wear to 60s
Chapter 21
The auspicious snow heralds a prosperous year.Open the door early in the morning, and the world outside is already covered in silver.There was snowflakes last night, and it was extremely cold. This morning, even the branches of a few fruit trees outside the courtyard were covered with thick snow.
Inside the house was the warmth from the unextinguished firewood in the fireplace. Lin Shu only wore a fleece underwear sewn with cotton. The shock and joy from the snow-white world made Lin Shu ignore the biting coolness mixed with wind and snow. cold cream.
He couldn't describe his mood at the moment, the pure white world, the indescribable feeling, was more violent than every time he saw snow, and the scene of skiing with his family from the previous family was vividly recalled in his mind, and in the hut behind him, He also has a family to accompany him.
After the snowfall, Yunfeng Village is covered by endless white snow, and even the verdant mountains and green trees in the past are all silvery white.
On the small river in front of the hut, ice was floating on the surface of the water. At this moment, he could clearly see the veins of Yunfeng Village. Along the small river, the houses of every family were clearly uplifted.
Wang Daniu's house, Niudan's house, Lao Lin's house, Da Niang's house, Er Niang's house...you can even hear the silver bell-like laughter of children playing in the snow.
A smile appeared on Lin Shu's face, and it wasn't until Heiwa's cry came from behind that Lin Shu came back to his senses. He felt the coldness of the hairs on his body, but he felt extremely comfortable, as if he had been washed clean by the silver and white of the world.
When Lin Shu entered the room, he saw Hei Wa stretching out his arms, making a gesture to hug Lin Shu, muttering "pee."
This is what Lin Shuchong came out of.
Hei Wa has never lived with anyone before, and some life habits are hard to change for a while.
For example, he didn't like to go to the toilet to relieve his hands, and even urinated directly on the head of the kang a few times. After Lin Shu found out, he spanked his butt a few times before he was able to correct it.
It was cold in winter, so he put a chamber pot in the house for fear of freezing the children when he went out, but Hei Wa saw that every time Lin Shu hugged Xiao Yaoer, he would be treated the same even if he acted like a baby. Lin Shu came over.
Lin Shu didn't know if it was because he was used to serving children, and he couldn't be cruel to children, so he just let Heiwa like this.
He took off Heiwa's underpants, hugged Heiwa to relieve his hand, then wiped his ass, took out the chamber pot and washed it clean, and when he came back, Heiwa slept in a row with Xiaoyaoer with her buttocks pouted.
Lin Shu poured a cup of warm water from the tin kettle with an enamel cup, squeezed toothpaste, brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth.
Although there are consignment outlets in the village, they are still not as good as those in big cities. There is a lack of supplies, and there are no toothbrushes and toothpaste produced by regular manufacturers. They are all toothpaste sold by pickers in the rivers and lakes.
The toothbrush head is made of pig hair, and it won't be long before I have to find a master to wear it. Lin Shu was not used to it at first, but now he is used to it.
The handle of the toothbrush is made of pig bone, which is very easy to be brittle. When Lin Shu taught Caifeng and Heiwa to brush their teeth a few days ago, the two little guys didn't like brushing their teeth. Heiwa had never brushed their teeth in the deep mountains and wild forests. White, well-growth, no dental caries, probably eating all kinds of grass in the mountains, which strengthens the chewing and purification of teeth, and Caifeng's teeth are also growing well, and rural children have no chance to eat candy, they only eat thinner Porridge, thin soup, but there is no dental caries.
However, Lin Shu forced them to brush their teeth, and even broke one of them, which cost a dime. After being scolded by Lin Shu, the two began to brush their teeth obediently.
After Lin Shu finished washing, the water in the kettle was used up, so he boiled a pot of hot water first, and left it for the three children to wash up later.
When the hot water was ready, he went to wake up the three little ones.
He took out the new clothes that he had made for the three. He took the newly bought cloth and cotton, and took the money to ask Mrs. Zhang, a tailor in the village, to make them.The clothes made by Mrs. Zhang have fine and tight stitches, but this style is too popular.All the children in the production team wore this kind of big padded jackets. When they were worn on the children, they were bloated like the dolls in the New Year pictures hanging on the wall.
Lin Shu put on new clothes for the three of them, and all three stood on the kang, looking towards Lin Shu.
Lin Shu took a look at it, and it looked good in it, but it was too thick, and his arms couldn't go up and down, so he could only open up like a little penguin, so cute.
"elder brother."
"Eggy."
"Pot pot."
The three little creatures all jumped towards Lin Shu, giggling.
Lin Shu also laughed, hugged them down one by one, and asked them to put on their shoes and come out to play.
"It's snowing."
"Wow wow."
Three happy little penguins fluttered outside and soon started playing excitedly.
Xiaoyaoer likes to step on the snow and play. When he sees the snow, he looks like a little duck. There are traces of his little feet all over the yard.Caifeng likes to swing, Lin Shu tied a swing to the strongest pear tree with hemp rope, and made a wooden seat with protective measures in case they were young.These days, Caifeng has to sit up and swing a few times every day when she wakes up, and early in the morning, she can hear the excited and joyful screams of the little girl swinging to a high place.And Hei Wa is the most clingy to Lin Shu. Every day when he wakes up, he follows Lin Shu's ass and cooks for him in the kitchen.
Lin Shu squeezed toothpaste for Hei Wa, the little guy doesn't like brushing his teeth, he will check if Lin Shu is looking at him after brushing a few times, if he doesn't pay attention, just see him smash his mouth twice, spit out foam, and pretend to brush it clean, He will still be caught by Lin Shu and brushed again.
During the Chinese New Year, dumplings are eaten, and they must be wrapped on New Year’s Eve and eaten until midnight, which symbolizes the reunion of relatives and the meaning of attracting wealth and wealth.But after eating the New Year's Eve dinner last night, I made the dough alive and made dumplings this morning.
This morning, Lin Shu took a piece of mutton, chopped it into stuffing, then added cabbage and leeks bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, chopped it into pieces, and the dumpling stuffing was ready, and began to make dumplings.
Lin Shu didn't count according to the head, just to make a few children full and open to eat, he wrapped more than 50 and cooked a big iron pot.
The dumplings are cooked quickly, just float up and add some cold water, and it's almost ready to float up again.
Seeing that the dumplings were ready, Lin Shu went out to ask the three little ones who were having a good time to eat. He looked at the small river in the yard, and saw Chen Fachun and his mother driving a bullock cart from the road below the small river. , seems to be going somewhere.
Chen Fachun was gnawing on a hard and dry pot helmet, muttering something in his mouth, his expression was not good.His mother lowered her head and was wearing a thin, patched dress. It was snowing in winter and she was not a padded jacket. Her face was flushed from the cold, and she seemed to be wiping away tears.
"Mom, our family has no money, so what should I do if I go to school? I'm the highest grade in the village, so I can't let others see the joke."
Qin Huiniang turned her back to Chen Fachun, looked at the snow behind her, tears fell silently again, and said without any strange voice: "Mother knows, I will go back to your grandmother's house this time, and see if I can exchange food for some money for you to go to school."
Chen Fachun didn't notice it, "How much food does our family have? We exchange all this bag, there is still food to eat."
Qin Huiniang said in a gentle voice: "You don't have to worry about this, mother will find a way."
Chen Fachun whipped the bullwhip, looked at the grain behind him, and saw Lin Shu standing outside the yard looking down here.
He frowned, looked away, and whipped the bullwhip again, and the bullock cart gradually moved out of Lin Shu's sight.
Chen Fachun's grandmother's house is in the fifth production team of Honghe Village, and the ox cart arrived at the door an hour later.Chen Fachun's grandmother went shopping in the town, and his uncle followed him, only his second uncle and second aunt were at home, and his second uncle asked the second aunt to bring out two bowls of eggs.
The yard is separated by a wall to keep out the cold wind, and the house here burns big tree roots to warm up the fire.
The second aunt's eggs came quickly, and she knew they were coming, so she cooked them for them in advance.
The second aunt smiled gently, and handed Chen Fachun the steaming egg bowl.
"Come on, Fachun, eat some eggs to keep warm."
"Thank you, Second Aunt."
Chen Fachun took the egg bowl, and the temperature of the hot soup was transmitted directly to his hand through the uninsulated sea bowl.Shivering with the cold on the road, he took a sip of soup with a sea bowl in his arms.There is an egg in the bowl, and sugar is put in the soup, which tastes sweet.Chen Fachun's family has no eggs. The second uncle's family has a few chickens, and when they lay eggs, they will bring some eggs to his grandmother for the New Year.
Chen Fachun's second uncle saw that his sister was bringing food in exchange, and he didn't even have to wear a padded jacket. He waited for his wife to bring the eggs, and whispered to his daughter-in-law to bring the thick clothes she had prepared. When she went to find the clothes, he frowned again. Wrinkled, walked over and sat down, said unhappy: "What about him?"
This question is about Chen Fachun's father, Chen Dashan.
Qin Huiniang held the egg bowl and drank the soup spoon by spoon. She sat behind the fire and warmed herself, her head bowed and she didn't speak.
Chen Fachun's second uncle picked up a few sticks of firewood with tongs, put them on the fire to make the fire more prosperous, and then said: "Hmph, he has the ability, he dare not even go back to his mother-in-law's house during the Chinese New Year."
"Okay, don't say a few words." The second aunt came out with a big bag of clothes, and she was holding a padded jacket in her hand, "Huiniang, come and put it on, I don't wear a padded jacket this winter, what should I do if I catch a cold? , this family depends on you." After speaking, he stuffed a bag of clothes to Chen Fachun's mother, "These are my boss's clothes, so Fachun must be wearing them properly."
"Sister-in-law, thank you very much." Qin Huiniang took the clothes and said emotionally.
"Thank you for being with our family." The second aunt smiled and helped Qin Huiniang put on her clothes, and then asked Chen Fachun, "Dachun is good at studying, we all heard the teacher praise you in the town."
His second aunt worked in a restaurant in the town, and the restaurant often had teachers go out to eat. After all, sometimes the teachers didn't like the food made in the school cafeteria, so they went out to eat out to improve the food.
When the teachers get together, the topic cannot be separated from the students. When Chen Fachun heard this, his face became a little shy.
"Sister-in-law, don't praise him, he can't learn anything." Qin Huiniang finally looked a little happy when she mentioned her child's grades.
"Don't say that. If Fachun passes the high school entrance examination, he can become a teacher. After that, he won't have to farm with you." The second aunt said with a smile.
"It's not that easy." Qin Huiniang's expression faded again.
"Mom, I was the first in our school exam, and the teacher said that there is no problem in getting into the county high school." Chen Fachun told his mother not to worry about his grades.
"Okay, you go out to play, I have something to talk to your second uncle and second aunt." Qin Huiniang glanced at him, then handed the bowl to Chen Fachun, "Go and wash the bowl."
"I know." Chen Fachun took the bowl to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and then Qin Huiniang said, "Brother, sister-in-law, our family really has no money. We only have the half bag of grain. See if the grain can be eaten. If you can eat it, you can eat it." Give me some money."
"Why doesn't Chen Dashan come? He's a big man, why don't you?"
Qin Huiniang remained silent again, just lowered her head.
And when Qin's second son mentioned this sister-in-law, he was full of anger.
At the beginning, he didn't agree with his younger sister marrying Chen Dashan, but his mother said that it was close enough to take care of everything. As a result, Chen Dashan was not a fucking good person.
Chen Dashan is an old man. Father Chen gave birth to such an only seedling when he was 50 years old. He had two sons before him, but he didn’t support him. One wanted to eat fish, but fell into the weir pond and drowned. He turned to the cupboard to steal sweets, but the cupboard fell down, and no one found it for two days, saying they couldn't find the child. When Mr. Chen went to get something from the cupboard, he found his son had suffocated to death in the cupboard.After waiting for decades, Chen Dashan was finally born, and the pain was so painful that it was like eyeballs.In the two years since Hui Niang was married, the Chen family was reasonable, and they kept going during the holidays.
But this good life has not passed two years, Mr. Chen is getting old, after all, he is in his seventies, nearly eighty, and he can't move his body, and he really can't get off the ground. This Mrs. Chen has already been paralyzed on the bed. Chen Dashan and Huiniang's heavy tanks fell on them.
As for Hui Niang, a woman, she went to the fields to earn work points when she was pregnant, but she was worthy of him, Chen Dashan, but Chen Dashan didn't know what to do, and got involved with a widow in their production team, helping the widow earn work points every day.The team leader said no, and he, Chen Dashan, made a fuss for several days, and even went to the village head of the commune. The team leader felt ashamed, so he insisted that Chen Dashan's work points be credited to the widow's house, and the food was also distributed to the widow's house.
This Chen Dashan lived at home 350 days a year, less than two days, and lived in the widow's house. The whole production team knew about this incident, so that their natal family couldn't afford to lose this person, and forced Hui Niang to divorce Chen Dashan. Chen Dashan was inseparable again, and came back by himself.
For the sake of the child, they let Huiniang swallow this breath.
But Chen Dashan has lived in peace for a few years, and he can’t change his eating shit. A few days ago, they heard that Chen Dashan had an affair with a woman from another production team, and they ran out every night and didn’t come home. Hui Niang didn't mention a single word in front of them.
The Chen family only has two labor forces, Huiniang and Chen Dashan. Huiniang is also a woman, and she has been weak since she was a child, so she can't work as much as a man. There are two elderly people in the family to support her, and one child is studying, so it's nothing. The sideline business brings income, but it can be used sparingly, and all the money saved by Mr. Chen is given to Chen Dashan, his son, so there is no need to exchange so much grain for money.
"Huiniang, tell me the truth, where did the family's money go?" Qin Er Er asked.
Qin Huiniang showed humiliation, and her eyes gradually turned red.
Seeing his sister's reaction, the second brother who knew her well thought about it, "Did you ask Chen Dashan to give it to someone else?"
Qin Huiniang nodded forbearance, her voice gradually turned into a cry.
"He gave all the family money to others, even the money for Chun'er to go to school."
"This Chen Dashan, see if I don't kill him." Qin Er Er stood up angrily, threw the tongs on the ground, and was about to rush out.
"Second uncle? What's the matter?" Chen Fachun, who came over to wash the dishes, looked at the second uncle who rushed out of the yard, and went in without knowing.
Qin Huiniang who was behind her chased after her with red eyes, and said intermittently and incoherently: "You can't find him, he already left last night, took the family's money, took the woman away, and left only a letter. He said he was going to fly away, but it was me and this family who trapped him."
Chen Fachun was stunned on the spot, "Mother, didn't you say that Dad went out to find a job? He...he ran away with another woman?"
"Chun'er, listen to what mother said, your father..."
"Chen Fachun, your father is not a good guy. Look at your mother, what kind of a man is he doing to her? You are not allowed to call him father in the future!" Second Qin roared angrily.
Chen Fachun glanced at his mother and his second uncle, and couldn't bear it for a while, but he was not a child, and he knew that his father never loved him since he was a child, but he abandoned their mother and son without hesitation, and their mother and son were in that man's heart. Just how insignificant?It seems that the bond that was not strong at all suddenly broke down.
"Second Qin, why are you getting angry? This is Hui Niang's family business." The second aunt, who has always been gentle and quiet, glared at Second Qin, then took out the weights and beams, and sighed: "Huiniang, since you want to change Grain, let’s weigh how many catties.”
Qin Huiniang wiped away the tears that had been blown dry by the wind and snow, nodded and walked over. Qin's second son also carried the grain bag and hung it on an iron hook. , the market price is only [-] cents, a bag of ten yuan.
The second aunt counted ten yuan and gave it to Qin Huiniang, and took a red envelope of one yuan to Chen Fachun. The second uncle said that when the uncle and the others came back, he would go to Chen's house and call the production team leader for an explanation.
But Qin Huiniang shook her head, saying it was shameful, she kept it a secret, and declared that Chen Dashan had gone out to find a job, but internally it was assumed that he died outside, and now the Chen family only had Father Chen and Old Lady Chen for two years The old man who has already done a lot of things, tossing the old man, regardless of the old man, she, a daughter-in-law, can't do it.
Before noon, the second aunt kept them waiting for the uncle and the others to come back to have lunch together, but Qin Huiniang felt that she was embarrassing her natal family, so she wanted to leave no matter what.Sitting in the bullock cart, Chen Fachun waved his whip, and the wheels drove hard on the snow, leaving a long series of ruts.As the wheels swayed slightly, the woman in the car sat motionless, staring blankly at the sky, neither sad nor happy.
The bullock cart drove across the road below the creek again, Chen Fachun subconsciously turned his head, and saw Goudaner again, the kid was in his pocket, looking at them with a mature look, pretending to be cool.
Noticing Chen Fachun's gaze, Qin Huiniang also looked up. After seeing a few children playing together, she remembered that it belonged to Lao Lin's family.
"Goudaner, I haven't seen you play together before."
Chen Fachun snorted lightly, "It's too young, don't take him to play, lest he be eaten by wolves."
Qin Huiniang said softly: "I'm not afraid of wolves. You didn't know when you came back from the town. Not only did the wolves not eat this bitch, but they even brought back a wolf to guard their homes every day."
What happened in this village, no matter who said who behind his back, he couldn't hide it, let alone the affair of Chen Dashan eloping with other women.
In the group of men, whoever makes an appointment to urinate or smoke a cigarette will mention that the mountain has kidnapped a daughter-in-law, secretly envious, and in the group of women, whoever chats with someone will mention that Qin Hui's life is bad, She couldn't control the man, but she still had to support this big family, and she suddenly became a living widow that men don't want.Mingli advises you not to be sad, but secretly laughs with someone else.There is no shortage of spectators in the world.
Even Lin Shu knew about this kind of thing, but how quickly it spread.Captain Tang of the production team went to Chen's house to ask.Lin Shu remembered that Chen Fachun and his mother were carrying food that day, presumably to exchange money. I heard that his father had stolen all the money from the family.
There is no Internet in this era, and the means of transportation are underdeveloped. I don’t know if the Chen family has looked for it, but they don’t want you to find it when they are gone. In fact, they may not be found at all.Just without a letter of introduction, these two people must not be able to get out of the county.But maybe, some people walked to the provincial capital, not to mention that they brought money with them.Such deep love gave him such courage to elope, and he was still a man with a ten-year-old son.However, marriages are early in rural areas. In Yunfeng Village, many people get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Chen Dashan is probably only in his twenties, and he is just in his youth.
The two thought that the environment was better now, that it was no longer the late 50s, but they didn't know that an even more chaotic decade awaited them. They stayed in Yunfeng Village, where the mountains were high and the emperor was far away. It doesn't hurt here.
A few days after Lin Shu heard the gossip, he saw Chen Fachun approaching him.
Chen Fachun looked at the room in shock. In fact, he was already very surprised when he saw the outside of the house just now. He passed by that day and didn't look carefully.
Standing at the door, a wave of warmth rushed over, and it seemed like two worlds with his house as cold as iron.After Chen Dashan left, there was no man in the family to chop firewood. Chen Fachun sometimes helped his mother chop firewood, which was used for cooking, so he couldn't bear to warm the fire.
Looking at the furnishings in the house, there are flat cotton blankets on the tidy kang, and three thick quilts neatly stacked into squares. Looking at the walls, they are actually made of flat red bricks, and the floor is also cement mortar. There is no dust after stepping on it, and several children in the house are wearing thick cotton clothes, comfortably warming around the fireplace.
Caifeng's face was flushed red, as if she had changed. Before he saw Caifeng, she was still a tanned child with chapped face. After a while, she became white and fat.
After seeing Goudaner's family, surprise is no longer enough to describe his mood.
Now there is a little boy, with his back to Goudan'er, squeezed into Goudaner's chair, lying on Goudaner's body like a boneless body, with his arms around Goudaner's neck, and his face nestled on Goudaner's shoulders, Chen Fachun I didn't recognize it for a while.
The little boy rubbed against Goudan, turned his head, and looked at Chen Fachun. His dark eyes passed by him expressionlessly, and then nestled on Goudan as if ignoring him, holding a small book in his hand. look.
Chen Fachun was stunned for a moment, but he didn't recognize the face, but he soon noticed the gray wolf lying at Goudan'er and the little boy's feet, and took a few steps back in fright.
Gray Wolf snorted, Lin Shu stroked Gray Wolf's fur, and Gray Wolf closed his eyes.
Lin Shu looked at Chen Fachun at the door, and handed him a stool.
"What's the matter? Sit down."
Chen Fachun coughed twice, "Hui Lang lent me two days."
Lin Shu chuckled: "I can't make the decision, you have to see if it agrees or not."
Chen Fachun looked at the gray wolf, he was frightened, he didn't dare to catch its attention, and he didn't dare to approach it, he just sat far away and said: "I heard that you hunted a lot of prey."
Lin Shu had a half-smile but not a smile: "The wild boars have been eaten by the old Lin's family, so they don't belong to me."
Only then did Chen Fachun look at Lin Shu seriously, and realized that not only Caifeng, but even Goudan was not the Goudan he had seen before.
He was wearing a small white cotton velvet shirt, with a clean and refreshing short cut, and even his cheeks were a few degrees whiter. What shocked him even more was that Goudan'er's feeling of speaking was like their school teacher talking to students. tone of speaking.
Chen Fachun felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't think about it too much, and he was still focused on business.
He suddenly whispered in Lin Shu's ear: "Your family has so much meat, why don't you sell it in the county town?"
Seeing Chen Fachun approaching, Hei Wa punched him. Chen Fachun touched his face, which was still in pain, and looked at Hei Wa baring his teeth at him in bewilderment, motioning for him to go away.
Lin Shu touched Hei Wa's head, then looked at Chen Fachun.
"You keep talking."
Chen Fachun didn't care about the children, and continued: "There is a black market in the county, and the meat on the black market is expensive. Pork sells for 6 to 8 cents a catty in the market, and at least 3 to 5 yuan in the black market. If you think about it, if you have ten A catty of meat, isn’t that 30 to 50 yuan, and I asked, people in the city now, like units, only give out half a catty of meat tickets every month, and some units don’t even issue meat tickets. Everyone wants to eat meat, and if you don’t have a meat ticket, you can’t eat meat, so you have to go to the black market to buy it.”
Chen Fachun is right. In fact, the black market is the same as small stalls and hawkers. It is attacked from above, but it can never be wiped out. After all, this is also in line with the law of the market. When there is a shortage of goods, ordinary people will go to the black market to buy and sell, even if they are installed There are also countless people who have gone to the black market in order to survive for the crime of speculation.
Lin Shu had already insinuated from Captain Tang about the plan to raise pigs.
Nowadays, not only in the city, but also in the countryside, not everyone can eat pork.Their village is not a key village in the county seat, and there are not many indicators issued. It is only the task of the commune's pig farm.In fact, there are very few private breeding, mainly because after the epidemic, there is not enough food for people, so there is still food for pigs.The quota for the commune’s pig farms has been fulfilled, and there is a lot of hoarded pork. There is no need for meat tickets, and they can be distributed to the production team according to the work. Some production teams, in order to obtain honor, have rigid quotas and must raise them privately.In order to cater to the above plan to encourage pig raising, each household has to raise one or two pigs in order to complete the task. The pigs raised can be sold to the buying station, which can make money, and can also get rewards from the commune. a pig.But doing so also carries risks.Privately raising pigs provides food for themselves. If there is less food, the pigs are not big, or if the pigs are not fed, they will not be able to meet the quota. Not only will they have no money, but they will also waste a year’s cost. Therefore, the county only allows the highest annual grain output several villages to complete this pig raising plan.
They in Yunfeng Village are leisurely. They go to the pig farm to feed pigs for a few days, and they can earn work points. They can eat pork without meat tickets.However, this is also the past few years, when the turmoil began, life began to become difficult.
He doesn't have enough food at the moment, and he doesn't plan to raise pigs, but he can visit the black market. He has stored so much special bacon, and he must be able to sell it for a good price on the black market.
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Inside the house was the warmth from the unextinguished firewood in the fireplace. Lin Shu only wore a fleece underwear sewn with cotton. The shock and joy from the snow-white world made Lin Shu ignore the biting coolness mixed with wind and snow. cold cream.
He couldn't describe his mood at the moment, the pure white world, the indescribable feeling, was more violent than every time he saw snow, and the scene of skiing with his family from the previous family was vividly recalled in his mind, and in the hut behind him, He also has a family to accompany him.
After the snowfall, Yunfeng Village is covered by endless white snow, and even the verdant mountains and green trees in the past are all silvery white.
On the small river in front of the hut, ice was floating on the surface of the water. At this moment, he could clearly see the veins of Yunfeng Village. Along the small river, the houses of every family were clearly uplifted.
Wang Daniu's house, Niudan's house, Lao Lin's house, Da Niang's house, Er Niang's house...you can even hear the silver bell-like laughter of children playing in the snow.
A smile appeared on Lin Shu's face, and it wasn't until Heiwa's cry came from behind that Lin Shu came back to his senses. He felt the coldness of the hairs on his body, but he felt extremely comfortable, as if he had been washed clean by the silver and white of the world.
When Lin Shu entered the room, he saw Hei Wa stretching out his arms, making a gesture to hug Lin Shu, muttering "pee."
This is what Lin Shuchong came out of.
Hei Wa has never lived with anyone before, and some life habits are hard to change for a while.
For example, he didn't like to go to the toilet to relieve his hands, and even urinated directly on the head of the kang a few times. After Lin Shu found out, he spanked his butt a few times before he was able to correct it.
It was cold in winter, so he put a chamber pot in the house for fear of freezing the children when he went out, but Hei Wa saw that every time Lin Shu hugged Xiao Yaoer, he would be treated the same even if he acted like a baby. Lin Shu came over.
Lin Shu didn't know if it was because he was used to serving children, and he couldn't be cruel to children, so he just let Heiwa like this.
He took off Heiwa's underpants, hugged Heiwa to relieve his hand, then wiped his ass, took out the chamber pot and washed it clean, and when he came back, Heiwa slept in a row with Xiaoyaoer with her buttocks pouted.
Lin Shu poured a cup of warm water from the tin kettle with an enamel cup, squeezed toothpaste, brushed his teeth and rinsed his mouth.
Although there are consignment outlets in the village, they are still not as good as those in big cities. There is a lack of supplies, and there are no toothbrushes and toothpaste produced by regular manufacturers. They are all toothpaste sold by pickers in the rivers and lakes.
The toothbrush head is made of pig hair, and it won't be long before I have to find a master to wear it. Lin Shu was not used to it at first, but now he is used to it.
The handle of the toothbrush is made of pig bone, which is very easy to be brittle. When Lin Shu taught Caifeng and Heiwa to brush their teeth a few days ago, the two little guys didn't like brushing their teeth. Heiwa had never brushed their teeth in the deep mountains and wild forests. White, well-growth, no dental caries, probably eating all kinds of grass in the mountains, which strengthens the chewing and purification of teeth, and Caifeng's teeth are also growing well, and rural children have no chance to eat candy, they only eat thinner Porridge, thin soup, but there is no dental caries.
However, Lin Shu forced them to brush their teeth, and even broke one of them, which cost a dime. After being scolded by Lin Shu, the two began to brush their teeth obediently.
After Lin Shu finished washing, the water in the kettle was used up, so he boiled a pot of hot water first, and left it for the three children to wash up later.
When the hot water was ready, he went to wake up the three little ones.
He took out the new clothes that he had made for the three. He took the newly bought cloth and cotton, and took the money to ask Mrs. Zhang, a tailor in the village, to make them.The clothes made by Mrs. Zhang have fine and tight stitches, but this style is too popular.All the children in the production team wore this kind of big padded jackets. When they were worn on the children, they were bloated like the dolls in the New Year pictures hanging on the wall.
Lin Shu put on new clothes for the three of them, and all three stood on the kang, looking towards Lin Shu.
Lin Shu took a look at it, and it looked good in it, but it was too thick, and his arms couldn't go up and down, so he could only open up like a little penguin, so cute.
"elder brother."
"Eggy."
"Pot pot."
The three little creatures all jumped towards Lin Shu, giggling.
Lin Shu also laughed, hugged them down one by one, and asked them to put on their shoes and come out to play.
"It's snowing."
"Wow wow."
Three happy little penguins fluttered outside and soon started playing excitedly.
Xiaoyaoer likes to step on the snow and play. When he sees the snow, he looks like a little duck. There are traces of his little feet all over the yard.Caifeng likes to swing, Lin Shu tied a swing to the strongest pear tree with hemp rope, and made a wooden seat with protective measures in case they were young.These days, Caifeng has to sit up and swing a few times every day when she wakes up, and early in the morning, she can hear the excited and joyful screams of the little girl swinging to a high place.And Hei Wa is the most clingy to Lin Shu. Every day when he wakes up, he follows Lin Shu's ass and cooks for him in the kitchen.
Lin Shu squeezed toothpaste for Hei Wa, the little guy doesn't like brushing his teeth, he will check if Lin Shu is looking at him after brushing a few times, if he doesn't pay attention, just see him smash his mouth twice, spit out foam, and pretend to brush it clean, He will still be caught by Lin Shu and brushed again.
During the Chinese New Year, dumplings are eaten, and they must be wrapped on New Year’s Eve and eaten until midnight, which symbolizes the reunion of relatives and the meaning of attracting wealth and wealth.But after eating the New Year's Eve dinner last night, I made the dough alive and made dumplings this morning.
This morning, Lin Shu took a piece of mutton, chopped it into stuffing, then added cabbage and leeks bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, chopped it into pieces, and the dumpling stuffing was ready, and began to make dumplings.
Lin Shu didn't count according to the head, just to make a few children full and open to eat, he wrapped more than 50 and cooked a big iron pot.
The dumplings are cooked quickly, just float up and add some cold water, and it's almost ready to float up again.
Seeing that the dumplings were ready, Lin Shu went out to ask the three little ones who were having a good time to eat. He looked at the small river in the yard, and saw Chen Fachun and his mother driving a bullock cart from the road below the small river. , seems to be going somewhere.
Chen Fachun was gnawing on a hard and dry pot helmet, muttering something in his mouth, his expression was not good.His mother lowered her head and was wearing a thin, patched dress. It was snowing in winter and she was not a padded jacket. Her face was flushed from the cold, and she seemed to be wiping away tears.
"Mom, our family has no money, so what should I do if I go to school? I'm the highest grade in the village, so I can't let others see the joke."
Qin Huiniang turned her back to Chen Fachun, looked at the snow behind her, tears fell silently again, and said without any strange voice: "Mother knows, I will go back to your grandmother's house this time, and see if I can exchange food for some money for you to go to school."
Chen Fachun didn't notice it, "How much food does our family have? We exchange all this bag, there is still food to eat."
Qin Huiniang said in a gentle voice: "You don't have to worry about this, mother will find a way."
Chen Fachun whipped the bullwhip, looked at the grain behind him, and saw Lin Shu standing outside the yard looking down here.
He frowned, looked away, and whipped the bullwhip again, and the bullock cart gradually moved out of Lin Shu's sight.
Chen Fachun's grandmother's house is in the fifth production team of Honghe Village, and the ox cart arrived at the door an hour later.Chen Fachun's grandmother went shopping in the town, and his uncle followed him, only his second uncle and second aunt were at home, and his second uncle asked the second aunt to bring out two bowls of eggs.
The yard is separated by a wall to keep out the cold wind, and the house here burns big tree roots to warm up the fire.
The second aunt's eggs came quickly, and she knew they were coming, so she cooked them for them in advance.
The second aunt smiled gently, and handed Chen Fachun the steaming egg bowl.
"Come on, Fachun, eat some eggs to keep warm."
"Thank you, Second Aunt."
Chen Fachun took the egg bowl, and the temperature of the hot soup was transmitted directly to his hand through the uninsulated sea bowl.Shivering with the cold on the road, he took a sip of soup with a sea bowl in his arms.There is an egg in the bowl, and sugar is put in the soup, which tastes sweet.Chen Fachun's family has no eggs. The second uncle's family has a few chickens, and when they lay eggs, they will bring some eggs to his grandmother for the New Year.
Chen Fachun's second uncle saw that his sister was bringing food in exchange, and he didn't even have to wear a padded jacket. He waited for his wife to bring the eggs, and whispered to his daughter-in-law to bring the thick clothes she had prepared. When she went to find the clothes, he frowned again. Wrinkled, walked over and sat down, said unhappy: "What about him?"
This question is about Chen Fachun's father, Chen Dashan.
Qin Huiniang held the egg bowl and drank the soup spoon by spoon. She sat behind the fire and warmed herself, her head bowed and she didn't speak.
Chen Fachun's second uncle picked up a few sticks of firewood with tongs, put them on the fire to make the fire more prosperous, and then said: "Hmph, he has the ability, he dare not even go back to his mother-in-law's house during the Chinese New Year."
"Okay, don't say a few words." The second aunt came out with a big bag of clothes, and she was holding a padded jacket in her hand, "Huiniang, come and put it on, I don't wear a padded jacket this winter, what should I do if I catch a cold? , this family depends on you." After speaking, he stuffed a bag of clothes to Chen Fachun's mother, "These are my boss's clothes, so Fachun must be wearing them properly."
"Sister-in-law, thank you very much." Qin Huiniang took the clothes and said emotionally.
"Thank you for being with our family." The second aunt smiled and helped Qin Huiniang put on her clothes, and then asked Chen Fachun, "Dachun is good at studying, we all heard the teacher praise you in the town."
His second aunt worked in a restaurant in the town, and the restaurant often had teachers go out to eat. After all, sometimes the teachers didn't like the food made in the school cafeteria, so they went out to eat out to improve the food.
When the teachers get together, the topic cannot be separated from the students. When Chen Fachun heard this, his face became a little shy.
"Sister-in-law, don't praise him, he can't learn anything." Qin Huiniang finally looked a little happy when she mentioned her child's grades.
"Don't say that. If Fachun passes the high school entrance examination, he can become a teacher. After that, he won't have to farm with you." The second aunt said with a smile.
"It's not that easy." Qin Huiniang's expression faded again.
"Mom, I was the first in our school exam, and the teacher said that there is no problem in getting into the county high school." Chen Fachun told his mother not to worry about his grades.
"Okay, you go out to play, I have something to talk to your second uncle and second aunt." Qin Huiniang glanced at him, then handed the bowl to Chen Fachun, "Go and wash the bowl."
"I know." Chen Fachun took the bowl to the kitchen to wash the dishes, and then Qin Huiniang said, "Brother, sister-in-law, our family really has no money. We only have the half bag of grain. See if the grain can be eaten. If you can eat it, you can eat it." Give me some money."
"Why doesn't Chen Dashan come? He's a big man, why don't you?"
Qin Huiniang remained silent again, just lowered her head.
And when Qin's second son mentioned this sister-in-law, he was full of anger.
At the beginning, he didn't agree with his younger sister marrying Chen Dashan, but his mother said that it was close enough to take care of everything. As a result, Chen Dashan was not a fucking good person.
Chen Dashan is an old man. Father Chen gave birth to such an only seedling when he was 50 years old. He had two sons before him, but he didn’t support him. One wanted to eat fish, but fell into the weir pond and drowned. He turned to the cupboard to steal sweets, but the cupboard fell down, and no one found it for two days, saying they couldn't find the child. When Mr. Chen went to get something from the cupboard, he found his son had suffocated to death in the cupboard.After waiting for decades, Chen Dashan was finally born, and the pain was so painful that it was like eyeballs.In the two years since Hui Niang was married, the Chen family was reasonable, and they kept going during the holidays.
But this good life has not passed two years, Mr. Chen is getting old, after all, he is in his seventies, nearly eighty, and he can't move his body, and he really can't get off the ground. This Mrs. Chen has already been paralyzed on the bed. Chen Dashan and Huiniang's heavy tanks fell on them.
As for Hui Niang, a woman, she went to the fields to earn work points when she was pregnant, but she was worthy of him, Chen Dashan, but Chen Dashan didn't know what to do, and got involved with a widow in their production team, helping the widow earn work points every day.The team leader said no, and he, Chen Dashan, made a fuss for several days, and even went to the village head of the commune. The team leader felt ashamed, so he insisted that Chen Dashan's work points be credited to the widow's house, and the food was also distributed to the widow's house.
This Chen Dashan lived at home 350 days a year, less than two days, and lived in the widow's house. The whole production team knew about this incident, so that their natal family couldn't afford to lose this person, and forced Hui Niang to divorce Chen Dashan. Chen Dashan was inseparable again, and came back by himself.
For the sake of the child, they let Huiniang swallow this breath.
But Chen Dashan has lived in peace for a few years, and he can’t change his eating shit. A few days ago, they heard that Chen Dashan had an affair with a woman from another production team, and they ran out every night and didn’t come home. Hui Niang didn't mention a single word in front of them.
The Chen family only has two labor forces, Huiniang and Chen Dashan. Huiniang is also a woman, and she has been weak since she was a child, so she can't work as much as a man. There are two elderly people in the family to support her, and one child is studying, so it's nothing. The sideline business brings income, but it can be used sparingly, and all the money saved by Mr. Chen is given to Chen Dashan, his son, so there is no need to exchange so much grain for money.
"Huiniang, tell me the truth, where did the family's money go?" Qin Er Er asked.
Qin Huiniang showed humiliation, and her eyes gradually turned red.
Seeing his sister's reaction, the second brother who knew her well thought about it, "Did you ask Chen Dashan to give it to someone else?"
Qin Huiniang nodded forbearance, her voice gradually turned into a cry.
"He gave all the family money to others, even the money for Chun'er to go to school."
"This Chen Dashan, see if I don't kill him." Qin Er Er stood up angrily, threw the tongs on the ground, and was about to rush out.
"Second uncle? What's the matter?" Chen Fachun, who came over to wash the dishes, looked at the second uncle who rushed out of the yard, and went in without knowing.
Qin Huiniang who was behind her chased after her with red eyes, and said intermittently and incoherently: "You can't find him, he already left last night, took the family's money, took the woman away, and left only a letter. He said he was going to fly away, but it was me and this family who trapped him."
Chen Fachun was stunned on the spot, "Mother, didn't you say that Dad went out to find a job? He...he ran away with another woman?"
"Chun'er, listen to what mother said, your father..."
"Chen Fachun, your father is not a good guy. Look at your mother, what kind of a man is he doing to her? You are not allowed to call him father in the future!" Second Qin roared angrily.
Chen Fachun glanced at his mother and his second uncle, and couldn't bear it for a while, but he was not a child, and he knew that his father never loved him since he was a child, but he abandoned their mother and son without hesitation, and their mother and son were in that man's heart. Just how insignificant?It seems that the bond that was not strong at all suddenly broke down.
"Second Qin, why are you getting angry? This is Hui Niang's family business." The second aunt, who has always been gentle and quiet, glared at Second Qin, then took out the weights and beams, and sighed: "Huiniang, since you want to change Grain, let’s weigh how many catties.”
Qin Huiniang wiped away the tears that had been blown dry by the wind and snow, nodded and walked over. Qin's second son also carried the grain bag and hung it on an iron hook. , the market price is only [-] cents, a bag of ten yuan.
The second aunt counted ten yuan and gave it to Qin Huiniang, and took a red envelope of one yuan to Chen Fachun. The second uncle said that when the uncle and the others came back, he would go to Chen's house and call the production team leader for an explanation.
But Qin Huiniang shook her head, saying it was shameful, she kept it a secret, and declared that Chen Dashan had gone out to find a job, but internally it was assumed that he died outside, and now the Chen family only had Father Chen and Old Lady Chen for two years The old man who has already done a lot of things, tossing the old man, regardless of the old man, she, a daughter-in-law, can't do it.
Before noon, the second aunt kept them waiting for the uncle and the others to come back to have lunch together, but Qin Huiniang felt that she was embarrassing her natal family, so she wanted to leave no matter what.Sitting in the bullock cart, Chen Fachun waved his whip, and the wheels drove hard on the snow, leaving a long series of ruts.As the wheels swayed slightly, the woman in the car sat motionless, staring blankly at the sky, neither sad nor happy.
The bullock cart drove across the road below the creek again, Chen Fachun subconsciously turned his head, and saw Goudaner again, the kid was in his pocket, looking at them with a mature look, pretending to be cool.
Noticing Chen Fachun's gaze, Qin Huiniang also looked up. After seeing a few children playing together, she remembered that it belonged to Lao Lin's family.
"Goudaner, I haven't seen you play together before."
Chen Fachun snorted lightly, "It's too young, don't take him to play, lest he be eaten by wolves."
Qin Huiniang said softly: "I'm not afraid of wolves. You didn't know when you came back from the town. Not only did the wolves not eat this bitch, but they even brought back a wolf to guard their homes every day."
What happened in this village, no matter who said who behind his back, he couldn't hide it, let alone the affair of Chen Dashan eloping with other women.
In the group of men, whoever makes an appointment to urinate or smoke a cigarette will mention that the mountain has kidnapped a daughter-in-law, secretly envious, and in the group of women, whoever chats with someone will mention that Qin Hui's life is bad, She couldn't control the man, but she still had to support this big family, and she suddenly became a living widow that men don't want.Mingli advises you not to be sad, but secretly laughs with someone else.There is no shortage of spectators in the world.
Even Lin Shu knew about this kind of thing, but how quickly it spread.Captain Tang of the production team went to Chen's house to ask.Lin Shu remembered that Chen Fachun and his mother were carrying food that day, presumably to exchange money. I heard that his father had stolen all the money from the family.
There is no Internet in this era, and the means of transportation are underdeveloped. I don’t know if the Chen family has looked for it, but they don’t want you to find it when they are gone. In fact, they may not be found at all.Just without a letter of introduction, these two people must not be able to get out of the county.But maybe, some people walked to the provincial capital, not to mention that they brought money with them.Such deep love gave him such courage to elope, and he was still a man with a ten-year-old son.However, marriages are early in rural areas. In Yunfeng Village, many people get married at the age of thirteen or fourteen. Chen Dashan is probably only in his twenties, and he is just in his youth.
The two thought that the environment was better now, that it was no longer the late 50s, but they didn't know that an even more chaotic decade awaited them. They stayed in Yunfeng Village, where the mountains were high and the emperor was far away. It doesn't hurt here.
A few days after Lin Shu heard the gossip, he saw Chen Fachun approaching him.
Chen Fachun looked at the room in shock. In fact, he was already very surprised when he saw the outside of the house just now. He passed by that day and didn't look carefully.
Standing at the door, a wave of warmth rushed over, and it seemed like two worlds with his house as cold as iron.After Chen Dashan left, there was no man in the family to chop firewood. Chen Fachun sometimes helped his mother chop firewood, which was used for cooking, so he couldn't bear to warm the fire.
Looking at the furnishings in the house, there are flat cotton blankets on the tidy kang, and three thick quilts neatly stacked into squares. Looking at the walls, they are actually made of flat red bricks, and the floor is also cement mortar. There is no dust after stepping on it, and several children in the house are wearing thick cotton clothes, comfortably warming around the fireplace.
Caifeng's face was flushed red, as if she had changed. Before he saw Caifeng, she was still a tanned child with chapped face. After a while, she became white and fat.
After seeing Goudaner's family, surprise is no longer enough to describe his mood.
Now there is a little boy, with his back to Goudan'er, squeezed into Goudaner's chair, lying on Goudaner's body like a boneless body, with his arms around Goudaner's neck, and his face nestled on Goudaner's shoulders, Chen Fachun I didn't recognize it for a while.
The little boy rubbed against Goudan, turned his head, and looked at Chen Fachun. His dark eyes passed by him expressionlessly, and then nestled on Goudan as if ignoring him, holding a small book in his hand. look.
Chen Fachun was stunned for a moment, but he didn't recognize the face, but he soon noticed the gray wolf lying at Goudan'er and the little boy's feet, and took a few steps back in fright.
Gray Wolf snorted, Lin Shu stroked Gray Wolf's fur, and Gray Wolf closed his eyes.
Lin Shu looked at Chen Fachun at the door, and handed him a stool.
"What's the matter? Sit down."
Chen Fachun coughed twice, "Hui Lang lent me two days."
Lin Shu chuckled: "I can't make the decision, you have to see if it agrees or not."
Chen Fachun looked at the gray wolf, he was frightened, he didn't dare to catch its attention, and he didn't dare to approach it, he just sat far away and said: "I heard that you hunted a lot of prey."
Lin Shu had a half-smile but not a smile: "The wild boars have been eaten by the old Lin's family, so they don't belong to me."
Only then did Chen Fachun look at Lin Shu seriously, and realized that not only Caifeng, but even Goudan was not the Goudan he had seen before.
He was wearing a small white cotton velvet shirt, with a clean and refreshing short cut, and even his cheeks were a few degrees whiter. What shocked him even more was that Goudan'er's feeling of speaking was like their school teacher talking to students. tone of speaking.
Chen Fachun felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't think about it too much, and he was still focused on business.
He suddenly whispered in Lin Shu's ear: "Your family has so much meat, why don't you sell it in the county town?"
Seeing Chen Fachun approaching, Hei Wa punched him. Chen Fachun touched his face, which was still in pain, and looked at Hei Wa baring his teeth at him in bewilderment, motioning for him to go away.
Lin Shu touched Hei Wa's head, then looked at Chen Fachun.
"You keep talking."
Chen Fachun didn't care about the children, and continued: "There is a black market in the county, and the meat on the black market is expensive. Pork sells for 6 to 8 cents a catty in the market, and at least 3 to 5 yuan in the black market. If you think about it, if you have ten A catty of meat, isn’t that 30 to 50 yuan, and I asked, people in the city now, like units, only give out half a catty of meat tickets every month, and some units don’t even issue meat tickets. Everyone wants to eat meat, and if you don’t have a meat ticket, you can’t eat meat, so you have to go to the black market to buy it.”
Chen Fachun is right. In fact, the black market is the same as small stalls and hawkers. It is attacked from above, but it can never be wiped out. After all, this is also in line with the law of the market. When there is a shortage of goods, ordinary people will go to the black market to buy and sell, even if they are installed There are also countless people who have gone to the black market in order to survive for the crime of speculation.
Lin Shu had already insinuated from Captain Tang about the plan to raise pigs.
Nowadays, not only in the city, but also in the countryside, not everyone can eat pork.Their village is not a key village in the county seat, and there are not many indicators issued. It is only the task of the commune's pig farm.In fact, there are very few private breeding, mainly because after the epidemic, there is not enough food for people, so there is still food for pigs.The quota for the commune’s pig farms has been fulfilled, and there is a lot of hoarded pork. There is no need for meat tickets, and they can be distributed to the production team according to the work. Some production teams, in order to obtain honor, have rigid quotas and must raise them privately.In order to cater to the above plan to encourage pig raising, each household has to raise one or two pigs in order to complete the task. The pigs raised can be sold to the buying station, which can make money, and can also get rewards from the commune. a pig.But doing so also carries risks.Privately raising pigs provides food for themselves. If there is less food, the pigs are not big, or if the pigs are not fed, they will not be able to meet the quota. Not only will they have no money, but they will also waste a year’s cost. Therefore, the county only allows the highest annual grain output several villages to complete this pig raising plan.
They in Yunfeng Village are leisurely. They go to the pig farm to feed pigs for a few days, and they can earn work points. They can eat pork without meat tickets.However, this is also the past few years, when the turmoil began, life began to become difficult.
He doesn't have enough food at the moment, and he doesn't plan to raise pigs, but he can visit the black market. He has stored so much special bacon, and he must be able to sell it for a good price on the black market.
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