Chapter 4 It's better to be a relative than a relative
Song Xiaoyue calmed down, she bent down to pick up the cotton seeds that fell out of her pocket at some point, and sprinkled them on the black soil at her feet with a smile.
How big can this space be?,Let's try it.。。
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She doesn't read novels, but some of the younger female employees of the company do, and they hear some of them.
In some novels, the protagonist gets the space and has since reached the pinnacle of the world.
Song Xiaoyue stood stupidly for a while, she originally thought that anything she planted in this magical space could grow in seconds, but she obviously overestimated her tone.
"I'm so stupid. Song Xiaoyue slapped her thigh.
Cotton seeds are not sown directly, but should be soaked in warm water for about half an hour, then drained, and then mixed with dry plant ash before sowing.
She really went back more and more, and forgot all the skills of the peasants!
Besides, no matter how magical the land in this space is, I'm afraid it can't violate the laws of biology and grow up immediately.
Song Xiaoyue no longer clinged to cotton seeds, but began to wander around, and she found that the place was not deserted, except for two small houses, she also found a well.
This well and the well in the village are all granite, the water is very clear at the bottom, and you can feel a cool breeze.
This water... Can you drink it?
Song Xiaoyue, who had cancer, was very bold, and once again came out of space.
She originally wanted to go home to get a water scoop, but as soon as she arrived at the door, she heard Song Weimin's daily scolding voice.
Song Xiaoyue felt sick to her stomach when she heard this, and turned her head to go in the opposite direction, she was going to the famous 'haunted house' in the village
There is an old house in the village, and someone died here when they were playing Little Japan before, and then I don't know who first reported that they had seen ghosts around this house, and it was spread all over again.
Today, only one old lady surnamed Su lives here.
This is not a poor old lady who lives in isolation, the production captain once warmly invited her to live in a bright house, and the house is supplied by the production team, but the old lady just doesn't want to.
The old lady who had to be coaxed by the production captain was a big man in the village, the boss of the old lady, and her son were all contributors, and they were publicly praised back then, as well as medals!
And the old lady used to be in charge of communications, and she also made a lot of contributions, and this family is a proper and glorious family.
Back then, Song Xiaoyue wandered around, was humiliated by the villagers, and almost starved to death at the door of Mrs. Su's house.
It was Mrs. Su who gave a mouthful of hot rice, she was not like other villagers who said ugly things, but she was not enthusiastic, she just regarded Song Xiaoyue as a stranger.
Everyone in the village is afraid of Mrs. Su, and Song Xiaoyue is also afraid, but she is too greedy for the eaves that can shelter her from the wind and rain, and she also longs for someone to treat her as a person.
She carefully stayed at Mrs. Su's house and took the initiative to take on the task of chopping wood and carrying water for cooking.
Mrs. Su never said thank you, but she didn't say anything to drive her away, because this 'haunted house' was on the edge of the village, and no one found out after seven or eight days.
One day, Mrs. Su choked on phlegm, and it was Song Xiaoyue who saved Mrs. Su.
After Mrs. Su woke up, she looked at Song Xiaoyue faintly for a while, and suddenly said, "Go and fetch water." ”
The two of them are clear, this sentence is undoubtedly a tacit permission for Song Xiaoyue to live here.
In this village, Mrs. Su's home is Song Xiaoyue's safe haven!
She strode to Mrs. Su's house, knocked three times and shouted happily, "Grandma Su, I've come to see you." ”
When the old lady died in her previous life, she missed the time for the funeral, and Song Xiaoyue was happy to see the cold-faced and warm-hearted old man again!
Mrs. Su came to open the door after a while, and was stunned when she saw Song Xiaoyue.
Now that Song Xiaoyue is not wandering, the two naturally have no intersection.
Song Xiaoyue glanced at the water tank first and said, "Sure enough, there is no water, I'll carry a few buckets for you later." ”
She looked at Mrs. Su, her eyes suddenly turned red, and she rushed up and hugged the old lady.
The old lady's body stiffened, but she didn't push Song Xiaoyue away, nor did she speak, but there was inquiry and curiosity in her serious eyes.
Song Xiaoyue hugged Mrs. Su and said, "Grandma Su, I want to borrow your bucket... Why are you so cold, are you too lazy to heat the kang again? "The two of them have lived together for a long time, Song Xiaoyue still knows the old lady very well, don't look at the old lady who is usually serious and unsmiling, but she is surprisingly lazy, she is so cold in late autumn that she refuses to burn the kang, and she has to wait until it is cold in winter to do it.
When she was young, Song Xiaoyue thought it was lazy, but later after the year of establishment, she gradually realized Mrs. Su's mood, her husband and son were not around, and she had no hope in life, so she would have to get by.
The old lady pushed Song Xiaoyue away with a cold face, turned around and closed the door, blocking Song Xiaoyue out.
Song Xiaoyue was stunned, in her previous life, she became attached to Mrs. Su because of wandering, but now she is not wandering, so Mrs. Su doesn't recognize her.
However, she knew that Mrs. Su was a cold-faced and hot-hearted person, so Song Xiaoyue didn't care about it, and took the initiative to carry the bucket at the door.
By the window in the house, the little old lady secretly opened the curtain and watched.
Song Xiaoyue stored half a bucket of water for Mrs. Su despite being hungry, thinking that it would be enough for the old lady to cook and boil water later, so she shouted at the door with the bucket.
"Grandma, I borrowed your bucket. ”
She didn't expect the little lady to respond and took the bucket.
The door squeaked open, and Mrs. Su glanced into the water tank on crutches, shook her head and entered the house again.
Song Xiaoyue returned to the space and picked up a bucket of water, she thought that since this space was for her, the well water could not be poisonous, maybe it would have some 'magical' effect!
The well water didn't look special, Song Xiaoyue took a sip, and there was a sweet taste.
The countryside is drinking well water, at this time there is no problem of environmental pollution, the groundwater is very sweet, but also contains a variety of minerals, especially delicious, that is all kinds of mineral water can not compare with the sweetness.
The water in the magic space well should be more delicious and clear, especially to quench thirst.
She pulled another bucket of water to wash her hands and face, the scratched wound was slightly itchy after touching the water, and after washing the water again, the pain was obviously reduced, and the wound was slowly healing.
This well water also has the effect of building muscle and promoting wound healing! Song Xiaoyue screamed a few times, she really picked up the baby.
She remembered Mrs. Su, and deliberately fetched a bucket of water out of the space, and at this time she left Mrs. Su's house just a corner.
"Grandma Sue. ”
When the little old lady in the door heard that the Song girl was coming, she paced to the window and looked out.
Song Xiaoyue knocked on the door, "Grandma, open the door, I'll take the kettle to boil water for you to drink." ”
The old lady disliked the noise, opened the door and looked at Song Xiaoyue speechlessly, who entered the house and found the brass kettle.
Mrs. Su is very particular, one brass kettle is used to boil water to drink, and the other is to boil water to wash her face, the two kettles are exactly the same, and she also took a long time to grasp the characteristics.
Seeing that she had taken it right, the old lady's eyes lit up.
When Song Xiaoyue turned her head, the old lady saw a wound on the back of her ear, and shook her head with a sigh, is this poor child frightened, and the parents at home don't care, so something is wrong with her brain, who do you think of her?
Mrs. Su had seen a person before, he was a very ordinary farmer before joining the army, he hurt his brain from fighting, and when he woke up, he would actually say nonsense, and later the Red Cross people said that it was called English!
Song Xiaoyue's personality is notoriously gloomy and introverted in the village, how can she be so happy to be beaten and bullied today.
Mrs. Su was sure that Song Xiaoyue's brain was stimulated, and there was more sympathy in her eyes.
Half a ring, Song Xiaoyue came in with hot water, the sun didn't feel cold at noon, and the cold wind blew in the afternoon and it was cloudy, so cold that it shivered.
"Grandma, I'm cold, can you borrow me a dress to wear?" Song Xiaoyue knew that Grandma Su had it, because after the two lived together, the clothes she wore were all Grandma Su's children.
Mrs. Su really turned around and opened a wooden box, pondered Song Xiaoyue's height and figure, turned over overalls, overalls, overalls, and white shirts worn by men.
This was worn by Mrs. Su's son, who in the fifties was a symbol of fashion with a white shirt and overalls, and she has kept them since her son left.
The dress Song Xiaoyue is wearing now is embarrassed and shabby, with patches under her armpits and cuffs, and now it is dirty and smells of sweat. She happily took the clothes, said 'thank you, grandma', and went to the living room to put them on.
The clothes are big and the shirt is a little skin-piercing, because the cotton yield is low, and many clothes are made of 'back-spinning cloth', which is to crush this kind of unwanted clothes and spin them again, although they tie the skin, but they are very cheap.
Song Xiaoyue, who changed into clean clothes, was more energetic, she turned around twice in front of the old lady and asked, "Grandma is good-looking." ”
Mrs. Su glanced at her faintly, moved a small bench and sat down against the door panel, ignoring people.
When we used to live together, the old lady didn't talk much, and now I don't expect the old lady to be too enthusiastic.
Song Xiaoyue went to pour dirty water outside the courtyard gate, and filled the water tank again, before moving a wooden pier to sit next to the old lady and said, "Grandma, can I go to your house for a while." ”
Old Lady Su didn't speak, Song Xiaoyue suddenly took the old lady's arm and shook it gently, and said coquettishly: "Grandma, you just agree, I know you like to be quiet, and you definitely don't make noise." ”
She knew that Grandma Su was very kind and would definitely agree.
Mrs. Su pulled out her hand and pointed to the Westinghouse.
The old lady has two rooms, she lives in the bright and sunny east room, and the west house has been uninhabited before, and usually keeps old things.
In the past, Song Xiaoyue also lived in Westinghouse.
"Thank you grandma. Song Xiaoyue shouted sweetly.
Although the old lady didn't speak, she was very happy in her heart, she had been alone for so many years, and it was good to have someone to accompany her.
The old Song family was really born in the blessing and did not know the blessing, four sons and three daughters, the son married a daughter-in-law, and gave birth to a bunch of grandchildren.
She thought of her son and husband again, and she had lived enough to live until now, and she didn't know when God would take her fate away so that their family could be reunited as soon as possible.
"Grandma Su, I beat my grandma. Song Xiaoyue said.
"You girl..."
Mrs. Su was so shocked that she spoke, she also felt that Wang Guizhen should be beaten, but she didn't expect it to be the honest Song Xiaoyue's hand.
This little girl, if you look closely, she looks very good, her eyes are big, the bridge of her nose is also straight, and people with flesh on her nose will marry well in the future, and it is easy to get rich.
Hearing that Song Xiaoyue beat the patriarchal old woman, Mrs. Su inexplicably liked the little girl in front of her.
At this time, Song Xiaoyue's stomach gurgled and screamed, and her voice was so loud that even Mrs. Su could hear it.
Song Xiaoyue, who lived to nearly fifty years old in her previous life, had an embarrassment that her old face had nowhere to go.
"Grandma, I'll go dig some wild vegetables in the back of the house. ”
No one in the village dared to go near the haunted house, so the wild vegetables around Mrs. Su's house were particularly vigorous, and the old lady grew her own vegetables and raised a chicken, and her self-sufficient living standard was much better than that of most people in the village.
She has a special identity, even if she has a chicken brigade, she doesn't dare to say anything, and the self-reserved land for the organization reward is handed over to the production brigade, and she has seven of the three brigades of food every year, plus the subsidized rations received by the House of Honor.
There are vegetables, eggs and food, and Mrs. Su can't afford to eat wild vegetables at all.
Song Xiaoyue easily found a handful of folded ear roots in the backyard, as well as all kinds of shepherd's cabbage, and when she slipped into the front yard, there was a small bowl of millet on the small bench she was sitting on.
"Take it and cook it," Mrs. Su said succinctly.
Millet porridge is a rarity, Mrs. Su is kind!
"Thank you grandma. ”
Song Xiaoyue happily accepted, anyway, she already regarded Mrs. Su as her own grandmother, and she had to honor the old man well in this life and repay the kindness of two lifetimes.
Although there are no five-star chefs here and there are very few seasonings, it is also very fragrant to put some soy sauce and wild chili peppers, and it is good to eat them.
Song Xiaoyue only put half of the millet to cook porridge, Grandma Su's family is not rich, the days have become tighter and tighter in the past few years, and the team has also cut the rations of the old lady, the old lady has enough to eat alone, and it is not necessary to have one more person.
But she won't eat and gnaw old in vain, and now that she has space, she plans to try to plant rice, corn and all kinds of vegetables in the space in the next step, no matter how mixed it is, it can't be worse than before.
After cooking wild vegetable porridge, Song Xiaoyue brought a bowl to Mrs. Su, holding her own bowl and eating it cleanly, this was the first meal she ate today, and it was also the first full meal since this Yue.
After eating enough and washing the dishes and chopsticks of the two of them, Song Xiaoyue asked with a smile: "Grandma, shall we take a nap?"
Mrs. Su has the habit of taking a nap, and she especially hates being disturbed, and she will be angry if she is woken up without sleeping.
The old lady really got up, went into the room and took the key and handed it to Song Xiaoyue, and then closed the door.
Song Xiaoyue returned to the familiar West House, where there were bed boards, many boxes, and baskets, brooms, hoes and the like for farm work.
Because no one has lived in it for many years, the air smells musty, but Song Xiaoyue is already very satisfied, after all, three people sleep in a small bed at home!
In her memory, this is the warmest home of Song Xiaoyue, who has been wandering for a long time, and it is her safe haven, and her eyes are full of tears because she sees these familiar objects again.
No one will care about her, she leaves, there will be one less person in the family to eat, Wang Guizhen will be happy, as for the so-called brothers and sisters, they will not care if there is one more or one less in the family.
Saying that sleep is fake, she's going to start researching space.
Entering the space, Song Xiaoyue found that there was a tender green shoot on the ground, and it took about ten days for the treated cotton seeds to germinate, which can be described as a natural ripening agent!
Song Xiaoyue was even happier, poured some water on the cotton, and went to the well with bottles and cans.
She pulled out a basin, a water cup, and a shelf for putting things out of the clutter that she didn't want in the West House, which can be used after cleaning.
Song Xiaoyue was even happier, poured some water on the cotton, and went to the well with bottles and cans.
She pulled out a washbasin, a water cup, and a shelf for things from the clutter that she didn't need in the Westinghouse, all of which could be used after cleaning.
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When she finished washing the bottles and cans, she was startled by the lush green when she turned around.
The plant that sprouted just now has grown tall and mature, and the village grows fine staple cotton, but because of the soil, the yield and quality have never been high, and she has never seen such a good fine staple cotton plant, let alone a plant that can grow so much cotton.
If the cotton in the village had been produced at this rate, it would have been lifted out of poverty and become rich a long time ago!
She found that the first cotton seeds had already produced cotton, but they had also fallen off, and there were many sprouts around the cotton.
Cotton deseeding is very troublesome, and most of the villages still deseed by hand, but the cotton in the space quickly regrows new cotton plants after landing.
Song Xiaoyue guessed that it was the credit of the well water.
This space already has the effect of accelerating the growth of crops, and she just watered the crops, which is equivalent to buying another 'acceleration card'
Fortunately, only one scoop of water was watered, and after that, the growth of the cotton slowly flattened down, and there was only a small patch of green vegetation.
Song Xiaoyue checked, it was all good cotton!
She got out of the space, turned out a basket in the house, and took it out and went straight to the Song family's vegetable patch.
Now that she has proved that space has the effect of making crops grow, she plans to plant some vegetables, and at this growth rate, she can plant them now and eat fresh vegetables tomorrow morning.
Song Xiaoyue won't pick Mrs. Su's dishes, if she wants to pick her own!
She walked through the ridge to her vegetable patch, only to find two wild quails.
Wild quails are very afraid of being difficult to catch, but quail eggs are very replenishing, and they are called wild ginseng in the countryside.
Song Xiaoyue is an authentic country girl, as soon as she hears the wild quail call like this, she knows that there are quail eggs, and quails like to lay eggs between 2 pm and 8 pm.
Sure enough, pulling open the weeds on the ridges, Song Xiaoyue found a nest of quail eggs, twenty or thirty.
The quail eggs are small, boiled or salted, they are delicious, Song Xiaoyue took them all according to the order, and planned to go back in the evening to improve the food.
She continued to walk towards the family's vegetable patch, but ran into her family.
Song Xiaoyue has three sisters, two younger sisters, and a younger brother, and she is the middle and the least valued.
It is said that the eldest is favored, the third is used, and the second is angry in the middle, although the elder sister and younger sisters are not welcomed on weekdays, but Song Xiaoyue is indeed the most unpopular, she is introverted, and no other sisters have a sweet mouth.
The relationship between the sisters is very average.