Chapter 185: Helplessness
In the afternoon, Zhou Wanwan woke up and was sitting in the yard to wake up, Xiao Wang put his furry head on the stool next to her, and quietly accompanied her in a daze.
Zhou Chen turned over the half-dried eggplant, bean slices, and chili flakes on the shelf and continued to dry, which were their winter reserve vegetables.
On the beams of the warehouse, there have been several pockets of all kinds of dried vegetables, dried potatoes, dried horn melons, dried cucumbers, and almost all vegetables that can be dried Zhou Chen has dried a lot. Their family does not have a large population, but a few boys can eat it, and they don't prepare much dried vegetables, so they can only eat cabbage, sauerkraut, potatoes and radishes in winter, which is too monotonous.
When let, many people can't dry so many vegetables no matter how diligent they are, and the fresh vegetables in the garden are not enough to eat, so how can there be extra dried vegetables.
Zhou Chen didn't have this concern, their vegetables have always been overproduced, and he can dry as much as he wants.
"Let's eat eggplant and dried meat buns for dinner, okay?" Zhou Chen asked his sister who was stunned with a pair of big eyes with a smile.
The little one hadn't slept enough before he woke up, and was still a little dazed. Zhou Chen didn't dare to let his sister sleep too much during the day, or it would affect her sleep at night.
Mr. Guo said that only by sleeping well at night can the body be good. Therefore, Zhou Chen let his sister exercise properly during the day, and the afternoon nap will not let her sleep with her temperament.
Zhou Wanwan nodded, supper is too important for the older brothers who are growing up in adolescence, they must eat well, "And sour and hot cucumbers." ”
Zhou Chen's sour and hot cucumbers are crispy and tender, sour and spicy and appetizing. I ate it almost every day throughout the summer.
"Okay, what else do you want? Is it good to steam an egg custard? Before dinner, Zhou Chen began to tempt his sister to eat supper.
Schools have been closed for months. In order to take care of his sister's body, he didn't go to work in the production team for a day, and racked his brains every day to study how to make her eat a few more bites.
As soon as the two finalized the menu for supper, Zhou Yang and Dunzi returned.
Eighteen-year-old Zhou Yang and seventeen-year-old Dunzi have completely faded from their youthful appearance and grown into two tall and majestic young men.
Zhou Yang has grown to 1.85 meters, and he is too fast. He looked a little emaciated, but those who knew him well knew that this kid was a well-known strength for the whole brigade and even the whole commune.
There are almost no opponents in the wrist wrestling. Pick up a sack of soybeans in one arm and throw it onto a two-meter-high grain pile with no effort.
Dunzi was even more unexpected, he was taller than Zhou Yang, one meter eight eight. And it looks like he can still grow.
In the height assessment given to him by Zhou Wanwan. His adult height is 1.90 meters, two or three centimeters taller than Shen Guodong.
Not only does Dunzi grow taller, but his body is also stronger than Zhou Yang, so he looks more like an adult than Zhou Yang.
He was as taciturn as ever, spoke very little to outsiders, and always smiled at his younger siblings when he came home.
Dunzi doesn't talk much, but his heart is very fine, and he always finishes all the work at home before everyone knows it. has surpassed Zhou Yang and become Zhou Chen's most effective housework helper.
The two went to the commune to set up a platform for the 10,000-person criticism meeting. It's past three o'clock in the afternoon, and I haven't eaten yet.
Zhou Chen hurriedly took out the two-rice dry rice mixed with meat bones and millet rice left for them, and made a cold salad with bracken and spinach and egg soup, and then accompanied it with the small pickles he had already pickled, and placed it under the shade of the tree in the courtyard, so greedy that Xiao Wang circled around the table.
Zhou Wanwan followed behind Zhou Yang and Dunzi like a little tail, handed them towels, poured water, took the clean shoes worn at home, and finally stuffed a piece of toffee in their mouths and asked them to cushion their stomachs first.
Zhou Yang and Dunzi were coaxed by their sister to smile, the gloomy color between their eyebrows was swept away, and there was a gentle and bright light in their eyes.
Zhou Chen served rice and soup, and then put it in front of the two elder brothers, signaling that they could eat.
Since Zhou Chen stopped going to school, although everyone was worried about his studies, they had to admit that their family's quality of life had skyrocketed, and everyone felt that they were extremely happy.
He contracted all the work at home by himself, Zhou Yang and several people went home, and Zhou Chen's meal was not served by themselves, he put it in front of him dignifiedly, and watched you eat with a smile, that kind of comfort and appropriateness really made people sigh with happiness.
"I went to your school to move the desk, and watched Teacher Xiao have his head shaved Yin and Yang, and let people grab the 'plane' to tour the school." Zhou Yang thought about it for a while, and decided to tell Zhou Chen about it.
Mr. Xiao is Zhou Chen's music teacher, 25 years old this year, and he admires Zhou Chen, who has a very good sense of musicality, and taught him to play the harmonica and the organ.
Zhou Yang's brothers and sisters also liked this talented and humorous young teacher, and once invited him to eat at home.
He drank the Wuliangye brought by Shen Guodong, sang more than a dozen songs on the spot, and even sang two children's songs for the only lady present, the five-year-old Zhou Wanwan.
Teacher Xiao is not only Zhou Chen's teacher, but also a friend of their whole family.
When Zhou Yang and Dunzi watched the usually dashing and handsome Teacher Xiao being shaved into a yin and yang head, two students pressed him, one grabbed his arm and lifted it up, and the other pulled his hair and pressed down desperately, they felt for the first time that this way of criticism called "flying" was so cruel and hateful!
Teacher Xiao also saw them, and he even tried to raise his head and smile at the two of them, and then he was escorted away by a group of crazy students shouting slogans.
The big sign dangling on his chest had his name written on it, Xiao Jin, and he was given a big red cross.
Zhou Chen bit his lip and couldn't say a word. The reason why he hid at home and refused to go out was that he didn't want to criticize the teacher, who made him feel almost glowing in class, and now he has been trampled in the mud by the whole school.
The school was full of large and small criticism meetings, first the principal and several school leaders were beaten, and then the head teachers of each class were also defeated. Now, even Mr. Xiao, who is usually tall and arrogant, doesn't care about everything......
When this frenzy first swept away, Zhou Chen also thought about speaking for the teachers. However, the classmates who were one step ahead of him were denounced by the leaders of the rebels as "not taking a firm revolutionary stance and showing compassion for the class enemy" and "betraying the proletariat". Zhou Chen flinched.
He still has a family, and at any time, Zhou Chen's first consideration is his brother and sister at home, and he must protect himself and protect them.
Therefore, when the revolutionary rebels in the school preached their great ideals, they turned the school upside down. swept away all the ghosts, snakes, and gods, smashed the old world, and vowed to carry this proletarian red revolution to the end. Zhou Chen quietly went home and became a "free school" that was criticized by his classmates who were vigorously revolutionary.
Now, in his heart, only the home side of the world is safe and quiet. The only thing he could do. It can only be protected from being polluted and subverted.
At six o'clock in the evening, the loudspeaker hanging on the big tree in front of the door of the brigade secretary Zheng Weidong sounded on time.
Zheng Weidong is Zheng Mancang's newly changed name. Now that it has become fashionable to change the name, many people changed their names at the beginning of this red revolution, Weidong, Xiangdong, Hongwei, these names are very popular, and you can meet people with the same name wherever you go.
Even the name of Sanjiatun is not allowed to be called. Because of the criticism of "Sanjia Village" that was thrown to the forefront. Sanjiatun was forced to change its name to Xiangyangtun.
The song of "The Sea Sails by the Helmsman" has been sounding for more than half a year, and Wei Hong, who still can't speak all the words of Aunt Liu, has learned to hum along. And the little one knows. As soon as this song plays, it's time to eat.
"The sea sails by the helmsman" The tweeter sang, and Wei Hong followed with a sentence, "Rice, rice!" ”
Tweeter: "Everything grows on the sun,"
Wei Hong: "Rice, rice!" ”
Tweeter: "Rain and dew moisten the seedlings." ”
Wei Hong: "Rice, rice!" ”
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Xiao Wang can't hear the words "eat", "rice", and "meat", so whenever Wei Hong follows the tweeter "Fanfanfan" over there, it screams aggrievedly on the side of the flower wall, urging the people at home to hurry up and cook for it.
Zhou Wanwan secretly threw it a piece of beef jerky to shut up the guy. Today, several people in the family are in a bad mood because of Xiao Jin's matter, so don't make a mess.
The revolutionary song is finished, Zheng Mancang, no, it should be called Zheng Weidong. Zheng Weidong began to speak, first reading a quotation and then reading an important article in the People's Daily a few weeks ago before he began to get to the point.
"It is better to have the grass of socialism than the seedlings of capitalism, the small peasant economy is the hotbed of capitalism, and the tail of capitalism must be cut off!"
Zheng Weidong began his daily talk, and he talked for more than ten minutes, and the spring girl in the courtyard next door could only coax Wei Hong, whose biological clock was as accurate as Xiao Wang: "It's going to be fine soon, we'll eat when he finishes speaking." If he doesn't finish speaking, his father can't report to the chairman at night, and you can't eat when you cry, and you can't cry! ”
Zheng Weidong talked for a while before he got to the point, and another working group is coming, this time to strictly investigate the economic behavior of small peasants who follow the capitalist line, and each family must first conduct self-examination and self-examination, and dare to show off their own selfishness, and strive to cut off all the tails of capitalism!
When it comes to the working group, no one pays as much attention to Zhou Yang's brothers and sisters. A task force cost the mother her life, and every time they hear the word, their hearts are overturned.
"Tomorrow, I'll go to the captain and ask the captain how much pigs and chickens are allowed to raise, and if we don't let them, we will deal with them.
Zhou Yang felt sorry for his younger brother, who had been busy for a summer, and raised so many domestic animals for the family, and in the end, they might all be raised in vain.
"Well, if you don't let you raise it, you won't raise it." Zhou Chen didn't take it seriously. The things he cared about in his heart were never these, and he could joke with Zhou Yang in turn, "This time I can kill a few more chickens, save the chicken legs and not enough points, I will always let you eat chicken butts!" ”
Zhou Yang also smiled, "When Guodong comes back, the chicken butt is gone!" ”
Since having Shen Guodong, Zhou Yang basically doesn't have to eat chicken butts. This kid owes his mouth, and he always wants to provoke his sister, and almost every time he divides the chicken legs, he doesn't have his share.
Zhou Yang's brothers and sisters were thinking about how to deal with the chickens and pigs at home, but they didn't expect that these domestic animals in their family had long been remembered.
On the afternoon of the next day, Li Shuhua took Gu Xing, Li Qingyun's daughter-in-law Wang Liqin, and her two-year-old son Xiwang to the home of the brothers and sisters.
"Oh mama! Every time I enter the yard of his house, my heart is open! Wang Liqin looked enviously at the five spacious large brick houses lined up. There are also bright glass windows that can be seen inside the house at a glance.
Wang Liqin is a pretty little daughter-in-law, her hair is neatly combed into two large braids and coiled behind her head, and she is soaked in water with tender elm bark. wiped his hair smooth and slippery, washed the floral shirt and black pants on his body, and there was not a single mud spot on the white bud edge of the cloth shoes.
The Xiwang she was holding in her arms was also cleaned up, the little boy had fair skin and clear eyebrows, and the outline looked like a child of the Li family.
"No, these kids may be patient!" Li Shuhua swept around the yard seriously and let out a long sigh.
"Look at it! Just a few children to live. I also raised such old chickens! That's also dried vegetables! Ah! Auntie, look at what they are serving in this garden! Why are they all so good?! Wang Liqin pointed at the family in surprise, and sighed when she saw anything.
"Their family is so old every night and they still drink milk every day!" Gu Xing interjected.
"I've heard my mother say it! Half-sized children just don't live their lives! Wanwan is six years old, right? Such a big child still gives milk?! Our family is happy to grow up so big, and I haven't even given a sip of milk! You see, the land is not quite strong! Wang Liqin tossed the joy in her arms.
"Zhou Wanwan has been sick since she was a child. Can it be compared to Xiwang? Gu Xing stretched out his hand from the shoji and picked a small tender cucumber, and did not wash it, but brushed a handful of tender thorns on it. began to bite and click.
"I want it too! I want it too! Xiwang held out his hand to her.
"Pull it aside!" Gu Xing took another big bite. smiled at Xiwang, but didn't give it to him.
"You kid, what about the old ones, it's not your land! Pick one for Xiwang! Wang Liqin shouted Gu Xing.
"What are you doing with this old broken cucumber!? They raised those old chickens at home, and they gave Xiwang eggs at night, but they had enough to eat! Gu Xing wandered around to see other places, leaving Wang Liqin and Li Shuhua standing in place to talk.
Neither men entered the house, nor did they greet the people of the house. Just standing in the courtyard as if no one was around, he began to point and chat.
Zhou Chen hugged Zhou Wanwan and listened in the warehouse. The faces of the two were full of helplessness.
Here's the trouble. This is the voice of the two people who are now in common.
The two of them were counting the dried fungus and monkey heads in the warehouse, but they didn't expect these people to push the door in by themselves.
As soon as these people came, their days could not be stopped. Don't look at Wang Liqin's delicate appearance, speaking softly, that is a master who can anger people to death with one sentence.
Their family's joyful, motionless and non-verbal is a particularly likable child, but unfortunately, when it never stops, the destructive power is comparable to that of Xiao Wang a year ago, and it will turn you upside down at a glance.
And Li Shuhua's mother and daughter...... The brother and sister could only sigh in their hearts.
The brother and sister took a deep breath and prepared to go out to entertain the guests.
Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, a few uncles and grandparents are kind to them, they endure these people, and they should repay their grandma and them!
Xiao Wang rushed out silently one step ahead of the two.
As soon as she put her hand on Zhou Wanwan's easel, Gu Xingdi screamed, and everyone realized that she didn't know when she had walked to the long table under the big tree.
Zhou Wanwan's painting utensils, clothes, and drinking utensils are all within Xiao Wang's scope of protection, and he has known not to let others touch these since he was a child.
Gu Xing has also been warned more than once, without a few brothers and sisters around, don't touch Zhou Wanwan's things, otherwise the elusive little Wang will be ruthless.
When they moved to a new house last year, Li Shuhua's family came over to burn the bottom of the pot for them, and Gu Xing was almost torn on the ground by Xiao Wang for stealing Zhou Wanwan's hairpin.
The urgency of the situation at that time, it makes people break out in a cold sweat when they think about it now, if it weren't for the quick reaction of the dunzi, it is estimated that Gu Xing's grave is now growing grass.
It's a pity that some people just don't remember to eat and fight, and they can never control their hands.
Gu Xing screamed too late, Xiao Wang is usually greedy and easy to deceive, but his body is very strong and his reaction is very fast. It has good genes, coupled with the scientific feeding and physical enhancer effect of Zhou Wanwan since childhood, it is not difficult to deal with two tigers and black bears.
Therefore, Gu Xing, who was bitten by Xiao Wang, was dragged almost without any reaction time.
Xiao Wang is especially able to scream when he usually wants to eat or flutter stupidly, but he wants to move seriously, he never screams when he bites, he silently opens his big mouth full of sharp teeth, and bites Gu Xing's arm fiercely. (To be continued......)