Thinking of going back to his hometown with He Jianguo tomorrow, his father-in-law is old, and there are many nephews, so he has to bring something back, Qi Shufang couldn't help but consume all the sugar tickets, this month's fruit tickets and cigarette tickets were also bought with the non-staple food supply certificate, the candy voucher is not based on the ticket, and each person is limited to half a catty per month, and she and He Jianguo have a total of one catty of candy.

After living in the city, Qi Shufang learned that when buying non-staple food, it is not enough to have a ticket, the main voucher.

There is only one grocery station, but there is more than one grocery store.

There is still a supply of one pound of eggs per person per month this quarter, and she wants to use the two-pound egg ticket, but the non-staple food store designated in the non-staple food book does not serve eggs today, "When is there a supply, come and buy it again." The salesman said.

Qi Shufang sighed helplessly, "When will pork be served in the store?"

"I don't know, you wait for the announcement!" the salesman was impatient.

Leaving the grocery store in large bags, Qi Shufang saw a flatbed truck full of things parked in front of her house from a distance. An old man and two children squatted in front of the car to rest, the old one was He's father, and the younger ones were He Daoxing and He Daogui, staring at the door of their house with their cheeks, and asking this and that.

"Dad, when did you come? Pulling so many things, are you tired? Why don't you have cows, horses, and mules?" Qi Shufang tightened her back basket, walked quickly to them, and opened the door first.

"It's not been long since I arrived, so I'm not tired. The animals in the production team are all in use, so I pull the cart myself. ”

Father He stood up, pulled the flatbed truck into the yard, turned to look at the little daughter-in-law who was hugged by the two grandsons, and a faint smile appeared on his bronzed face, "The production team divided the red potatoes yesterday, and this year's sweet potatoes have grown big and sweet, and when I heard that I was going to send some to you and the third child, your second brother and second sister-in-law asked me to bring you a sack for them, as well as several vegetables and dried vegetables." ”

"Dad, how can I ask for your grain? Jianguo and I have commercial grain to eat in the city, and the eldest brother and the second brother's family can live on this ration distributed by the production team. "A sack of sweet potatoes has at least 200 catties, which is equivalent to 40 catties of grain.

He Daoxing raised his face, "Third aunt, my family has a lot of sweet potatoes, I have eaten enough!"

"Do you know what I'm talking about?" Qi Shufang twisted his cheeks, and when she saw him, Qi Shufang felt very happy, with thick eyebrows and big round eyes, she looked very cute.

"I know! I know! The third aunt is afraid that my family will send a sack of sweet potatoes to the third uncle and third aunt, and my own family will not have enough food to eat. When I came, my mother said, tell the third aunt not to worry, my family has enough food to eat. He Daoxing replied honestly, and then said with a hippie smile: "Third aunt, as long as I have sugar cubes, cakes, game, and eggs to eat every day, I will save sweet potatoes for you and the third uncle." ”

Qi Shufang chuckled, "Hey, you're still weird for being smart, but you're thinking too beautifully." ”

"That's right, I'm smart!" He Daoxing straightened his chest and looked proud.

"Well, smart little Dandan, you have a candy cube to eat right now. Qi Shufang patted his head, untied the basket and put it on the ground, grabbed six fruit hard candies from it and distributed them to him and He Daogui.

He Daogui was so happy that he hurriedly stuffed a piece of candy into his mouth, holding the other two tightly in his hand.

He Daoxing put two of the candies in his pocket first, "I'll take it home for my eldest brother and second brother to eat." The remaining piece of candy was put into his mouth, and his expression was quite intoxicated, "It's so sweet!"

The children educated by He Jiandang, Wang Chunling, He Jianjun, and Zhang Cuihua have an immediate opinion.

"Three eggs, you eat it yourself, you don't have to keep it, don't melt it, tomorrow I will go home with your third uncle, and there will be your brother's sugar cubes." ”

"Ahh "If there is a piece of candy at home, my mother will bite it into three petals and divide it equally among their three brothers, He Daoxing has known since he was a child that there is something delicious that must be shared with his brother.

Qi Shufang praised: "The three eggs are really good. However, you can't go back today, your third uncle only gets off work in the evening, so you will stay with Grandpa for one night, and we will go back together tomorrow. ”

Father He waved his hand again and again, "I'll take them to their house in a while." ”

"Dad!" Qi Shufang called him, and said with a straight face: "Dad finally came here, and he sent so many things, how can he let Dad go home hungry without leaving Dad to eat? Wouldn't it be nice to go back tomorrow morning, with company on the road? Besides, I want to buy briquettes on a flatbed truck in the afternoon. ”

Father He hadn't seen his youngest son for a few days, and he missed him very much, so he heard his daughter-in-law say that he wanted to use a flatbed truck, so he immediately agreed.

Qi Shufang invited Father He into the house amid the cheers of the two children.

"Don't rush, let's move things down first. ”

"Dad, you rest, let me come. Qi Shufang couldn't let Father He do it, hurriedly stepped forward, and easily moved all the things on the flat car, four large bundles of firewood and six bundles of dry thatch were moved into the west side house, and two sacks of sweet potatoes and all vegetables and vegetables were moved into the west room of the hall. Put it away first, and then tidy it up after eating.

The west side room was originally Teacher Lin's study, but now it is used by her as a firewood room, and a lot of firewood has been piled up.

Father He, who knew that his little daughter-in-law was infinitely powerful, watched her calmly as she carried a sack of sweet potatoes into the house, but the two small ones opened their mouths wide and clapped their hands vigorously, "Wow, the third aunt is so amazing!"

Qi Shufang put her things away, and heard He Daogui crying loudly, "What's wrong?"

Seeing her come out of the house, He Daogui's crying stopped, and he hurriedly put his hand behind his back, there were still two lines of tears on his cheeks, He Daogui didn't care about him, "Third aunt, Xiaogui is tied with flowers!"

Well?

Qi Shufang turned her head to look at the lush moon flowers in the yard, the moon flowers are also called moon and moon red, they begin to bloom in late spring and early summer, and the flowers bloom and bloom, and the cycle repeats until they completely wither in winter. It's the beginning of October, and the big red flowers at the mouth of the bowl are dotted among the green branches and leaves, and one of the flowers in the low branches under the flower bush really has traces of being pulled, and the flowers are not broken off, but the petals have fallen several times, revealing most of the stamens, which looks a little miserable.

"There are thorns in the flower stalks, next time you want to pull the flowers, ask the adults to pull them for you, don't do it yourself, the thorns on the branches can be hard, and you can prick the blood on your hands. He Daogui was one year younger than He Daoxing, Qi Shufang didn't want to worry about him, checked that his palm was not bleeding, so he folded two moon flowers, carefully removed the small thorns on the flower stalks, and gave him and He Daoxing one each, "Take it and play." ”

Father He saw it in his eyes, and thought that he had to ask the boss to educate a few children in his family when he went back, he was the secretary of the brigade, and the children he taught were far inferior to the second family, although the children of the second family were also greedy and naughty, but they were much stronger than the old family.

Qi Shufang flushed the sugar water, He Daogui looked at his grandfather after drinking his own, and Father He sighed.

Qi Shufang hurriedly made another bowl for him, "Dad, you sent us so many sweet potatoes, didn't the eldest brother and sister-in-law say anything?" Later, I asked my father-in-law to look after the house, and I guess I also had a grudge with my sister-in-law.

"What do they say from my rations? They don't eat less game from you. Father He waved his hand carelessly, he now lives in the third family, so he almost started a separate group, "There is no self-reserved land for the two of you at home, it is inconvenient to eat vegetables, I have planted vegetables in the second part of the land, and I will send you some every other day in the future, or ask Jianguo to get it at his own house, there is no need to spend money in the city to buy, and the food is not fresh." When the radish and cabbage are harvested around the beginning of winter, I will send them to you again, enough for you to eat until the beginning of spring. ”

Qi Shufang dismissed her father-in-law's kindness without pretentiousness, and said with a smile: "Then thank you Dad." To be honest, it's not convenient to eat anything in the city, last time a large cart of eggplants was transported, and the residents lined up to buy them, and finally it was my turn to buy them, and there was only one left, and they all wilted. ”

That time, Qi Shufang was so depressed that she was going to die.

Think about it, after waiting in line for a long time, I ended up buying a wilted eggplant, so it's better not to buy it. knew that she couldn't buy it when it was her turn, so she didn't go to the queue, and she suffered in vain.

He Daoxing bit the second candy in his mouth and said vaguely: "Third aunt, my family has grown a lot of vegetables, let my mother send them to you." ”

Qi Shufang said funny: "Your mouth is so sweet, does your mother know your generosity?"

He Daoxing smiled and kept nodding his little head, "I know, I know." My mother said that my third aunt is good to my family, and I have to give my third aunt anything delicious to my family. ”

This is a back and forth, right?

For Zhang Cuihua's atmosphere, Qi Shufang has a good impression.

She raised her hand and looked at the time, at ten twenty-three o'clock, there was no need to rush to cook, after saying a few words to He Daoxing, she cared about the busy farming situation at home, and calculated the time, this time should be the autumn harvest season, "Dad, the family should not be busy, right?

"It's not done, it's early, the corn cobs have just been transported out of the field and spread on the field, and when they are dried and the grains are rubbed, they have to be busy for another month, and after harvesting this season's crops, they have to plow the fields and fertilize and plant wheat. The 120 acres of rice ripened late, and it would take a few days to harvest. The public grain was not handed over, and the sweet potatoes used to hand over the public grain were picked up and not damaged in the warehouse, and the rest of the not very good ones were distributed to the households, and they were pulled home basket by basket, so that the members of each household could deal with them themselves, and if they wanted to eat fresh food, they would be stored, and those who wanted to eat dry noodles would be dried, so as not to increase the burden on the production team. ”

After Qi Shufang understood the situation, she wanted to ask Father He if coming over to deliver things today would delay him from going to work, but she had heard more than once that Father He was very capable and was not idle all year round. However, she wanted Father He to have a good rest for a day or two, so she swallowed the words that came to her lips and changed the topic stiffly, "How much grain can you divide this year?"

"It's still so much, three hundred and six a year, one pound of grain is worth five pounds of sweet potatoes, the harvest is not good, and the year before and last year will be less, this year is fine, it really responds to the old saying. Father He said.

"What old saying?" Qi Shufang was very curious, could everyone still tell which year's harvest was good and which year's harvest was bad?

"That's the sentence, 'In the Year of the Ox and Horse, good farming, I'm afraid of chickens and monkeys in the past two years, and if you want to eat good, wait for the Year of the Dog'. The Year of the Ox and the Year of the Horse are the two years of the Monkey and the Rooster, and I have experienced this situation. Last year was the Year of the Rooster, and the year before was the Year of the Monkey. This year is the Year of the Dog, hey, the harvest is really good, the wheat has been harvested by several thousand catties, and the sweet potatoes have been harvested by more than 20,000 catties. ”

It turns out that there is such a saying, and the wisdom of farmers should not be underestimated!

Qi Shufang admired it very much.

Wait, "I can't see, Dad, there were several years of famine more than ten years ago, and I still remember that I was hungry all the time, and those three years were neither the Year of the Rooster nor the Year of the Monkey, but one year was the Year of the Ox, so why did there be a famine?"

Father He stared, speechless.

The two little ones laughed sneeringly, and He Daoxing said loudly: "Oh, grandpa can't answer the third aunt's question!"

"What are you talking about, little thing?" Qi Shufang patted his head again and said with a smile: "Natural disasters are an irreversible phenomenon of manpower, and no matter what the old saying is, it is not completely accurate, so I can't complain about my father." ”

Father He got down the stairs and nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, yes, this sentence is not available in all places, it is limited to us, and it is not said in other places." In fact, although we are at the junction with Henan and Anhui here, the three years were not windy and unpleasant. The famine we have here is not a natural disaster, but the main reason is that the grain output more than ten years ago has blown into the sky, and it is not enough to hand over all the grain, but the peasants are hungry every year, and their lives are particularly miserable. This also led to the fact that the common people had no seeds to plant, so naturally there was no grain harvest, and only then did the famine occur when they could not eat. Ten years ago was the last year, and the second year was the Year of the Ox, and the grain planted that year was harvested the following year, and life gradually improved. ”

When Father He said this, his voice was very low, obviously reluctant to say more, worried that the wall would have ears.

Qi Shufang understood and didn't ask any more.

"Dad, you rest in the house, I'll cook. ”

I just bought a briquette stove, but I didn't have time to buy briquettes, and I still use an earthen stove to cook.

Qi Shufang likes to use earthen stoves and is down-to-earth.

Down-to-earth food tastes good.

Qi Shufang quickly took out the ingredients for lunch, planning to make scrambled eggs with green onions, braised hare meat, stewed pheasant with beans, stewed vermicelli with cabbage, and then boiled a pot of pumpkin porridge, and distilled a few rolls with two noodles, which were almost enough to eat, pumpkin, cabbage and beans were brought by He's father, and the oil was peanut oil squeezed by his own family.

After the peanuts were given away, they left 100 catties of shelled peanuts at home, of which 20 catties were left for seeds, and the rest peeled out more than 50 catties of peanuts, and the oil output was only 40%, and a total of 21 catties of oil were squeezed.

Qi Shufang is very willing to put oil in cooking, and has already used up five or six catties.

He Daoxing ran out of the hall and sat on a small stool in front of the stove, with his feet crossed, wearing the shoes that Qi Shufang had made for him, "Third aunt, I'll cook the pot for you." ”

"Hey!"

"Third aunt. He Daoxing said sneakily, "My mother asked me to tell you something, you have to listen well." ”

Qi Shufang said curiously: "What's the matter? You are so sneaky, afraid that your grandfather will know?"

"I'm not afraid that Grandpa will know, but I can't let Xiaogui hear it, Xiaogui is cute and said it to my aunt, and my aunt will be unhappy when she hears it. My mother said that Grandpa may have to cook and eat alone. ”

Suddenly hearing the news, Qi Shufang was greatly taken aback: "Did your mother say why your grandfather wants to cook and eat alone?" Father He can work and have a share of work, and he has 360 catties of grain a year, and there is also a little dividend, a large part of which is subsidized to the uncle's family, Wang Chunhua has always been very proud, and is willing to let him start a gang alone?

If Father He started a gang alone, he would definitely take away his share of food.

He Jiandang's family has many children, those who go to school, the young are young, they earn little work, and the grain is replaced by sweet potatoes and potatoes, the amount is not small, and He's father can't eat his share at all, and in the end they all fall into the mouth of He Jiandang's family.

He Daoxing thought hard for a long time, and repeated Zhang Cuihua's explanation to himself before going out, "My mother said, my aunt thinks that Grandpa picks up firewood and gives it to the third uncle and third aunt, and complains that Grandpa thinks about the vegetables grown on his own land and thinks about the third uncle and third aunt, and Grandpa sends sweet potatoes to the third uncle and third aunt, and my aunt is not happy, saying that Grandpa is biased, and there is ...... And also...... And also...... Third aunt, my mother said a lot to me, but I don't remember!" In the end, He Daoxing was so anxious that his face turned red and he cried with a sad face.

Listening to the reason in He Daoxing's words, Qi Shufang couldn't help frowning, Wang Chunhua saw that Father He was good to his family, why didn't he mention the filial piety of his husband and wife to Father He?

"Don't cry, don't cry, I'll go home with your third uncle tomorrow, and ask your mother when the time comes." ”

Qi Shufang ignored her anger and comforted He Daoxing softly until he stopped laughing.

"Third aunt, when you get home, don't tell my mother that I don't remember what she said. He Daoxing was a little uneasy, and begged several times, "When I grow up and go to school, I will be able to remember everything my mother said." ”

"Well, I'm sure I won't tell your mother. Do you want your grandpa to cook and eat by yourself?"

He Daoxing bit his lip and whispered: "Third aunt, I want to do it!" Grandpa cooks at the third uncle and third aunt's house, I can eat egg custard, my father and my mother are not at home, I can also go to Grandpa's place for a meal." Third aunt, you don't know how bad the aunt is, you said that the eggs were left for grandpa and us to eat, but I didn't see one, they all asked my aunt to touch it, and my mother didn't call me to say. ”

In fact, according to Qi Shufang's idea, He's father lives in his family's old house, and there are only advantages and no disadvantages in starting a gang alone, and he and He Jianguo can subsidize him openly, without worrying about him distributing the good ones to his grandson when he eats at He Jianjian's house, and there is no need to worry about Wang Chunhua deducting He's father's rations.

She thinks so, but the old man doesn't necessarily think so, the old man always likes the excitement of his children and grandchildren.

Father He didn't mention it, and He Daoxing didn't say whether it was a separate group, Qi Shufang didn't want to ask, so she decided to wait for He Jianguo to ask after work, and after thinking about this, she lowered her head and stir-fryed.

Wild meat is all air-dried, more time-consuming, fry and add water, cover the pot, she stuffed a few thicker branches into the stove, suddenly heard someone calling outside the door, asked He Daoxing to look at the fire, he patted the grass and wood ash on his apron and went over to open the door, revealing Ye Cuicui's face next door, and said in a loud voice: "Sister Shufang, the non-staple food store will supply pork tomorrow, I will sue you!"

"There's pork tomorrow?" I only came out of the grocery store half an hour ago, so I didn't see the announcement. Qi Shufang was surprised and delighted, she also asked the salesperson, and she received several white eyes, but she didn't get the exact news.

Grocery stores don't supply pork every day, often five or six times a month, or only two or three times, and residents are scrambling. And chickens, ducks and geese are even more precious, only the Spring Festival and the National Day are supplied once, this year's National Day Qi Shufang is at work, He Jianguo went to line up in the middle of the night and did not rush to buy, Qi Shufang is a pity for a long time.

Ye Cuicui was also very excited, "Yes, I heard that the non-staple food station received more than a dozen task pigs today, and distributed one to our non-staple food store, the notice just posted will be slaughtered in the afternoon, and it will be sold early tomorrow morning." You have a watch to read the time, don't forget to call me when the time comes, let's get up at three o'clock and line up, I don't believe you can't buy it. ”

"Okay, I'll call you at three o'clock. ”

"You have to remember. Then I'll go first, I'll go and inform everyone. Ye Cuicui left in a hurry, and like other neighbors, she got the latest news from the grocery store and immediately ran to tell her.

Qi Shufang returned to the kitchen and counted the meat tickets for herself and He Jianguo this month.

Because Gupeng City is not developed enough, so the ration of pork is very fine, ordinary urban residents can buy half a catty of pork per person every month, and workers can buy one catty or one and a half catties, and a large family relies on those few catties of meat to make tooth sacrifices, often there are tickets and certificates but there is no meat in the non-staple food store. Qi Shufang has a pound of meat every month, and He Jianguo has a pound and a half, and in terms of the appetite of the two of them, they can eat it all in one meal.

The reason why Shanghainese are envied by all over the world is because the pork ration of Shanghai residents is second to none in the country, and each person can buy a piece of pork for five cents every month, which is nearly two catties.

He Daoxing flashed with a pair of big eyes, "Auntie, can I have meat to eat tomorrow?"

"You have meat to eat today, and hares, and pheasants, and you have enough. The meat tickets in Qi Shufang and He Jianguo's hands are indeed useless, but there is no shortage of game at home, and she wants to buy fatty pork to refine oil. The dozen catties of peanut oil at home are not enough to eat, and half a catty of edible oil every month will be eaten in three or four days, and now and in the future, she will have to cook the meals of her and He Jianguo, and the amount of oil will also increase.

"Third aunt, you are so good. I knew that if I came to deliver something with my grandfather, I would definitely be able to eat meat. He Daoxing smiled very proudly.

Although he is very greedy, his eating posture and speed are very regular, but He Daogui is reincarnated like a hungry ghost, he is young, and he is not very good at using chopsticks, as soon as the food is served, he immediately goes to the bowl to catch it.

Father He knocked on the back of his hand, and said to Qi Shufang: "You get him a bowl, I'll put the dishes in his bowl and let him do it." ”

Qi Shufang loosened her brows, took an empty bowl and put it in front of He Daogui, and also gave He Daoxing one.

"Thank you, Aunt San. He Daoxing swallowed the food in his mouth and thanked him politely.

The two children are not adults after all, and their family eats according to the amount, and their stomachs have shrunk very small, so even if they are desperately hungry, they don't eat much, and the rest is swept away by Qi Shufang and Father He.

After the meal, He's father urged Qi Shufang to buy briquettes and bring the two children.

The coal plant supplies once a month at the beginning of the month, from the first to the third for three days, and if you miss it, you have to wait until the next month.

Today is the 3rd, the last day of the supply of briquettes this month.

This is the reason why Qi Shufang decided to buy briquettes today.

At present, the briquettes made by the coal factory are honeycomb coal, and there are 12 eyes on a piece of coal, which are divided into three types, large coal, small coal and carbon coal, which are divided into large households and small households according to the ticket voucher. She and He Jianguo are two families in a small household, not to mention the supply of their own before, even so, they have accumulated a lot of briquette tickets.

She asked Ye Cuicui about it, they are a family of seven, and they have to use at least 100 large coals and 2300 small coals a month.

Qi Shufang was very happy, her father-in-law sent a lot of firewood today, and she had to go back to her hometown to collect firewood every time she had a break in the future.

The vast majority of urban residents rely on briquette stoves for cooking, and briquettes are always in short supply, and there is a long queue in front of the coal factory. Qi Shufang waited in line for most of the day before it was her turn, and she might not have time to queue up to buy coal next month, so she first bought 50 pieces of charcoal coal suitable for ignition in one go, and then bought 300 large coals and 600 small coals.

The big coal was divided into two and a half pieces, the small coal was one and a half points, and the coal coal was one point, and a total of seventeen yuan was spent.

Coal mill workers are responsible for counting and moving to flatbed trucks, and when they get home, they have to move off the trucks on their own.

"Daddy, move the briquettes to Westinghouse. ”

Qi Shufang loves to be clean, she has been wearing labor protection gloves when carrying briquettes, and the dung baskets full of briquettes are carried into the west room to unload the briquettes, and they are stacked in the corner of the wall one by one, stacked to half a person's height.

Father He didn't use gloves, his hands were jet black, almost the same color as briquettes, and his fingernails were black.

The two smaller ones carried briquettes to the house one by one, although they were joining in the fun, but they were also helpful.

"I heard from my neighbors that in the past few years, it was the coal mill workers who delivered goods to their homes, moved them up and down, and only went back after they were stacked, and they were very conscientious. In the past few years, it has been vigorous, and residents have to go to the coal factory to queue up to buy it. With Qi Shufang's strength, she didn't feel tired of carrying briquettes, but it was dirty, she was so careful, and there was still a lot of soot on her apron.

It wasn't until sunset that the move was finally completed, Qi Shufang took soap to wash his hands, and after washing, his fingers and nails were black.

Father He listened to Qi Shufang's complaints, and before he could speak, he saw He Jianguo pushing a bicycle and coming in from outside, and a smile suddenly bloomed on his face, "Jianguo is off work?"

"Daddy?"

He Jianguo was surprised at first, and then saw the black coal ash on Qi Shufang's body, "You went to buy coal?" Suddenly very guilty and distressed, this kind of heavy work was actually done by his wife alone.

"I bought it, I just moved it down and piled it up, but my dad helped me a lot. If I didn't have my father, I wouldn't have been able to buy briquettes at home. Qi Shufang grinned, she was afraid that He Jianguo would blame herself, and then said: "You have been at work all the time, and you don't have time to buy it, so I will take advantage of my father's flatbed truck to go to our house first, and I didn't wait for you to come along." ”

"Third aunt, I also have a meritorious service table, and I also helped. He Daoxing interjected.

"Yes, Sandan'er and Xiaogui have helped, and the third aunt will make food for you at night. Qi Shufang said as she turned on the light, and the dim hall suddenly lit up.

"Wow!" He Daoxing and He Daogui, who saw the electric light for the first time, jumped and jumped, "It's so bright, much brighter than a kerosene lamp." ”

When he moved, He's father also came to help, and he had seen the benefits of electric lights, and he didn't make a fuss like his two little grandsons.

Qi Shufang took the opportunity to call He Jianguo aside, whispered in detail the words passed on by He Daoxing for Zhang Cuihua, and said quietly: "You carefully ask Dad what is going on, if Dad starts a gang alone, let's prepare something for Dad." ”

He Jianguo's face was very ugly.

Qi Shufang wanted to say more, but when she saw Father He coming in from outside, she immediately shut up, took off her dirty apron, and said: "Jianguo, I have also bought our briquette stove and cooking pot, you move the stove to the kitchen, wash the cooking pot with clean water and fill it with water, I will go to Sister Ye to change a half-burned briquette, let's light the stove today." ”

She was afraid that Ye Cuicui's family would burn the briquettes through when they were cooking dinner, so she hurriedly ran to their house with a piece of briquettes with fire tongs, exchanged for a briquette that burned half a while, and asked Ye Cuicui to find a briquette that had been burned through before but was very complete.

Burnt briquettes are cinders, and you don't need to exchange them for new briquettes.

The furnace can hold three briquettes, the burned briquettes are placed at the bottom, the burned ones are placed in the middle, and the unburned ones are placed on the top, the three briquettes are eye-to-eye, open the furnace door, and the flames below will soon come up along the aligned eyes, Qi Shufang carefully checked it, and sat the cooking pot filled with water on the stove.

It is indeed convenient to have a briquette stove, replace it with a new briquette before going to bed, seal the furnace door, refill the pot with cold water and still sit on the stove, when you get up at three o'clock, the water in the pot is warm, just used to wash your face and brush your teeth.

Although they went to bed early last night, they fought fiercely until midnight and couldn't sleep, and they almost couldn't get up.

Fortunately, He's father and his children live in the east side house.

Knowing that there was a supply of pork today, He Jianguo went with her, and asked Lao Jueqing to follow them to continue sleeping, watch the children at home, let him buy breakfast by himself in the morning, and leave a pound of food stamps for him, because Qi Shufang felt that his wife might not be able to rush back to cook. When they called Ye Cuicui, they were shocked to find that Ye Cuicui's in-laws, husband and her were all out of the horse.

October is slightly cool, the night is deep, the crescent moon is not visible, and the stars are not bright.

The streets and alleys are deserted.

The group quickened their pace and soon arrived at the grocery store, where there were already thirty or forty people queuing at the door, most of them sitting on the ground, leaning on baskets and dozing off.

Some people who had not fallen asleep heard the footsteps, raised their eyelids, looked at them, and did not bother to open their mouths.

"Hurry, let's get in line!"

Ye Cuicui urged the others very anxiously, and quickly stood at the back of the team and occupied a seat, and then her in-laws and husbands also followed, for fear that they would be grabbed in front of them and fall behind, and if they were one step behind, they would have to buy meat one step later.

He Jianguo and Qi Shufang were a step late, ranking behind Ye Cuicui's husband.

Ye Cuicui's husband's surname is Huang, known as Lao Huang, he is a miner, he has forty-five catties of grain every month, which is the highest ration in the food supply, and the queue is very boring, he turned around and talked to He Jianguo, and there was no trace of sleepiness on his face.

Qi Shufang, who was wrapped in a tweed coat, yawned delicately, He Jianguo was very distressed, spread the straw mat he carried on the spot, put a layer of mattress, and said to his wife and Ye Cuicui: "The grocery store didn't open until eight o'clock, and now it's past three o'clock, Sister Ye, you and Shufang sit down and sleep for a while." "He's been out there for many years and he's quite experienced.

He Jianguo really wanted to rest with Qi Shufang, but unfortunately it was immoral to do so in public, so he could only give the opportunity to rest to Ye Cuicui, who sat down unceremoniously.

Qi Shufang has experience in surviving in the wild, and she can fall asleep while sitting, and soon falls asleep.

Sleep until dawn.

Qi Shufang rubbed her open eyes and found that Ye Cuicui had already laid down on the straw mat, and many people in line were lying on the ground, and the line behind her was so long that she couldn't see her head at a glance.

"Awake?" He Jianguo was the first to notice her movements.

"Hmm. Qi Shufang slept for a while, and now she was very energetic, but she felt sorry for He Jianguo, her eyes were bloodshot, and when Ye Cuicui was woken up by Lao Huang, it was already more than seven o'clock when she raised her hand to look at her watch, she stood up and said to He Jianguo: "You sit down and rest for a while, I'll go buy something to eat, so as not to wait hungry." ”

After eating the steamed buns and waiting for more than half an hour, the grocery store finally opened, cheers came and went, those who fell asleep quickly opened their eyes, and those who did not fall asleep quickly stood up and flocked up.

Getting up in the middle of the night to line up is not something that everyone can afford, some people use a bamboo basket loaded with stones instead of lining up by themselves, go home and sleep by themselves, and now come over to replace the bamboo basket, the person behind him does not admit it, saying that he cut the line, the public says that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, and the two of them fight in the end, giving the people behind them a chance to bypass them and go directly forward.

Some people lined up in front of the butcher shop and shouted proudly, "Buy two cents of meat!"

Some people said something like this: "Comrade, cut me three taels of meat." ”

Two cents of meat, three taels of meat, is it enough to stuff your teeth?

When it was Qi Shufang's turn, there were a few pieces of meat on the meat table, as well as a little ribs, stick bones and leg bones, and water, the number was not too much, and a few pieces of meat were hung on the iron hook behind the counter, and the various parts of the pig's body had been removed by sight, and she noticed that the forty or fifty people in front of her had not bought so much, at least she had not heard anyone buy ribs, and there was only one rib left on the case, and the other one was missing, it must have been someone walking through the back door before selling.

She didn't think much about it, and quickly handed over the meat bills, banknotes, and non-staple food books, "Five catties of fat pork." "She and He Jianguo's supplies are here for two months, and they buy all the oil refining at one time, and they don't need to wait for the next time.

She remembered that she didn't want a ticket for the skin, and her eyes swept over and over the case, but she didn't see it, so she had to give up.

He Jianguo was carrying the cut meat, Qi Shufang noticed that there were no eggs in the grocery store, so she squeezed out the crowd with him, and walked on the way home, and couldn't help but ask about He's father to start a gang alone.

I patronized the exercise before going to sleep last night, and I forgot to ask.

"Daddy didn't tell me to ask. He Jianguo was very unhappy, Father He was reluctant to say, he really couldn't force him to ask, "When I go home, I'll ask the second brother, and you can also ask the second sister-in-law to find out what is going on." Dad lives in our house and eats at the eldest brother's house, and it's always been good, why did my father send us some sweet potatoes and chaihe, and my sister-in-law wanted to kick my father out. ”

Hurry, yes, just rush, in He Jianguo's view, the eldest brother and sister-in-law took the initiative to let the old father open a gang alone, which was to drive the old father out.