Doomsday Paradise

Chapter 81 Grinding Wheat

"Can it be cleaned?" Qiao Miwei couldn't help asking when he thought of the tedious work of picking wheat two days ago.

Father Qiao shook his head, "I'm afraid not, but if it is ground finely, I think the skin will be as broken as flour."

"Ah?" Qiao Miwei sat up, "Then don't we want to eat the shell together?"

Father Qiao said with a smile, "That is to say, people are expensive now. I remember that when I was a child, the noodles I ate were all red and with shells on."

"Oh..." Since he could eat it, Qiao Miwei didn't worry about it anymore.

Father Qiao asked, "Do you want to grind the noodles in a while?"

Jomi nodded slightly, "Yes."

"Then the camp and the two of them..."

Qiao Mi was slightly depressed, "Then what should we do? It's too cold outside to do anything, and there's still a lot of work to be done inside, so I'm anxious. When we finish grinding the flour here, I guess the land inside should be as well." Received."

"This..." Father Qiao just uttered a sound and was speechless. He believed in his nephew in his heart, but believing did not mean that he wanted to reveal his daughter's secret. Father Qiao was in a dilemma.

Taoyuan is Qiao Miwei's biggest secret. If she could, she would never want to tell anyone. It's just that the days of living with Brother Daying made her realize that this brother is a very good person. Judging from the care he takes for her on a daily basis , he really treats their family as his own relatives.

Qiao Miwei has accepted this brother from the bottom of her heart. It is okay to let him know the secret of the space, but she still doesn't trust Yawen very much at the moment. She can't say why. In my eyes, I try to work as much as possible every day, get along well with Mother Qiao, and really love the little guy, but Qiao Miwei just can't trust her, and Sun Ying and Yu Yawen are very close, if Let Sun Ying know about Taoyuan, there is no guarantee that he will not tell Yu Yawen.

Thinking of this, Qiao Miwei expressed the concern in his heart, "Then let's not talk about it, and observe and observe."

Father Qiao patted Qiao Miwei's head, "If you don't say it, you don't say it, who are you watching? Daying?"

Qiao Mi wrinkled his nose slightly, "It's not him."

Qiao's father let out a sigh, knowing that after breakfast, Xiao Tianyou was sleepy and fell asleep on Yawen's body. Qiao's mother got up to clean up the dishes and waved her hands to keep Yu Yawen from moving, "Hold him Go to sleep for a while, children sleep well."

Yu Yawen nodded, gently picked up the little guy and went back to her room. The stove in the room had never been turned off, and the temperature was very high. She was afraid that the child would get too hot, so she pulled the little Tianyou's mattress to the side of the kang Went to a place where the temperature was slightly lower, and then put the child down, who knew that as soon as he put it down, Xiao Tianyou woke up, humming and chirping for a hug, Yu Yawen did not coax her well after taking pictures for a while, and slowly Xiao Tianyou She even started to cry. Mother Qiao, who was cleaning the table, heard this and ran into the house, "What's the matter? Baby, why are you still crying?"

Yu Yawen picked up the child again, "I don't know, he woke up as soon as he put it down, and it didn't get better after taking pictures for a long time." While talking, the little guy stopped crying again, and fell asleep .

Mother Qiao stepped forward to take a look, this little guy, how could he really be crying, it was obvious that he was doing nothing but thunder, "This little guy also knows how to torture people."

Seeing that the child fell asleep again, Yu Yawen put him down lightly. Who knew that the little guy woke up again as soon as he touched the mattress, and his mouth was about to howl again. Picking it up, she raised her head and asked Mother Qiao, "Auntie, what should I do?"

Mother Qiao raised her hand and gently pinched the child's face, and said with a smile, "It's okay, I've hugged him a lot lately, I know I'm looking for someone, anyway, it's okay, you can just hug him and sleep."

Yu Yawen said anxiously, "But, the outside has not been cleaned yet."

Mother Qiao patted her on the shoulder, "It's okay, there are me and Wei Wei, just a little work, we can finish it in a while, you can sleep too."

Yu Yawen was a little embarrassed, always felt that she would not do some work, and it was not good for her to let her aunt clean up the house and sleep in the house, but her aunt had said so, and the child was still not sleeping honestly, so she nodded and agreed.

In fact, after living here for such a long time, she has gradually developed a sense of belonging to this family. At first, she was thinking about it, which made her stay in this family awkwardly. In fact, the way Qiao's family treated her It's the way she treats her family, and she can't let go, and if Qiao's family is really polite to her, they treat her as an outsider, and she can't find her place in this family so easily.

Seeing Mother Qiao going out briskly, she bowed her head and kissed little Tianyou, took off her shoes and lay down on the kang, held the child in her arms, closed her eyes with peace of mind, and followed Sun Ying to Wujia Village at first. She was not so willing. In fact, she wanted Sun Ying to go with her to her parents' house. Her parents now live in the army base, and their life is absolutely guaranteed. It's just that Sun Ying didn't want to leave home at that time. As for her, she didn't go back either, and it happened that Qiao's father was picking them up, so the two of them followed.

Now she has adapted to life in Wujia Village, and found that life here is several times better than in the city. At least there is land to grow crops. As long as you work hard, you will not worry about food and drink, and there are also troops stationed here. In terms of safety It is also guaranteed. It seems that she has to ask if there is any way to send a message to let her parents come here. Thinking of this, Yu Yawen yawned and touched her body sleepily. The days seem to be a little too comfortable these days, she always feels that she has gained a lot of weight, and her belly is bigger than before.

After Qiao Miwei washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen, she went back to the bedroom and asked Qiao's mother, "Where are my brother and sister-in-law?"

Mother Qiao looked up, "Your sister-in-law is sleeping with Xiao Tianyou in her arms. Your brother doesn't know, and your father doesn't know where he is."

Qiao Miwei put on his coat and grabbed the hat next to him and said, "I'll go out and have a look."

Mother Qiao stopped her needlework, pulled down her reading glasses and rubbed her eyes, "Go ahead, it's really not good to block this window, the light is too dark, I can't even see clearly when I'm doing needlework."

No, it was always cloudy and snowy outside, and with the door curtain blocking it, there was no light. Qiao Miwei walked out while putting on clothes, thinking in her heart, let Qiao's mother go to Taoyuan to do needlework in the future , maybe it's time for her to learn how to sew, and she can't always wait for Mother Qiao to do her work.

After going out of the house, even though she was dressed tightly, she shivered from the cold. She looked up and saw that the door had been opened. She walked quickly to the door and found that Father Qiao and Sun Ying were shoveling snow. She held on to the door frame Asked, "Shoveling snow today? I'm afraid it will be blocked again before noon."

The snow on both sides of the gate of their house has long been higher than the courtyard wall. Now, if you want to remove snow, you can’t directly throw snow on the snowdrifts on both sides with a shovel, so snow removal has become difficult. Every time you remove snow, you have to use a basket The snow was carried to the foot of the mountain and dumped.

Sun Ying shoveled the last shovel of snow to fill the basket, and got up to carry the basket. Father Qiao raised his hand to stop him, "Come on, you've been working all morning, go back to the house and rest for a while."

Sun Ying picked up the basket quickly, "Uncle, hurry up and get in the house, it's too cold outside, don't freeze, I'm young and I'm not afraid of the cold, besides, I don't feel tired even shoveling snow."

Father Qiao felt sorry for Daying, how could he let him work all the time, "Besides, this is home, so you don't need to work hard, take a break and give it to me."

Sun Ying said to Qiao Miwei, "Sister, take uncle back. I'll do it for a while. I won't do much to clear the snow at the door. If it rains so much tomorrow, I won't be able to push the door open." After speaking, he persuaded Qiao's father, "Uncle, go back to the house."

Qiao Mi walked out of the door slightly and said, "Dad, you go inside, I'll do it with Brother Daying."

Father Qiao knew that he would definitely not be able to work, so he walked back with his hands behind his back, "Okay, I'll go into the house, and you should work less."

Sun Ying chased Qiao Miwei again, "You, Weiwei, go back too. It's not a lot of work. I can finish it in a while. Besides, I have nothing to do when I go back to the house. It's better to shovel snow." go back.

Qiao Miwei didn't look pretentious at first glance, it happened that they could go to Taoyuan to grind wheat, so she nodded and followed Qiao's father back to the house without being polite to Sun Ying.

Seeing that the two of them had returned, Mother Qiao raised her head and asked, "Where's Daying?"

"It's shoveling snow outside." Qiao Miwei took off his hat and gloves as he said, rubbing his hands together, "It's getting colder and colder outside."

Mother Qiao took off the mirror and put the quilt aside, "I can't see clearly, so I won't do it."

Qiao Mi slightly pushed open the gate of Taoyuan, and said to the two, "Go in?"

Mother Qiao got up, picked up her things and walked in first, "Come in, the light inside is good."

The three of them entered Taoyuan, and Mother Qiao moved out a set of tables and chairs from the house with colored steel tiles, put the quilts on top, and boldly began to take off her clothes, until only long underwear and long johns were left on her body before she put on reading glasses Started sewing, "The light here is still good and warm."

Qiao Miwei and Father Qiao also took off their clothes, and they breathed a sigh of relief when there were no more thick clothes left on them. Recently, the temperature in Taoyuan was extremely high. Father Qiao observed the sunlight inside and said that it was an autumn tiger, and it was hot. , Qiao Miwei asked, "Shall we just use a stone mill to grind wheat?"

Father Qiao nodded, "Try it, grind it a little first."

"Okay." Qiao Miwei went to the side and filled the dustpan with half of the wheat. Qiao's father had already blindfolded the cow's eyes and tied it to the stone mill. Qiao Miwei poured the wheat into the drain in the middle of the stone mill. Father Qiao whipped the cow lightly with a whip.

The cow flicked its tail and walked away, driving the stone mill to turn slowly.

After a while, there were indeed small ground particles appearing below. Qiao Miwei pulled it a little with his hand and looked at it, "Dad, is this right?"

The wheat was ground into small pieces, with the husks inside. Father Qiao put his hand in his mouth and blew gently. Some of the husks were blown off, but a lot remained inside.

(End of this chapter)