Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 10 The real hunt

Even if the brothers come to visit, they either bring their own staple food such as corn bread, or give food stamps.

It's not that they don't talk about family affection, but that everyone's food is rationed every month.

In the wages of various types of work across the country, money varies from high to low, but food is restricted to death.

Even if you are a big boss in the ministry, your monthly ration is only about [-] catties.

As for the benefits behind the scenes, that's another story.

Not giving food stamps at the door is tantamount to grabbing rations from the owner's mouth.

Chu He persuaded him a few times, and seeing that Chu Xiangqian seemed to be really full, he could only put the steamed bread in his hand into the little girl's bowl.

Although Chu Aiqiu is only 5 years old, the little guy has a lot of appetite.

A bowl of porridge and a steamed bun can be eaten in a few minutes.

Aiguo and 12-year-old Chu Ailin could only watch helplessly as their younger sister took the cornbread from their father with a smile.

Chu Xiangqian rubbed Aiguo's head. He wanted to say that he was useless, but his palm was greasy, so he lost the mood to speak.

After eating, I sniffed myself secretly, and it seemed that it was no better than being patriotic.

I didn't feel it before, but now I realize that I haven't showered for at least ten days, and I immediately feel the smell all over my body.

Even the more I think about it, the more I feel itchy.

It's just that in the cold winter, it's very troublesome to take a hot bath.

Then I thought of a small fountain outside the village center of Xinshou Village.
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Before leaving the second uncle's house, Chu Xiangqian took two taels of food stamps to the second aunt.

The second aunt accepted it without much excuse.

In the past, Chu Shan and Chu Xiangqian's father and son came to eat quite a few times, and each time they would give food stamps or bring their own staple food to the door.

Watching his second uncle and cousin Chu Jiang drive the carriage used to transport timber, and take the black bear away from the village to the commune, Chu Xiangqian refused the request of patriotism, love for the people, and several brothers of the same generation to go up the mountain together.

With a bow and arrow on his back and a steel fork in his hand, he went up the mountain again under the watchful eyes of adults and children.

When he walked away, everyone started talking.

"Do you think the son of the Chu family can hunt enough wild game for more than [-] people this time?"

"I think Xuan, if hunting is so easy, those guys in the village who are no worse than Qiangqian's father, Chu Shan, wouldn't be hiding at home."

Fortunately, there were a lot of discussions, and even broken mouths, but no one was angry.

The forest farm is not big, with only about [-] households, and they are workers' families gathered after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Everyone has no complaints in the past, and they only need to go to the mountains to cut logs on weekdays. There is basically no place for complaints at work.

On the contrary, occasionally someone fails to complete the monthly tasks and has to ask the same village for help.

In this case, there are far more mutual help than conflict.

And humans are actually very contradictory.

The more difficult the environment, the more united.

The forest farm was built in the mountains, and there was no suitable place to plant the land. All living supplies were brought in from the outside, and the villagers still had a strong sense of crisis.

On the contrary, it makes everyone want to hug each other.

Therefore, although some old women spoke in a bad way, no one maliciously wanted to see something happen to Chu Xiangqian.

The patriotism and love for the people who engage in it want to refute, and they are too embarrassed to quarrel with others.

Only the little girl Aiqiu swallowed her saliva and asked Aiguo, "Brother, can you really feed me meat at night?"

Aiguo glared at his sister angrily. The pheasant he caught in the morning is now hiding in his home.

The eldest brother also said that it was okay, just take it as a thank you for taking care of me and Aimin for so many days.

And in the future, I will often take myself and Aimin up the mountain to hunt.

If it's because of Aiqiu's big mouth, let other people know that he eats pheasant tonight, and attract other people to come to the door, he will have to eat less.

Hurrying to pick up Aiqiu, "I don't know, but since the eldest brother can hunt, there will definitely be meat to eat in the future."

Ai Qiu nodded in a daze, and was carried home by Aiguo.

But before leaving, Aiguo still blinked with Aimin, signaling him to come home to eat pheasant at night.

Aimin chuckled and nodded as if nothing had happened, but she didn't want to be seen by her sister Chu Yuan.

Speaking of which, the three brothers Chu Shan, Chu He and Chu Jiang are actually thieves.

Except that Chu Xiangqian's name has not been changed, Ai Guo and Ai Min were all changed after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Even the aid of Chu Yuan was originally Yuan, not the aid of aid.

After Chu Yuan waited for Aimin to return home with a smile on his face, he immediately grabbed the boy and questioned him.

If you don't say it, just hit it up.

Of course, at first Chu Yuan only thought that patriotism and love for the people was to secretly follow his elder brother Chu Xiang to the mountains.

But I didn't want to hear that my elder brother had killed a pheasant in the morning and planned to eat it at my second uncle's house in the evening, but I just called Aimin but not myself, so I quit immediately.

I can't come to the door by myself if the secret channel doesn't call me?

Aimin, who was beaten up, could only mutter to the side, she looks like a manly woman, let's see how you marry in the future.

Chu Yuanchang is actually not bad, but he has been in a place like Linchang Village for six or seven years, and he has long been taught by seven or eight Northeastern aunts in the same village.

So much so that they are all 18 years old, and they are 19 during the Chinese New Year. I have seen several in-laws' homes that are all yellow.

In addition, Chu Jiang's daughter-in-law died of illness before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Chu Yuan, who was in the state of herding sheep, was indeed a bit aggressive.

This is actually easy to understand, not too bad, Chu Yuan with a younger brother will definitely be bullied by other children in the village.

Even if there is a big brother like Chu Xiangqian, it is actually not very useful.
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Chu Xiang went to the back of the mountain, and took Da Zhuang and Hong Niu to the shelter where he and his father used to go.

When they arrived at the place, they dodged directly into Novice Village.

I don't care if my body of mud will pollute the fountain in the center of the village.

After taking a comfortable bath, the secret path is better in Xinshoucun, which keeps the temperature comfortable for the human body.

After cleaning myself up, I lay in the fountain for a while, thinking about whether I should wash my upper and lower underwear.

But he saw that the dirt that he had rubbed off from his body before disappeared with the water flow.

Chu Xiangqian was overjoyed, wondering if the fountain also had the function of self-cleaning?
Then if I leave my clothes in the sink, will they be rinsed automatically?

I did it as soon as I thought about it, and ten minutes later, when I picked up the wet clothes and smelled them, I immediately felt that the clothes were not only smelly, but also had a faint fragrance.

Chu Xiangqian was overjoyed, but he realized it within a few seconds.

It’s really good to have its own fragrance, but the smell in the wild is troublesome.

And after returning to the village, it was easy to explain if there was no peculiar smell on my body, but it was difficult to explain that the clothes were dry in the afternoon.

Fortunately, the wolf fur coat and long-haired boots are still there. Not only can these things not be washed, but they are warmer and more supple as they travel through time.

As for the taste, just warm.

Hang wet underwear in the blacksmith's shop and blow it with a never-ending hydro-blower.

It was all done in just ten minutes.

Only then did Chu Xiangqian take Da Zhuang and Hong Niu out of Xinshou Village, and began to look for prey seriously.

The first choice is naturally hare, roe deer and wild boar.

If you encounter a pheasant, you will definitely not let it go.

After walking for more than an hour, seeing that it was about three o'clock in the sky, Chu Xiangqian shook his head helplessly.

I was about to go back and try to see if I could hit a rabbit.

Unexpectedly, Da Zhuang and Hong Niu suddenly lowered their bodies and took small steps towards the hillside more than 100 meters ahead.

(End of this chapter)