Rebirth in 1980s: The Evil Aunt Rejects the Cannon Fodder Script

Chapter 7 Borrowing a fire in the backyard
The house was cleaned and the floor was sprinkled with water.

This house is paved with blue bricks, so it won't be as dusty as the land.

"Mom, you should take a rest, I'll go clean up the main room."

Xu Zhiqing said and brought her a pillow.

She turned a blind eye to such a good girl in her previous life. She was really blinded by lard.

"No need, Zhiqing.

It's getting late now, let's go get something to eat. "

"food?
But, we have nothing~”

The little girl sighed. When she came out of Lao Xu's house, she didn't bring out a grain of food.

"Who says there aren't any? They're all in the yard~"

Liu Yunshuang blinked her eyes and smiled slyly.

"Mom, aren't those potatoes and sweet potatoes reserved for winter?"

“It’s reserved for winter, but we have nothing now, so we can only eat those.

Okay, let's go find two thicker sticks. "

Xu Zhiqing thought about it and still felt it was a pity, but she did not refute it.

At this time of year, potatoes and sweet potatoes are not very big.

It can continue to grow, and in ordinary farmers, only a few greedy people will dig it out and taste it.

Liu Yunshuang didn't care, the three of them couldn't go hungry.

Without tools, I had to use thick sticks to dig.

There is also a firewood in the kitchen, leftover from her burning of the kang in the spring.

I happened to use it today and it was able to boil a pot of hot water.

The remaining charcoal fire is just for roasting potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"Mom, there's no broom here, how can we clean the pot?"

Uh, why did you forget this?

When they came out, they didn't bring anything with them. Even if they boiled water, they didn't have cups to drink from.

Liu Yunshuang sighed as the family was really in ruins.

"It's okay, let's not clean the pot. Let's pour water on it and treat it as a kang."

"Okay~"

Xu Zhiqing nodded and went to Yangjing to wash potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Liu Yunshuang added water to the pot and put firewood in the stove.

Suddenly I felt like something was missing...

Embarrassing, there are no matches and I can't start the fire.

This is really...

"Zhiqing, you stay at home and watch your sister. Don't go out. I'll go to the back to borrow a fire."

"I got it, Mom~"

Liu Yunshuang hurriedly went out. Their home was relatively remote.

To the east of the Red Star Production Team, to the west of the house is the avenue.

Most of the villagers are on the west side of the avenue, and there are only two households on the east side of the avenue.

One is them, and the other is an old couple living behind their house.

As soon as Liu Yunshuang arrived at the door, she saw the old lady pinching beans in the yard.

"Mistress, you're at home~"

"Yunshuang, come in quickly. Why are you here? Didn't you go to work today?"

The third master and his third wife had only one son. He went out to serve as a soldier in the early years and stayed in the city after changing his career.

The old couple usually have a lot of leisure time, and the third master will go to the production team to do some work to earn some food.

The third wife takes care of the small vegetable garden at home and is responsible for three meals a day.

Life is comfortable and moist, and many old men and women are envious of it.

"No work, mistress, we moved back.

I don’t have any matches at home. Can I borrow one from you? "

Liu Yunshuang directly explained the purpose of her visit. She was worried that her two children were still at home.

"Moving back? Are you having a problem with your mother-in-law?"

"It doesn't matter, mistress, Xu Lanhe and I are divorced.

From now on, I will have nothing to do with the old Xu family. "

Hearing this, the mistress was shocked and opened her mouth wide enough to fit an egg. "Divorce? My child, this is no joke. You don't dare to talk nonsense."

A former neighbor would care about her.

In comparison, the people in Lao Xu's family are really cruel.

"Mistress, you also know that Xu Laoer can't stand up.

If we follow him, we mothers will be bullied to death sooner or later, so we might as well come out. "

"Ah~"

They are all from the same production team, so no one knows who is who.

She is also clear about the affairs of Lao Xu's family.

She also watched Liu Yunshuang grow up. If her family's background wasn't bad, she would have thought of giving it to her as her son.

"The old Xu family really don't know how to cherish it.

Say no more, I'll go get you matches and wait! "

Soon, the mistress came over with a new box of matches, two eggs and two pounds of corn crumbs.

"Good boy, take all this back. When you come back from over there, Mrs. Xu won't let you take anything."

To be honest, Liu Yunshuang was quite moved.

However, she couldn't have it.

"Mistress, if you have something to eat at home, I'll lend you some matches. You can take these back quickly."

The two refused for a while, but seeing Liu Yunshuang's firm attitude, the mistress didn't say anything.

After returning, Xu Zhiqing had already washed the sweet potatoes and potatoes.

She hurriedly lit the fire. It wouldn't work if the kang didn't burn for a long time. It would be damp.

Soon the sweet potatoes and potatoes will be ready.

The little daughter also woke up, and the family of three started eating directly in the fire pit.

Dust off the sweet potatoes and potatoes, peel off the skin, and the inside will be fragrant and soft.

The two children salivated and ate deliciously.

I can't drink hot water, I can only drink some cold water.

Fortunately, they all have well water.

In summer, I also drink cold water directly.

Especially at noon, on a hot day, it would be so refreshing to have a gourd and gourd to cool off the heat.

But later on, you still need to drink more boiled water.

After a brief tidying up, the two children were invited to get on the kang.

There is nothing much going on in the countryside. It is basically normal to rest after sunset.

There are no electric lights yet, and there are no candles or kerosene lamps in the house.

After putting the two children to sleep, she took out her wooden box under the moonlight.

She hasn't opened this box for a long time.

Her mother said before she died that this thing should only be taken out as a last resort.

Wrapped inside the white handkerchief was a pair of gold bracelets.

Their family had gone through many ups and downs, and not much was left in the end.

In addition to the pair of bracelets, there is also a painting.

In a previous life, Xu Lanchun wanted to buy new clothes and stole her bracelet.

But she didn't know the goods and thought the painting was useless, so she set it on fire.

Liu Yunshuang solemnly opened the blue brocade storage bag. The sealing tassel rope on it was made by herself.

Through the moonlight, the faint picture above could not be seen clearly.

Although she was extremely reluctant to give up, she had no other choice.

This thing must be sold.

After making up her mind, she carefully put away the two items.

There are two exposed blue bricks on the top of the Kang in the east room.

She quietly went over, held it between her nails, and pulled it out.

There is a small gap inside. My parents used to live in the house, and there was a kang cabinet here.

I can't see the mystery inside at all, and now the kang cabinet is gone.

These two green bricks were particularly obvious, and Liu Yunshuang put the pair of gold bracelets in them.

I tiptoed to the bottom of the window sill, poured some mud, and pasted the two bricks.

(End of this chapter)