Chapter 17 Continue to go up the mountain
“Dad, we are back!”
It was noon when we got home. The family did not go to work and were all taking a lunch break at home.
Lin Gang’s voice made everyone in the family shout.
The first one to come out was the second sister-in-law Lu Yinhua. She came out of the kitchen and seemed to be cleaning it.
"Mom, third child, little sister, you are back."
"Second sister-in-law." Lin Shu called.
"I guess you guys should be back today. There's rice left in the pot. I'll pick it up right away." After saying that, Lu Yinhua glanced at her mother-in-law's face, turned around and entered the kitchen again.
The sister-in-law came out of her room and helped pour water with a wink, "Mom, it must have been a hard journey to the second aunt's house. Hurry up and sit down and have a rest."
Liu Xiao'e enjoyed it With the diligent care of the daughters-in-law, the performance of Li Lan from the second sister's family instantly came to mind. There is really no harm without comparison. Only with comparison can you know how good your daughter-in-law is.
"Hey, we're fine. When you are tired, just go on your lunch break. Don't worry about us. Where are the children?"
"The children are all asleep now."
Lu Yinhua brought out the food Put it on the table and sit aside silently.
Lin's father, Lin Dashan, walked out with his shoes, yawned and asked, "Is the journey going smoothly?"
Liu Xiao'e took a sip of sorghum porridge to relieve her hunger. "It went well, but I vomited all the way back. It's so uncomfortable to ride in the car. People like me who can't ride in the car are suitable to stay at home."
As long as there is food and drink at home, you don’t have to go out for the rest of your life.
Lin Dashan smiled and nodded. He turned around and saw the luggage placed in the hall. He was surprised: "Why did you buy so much meat? And what's in that sack?"
After hearing this, other people’s eyes fell on the luggage. They also wanted to know what was in the sack?
After this reminder, Liu Xiao'e remembered that the meat had been dried all the way, and hurriedly told her daughter-in-law: "The meat belongs to the elder's family and the second child's family, hurry up and clean up the meat. If you delay it any longer, it will stink."
“Eh, okay.”
Lin Shu drank half a bowl of porridge at this time, and with food in his stomach, he said: "Sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, the sack is filled with lotus roots. You choose a few sections of old lotus roots and stew them with the pig's feet."
“A whole pig’s foot is stewed?” He Caiyun weighed the pig’s foot. How many kilograms does it weigh and stewed?
"Well, it's all stewed. Use our No. 2 iron cauldron to stew it. Add more lotus roots. Everyone will be able to enjoy it at night." Lin Shu nodded.
The meat must be eaten in big mouthfuls to enjoy it.
He Caiyun looked at her mother-in-law and was surprised to find that she didn't even raise her head, obviously agreeing with her sister-in-law's suggestion.
Why did I go out to visit relatives, and when I came back, my mother-in-law was a little indulgent to my sister-in-law.
Hearing that they would stew pig's feet for dinner at night, Lin Dashan smiled and nodded: "Second Sister and the Ding family's production team have a swampy field. They can dig out many lotus roots every year, and most of them produce pink lotus roots. Stewing the soup is the best. It's delicious."
Lin Shu nodded after hearing this: "It's delicious, but it's a pity that it's too far away from us. Otherwise, I can dig some out from time to time and add some food to my family. "
Liu Xiao'e rolled her eyes at her: "If you are close to us, you can dig it out and eat it at any time. If you eat more, you will get tired of it. If you eat too much of something, you will get tired of it. "
I was tired from carrying the burden all the way back, mainly because my shoulders were so painful from the pressure. Lin Gang finished the meal without saying a word, put down the bowl and chopsticks, "You guys chat, I'll take a rest."
Lin Shu watched Lin Gang return to his room while rubbing his shoulders, and sighed: "Our village is too remote, too far away from the county seat, and it is too inconvenient to go out. The buses come and go only once a day."
Balabala, they all complained about the inconvenience of traveling and how thrilling it was for them to ride on the roof of the car this time.
To sum up: "It would be great if we had a 28-inch big rod of our own."
The couple listened to her complaints, especially Lin Dashan, who only listened to it for fun at first. After their experience of going out this time, staying at home all year round and listening to what happened along the way was also a form of entertainment.
His face became speechless when he heard, "My girl, do you know how much a 28-meter-high pole costs?"
"I know, the permanent brand is 185 yuan, the Phoenix brand is 320 yuan, and the Feige brand is 180 yuan. The first two brands of these three bicycles require money in addition to the ticket price, and the Feige brand is free of charge."
Lin mountains : "..."
"Hiss!" Liu Xiao'e took a breath, "Are you going to the county seat yesterday to inquire about this? I tell you that even if you don't want the ticket, our family doesn't have the money to buy it. You If you want a bicycle , find a partner as soon as possible, and let your partner give you three turns and one ring, and you will have everything."
"Mom, do you think there are all the partners who can afford three turns and one ring?"
“Since It's hard to find a good partner, so why don't you agree to the marriage to the Xie family? Chunlei is so good, why don't you like him?" Although Liu Xiao'e agreed with her daughter's objection to the marriage, she still had a hard time. flat.
"Mom, that's enough. This matter has already been closed. Why do you bring it up again?" Lin Shu's head was filled with black threads.
At this time, Lin Dashan said leisurely: "This matter is not over yet. That boy Chunlei came to the house yesterday. He knew that you were going to your second aunt's house and said he would come to see you in two days."
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Lin Dashan was very bachelor, "This matter is between the two of you. Since you think it is inappropriate, it would be better for you two to make it clear in person, and I will not interfere."
"Okay, You guys talk slowly, I’ll go take a nap first.”
Lin Shu was depressed. He returned to his room with the fabric and wool and lay on the bed to check the balance of the system. This time he went out to buy fabric, wool, sugar and meat. He spent a total of more than 30 yuan, and the balance now is only 192.1 yuan.
Earning so much money in a few days is not bad whether in rural areas or in the city, but Lin Shu feels it is not enough. The Xiaohe production team is too far away from the county seat, and sometimes it is not easy to go out.
She just said that she wanted to buy a bicycle in the hall, and she was not just talking about it, she really had an idea. Now she is having a headache making excuses.
What kind of excuse can you find to make the money for buying a bicycle come from somewhere?
This year, the higher authorities have proposed to change the policy, but it will take several years for this spring breeze to spread across the country. Even the household contract system for land was first implemented by their production brigade in 1981 in the previous life. If the effect is good, it will be implemented again. In the second year, it was promoted throughout the township.
There are still three years to go.
In fact, if you want to get rich first, if you have the courage, you can go to the south for development next year. That is where the spring breeze blows first.
I was thinking about my past and present lives, and fell asleep unknowingly. When I woke up, the sun had already set, and I estimated that the time would be around four in the afternoon.
I didn’t go to work in the afternoon. I couldn’t go digging for herbs in the mountains for long at this time, so I found the fabric I bought in the county yesterday and planned to cut it out to make two short-sleeved shirts for myself.
The remaining fabric will be cut out when I have time to help Liu Xiaoe and Comrade Lin Dashan measure the size.
In her previous life, she worked hard outside, worked in a factory, and knew how to cut and sew.
There is no problem in regaining this skill now, it’s just that the motorcycle sewing has been changed to hand sewing.
“Bang bang bang.”
“Lin Shu, Lin Shu!”
As soon as I cut out a short-sleeved piece of fabric from two pieces of fabric, there was a sound at the door. There was a knock on the door and Lin Shu's face darkened when she heard the voice of the person coming.
"Why are you here? It shouldn't be working time at this time, and you're taking the opportunity to work as a foreigner?"
Open the door, and the person standing outside the door is Zhu Zhengliang, with a lot of mud hanging on his body and a bag in his hand He picked up a tin bucket and there was a sound of water in the bucket.
However, Lin Shu was not interested in this.
The smile on Zhu Zhengliang's face faltered slightly, and he placed the bucket in front of Lin Shu, "The production team has been cleaning the paddy fields these two days, and they should be planting rice from tomorrow. These loaches and eels are mine. Caught while clearing paddy fields. Uncle likes to drink some wine, so I thought these loaches and eels would be brought to Uncle Lin to drink. If you accept them, you can treat them as my filial piety to Uncle Lin." Lin Shu looked down at the bottom of the bucket. They were only about a pound. It's less than two pounds, and it's a little strange how diligent this guy is today.
Facing Lin Shu's confused gaze, Zhu Zhengliang smiled: "Hurry up and empty the bucket. I'm still waiting to go to the fields to work."
Lin Shu didn't move, smelling the stew in the air The smell of pig's feet flashed in her eyes, and she said why this guy was so attentive today, so he was waiting here.
"My dad is not yours, and I don't need your filial piety. You should take this bucket of loach back yourself. If our family wants to eat it, my brothers can make it themselves."
If in the previous life, Zhu Zhengliang was so attentive, she would have been elated long ago. She would have sincerely kept this guy at home for dinner, and her family would have warmly entertained him out of respect for her face.
In later generations, loaches were more expensive than meat, but in this era, loaches were worthless things. If you exchanged loaches for meat, no one could make a better calculation than him.
"Lin Shu, it's up to your brother and the others to do what they do. Today these are my filial piety to Uncle Lin."
"You don't understand people, do you?" Lin Shu kicked him over in annoyance, and the bucket Fell down.
Loachs and eels were swimming on the ground, and the buckets clanged and rolled into the sewer outside.
"Go away! I said I would beat you up once and tell you not to show up in front of me. You don't understand human language, right?"
"You"
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Zhu Zhengliang stared at the loach swimming on the ground, his expression gloomy and terrifying. This bitch is really shameless. If he wasn't a stranger in a foreign land, would he stand here and swallow his anger?
If he were in the city, a village girl like her wouldn't be worthy of washing his feet!
With a "clang", the door closed again.
Lin Shu secretly said something bad. Fortunately, all the villagers went to work at this time, and the remaining old people and children also went to work in the fields. Otherwise, when the villagers saw this scene, they didn’t know what would happen. What bad words were said?
After she had locked all the cut fabrics, the door was knocked again, but this time the voice calling outside was the voice of a child.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, are you awake?"
The door opened, and the children's cheerful voices came. Lin Shu smiled and helped them bring in the basket filled with pigweed.
"Thank you for your hard work. Why didn't you wake me up when you went to hunt pigweed?"
"My grandma said I would let you rest today and let us not wake you up." said my niece Lin Xiaoshuang.
"Wow, it smells so good. Where did you get the meat at home? Did you cook the meat at home?" As soon as Lin Xiaojun entered the house, the dog's nose twitched, and his eyes lit up when he smelled the aroma of meat.
Lin Shu asked them to wash their hands first, "Didn't your mother tell you that we bought meat today?"
"No, my mother hid it very well and didn't even tell us." Lin Xiaojun pouted.
"Haha, then your mother is definitely afraid that if you find out, she won't have time to work in the afternoon and is always thinking about meat."
Lin Shu took out a handful from his pocket Fruit candy, ask the three siblings who have washed their hands to come over.
“Five pills per person, don’t eat them all at once, save some for eating meat at night.”
Lin Xiaoyu and Lin Xiaoshuang both obediently put the candies into their pockets. Lin Xiaojun took the candies and couldn't wait to peel one off and put it in his mouth.
“Thank you, sister-in-law!”
“Sister-in-law, you are so kind!”
“How can I be good?”
“Sister-in-law, everything is good. Remember to buy us candy when you go out.”
Lin Shu was happy after hearing this and rubbed the brat's head, "Haha. Okay, I'll try to make more money, and I'll buy you sweets next time I go out."
Improving life is not something that can be done in a day, she Still need to work hard!
For dinner, the whole family was very satisfied.
After the meal, Liu Xiaoe reached out to Lin Shu.
“What for?” Lin Shu looked at the palm stretched out in front of him, confused.
"Meat tickets!" Liu Xiao'e moved her palms, "Didn't you say you have a few meat tickets? You have almost spent all your private money on this trip. If you don't keep the remaining meat tickets for me, do you still have money? Buy more meat? "
Under normal circumstances, there is nothing wrong with this. Lin Shu honestly took out the meat tickets from his pocket when he had no income for the time being.
Liu Xiao'e snatched it over and handed it to Lin Wei, "Boss, look at this meat ticket for me."
"Pfft!"
Lin Gang couldn't help but laugh, he Mom is domineering when asking for votes, but this momentum can only last a few seconds before breaking through.
Lin Wei held back a smile and took it, using the light of the oil lamp, he looked at the three meat tickets: "Mom, these are all four taels of meat tickets. The total of these three tickets is one pound and two taels."
On Being Educated importance, illiteracy is not advisable.
"Mom, how about I teach you how to read?" Lin Shu suddenly had an idea in her mind, that is, to help her mother learn to read.
Liu Xiao'e glared at her angrily, suppressing a smile and said: "If you don't learn, this meat ticket belongs to me."
With this meat ticket, you can buy meat during this year's double grab to improve it. Food at home.
"We have enough firewood at home for the time being. You can continue to work tomorrow."
As soon as Lin Shu heard that she was scheduled to go to work, she exaggeratedly shouted: "Mom, you can't turn your back on my meat ticket." Man, I will kill pigs tomorrow!”
How can she make money digging for treasures in the mountains when she has gone to work?
"Hey, Lin Shu, you don't want to imitate me, do you? If you want to be lazy, just say so." Lin Gang teased while picking his teeth.
"You eat the meat I bought, and you haven't wiped your mouth clean yet and you're planning on me? Your eating looks are too ugly!" Lin Shu retorted.
"You bought some meat, that's amazing!"
"I'll buy meat next time if I can, but don't eat it!" Lin Shu scolded him unceremoniously.
The brother and sister always quarreled when they met, and would fight if they couldn't argue. The rest of the family had become accustomed to it. When they heard them quarreling, everyone just watched and no one tried to persuade them.
"." Lin Gang continued to pick his teeth. It was impossible not to eat, so he had better shut up now in order to eat meat.
“Hmph!”
After winning the argument, Lin Shu snorted proudly.
The next day, Lin Shu carried the basket up the mountain as she wished. In order to collect more valuable herbs, she decided to go deeper into the forest.
Traditional Chinese medicine has been under attack in recent years. In a remote village like Xiaohe Production Team, there are many herbs on the green hills and they are of sufficient vintage.
Lin Shu walked deep into the mountains and found several Smilax cocos plants that were not old enough after walking far.
【Wild Smilax cocos has the effects of detoxification, dehumidification, and joint relief. The rhizome is worth 50 cents per pound. 】
Sure enough, the medicinal materials in the deep mountains are much more valuable, but the rhizomes of Smilax poria are relatively deep and a bit difficult to dig. Fortunately, I brought a hoe with me this time.
(End of this chapter)