This time, Qiao's father also asked for two little pigs, and the pig pen that had been empty for a long time could finally come in handy.

Qiao Jiayue looked at the little black pig humming in the pig pen, and thought in her heart, now that she has her own land, she can make some feed by herself, or she will be blind to that feed recipe.

There are two more piglets in the family, and the task of raising pigs falls to the four children.

For Qiao Hongzhi, picking wild vegetables is like playing, and the process of wild vegetables and cooking wild vegetables can find fun, anyway, it just takes a little time.

Qiao Hongyuan has a good brain, he is a person who wants to read books and research inventions, Qiao Hongliang and Qiao Jiayue are still young, Qiao Hongzhi doesn't let them help, he can do it alone.

Qiao Hongzhi couldn't understand, why the children of other families could make a fuss about raising pigs, what was there to be noisy about, arrange the time well and complete it as quickly as possible, what could be delayed?

On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, I secretly worshiped the king of the stove, and every household began to prepare for the New Year.

Children run around like crazy all day, and the most common thing they say is what they have bought in the house, and who has added new clothes.

Because the famine has just passed, everyone will not show off their food, for fear that someone will come to borrow food to fight the autumn wind.

In this case, it's just something else, usually new clothes or new shoes.

Who makes new clothes for a family often indicates who is the most favored or who has the highest status.

Because the money of the fourth team was distributed to individuals, many women and young people also made new clothes for themselves.

However, it seems that none of the old people in the four teams have new clothes, after all, the old people are used to it and always take care of the small ones.

But it is precisely because the old man has suffered too much that the New Year deserves more preferential treatment.

Qiao's father frowned, he and Qiao's mother didn't care about dressing, and the three children were also sensible, so they didn't care about the lack of new clothes.

After the family discussed, he planned to prepare a new set of clothes for Grandpa Qiao and Grandma Qiao, but he also had other brothers, so they had to communicate with each other, and he couldn't pay the money and cloth tickets.

It's just that Qiao's father didn't expect that as soon as he spoke, Uncle Qiao took the lead in refusing, saying that he was very poor, had no cloth tickets and money, and had the opportunity to be filial to the old man in the future.

Uncle Qiao Qi also said something similar, saying that their cloth tickets were all lent to Aunt Qiao Qi's sister-in-law or something.

As for Uncle Qiao Liu, he was as dull as ever and didn't express his opinion.

It was Uncle Qiao who was surprised, he thought about it for a while, and said that he didn't have a cloth ticket, but he could give a dollar.

Father Qiao looked at the other three brothers, and saw that they were determined not to participate, and he was very unhappy, and his words also carried a trace of anger.

"I think it's not easy for my father and mother to raise us to grow up, they have suffered so much, and now that life is better, I will honor their old people a little more. ”

"Second brother, you said it easily, you are the captain of the production team yourself, and there are people in the city who are rushing to send you tickets and nutritional products, of course you can say filial piety so easily. ”

Uncle Qiao Qi may not have noticed it himself, his own words were full of sourness and envy and jealousy.

"Look at me, my eldest brother and my sixth brother, who is not digging in the field? I can't afford this money, but after the fabric is bought, my daughter-in-law can help make it, and her sister-in-law has married a sewing machine. ”

Uncle Qiao raised his chin and said, of course he knew what Father Qiao meant.

Since it is a filial piety to the old man, he didn't pay for the ticket, so he contributed, and the extra cloth could be made into a gown, they didn't lose.

Uncle Qiao Qi can think of it, Uncle Qiao can also think of it, he smiled and said: "Where do you need to use a sewing machine, your sister-in-law is ingenious, just two clothes, and it will be made in one day." ”

Father Qiao glanced at Third Uncle Qiao, "So except for me and Zhenglin, the three of you don't pay, right?"

Uncle Qiao Qi and Uncle Qiao nodded like pounding garlic, isn't this nonsense? Sixth Uncle Qiao was like a piece of wood, still not responding.

"Let's do it first. Qiao's father was very disappointed, the brothers were not in unison, and it seemed that the plan to send two sets of clothes together was in vain.

But aren't the clothes delivered?

Today, a few brothers sat together to discuss, and the two old men must have heard some rumors, and they didn't get their clothes by then, so they were afraid that they would have to complain a little.

But Qiao's father doesn't think that filial piety should be quiet, on the contrary, he wants to go publicly, let everyone know that he Qiao Zhengyu became the captain of the production team, and after his life improved, the first thing that filial piety thought of was his parents.

Besides, why did he let others lose the money and tickets he gave out?

Qiao's mother first looked for a few shops in the fourth team to borrow cloth tickets, and finally went to the team headquarters to find Bai Meilan. She knew that in the entire Alpine Brigade, no one had a ticket for Bai Meilando, so she was right to look for her.

The news that Qiao's mother borrowed a cloth ticket to make new clothes for Grandpa Qiao and Grandma Qiao spread quickly, and everyone praised Qiao's father for having a heart.

In this comparison, people who didn't have any ideas also thought about adding something to the old people at home, and they couldn't afford clothes, so it was okay to make a pair of shoes and buy some brown sugar.

Grandpa Qiao's old buddies expressed their envy to him, praising him for raising a good son, and he would enjoy great blessings in the future.

After buying the fabric, Qiao's father asked for the data of the old couple, and Qiao's mother found two women who could talk to help with typesetting and cutting.

Aunt Qiao and Aunt Qiao Qi came once and wanted to help, but Mother Qiao directly refused, if they touched these two clothes, they would definitely brag about their merits later, and it would not be a shame to die.

The battle between the concubines, which of the women who helped had never experienced it, and if it was inconvenient for Mother Qiao to say, they were not polite, and Aunt Qiao and Aunt Qiao Qi were half angry.

This year, the reservoir of the Changshan Brigade had a bumper harvest, and Lu Aijun and Qiao Sigu came back with their twins, and they also brought a few fat grass carp.

This year, Qiao Jiayue exchanged a lot of breeding and planting manuals, and Qiao's father specially copied some points to Lu Aijun, which was a thank you gift from Grandpa Lu.

In addition, Qiao Sigu also brought some beef jerky, which is said to have been sent by Grandpa Lu's comrades-in-arms from the grassland, and it took three months just to mail it.

"Second sister-in-law, you put these away and let Yue'er eat them slowly. Qiao Sigu handed Qiao's mother a bag of beef jerky, which weighed about half a catty.

The remaining half catty in her hand was for Grandpa Qiao and Grandma Qiao, as for the other brothers, don't think about it.

The package that Grandpa Lu received was not small, but there were many Lu families, a little bit here and a little bit there, and it would be a little more than a pound in the hands of Lu Aijun, and the two of them just tasted it.

No amount of beef jerky can repay Qiao's father and Qiao's mother for their kindness.

Beef is rarely eaten in the local area, and cattle are an important tool of production, and they will not be slaughtered unless they die of accident or old age.

However, I heard Qiao Sigu say that there is a cattle market in Jin'an County, which is in a place called Gongqiao Commune, and beef is a feature there, but unfortunately, this cattle market has been closed for several years.

Qiao Jiayue bit a piece of beef jerky, grinding her teeth slowly, and listened to Qiao Sigu tell Qiao's mother about the interesting things about other communes in Jin'an County before they were renamed.

These were things she hadn't heard before, and they helped deepen her understanding of Jin'an County.