Traveling through Xueba is full of blessings

Chapter 9 Delivering Walnuts and Getting Ready to Eat Pork

"Mom, my grandma secretly gave me a cloth ticket today, and it's already been put in a wooden box in my house."

Xia Tian saw that her mother Su Meili's phoenix eyes had a tendency to stare round, and quickly explained: "I didn't want it, it was my grandma who asked me to make a padded jacket for the New Year. I came back crying. My grandma wrapped the cloth ticket in the waistband of my cotton pants in a hurry. You said that was not the time to come and go? I have made up my mind. I will go to the county with you in a few days I will pull some cloth for my grandparents, and make cotton jackets for them during the Chinese New Year, so I won’t do it. I’m afraid you will have to pay for some cloth tickets, so don’t be reluctant.”

When Su Meili heard this, why is the girl so picky?

The men and sons of the family were walking two steps ahead, and they could hear everything the dead girl said clearly.I haven't said anything yet, but my niece has decided that I am reluctant to buy things for the elderly. Why is this child so heartless!I have never seen a child who provokes the feelings of my parents. Thinking about it, I slapped my daughter on the back and said: "Why am I reluctant? Your grandma has been with our family for so many years. The delicious food is all for you to eat, you think I don’t know, you will chat with your grandma, and your grandma will prepare snacks for you, let alone the children of your uncle’s family know that your grandma is partial to you, so just Dongzi of our family knows that he has no right to think about grandma’s things. It should be like this. If there is a cloth ticket, the old man should make it first, and if there is delicious food, the old man should be the first to eat it. .”

Xia Tian was delighted to hear it, her mother is quite wise in life.Knowing that, Xia Aiguo sounds quite useful.She was very afraid that Su Meili would be too careful in her life, and she would no longer be a grandfather if she just made clothes for grandma, so she specially asked Su Meili to express her position in front of her father, so as to appease her mother: "I knew that mother would definitely I will agree, I said that earlier to tease you. It turns out that you love to stare at me from time to time, and you haven’t seen me recently? I miss you so much!”

Su Meili was amused by her daughter's playful appearance, and the father and three walking in front didn't know if it was because they ate chicken at any time of the year?Still, the snowy night makes people feel calm, and they are all inexplicably a little happy.

Xia Aiguo: "Your mother and I should stop talking about these things outside. People will hear it in the ears of my sister-in-law. It's time for the old lady to watch her face for another two days."

The two of them looked at each other, and Xia Tian quickly chased after the three figures in front with her mother's arm. . .

Open the door and enter the house, the room is quite warm.However, Xia Qiu still poked the stove again, adding some wood and throwing it into the stove to make it hotter.

Boil water on the stove, everyone is ready to start washing.Xia Aiguo threw four pieces of crispy candy on the kang, and Dongzi rushed over with a cry.Xia Aiguo took the opportunity to slap his ass, Xia Dong threw away the three yuan in his hand like a conditioned reflex, picked one up and stuffed it into his mouth, smiling playfully, and climbed onto the kang without taking off his shoes.

Xia Tian looked at it and felt really uncomfortable.Why!They are all poor.How can a child as old as Xia Dong not love snacks?Not even a candy kid can't get enough of it really makes me worry and add to my anger.What should I do?

Since Xia Tian came to this age, after seeing everyone's desire for food, he has always felt that this desire is not real hunger, but a feeling of embarrassment that he can't open his belly to eat anything.

Xia Tian took advantage of the time when his parents went to the outhouse to fetch water, and stuffed his piece of candy into Dongzi's mouth.Dongzi was stunned for a moment, then threw herself on Xia Tian's shoulder with a smile, the two sisters seemed to be guarding a big secret together, hugging and laughing lying on the kang and making a fuss.The few people in the outer room, hearing the quack's laughter, felt that those two were really children, and they were still acting like monsters at such an age!
In the summer morning, I was woken up by ice.Xia Dong, that little kid, after running wildly outside, put his cold hands on Xia Tian's face when he entered the house.

Xia Tian was a little angry for getting up, and he was about to beat him when he got up.When it comes to the original sister, Xia Dong is really a little scared, because Xia Tian doesn't pay much attention to him.But in recent days, my sister is very talkative, and she always gives him a smiley face. He naturally thinks that her sister is a paper tiger, and he won't get much suppression if he becomes a reactionary, so he makes a face and runs away.Xia Tian yelled angrily: "I'll let daddy kick you if you keep talking!"

Lying in a daze for a while, Xia Tian heard the voice of a woman talking in the room of her parents.I was very puzzled, who did Su Meili chat with in the morning?Get up quickly.

Simply hang a high braid and go out.Su Meili looked at the sky outside, and then at her lazy daughter: "Xiaofang has been helping me make clothes for a long time, and you just woke up after waiting for a long time. Hurry up and wash your face and have a meal, you little sisters come in!" Let's chat in the house."

Xia Tian carefully observed the most recognized good friend in the memory of the original owner.Wang Xiaofang, no wonder her name is Xiaofang, let’s not talk about how she looks, just look at her braid that is as long as her ass, it’s really thick and long!
Xia Tian grinned at him with a smirk: "I slept a little late last night. So what? Don't help my mother, you come into my house and sit on the kang, and I will enter the house after I clean up."

Xiaofang smiled shyly at Xia Tian, ​​her face turned red before she could speak.The slightly rough face with a bit of Shanlihong looked so honest: "Hey, it's my fault. I came early. My uncle came to visit and brought some walnuts for me. I'm in a hurry to bring you some. You don't have to Don’t worry, you don’t need to teach me to read and write today, I’m just here to talk to you.” Saying this, she smiled at Su Meili and entered Xia Tian’s cubicle.

Xia Tian didn't take the time to ask her parents when she was eating.
Su Meili glared at Xia Tian, ​​and Xia Tian heyed in her heart.This Su Meili is looking for anger early in the morning.Why did I provoke her?
"Your father and your brother went up the mountain to try their luck and catch pheasants."

Xia Tian heard the silence.No wonder Su Meili got up in the morning and acted aggressively. It was because she was angry that she took the initiative to go to her uncle's house yesterday to move her pheasant for Chinese New Year.

Hurry up and eat with your head down. You can't argue about who is right and who is wrong in this matter, and it's not reasonable.My mother is not a stingy person, let alone reluctant to give it to grandma.It's really hard these days to eat something, especially meat, that's why she is so precious.

She is used to living carefully, and she is always afraid that people will starve to death like in previous years. She is too insecure, that's why she loves to save things so carefully, so carefully.

Xia Tian pretended not to understand her mother's accusation sullenly, and went into the house to find Xiaofang in the village after cleaning up quickly.

"Why don't you keep some things at home? Your family has more children, life is harder than mine, so don't give it to my family in the future." Xia Tian went straight to the point.

In the memory of the original owner, Wang Xiaofang's family was in a difficult situation, wishing that there were only a few pairs of trousers at home, the kind that anyone would wear when going out.The main reason is that her family is able to give birth to five children. She is the fourth child, with two older brothers and one older sister, and one younger sister.

Because of such an order, it is not taken seriously at home.Since Xia Tian couldn't go to school, she often came to play with Xia Tian.

Xia Tian is a good teacher to teach her to read and write.From this point of view, this girl Xiaofang is a motivated person.

Girls their age in the village hardly ever read a book.When they were seventeen or eighteen, they would get married and have children, so when they were in the first year of high school in summer, they wished they had only one piece of land in the entire commune.

Not only her, but his brother can also be ranked, and there are very few graduates from junior high school, so Comrade Xia Aiguo has a vision.

It will take a few more years, Xia Tian feels that her father can't be an ordinary person, so he must be a superior person.

According to her mother, she was three years old before she could speak fluently, and her father started to learn to read by holding her in her arms.Later, I asked someone to find a relationship. That was really a way to dig a door and steal a hole.Send her and her brother to study early.

There's no way, I don't want to be flattering, the teachers think they are too young to go to school, and they are afraid that they will make trouble.

Fortunately, Xia Tian likes to pretend to be quiet outside, and quite likes books.And Xia Qiu has been an honest child since childhood.

Xia Aiguo's move was often ridiculed behind his back.It is said that he slapped his face to pretend to be fat, but I have never heard of any family in the countryside, no matter whether the girl or the boy provides a place for study.

How much does that cost?If it weren't for Xia Aiguo's ability, the skills he had learned from an old carpenter since he was a child, and his status as a son of a village cadre's family, Xia's family would have at least a layer of red tiles on the roof.

During this process, even Su Meili, who was his own mother, was shaken, but Xia Aiguo insisted on going her own way, and in the end it was Grandpa Xia who made the decision: "Don't listen to those nonsense! Live your own life, don't talk about reading Come on, the educated ones are more sensible than the uneducated ones. As long as the children are reasonable, it will be the same."

After the old man Xia made up his mind, he told grandma privately that you should carry Xia Aiguo behind your back and subsidize Su Meili.It's useless to do so, Xia Aiguo wants to save face.

"No matter how difficult it is, what's missing? Just don't look down on me. Besides, you're not my teacher." Wang Xiaofang smiled at Xia Tian honestly.

Xia Tian grinned happily.In my last life, I graduated from university and hated the low salary. I started an online store and did clothing business as a freelancer.He never went to university in his life, but he was issued a job certificate, and he was still a job as a teacher.

Xia Tian went to the outhouse to find a small hammer, and chattered while smashing it: "Then I'll borrow flowers to offer Buddha, let's eat it now." Bang Bang started smashing walnuts, Wang Xiaofang also followed along to work, the two little sisters chatted Laugh happily.

This question asks why did you go to the hospital with a cold?What do you usually do at home?Can the village celebrate the New Year with some festive events to watch the excitement?The two of you said something to each other, and the conversation was so hot.A newcomer is a newcomer, but a single tree cannot grow into a forest. She needs a good friend in the village.

Besides, Wang Xiaofang is a solid person at first glance, and he is worth dating.Another found that her good friend was more talkative than before, and her personality was easier to get along with, so she was quite relaxed, showing that she was quite talkative without being defensive.

Xia Tian listened to Wang Xiaofang gossip about the friends in the village.So-and-so got married; so-and-so worked at home all day and was beaten by her mother; who else was secretly dating someone.She blushed while talking, she blushed a little after talking about it.Whether it is listening to or watching Wang Xiaofang's little expression in Xia Tian, ​​he is very happy for a long time.

It was only after Xia Aiguo and Xia Qiu came back that they realized that it was getting late.Embarrassed, Wang Xiaofang hurriedly stood up to say hello to everyone and was about to leave, just in time to catch a glimpse of Xia Qiu taking off the big thick padded jacket she wore up the mountain, her whole face flushed even more, and she left without even raising her head .

Xia Tian wanted to send her to the gate, but when she saw that she was almost running, she shook her head wonderingly, what's wrong?My brother took off his clothes and exposed his flesh?When I entered the room, I heard Xia Dong say: "Why is Wang Xiaofang's face so red?" She was slapped by Xia Qiu: "It's impolite! How old is he? How old are you. It's called Miss Xiaofang." Xia Tian thought: "Yes, let you I hate those early in the morning."

"Father, did you get lucky when you went up the mountain?" Xia Tian asked while climbing up the kang.

Xia Aiguo laughed happily: "What did you hit? The mountain was blocked by heavy snow, so I couldn't go there for a while, so I went around at the foot of the mountain with your brother. Finally, I ran into a swineherd in our village. The pigs will be collectively slaughtered in the next day, and if enough money is handed over to the commune, our village will share the pork for the Chinese New Year.”

Su Meili was happy when she heard it, and she didn't worry about not being lucky.In the past years, the slaughter of pigs was almost New Year's Eve, but now there is still half a month before the New Year's Eve, so the pork will start to be divided?Then you can put some minced meat in the stir-fry, and the children just satisfy their cravings.

In this era, the production team specialized in raising pigs, because these pigs belonged to the collective property, and every year the village had the task of handing over pork to the commune, which then transported it to the city.Excluding these handed in, at the end of the year, every family can get a few catties of meat, but not all the catties are the same. You have to use centimeters to pay for a few catties.

Her uncle, Comrade Xia Aihua, is responsible for keeping work points, so it's not without reason that her uncle likes to put on airs.

The village secretary at this time definitely has absolute authority in the village.The little book he recorded is related to the food, drink and clothing of any family in the village.

For example, if labor decides this, if you catch up with capable women, it is normal for me to score you seven points, and no one has any objection if I score you nine points.When someone really raised the issue of unfairness, her uncle replied with one sentence: "Who can make people capable, what a strong laborer!"

And these centimeter records will eventually be converted, which is actually a matter of how much your family eats, wears, and eats.Everything you do in the countryside has to be calculated by centimeters. Do you think her uncle has real power?

That is, before winter, the production team uniformly distributes the collective winter vegetables, all in accordance with this agreement.Think about it, if there are fewer cabbage and potatoes, what do you eat in winter?There is no fresh food, so I must starve to death.

"Mother, the meat is divided equally. You can eat some rice with the meat for Dongzi." Xia Dong looked up at Su Meili expectantly.

Su Meili's expression changed, Xia Tian probably made up her mind there.Su Meili looked up at Xia Qiu and Xia Tian again, and gritted her teeth: "Succeed! I'll let you have a full meal then, and I'll steam steamed buns for you after the Chinese New Year."

Xia Tian was sad to hear this. In her previous life, she was a little annoyed by eating rice and steamed buns as the staple food. If she had nothing to do, she had to find coarse grains by herself. The key coarse grains were quite expensive.And here, how long have you been wearing it?This body actually salivates instinctively when it hears the rice.Probably the reason why I always ate millet, sorghum and corn in the past 16 years.

As we all know, the Northeast is a place dedicated to growing rice and producing rice. The amount produced is estimated to be enough for a meal, but rice is to be handed over to the country as a fine grain.Just like our ordinary peasant family, we don't get much money in a year.

According to my memory, the small amount of rice I share with my family will be gone if I make more than ten or twenty meals a year.

Comrade Su Meili probably experienced the era of the Great Famine, and thrift has become her habit.Of course, her grandma, her eldest aunt, and everyone in the village have this beautiful quality.In their hearts, they always feel that the food has been taken away for free, and there is only such a small ration left. If you don’t tighten your belt to save some money, in case of the next famine, do you want to drink the northwest wind?
Not to mention that the elder sister's mother-in-law, Widow Li, has always locked food in the cabinet, and she is very afraid that someone will steal it.And she treated the eldest sister so harshly, and the eldest sister didn't think much about it, it was because many old people in this village were like that.They have gone through the stage of starving to death, and she is still a widow and has to drag the children, so it is even more economical.

After listening to Su Meili's words, the masters were very happy.

Comrade Xia Aiguo was happy because he recently took over a job, laying kang cabinets for married people on the sixth day of the new year.The wood is made by Xia Aiguo and Xia Qiu. They go up the mountain when they find time and spare time, and cut it down by themselves. This is equivalent to ready-made materials. He provides the wood and makes it for others, and he can exchange for some cloth tickets. I can exchange some food.

But this time he made an agreement with others to distribute the tickets.Hearing what his daughter and daughter-in-law were talking about that day, although Xia Aiguo was quite satisfied with their filial piety to the elderly, he still regretted not being able to make new clothes for his daughter during the Chinese New Year.The daughter can stay with her mother's family for a few years!This time he will not change the food, although the food is more expensive, but the daughter will grow bigger and bigger, and can't even wear a decent dress. When her mother is the age, it will be a pity to think about it.Come on!Let's see if we can find such a job with Qiu'er.After thinking about it, he called Xia Qiu to go with him to the warehouse to tinker.

Xia Tian had to know that her father and her brother had to suffer so much during the slack, either for everyone to eat well, or for a piece of clothing for her, so she had to cry and yell for it not to be.

In Xia Tian's memory, her father and her brother had no time to do carpentry work except during the busy farming season, and whenever they were free, they would go into the mountains to carry the selected wood.Sometimes the bruises on the shoulders are not healed yet, and a new crop of bruises covers them again.Layer after layer.

Especially her brother, who is not picky about food or drink, except for expressing his reluctance to continue studying, that is the only positive opinion he has expressed in this family, and he has been carrying half of the family since then.

Since he stopped studying, he used his still immature shoulders to earn [-] centimeters with his father, and learned to be a carpenter together.

Her brother finished his work in the production team after the beginning of spring, and when he got home, he had to help his parents sow seeds, plow the land and grow vegetables in their yard, raise chickens and chop chicken food.When she was free, she went up the mountain with her father to carry logs, and came back in the dark. Her brother was always so busy until the Chinese New Year.

As far as Xia Qiu is concerned, even if his girl who is not a few years younger than him does not do any work, he has never complained.His father has told him more than once that a daughter can live a good life in her mother's house for a few years, and she will not enjoy such a good life when she gets married. Don't compare with your sister.In fact, he has never compared before, he only knows that he is an elder brother, Xia Qiu, who has a junior high school education, asked himself the interpretation of this title: What is an elder brother?The elder brother is the backing of the younger sister and the younger brother. Even if there are no parents, the elder brother's family is the mother's family.

(End of this chapter)