Before going to bed, Yang Xiaole found an opportunity to quietly enter the space.

Compared with the temperature outside, the space feels warm and very comfortable at this time.

Then he began to look at the space.

In three months, the grain was harvested ten times, and the usual planting was according to two red potatoes, one division of wheat and two divisions of corn on the slope.

A total of about 10,000 catties of sweet potatoes, more than 400 catties of wheat and thousands of catties of corn were harvested.

Eggs, these days, about 100 eggs a day, after selling them to Lin Kun a few times, there are still about 800 catties left.

The biggest headache for him is this pig.

In the thatched hut, there were about 30 large fat pigs after decomposition, each of which was about four or five hundred catties.

The open space near the hut was made into a rack by him with wooden stakes, and hung on it to make bacon.

There are a lot of them.

For three months, fifteen piglets came down from each litter.

There were also seventeen big fat pigs in the pigsty.

Two breeding pigs, fifteen "little piglets" of more than 300 catties.

The thatched hut was not very big in the first place, only a few dozen square meters, but now it is full of stuff, and it has reached the roof.

This is still the result of being controlled by him.

As for the money, there is not much, only a thousand dollars.

He went to the city to buy jade for the rest.

Each time it spreads within a range of one meter, the amount of jade consumed is three times that of the previous one, and now it has spread to about five meters.

As for the strength, it has reached about 160 catties of strength.

This strength is already the strength of rural adults.

He didn't dare to show it all the time.

Well, with this strength, you won't have to hide and engage in sneak attacks when you go out to beat people up in the future.

Collect the eggs of chickens, ducks and geese.

As for the big fat pig, it can only continue to be raised.

The pair of breeding pigs weighing more than 1,000 catties were isolated by him, and he was afraid that there would be no place to put them if they continued to give birth.

And the space was also messed up by him.

There is almost nowhere to put your feet.

After the things were packed up, he quietly came out of the space.

Looking at Yang Guangzhi, who was still quietly making sweet potatoes there, he sighed, Dad, don't get it, we already have no worries about food and clothing.

But I will say this in my heart.

Seeing him come back, Yang Guangzhi urged there: "It's not early, hurry up and go to bed." Tomorrow we have to go into the mountains to get some firewood. ”

There is no firewood left nearby.

All cut down.

Although there is not much firewood at home, it has never been broken, because when refining that thing, I brought back the firewood from the kang at home by the way.

Of course, it won't work in the future, whoever uses it will cut it.

Yang Xiaole nodded and asked, "Do you just use the burden to pick it up?" Wouldn't that be too dangerous? Don't burn firewood, go to the county seat tomorrow to pull some coal and burn it. ”

In fact, the rural areas around the suburbs of Beijing also have coal rations.

Less than in the city.

But a few tons of coal in a winter is not very useful, basically I don't see anyone burning coal in the countryside, and it has become a habit to collect firewood and burn kang.

Gradually, people have forgotten that there is a coal ration.

Yang Guangzhi shook his head directly: "What kind of coal to burn!" Wouldn't it be nice to get some firewood? Alright, let's go to bed. ”

Burning coal in the countryside?

Is this a panic of money burning?

Seeing his expression, Yang Xiaole shrugged and returned to his father's room.

Only the big room here has a kang, and there is no kang in the room where he used to live, and the family is gathered around a kang in winter.

I've gotten used to it over the years.

By the time she got into the bed, Kiko was already asleep.

In winter, it still feels comfortable on this hot bed!

For three months at school, the ground was covered with corn stalks and straw, covered with quilts, and four people slept together.

Barely came over.

Lying on the bed, I fell asleep in a daze.

……

Wake up early the next morning.

The quilt was still hot, and it should have been some firewood added by Daddy in the middle of the night.

Yang Guangzhi didn't know when he had gotten up.

Seeing the two of them get up, Yang Guangzhi said to the two: "Let's go, go get some firewood first, if it snows heavily later, it will be troublesome." ”

The two nodded, put on their clothes and went out.

In his hand, he held a piece of sweet potato that had been boiled in the morning, and stuffed it hot into the stomach of his padded jacket.

Close the door, bring a kitchen knife and rope, and a few people go out.

After coming out, many people were dressed the same.

Old padded jackets, old dogskin hats and gloves, with hot mouths, walked together in the direction of the mountains.

"Hey, Hiroshi, I'm looking for you!"

Not long after coming out, I saw Yang Qingwu with his daughter-in-law and the children came out.

Yang Guangzhi stopped: "What's wrong?" Are you going out to fetch firewood? ”

"Well, let's do it together."

After saying that, he took the lead and walked in the direction of the mountain.

The road that was walked out of the road was very slippery, and although it didn't snow, the temperature was very low, and it was directly frozen.

In previous years, it would have been just after the end of farming, and before it snowed, I would go out to collect firewood and prepare for the winter.

It's the first time I've been in the snow this winter!

Sun Yulan followed beside the two men.

Yang Wendong and Yang Xiaole are together, and they usually sleep on the same quilt when they are at school.

The relationship is naturally very good.

Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and asked him, "Dongzi, have you lost all the rotten sweet potatoes you dig up?" ”

"yes, how do you eat rotten? My uncle said that after a while, the grain of the commune will come down, and it is good to hold on for a while. ”

Yang Wendong was still there and said innocently.

Yang Xiaole thought about it, and still said: "The rotten ones are actually still edible, cut the bad ones, and cook the rest, why can't you also make sweet potatoes?" ”

The time for storing sweet potatoes in winter has passed, and they can only be made into dried sweet potatoes.

Isn't it also possible to eat it?

He has never been short of food, and it is a pity for him to feel the rotten sweet potatoes that have been discarded for the first time.

Yang Wendong sighed: "It's the same." ”

In fact, he didn't care that much in his words.

The main thing is that there is a lot of hope for the return of grain.

High requisition, high resale, you can eat several times more food than before without spending money, who is not happy!

Yang Xiaole thought for a moment when he saw this, and finally didn't say anything more.

It is estimated that everyone has this mentality now, because they still trust the brigade commune very much.

What they say, can there be any falsehood?

At this time, other production teams were also looking for grain there, and the corn here was confiscated, and people were looking for germinated corn inside.

The road was full of white patches.

More than an hour later, the crowd came to the side of the mountain.

The outer hills were already bare, with only a pile of weeds and small shrubs left.

Watching a large number of people enter the mountain, Yang Guangzhi's hearts sank, how can they collect firewood if they go on like this!

But there is no way, you still have to fight, otherwise the winter will be sad.

"Xiaole, let's take a look around and see if you can find firewood? We cut down trees! ”

Yang Guangzhi explained, and went to work with Yang Qingwen.

Cutting down trees is naturally not cutting down big trees, but cutting small trees with the thickness of the bowl mouth.

You have to move fast.

Otherwise, if you can't grab it, you can only go into the mountains to do it, where there is a danger of wolves, and it is difficult to get firewood out again.

Fortunately, Yang Qingwu actually carried an axe.

If you have an axe, you can cut down trees, otherwise you have to find branches to cut them and hurt the kitchen knife.

Two men take turns cutting down trees.

Yang Xiaole and the three of them looked at the people everywhere, and felt that the hope of being able to pick up firewood was completely slim.

Not to mention firewood.

It is estimated that the branches of the shorter trees will not be visible.

Yang Xiaole explained to Xizi: "You stay here, I'll go over there and see if I can get anything, don't come here." ”

After saying that, he walked into the distance.

"Hey, Xiaole, don't run far."

Yang Guangzhi looked at him and shouted at him.

There are so many people here, and he is not worried that something big will happen, so he just briefly explained.

"Got it!"

Yang Xiaole said hello and walked towards the woods in the distance.

There were footprints all over the hillside, and I was here to see if I could get some rabbits to look like, but now it seems that there is no hope.

They are like locusts, and no grass grows in the places they pass.

Not a single good thing remained.

"Bang bang...... Click......"

Everywhere there was the sound of chopping and breaking branches, and the sound of people talking.

After thinking about it for a while, he finally walked back with the fat rabbit all the time.

As for how to catch it, he doesn't care!

It's all here, and there's always something to gain!

After coming back, several people looked at the rabbit in his hand and were surprised.

Yang Guangzhi was cutting down a tree when he saw the rabbit stop moving: "The rabbit you brought?" Did you catch it here? ”

"Ang, yes, I found one in the grass in a snowdrift."

"You're in luck. Put it away, don't run away, it's enough for a meal! ”

Yang Qingwu said with a smile.

didn't suspect anything, it's normal to have rabbits in the mountains, but he was just curious when he caught it.

Kiko's eyes lit up as she looked at the rabbit jumping around in his hand.

Looked around for the bark and tied the rabbit up.

Next, Yang Xiaole didn't run around anymore, because he felt that the old cotton shoes under his feet might be a little wet.

It's too conspicuous to change shoes now.

"Hey, Xiaole, how can this rabbit be burned when it goes back?"

Yang Wendong looked at the rabbit, and his saliva was dripping.

After the autumn harvest, he hadn't seen meat for nearly a month, and he was also hungry at this time.

"This is my brother's arrest."

Without waiting for him to speak, Kiko was reluctant next to her.

The rabbit is so big, it's not enough to eat it yourself!

Yang Wendong pouted now, "I know it was your brother who caught him, so I won't just ask!" ”

After saying that, he left unhappily.

When it was almost noon, a few people closed the stall.

The fire is made with corn stalks and corn cobs, which are cut to burn firewood for the winter ondol.

It's not something that can be done in a day or two.

Yang Guangzhi and Yang Qingwen each carried about 200 catties of firewood, while Sun Yulan also carried more than 100 catties, and women in the countryside were not much worse than men.

And Yang Xiaole also memorized some of the three of them.

Walking towards home in the dim sun, it is not that it is going to rain, but in winter, sandstorms will block the sunlight from time to time.

The air is muddy.

(End of chapter)