60s white-eyed wolf

He told a riddle full of holes, even if he was fooling the child, he had to cover it up himself!

Cao Fugui had no choice but to blindfold Xiao Qiao, coaxing him to let him recite the "valley", and then went home with Rhubarb.What's stupid, anyway, I can't be any more stupid, so I don't need to be fooled anymore, just let him stay in the refining hut obediently and farm, and let him go home after returning to a safe place.

Blinking out of the alchemy, he carried Xiao Qiao on his back in the woods, shouting, "Big Yellow——"

He yelled a few times and saw a yellow shadow flashing through the woods not far away, galloping towards Fugui's lap while barking, shaking his head and making out, his dog's face was full of the afterlife Fortunately.

"You bastard runs fast!"

Cao Fugui laughed and cursed, and took out a few pieces of jerky to comfort Rhubarb's frightened heart, alas!The dog who was originally used as a food reserve, now that he has been with him for a long time, he has developed some feelings. Just now, he was really afraid that he would stay outside and be flattened by that plague bear.

Fortunately, fortunately!This dog is getting smarter.

"...Brother Fugui?" Xiao Qiao said hesitantly while lying on his back, blindfolded, "Put me down, I can walk by myself."

"Haha, I found rhubarb! Don't worry. Your legs are just right, and you have climbed all the way up the hill again. Do you still want to? I'll carry you on my back for a while, and when your lower back doesn't move, you can walk by yourself."

Cao Fugui slapped the little red guy impatiently on the buttocks, and lamented, he told a lie, and his mother had to pay it off by himself.

If it weren't for the pit of "running all the way with Xiao Qiao on his back before reaching the 'valley'", why would he need to walk a long way before turning back?Standing in the same place as soon as you leave the refining hut, even a fool can't fool you!

Fortunately, there seemed to be a valley not far ahead. Cao Fugui tiptoed the child to a high place, and hurried towards it.

Xiao Qiao was blindfolded, and quietly lay on Brother Fugui's back. Although it was pitch black in front of her eyes, there was a warm back underneath her, bang bang bang!There was a strong heartbeat, and beside him was Da Huang whimpering, and Brother Fu Gui occasionally laughed and cursed.

Holding Brother Fugui's sweaty and warm shoulders tightly, and smelling the stinky smell of sweat on his body, Xiao Qiao felt extremely at ease, and only hoped that the mountain road would be longer, longer, and longer.He doesn't care about any valleys or grain fields, as long as Brother Fugui doesn't let him talk, even if he bites his own tongue, he won't reveal a word to others.

After walking almost half a mile, it was not far from the lush valley.

"Ow—"

Da Huang suddenly let out a scream, jumped half a foot high, and limped around Fu Gui in circles, while keeping putting one of his front legs on his thigh.

"What's the fuss?"

Cao Fugui panted heavily, wiped off the sweat from his forehead, and put Xiao Qiao down.Looking around, he was quite far away from the cave where he met the bear just now. He thought that the road was similar, so he took off Xiao Qiao's blindfold.

Xiao Qiao rubbed her eyes, stood still quietly, didn't ask anything, hugged Rhubarb's paw, and plucked a split chestnut.

"Mao Li?" Cao Fugui looked surprised, took it with his hands, and let out a scream, being stabbed severely.

"Be careful--"

Before Xiao Qiao could yell anxiously, Brother Fu Gui had already thrown Mao Li far away, and muttered, "I've stabbed my grandfather to death! Haven't all the Mao Lizi rotted this season?"

He looked around, and there were not many brown-green chestnuts on the ground nearby, but he saw a forest of chestnuts as far as he could see. He couldn't tell whether there were any fruits on the trees from a distance, and there probably were not many on the ground.

Cao Fugui became excited, chestnuts are good!It can fill the stomach, taste good, and is also resistant to storage.This thing is also versatile, boiled chicken stew with it, it is powdery and glutinous, and the taste is unbelievable.

Chestnuts usually ripen in September and October, and there are more than a dozen of them near the mountains in Huanglin Village, which the team members kept a close eye on. They were beaten back when they were just ripe, and there were a few fights over a few fruits.Later, Captain Shi got angry, saying that all the mountains and forests belonged to the public, and all the chestnuts were confiscated and sold to the purchasing stations of the supply and marketing cooperatives.

If chestnuts are not picked, they will fall to the ground by themselves, and they will easily rot and dry out.Now that the year has passed, and it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, the few chestnuts I picked up on the ground were broken open to see that there was not much water loss, and it was quite fresh after a couple of bites, which is strange.

"Come on, let's go and see!"

Cao Fugui excitedly pulled Xiao Qiao away and ran towards the chestnut forest, while telling the child to be careful of his feet, it would be painful if he pricked his foot with this thing.

Rhubarb whimpered, hesitated, and cautiously followed behind the two, walking very slowly, its four feet were not wearing shoes!

After walking for more than half a mile, there is a large chestnut forest in front of me. There is a bare rock in the middle of the forest. The gurgling water flows out from the crevices of the rock. It is steaming in winter, and it is actually a piece of hot spring water.

There are no vegetation near the rocks, but there are lush green trees farther away, such as pine trees, tulip trees, camphor trees, maples... There are all kinds of common trees, and there is even a lush walnut tree, which is also full of trees. The most fruit, of course, is the chestnut tree. Not only the fruit on the tree is piled up, but the under the tree is densely covered with ripe fruit.

Cao Fugui excitedly counted the chestnut trees. There were hundreds of trees in this chestnut grove, including those on the trees and on the ground. Dozens of catties will last for a few days.

"A lot of chestnuts!" Xiao Qiao was also amazed, he suddenly remembered something, frowned and asked in a low voice: "Brother Fugui, do you want to tell the team?"

"What do you think?" Cao Fugui teased him with a wry smile.

Xiao Qiao raised her eyebrows and said seriously, "Listen to you."

"Hahaha! Okay, really obedient." Cao Fugui stroked Xiao Qiao's soft fur, and said with a smile, "Our family still has something to eat, and everyone in the team like the old bartender is almost on the verge of breaking down. Can you help me?" Of course I’ll just help out, folks from the village. It’s a pity that there aren’t many chestnuts.”

Speaking of chestnuts, Cao Fugui vaguely remembered that there seemed to be several prescriptions for military rations in the refining hut.Looking at Xiao Qiao beside him, he was still obediently picking up the ripe chestnuts that fell on the ground, and brought them back to Captain Shi to see.

Xiao Qiao also bent down to help pick it up.He didn't have anything to put things on hand, and the chestnut spikes made Fugui grin his teeth and screamed. Rhubarb had already stopped outside, so he didn't dare to come in.

Xiao Qiao saw that she couldn't do it, so she walked around in circles, tore off rattan branches, quickly wove a basket, and handed it over.

"Oh! Your hands are really dexterous."

Cao Fugui happily took it, used a branch as a broom, and swept a bunch of tangled hair balls into the basket, and while Xiao Qiao lowered his head to help pick up the fruit, he secretly swept a lot of hair into the refining hut Li, I plan to go back and try various new recipes.

With Xiao Qiao and Da Huang, they went down the mountain with baskets on their backs, and when they got home, it was already dark.

Bao Feng waited at the gate resentfully, like a watchdog, when he saw his eldest brother come back, he jumped up in surprise, shouted, and went back to the house to report the news.

This afternoon, a few groups of relatives came to walk around the house. He called a lot of uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters, and got a few red envelopes. The total was only two yuan after opening, which was really sad.Originally, I thought I would go to my uncle's and grandpa's house to pay New Year's greetings and ask for a few red envelopes, but my eldest brother ran away without a trace. Grandma said that I would wait for my elder brother to go together tomorrow, which made it a night later for him to get the red envelopes.

Cao Fugui didn't know about his younger brother's complaints. Seeing Baofeng rushing out to meet people again, he salivated at the rattan basket on his back. The corner of his mouth twitched, and he whispered, "Come, come! Baofeng, hello brother!" food."

Bao Feng ran over joyfully, couldn't stop drooling, and stared at the elder brother's hand.

Cao Fugui fished it out of his back basket, took out a fur ball and threw it into Baofeng's hand, Baofeng burst into tears immediately: "Oh——"

The second aunt was busy packing her things and was going back to her mother's house tomorrow. When she saw her son grinning as if he was about to cry or not, and there was a chestnut on the ground in front of her, her face immediately became serious: "Why are you crying? Brother, why don't you cry?" You are a good thing, I don’t know what to do if you are crying!”

She looked at the full basket on the rich nephew's back in a blink of an eye, the smile on her face was so soft that it was dripping, she hurriedly put down the things in her hands to comfort the hard-working eldest nephew, without pinching the aggrieved son from the corner of her eyes.

Baofeng wiped away his tears and ran away with a "Wow!"

Seeing a basket full of fresh chestnuts, she was so happy that she couldn't see her teeth, and quickly helped her nephew move the things to the mother-in-law's house.

Hearing that the chestnut forest was actually in the deep mountains, the second aunt exclaimed, and even the second uncle turned pale. The grandfather smoked the pipe without speaking, and took a deep look at the eldest grandson.

Looking at the pale-faced grandma who tried to keep calm, Fugui opened his eyes and said nonsense, explaining: "Grandma, this mountain is not far away, so... the family in that mountain lives nearby, and there are no big beasts. It's just that The road is more difficult to walk, I am familiar with it after walking a few times, next time I will take the people in the team with me, so I don’t have to worry about it.”

Grandma nodded, as if she believed his words.

On the contrary, the second aunt blurted out and asked, "Ah?! Also, I have to tell the team..."

Grandma's eyes flicked to her, and the second aunt smiled awkwardly, and said embarrassingly: "That's right! Many people in the team are about to stop, and the folks in the village..."

The eldest nephew is the only food for her family, and now she has a way to survive. The eldest nephew thinks about her neighbors, so she has the nerve to only think about herself.

The head of the family, Grandpa, also spoke: "This matter, the rich and the rich are right. If you can help, you must help your neighbors."

It was agreed to bring up the matter of the chestnut grove tomorrow when we went to Secretary Cao's house to pay New Year's greetings, and the family meeting broke up.

Grandma thoughtfully left Fugui to speak, and sent Grandpa to sleep first.

"Grandma?" Cao Fugui called out in surprise seeing that Grandma was silent.

Grandma was sitting on the official chair, her posture was upright, but her expression was a little dazed under the dim light. She was slightly startled when she heard the sound, and with a bitter smile, she waved and called her precious grandson to sit in front of her.

"Grandma, is there anything you want to tell me?"

Mrs. Zhang touched Fugui's head, held his face in his hands, and looked at him under the light. His eyebrows were as beautiful as distant mountains, his bright eyes were full of affection, his nose was as straight as a mountain ridge, and his lips were like vermilion. He looked like a handsome young man.

Her eyes gradually drifted away, her rough fingers gently caressed Fugui's tender cheeks, she didn't speak for a long time, and suddenly said: "...Fugui, I know, Grandma is a maid from the Qiu family. Back then, the young master... The master of the Qiu family had an officer in the Guo Party. Seeing the turmoil, he had someone secretly rebuild all the courtyard walls of his hometown. The bricks used were made of chestnut flour, wheat flour and other miscellaneous things. It is said that It is the grain brick of Yankee army food formula, which can be preserved for decades."

Cao Fugui's mouth widened when he heard that, Mr. Qiu's family, isn't that because he is cheap, grandpa... Cough cough!who?

Grandma didn't look at him, she stared at the void, as if she had seen the far end through time, and her voice became heavy.

"...The Qiu family ran away with the Guo party. The other courtyard of the Qiu family is now the brigade headquarters of Qianxi Village. Back then, there were a lot of good things stored in the cellar of his house. When the Qiu family ran away, they all got up and left, but I think about it. Hey, grain bricks are such a heavy thing, it’s in chaos, and his house won’t tear down the wall and take it on the road. If these grain bricks are untouched, there are still tens of thousands of catties. The team can deal with a winter, it should be enough."

Cao Fugui was invigorated when he heard that, this cheap grandpa is quite scheming, if he can produce grain and bricks now, it will be a good thing to redeem sins and save people.

As for why Grandma hasn't talked about this all these years, looking at Grandma's sad expression, she hesitated to speak, wealth and honor can be imagined, firstly, the identity of the Qiu family is too sensitive, they are both local tyrants and evil gentry, and The officers of the Guo Party, who are still fleeing to Wanwan, are covered with first-hand mud.Secondly, it is naturally Grandma's background, her entangled past, coupled with the ambiguity of her father's birth, why would she want to mention the word "Qiu".

Now, in order to save the neighbors, I don't care too much. Fortunately, the secretary of the brigade is from the old Cao's family. If he sends a word, who would dare to make irresponsible remarks?

There is another difficulty, that is, the headquarters of the current brigade in the Qiu family's yard is in Qianxi village, so it is impossible to get the grain bricks without disturbing the people of the Qianxi production team.But if the two villages were divided, not to mention how much and how little, the few thousand catties of grain and bricks that Grandma said would not be able to last for many days.

Cao Fugui frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and asked, "Grandma, where is the cellar of the Qiu family you mentioned? Does anyone else know?"

Grandma looked at him, shook her head slowly, and said, "There was a cellar... no one opened it. Let me tell you where it is. If you have a 'doorway' to use, quietly, don't tell Grandpa Lennon. They dig themselves."

"I see."