Chapter 22: Moving into the Yard House (2)
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The location of the yard is relatively high, and you can see the entire yard house from the edge of the village. You have to climb a two-meter slope to get up.
It is really a smart move to set up the yard on such a high ground. It is dry, and the grain entering the field will not be soaked by rainwater.
The yard is half the size of a football field. In the middle is the rolling yard, which is smooth and smooth, with straw stacked around it, and the ground is relatively clear. At this time, there are all kinds of wild grasses and wild vegetables growing on it, and there are many small yellow flowers sparsely pulled apart.
The courtyard house is an open straight tube facing north, three meters wide and four meters long, for spectators to rest and store rakes and brooms. There are no beds or dirt pits, and the spectators are resting on crop straw.
Mr. and Mrs. Tian Dalin and their father Tian Jinhe used a small two-wheeled cart to bring some old billets, built a south wall for the courtyard roof, and installed doors and windows. The doors were borrowed from the neighbors, and the windows were nailed with wooden slats. Because it is a temporary residence, not to mention that it has to be demolished by the team if it is not lived, and it is simple because of ugliness.
On the issue of beds, Tian Dalin and Tian Jinhe disagreed.
Tian Dalin advocated paving the floor. Because there is a stack of wheat straw in the yard, I told the captain that I would use it first, and the wheat straw was just on the bar after they moved away (the yard was pressed solid before the wheat entered the yard).
Tian Jinhe disagreed, saying that wheat straw is good for fleas, and the child will be bitten and can't stand it. It's better to borrow some wooden planks or old wooden doors and build two simple beds, which are much better than bunks on the floor. The two discussed for a long time, and finally adopted Tian Jinhe's opinion.
The next day, Tian Dalin's family of six moved into the yard house of the production team.
Even though it was kicked out, I still had to give some things. Tian Lushi weighed it and gave Tian Dalin's family about 200 catties of corn, most of them were bags of carrots and a few large white radish, six bowls, four plates, a pot, a basin, a clay pot for rice and noodles, and half a jar of grits in the crockpot. A spatula and a spoon. A small tank that can hold a load of water.
Firewood is like cotton, firewood, and straw (the root of crops such as corn and sorghum), and it is also divided by the production team according to the population. But it's not enough to burn. In autumn and winter, people hug leaves and dry grass as firewood, and buy charcoal (bituminous coal) for cooking in spring and summer.
Charcoal burning (burning time for a long time), and you have to buy it with money, Tian Lu's family is reluctant. If you don't give some firewood, you can't say it, so she asked Hao Lanxin to carry two baskets of zhazi. And said: "You live outside the village, it is convenient to collect firewood, carry two baskets and burn them first." ”
Hao Lanxin really carried two baskets. Because she can't afford to gamble: a family of six is still waiting for dinner with their mouths open!
In Tian Lu's eyes, Hao Lanxin also took out her and her husband's hand, such as sickles, hoes, vegetable baskets, grass baskets, and so on.
A courtyard house, two double simple wooden beds, plus a pair of shop cabinets accompanied by Hao Lanxin's mother's family, a welcoming kitchen, a small dining table, and a small water tank of food and so on, the yard house is full. In addition to the aisle that is one meter wide in the middle, the activity space is only the bed~.
"Let's make do here, and in just over a month, Dad will build our house." Tian Dalin said guiltily to his wife and children.
Tian Qingqing looked at the two hundred catties of corn in his pocket, and calculated in his heart: A family of six, based on an average of half a catty per person per day, is enough to eat for more than two months. It's March now, and in my memory, the wheat production team doesn't share rations, and it's good to give 30 to 50 catties of wheat to one person. In this way, there is a large shortage of food.
"Dad, do you have any land for us?" Tian Qingqing asked. In my memory, there was a place for myself during the production team. It is also one of the sources of food for the family.
"Here, your grandfather said, let's separate the ridges and take care of each of them in the future."
Tian Dalin stroked Tian Qingqing's hair, and said to Hao Lanxin: "I heard that it is possible to come down to sell grain back in the future, and I can also add some bar." ”
"You have to buy the food for resale with money!" Hao Lanxin said sadly: "We can only drink gruel." My child and I are better, but I'm afraid of you, and I can't bear it after doing some hard work. And to build a house, although it is simple, you have to call people for a day or two, right?! At noon, no matter what a meal is, it doesn't make sense! ”
"Well, if it doesn't work, I'll open my mouth to the team, borrow a little first, and pay it back after the fall."
"Ahem, that's all there is to it."
Tian Qingqing listened to it with a sour heart. Thinking about it, you can't help it. He was afraid that Tian Dalin would sell blood, so he said to Tian Dalin and Hao Lanxin: "Dad, Mom, it doesn't matter, we live outside the village, surrounded by land, and it is convenient to dig wild vegetables and collect firewood." I take my younger brothers and sisters with me, while cooking, digging wild vegetables and collecting firewood. ”
"Silly boy, in the big spring, the firewood has already been picked up. As the saying goes: 'Bending down after autumn is better than running three times in spring', not the time to collect firewood. Hao Lanxin said to her eldest daughter lovingly.
Tian Youqiu hurriedly said: "I will go up to the tree to break the branches, and come back to dry and burn." ”
Tian Youchun also cocked his mouth and said, "Brother, you fold on top, and I'll pick it up below." ”
Hao Lan looked at the three children and smiled bitterly.
Next, Hao Lanxin divided the work among the three eldest children: Tian Youqiu and Tian Youchun helped their parents clean up the house, and Tian Qingqing looked after her little sister.
Tian Qingqing held Tian Miaomiao in his hand, stood on the edge of the yard and looked around, the nearest farmer here from the edge of the village was also more than 500 meters. In fact, they lived in the wilderness.
There were many people working in the field, groups of three or five, groups of more than ten people, those who used shovels to scatter dung, some who held three teeth to beat the dung, and a group of people who walked in front of them with ropes, and a person behind them stood on something and swayed back and forth. Based on his impression, Tian Qingqing guessed that it must be someone pulling the rake on the ground.
On the large lanes on both sides of the yard, vehicles pulled by people pass by from time to time. There were more than a dozen people in a car, most of whom were young and middle-aged women, and there was a young and middle-aged male driver in the wheel, and the carriage was loaded with black farmhouse manure. Sometimes two cars meet, and the empty car flashes to the side of the road and stops, allowing the truck to pass first. The large lane is narrow, and two cars cannot run in parallel.
At this time, it has passed Qingming, the valley rain has not yet arrived, the production team is preparing for spring ploughing, there are few ploughing cattle, and it is difficult to pull the plow, so the task of ploughing the land is arranged to ploughing cattle, and the errand of transporting fertilizer and harrowing the land is let people take on it. It's much easier to pull a cart and a rake than a plow, isn't it?!
For people pulling carts and rakes, Tian Qingqing no longer had them in his previous life, and they were all replaced by ox carts or tractors. Because her mother often recited to her, she was impressed.
Today, because the mother did not go to work because of the move, maybe tomorrow there will be a mother in the crowd pulling the cart and rake. Thinking about the scene of her mother starving for half of the field to pull a cart and a rake, Tian Qingqing's heart was sour. Although it is the times, she can't change it, at least she has to let her parents eat her stomach? !