Candide in Chronology is on strike

Chapter 315 Small Abacus

This time at the black market, in addition to steamed buns, Qin Xi also bought two ribs.

The spareribs at this time were more expensive than during the Chinese New Year. Qin Xi couldn't bear to buy more. Just these two ribs cost her nearly two yuan.

The pigs at this time grew up eating green plants, and they tasted very good. The soup they cooked was slightly sweet, and the feed pork of later generations was simply incomparable.

Therefore, these two ribs do not need to be blanched at all. They can be cut into small pieces and stewed in water.

There was only one water tank at home, so Qin Xi went directly to the kitchen next door to scoop out water. She directly took a bucket and carried most of the bucket of water to the small thatched shed.

In addition to cooking, she and her brother had a busy day today, so they had to wash up with water!Maybe this little water is not enough!

In the past, the two brothers Qin Jiang and Qin He took turns to fetch the water in the kitchen water tank, but today, Qin Jiang went to the county seat, so Qin He fetched the water in the water tank.

Although it was just some free water, Liu Mei felt heartbroken when she saw Qin Xi taking it away for nothing!
Environment determines character. This sentence is very applicable to Liu Mei. She grew up in a very large family. Her mother and aunts were worried about trivial things every day, for fear that the family would suffer a loss. She was influenced by what she heard and saw. She has such a temperament, so when she saw Qin Xi carrying water and leaving today, she felt a little distressed.

Not to mention, because Qin Xi and the others took away the only big iron pot in the house, she and Qin He could only cook in clay pots, which was not good at all.

This unhappiness reached its peak when I smelled the aroma of meat coming from outside the house while eating dinner.

With a "bang" sound, Liu Mei slammed the bowl and chopsticks in her hands on the table: "I won't eat, it's boring."

"What's wrong with you? Aren't you hungry?" Qin He said helplessly.

There is not enough food at home. Now he can only eat breakfast and dinner. It is still too thick and he cannot eat one dry meal a day, not even sweet potato rice. He has never thought that he would live without his eldest brother and sister. So miserable.

If he had known that he would end up like this, he would not listen to Liu Mei and separated from them.

"Hungry, but you know what kind of life others are living, what kind of life we ​​are living. Others are eating meat, but we can't even eat sweet potato rice."

"It's too bullying."

Liu Mei would never admit that she was greedy!
In short, the lives of the two sides were so different that she was jealous.

She has seen Qin Xi cooking, and sometimes she is willing to use lard for cooking. The two brothers and sisters eat meat at least four or five times a month, whether it is bacon, cured fish or ribs and fresh fish. Compared with their neighbors, they The young couple eats like pig food every day.

If he had known that Qin Xi was so rich, he would have split up with her and lived a miserable life with Qin He.

"Then what can we do? We only have that little money left. If we don't save some money, we don't have to wait until the end of the year. In less than two months, we may have to suffer from the northwest wind."

"Why don't you go apologize to Xiaoxi? She is the most soft-hearted. As long as she forgives you, we will still be a family and can eat together."

Qin He also regretted it. If there was any regret medicine for sale, he would have bought one to give himself a slap in the face when he told Qin Xi that they wanted to separate.

In fact, the living standard of the young couple is not low, at least much better than that of the people in the village, let alone compared with the Liu family, which has a large population. However, the smell of meat next door is really tempting.When there is comparison, there is harm. Who can not be greedy for meat?

Therefore, it can be said that the two of them are almost filled with regret.

If Qinxi Qinjiang, who lives next door to them, eats wild vegetables and sweet potatoes every day, they won't be greedy!When eating every day, they may be happy because the couple they eat is better than the ones next door.

Although she regretted in her heart, Liu Mei still held her neck and said: "It's impossible. I didn't do anything wrong. Why did I do it to her? I have to apologize to her in a low voice. I am her sister-in-law. How can any sister-in-law go and apologize to her?" Sister-in-law’s reason for apologizing.”

It's impossible to apologize without steaming steamed buns to gain reputation. Why?

If she lowers her head this time, how can she raise her head in front of Qin Xi in the future.

"Okay, okay, don't get excited. If you don't apologize, you won't go. Let's eat first."

This didn't make sense at all. Qin He simply gave up and stopped talking. If he didn't apologize, he wouldn't apologize!
"I'm not going to eat anymore. What's wrong with this clear soup? I'll just starve to death."

Qin Xi and Qin Jiang both heard the dispute between the two clearly.

She didn't understand. Should these two people avoid talking to others?
This house was not a soundproof room, it was just an ordinary mud house. She could hear the voices of the two people clearly.

What made her feel unexpected was Qin He. His little calculation was about to fall on her face. In other words, in Qin He's eyes, was she really that stupid and easy to control?
To be honest, it was really embarrassing to hear the specific content of their conversation, and she didn't want to hear it.

As for Liu Mei's greed, she didn't take it to heart at all. She had nothing to say. In this day and age, who is not greedy for meat?She is also greedy.

But whoever’s daughter-in-law is the one who raises her, and if I want her to help raise her, there’s no way, I just won’t be happy to ask.

Time has come to the beginning of April in a blink of an eye. The rice seedlings in the rice fields of Chenhui Village have long been ready to go to the ground, but God has not helped!It hasn’t rained heavily so far, and there are still big cracks in the ground!
Qin Xi didn't know how others saw the cloudy and sunny weather the next day. Anyway, she judged it through the night sky. The bright moon was high and there were no clouds in the sky. Then the next day must be sunny. On the contrary, the next day would be sunny. It's cloudy and sometimes it even rains.

Now the time has come for the village to decide whether to abandon the rice fields and concentrate on watering the drought-tolerant sweet potatoes and corn, or to continue working on both sides.

Now the villagers can't bear it anymore. The crops in the fields look like they are wilting, and you can tell at a glance that they are not growing well.

Even for drought-tolerant sweet potatoes and corn, if it doesn't rain, it's not a problem to just rely on the villagers to water them one by one. They haven't grown much at all, and they can only maintain a half-dead state.

After all, I was showered with a large amount of water in the evening the day before yesterday, and at noon the next day, it was dried by the scorching sun. The ground that had been wet before was immediately solidified into lumps. It was so hard that there was no room for breathing. It was left to the plants, but it is still hanging on for dear life. It is not dead because it is to give face to the villagers.

If this continues, it will be useless to carry water. Even if there is a lot of underground water in the cave, it will not be able to withstand the villagers carrying it!

The water level in the cave closest to the village has dropped by more than one meter, and it looks like it won't last long.

(End of this chapter)