Candide in Chronology is on strike

For Fangzheng and Yunqing's meal, only Yang Jianhua and Chen Yue stayed there to eat at the end, and everyone else left.

The more Liu Ming and Chen Liangyu quarreled, the more his head got bigger, and finally he simply left, otherwise he was afraid that he couldn't help it, and performed martial arts with Chen Liangyu at someone else's house, in front of his good buddies, he still wanted to save face.

As for how far away Qinjiang and Qinhe are, I went back and found someone to ask, and knowing that the two of them didn't want to eat, they simply left.

In the end, the party ended in such an anticlimactic manner.

Winter was coming soon, and Qin Xi and the others went into the mountains less frequently. The family had already stored more than half of the house's firewood, and even outside the house, there were six bundles of firewood piled up around the big pine tree.

If nothing else, they definitely have enough firewood this year.

But there are no accidents, and there are often accidents.

At the end of November, the frost in the morning was so severe that Qin Xi was the first person to get up at home. When he opened the door in the morning, he saw a snow-white.

On the withered grass and vines in front of the door, and on the needles of the pine trees, there is a layer of hoarfrost. It is beautiful and cold.

The wooden bucket outside the kitchen door had already frozen half a centimeter thick in ice, and it took some effort to break the ice cubes.

At this time, no matter whether she was indoors or outdoors, every time she breathed out, there would be a burst of white mist.

At this time, she had already put on her heaviest cotton-padded coat. The clothes were very warm, but her face, neck and hands, which could not be covered by these cotton-padded coats, were extremely cold, and some cold wind was blowing through the gaps in the clothes. Drilling in, trying to take away the little heat from her body.

In the morning, he drank sweet potato porridge. After clearing away the dishes, Qin He, like Qin Jiang and Qin Xi, moved out a small stool and sat at the door to bask in the sun.

It’s not too cold at this time. As long as the sun comes out, the frost will melt away quickly. Generally speaking, after 09:30, the temperature will rise rapidly. By noon, the big cotton coats they are wearing can be taken off up.

"Did you two sleep well yesterday? Is it cold?"

Qin Xi had the idea of ​​going to the black market in Yongxin County again and buying them a new quilt.

I had this idea before, and I went to the black market, but I couldn't find a suitable quilt.

In addition, her second brother's torn cotton coat can't really block the wind and snow. She discovered that the winter in Chenhui Village is much colder than that in Yongxin County. The reason is that the county is much higher. If there is a suitable one, I will buy him a cotton coat by the way.

This year's autumn harvest was distributed, and the three brothers and sisters received a total of more than 560 catties of grain, 3/4 of which were coarse grains, and most of the coarse grains were sweet potatoes.

In order to store these sweet potatoes, they dug a one-meter-deep pit in the corner of the kitchen. They put straw on the bottom and covered the top with straw. They had no choice but to use this method because the sweet potatoes were frozen. , it will slowly break down and rot, and it cannot be stored for too long at all, nor can it be eaten. This storage process cannot be omitted.

As for digging a cellar, one is that they don't know how to do it, and the other is that they don't particularly need a cellar.

Qin Xi knew that the three brothers and sisters would not stay here for long, and the cellar would only be used to store food in winter. Most of their sweet potatoes were dried by her, leaving only fifty or sixty catties Fresh ones are for eating, so things like cellars are really not necessary for them.

In addition to the food, there is also the 28 yuan and [-] cents distributed to them by the team. The gap is not insignificant. No wonder the rural people at this time are all thinking about going to the city.

Qin Xi didn't intend to ask for this money, because she knew that with the two work points she earned, she couldn't even buy her own food.

On average, the money she earns from picking herbs can be seven or eight yuan a month. After a year, the money she earns can maintain the basic expenses of the family, and there is even 20 yuan left.

She had more than 100 deposits left to write the book before, so there is really no shortage of more than 20 yuan. Of course, the most important thing is that Qin Jiang and Qin He treated her well, and the three brothers and sisters lived in harmony. It is better than anything else, as long as she is willing, it doesn't matter if she suffers a little.

But Qin He and Qin Jiang didn't want to take this money, because they thought it was too hot. With the little food they earned, how could they eat an egg every now and then, and eat a few meals of meat every month? Qin Xi paid for it. all know.

In the end, after pushing and pushing, the two of them each took two yuan of pocket money, and handed over the rest of the money to Qin Xi.

"It's not cold! We listened to you. We slept in cotton-padded clothes at night, so we didn't get cold." Qin He replied.

The three of them have only two quilts, and one of them is the thin quilt he brought from home. In the winter before, he also wore cotton clothes and slept under a thin quilt. For so many years, he came here with his brother like this. ah!I don't think there is any big problem.

As for Qin Xi wearing a new quilt and new cotton padded clothes, would he be jealous of this question?
He is not capable, and if he is capable, he will make a bed for himself.

"It's getting colder these days, and the food at home is running out fast. I want to take a bus back to Yongxin County tomorrow morning to have a look. Do you want to go together?"

She hasn't eaten meat for a long time, and to be honest, she's a little greedy.

In addition, she also wants to raise something at home, whether it is chickens, ducks, geese or rabbits, as long as it can be fed well, she can try it, and it is best to meet something that can be fed only by eating grass , such as a goose or a rabbit.

It would be even better to have bamboo rats, this is delicious, but they are very rare here, there is a large bamboo forest in Chenhui Village, but she has never heard of anyone catching bamboo rats, she seriously doubts about bamboo rats , they don't.

"Go." Qin He pondered for a while, and finally opened his mouth: "Do you want to go home and have a look?"

They were lucky. The place where they went to the countryside was very close to their homes. They could walk to Yongxin County for more than three hours.

"I don't want to go back." Qin Xi shook his head and refused directly.

She doesn't have a good impression of the Qin family who live in Yongxin County. The one with whom she has the best relationship now is her elder brother, and the one who has a better relationship with her is her second brother.

Of course, she just didn't want to go. If Qin Jiang and Qin He wanted to go back to see their parents and relatives, she would not stop her. This is human nature.