Chapter 8 Baozi's parents
Su Sanmei was also worried, why didn't she know that she couldn't go on like this? But there is really no surplus food at home, the ducks at home are left for hatching ducks, the couple is also after some calculations, feel that the couple can not pick hands and can not resist, it is better to raise some ducks, this thatched house is behind the stream, the ducks can be put in the water, let them forage for their own food, and then their own family to cut some grass is enough for the ducks to eat, when the ducks grow up can be sold, if there are female ducks, will also lay duck eggs, duck eggs can also be sold, kill two birds with one stone!
So for the Mo family, these three ducks are the foundation of their future lives, how can Su Sanmei be willing to give up?
"It's all because my mother is useless, I can't do more work...... Su Sanmei fell into self-blame.
Mo Yunfei interrupted Su Sanmei's self-blame: "Mother, don't say it's useless, you listen to me, you see that our family doesn't even have a set of cotton clothes for one person now, kill the duck, and when the duck stew is used to make up for all of us, if you have duck feathers, I will be useful!" Mo Yunfei thought about how to explain the matter of the down jacket to them, and he was not suspicious.
"However, this duck is reserved for the next year's ducks, and we kill them now, how will we hatch the ducks next year?" Su Sanmei was very hesitant.
On the side, I heard that the radish heads who were going to kill the ducks all came over with shining-eyed eyes and stared at Su Sanmei and Mo Yunfei.
At this time, Mo Dahe walked in with firewood: "What's wrong?" What are you two talking about? ”
Mo Yunfei said: "Dad, I told my mother to kill all the ducks in the family, and let's stew half a duck at a time and make up for everyone!" Dad, you see that it's not just you, but also my brothers and sisters, and me, all of them are hungry, if we continue like this, do you think we will survive the coming year? ”
Mo Dahe was also shocked when he heard this: "The duck must not move, Xiaofei, Dad knows that everyone is not full, but this duck has to wait for the duck to be used to hatch the duck in the next year, and it can't be killed!" ”
The attitude of this cheap parent who wants to make a living is still worthy of affirmation, so Mo Yunfei is more patient: "Dad, do you want to watch us starve to death?" ”
Mo Dahe looked at the children who were praised with yellow muscles and thin faces, and was shocked in his heart, only then did he realize that what Mo Yunfei said was right, if this continues, the children will not survive the next year!
But the ducks at home really can't move, how can they live after they move?
Mo Dahe's eyes were red, and he gritted his teeth: "Xiaofei, dad want to find a way!" ”
Mo Yunfei said unmoved: "What can be done?" I know that my father is thinking about the future, but we can't get over it now, what else are we thinking about in the future? And just today, the third aunt came to make such a fuss, Dad thinks that if we don't eat the duck, will the duck be saved? ”
Mo Dahe said with some disapproval: "Xiao Fei, don't talk about the elders!" ”
He was so energetic to say this, Mo Yunfei didn't bother to take this stubble at all!
Su Sanmei was moved when she heard this, she is weak, but she is strong as a mother, rather than being remembered by others and letting others eat it, it is better to eat it for her own children.
So Su Sanmei didn't think about anything later, and also persuaded Mo Dahe: "Husband, let's listen to Xiaofei!" "It's better to eat in a child's mouth than anything else!
Mo Dahe was still hesitating, he felt sorry for the children, but if he could get through, he felt that when the ducks grew up and the money was sold, the family would be able to live more comfortably, and the children would be able to eat better.
"Dad, if we want ducklings, we can buy them, it's better than not killing and eating ducks now, and then let others eat them, okay? It's not that I'm alarmist, does my father think that according to the third aunt's temperament, he will stop like this? When the time comes, come and make trouble, will you make trouble? Mo Yunfei also patiently persuaded.
Mo Dahe disagreed again: "Xiaofei, don't talk about the elders in vain!" ”
Mo Yunfei didn't hear it, but only asked Mo Dahe: "Dad, kill the duck!" ”
"This ......" Mo Dahe was still very hesitant, this was the only way out he wanted, what Mo Yunfei said, he didn't know that he could do this, but the key was that the family had no money, what to use to buy ducklings?
"Alright, Dad, you don't need this, that!" Mo Yunfei couldn't see Mo Dahe's grinding, and said directly to Su Sanmei: "Mother, listen to me, the duck will be killed!" ”
Su Sanmei held her waist and said to Mo Dahedao: "Husband, go catch ducks and kill them!" ”
As soon as they heard that they could eat ducks, the radish heads cheered, and they knew that they could eat something good before they knew the meaning of these ducks.
Mo Dahe was still very hesitant, but Mo Yunfei made a decision, Su Sanmei also agreed, and the children were so happy, Mo Dahe could only sigh and resign himself to catch ducks, but he thought about going back or looking for more work to see if there was any work to do? Earn the money to buy ducklings!
Although Mo Dahe is a weak scholar, he can still kill a duck, so the husband and wife one of them retired the duck feathers and the other killed the duck, and the cooperation was very good.
Mo Yunfei didn't touch his hands, he had never done such a terrible thing in his previous life and this life, but told Su Sanmei not to lose the duck feathers, especially the fine fluff, of course, those big feathers can't be lost, now there is no condition, I can only make a down jacket with this, the quality is almost almost, it's better than not using it at all!
In one afternoon, the three ducks were killed, and Su Sanmei had to wash the duck feathers according to Mo Yunfei's instructions, washing and boiling, so after three times, the duck feathers washed in this weather couldn't be dried at all, Mo Yunfei asked everyone to spread the duck feathers on the kang, and the small fluff was spread on it, and the big feathers were torn over there.
"Are you making clothes?" Su Sanmei hesitated a little: "Xiaofei, it's not that my mother refuses, it's just that I've never heard anyone say that duck feathers can be used to make clothes!" She didn't expect Mo Yunfei to ask for duck feathers to be used for clothes.
"The reason we use cotton for our clothes is to keep them warm, and you think, ducks are still warm in the snow and ice, so I think it's okay!" Mo Yunfei said again: "I can't help it, can't we afford cotton?" ”
"This ...... Will it work? Su Sanmei is still a little hesitant, I have never heard anyone talk about it, this washing duck feathers is at most labor-intensive and firewood-consuming, these things don't matter, after all, you can pick them up in the mountains, but to make clothes, it takes needlework, thread and cloth, where can they afford it!
Mo Dahe also hesitated: "This ...... Xiaofei, I've never heard anyone talk about it, so forget it! "Mo Dahe thinks it's unreliable!
Mo Yunfei was also anxious, seeing that victory was in sight, she was about to kick the door, but the couple was still hesitating there, and she could see that the couple's personalities were too soft and had no courage!