Shen Wufu's daughter-in-law Xiuyue thought for a while, "They are usually summoned to each other, this year you can ask from whichever family you want, and next year you will have more and return it to others, but there are not many." ”

"Fifth aunt, what should I do then?"

"I'll give you a lot of work, as many as you plant."

Chen Miao smiled, "Fifth aunt, I'm sorry for you." ”

"It's okay, you've just lived, and you'll be fine in the future."

Chen Miao began to dig soil when he got home, because he dug the foundation when he built the wall, and the soil was still very convenient. Three long boxes are placed on the top of the kang, two of them are for raising cotton seedlings, and the remaining one is for gourds and a few winter melons. There are dried chili peppers in the storeroom, and some seeds are also raised. I just don't know if the seedlings can emerge.

Chopped some branches. And then it was inserted in the box. It's the equivalent of getting a beam. There are quite a few thick plastic cloth storerooms in the warehouse. Cover every box. Then the old quilt, the mattress was covered with it.

At home, Chen Jiang came alone. He doesn't come into the house. Even when you enter the house, there is a quilt covering, so you shouldn't be found.

I did this all morning, and then peeled pine nuts in the afternoon. I will go to the county seat tomorrow morning, and this time I will not rush to the car, the goal is too big.

When it was almost dark, Chen Jiang sent over two small benches.

"You did this?"

"yes. Third sister, tomorrow my mother will let me work at home. ”

"Do a good job, if you come here hungry, I will have enough food to eat."

At five o'clock the next day, it was still dark and Chen Miao fed the little donkey, and hurried out of the house with the basket on his back.

Yesterday, I had already thought about it, if the pine nuts couldn't sell for much money, I would find a way to sell some things in the warehouse, in fact, the meat would not be sold, and it wouldn't be bad in the freezer, but some people should buy dim sum and sugar.

At seven o'clock, I arrived at the county seat and went in with the crowd being checked.

Most of the people from outside the city came to sell things at this time. Chen Miao followed them to the market.

I looked around and didn't have my own place, there were few things, and I found a corner. Her pine nuts are all peeled off. There are also some fungus, not too much.

There are already people coming to the market to buy groceries. Next to Chen Miao is a middle-aged man, the grain he sells, that is, more than ten catties of soybeans, looks like the grains are full and it is really a good thing.

After nearly an hour, a middle-aged man wearing a coat and a melon skin hat came over, looking at the pine nuts very satisfied.

"Sir, do you want pine nuts? I peeled it all out with my own hands. ”

"It's ok. How do you sell pine nuts? ”

"Sir, I don't know, but you are an upright man at first sight. Let's look at it. I still have fungus here, you see that if it is soaked, it will definitely be fat. ”

"Okay, it's not much, I'll give you a dollar for these two things."

Chen Miao didn't know much, but he thought that it must be enough to buy a lock. There are two catties of pine nuts and half a catty of fungus, and one dollar is one dollar.

After selling out, there is no market to stay, and I am afraid that I will not be able to help but spend the money.

Hurried to the grocery store. Bought a door crane, lock. A hundred copper coins were spent.

In the end, I bought onion seeds, leek seeds, eggplant seeds, beans, cabbage, and the shopkeeper also sent more than 10 gourd seeds.

In this era, seeds are still quite expensive, mainly because they can't eat enough, and there are no pesticides, and there are a lot of insects, and sometimes they can't wait to bear seeds.

I went to the blacksmith shop and bought a saw, and now I only had ten copper plates left in my hand.

I have already inquired with the owner of the blacksmith shop where the post office is. hesitated at the door for a while, but gritted his teeth and went in. I don't dare to ask anyone, but I can read the newspaper.

When her image came in, no one cared about her. There was a newspaper next to it, and she didn't dare to pick it up, just looked at it.

The heart is turned upside down. Forty-three years, this is March 23, the 32nd year of the Republic of China.

In fact, the last time I came to the county, I already knew that it should be before liberation. After all, there are still two dogs guarding the city gatehouse, but I can't be sure which year it is.

It will take a few more years. In the countryside, cats live a good life or rarely come to the county seat.

Knowing the time and age, I still left in a hurry. I'm really scared, life is meant to be reluctant, and there's nothing to live like this, right?

I was relieved when I got out of the city, as long as I had no money and food to live.

When I returned home, I was relieved to see that the door was still tied with my own knot.

When she was feeding the little donkey, she heard a knock on the door, and it turned out to be Chen Jiang.

"Third sister, what are you doing?"

"I went to the county seat, sold the pine nuts, and bought two locks and saws."

"Third sister, can pine nuts be sold for money?"

"Yes. What do you do at home? ”

"Turning over the cabbage, it's all done today."

"Then I'll take you to pick up the pine tower, save it to sell it for money, and you keep it for yourself."

"Third sister, where can I stay?"

"No, you can just let me go here. Don't worry, I definitely don't. ”

Chen Jiang smiled, "Okay." I'll come to you tomorrow before dawn. ”

Chen Jiang was leaving, but Chen Miao was left behind. "You go and turn the vegetable for me." She wanted to leave her brother at home for dinner. If you go to the county seat alone, you can take out some food and give it to this brother who is good to him.

I took out some shrimp skin and put it in the cake, so it was absolutely delicious.

By the time she called Chen Jiang to eat, the child had already turned over five vegetable furrows.

"Alright, you hurry in and eat."

"Third sister, what did you put it?"

"People say it's shrimp in the sea. Dry, tell me it's particularly delicious in the cake, it smells good anyway. Don't ask, eat quickly. ”

"Third sister, how did you do so much?"

"I'll take the rest to the mountains tomorrow to eat, by the way, do you know how to buy chickens?"

"There will be merchants who come to the village to sell baskets, but I heard from my mother that they don't like to live.

Ryoko's chicks are about to come out of the shell, so I'll ask you. ”

Chen Jiang ate two pieces of bread, drank two bowls of porridge, and went back satisfied, he would definitely not wake up hungry at night.

Thinking that the third sister wants to buy chickens, and she will go up the mountain tomorrow, she went to several houses at night to ask, and finally gave six chickens, a copper plate for a chicken, but I don't know if the third sister has it in her hand, and he is really a little worried.

I didn't eat when I got home. knew that he must have gone to Chen Miao's house for dinner, and of course everyone in the family who could have one less person to eat was willing to eat.

Chen Jiang secretly dug out the five copper plates he had saved and gave them to the third sister tomorrow, otherwise he couldn't afford to buy chickens. If you can't miss one, you owe it first.

"Fourth brother. What did you eat at the third sister's house? ”

"I turned over the vegetable furrow for the third sister, and I ate sorghum rice porridge."

"Fourth brother, I'll also go to work for the third sister tomorrow."

"Tomorrow, the third sister will go to the mountain to chop firewood, you still don't go, you can't carry it, and you will go again next year."

"Okay. I'll go with you next year. Your sister-in-law ate your meal tonight, saying that she wouldn't give you food if you worked for someone else. ”