Xu Damao didn't feel bad about this little thing. Each bone cost only a few cents, and three big bones cost only 17 cents in total.

Qin Huairu stood up and looked at the large portion of mutton that was still left on the table, but did not say she wanted to take it away.

Banggeng could still get some candy from Xu Damao, but a few big bones from Jia Dongxu were already the limit for Xu Damao.

Qin Huairu finished drinking the milk powder, rinsed her mouth with warm water and said, "Da Mao, I've been out for quite a while, I have to go back."

Xu Damao watched Qin Huairu leave. He was a little confused now, so he planned to wait for Lin Dong to come back in the evening to make a decision.

Qin Huairu was carrying a big bone and just walked to the gate of the courtyard, she saw several people carrying furniture into the courtyard. The furniture looked only 70% to 80% new, but they were all very grand.

Seeing He Daqing giving orders nearby, Qin Huairu understood and quickly walked up to him to say hello.

"Hello Uncle He, are you buying this for Zhuzi? Where are the couple?"

"You are Dongxu's wife, right? Aren't you supposed to be at work at this hour? He and his wife are both at the factory."

"Huai Ru is back. Did you buy some big bones for Dong Xu? You have to find a way to get an old hen or something. These big bones waste a lot of coal. It's not cost-effective at all!"

"Where can I buy an old hen? There is no money or ticket at home. Dongxu is recovering at home. I dare not turn off the stove. It is a waste of coal to burn it. It is better to stew some bone soup."

"Yes, Dongxu's wife knows how to live. Who would dare to turn off the stove in such a cold weather? Isn't it useless to keep the fire idle?"

"Uncle He, Aunt Yan, you guys chat, I'll go back first."

Yang Ruihua heard it and said, "Yes! That's the reason. Why don't we buy some big bones to make soup for the family?"

Qin Huairu walked into the house and saw Jia Dongxu sitting on a chair and using a knife to cut a slingshot.

I noticed someone lifting the door curtain and saw it was Qin Huairu. I pointed to the letter on the table and said while working, "Huairu, my mother sent another letter and 20 yuan. She asked us to take Banggeng to see her during the New Year. Do you think we should go?"

"You can barely walk now. It just snowed heavily. Will you be able to walk in a few days?"

Jia Dongxu slapped his forehead and said, "Yes, I'd better get well and go back to work. I'll write a letter later and you can send it back when you have time."

Qin Huairu didn't want Jia Dongxu to send a letter to his mother. The more they contacted, the more unclear it would be.

The most important thing is to return the money. Qin Huairu never thought that one day the money would bite his hand.

"Dongxu, you said it's not easy for mom in the countryside, why don't we send the money he sent back to him!"

"That's not good! Didn't he say that the money was for nutritional supplements for the terrier?"

"Look, last time you were injured, we paid you 700 or 800 yuan in compensation, and the factory still pays you as usual. Isn't our family not short of money now?"

"It's not about whether we are short of money or not. My mother has already said that it is for her grandson's nutrition. If we mail it back to him, will she think something wrong?"

"Then why don't you just treat it as a filial son? No matter how much she sends to Banggeng, we can give her a little more. We can't let her, as a mother, suffer any loss."

Jia Dongxu looked at Qin Huairu, who was a little anxious, and felt like he was meeting this wife for the first time.

Suddenly I remembered that Qin Huairu said that day that the money might not come from a good source.

Jia Dongxu began to understand that this was a lack of trust in his biological mother.

"Huai Ru, didn't my mother tell me? This is the reward money my stepfather gave me for helping the village sell things. Can she still lie to me, her son?"

"Dongxu, have you forgotten? My family is from the countryside. Even if I made a great contribution to the village, I would only be given a few dollars and some work points at most. How could I be rewarded with hundreds of dollars?"

Qin Huairu's voice became louder and louder, and tears flowed down her face again. The deep feeling of powerlessness made her feel extremely irritated.

She was really scared. She didn't want to die, she didn't want anything to happen to Bang Geng, and she didn't want her mother to go to jail before her baby was born.

Jia Dongxu was already furious. If it weren't for his back pain, he might have hit his wife for the first time in his life.

"Go make your meal! Don't worry about my mother's affairs."

"It's just a big bone again, can't you just buy some meat or a chicken?"

Qin Huairu didn't want to answer Jia Dongxu's words. The tickets at home were gone long ago, and she had already bought meat at the Pigeon Market several times this month.

Her mind is now full of Xu Damao's talk of divorce. She, Qin Huairu, is still young and really doesn't want to die.

I looked at the ground outside where heavy snow had just fallen and touched my slightly bulging belly.

Qin Huairu knew that it would not be convenient for her to go back to her parents' home to visit relatives this year, and wondered whether Xu Damao would go to the countryside to show movies recently, so she asked him to bring a message to his family.

Yes, and Lin Dong too. He also passed by Qinjia Village on his way home, and he had to call his mother’s family over.

Thinking of the recent crackdown propaganda launched by the street office, Qin Huairu felt even more confused.

Lin Dong left Guo Jianping's house after lunch. He did not return to the courtyard. Instead, he took some things from the cave and put them in a canvas bag, then went to the cadre building of the textile factory.

If Lin Mancang's old friends visit one every day, they will definitely not be able to complete the circle before the New Year.

If he only sat for a while, it would seem too impolite, so Lin Dong planned to go to one place in the morning and another in the afternoon.

Lin Dong didn't eat this time. It gets dark early in winter, so Lin Dong rushed back to the courtyard at 4:30.

As soon as he stepped into the gate of the courtyard, snowflakes began to fall from the sky again. Lin Dong looked at the gray sky and thought that next year should be a year of bumper harvest.

Suddenly thinking of the snow disaster in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River last year, Lin Dong shook his head again.

The next snowstorm seems to be the one in Hunan, Guizhou and other places in 1964. This is a parallel world, maybe it won’t happen anymore! Lin Dong comforted himself in this way.

I pushed my bicycle into the courtyard and arrived at the door of my house. As soon as I opened the door, I heard Qin Huairu's voice.

"Dongzi, I have tofu and bone soup at home, and I put pepper in it! I'll bring you a bowl to warm you up later."

Qin Huairu's voice was very loud, as if she wanted the neighbors to hear it on purpose.

"Yes, yes, brother Dong, I'll ask Huairu to bring it to you later."

This was Jia Dongxu's voice, which made Lin Dong speechless. This grandson was at least seven or eight years older than Lin Dong, and he would call him Brother Dong whenever he met him recently.

This shameless attitude was learned from Xu Damao. It is this grandson who has corrupted the atmosphere in the courtyard.

"Okay, thank you both. Wait, I'll get it myself later?" - Faced with this kind of person kneeling down to flatter him, Lin Dong didn't have any good solution. He really couldn't bring himself to target him again.

"No, no, I'll serve it right away and bring it to you. By the way, the stove isn't lit yet, right? My stove is burning brightly at home, I'll bring some to you."

"Alright, alright, stop right there, Qin Huairu, don't move, just give me the stuff. You're pregnant, and if you really fall, I can't afford to compensate you." - Lin Dong was really annoyed by the couple, so he quickly took out a handful of candies from his pocket and put them on the table as an exchange.

Holding the bowl in one hand and a coal ball in the other, he turned and walked away. He didn't want to see these two things for even a minute.

Lin Dong was treated like a landlord bully, and who knows how many neighbors in the yard were laughing at him!

As for coal briquettes, Lin Dong really doesn't need them. There are several stoves burning in his cave!

Lin Dong has been stewing the bones of the white tiger all the time. He is reluctant to throw them away until they are soft and become powder. If he wants to stew a white tiger spine into powder, he needs to stew it for at least 20 consecutive days.

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