The Year (7)

The autumn harvest, even if you are tired, is still happy. The return of grain to the warehouse means that in the next six months, with rations, there will be no starvation.

The table is also sumptuous these days. Not all of the cobs in the cornfield are ripe at once. There's always some that's still tender. When the man who broke the stick encountered such a situation, he had to quickly pick up the tender corn and peel it directly, gnaw and eat the tender corn kernels, and then ate a mouthful of white juice. The party secretary and the captain shouted in the field, and they were not allowed to eat secretly in private, but they had to be put away and distributed according to each household. But people are so hungry that they can manage so much. It's not how to eat it yet, but how to eat it. But there can always be some left, and a family can divide two or three, put it in a pot and boil it with water, and it will have its own fragrance. Lin Yutong felt that those modern corns, no new varieties, tasted as good as this. I heard that those new products were planted for livestock feed. The sticks were long and had a lot of grains, but they were nowhere near as full as they are now. It looks smaller, but it's delicious.

There are even those children who pluck off the delicate corn stalks. This thing looks like a section, and it still has a sweet taste. Children don't have anything sweet all year round, and this tender corn stalk is especially popular.

Even the mules and horses in the breeding farm can be regarded as satisfying their hunger. This corn stalk is the best forage.

By the time the soybeans were harvested, it was obvious that it had cooled down. The fourth master's winter coat only has a velvet coat, and there is no padded jacket at all.

But there is cotton and leather in the space, but there is no fabric for nowadays. There are a lot of muslins, but they are all white.

After a while, I had to dye the cloth in the space.

The cloth tickets that I finally got back were not enough to make clothes outside. Once again, she felt that the Corps was better. At least the clothes are distributed according to the season.

Now this army coat, even if you want it, there is nowhere to buy it.

Corn, soybeans, and sorghum all have to be paid for public grain. When it's really your turn to eat, it's sweet potatoes.

While the grain was still dry, the production team began to divide the red potatoes. The division of sweet potatoes is according to the head. How many meters of ridges per person. Then each of them measured it and dug their own.

At the end of the year, this sweet potato accounts for most of the food ration. From this time to next spring. Who made this thing produce so much?

Lin Yutong and the fourth master divided half of the ridge. But there are more than a thousand catties here. Freshly dug out of the ground are wet and heavy.

Today's sweet potatoes are still different from those that have been improved in later generations. The improved sweet potatoes grow evenly and most of them are elongated strips. But now these sweet potatoes are all round lumps. If it rains around one of the nests of sweet potatoes and there is a pool of water, then this nest of sweet potatoes will grow extraordinarily large. All of them look like human heads. Don't think you're taking advantage. Such sweet potatoes are big because of how much water they grow, but they are not sweet. Not only is it not sweet, but it also cracks open wide, revealing the white flesh inside. Such sweet potatoes simply cannot be stored. When you take it back and wash it on the same day, you have to quickly cut it into slices and dry it. When it's time to eat, grind the dried sweet potatoes into flour. If the weather is bad and the sun doesn't dry, then it's blind. When it grows hair, it can only be fed to pigs.

It is precisely because sweet potatoes must be stored in a complete condition and must not have external injuries. Therefore, shaving sweet potatoes is not only a physical work, but also a technical work.

Technically, it is obvious that the fourth master is not good.

As soon as the rake went down, a nest of seven sweet potatoes came out. But four were wounded.

Lin Yutong squatted behind and picked the vines on these sweet potatoes, the fine roots on them had to be removed, and the soil on them was too sticky, and it was heavy when transporting. As soon as he looked up like this, he saw the fourth master staring at the sweet potatoes on the rake that had not yet come down. Then he bent down and broke it, and the bird was completely cut in half.

Lin Yutong: "......" has to rely on this to eat, otherwise he will really starve to death.

It was Wu Chunlai and Li Guofang who helped, and it was finally taken back.

When you receive it at home, you have to put the sweet potatoes in the sun or in a ventilated place, and wait for the water to evaporate before storing them.

Professor Cheng gave them the least, and the most sweet potatoes alone were half full. Lin Yutong insisted on giving some to them, but they only took those that were damaged on the outside and could not be stored, and they were part of what Lin Yutong definitely couldn't handle.

I don't want to take advantage of other people's advantages at all, and I have a backbone.

When the sweet potatoes were received in the cellar, I went out in the morning, and my feet were a little frozen.

Lin Yutong packed up the cage of the space and looked for something that could be used. I found a box of labor protection supplies. The most practical thing is the labor protection shoes. There are cotton, there are also single, waterproof, non-slip, warm, practical.

On such a day, these shoes are warmer than rubber shoes and cloth shoes, even if they are single shoes.

But the gloves are not bad, and there is a freeze-proof hat, which only shows a pair of eyes.

"I want to go to the county seat and buy some cloth. Lin Yutong shrank into the arms of the fourth master, he had to make two coats.

The fourth master nodded, "Ming'er will go." "Cloth stamps and food stamps have been exchanged for a lot, and the clothes for the change of season must be enough. "What else could you want?"

"It's gone. Lin Yutong counted with his fingers, "I want to make a sheepskin coat for each of us." We've got the best sheepskins. Buy some wool and let people know that we have bought wool. "Sweaters and pants still have to be there.

The fourth master pondered for a long time before he said, "Prepare one more." Let's go out in a few days. ”

"Where are you going?" asked Lin Yutong.

"Take a trip to the Northwest. The fourth master said in a low voice.

"Look...... Yin Zhen's father?" asked Lin Yutong.

"Hmm. The fourth master replied in a deep voice, "This Yin Zhen, Han Chunxia has always wanted to ask him to change his surname all these years, this child is stubborn, and he won't change it even if he is killed." has always secretly inquired about his father's news. This is probably something he can't let go. Things in the world have causes and effects. If you occupy someone else's body, you also have to fulfill your responsibilities and obligations. You also write a letter, and Ming'er will send it back to your house first. ”

I really forgot about it.

Lin Yutong wrote a short letter as soon as he got up in the morning, that is, to report his safety.

That's when I hurried to cook. The meal was just finished, and the dishes and chopsticks had not yet been put away. Wu Chunlai came over to lead the donkey, "Master, there are a lot of people entering the city today, you hurry up." ”

During this time, Wu Chunlai and Li Guofang followed behind the fourth master and Lin Yutong, working and being taught, and they really learned a lot of things. Both of them were very respectful to this master. Willing to take a hand after hard work.

Teacher Feng said, "You guys go." I'll clean up the pots and pans for you. ”

This society also has its shining point, that is, it can basically not close the door at night, every household does not lock the door, and no one loses anything. This would have been unthinkable in the afterlife.

Lin Yutong once listened to his grandfather talk about the old things of the 70s. He said that he rode his unit's new bicycle to the countryside and encountered heavy rain on the way. The road is full of mud, and I can't ride it. Unless you're carrying a bike. But at that time, he broke his foot and couldn't resist, so he parked his bicycle on the side of the road. There is no place in front of the village, and there is no store in the back. He himself went back to the city first. No matter how expensive the bicycle is, no one cares. He was ready to lose the car. Plans to buy a ration unit. So, he didn't look at it again. As a result, after waiting for half a month, my feet were better, and I had to go to the countryside to continue working. Halfway down the road, I saw the bicycle parked on the side of the road as it was, and no one had moved. It's all rusty on top. How many people come and go on this road every day, but no one has ever had such crooked thoughts. At that time, the bicycle was so valuable, and it was a modern car on the top. But I didn't lose it. If you try it in modern times, let alone a small car, the bicycle is not locked and parked on the side of the road for ten minutes without losing it, then you really have to say that you are lucky.

Lin Yutong shook off the door without locking it, not worrying at all.

The donkey carts were filled with young people. Yang Liu rolled his eyes when he saw Lin Yutong.

Who offended you?

"It's so cold, you told everyone to wait for a long time. Yang Liu complained to Wu Chunlai. The tone of the song and twist made the listeners feel weak.

Wu Chunlai smiled, "Let's go!"

This is a simple and good boy.

This is the first time in two months that she has left this backer. When you enter the county, the tallest building is only two floors.

In the entire county, there is only one street that can be called a street. The so-called department store, on the other hand, has only three blue-painted counters side by side, and shelves against the wall at the back.

A woman of about 30 years old, sitting on a stool with the soles of her shoes.

"Comrade, do you have any wool?" Lin Yutong asked.

may think that it is quite unusual for Lin Yutong to ask for wool, she raised her head and said: "We don't have it here, and we can't sell it until HA Erbin." ”

A department store in a county town that sells no wool!

Lin Yutong could only focus on the few dusty cloths on the counter. All of them are polyester fabrics. With blue, black, gray, and army green. Lin Yutong replaced all the cloth tickets on his body with cloth before he stopped. The cloth looks like it's enough to make four or five clothes. In fact, the coat and coat are counted, which is barely enough.

After buying something, there is nowhere to go. The street is a movie theater, and the eyes of the fourth master keep looking inside. He probably only watched the movie in the memory of the original owner, but in reality, it should not be.

"Why don't you go and have a look?" Lin Yutong looked at the poster on the wall.

It's tunnel warfare.

Whatever it is, curious, isn't it?

The fourth master nodded, "Go and see." "He came to the county a few times, and he was embarrassed to go with others. The point is that others are reluctant to spend money. I want to invite myself, but others refuse. I feel like a burden. Now there are only two people left, just in time to see and see. Other people's memories are blurred after a long time. Where do you have a personal experience that impresses you?

A movie ticket costs five cents. So the two spent a dime and walked into the cinema.