28. Chapter XXVIII
Ye Qiugang and Lu Jianbin joined them, but suddenly remembered that his letter had not been sent. So in the joke of the village chief's wife, he turned around and went back to the town to send a letter.
At that time, the stamps were unnumbered, the main picture was a peasant, a worker or the People's Liberation Army, and the face value was four cents, eight cents and ten cents. Ye Qiu took a total of envelopes from the post office staff, filled in the address and handed it to the staff.
When the staff saw that it turned out to be Unit XX, they couldn't help but glance at Ye Qiu and said, "Comrade, a total of three points." After a pause, he explained, "Eight points for stamps and five points for envelopes." ”
Ye Qiu hurriedly paid the money, and then watched the postman put the letter away before turning around and leaving the post office and heading towards the entrance of the town. There is also a post office not far from the town gate, and in ten minutes, I saw a group of people standing not far from the town gate, and ran over in small steps.
It just so happened that Qin Guowen and Qin Lu also bought some things and came back. Then the group went back to Jianshe Village together.
Ye Qiu kept a hoe for himself and put it into the space. The rest of the things were given to Zhou Ju to deal with, and then took the candy and went to the big brother Tang Weishi's house next door.
Zhou Ju saw that Ye Qiu had bought back so many things, and wanted to say a few words, don't be extravagant in your life. But in a blink of an eye, Zhou Ju thought that this might be something that Ye Qiu bought with his own money and tickets, didn't he offend his daughter-in-law. So his lips moved, but he didn't say anything, but carefully collected the farm tools.
Tang Chuanhe looked at the two taels of meat, and couldn't help but say, "That time, the fifth daughter-in-law came out for you, I thought she was a shrewd, but this purchase was exposed." Hey, that's an honest one. Look at these two taels of meat, if you don't pull a few skinny ones, you must have been cheated. This cutter is a black-hearted guy, who will bully young people in the countryside, but he won't cut more fat, it's all thin. You say that lean meat is delicious, don't talk about it, it's not fat, if I know there is a meat ticket, ....... ”
"Eating and chewing (talking) can't stop your mouth when you eat." Zhou Ju said hatefully, and after speaking, he also looked at the front door, for fear that after Ye Qiu came back and heard these words, he would feel uneasy. Leaning over and began to tidy up what Ye Qiu bought, he saw a wine jug, "Oh, this honest man is doing honest things and giving you wine." After speaking, he couldn't help muttering, "I still have the wine I brewed at home, how can I spend this money." ”
Hearing that there was wine, Tang Chuanhe snatched it from Zhou Ju's hand with a brisk step. In that posture, it was completely impossible to tell that the leg was disabled.
Zhou Ju saw Tang Chuan's anxious appearance, and couldn't help but say, "You don't say that people are honest." ”
Tang Chuanhe grinned, "It's honest, it's honest." After a pause, "Just like me." ”
"Phew." Zhou Ju spat Tang Chuanhe, "You have a small mouth, let's talk about the fifth daughter-in-law, shut up if you can't speak, no one will say that you are a dumb person." ”
"Okay, okay, shut up, shut up." Tang Chuanhe has wine to drink, and he doesn't care about anything.
Ye Qiu left after giving the candy to Tang Weishi's house. When I came back, I happened to hear Tang Chuanhe's words. has been together for more than 20 years in her previous life, and Ye Qiu knows that her father-in-law is just talking, not disliking her. What's more, Ye Qiu can understand.
After all, there is a shortage of materials at this time, and whoever has a meat ticket to buy meat must buy it with a budget. When I bought it, I liked the fatty meat the most, because the fatty meat can be boiled into oil when I get it back, and the remaining residue can be boiled in water again before eating. The dried meat is boiled and soaked in water, so it is no different from fatty meat, and it can also be sacrificed. The boiled oil can also be stir-fried and eaten later, and the whole family can eat the oil meat dishes for a long time.
Ye Qiu secretly thought, it seems that he should be thoughtful when buying things in the future.
At the end of the meal, Zhou Ju was going to get two taels of meat to eat. But there are many Tang families, although they are separated, but the second elder eats meat, so he can't help but give it to his son and grandson, right? But these two taels of meat, if you fry them, I'm afraid they won't be enough to stuff your teeth. Zhou Ju thought about how to make everyone eat a bite. After thinking about it, I really came up with a way. Hurriedly asked my sister to pick a basket of vegetables on her own plot. Then wash the greens, chop them up, and put them in a shaoji.
A large pot of water was placed in the pot, and Tang Chuanhe was burned with firewood. Zhou Ju cut the lean meat into small cubes, and then sprinkled a handful of starch. When the water is boiling in the pot, pour the meat with the starch into the pot.
Tang Chuanhe burned firewood, and after a while, accompanied by the sound of gurgling and bubbling, there was a burst of meat aroma.
The two eldest children of Tang Weishi next door were eating the candy that Ye Qiu bought. Suddenly smelling a smell of meat, the eldest Tang Zongcai swallowed his saliva, and the second Tang Zongxiang looked at Yao Xiaolan, "Mother, is grandma daddy making meat?" ”
Yao Xiaolan hugged the third Tang Zonghua and fed the milk, smelled the fragrance and swallowed her saliva. After the Chinese New Year, they never ate a meal of meat again. After hearing the second child's words, he looked next door, "Your fifth mother went to the street today, she should have bought it." Ye Qiu came back and brought candy to the two children, and Yao Xiaolan was embarrassed to ask the two children to come over to have a look. However, Yao Xiaolan thought of her mother-in-law Zhou Ju's temperament, even if the children don't go over now, the second elder will send them over, or ask them to come over to eat.
Zhou Ju put all the dishes in, then crushed the leftover cakes from the morning and put them in the pot, stirred, and then put a little salt. When the pot is boiled again, it becomes vegetable and meat porridge, a large pot full of meat, and it is still thick.
Zhou Ju scooped two bowls with a large bowl, one bowl for the old family and one bowl for the third family. Let my sister send it over, and by the way, let her take Tang Zongcai and Tang Zongxiang over to eat.
Of course, Zhou Ju didn't forget how Jì's meat came from today, and also gave Ye Qiu a big bowl.
This bowl is the fullest and best meal that Ye Qiu has eaten since he was reborn. I can't help but sigh in my heart, my mother-in-law's craftsmanship is really good. The meat in the porridge is mixed with starch, the meat is smooth and tender, coupled with the fragrance of vegetables, not greasy or greasy, just right.
Everyone had a full meal.
In the afternoon, Ye Qiu was called over by the village brigade to talk.
It probably means that she hasn't been working recently, and has been helping Tang Guizhi cut the grass and herd the cattle, does she want to raise a cow with Tang Guizhi?
Ye Qiu hurriedly refused, how could she rob her sister's job. If she feeds a cow with her sister, doesn't that divide her sister's work?
After the team knew what Ye Qiu meant, they asked her to hurry up with the team to work.
In fact, Ye Qiu wanted to ask for a cow to feed himself, but the brigade said that there were no new cow cubs this year. If it was the youngest sister Tang Guizhi's cow that gave birth, she could feed it. But Tang Guizhi's cow is just one year old, and he has no breeding at all, where did the cow cub come from. So, Ye Qiu began to work together according to the arrangement of the brigade.
In fact, Ye Qiu can also follow what Tang Weishan said and don't go to work, but Ye Qiu is an idle person, so he has to work in the village, thinking that he won't go to work anymore after he thinks about what to do.
The people in the village are now busy kneading corn balls, and Ye Qiu is doing the same thing with him. Sit in the field with a small bench and pinch the cornballs in both hands.
Pinching corn balls is actually using farm manure to pinch a round ball the size of an adult's palm, and put corn seeds in the middle. Farm manure is made by mixing plant ash with cow dung and pig manure. This is to ensure that the corn is required as fertilizer when it germinates. The pinched corn balls are placed into a pit about two meters wide and 20 centimeters high, which is inserted with bamboo strips and covered with a layer of film. In this way, the corn in the corn balls can quickly sprout and grow into corn seedlings.
Qin Lu was very unlucky, and she was just right to pick tea allergies, so she was assigned to pinch corn balls. I didn't know what the black mud was, and I pinched a bunch of corn balls. But when I found out, I retched again and again.
Ye Qiu had done farm work in his previous life, and he had already adapted to it. So she was able to pinch the cornballs without changing her face. But in the eyes of outsiders, the two are both young people who have gone to the countryside this year, so there is a sharp contrast. Therefore, Ye Qiu can always get full work, but Qin Lu's work is the least.
And the villagers of Jianshe Village also had a better impression of Ye Qiu, feeling that she was hard-working.
In the next few days, Qin Lu's reaction did not change at all, as long as she got to the field and started pinching the corn balls, she would retch, so that others could not work properly. Everyone couldn't help but point at Qin Lu, and later, they no longer let Qin Lu go to work together.
Qin Lu replied to the Zhiqing point angrily, looked at his dirty hands, held back his nausea, and hurriedly ran to the water's edge to clean. Washing and washing, Qin Lu felt extremely aggrieved and cried with a whimper. Qin Guowen, who happened to be seen by Qin Guowen, who happened to come back from school, "What's wrong?" ”
As soon as Qin Lu saw Qin Guowen, he ran over all of a sudden, lowering his head a little aggrieved.
"What's wrong?" Seeing Qin Lu's appearance, Qin Guowen couldn't help frowning, "Hurry up and say something about it." ”
"Brother Qin, can you get me to work in the brigade elementary school?" Qin Lu saw that Qin Guowen was impatient, and hurriedly said, "I really can't do the work in the village." Moreover, Ye Qiu didn't know how to do farm work, let's compare it here. Everyone was pointing fingers at me, and I didn't want to do farm work anymore. Brother Qin, help me, okay? ”
Qin Guowen wanted to refuse, but when he heard Qin Lu mention Ye Qiu later, he didn't know why, so he actually responded, "I'll help you mention it, but there is no guarantee if it doesn't work." ”
"Thank you, Brother Qin, thank you, Brother Qin."
Ye Qiu originally wanted to find Wei Hongzhi alone and talk about the blind date that day. But I didn't expect to be too busy at work these days, and I haven't had time. And after getting off work today, Ye Qiu saw that it was still early. So I went to Guanyin Mountain to pick up some firewood. When he went down the mountain with firewood on his back, Ye Qiu saw Wei Hongzhi and Tang Weiyong quietly at the edge of the forest.
Tang Weiyong didn't know what to say, Wei Hongzhi had a bright smile on his face. And Tang Weiyong suddenly grabbed Wei Hongzhi's hand. The two held each other tightly for a moment before letting go. After letting go, Tang Weiyong left first.
Wei Hongzhi was also about to leave.
Ye Qiu pretended to arrive with firewood on his back, and looked at Wei Hongzhi in surprise, "Sister Hongzhi, it's so late, do you want to enter the mountain?" ”
Wei Hongzhi was taken aback, and when she turned around and saw that it was Ye Qiu, she was obviously relieved, and after hearing her question, she said, "No, no, I'll come here to have a look." ”
"Sister Hongzhi, how was the blind date that day?"
When Wei Hongzhi heard this, she seemed to remember the scene just now, and her face was flushed.
Looking at Wei Hongzhi's appearance, thinking of her brilliant face just now, Ye Qiu's persuasion was indescribable. Ye Qiu thought about it in his heart, maybe he was worrying about the sky. Although Tang Weiyong became prosperous, he derailed and abandoned Wei Hongzhi in less than ten years. But his marriage to Wei Hongzhi for nearly 20 years was very happy.
What's more, looking at Wei Hongzhi's appearance before, this matter should be a foregone conclusion. Let's mention Wei Hongzhi later. After all, a crack in a marriage should not only be the cause of one person.
Back at home, Ye Qiu washed up and went to bed, and then entered the space. After discovering that there was grass in the space that had not completely withered, Ye Qiu threw branches and tender grass many times. Later, the fog in the space gradually thickened, and the branches that Ye Qiu took in would no longer dry up inexplicably.
So when pinching the corn balls, Ye Qiu had a whim and secretly put more than a dozen corn balls into the space. But Ye Qiuzhen didn't expect that in less than a week, the corn in the corn balls would sprout and grow to twenty centimeters.
Ye Qiu was pleasantly surprised, it can speed up the growth here, right?
Hurriedly picked up the hoe and dug a hole in the black earth, Ye Qiu dug out a mound of dirt and dug a hole in the pile. Then he planted the corn balls in the hole. Looking at the tender green corn seedlings, Ye Qiu was excited, I don't know when this corn seedlings will grow and when will they produce corn on the cob?
This place can actually speed up growth, Ye Qiu pondered the seedlings in the field outside. Seedlings need paddy fields, Ye Qiu thought, I don't know if this place can be filled with water?
Thinking of this, Ye Qiu began to act and chose a piece of land. I dug up the dirt in the middle and made a field of about seven minutes. After leaving the space, Ye Qiu went to the well in the backyard, and then introduced the water directly into the field of the space.
After the water began to enter the space, it directly sank into the dirt, and Ye Qiu was very disappointed. But Ye Qiu really wanted to eat rice, so he insisted on pouring water for a while. Unexpectedly, after half of the well water disappeared, the paddy field in the space slowly became watery. In this way, Ye Qiu has the spirit and has been introducing water into the space. But Ye Qiu used up all the well water, and he barely had enough to dig the field in the space. The fields in the space were leveled, and the night had almost passed.
Ye Qiu got out of the space, stretched his waist, and worked all night, he was really tired, and he couldn't open his eyelids. Just as he was about to go back to the house to rest, he heard a violent knock on the door outside the main house, and then immediately after, someone upstairs got up, went downstairs, and opened the door.
After Ye Qiu heard a squeak and the door opened, then a woman's voice came crying, "Woo...... Mother, I'm not alive, mother, I'm not going to live......"
Accompanied by a woman's voice, there was a burst of baby crying.
Rubbing his forehead, Ye Qiu opened the back door and walked out.