"It smells so good, Auntie."

When Liu Zilin came out, he was still rubbing his eyes and saliva was already flowing out.

Xu Zijin turned his head to look at him: "Are you up? Zilin, are your elder brother and younger brother up?"

Liu Zilin stared at the pot: "Get up and put on clothes."

Children without parents are very capable. Zilin and Ziming could dress themselves when they were less than five years old.

Xu Zijin covered the pot and went to get some firewood from the stove: "Go wash your face and brush your teeth. Your father Lu will be back soon. Let's have dinner right away."

"This morning, Aunt Qi made some steamed buns with sugar in them. They were so sweet."

No wonder it smells so good, it turns out that the steamed buns were made by Aunt Qi!

Liu Zilin's eyes lit up, and he turned and ran into the house: "Brother, brother, hurry up, there are delicious steamed buns in the morning!"

Xu Zijin was right. As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Hanzhou walked in.

Seeing Xu Zijin busy in the kitchen, he walked in: "Didn't you go to get breakfast this morning?"

Xu Zijin stood up from the stove and wiped his hands: "No, Sister Qi said she was going to make steamed buns last night and asked me to add some flour."

"Isn't it? It was delivered early in the morning. It smells so good."

"I heard that Instructor Ding got up at five o'clock to knead the dough, and the steamed buns are really great."

"Hurry up and wash your hands. I'll stir-fry some pickled vegetables and we can eat."

The woman's chattering made Lu Hanzhou feel at home.

In his impression, this is how his home is.

Early every morning, his father took him and his brothers to the vegetable garden.

When he came back at around seven, his mother was busy in the kitchen, telling them to wash their hands and eat...

The family lives in harmony and lively.

The dough is kneaded properly and fermented well, so the steamed buns are delicious.

Soft and fluffy, you can tear it into many layers.

The steamed buns were big, and there were porridge, eggs and milk. Zilin and Ziming each ate one.

But Ziwang ate two.

"Sure, like a man!"

Being praised, Liu Ziwang was very happy: "Dad Lu, Junjun and I are going to collect firewood today."

Beyond the vegetable field is a pine and fir forest.

It's not a mountain, it's a flat land.

On weekends, older children would go to the woods to pick up pine needles and fir branches, which were excellent kindling.

Coal briquettes require tickets, but firewood does not. In order to save money, many people burn firewood at home.

Liu Ziwang was a child who was afraid of being abused by his uncle and aunt, so he was very hardworking.

Lu Hanzhou nodded upon hearing this: "Yeah."

After all, the child is still young and the forest is very big.

Xu Zijin couldn't help but give a few more instructions: "You can go, but be careful, there are some pits in the forest, don't fall into them."

"No, we run there every day, we know where the pits are."

Lu Hanzhou raised his eyes and said, "Don't worry about that. A kid this big didn't even notice the pit. He deserved to fall into it."

Xu Zijin complained: "..."

——Such a big child...only seven years old...is he considered big?

Lu Hanzhou lowered his eyes: You are over seven years old, are you still young?

——When I was seven years old, I went up the mountain to chop wood and got up early to herd cattle and cut grass. I was already half of the labor force.

But he couldn't refute...

Liu Ziwang followed Wang Jun, Ding Xiaojuan and other older children to collect firewood, while Liu Zilin and Liu Ziming followed them to the vegetable field.

Also going with them were Wang Jun, Ding Lipeng, and several children of the same age.

It’s only early March and the sun isn’t too hot.

As soon as they arrived at the vegetable field, the children started playing war games around the tea trees...

Lu Hanzhou looked at the crooked fence posts with a look of disdain: "Just pull out the weeds here, we'll take care of the vegetable garden."

Xu Zijin knew that women could not compare to men when it came to doing physical work.

It's good if someone does it.

She said, "Then I'll go pick some wild vegetables over there. I saw the water spinach growing again yesterday."

This woman has great cooking skills and can make wild vegetables taste delicious.

Lu Hanzhou nodded: "Okay, then be careful, don't go where the grass is too deep, be careful of snakes."

"There are snakes?"

Xu Zijin was a little surprised.

Lu Hanzhou nodded: "The temperature has risen early this year, so it's better to be careful."

"understood."

Xu Zijin was most afraid of that soft and cold thing.

The men started working and were busy.

There is strength in numbers.

In just half a day, several vegetable plots were completely surrounded by wooden stakes and bamboo strips as the framework.

Then use bamboo strips to clamp bamboo branches, fir branches and thorns to surround it.

About one and a half meters tall.

The man stood outside the vegetable garden and, because he was short, he couldn't see inside the garden at all.

Want to climb?

Stop dreaming!

The door to the vegetable garden is also very well made.

Xu Zijin loves this vegetable garden very much.

"Did you build this door?"

The door of this vegetable garden is very sturdy.

Lu Hanzhou nodded: "Yeah, it's not difficult, just nail a few wooden boards together."

Ok!

He is a military king. For him, making a vegetable garden gate is like hanging a bunch of grass on a cow's horn - it's easy!

"I'll go to the military service center and see if there are any small locks. I'll buy a few."

"If you want to buy one, buy a big lock."

what?

Xu Zijin looked at Lu Hanzhou in surprise: "Does this thief have such great strength? Can he even break the lock?"

Lu Hanzhou explained: "If you run into a bad guy, a pair of scissors can pry off your lock."

That makes sense! That makes sense!

The human heart is hard to measure, and anything can happen to it.

Anyone who steals vegetables is not a kind person with high awareness.

"Well, then I'll buy three big ones!"

These three families have gone to great lengths to build their vegetable gardens. Some people think they are really hardworking, while others think they are too stingy.

——It’s just a few vegetables. What’s wrong if you give them to others if you can’t finish them?

Some people also want to gather around, but there are not many diligent men like Lu Hanzhou and Wang Jianqiang, so they can only think about it.

In the afternoon, the three sisters went to buy a lock and locked the garden door...

"Zijin, here's a key for you."

"I'll give you one of mine, too."

Looking at the keys handed over by the two sisters, Xu Zijin looked at the keys in his own hand: My home is still a bare piece of land...

"Hahaha...what are you thinking about?"

"Give me some! If there are any vegetable seedlings, I'll plant them for you."

Chen Xiumei laughed loudly, while Qi Hong reached out and snatched the key to Xu Zijin's vegetable garden door: "That's right, what are you thinking about?"

"I gave you my house, but I don't give you yours. How can that be possible?"

Xu Zijin: “…”

——Did she find work for her two friends?

After working hard during the day, Xu Zijin stewed a chicken in the evening, which he bought from Niujia Village in the afternoon.

Before the meal started, she served a bowl to each of the Ding and Wang families.

Qi Hong looked at the big bowl of chicken and mushrooms and said, "Zijin, you gave me such a big bowl, how many pieces do you have?"

There are many.

She actually stewed two...

Xu Zijin smiled and said, "Why not? I bought a castrated rooster. It's quite big, weighing more than five kilograms."

"We three families can't be polite. I give it to you with my true heart."

Well, sister, you are just returning a favor.

Qi Hong accepted it without saying anything, and Chen Xiumei also accepted it without saying anything.

"Jianqiang, have you noticed? Junjun and Junjun have gained weight."

If you don't say it, you won't feel it. But once you say it, Wang Jianqiang really feels that his two sons have gained weight...

"If you eat the delicious food from Hanzhou's house every day, it would be strange if you don't get fat."

Isn’t it?

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