Chapter 407: Born to work hard
The bags given by the grain and oil station are made of fine linen, very strong, and cost five cents each.
Lu Miao asked for twenty kilograms of rice and ten kilograms of noodles. They were divided into two bags, which cost only ten cents.
If you have a grain and oil supply certificate, you can buy grain at the grain and oil station at public prices. The price of fine grain rice and white flour is 1.8 cents per pound.
Thirty pounds is five dollars and four, plus other ingredients, bags, and bottles. Lu Miao counted five dollars and nine and handed it out.
Originally, I was quite embarrassed to trouble Meizi to make a trip.
Looking at it now, luckily Meizi followed.
Otherwise, she would not be able to carry these thirty kilograms of grain, plus scattered bottles and cans.
Lu Miao alternately carried the grain bag with her left and right hands, and Mei Zi helped her hold the seasoning bottle.
Wandering all the way, it took half an hour to get home.
Lu Miao put down the things, then took the various ingredients from Mei Zi's hand and put them on the stove.
Lu Miao took out her wallet, took out a dime and gave it to Mei Zi.
"The fire hasn't started yet at home, so I don't have anything to eat for you... Take this money and go buy an egg-fried dough stick from the stall outside tomorrow morning."
The plums feel hot to the touch. The money was returned to her.
"Sister-in-law Fu, I don't want money... I just gave you a guide and didn't do anything."
When she didn't answer, Meizi put the money on the stove and walked out: "You can call me again when you have work. I don't want anything good. I have leftovers at home." Just give me a bite.”
Plums are very delicious, no money required, just food.
After saying that, he turned around and ran away like a rabbit.
Lu Miao put away the dime stamped with "one dime" and felt dizzy. She didn't know what the plum picture was.
Tang Mei heard the noise, came out with the child in her arms, and asked who was here just now.
Lu Miao told me about Meizi.
Tang Mei shook her head and sighed, and solved Lu Miao's doubts with one sentence:
"Don't look at the people in Beijing who pride themselves on being tough, but there are really not many girls in the alleys who are valuable."
There are many families that favor sons over daughters. Those who are good will stick to their sons. Girls are born to work hard.
Especially girls from poor families.
Lu Miao didn't know the specific situation of Meizi, but he could roughly guess some.
Mei Zi’s situation at home may not be too good, so I gave her food so she could eat outside.
If you give her money, she may not be able to keep it.
Mingyi fell asleep and yawned on his grandma's shoulder.
Tang Mei hugged him and rocked him gently. Seeing that Lu Miao was distracted, Tang Mei said:
"You should live a peaceful life first and ignore others."
There are many people who suffer. If you want to be saved, you have to take care of it.
Lu Miao nodded, "I know."
Thought of something, and said:
"From now on when we go to school, if you see that it is inconvenient for your child to do work, if she comes, just let her do it."
"If you don't trust her in the house, let her do it in the courtyard." If she can help you while eating, Brother You and I will feel better."
Tang Mei glanced at her angrily, knowing what she had in mind, but she didn't refute her again. .
It was getting dark, and Fu Jingyou made two trips to bring back some solid wood boards.
Fu Jingyou went into the house, filled the kerosene lamp with kerosene, lit it, put it on fire, and carried it to Tang Mei's house.
The brother was asleep, and the sister was playing with her hands in the dim sky.
Seeing the light, her sister reached out to hug her:
"Dad~"
Fu Jingyou handed the kerosene lamp to Tang Mei without holding the child.
He is still dirty.
"Is it cold in the room?"
Tang Mei said "hmm":
"It's a good afternoon, my bones will be a little cold when it gets dark... I put an extra quilt on the child "
The new house has just moved in, and it lacks a bit of popularity, which makes it feel more deserted.
Fu Jingyou went out and removed an old cupboard door.
He brought the finely chopped firewood into the house and went to the kitchen to get two pieces of charcoal. Lu Miao is cooking in the kitchen.
The stove used.
Washing pots, kneading noodles, and cooking gnocchi.
In addition, there was some water in the pot, and the two buckets of water in the kitchen had reached the bottom.
"Last time I saw a public well over there in the alley, and I can still see a little of it now. You can bring two more buckets of water back. I'll use them later for washing pots and washing up."
"Okay"
Fu Jingyou nodded.
"I'll light up the kang over there first, and I'll be there soon."
Lu Miao nodded and returned to the kitchen to continue working.
I just moved here and the new stove is not yet in use.
Plus, Lu Miao was lazy and a little reluctant to reach out in the cold weather, so she didn’t come up with anything for dinner.
A pot of gnocchi was cooked per head, and some of the leaner parts of the bacon were sliced.
Put it in the pot with the gnocchi, close the lid and cook. It smells quite fragrant.
While eating, the two children pinched the muscular pieces of meat and bit them until their little heads trembled.
Lu Miao was amused and stood aside laughing.
Tang Mei finished eating first and fetched water for the two children to wash.
The room was warm with a kang burning.
The two children were sitting on the kang wearing single clothes and were not afraid of catching cold.
“A few years ago, we used to burn this kind of earthen kang when we were young, but now we see fewer and fewer such kangs in urban areas.”
Tang Mei was a little emotional.
Lu Miao said with a smile: "It shows that society is progressing, and central heating will be provided in the future."
Firewood is difficult to obtain in urban areas, and coal costs money. Some old homes have earthen kangs. It may not burn.
If you look at the rural areas on the outskirts, you will see that there are still many families who burn kangs. Crop stalks, corn cobs and the like can be burned and can withstand burning.
Lu Yuanzheng never came back, he probably rested in the school dormitory.
Lu Miao gave Tang Mei some water and asked her to take her two children to bed first.
She went to clean up the kitchen, put the remaining bacon noodles in the pot into a sea bowl and sealed it, then poured water into the pot and added a few thin firewood to the stove.
Tang Mei's house had a heated kang, and Lu Miao had just sat on the kang for a while. It was warm and really comfortable.
It is the kind of comfort that neither air conditioning nor heating can match.
Fu Jingyou lit the kerosene lamp and sawed wood in the hall, working overtime.
Lu Miao couldn't wait, so she picked up the unwanted pieces of wood he had sawed off and the wood shavings he had planed, and brought them into the room, and burned the kang in their room.
While waiting for the temperature to rise, Lu Miao came out and held a kerosene lamp to accompany Fu Jingyou.
"Burning the kang should take a lot of firewood, right? The kang in our house is still so big."
"There are so many firewood in the yard, what are you afraid of?"
"We usually do it We need to use rice too!”
Fu Jingyou thought about it for a while and said:
“It won’t be cold for a few days this year, so don’t worry about burning.”
“My aunt has a coal supply certificate, and it is supplied at a public price of 40 kilograms per month. I will buy it every month from now on and save it slowly.”
I will buy raw coal when the time comes.
It is more suitable to use raw coal for kang burning.
The plate is so big that it won't be a problem to keep it warm for half the night.
If you feel the temperature is not enough at that time, add more.
Lu Miao nodded.
Originally, I wanted to accompany him to get the tables and chairs out first, but it turned out that the "freshness" of the kang was not worth it.
After cleaning the kitchen twice, she fetched water and went back to the house to wash up. She climbed onto the kang and lay down early.
It was not enough to just lie down on his own, but he also urged Fu Jingyou to wash up quickly and come back to lie down together and enjoy themselves.
(End of this chapter)