Gen'er is the eldest son in the family, and his father is working in the county, so after he got married, the Wu family was not divided, and the whole family was still living together. Brother is like a father, Gen'er is doing this and that at home at a sky-high price, and Ye Zi has also learned a lot of ideas for thrifty housekeeping. It is often said that home and everything is prosperous. Zhen'er is a shrewd person, even a little powerful, and always thinks of everything first. No, on the night of the tenth day when the eldest daughter-in-law passed the door, Zhen'er sat on the kang while doing needlework and chatting with her daughter: "They all say that the relationship between this sister-in-law is not good." According to the amount, there is only one, one good for two. "Haha, dare to give a vaccination?" "Hehe, even if it's it." ”

"Oops, two good for one. You just said that one good is good for two!" "Hehe, I mean, if you treat your sister-in-law well, your sister-in-law relationship will be good." "You see you're biased. A slap doesn't make a sound. "People have just passed the door, and they are not familiar with life, if you treat her well, she will be good to you." "No one can say anything about you!" "What's wrong?" "Yes, when can you be wrong?" "This thief woman." "Well, it's for your good, too. "What??"Ah, if you get married in the future, do you dare to go back to your parents?!" "Hehe, it's early." "Sooner or later, there will be a day. "Oh, listen to me, see where else you can go." "Hehe, hey, it's not unreasonable. "Since you were a child, you have been used to it, and your mouth is sharp. "Hehe, don't you listen. "Anyway, that's what people say, home and everything is prosperous. "Mom, just put your heart in your stomach. The two have known each other for a long time. ”

"What? Didn't I hear you say?" "Thief girl, it's your brother who has a family, what are you asking a ghost to ask?" "At that time, when the reservoir was repaired in Yunling, they knew each other. "Oh?" "I've worked together." "Oh, that's good. In this way, after telling her daughter, Zhen'er seemed to feel much more relieved.

Ye Zi's sister-in-law's big name is Chen Jinjia, nicknamed Hairpin, and her mother's house faces Liuwan across the ditch, that is, you can get there after the ditch, and the ditch of the two villages is only separated by a trough. This trough is the flood discharge channel of Yunling Reservoir, which communicates from Yunling to the Fen River, and the stream is murmuring all year round.

It's just that this year, the water tank often stopped, and even Xiaoman and Daman were dry and rainless, and as a result, the wheat harvest failed. But in autumn, there was an unusually heavy rainfall, and the cotton, big autumn and small autumn harvests were not good. No one in the village reported it, and as a result, the public grain was paid as much as in previous years, saying that it was to pay off the country's debts. As a result, the rations left for the village were limited. In order to be frugal, every household in the village was not allowed to smoke, and a public canteen was set up, and meals were rationed according to the population quota. When the farm is busy, it will be eaten dry, and the general farm work will be combined with dry and thin, and when it rains, it will not be able to work, so it will be thin.

At the beginning of eating in the cafeteria, everyone felt that it was fresh, every family saved the fire to cook, the women were also liberated, and it was quite fun to eat together as a team. But as the days go by, there are often more people who eat more and occupy more, and even steal from their own homes for the sake of their children, and gradually, everyone's opinions on eating in the canteen have increased, and the most important thing is that most people can't eat enough.

If you can't eat enough, you will naturally go to the field to find vegetable roots, wild vegetables, persimmon leaves, elm leaves to eat, and even elm bark and flower firewood bark are used to boil starch to eat. But these are not food after all, and if you don't eat something occasionally, you will naturally have problems if you eat it every day, and many people will have edema. It is often said that those who have money take the money, and those who have no money use people to top. The bankers are used to saving money, and they don't go to the doctor easily. If it's really swollen, then it's hard to carry, and it's up to fate.

It is often said that there are three generations of female harm. Although it is said that the daughter who marries is the water that is spilled, if the daughter is not doing well, the mother's family is either out of unbearability, or forced by the daughter to dig it, in short, it still has to be managed. Every time the hairpin comes back from her mother's house, she brings some dried buns and dried sweet potatoes to supplement her in-laws. It turned out that the hairpin mother was cooking in the village canteen, and when the food was not tight before, it was a pity to see that the leftover "mouth bun" was thrown away, so she cut it into slices, dried it, and received it at home, but she didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

Koukou bun is the name of the persimmon bay area. The steamed buns here are relatively large, when eating, some people break half of them first, and some people eat half of them and can't eat them, and these incomplete ones are called mouth buns. And when the second meal is eaten, no one wants to eat the leftover mouthful buns. In the long run, it won't take many days for a lot of bread to be left in the canteen. Although it is a dried steamed bun with a mouthful of steamed bread, it naturally becomes a good thing when you don't eat it. The Wu family is grateful to the Chen family's mother, especially Ye Zi always keeps these in her heart, and often tells people that her sister-in-law is good. Of course, because Ye Zizhi is generally knowledgeable, the two sisters-in-law have been like sisters for many years after this, and they have never blushed. Of course, that's another story.

If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, you don't know how expensive they are The father of the Wu family worked in the county, and Gen'er was the eldest son in the family, so the burden of the family naturally fell on Gen'er's shoulders. In the days of famine, Gen'er had to uncover the urn almost every day to look at it. When he saw that he was almost gone, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep night after night.

On this day, the captain arranged for Gen'er to go to the warehouse to carry sacks and pour grain. To say that the folk customs at this time are really simple enough, although every household is not enough to eat, but the big guys go home after finishing their work, and no one says anything. The warehouse is an ordinary tiled house, with bricks and windows sealed, and two wooden doors locked, and there are no special anti-theft measures. Late that night, Gen'er took an empty cloth bag and climbed over the earthen wall while it was dark, touched the warehouse, picked the lock, and stole half a bag of grain. After tasting the sweetness, within a few days, Gen'er went to get food again, but was caught by the custodian and the captain waiting in the corner, and was taken to the team headquarters and locked up overnight.

After Gen'er was imprisoned, the mother of the Wu family, who was strong, felt that she had no face, and she was far away from everyone working in the fields, and she was reluctant to talk to people face to face for a while. In the afternoon, Shengwa shouted "get off work", and everyone turned around and walked to the field with laughter, only Zhen'er alone picked up the hoe and went diagonally from the field to the road at the edge of the field. When she arrived on the road, Zhen'er didn't talk to anyone, but only walked forward with small steps. Coincidentally, he passed by Yun Sheng.

Seeing that it was Zhen'er, Yun Sheng quickly chased after him a few steps and said, "His aunt, you are also angry about Gen'er's affairs." Hearing Yun Sheng's earnestness, Zhen'er slowed down and replied: "Alas, I'm not angry, it's all for this mouth." "Well, that's right. For the sake of survival, there is no shame. "That's right, what's more important than life?!" "So, we should say what we should say and laugh at, but we can't make ourselves unhappy." ”

"Alas, too. Zhen'er turned her face to look at Yun Sheng and said, "His brother, it has not been easy for you all these years." "Alas, it's not our fault that society has come to this point. "Yes, too. "So, I slowly thought about it. People don't say that it's better to die than to live. "Well, exactly. "This man, just live a good life, huh. "Oh, no. And just like that, the two walked and talked. This scene was seen by Ye Zi.

After dinner, Zhen'er remembered Yunsheng's words again, and felt that it made sense, a heart that had been awkward for a while was smooth, and she slept soundly this night. The next day, on the way off work, Ye Zi saw her mother talking to Yun Sheng again, so she hurriedly went up. "Brother, Yingzi's matter, you are too sad. "Alas, I feel that the baby is pitiful. "She can't think about it at home, and she suffers if she lives hard. It's a relief to be gone. "You're right. Alas, the thief woman is simple. "Little baby's family, adults can't raise their heads, and they are bullied, and they feel that life is difficult. "Ah, what's the solution? "yes, it can't be, that's her life. "Ah, my life. ”

"Hey, brother, what about the sweet potatoes you always bring for work, what is going on?" "Alas, every family is short of food. "If you eat this sweet potato all the time, your stomach will be swollen." "Well, I'll tell you the truth, I can't even eat sweet potatoes right now. "Your family often comes to the house to find roots, why haven't you listened to the baby?" "Alas, this year, every family is difficult. "Why didn't you say it earlier? He's better than you, and his father is an official in the county." Go back and let Liwa come, and give you some maize. "Oh, that saved her life, auntie. "The year is not good, help each other. "Oops, thank goodness. Turn around and let Liva go. "Hmm. Speak and harvest the wheat, and it will be good to pass this hurdle. "His aunt, you are a great benefactor. "What benefactors, not benefactors, help emergencies." In this way, the Wu and Liu families have reconciled for many years, Ye Zi is so happy in his heart, and when he passed by Yingzi's grave once, he couldn't help but chatter.

Later, I heard that a young man in a village was crushed to death when the production team went down the cliff, and some people wanted Yingzi to marry the young man, but the parents were unwilling, thinking that Yingzi's family was not good. Later, I heard that Yingzi was destined to an old man who had been dead for many years in the distance, so that he was no longer lonely, and he also had a matter on the minds of Yunsheng and his wife. Of course, that's all for later.

In the second half of the year, the boss of the Xing family in Beitou Lane died, and the person was swollen and fat, and the discerning person knew at a glance that it was because he had saved all the food for his grandson to eat, and he himself was caused by eating tree bark and leaves, and he had been unable to poop for a long time. According to the customs of the persimmon bay area, this person died, not to mention the grave a few days ago, just on the day of the fall, the master's family has to hold a set of complicated ceremonies, at least two meals. When I get up early in the morning, I heat up a few large steamed buns and cook a big pot of hot vegetables, that is, stewed dishes made of cabbage, tofu, vermicelli, and pork slices, so that the helpers can have a meal. At noon, there is a big banquet, usually at least one person from each household in the village, plus the family and relatives.

But because the year was not good, and the village was a canteen, the funeral of the Xing family was very simple, and no ceremony was held, so they cooked a few large pots of rice soup with aged millet and drank it for everyone. This area is a burial, and the dead are placed in wood (the persimmon bay area is called the coffin called wood), and the wood is placed on the wooden shelf, and there are four to eight iron rings on the shelf, and a wooden pole is inserted on an iron ring to carry the wood. The strange thing is that when the boss of the Xing family was dropped, the eight young men couldn't lift it, and then they had to find sixteen people to lift it, and they changed several teams all the way to the field. Needless to say, it's not that the Xing family wants to play any prestige, but because the young men are so hungry that they don't have the strength to carry wood.

This year, from the second half of the year to the second year, many old people died in Liuwan Village. The year is special, and the funeral is simpler than the other. I won't go into details.