The fifth aunt began to feel melancholy, and the thoughts and worries that had been suppressed during this time were turned over because of her son's words. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

My own man has never been away for such a long time, and this time I miss him.

I don't know if I can eat and dress myself when I go to a new place, but now there is a shortage of food everywhere, and I still have more food at home, but when I left, I was in a hurry, and I didn't bring much dry food.

Now that the weather is cold, you have to bring more to freeze up, and you can eat for a long time.

The fifth aunt remembered that she couldn't bring more dry food for her man, and she felt a little regretful. But these words should not be told to his son, lest he should be troubled.

"I heard that after the New Year, you can't be white-collar workers when you receive relief food, and you have to work to get food, and I don't know if it's true or fake." Lin Yongmin casually talked about the news he heard when he went to Dingyuan City recently.

"It should be like this, otherwise they all want to eat food for nothing, who wants to work?" The fifth aunt didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

People are lazy, as long as they can eat, who wants to work hard? But if you can only eat by working, most people are still willing to exchange their labor for food.

"That's right. However, after the New Year, we have more work in our own fields, and my father and second child are both in the capital, so I am afraid that we will not have time to go. Lin Yongmin still has some regrets about this.

There are only a few people in the family, and after the New Year, the academy may be about to open, and the third child will go to study, speaking of which, he is the only one left as the main labor force in the family.

"Our family is not short of those two mouthfuls of food, if you have time, you can go, if you don't have time, forget it. Following your sister is better than working in the imperial court. "In this regard, the fifth aunt has already figured it out.

Lin Yongmin smiled and said, "Not really." ”

"It's been four or five days since your daughter-in-law went back to her parents' house, when will you pick her up, it's the fifth day of the new year today?" The fifth aunt suddenly remembered that her daughter-in-law was still at her parents' house, so she simply asked her son.

"I finally got free, and I didn't have anything to do, so I let her stay at home for two more days, and she hasn't been back to her parents' house in the past few years. I'll go back in two days and pick it up in time. Lin Yongmin said innocently.

The fifth aunt glared at her son, put down the needlework in her hand and said, "Silly son, at a time like this, who doesn't lack food?" Even if your father-in-law has no extra food at home, you still go to bring your daughter-in-law back earlier, if you live for a long time, your father-in-law and mother-in-law have no opinion, can your brother-in-law and daughter-in-law still have no opinion? ”

The five aunts all felt strange, how could this stupid son of her own be favored by Yuxiu? I can't even think of this little thing, if it was in previous years, even if it was in previous years, this year every family lives on relief food, and it is not a matter of having one more mouthful of water to have one more mouthful.

"When you left, didn't you bring ten catties of food? It's only been a few days, can it still be enough for her to eat? ”

Lin Yongmin didn't think about it so much, when he left, his daughter-in-law brought a lot of food, which was supplied by the imperial court, but it was enough for one person to eat for fifty days.

It's only been five days since my daughter-in-law returned to her parents' house, so why can't she have anything to eat?

"Mother, I'm back." As soon as Lin Yongmin's words fell, he heard the voice of his daughter-in-law Xiuzhu from the courtyard.

"Why did you come back on your own? Didn't you say I'd pick it up in two days? Lin Yongmin was very surprised that his daughter-in-law suddenly came back, and he was afraid that something would happen, so he turned over and got off the kang.

"You go out and have a look, it's not like there's something." The fifth aunt didn't do needlework anymore, so she said anxiously.

Lifting the thick coarse cloth curtain, Lin Yongmin saw that it was his daughter-in-law's eldest brother and daughter-in-law standing in the courtyard together, and his daughter-in-law was carrying a small burden in her hand, but it had only been a few days, and she looked a little thin.

"Big brother, why are you here? It's not that I'll pick it up, why do I want you to run it. Lin Yongmin said with a smile while letting his eldest brother into the house.

Xiuzhu's eldest brother watched his brother-in-law come out, rubbing his hands a little embarrassed, but didn't speak.

"I stayed for a few days, and you didn't come, so I simply asked my eldest brother to send me here." Xiuzhu rubbed her hands and walked into the house, and said, "It's really cold all the way, and my hands are almost numb." ”

"Where's my aunt at home?" Xiuzhu's eldest brother arrived at the house and saw the fifth aunt sitting on the edge of the kang, so he hurriedly greeted him.

"The eldest nephew is here, I'm tired all the way, Xiuzhu, hurry up and pour some hot water for your brother to drink, on this cold day, drink some hot water to warm up." There are also vegetable dumplings in the stove room, which are still hot, you bring two to your eldest brother. "The fifth aunt is not a stingy person, since she is the brother of her daughter-in-law, she naturally wants to give her something to eat.

Hearing that there were vegetable dumplings, Brother Xiuzhu's eyes lit up a little, the main thing he eats now is vegetable mush, where have he eaten dry. A person has a total of two taels of grain a day, and if he wants to ensure that he can eat enough when he goes to the field next spring, he can only deal with it now.

It's still the good conditions of my sister's house, and I can actually eat vegetable dumplings. Don't say that the vegetable dumplings cost noodles, even the vegetables are expensive, and you can't afford to eat them.

For this honest peasant man, although the vegetable dumplings are not a good thing, they are always dry, aren't they? Eating it is more hungry than vegetable paste.

Xiuzhu went out in response to the sound and went out to the stove room with a few vegetable dumplings, and poured a bowl of hot boiled water for her eldest brother: "Big brother, you eat, it's still warm, it's not early, you have to rush back after eating." ”

The look on Xiuzhu's face is not too good, but the tone is not too good. After all, it was his mother's eldest brother, and it was not easy to come here, and Xiuzhu didn't want to make everyone uncomfortable, so she suppressed the resentment in her heart.

Although Brother Xiuzhu saw that his sister's face was not good, he didn't shirk it, and reached out to grab a vegetable dumpling and ate it in a big gulp.

The vegetable dumplings bigger than an adult man's fist were eaten in three bites and two bites, Xu was in a hurry, a little choked, and hurriedly drank a big mouthful of hot water.

After more than ten miles along the way, the little vegetable paste he drank was long gone, and if he didn't eat some, he wouldn't have the strength to walk back.

"Big brother, don't worry, besides, you eat slowly." Lin Yongmin hurriedly said: "Daughter-in-law, if you are hungry, you can also eat a vegetable dumpling to make up for it." ”

Looking at his eldest brother like this, Lin Yongmin could think that his daughter-in-law must not have eaten enough in the past two days, no wonder she looked like she had lost a lot of weight.

"Eldest daughter-in-law, you can eat some too, even if it is to accompany your brother." Xu is fifth aunt also saw it, and simply spoke.

Xiuzhu took a vegetable dumpling and began to eat it in small bites.

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