An autumn rain and a cold, after this autumn rain, the temperature dropped suddenly, and the thin clothes were already difficult to keep out the cold, and what Pan Yang was most afraid of was coming.

She almost eats, she can eat less, she can endure it if she can't eat enough, it's too hot in summer to be bare-chested, but it's too cold in winter?

Born in this era, there are no down jackets, warm pants, cotton shoes, even if there is a decent cotton jacket, it is time to snicker, Pan Yang, who never considered food and clothing before rebirth, seriously thought about the food and clothing of the old and young in the family for the first time.

Although the village will issue salt stamps, oil stamps, coal stamps, etc. every year according to the work points, but it can't cover the large population of the Pan family, especially the cloth stamps, which are not enough at all. There are five radish heads in the family alone, all of them are growing up when they are growing their bodies, they grow fast, the trouser legs of the radish head Pan Shisong have been shortened, and the sleeves are also short, why are the shoes on the feet broken again and again? Because the feet are long, but the shoes no longer fit, and the toes have broken the top of the shoes.

Pan Yang once heard her father say that every Chinese New Year, the family will definitely make new clothes for Pan Shiyao or Pan Shixun, the big ones will be worn by the second child, and the third child who can't wear them will be worn by the second child, and then they will be worn in the lower rows, and when it is the turn of the old man, almost every piece of clothing will be patched.

It's good to say if it can be continued, but the key is that the clothes can't be connected at all, the new clothes on the boss haven't been changed yet, and the younger brothers and sisters below have grown taller, so they can only wait for the New Year to see if the adults can make new clothes for themselves.

In the evening of that day, Pan Yang sat on the second-story stone steps, looking at a few radish heads doing homework, his eyes fell on the clothes and shoes of the radish heads, and his heart was mixed for a while.

As the saying goes, starve the timid to death and support the bold. Pan Yang decided that she couldn't sit still any longer, she wanted to go outside before the cold winter came, and just by working in the brigade to earn that little work, the old Pan family would be poor forever and never turn over.

After harvesting this crop of paddy, Pan Yang gathered the main labor force in his family and told them that he had decided to go out and break through.

Zhang Xuelan was the first to disagree, "You're crazy, are you going to break through?" Break out and ask for food? We are not like people in the city, we can have a job, we rely on this acre and three points of land, you are gone, what should we do with this family? ”

Pan Hengchun knocked on the pole of the cigarette pouch and also objected, "Zhaoke, it's not that Ada's don't want you to go out, but the current situation doesn't allow us to do anything too out of the ordinary, Ada's afraid that you will be taken to education and reform by the gang of people in the brigade." ”

Pan Yang understands Pan Hengchun's worries, but she knows in her heart that as long as the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee is held next year, the pattern of the whole country will undergo earth-shaking changes, and the current living conditions of the people have also forced the situation to change.

At this time, the outside has actually quietly begun to transition to a new pattern, Pan Hengchun is worried, she is not afraid at all, the big deal is to be taken to education by those people in the brigade club, and education will be educated? You can't educate until next year, right?

The decision was made, Pan Yang said to Pan Shiyao, the big radish head, "On the days when Ada's absence is at home, you are the elder brother, take good care of your younger siblings, do you know?" ”

Pan Shiyao nodded heavily, his immature face was full of seriousness, "Ada, don't worry, I'm not naughty, I will work hard at home." ”

Pan Hengchun sighed and said, "I can't care about you a lot when I'm old, I'm really determined to go out, Ada, I won't say anything, remember to come back if you can't get along outside, you can still have food at home." ”

After solving the two of Pan Hengchun and Pan Shiyaoye, Zhang Xuelan is left. Because Pan Yang wants to go out, Zhang Xuelan has been puffing up, looking at no one's nose and eyes.

In fact, although Zhang Xuelan is usually lazy and lazy, she is still worried about her man, how many people in the village have never even been out of the county seat? For Zhang Xuelan, there are too many unknowns in the outside world, and she is worried that her man will suffer outside.

At night, the kerosene lamp at home ran out of oil, after eating, the second Pan Shixun took his younger brothers and sisters to Pan Zhaofang's house to find friends to play, Pan Hengchun lay down in the tent early to rest, Pan Yang had nothing to do, and sat on the second-floor stone steps in the black light to watch Zhang Xuelan brush the pot and wash the dishes.

Zhang Xuelan works very slowly, she can brush a bowl for half a day, and when she finishes brushing and washing, a few radish heads are crazy from outside, and they want to go out crazy for a while, Pan Yang is not allowed, and orders them to line up one by one to go to the well to wash their faces and feet one by one, and then go to bed.

The radish heads were not sleepy at all, but they were afraid of Adayinwei, and they pouted and did it one by one.

After washing his face, Pan Shisue was reluctant to sleep in the same room with Ada, he wanted to sleep with a few brothers, but as soon as he finished expressing his opinion, he was yelled at by Zhang Xuelan, "No, what should I do if I can't cover the quilt at night and get cold!" ”

Seeing that Zhang Xuelan didn't work, the little radish head ran to Pan Yang's feet, hugged Pan Yang's thighs, and screamed, "Just let me sleep with my little brother, I will be obedient." ”

A few radish heads didn't know if they were discussing what bad things to do at night, and the second and third said in unison, "That's it, we will cover the quilt for Xiaojiao." ”

Pan Yang herself came over like this, children like to go crazy with the child king, how boring it is to follow adults, she reached out and pinched the black face of the little radish head, yes.

Of course, this move attracted a series of scolding from Zhang Xuelan, and Pan Yang scolded her, but she didn't hear it.

Pan Yang was going to go to the county seat tomorrow to have a look, Zhang Xuelan was angry for a day, and when a few radish heads fell asleep, she still scolded and scolded Pan Yang to pack up her things, and stuffed most of the family's belongings into Pan Yang's clothes pocket.

Zhang Xuelan rummaged for a while, and took out the food stamps that Pan Zhaoke had exchanged from the township grain station from a big cotton jacket, with one tael, two taels, four taels, half a catty, one catty, three catties, and five catties of different denominations, the reason why she exchanged food stamps with the people in the city was to prevent one day from going to the city and eating without food stamps, and now she stuffed this stack of food stamps into Pan Yang's pocket.

Pan Yang sighed and said earnestly to Zhang Xuelan, "I'm not at home, you take care of the family more, if it's okay, go to the brigade to do some trivial work during the day to earn some work, relying on Arda and Shiyao alone, I'm afraid the work earned is not enough to support the family." ”

Zhang Xuelan said, "I still need you to say, men don't care about their families, and if I, a woman, don't go into battle anymore, it's hard to really drink the northwest wind." ”

Hearing this, Pan Yang was somewhat relieved.

Zhang Xuelan packed the sweet potato buns and dried radishes she pickled in the evening, put them into Pan Yang's big cloth pocket together, and began to nag while loading, "Money and food stamps are stuffed in your jacket pocket, if you are hungry on the road, eat some steamed buns first."

She said a lot of words in a row, and finally sighed and said, "If you can't get along outside, come back quickly, don't let our mothers be scared at home." ”

To tell the truth, this is definitely the most popular sentence Zhang Xuelan said after Pan Yang became her grandfather, Pan Yang assured her, "I will let your mother live a good life." ”