Chapter 30: Helping someone in times of need (1st update)
This is really helping someone in times of need, Yang Ruoqing and Sun looked at each other, thinking this in their hearts.
However, the stove we just put up today needs to be dried for two days before it can be used, even if the weather is dry and without rain.
Besides, it is still raining today and the air is relatively humid. It is estimated that the stove will have to dry out for a few days before it can be lit for cooking.
Thinking of this, Sun's face showed another trace of embarrassment. Dayun on the side glanced at Daniel, and seeing what was conveyed in Daniel's eyes, Dayun nodded, turned around and took Sun's hand and said: "Mother Qing'er, this afternoon, you all will go to my house to eat. When I came here, I told my two daughters to get more rice. I’m afraid the rice has already been cooked. I’ll go fry two dishes later at noon.”
"Sister Dayun, you are all here to help our family, and you have to go to your house for dinner. This is unacceptable..."
Dayun gently patted the back of Sun's hand and said in a low voice: "Ms. Qing'er, we all know the situation of your family. Hey, it's no different from leaving the house. We are also responsible farmers. My life is not good, and I don’t have much to help you. I can help you even if it’s a little, but don’t mind it!”
“Dayun, you can’t do this. You and Guihua, Daniel and Chang Geng, if it weren't for you, Lao San and I would be here..." Sun couldn't continue, her tears fell like broken beads.
If Qing'er's father had not been disabled and had been separated, it would have been such a hopeful thing!
"Ms. Qing'er, don't be sad. Take your time and everything will be fine. Look, our Qing'er is well-behaved now. She even helped me carry my things just now!"
Dayun turned to look at Yang Ruoqing and said with a smile. On the way here, she passed by the door of Chang Geng's house and chatted with Guihua for a few words. She heard the news from Guihua that Yang Ruoqing was awake. Dayun also felt sorry for Sun from the bottom of her heart. Rejoiced.
"Okay, let's just say it. I'll go cook at home right now. You guys can all come over in a minute. Old Five, Yongjin and Young Boy, all of you can come over in a minute. I Let my boy come over and shout!”
After leaving, the men in the kitchen began to get busy again. Chang Geng suggested that not only should the stove be built, but also the cupboards should be built as well.
Sun and Yang Ruoqing carried all the things that Guihua and Dayun had brought to Yang Ruoqing's room. They had no choice but to put two beds and two pieces of furniture in their room and turned around. The land is almost gone.
"When I get your two younger brothers back, I will stew the old hen sent by your sister-in-law Osmanthus. It's time for your father to make up for it. Qing'er, you haven't eaten anything since you recovered from a serious illness. Okay, your two brothers are growing taller, so we can't let it go to waste." Sun said softly to Yang Ruoqing.
Yang Ruoqing was squatting in a corner of the room where she had built a simple chicken coop with straw. She carefully put the old hen in it.
The hen was very good. She lay down in her "new home" and didn't fly around. She tilted her head and stared at Yang Ruoqing with her small black eyes open.
Hearing Sun’s plan, Yang Ruoqing turned to look at Sun and said, “Mom, don’t kill this hen in a hurry, I just touched its belly and it’s full of eggs! "
"But what if you and your father don't eat something good?" Sun asked again.
“I don’t need to replenish my body bones. This body fat. But my father should replenish it!” Yang Ruoqing thought for a moment, stood up and said, “Save this hen to lay eggs. From tomorrow on Since childhood, we have cooked an egg for dad every day. After a while, when we have stabilized, we will get some eggs to hatch chicks!”
Mrs. Sun thought about it and said, "This is the only way!"
Dayun was very nimble with her hands and feet, and soon she sent her boy over to urge her to eat. It happened that everything in the kitchen was almost done. . Next, it’s just a matter of opening the side door.
Because when the family was separated, Tan and Yang Hualin said that the third bedroom was divided, and they would no longer be able to enter or leave through the main entrance of Lao Yang's house. Yang Huazhong asked Chang Geng and Daniu to help them build a side door on the wall of the backyard. People in the next three rooms could come in and out through that small side door.
"Mom, you go to Aunt Dayun's house to eat. You can bring some to me later. I'll stay with dad!" Yang Ruoqing suggested.
"You go ahead, Mom, stay here."
"Mom, it's raining today and the road is slippery. I don't want to walk." Yang Ruoqing found this excuse.
When Mrs. Sun heard this, she said: "Well, then you just stay in the house. Mom will come back after dinner!"
"Yes!"
< br>Seeing that Sun and the others were all gone, Yang Ruoqing first went to close the door of her room, then took a look in Yang Huazhong's room, poured Yang Huazhong a bowl of hot tea, and told him the situation in the kitchen. Yang Huazhong listened.
Yang Huazhong's vitality has not yet recovered from the damage, and he has been thinking hard about the family separation in the past few days. His eyelids became heavy before he could say a few words.
"Dad, let me help you lie down and sleep for a while, and then I will go to the kitchen for a walk."
After helping Yang Huazhong lie down, Yang Ruoqing gently closed the door and picked up the The shovel I was given when the family was separated came to the kitchen.
Shovel it down hard at the corner of the stove. The soil is very soft and it is wet due to rain, so it is not very laborious to dig.
Although Yang Ruoqing is young, only twelve years old, she still has some strength due to her fat body.
After digging for a while, she dug out a pit as big as a footbath. She visually measured the volume of the pit, nodded secretly, turned around, and sprinkled some moisture-proof plant ash left over from Uncle Chang Geng and the others' work over there into the pit, and then she helped Sun sort it out in the past two days. When cleaning the house, he dug out a stone jar with a cracked opening and put it into the pit.
The size is just right, as if it was tailor-made.
She hurried back to her room and put the ten kilograms of white rice sent by Aunt Dayun, the six eggs and dried wild mushrooms sent by Aunt Guihua into the stone jar. Then he pressed a wooden board on top, and held a few handfuls of soil to make the wooden board look inconspicuous. Finally, he pulled a few bundles of straw and piled it on top.
After doing this, she washed her hands, put the shovel back, and returned to her house.
After a while, Mrs. Sun, who had taken a few bites of rice, hurried back, bringing two large upside-down bowls with her. One bowl is for Yang Ruoqing, and the other bowl is for Yang Huazhong.
Rice production in this era was not high, and farmers were burdened with exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Even the Li Zheng family, who had the most fields in the village, could not afford to eat a whole bowl of white rice. The rice in every household will be more or less mixed with some wild vegetables, sweet potatoes, miscellaneous grains and so on!
(End of this chapter)