At this time, Grandpa Lan suddenly coughed, and Qiao Jiayue saw this and hurriedly asked, "Grandpa Lan, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, it's old. Grandpa Lan waved his hand and sat down on the stool.

Qiao Jiayue frowned, she always felt that this was not the case, Grandpa Lan's face was a little pale, and he looked sick for a while.

"Grandpa Lan, you have to go to see the doctor, think about Brother Xiaobin, he needs you. ”

When Lan Xiangbin heard this, he glanced sideways at Qiao Jiayue, he persuaded his grandfather many times, but his grandfather disagreed, hoping that he could listen to Qiao Jiayue's words.

Grandpa Lan lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time before he said, "Good boy, I'll go to see the doctor when the rain stops." ”

He originally wanted to save the money, anyway, he was sick, but Qiao Jiayue's words let him know that if he was gone, how could Lan Xiangbin support himself alone?

Lan Xiangbin glanced at Qiao Jiayue gratefully, she was such a good girl.

Qiao Jiayue smiled at Lan Xiangbin, "Brother Xiaobin, you help me take a look, I'll go back." She said, pointing to the bamboo basket at her feet.

If no one helps her, she won't dare to go back, who knows who will take these dried sweet potatoes away?

"Yue'er, why are you back? It's our turn?" Qiao's mother felt strange, didn't she say that she would wait over there?

"Come back and get something, A-Niang, you come back later, we have to wait for a while." Qiao Jiayue found the chili powder she had prepared before and planned to bring it over.

"By the way, A-Niang, you can also steam some pumpkin strips, I think it should be good after drying. Before leaving, Qiao Jiayue shouted.

Qiao's mother shook her head, this child, she is thinking about eating, sweet potatoes and pumpkins have to be steamed and dried, which is too wasteful firewood.

That being said, she still went and picked a pumpkin, peeled it, scooped it, cut it into strips, and put it in the steamer.

Qiao Jiayue suddenly had a whim, and planned to sprinkle those cooked sweet potato strips with chili powder, which must taste very good after drying.

No one in the family eats spicy food, and the two small peppers she planted can only be dried and ground into powder and put on the shelf.

In fact, everyone in the family is strange, they don't eat spicy, why does Qiao Jiayue like it so much?

In fact, Qiao Jiayue can't remember when she started eating spicy food in her previous life, but the feeling of being choked with spicy tears and seemingly hollowed out, as if all the pain was far away.

Maybe she had a masochistic mentality at that time, but she slowly got used to it later.

After Lan Xiangbin and Grandpa Lan dried their sweet potato shreds, it had been a long time, and Qiao Jiayue almost didn't fall asleep waiting.

At this time, the rain was light, and Qiao Hongzhi also came over with a load of fern grass, and helped Grandpa Lan and them send things back by the way.

Qiao Jiayue placed the sweet potato strips on a bamboo sieve with residual warmth to make sure there was no wasted space, and then sprinkled them with chili powder she had made herself.

The smell was still quite choking, and the woman on the fire next to her sniffed, "I said girl, what do you sprinkle on the sweet potato, so choking, can you still eat it?"

"I can eat it. Qiao Jiayue said, and was about to carry the bamboo sieve to the drying box, when Qiao's mother came, smelling the familiar smell in the house, she didn't know what to say.

"Yue'er, don't be all evil, just sprinkle a sieve. Seeing that Qiao Jiayue wanted to sprinkle all the sweet potatoes, Qiao's mother hurriedly shouted.

She didn't have to taste it to know that the dried sweet potato sprinkled with this chili powder tasted absolutely indescribable.

Qiao Jiayue heard Qiao's mother's words, so she had to stop and go to place the pumpkin strips, the steamed pumpkin was very sweet.

She couldn't help but pinch a little and put it in her mouth, well, the steamed one was really different from the boiled one, and continued to sprinkle chili powder.

As soon as Qiao's mother put two sieves in the drying box, she saw Qiao Jiayue's movements, and she didn't have time to stop it.

"I said, Ashan, what are you doing with Xiaoyue, can you still eat this?" the woman next to her continued to ask.

"She sprinkled paprika. Qiao's mother said helplessly.

Locals have a sweet tooth, but what they usually eat is salty, and when it comes to chili peppers, almost no one touches them.

The woman smashed her mouth, thinking to herself, this production captain is really a spoiled girl, and the rations have made her a scourge, tsk.

The drying time is very long, but the finished product is very beautiful, the volume of dried sweet potatoes and pumpkin strips has been reduced a lot, and after opening the drying box, the smell of chili peppers is more obvious, and everyone in the house has hid out.

Qiao Jiayue was satisfied, it seemed that this time it was a success.

She picked up a piece of pumpkin strips, soft and elastic, and the light pumpkin was sweet and a little salty, a little spicy, worthy of the taste of her own blend, which was really good.

Qiao's mother saw that Qiao Jiayue was eating with such relish, and her heart was a little complicated, is it really so delicious?

In the end, these dried sweet potatoes and pumpkins that were sprinkled with chili powder, no one at home was willing to taste them, Qiao Jiayue said straight, it was a pity, it tasted very good.

But the three elder brothers think that the taste of the younger sister is really special, sweet, salty and spicy, where is it delicious?

Because she didn't do much, Qiao Jiayue was reluctant to eat it all at once, and occasionally took one to grind her teeth, she felt that she was about to lose her teeth.

But soon, Qiao Jiayue found her favorite Chen Mian, and she actually liked this flavor very much.

So the most common thing the two of them do is to run to the marble strip under the eaves of the ancestral hall and sit on it, grinding their teeth with a sweet potato in their hands.

However, when she went to play with Chen Mian, she found that Bai Meilan's food had been much worse than before, and she felt a little strange in her heart, but she didn't ask more.

The two of them also have work and money subsidies in the brigade, and they also have a share of food, so they won't have such a bad life, right?

In September, Cai Ming came to the Gaoshan Brigade and delivered a Shanghai brand radio.

This radio instantly caused a sensation in the entire Alpine Brigade.

It's a radio, a radio that only exists in other people's words, a radio that only people in the city have!

The members of the club are envious of Qiao's father, why is he so lucky to save such a rich city man?

Qiao's father twisted it on the radio, I don't know which channel it screwed, it was singing revolutionary songs, and the members listened to it with a look of obsession.

Everyone strongly demanded that Qiao's father put on the radio for an hour every day to entertain everyone's life.

Qiao's father didn't have an opinion, but when he said that the radio needed batteries and cost money to buy them, the members who had always been stingy agreed to go to the public account, and they wanted to listen to it for a few more hours a day.

"Cai Ming, how much does this radio cost, I'll give it to you. "Radios, like bicycles, are big items that you have to have money and tickets to buy.

Cai Ming waved his hand, "You don't need to give money, this is my prize, I already have one at home, this one will be given to you." ”

With the radio, they were able to listen to the news from outside, even if it was limited.

Qiao Jiayue curiously twisted the knob on the radio and glanced at Cai Ming, "Uncle Cai Ming, you have lost a lot of weight, haven't you eaten?"

All in all, they haven't seen each other for more than half a year.

Cai Ming waved his hand, "It's okay, it's just that I'm busy at work." By the way, I didn't find your letter at the post office, sorry. ”

Xu Jia also paid attention to the letter, but she never saw it again, and she relaxed after a long time.

"It's okay, maybe there's something over there, so I didn't reply. Father Qiao shook his head and said, "You come to the Alpine Brigade this time, why don't you stay for a few more days?"

"No," Cai Ming waved his hand again and again, "I have to take a train in two days, by the way, is Jiayue willing to go to Haishi with me to see the world?"

This is the purpose of his visit to the Alpine Brigade.