Chapter 8 Two cousins were beaten, and Li Jia was full
“Here, I’ll give you half.” Li Jia broke open the sweet potato and handed it to Li Jiafen and said.
“Thank you, Brother Jiayi.”
This sweet potato is red-flesh, and he took it specially because red-flesh sweet potatoes are less dry and sweeter.
Of course, of the two he put into the space, one was red and the other was white.
Red-fleshed sweet potatoes are fine for eating on their own, but when compared to white-fleshed sweet potatoes, they are not as useful as feed.
It gets dark late in the summer, and when grandma prepares the meal, it’s still light, so I eat directly in the yard.
Grandma makes noodles. Not only does she use white flour, but there is meat in it. Although it is called bacon, it is still meat!
You must know that it is not easy to eat meat in rural areas. No one will kill pigs unless it is a festival.
As for the pigs that have grown up, of course they are sold to the purchasing station, and the purchasing station will also go to the village to buy them.
When the purchasing station receives a certain quantity, it will be sent to the meat processing factory.
"Come and add one. This bowl is more for you." Grandma brought a large bowl of noodles in front of him.
"Grandma, this is too much, let me share some with you!" Li Jiayi said speechlessly while looking at the bowl of ocean in front of him.
"No, you are growing now, so you need to eat more. Your grandfather and I are getting older, so we need to eat less at night, otherwise we will not digest well."
Hearing grandma say this He said that Li Jiayi knew that it was impossible for him to give it to his grandfather or grandma.
He turned to look at Li Jiafen and said, "Here, I'll give you some."
"Brother Jiayi, I don't want it. These are enough. You can eat it yourself!" After saying that, he put the bowl aside. Went.
"Okay!"
This ocean bowl is bigger than his head. If he eats this bowl, he probably won't have to eat it tomorrow morning.
But he also knew that this was because grandma loved him, otherwise how could he use white flour to make noodles and add bacon.
If he hadn't come over, grandma wouldn't have given out the bacon!
Just as he thought, after finishing a big bowl of noodles, his belly was so round that he would be half-lying when he sat there, otherwise he would not be able to sit down at all.
Just after dinner here, uncle Li Aiguo and aunt Liu Xiaocui came over with their two cousins.
Looking at the way the two cousins walked, they must have been beaten hard.
Li Jiayi quickly stood up from the bamboo chair and shouted: "Uncle and aunt."
"Hey, Jiayi, when did you come?" the uncle asked in surprise.
One look at his expression showed that he had no idea that Li Jiayi was coming.
"I came here in the afternoon and took Grandpa Six's ox cart."
"Oh!"
"Jiayi has grown taller again." The aunt came over and stood there He gestured to his side and said.
"Why are you here? Have you eaten?" Grandma asked.
"After eating, mother, it's not like Jiafen, this girl hasn't gone back, so I came here to have a look." The uncle said.
“Forget it after eating.” Grandma said.
"By the way, plus one, why aren't the eldest and the second niu here?" the aunt asked.
Big Niu and Er Niu are of course talking about Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin.
In fact, Da Niu and Er Niu are the names of the two sisters. As for the names Jiaqi and Jia Lin, they were given by Li Jiayi when they registered their household registration later.
Otherwise, there would be no such name in this era. My parents thought it sounded nice, and it was similar to Li Jiayi’s name.
I reported it.
As for the cousin Li Jiafen, the uncle named her after his two sisters.
“My sisters are doing their homework at home!”
Hearing what he said, the aunt turned her head and glared at the two cousins and said, "Look at Big Niu and Er Niu. You know how to do your homework at home during the holidays. You two know how to fish."
First cousin Li Chengqian opened his mouth but did not say anything. Second cousin Li Chenghou said at this time: "It's still too early to leave school! It's not like I won't write."
"You still know how to be stubborn, right? Patriot, continue to deal with him." " said the aunt.
Hearing that he was about to deal with himself, the second cousin immediately shut up. He had no choice but to hit his butt with the board and it really hurt!
Li Jiayi thought of something at this time and said quickly: "Grandpa, uncle, I have something to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Come in and talk!"
Hearing what Li Jiayi said, my grandfather and uncle knew that it was inconvenient for more people to know. To be precise, it was inconvenient for the three children to know.
“Okay, come in!”
After the three people came to the house, Li Jia closed the door.
"Jiayi, why are you keeping it a secret?" the uncle asked.
“Grandpa, uncle, it’s like this. One of my classmates has his father working in a government department.”
“My classmate told me that in September this year, rural land will be taken back. ”
“Jiayi, are you telling the truth?”
"It's 100% true, because his father is in charge of this, and the time has been set, how could it be false."
"Oh! It's only been a few years since the land was divided! Is it going to be the same as in the past? , work for the landlord?" the uncle asked with an ugly face.
"Uncle, this is different. This is collective harvesting. A village is a collective. At that time, everyone will work together and record work points. After the grain is harvested, except for the part that is paid to the public grain, the rest will be counted as Distribution of work points. "
"Ah, if it's just me and your aunt working, there won't be enough food at all!"
The land at home now includes the land of my grandparents. They are both uncle and aunt.
"How can two people work? Your mother and I are only over fifty, we can work too." Grandpa said while taking a puff of dry cigarette.
"Dad, you and my mother have not farmed for several years, and you are too old. How can we let you work in the fields."
The uncle and aunt are very filial. , the two of them took over all the land in the house so that their grandparents would not be tired.
"If it doesn't work, let Cheng Qiancheng drop out of school. Anyway, no matter how much he learns, he will still have to work in the fields."
"Get out of here." Grandpa kicked the uncle. Said: "You must go to school before you make a career."
"Grandpa, uncle, don't worry! The reason I'm telling you is that I already have a plan."
"What plan?" the uncle asked hurriedly.
“Save food.”
“Save food?”
“Yes, after the land is returned to the collective this time, food will also be collected, and then the entire village will Let’s eat together in a big pot, but this time won’t last long. After next spring’s harvest, each family will still have to cook on their own after the grain is distributed.”
"We also harvest grain?" asked the uncle.
"That's right! Otherwise, how can we be considered a collective? We all eat together and work together."
"So I asked you to store grain. When the time comes to collect grain, take out some and leave the rest. All hidden."
“But we don’t have much food at home! We can’t hide much.”
“Uncle, this is the second point I mentioned. You can see who sells food in the village. Then buy it.”
Anyway, if your own family doesn't buy it, the villagers will sell the excess grain to the grain station. In this case, why not buy it.
PS: Love is always the same across thousands of rivers and mountains, can you give me a ticket? Thanks!
(End of this chapter)