is there a bug on the bed? I've been scratching it for a few days now. It's useless to take a bath or apply toilet water."

Li Yuezhen didn't itch, "Did you get bitten by some bug in the field?"

The two greeted the sisters Jiang Xinyu, and after washing their faces and brushing their teeth, they went to the shed for dinner.

At noon, Chen Xiuyun came back with a big bag of things.

"Mom, what delicious food did you buy?" Jiang Xinyu thought that Chen Xiuyun had made money and bought meat, so when she asked, she couldn't help but smile a little.

Li Yuezhen and Chen Jiajia hadn't come back yet, so Jiang Xinyu didn't need to lower her voice when she spoke.

Chen Xiuyun opened the package, "I didn't buy this, it was sent by your fourth uncle."

The Tiaotou cake made of glutinous rice flour is wrapped in oiled paper. After the oiled paper is opened, the scent of sweet-scented osmanthus comes out.

Chen Xiuyun was a little nostalgic, "When I was young, I could often eat this food. You two should try it quickly. It is produced by your Sijinzi Food Factory."

The Tiao Tou Cake is glutinous but not rotten, sweet but not greasy, soft but not dry, and has a scent of sweet-scented osmanthus. Jiang Xinyu likes this sweet and not greasy taste very much.

In addition to Tiao Toutao, there are two high bridge muffins, which may have been bumped during transportation, and a lot of scum fell out of the paper bag. The mother and daughter three squeezed some dregs to eat. Jiang Xinyu felt that Tiao Toutao was more suitable for her taste She doesn't like greasy and crunchy food.

In addition to the snacks, there is also a pack of white rabbit toffee and five pieces of cloth that are not small. Jiang Xinyu looked at the fabric of the fabric, and two of them are corduroy. Compared with the bright colors of later generations, one of them is khaki. Very authentic, that light purple horse is pretty.

Chen Xiuyun picked up the fabric and gestured to the two daughters, "It's just a summer shirt for both of you. It's rare for your fourth concubine to be so generous."

Jiang Xinyu pointed to the white one and said, "Mom, I want a white shirt."

Chen Xiuyun tore apart the white cloth, this piece is really big, "Make one for each of you."

Chen Xiuyun reckoned that it was her elder brother who told her how she lived here after returning home. In addition, another man died. She only had one chance to visit relatives last year, so she concluded that the fourth sibling who is a shrewd person would be so generous. .

Her elder brother had already said that the fourth younger brother was docile and docile by the fourth younger sibling, he didn't look like a man at all.

These days, if you don’t have a ticket, you can’t buy anything. Most of the people in the village can’t make new clothes all year round. Those who raise pigs in the village refer to the issuance of tickets when the pigs are due.Chen Xiuyun felt that the five pieces of cloth were worth the money of her four siblings, and this time even she could make new clothes.

Chen Xiuyun packed her things and took out a high-bridge pancake, "Xinyu, go and see if Chen Yi's mother is here, if she is, bring this to her."

I moved to live in the east of the village, not far from Chen Yi's house, and it took less than 5 minutes to go back and forth.

Chen Yi's mother was not at home, and the courtyard door was also locked. Jiang Xinyu walked back dully. Before entering the house, she heard the sound of a bicycle "jingling".

Looking up, she saw that it was Chen Yi, remembering what happened at the school gate, Jiang Xinyu glared at him and was about to go back.

In Chen Yi's eyes, her watery eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of oil just now, but they didn't have the slightest deterrent power, on the contrary, it made his heart itch.

"Stop, I have something to tell you."

Jiang Xinyu tied the pastry in her hand to his handlebar, "My mother just asked me to deliver it to your house. What are you going to say? Hurry up."

She looked up at the sky, it had been gloomy since morning, and it looked like it was going to rain.

Chen Yi looked at her with nothing to do, and didn't know how to speak after contemplating for a few days. Besides, there were people passing by at any time on the road, so it was not a place to talk.

He looked around, raised his chin slightly, and said in the direction of the canal, "Let's talk over there."

Jiang Xinyu didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd. When she reached the canal, she saw a woman emerging from the woods over there. Then, there was another movement, and a man who was still arranging his clothes came out of it.

One of these two people is the well-known widow Yao in the brigade, and the other is Zhang Tiezhu, an old bachelor in the village. Uh, there seems to be a difference of ten or twenty years in age.

Seeing Jiang Xinyu and Chen Yi here, Widow Yuan greeted them with a calm expression, saw the dim sum bag hanging on the bicycle, and asked, "What delicious food did Chen Yi buy again? None sold."

Chen Yi said casually, "This is from Aunt Chen."

Widow Yao asked meaningfully: "What are you two doing here? Talking, right? Then I won't bother you young people."

Widow Yao smiled and walked away twisting her waist.

Jiang Xinyu is uncomfortable. In the eyes of Widow Yao, did she and Chen Yi come to drill the grove?
The old bachelor Zhang Tiezhu glanced at the two of them, cleared his throat and spat casually on the ground, and then swaggered away.

When Chen Yi was about to speak, the rain fell from the sky.