The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

Chen Guihua didn't care about anything in her life. Being able to eat delicious food, to be full, and to have a place to sleep were enough for her. Now, hearing what Tian Baobao said, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth no matter how hard she tried to hide it.

The next day, after Tian Baobao and Tian Tian finished learning to read, they ran to tell Grandma Tian that they still wanted to catch sparrows.

As expected, Mrs. Tian flatly refused.

Although Tian Baobao was mentally prepared, he was still a little disappointed.

However, even without food, Tian Baobao could still catch sparrows with his bare hands, but it was a bit troublesome. He could only catch a few after working for a long time, and he was not willing to put in the effort.

Tian Baobao took Tian Zhuo out to play.

Old Mrs. Tian saw this but didn't stop them. Although the weather was quite cold, it was not the coldest yet. If the two kids wanted to go out and play, they could go ahead and play.

After a while, it will be the ninth day of the ninth lunar month and it will snow. We will not be able to go out at that time.

There is nothing to do in winter and there is not much work to do at home, so time goes by much slower.

After Tian Lisong finished his work in the brigade, he seldom went out and spent all day at home twisting hemp ropes.

The job of twisting hemp ropes was negotiated by the brigade and the tobacco factory.

Today's tobacco factories grow opium in the fields, then in July and August they tie the tobacco up with hemp ropes, dry it in the sun, grind it into flour, and then roll it up with paper and smoke it directly. This is the old dry tobacco here.

The tobacco factory in their county was quite large and needed a lot of hemp rope, so they reached a cooperation with the commune and the brigade paid to purchase the hemp rope.

Although a pound of hemp rope costs only a few cents, it is an extra income in the winter when nothing can be done. People in their team basically make hemp ropes at home in winter.

Old Mrs. Tian’s family is no exception. They twist the hemp rope while twisting corn, with the two sides clearly separated.

Although Lin Meiyu pricked the blister with a needle, Tian Tian's hand still took a week to heal.

Old Mrs. Tian didn't allow her to make hemp ropes, so Tian Tian had nothing to do at home, so she thought about making delicious food, such as roasted sweet potatoes and roasted potatoes.

The sweet potatoes that Grandma Tian dried in the fall are now sticky and chewy, without any taste of saccharin, but with the natural sweetness of sweet potatoes.

And those girls picked in autumn, when seen as a bunch of red ones hanging on the door frame, look particularly beautiful.

However, Tian Tian kept her distance from this string of girls. She had been bewitched by the red girls before, and after taking a bite, she was so bitter that her soul flew away. From then on, whenever she looked at the string of red girls, her mouth would be filled with bitterness, and she never wanted to eat them again.

Although Tian Baobao and Tian Zhuo went there to pick a girl to eat when they had nothing to do these days, they also told Tian Tian that the girl was sweet.

Tian Tian didn't show anything on her face, but she didn't believe it in her heart.

Fortunately, in addition to the girl, their family actually has quite a lot of snacks, such as wild pears, wild apples, pecans and mountain reds, which make their mouths water with sweet delicacies every day.

At night, when she returned to her room, she would make some snacks for herself, such as candied chestnuts, mountain red and white fungus soup. As she had no worries and lived a comfortable life, after eating them for a month, Tian Tian's face became rounder.

It’s winter and she wears more clothes, but she doesn’t notice it and eats happily every day.

Until one day, Tian Tian heated up the house and prepared to wipe her body. As a result, when she took off her clothes, it was seen that her belly had become bigger, and when she bent over, a layer of swimming ring appeared.

Tian Tian was really scared. She had been eating cabbage, potatoes, tofu, and other natural and pollution-free foods every day recently. She didn't eat any junk food at all.

Thinking that she ate so healthily, she never thought that she would gain weight.

Tian Tian pinched the circle of fat on her belly, put on her clothes with a dejected look, poured the water into the yard, and crawled into bed.

Her current body is not extremely thin, but rather chubby and a little fleshy. However, the flesh is evenly distributed on her body, which makes her look pleasing and pretty. Her arms and legs are soft. Tian Tian likes her current figure very much.

But now, Tian Tian looks at the fat on her body, all of which is growing exclusively on her belly, and she is a little afraid that she will become a girl with a beer belly in the future.

Tian Tian originally thought that she would be unable to sleep due to anxiety about the circle of fat on her belly, but she fell asleep as soon as she lay down in the bed and her head touched the pillow.

The next morning, when Tian Tian was getting dressed, she saw the circle of fat on her belly again. Her good mood immediately disappeared, and she went out to get water to wash her face in a depressed mood.

When it was time to eat, Tian Tian felt very depressed when looking at the food on the table.

Just like before, Grandma Tian stewed cabbage for this meal. Logically speaking, she should have been tired of eating cabbage every day for some time.

But this cabbage is very delicious, sweet, tender, fleshy and very fresh. Tian Tian never gets tired of eating it.

There is also the cornmeal pancake, which is made with cornmeal from newly harvested corn. The corn aroma is very strong, the pancake is fluffy and soft, and the side that sticks to the bottom of the pot is crispy. No matter which one, Tian Tian can't give it up.

Thinking that cabbage is a vegetable and will not make you fat, Tian Tian reluctantly broke off a small half of the pancake and ate the cabbage pancake in small bites.

His different appearance quickly attracted the attention of his family.

"Why did you eat so little today?" Although people don't work in the winter, Grandma Tian won't let anyone go hungry. Basically, everyone can eat until they are 70% to 80% full at every meal.

Especially in winter when they can only have two meals a day, Grandma Tian will never let them go hungry.

Normally, Tian Tian can eat two palm-sized pancakes, but today she only ate half one.

When Tian Tian heard the question from Old Lady Tian, ​​she would definitely not say something like "Because I'm afraid of getting fat."

Maybe it’s because we just experienced a great famine a few years ago, so people nowadays think it’s better to be a little fatter.

"I ate too fast the past two days and felt a little heartburn," said Tian Tian.

"Then eat slowly and soak your feet in hot water at night." Lin Meiyu said.

Tian Tian nodded obediently.

"Tian Tian! So you're not going to eat this half-eaten pancake?" Chen Guihua stared at the half-eaten pancake in the bowl.

Old Mrs. Tian managed the food very well. Each person was given two pieces of bread, no more, and no leftovers after eating. It was just enough for everyone to be 70% to 80% full.

But being 70% to 80% full was not enough for Chen Guihua. After eating at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, Chen Guihua would be extremely hungry at noon.