In the past, as the old saying goes, there are three hardships in the world: supporting the boat, striking iron, and selling tofu. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is really hard to make tofu by hand, and you have to wear knee-high shoes all day long to work in the tofu room. One of the most tiring processes of handmade tofu is the slurry, which not only requires hand strength but also tests waist strength. Today it is Tu Bamei's turn to filter the slurry, and she has been familiar with it in a few years, and she has a good slurry.

"Tu Bamei's posture of filtering slurry is good-looking." The veteran figure of the tofu room was called Sister Jiang by Tu Bamei, and walked towards her with a smile, praised her fiercely and then turned to the topic, "Tu Bamei, Sister Jiang told you something, if you are not satisfied, pull it down, don't be angry, don't think too much, ah?" ”

"Say it." Tu Bamei staggered the wooden frame of the filter slurry, opened the filter cloth, took out the tofu residue and threw it into the wooden barrel at her feet, "What's the matter, you say." ”

"Then I'll tell you, that's what happened." Sister Jiang said that there was a butcher who sold meat in the vegetable market next door who died of his wife last year, and asked her to be a matchmaker to talk about him and Tu Bamei.

Tu Bamei was silent.

Sister Jiang mistakenly thought that she was thinking about her silence, so she persuaded again: "You have to plan for your future, your daughters will have to marry sooner or later when they are older." After they all get married, you are left alone at home and don't even have anyone to talk to, how desolate is that, don't you say? ”

Sister Jiang is a talker, and she can't finish talking about it.

"Alright." Tu Bamei listened impatiently, tightened the filter cloth and began to filter the second slurry, she said with a stiff face: "I got married at the age of eighteen, and I was born before I was twenty. In two years, the boss will be married. If this mother and daughter want to marry on their front and back feet, won't it make people poke over the barren bones? I've got to save some face for the kids. ”

"In the past, both mother and daughter were pregnant, who would chew the root of this tongue, you can't help but think too much, right? I warn you, after this village, there will be no shop. ”

"Then I'll tell you straight, I'm really not looking down on his shop."

"What's the situation, I heard what you mean, you still dislike people?"

"That's right! I hate it. ”

"You, you ......" Sister Jiang flipped her waist and pointed at Tu Bamei, "This is so fresh, what do you think of him?" I wondered. ”

Tu Ba Mei's neck lifted, "I think he's a meat seller." ”

It's really strange, a village doesn't think you're a leper, but you dislike a village! Sister Jiang got the benefit of a butcher and didn't succeed, and she was angry in her heart, so she turned her back and muttered to the others in the tofu room, saying that Tu Bamei didn't pee and took care of her own catties and taels. If people dragging eight oil bottles are willing to ask her, they should burn high incense, where is she qualified to dislike others when she is qualified.

Sister Jiang felt that Tu Bamei was too self-aware.

Police station.

The town police station was diagonally opposite the factory gate, and at noon, Gu Yongjun asked for leave from the leader of the lathe squad half an hour in advance. She got on her bicycle and came out of the factory gate to the police station. went in to take a look, and it was Yu Yuehong's eldest son Deng Guangming on duty. Is she hesitating to come back another day? Deng Guangming had already seen her, got up and welcomed her in warmly. gave up her seat and poured tea again, which made her feel a little guilty for her previous hesitation.

Gu Yongjun handed over the household registration book to explain his intentions, Deng Guangming didn't say a word, put pen to paper, and replaced the original page after stamping. Gu Yongjun thanked him, and when he turned around and walked to the door, he stopped her again.

Deng Guangming asked Gu Yongjun to take a step to speak, he took her to the big canteen next to the factory gate, and he asked Gu Yongjun what their old eight households planned to do? Gu Yongjun heard what he meant, as if he had a way, so he begged him for help. He said that there is a way, but he can't get into the town, so he can only go to the nearby township first, the original Fangtian Commune, now called Fangtian Township. Deng Guangming said to see if he could find a way to turn agriculture into non-farming in the future.

It's good to be able to get an account, Gu Yongjun was overjoyed and thanked him again and again. The boss who rode the bicycle wanted to go to the tofu house to report the good news to Tu Bamei as soon as possible, but when she rode to the intersection in the center of the town, she saw the sixth child. The sixth hooked his head and kicked the stones, the whole person was like a frosted eggplant, lifeless, and her heart was sour.

Gu Yongjun got out of the car and stopped her, carried her to the bicycle and sat down, patiently asking her why she peed on the bed at night? Gu Yongjun said that if she was afraid of the dark at night and didn't dare to get out of bed, she could wake herself up. The sixth shook her head and refused to speak, and when she was about to get home, she suddenly raised her face and said, "Sister, I fell asleep at night, I don't know." ”

Gu Yongjun touched her head to show understanding, and then rang the bell.

The old seven and eight sat in the front lawn and turned over forks. Flip forks are small games played by girls, usually played by two people. A thin nylon rope is wrapped around the palm of one hand, and the other finger can change the original shape and turn over many patterns through the nylon rope. For example: five-pointed stars, rivers, bridges, etc.

Hearing the sound of the bell, Lao Qi raised his head and let out an "oh" cheer, "The eldest sister is back." ”

The eighth ran after the seventh butt towards the boss.

"Be careful, don't fall." Gu Yongjun greeted the two of them and hugged the sixth child, "You take your sister to play at the door, don't run away, eldest sister will cook, and we will have dinner in a while." ”

Gu Yongjun took a pot and picked some long beans, green peppers, eggplants and pumpkins in the vegetable garden, she washed the vegetables and turned them from the pool, Aunt Liu stood at the door and said hello to her, and then went into the kitchen with her. "Your mother is so thankful for having such a capable daughter as you, how much worry has been saved." Aunt Liu said with a smile.

"Isn't this all forced, the children of the poor are in charge of the house early." Gu Yongjun then told Aunt Liu about the eighth child's household registration.

Hearing that it was Deng Guangming's help, and seeing the boss smiling brightly, Aunt Liu's face stiffened slightly, and then said with a dry smile: "Guangming, this child is good, down-to-earth and steady, much stronger than my cat ears." ”

"Brother Mao's ears are also very good, there are not many people in our town who can play erhu." Gu Yongjun's movements in her hands were not slow at all as she spoke, she was already quick in her hands and feet, and a handful of tender beans used to fry green peppers were cut into thin pieces.

"What's the use of being able to pull the erhu, you can't eat it as food or wear clothes. But then again, my cat has a good ear, don't look at him or not. Although he is a little lazy, he can still be moved if you call him. There is a ...... back"

Gu Jianxin hummed a song and entered the house, Aunt Liu stopped talking, and went back with a few words.

"I smiled when I saw you, your graceful demeanor was so wonderful......"

As soon as Jianxin entered the house, he changed into a newly bought coat, took a small mirror to look left and right, and ran to ask the boss, "Sister, look at it, how is it?" ”

Gu Yongjun stir-fried the beans in the pot, the tender beans were used to fry the green peppers, the old beans were used to cook soup, she glanced at the third child, "There is no soy sauce, go and get five cents of soy sauce back." ”

"Big sister!" Jianxin stomped his feet, "Isn't it good-looking!" ”

"It's good-looking, let's go."

"Don't go! I hadn't even taken a breath when I entered the house, and I had already said that I would bring it back directly after work. What a disappointment. ”

Gu Jianxin refused to go, and Gu Yongjun said that she wouldn't eat at noon if she didn't go. She stretched out her hand and opened her mouth to ask Gu Yongjun for money. Gu Yongjun said where did she get the money? Let her cushion the night first, and then let Tu Bamei return her. Jianxin rolled his eyes at Gu Yongjun, saying that it was tantamount to lending the chicken to the weasel, and there was no return. Gu Yongjun promised to help her get the money back from Tu Bamei, but she reluctantly agreed.

"Old five," Jianxin met the fifth child who came back from school at the door, and she threw out five cents, "Go, the eldest sister asked you to make soy sauce." The fifth said: "I don't believe it, the eldest sister let you ......" The fifth said that he threw down his schoolbag, took the soy sauce bottle and money from her hand and changed his words and said: "Go and go." ”