Chapter 114 Dad! Do you really dare to think
"Brother, I'm sorry! We're back late, I'm going to cook."
"It's okay, sister, I know this, otherwise I wouldn't have done it in the morning He would say that while playing, it was past the time to eat.”
He had experienced this kind of thing too much in his previous life. When he went out to play with his friends, the day passed before he knew it. Didn't enjoy it to the fullest.
The eldest sister and the second sister are only in their teens and have no sense of time. It is normal to come back late.
This is fine, I study at home every day, and after a long time, I will become stupid, so it is just right to go out and have fun.
"By the way, little brother, why haven't your parents come back yet?" asked the eldest sister.
"I don't know, I guess I've been to the world of two and don't want the three of us anymore."
"What are you talking about, brat?" Mom's voice came from outside the door.
“Ugh!”
Li Jiayi felt quite embarrassed to be caught, and it was his mother.
After all, this era is not so open. He just said something casually which is normal, but it is a bit too advanced in this era.
"No, I didn't say anything." Li Jiayi stood up quickly.
Just as he stood up, the door to the main room was pushed open, and his mother stood at the door with a blushing face.
Li Aimin is behind Ye Xin. He has no time to think about this now. Instead, he points to the kennel and coal shed outside and asks: "Son, did you do these?"
"Yes! What's the matter?"
"You brat, tell me the truth, where did you get so many coal stamps to buy coal?"
The coal stamps are all counted, and their family A year's worth of coal does not add up to a thousand kilograms. Obviously, there is more than a thousand kilograms of coal in the coal shed.
Li Aimin still has this bit of vision.
Originally, he was thinking of seeing if he could exchange some coal tickets with others and wait until Sunday to buy the coal back.
Unexpectedly, before he could take action, his son had brought back the coal, and there was so much coal.
"Exchanged with someone else."
"Uh!" Li Aimin was speechless, and didn't understand why this kid could exchange everything.
If I want to change with others, it is very difficult, and they are not happy.
That’s right, who doesn’t need coal? Especially in winter, more is needed.
The winter of this era was not easy to live with. It was extremely cold. At least at the same time, it was several degrees cooler than in later generations.
It can even be lower than ten degrees at most. In this era, as long as winter comes, all ditches and rivers will freeze.
This is difficult to imagine in later generations, because except for the three eastern provinces, such scenes are rarely seen in later generations.
And it’s not just freezing for a few days, but the whole winter, and it doesn’t thaw until spring of the next year.
You can imagine how cold the winter is in this era.
Seeing his arrogant look, Li Aimin said: "Let's see what you can do. If you have the ability, come back in another car."
Li Jiayi glanced at him speechlessly and said: "You really dare Do you want to change a car? Even if I change it, will you drive it?"
"Uh! This..." Li Aimin scratched his head.
That's right, he really can't drive that thing. Although there was a car in the regiment when he was a soldier, the car had a driver.
And he was the regiment leader's security guard. He had been in the car a lot, but he had never touched the steering wheel once.
Li Jiayi knew what was going on when he saw him like this. He curled his lips and said, "You don't know how to drive, so what's the use of me switching back?"
"Okay, you two are not hungry. Right?" Ye Xin said.
"I'm hungry! Who wouldn't be hungry after all this?" Li Jia said, touching his stomach.
"Okay, I'm going to cook, and Jialin will come over and heat the pot." "Oh!"
After his mother and second sister went to the kitchen, Li Jiayi quickly walked to the eldest sister and asked: "Did you enjoy going out to play today?"
"Happy is happy, it's the peanuts you asked us to bring today. The melon seeds have been eaten.”
“You can just eat them. If you don’t finish them, why don’t you take them back?” Li Aimin asked.
"Dad, today we went out to play, and my little brother put some peanuts and melon seeds. He was originally planning to eat them during the New Year, but he asked us to finish them."
Hearing what his daughter said, Li Aimin curled his lips and said, "You are the only one who believes his nonsense. He still keeps it for the New Year. I think he hid it himself and prepared it for himself."
"I said Dad, have you ever said that about your son?”
“What’s wrong, I said. Wrong? "
"No, you are right, I just keep it for myself."
"Look, I just say that, a little peanut and melon seeds, for others. It’s a rare thing to me, but it’s nothing to your brother.”
"Dad, you really dare to say that, I thank you for your compliment."
Hearing the two people bickering, Li Jiaqi laughed beside her. This time is the happiest time in the family.
"By the way, son, since you can get peanuts and melon seeds, get more for the New Year this year."
"What for?" Li Jiayi looked at his father in confusion.
“What can we do? Of course we can eat!”
Peanuts and melon seeds are not so easy to get. Only during the Chinese New Year, every household can buy some.
But I can’t buy much. It depends on the size of the family. If there are more than five people, including five, there will be one pound of shelled peanuts and half a pound of melon seeds.
Family of five or less, not including five, each family has half a catty of shelled peanuts and only three taels of melon seeds.
No way! The population is too large, so don’t look at it too much, but in total, it’s quite a lot!
The most speechless thing is that the shelled peanuts are still raw. You can fry them yourself if you want to eat them, but the melon seeds are fried and can be eaten directly.
This policy was not changed until 1965.
After 1965, it was no longer based on household but on population. Each person had half a catty of shelled peanuts and half a catty of melon seeds.
To be honest, Li Jiayi was really speechless. What could such a small amount of food do? He sat there and ate more than half a catty of melon seeds in a while.
But in this era, during the entire New Year period, it is estimated that if a guest comes to the house, he will not be willing to entertain him.
"Okay, ten pounds of peanuts and ten pounds of melon seeds are enough? They are all fried."
"Uh! Son, are you serious?" Li Aimin asked in disbelief.
He just said it casually, not really thinking that Li Jiayi could get it back. After all, he knew what was going on better than others.
“If it’s not enough, I can get more.”
“Enough, enough, enough.” Li Aimin said quickly.
He was also afraid that something might happen if his son brought back too much. Besides, twenty pounds of peanuts and melon seeds would be enough for the New Year no matter how he made them.
"By the way, dad, although our family is not short of coal, you can't give coal stamps to others."
"Yes! I understand. In this way, I will give you all the coal stamps at home later. Come on Deal with it.”
“Okay.”
My family has been saving coal coupons since the Chinese New Year, and I have saved a lot this year. There are several families here that can use it!
When the time comes, if the family gives some, it will be no problem to get through this winter. Of course, you have to use it sparingly.
(End of this chapter)