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Chapter 23 A Bag of Twist

Because it was a market day on Sunday, many people did not go to work, and the lunch time was moved forward by 10 minutes.

When Zhao Wenduo got home, Zhao Wenying, who was working, had been back for a while. The second child, Zhao Wenlan, brought lunch to eat at the factory. The dining table has not been set in the house yet.

Zhao Wenduo looked at the two elders and two children sitting in the room, all of them had weird expressions on their faces, but he didn't think too much about it, he just put down the piece of pork, stepped over the threshold and said: "I I bought six taels of meat and made braised pork at night."

"Ah, third sister, you bought pork! Oh, that's great, you can eat meat again!" The fourth son, Zhao Wennan, jumped up happily when he heard it, twitched his hair that was tied up on both sides, and rushed towards him. Hugging her: "Third sister, you are so kind!"

"Third brother, did you buy pork?" Compared with the simple joy of children, adults think more, Li Cuizhen was a little stunned, and then said in surprise: "Where did you get the money and meat tickets?" ?” She didn’t remember giving money to the third child, why did she buy this meat back?

In comparison, Zhao Wenying was much calmer, and it was Zhao Wenduo who communicated with her earlier, so she was not surprised at the moment, but just walked over to look at the piece of meat on the curtain, and smiled lightly. She turned her head and said to Li Cuizhen: "I probably bought it with the money from selling the rabbit, third child, did you have a rabbit on your head again this morning?" When she came back from work, she went to put the pickaxe away, and by the way, took a look at the bunny in the warehouse. The big tank, the two rabbits and pheasants that were shot earlier are still frozen, and if they are to be sold, they will only be shot later.

"What's the matter, it's beating again?" Li Cuizhen's eyes lit up immediately when she heard the eldest daughter's words, she sat up straight on the kang, and asked Zhao Wenduo as if confirming: "You really traded this meat with rabbits?" ?”

Zhao Wenduo didn't hide it, just nodded and briefly reported today's results, and finally said: "There is still some money left from the sale-put it here!" After a slight pause, he said calmly But the tone was affirmative, without asking, what was directly thrown out was the result.That means whether you agree or not, this matter is settled.

There are six members in the Zhao family, and Li Cuizhen is in charge of the family. The financial power has always been in one hand, and she belongs to the kind of one-size-fits-all. Opinion prevails.

If it was different from usual, let alone five yuan, it would be 50 yuan, and she still took it unceremoniously and saved it in her hand.Zhao Wenlan's salary of tens of yuan per month must be handed over on the day of payment.

According to her, if the girl hasn't left the house, she is from her natal family, and whatever she earns is her natal family's, and the mother should take it for her share, and in the end the expenses are still used at home.

Knowing Li Cuizhen's temperament, the second child, Zhao Wenlan, has never been a petty member, and will honestly do business when he has money.Zhao Wenduo bought the meat this time, although she beat the rabbits in exchange for the money ticket, but in the end she still made the decision privately, plus she didn't take out the remaining money, and she stayed in it with a strong tone, no doubt Touched the 'tiger beard' of Li Cuizhen, the head of the family.

I thought that Li Cuizhen would get angry and give a lesson, and then confiscate the more than five yuan. Zhao Wenduo was mentally prepared, and even thought about the answer. She still has use for the money in her hand, no It is almost the same as borrowing a chicken to lay an egg, and there is no plan to hand it in for the time being.

Almost to the surprise of the whole family, Li Cuizhen didn't turn her face after hearing Zhao Wenduo's tough words, and didn't even say a lesson, but said dullly: "Then you can keep it for yourself, don't hand it over to me. Me, anyway, it’s your own money.”

It was like the sun came out from the west, and it was the first time in the world. No one expected that she would say this sentence, and several pairs of eyes looked at it.

"Look what I'm doing? If you have the ability to go up the mountain, you can hunt rabbits, and I will definitely not take the money from the sale." Li Cuizhen looked at Zhao Wenduo, squinted back, and said: "The third child will at least pay back the money. Knowing to buy a piece of meat at home, unlike some people, who can’t earn a lot of food all year round, and they don’t know how to feel distressed when they spend money. Because of your gluttonous stomach, there is little oil and water in your stomach, and no one will say anything else when you buy this or that. , but you can't go too far, that big bag of twisted twists, there are five whole ones, good guy, you've been fooled in one go, not even a scum is left. How many of us are older adults If you don’t want to keep it, then you can’t keep it, but the third and fourth children are still young and when they are growing up, at least give them a mouthful. You are good, no one cares about it, just think about it. My own stature, can you tell me that there is such a father as you?"

This complaint was undoubtedly directed at Zhao Mingyu.

Apparently, the leader had already given a lecture, Zhao Mingyu looked embarrassed, but did not refute.Zhao Wenying had a habitual indifference on her face, and kept silent.Zhao Wennan pursed his mouth and rolled his eyes at Zhao Mingyu in disbelief, and complained to Zhao Wenduo in a low voice as if he felt uneasy.

"Our father is the worst. He eats mahua secretly and doesn't leave it for us."

Earlier on the road, Zhao Wenduo heard the long-tongued man in the village say that her father, Zhao Mingyu, bought a big bag of twisted doughnuts. Wenying added a sentence or two, and the general story is complete.

Zhao Mingyu said last night that he had a headache and chest tightness. Li Cuizhen gave him egg water this morning and it didn't improve.It just so happened that there was a market today, so Li Cuizhen asked him to go out for a walk to get some fresh air.Before going out, I gave him [-] cents to buy some snacks.

Li Cuizhen treats her husband Zhao Mingyu well, that is something that the whole village knows.A man who is sick all day long, can't do much work, and eats a lot of good things, if he offers it like an old man, it will most likely be impossible to put it on others.But that's it, Li Cuizhen was struggling with the family's livelihood after all these years.

If Li Cuizhen used to buy some food and other food for Zhao Mingyu in the past, she would just acquiesce. She is a man who loves her man, but this time things went a little too far.At that time, she was carrying a bale of hay and preparing to go back to the house to light a fire for lunch. The youngest in the family, the fourth son, ran home and complained to her in tears: "Just now I went out to pick up husks and saw me. Dad. He sat on the dirt wall at the west entrance of the village and ate mahua—”

Japonica husk is the outer skin of rice after it has been removed. The soil quality in Bailangli Village is excellent, and there are many types of crops suitable for planting. Rice is one of them. The japonica seedlings are planted in spring every year. The growth period lasts for more than 200 days, and one crop is harvested in autumn. .Fine grains are very expensive these days, and ordinary people can’t afford them. Most of the fine grains collected by the team are used to pay public grain, and the few that are left are not distributed to each family. The daily maintenance is like corn. Coarse grains, even this is not necessarily enough to eat.

Here, the whole body of Japonica japonica is useful, the rice can be eaten, the poles can be woven or used as ropes for warmth, and the shells can be used to fill pillows, there is nothing to waste.No matter how careful the team is in the autumn harvest, there will inevitably be omissions. There are no whole ears of rice, but there are quite a few broken husks here and there.In autumn, the ground is dry and yellow, and it is not easy to find the dry husks that fell in the weeds. In winter, when the wind blows, they will gather into piles, and then a layer of snow will fall. The white is yellow, and it is easy to identify.

At this time, the younger children in the family will come out to pick up husks if they can't do physical work.Although you can't pick up much one by one, and you can't stand it, you can pick up some every day, put them together and dry them, and use them to make pillows and light fire for cooking. They are all very good.If you are lucky, if you come across unhulled japonica seeds, pick them up and peel them carefully, and you will get a whole grain of white rice.After a long time, you can save one or two or two, and you can make porridge sweet and sweet.

Zhao Wennan came out at nine o'clock in the morning to pick up husks. By noon, he had already picked up half of his pocket. There were seven or eight grains of solid rice in it, and he was quite happy.It was almost noon when it was time to eat, so she patted the lapels of her clothes and prepared to call it a day.

The japonica field is close to the west entrance of the village, and after walking 80 or [-] meters, I saw half of the earth and stone wall. From a distance, the little girl saw a figure sitting there resting his feet, looking a bit like her father Zhao Mingyu from behind.

(End of this chapter)