Reborn Soul: Me and My Family

Now that the factories are closed for the Chinese New Year, Zhou's mother takes Ouyang Qing out to queue up to buy things during the day. If they can buy something, that's great. If not, the mother and daughter will use the old method to take it out from the space. After the couple discussed these days, they decided to send New Year gifts to the two families before the New Year. Thanks to Ouyang Qing's space, this year's New Year gifts are particularly rich. Zhou's mother waved her hands and gave each of the parents on both sides a sheep, two fish, a chicken and a duck. Ouyang Qing processed a pig and a cow in the space. In addition to giving 2 kilograms of the two kinds of meat to the two families, she left some fresh meat for her own family to make soup. The braised pork tasted very good last time, so this time Zhou's mother decided to arrange both braised pork and beef during the Chinese New Year. In addition, this time she specially chose the largest pig in the space to kill, and Zhou's mother made a lot of sausages and bacon, which can be eaten for a long time after drying.

Ouyang Qing has basically stayed at home these days except for going out with Zhou Ma to queue up to buy things during the day. Looking at her own yard, Ouyang Qing suddenly thought of a video she had seen before about digging a cellar. She returned to the room and found the video on the tablet, then went to find her father. Ouyang Zhen felt that his daughter was right, and that his family should also dig a cellar, where they could store some daily necessities that were easy to preserve, and they would not have to take out food and daily necessities from his daughter's space every time. Besides, the family's things could not be kept secret from the two sons.

After discussing with his wife, Ouyang Zhen decided to start the construction. Zhou Ma agreed with both hands. Anyway, the whole family is resting at home now. If they don’t do it now, why wait until spring to do it? After watching the steps of digging the cellar in the video several times, Ouyang Zhen began to wander around in the yard, trying to find a suitable place to dig the cellar. In the end, he decided to set the entrance of the cellar behind the big pot in the kitchen. The back is where the sundries and coal for burning are placed. At that time, it will be difficult for people to find the entrance in this place. It is also convenient to take things from the house. It extends from the kitchen to his yard.

After planning the place, the family started construction quickly. The cellar could only be used during the day. At night, the surroundings were quiet and could easily arouse suspicion. Ouyang Qing prepared several sets of tools required by the video and took out dozens of bags of soil. Anyway, these bags were just to deceive the second brother and the younger brother. In fact, all the excavated soil was put into Ouyang Qing's space. In less than a few days, with the efforts of the father and his two sons, the prototype of the cellar gradually emerged.

Ouyang Qing followed what he saw in the video, put on makeup to look like he had never been to the black market, and spent a lot of money to buy several bags of cement dust and thick plastic film. Ouyang Zhen had a colleague in the factory who worked in a brigade under the nearby county town, which sold large stones for building houses. He also used his connections to buy a lot of them, and stored them in Ouyang Qing's space. In the middle of the night, Ouyang Qing put all the things he needed in the kitchen, making the already small kitchen even smaller.

Ouyang Qing's second brother was wondering how there were so many things in his house when he woke up. Zhou Ma slapped the second brother on the back of his head and said angrily, "Your father spent a lot of money and used his connections to get these things. If he didn't put them in secretly, would he tell others about it? Our house is fine and there is no need for these things. If others see them, wouldn't it be obvious that we dug a cellar at home? With your brain, you must not be like our family. Did you bring them back by mistake?"

Ouyang Zhou felt very wronged. He just said something wrong quickly, and his mother used the trick she usually used to deal with Xiao Si on him. Since he started working, his mother hasn't hit him like this. Forget it, just keep your head down and work! Anyway, he can't afford to offend anyone except Xiao Si in this family. Two days later, the moisture-proofing of the cellar was also completed. The cellar was dug very deep and would not affect the ground at all. After the cement ash was applied to the wall, the stone floor on the ground was also laid. It only needed to dry for a few days before things could be put in.

Some time ago, several batches of cotton were harvested in Ouyang Qing's space. Since the space did not have the tools to make quilts, Zhou Ma took the cotton outside and asked someone to make 5 1.8-meter-long 10-jin quilts and 5 1.8-meter-long 8-jin quilts. She also planned to send 2 quilts to the elderly on both sides before the New Year. Zhou Ma said that the elderly's previous quilts had been used for a long time and had become a bit hard. Hard quilts are not very warm, and cotton is also a scarce commodity. It is really difficult to get it without some connections. Some families have saved cotton tickets for several years and still find it difficult to get a quilt. Anyway, the cotton in Ouyang Qing's space is grown by themselves, so they don't feel bad. The remaining quilts can be used to replace each person with a new quilt during the New Year.

Originally, I was thinking of sending New Year gifts to both parties in advance, but it was difficult to give out so many things at once. One day, when Ouyang's father was watching videos, he saw the cart in the video and became very interested. He showed the video to Ouyang Qing. The father and daughter drove a mountain bike to the mountain to find raw materials. They chose a very thick camphor tree on the mountain, and Ouyang Qing cut it with her mind. According to the method in the video, a simple cart was made. It is said to be simple, but in fact, the quality of the product produced in the space will not be very poor. It was made according to two bicycle wheels. Ouyang's father tried it. Because of the bicycle wheels, the cart is also very easy to push. If you want to pull something, you can also use it very easily.

Chinese New Year is just two days away. During the day, Ouyang Qing and her daughter went to the cellar according to Zhao Ma's request and filled the cellar, which was less than 2 square meters, with many kinds of daily necessities such as rice, flour, grain and oil, storable vegetables, dried vegetables, eggs, sausages, bacon, dried fish, canned beef jerky, dried mushrooms, vermicelli, etc. Ouyang Qing made a lot of storage racks in the space with her mind according to the style of the shelves she customized herself. So even if there are many kinds of things in it, you can see them all at a glance, and it is very comfortable to look at.

The weather was particularly cold on winter nights. Ouyang Qing and Zhou Ma put the first cart of things to be delivered on the car in the space, and they would be able to take the car out later. Because there were so many things and it was very conspicuous, the three of them could only make two trips at night. If Zhou Ma and her husband went, they would have to return once, which would waste a lot of time. Ouyang Qing didn't want his parents to make two trips back and forth in such cold weather, so he went with them, which could also save time. At 3 o'clock in the evening, in the quiet alley, the gate of Ouyang's house opened quietly. Just like the last time he went out in the middle of the night, Ouyang Qing waited until he reached a secluded place before taking out the cart with the supplies piled up in the space.

The old houses of the Zhou family and the Ouyang family are in two completely opposite directions, and the old house of the Ouyang family is also closer to the Ouyang family, so Zhou's mother and his wife decided to deliver the first truck of supplies to the Zhou family first. Since the place where the cart was taken out was not far from the Zhou family, the streets were pitch black in winter, but fortunately it did not rain. Ouyang Qing led the way in front with a flashlight, and Ouyang Zhen and Zhou's mother followed behind with the supplies. The three of them walked slowly, and soon they arrived at the gate of the Zhou family.