The breakfast of the Zhou family went on as usual this day, and it was not delayed in the slightest because of everyone's rush last night. Because I received a notice from the production team today that relief food is going to be distributed.

Zhou Chunfa didn't eat breakfast before he was called to the brigade headquarters to get the grain, and the family's breakfast was also hastily dealt with, sitting in the house and talking absentmindedly, his ears were ridged, for fear of missing the bell of the production team's notice to receive grain.

When the sun shone on the second lattice, the bell of the production team finally rang. All the adults of the Zhou family went to the production team compound to receive food, and even Zhou Hongying, who did not go out easily, followed. Zhou Xia and Zhou Ling, who were left behind, played with Galaha without a pair, and the toys that were usually not touched by Zhou Hongying seemed to have lost their attractiveness today. Zhou Chen kept holding Zhou Wanwan and didn't let go, didn't tease her to talk like usual, and was a little absent-minded.

Zhou Wanwan knew that these children had fully understood the horror of hunger and the meaning of relief food to this family, so they paid so much attention to this matter.

Slowly, the sun rose overhead, and Qian Yan, who was making up for sleep, woke up, but the adults in the family still didn't come back. A few children waited in silence, and no one had the heart to do anything else.

It wasn't until the sun turned west that the brazier on the kang had no heat, and only half a basin of cold ash remained, that Zhou Fu took the lead in carrying half a bag of sorghum on his back. The rest of the Zhou family behind him also came back more or less with food on their backs, Zhou Hongxiang's hair was obviously a lot more unkempt, and her eyes were red, but the expression on her face was still relaxed, and Qian Tie, who was following her, was also carrying half of the grain in her pocket.

From the conversation of the Zhou family and the conversation of Zhou Chen's brothers that night, Zhou Wanwan sorted out the general situation of this relief food.

Each person who received 30 catties of sorghum with skin was given this relief grain, checked the population, weighed the grain, and other people's families went well, but there was a problem with Zhou Hongxiang. The old captain did not agree to distribute the grain to the five of them, because although they were registered in the No. 7 Production Team of Sanjiatun, they did not live here, and no one participated in the work of the team, and besides, the men of her family ate and supplied food in the city, so he could not agree to distribute the state's grain to those who did not meet the relief regulations. Isn't this taking advantage of the country?

Zhou Hongxiang was dumbfounded, and argued that it would not work, Zhou Chunfa could not plead from it, and he could not even kneel and beg bitterly, and finally could only agree to go back to Sanjiatun to work for no less than two months during the busy farming season before and after the wheat harvest every year, so that he could get the grain.

The next day, the 720 catties of shelled sorghum that the Zhou family and the Qian family had received were directly crushed into sorghum flour. According to the Zhou family who went to the mill in the township to grind grain, they came back and said that fortunately they went there early, and they arrived at the mill before dawn, and when they came back from grinding, the queue outside the mill had already lined up in Xiaogaotun, two miles away from the town. Some people couldn't wait, so they boiled and ate the shelled sorghum last night, and several people in the township clinic were pierced by the sorghum shells and had a stomachache, and they could hear their father and mother calling from afar.

No one was willing to take off the husks of the relief grain that was distributed, so it was directly powdered into powder, and just like that, the sorghum flour still had to be eaten with vegetable leaves. Although it is far from enough to eat the new grain after next year's wheat harvest, we can still cope with the beginning of spring by saving food. It's good in the spring, and if there's a wild vegetable tree leaf or something, you won't starve to death. The people who were getting closer and closer to death finally saw the hope of living, and all of them had a fresh breath on their faces, and they were talking enthusiastically about the snow this year, and that next year would be good, as long as God did not press the heads of the croppers, there was always a way to live......

Zhou Hongxiang's family of three went back on the day they got the sorghum flour. I can't care about Qian Yan's feet, the house has basically been cut off when they come, and I don't know how the grandfather is staying at home these days.

Zhou Chunfa, father and son, carried food on their backs, and Zhou Hongxiang and Qian Tie took turns carrying Qian Yan on the road. Originally, Mrs. Zhou also wanted Wang Fengying and Zhou Juan to go, and she could help share the burden on the way, after all, the thirty-kilometer road was such a cold winter, it was too difficult to walk, but Zhou Hongxiang didn't agree, saying that she couldn't let her sister-in-law and niece suffer that crime. In fact, what she is more afraid of is the meal she will be entertained after she goes back, one more person to go, one more person to eat, just such a little food, I don't know how long it will last, I can save a little.

With the departure of Zhou Hongxiang's mother and son, the life of the Zhou family finally returned to peace.

On the night when Zhou Hongxiang left, Zhou Yang wanted to speak to Zhou Chen several times and stopped. Zhou Chen was still holding it at the beginning, but he didn't pretend to see it. Zhou Wanwan looked at this and that, and was very curious. These little brothers have always been discussed, why does it look a bit like they are making trouble today? Although it is very likely to be unilateral by Zhou Chen, it is still very abnormal.

It wasn't until he lay down to sleep that Zhou Chen said thoughtlessly and a little angrily, "I'll ask tomorrow." ”

Zhou Yang didn't pick up either, but it could be seen from his relaxed shoulders that he was relieved.

What kind of dumb riddle are you playing? Zhou Wanwan blinked her big watery eyes and sold cuteness to her second brother, hoping that the second brother could explain.

I don't know if Zhou Chen didn't see it when it was dark, but he was still angry with Zhou Yang and didn't want to deal with people. Anyway, Zhou Wanwan's curiosity was completely ignored.

Zhou Chen, as every day, hugged Zhou Wanwan and patted for a while, and began to touch her ears.

Anyway, she sticks to her second brother every day, what can she hide from her. Therefore, Zhou Wanwan decided to go to bed first.

The next day, Zhou Wanwan was more proactive in being Zhou Chen's little tail, but unfortunately, it was still thrown off. Zhou Wanwan picked at the bamboo strips on the kang mat in annoyance, she had to learn to walk quickly, or she would have no choice as soon as she got out of the range of the kang......

After breakfast, Zhou Chen helped clean up the table, and talked to Zhou Xia who was washing dishes in the kitchen for a while, not for a long time, except for Zhou Wanwan, no one should notice.

Zhou Wanwan was so anxious, what did the second brother say to Zhou Xia? Zhou Xia is a wolf-hearted dog, and she can't tell her anything! said that she could sell the three of them immediately without a little hesitation!

As Zhou Wanwan expected, before noon, the brother and sister had just returned to the West House to dismantle and wash another quilt, and Mrs. Zhou swept into the West Room with Zhou Hongying like a gust of wind on her little feet.

Zhou Chen seemed to have been prepared, didn't say a word, picked up Zhou Wanwan, who was practicing walking on the kang against the wall, and went to the east house to make room for Mrs. Zhou. Zhou Hongying was also not polite at all, and immediately jumped on the kang and began to rummage through the boxes.

Zhou Chen passed by Zhou Xia, who was lying by the door and looking into the house, without even looking at her. Zhou Wanwan could feel that Zhou Chen's arm holding him was extremely stiff.

Mrs. Zhou's mother and daughter didn't rummage in the Westinghouse for long before coming back empty-handed, after all, it was just such a place, and they turned it over again, and there was really nothing that could not be hidden.

"Sile, what are you hiding? What did you ask Sanya to do in Westinghouse? Do you want to sneak something to her? Zhou Hongying has always been the most unstable one in the family, pointing to Zhou Chen's nose and asking.

"What am I hiding, can my aunt not know? Hasn't it changed again? Zhou Chen said, "If my aunt is not at ease, go and go through it again." ”

Old Mrs. Zhou is not easy to fool, she stared at Zhou Chen's brothers and sisters gloomily, and suddenly walked over and began to rummage on them. didn't even let go of Zhou Wanwan's little padded jacket, and even stared at her little fat belly twice, which scared Zhou Wanwan with goosebumps, this old lady should not be angry and attack her little belly.

Of course, Mrs. Zhou found nothing, and her eyelids full of fine lines drooped down to form a gloomy triangle, "What do you want to do when you let Sanya move to the West House to live with you?" ”

"Sanya is my sister, why did I let her go home and live? In the past, our family didn't build a house, and there was no place for my family's kang, so she came to sleep with her milk, and now she has a place, and it's not good to squeeze milk and grandpa. ”

"Sanya has lived so big on our kang, do you remember that she is your sister?" Mrs. Zhou didn't believe it at all, "You said you don't want to do anything else, who believes it?" At a young age, you hide your eyes from adults, who did you learn from? Yes?! ”

Seeing that Mrs. Zhou was about to accuse Sang and scold Huai for involving her mother again, Zhou Wanwan hurriedly interrupted her words and continued to let Mrs. Zhou continue, her mother was going to be scolded again, and Zhou Chen had to be idle again, it was really not worth it. "Give Zhou Xia clothes. My mom made it. "Let her call Sister Zhou Xia, Zhou Wanwan really can't call it.

"The clothes my mother made for us turned out of the milk, and my brother remembered that my mother had always wanted Sanya to go back to live, so I asked her what she meant today." Zhou Chen followed his sister's words and said, not affected by Mrs. Zhou's mother and daughter at all, and said very calmly.

Mrs. Zhou rummaged through the box twice, bent on finding malt milk essence or other food that Zhou Chen might have hidden, and she really didn't pay attention to the contents of the box. In her opinion, it was all some tattered clothes, and there was nothing worth noting. And the main force who turned over the box that day was Zhou Hongxiang, and Mrs. Zhou didn't know what clothes were in the box.

"What did your mom make for you? Take it and I'll take a look. The old and young family have never seen her needlework, but she is diligent in giving her a few cubs. "Mrs. Zhou's so-called old and young, of course, refers to their old couple and Zhou Hongying.

"It's just a few of us' old clothes and two pairs of shoes, Sanya doesn't want to go back, let her get it herself later." Zhou Chen didn't answer Mrs. Zhou's words at all.

Mrs. Zhou ended the interrogation with a few curses. I don't have much interest in the clothes of Zhou Chen's brothers and sisters, and they are also changed from old clothes, this third daughter-in-law loves to be poor and tossed, a child, just use old clothes for them to deal with, and they have to change the fit, and if they fit, they can be worn as new clothes? Born poor.

When Zhou Xia went to get her clothes and shoes worriedly, Zhou Chen gave them to her very smoothly, did not reprimand her as usual, let alone beat her, and said to her very calmly: "This is the last time you step into the door of the West House, don't come here in the future, you don't recognize us, we will be my mother who never gave birth to you, and we don't have you in our family." The home Zhou Chen refers to the small home of the Zhou family.

Zhou Xia ran away with something, Zhou Chen hugged Zhou Wanwan, and rubbed her chin on the top of her head, "Mom's clothes, why does she still have a face to wear......"