Chapter Ninety-Eight: Return to the City to Buy Food

On the first day of moving into the new home, the food could not be too perfunctory, Qin Xi directly cooked a pot of white rice, although there were no good dishes, it was a simple Chinese cabbage stewed potato, but it was all eaten cleanly, and there was no vegetable soup left.

She plans to go to the captain's house tomorrow to ask where there is a jar to buy, not to mention anything else, in the countryside, pickles and sauerkraut or something, she still has to make some, and when there are no vegetables, she can also top one.

And things like chopped chili peppers, molded tofu, molded beans, sauerkraut, etc., are really delicious, after all, what you usually eat is not tasteless, so you need heavy salt and spicy things to stimulate your taste buds and make it easier to eat.

On the third day of Qin Xi's move, the village officially sounded the horn of spring ploughing, and early in the morning, they first beat the gong and gathered for a mobilization meeting, and as soon as the meeting ended, they divided their tools to work.

The cows in the village are also ushering in a highlight moment, and the next period of time will be their most tired time of the year.

The paddy fields, which dried up and cracked last year, are now filled with spring water, and can become a hotbed for rice cultivation with the help of oxen and ploughing them.

The two brothers of Qinjiang and Qinhe are both tall and tall, and they were directly assigned seven jobs and were sent to dig the ground, they are equivalent to the second echelon in the village, and the work is not the heaviest, but it is not easy.

Compared with them, Qin Xi's work is very easy, two jobs, playing pigweed, and loading two baskets a day, even if the task is completed.

Of course, now there are only some wild vegetables such as shepherd's cabbage dandelion in the field, and it is very difficult to dig enough for two back baskets, and it may be busy for a day, and they are not enough to dig a back basket, besides, these two kinds of wild vegetables are eaten by people, how can they be eaten by the cattle in the village!

So, now if she wants to complete the task, she only needs to go to the bamboo forest in the mountain behind the village and use a sickle to cut enough solid bamboo leaves pressed by two baskets, and now the rations for the cattle in the village are this.

During this time, the cattle have to be pulled into the field to plough the fields, so the time left for them to eat is greatly reduced, so more bamboo leaves are needed, and some will be piled up in the cowshed for the cattle to eat at night.

If it weren't for this, Qin Xi would not have been able to mix with this easy task of beating pigweed, it was very simple, there were only so many livestock in the village, now it was cold, there was nothing to eat in the field, and the piglets had not been caught yet, just those few cows, the children in the village could naturally solve their food problems.

Now spring ploughing, the cattle's food is very good, and they can eat additional meals every day, that is, soybeans, which are better than what some people eat at home.

Every morning and evening, the person in charge of raising cattle will also chop the sweet potato vines that were dried last year, scald them in hot water, soak them until soft, and distribute them to the cows to eat.

The water that the cows drink is also lightly salted with salt, and during this time, the cows have to be carefully served, especially the one with the calf.

The task of spring ploughing is very heavy, as soon as they come back from Qinjiang and Qinhe, they don't want to move, obviously, they are tired and paralyzed, this high-intensity physical work is still too reluctant for them, and it takes a while to get used to.

Originally, I planned to eat a month's worth of grain, but after only half a month, it was almost made, and there were only about ten catties left, which was not enough for even five days' of food.

Now spring ploughing, time is tight and the task is heavy, except for Qinxi, no one has time to go to Yongxin County to buy.

So, she took this task, got up early in the morning, made breakfast, and went to Yinpen Town with sacks and money.

During this time, the people of each brigade were busy with spring ploughing, doing heavy physical work, of course, they had to eat some delicious supplements, and Qin Xi saw that there were many people surrounded in front of the small stall selling meat.

It's a pity that she doesn't have a meat ticket, otherwise she would have gone to Yinpen Town to buy meat and cook it back, but this time she could go to the black market to see if there is any meat to sell.

As soon as the car arrived, Qin Xi and three other people squeezed up, spent three cents, bought tickets, and soon, the car staggered towards the outside of the town.

This car picked up people all the way before, and when they arrived in Yinpen Town, there was naturally no seat, so Qin Xi stood up and experienced the feeling of bumping up and down, swaying left and right in the morning, and when he arrived in Yongxin County, he got off the car and directly found a ditch and spit out all the breakfast he ate in the morning.

Not to mention, this vomit, my stomach was empty, and I felt much better, at least the feeling of chest tightness and discomfort, and my stomach churning from side to side was gone.

When she went to the black market, where the meat was sold, there were only two taels of meat left, Qin Xi didn't dislike it, she spent three cents to take it and took it to Grandma Yu's house, not to mention anything else, the grace of taking in and instructing is worthy of her respect and filial piety.

The old man's body looked good, his face was ruddy, his hands and feet were sharp, the two talked a lot, and finally Qin Xi helped her pick up a load of water and left.

Although the old man tried his best to keep her and wanted her to have lunch at home, she still had to go to the black market to buy food, and the car back to Qingyu County left at two o'clock, she had to go early to occupy a place, and she didn't want to experience the morning experience again.

As soon as Qin Xi walked to the street, she saw Li Chunhua walking towards her on the other side, and her first reaction was that she felt that she was unlucky, and she actually met someone she didn't want to see.

I knew that she would meet Li Chunhua on the road, so she might as well directly agree to Grandma's invitation to dinner, and leave after lunch at her house!

Even if she muttered in her heart many times that she couldn't see me, she couldn't see me, Li Chunhua, who was in good health and her eyes were still sharp, found her after a glance.

Li Chunhua's first reaction was surprise, and she ran over in three or two clicks, calling her name as she ran: "Qin Xi. Qinxi"

She also thought that she hadn't been able to see them in the past few years, but who knows, it's only been more than a month, and Qin Xi has actually come back.

At the beginning, Liu Qin said that the place where the three of them went to the countryside was very close to home, but she thought that Liu Qin was lying to her at that time, after all, she was going to the countryside, how close could she go, and now it seems that Liu Qin really didn't lie to her!

"It's really you! I didn't even dare to admit it at first, didn't you go to the countryside? How did you get back? ”

Suddenly, Li Chunhua thought of a possibility: "You can't stand the suffering of the countryside and sneak back by yourself, right?" ”

Thinking of this possibility, she was in a hurry in her heart, this person who sneaked back would affect them, if Qin Xi really sneaked back, don't blame her for killing her relatives in righteousness.

"It's not." Qin Xi really felt funny when he saw her changing face, could there be so many masks on this person's face?

Hearing Qin Xi's answer, Li Chunhua showed a relieved smile on her face, as long as she didn't break the law and implicate them, then Qin Xi would still be her Li Chunhua's good granddaughter.

(End of chapter)