Gu Yuehuai didn't continue to stimulate Liu Er'er, and walked to the side with a drawing board.

The afternoon was fleeting, and soon the bell rang for the end of work.

The educated youths wailed and left the nursery, it was not easy for them to take care of the cattle, sheep and pigs, which were animals that pulled dung at any time, Lan Tian and Pan Ruoyin, the two female intellectuals, retched again and again, and rolled their eyes because of the smell on their bodies.

Gu Yuehuai took the sketchpad, sent it back to the educated youth point, and went home with the lunch box.

When she returned home, Gu Zhifeng and Gu Tinghuai had already returned, both of them were doing hard work, their heads were soaked behind their patched jackets, and when she came back, she saw the two of them wiping their sweaty necks with hot water.

As soon as Gu Zhifeng saw her daughter, a smile appeared on her face: "Nan Nan is back." ”

Gu Yuehuai smiled and said, "Dad, let's fry chicken shabu hot pot at night, right?" ”

She wanted to call Yan Shaoyu to come to the house for dinner today, and the chicken hot pot was naturally the most suitable, but I don't know if he still had the mind to eat when he saw Shaotang.

"Chicken shabu-shabu?" Gu Tinghuai's face was fresh, he had never eaten before.

The village is not happy to eat hot pot, every household is scarce in food and vegetables, it is good enough to fill the stomach, who will bother to eat well or not? And he used chicken shabu shabu, which he had never seen in a state-run restaurant.

Gu Xihuai looked at Gu Yuehuai's room with some doubts: "Do we still have chickens at home?" ”

Gu Yuehuai said calmly: "Of course there is, I know best how much food there is at home and what it has." ”

After saying that, she went into the room, and when she came out again, she had a fat old hen in her hand, but she was already out of breath.

Gu Tinghuai came up and took the old hen in Gu Yuehuai's hand, checked it, and said with emotion: "It's cold, the meat can't be broken at home, and it looks strangely fresh." ”

Gu Yuehuai interrupted: "Big brother, you boil water and clean up the chickens." ”

Gu Tinghuai nodded, boiled water, in this interval, Gu Yuehuai looked at Gu Zhifeng who was sitting on the walnut plate on the kang head, thought about it, and decided to repeat what He Lanzhang said, so that the family had points in their hearts.

She said, "Dad, a friend from my commune came over today and told me something. ”

Gu Zhifeng was stunned for a moment, and said softly: "What's the matter?" ”

Gu Yuehuai organized his words and said softly: "He said that several brigades under the jurisdiction of Huangying Commune have begun to run out of food after paying the public grain, and some insiders have begun to buy grain in advance, and it is estimated that it will be bad this winter." ”

Hearing this, the atmosphere in the room suddenly froze.

Gu Tinghuai turned his head and looked at Gu Yuehuai with a shocked expression, and after a while, he said in a complicated voice: "Lack of food? Our brigade is also short of food? Is this true? ”

Gu Zhifeng also came back to his senses, he had experienced a period of hardship, and he knew best that he was not full of food and clothing, and he went up the mountain to gnaw on the bark every day, and his scalp was almost numb in retrospect: "Yes, I don't dare to say nonsense." ”

Gu Xihuai was calm, he and Gu Yuehuai had already discussed this topic, and now they were much more relaxed when they talked about it.

He said: "Dad, eldest brother, think about it, what happened to them during this time, since they paid the public grain, they didn't see people every day, and they didn't care about talking when they met occasionally, didn't you see the sadness?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Gu Zhifeng and Gu Tinghuai glanced at each other, and both of them were speechless.

They had indeed guessed and felt strange, but they did not expect the shortage of food to be so serious.

Gu Zhifeng frowned tightly: "How many brigades nearby are short of food?" ”

Gu Yuehuai bowed: "Well, everyone knows about the reduction in grain production this year, but I don't know the specific situation, after handing over the public grain, the commune made statistics, and the overall output has decreased by sixty percent compared with last year, and the labor and grain do not correspond." ”

"Sixty percent??" Gu Zhifeng's voice changed, and his eyes were terrified.

"So much of a reduction in production?? There is no way to match the work and food, and the members of the brigade are estimated to be in a mess at that time. Gu Tinghuai's expression was also a little ugly, born in the countryside, what he was most afraid of was not enough food and not enough to eat.

A famine year will always bring a lot of chain reactions, and it is also the most likely to cause accidents.

Suddenly, Gu Zhifeng thought of the food piled up in her daughter's room, and her brows moved: "Nannan, you already knew about this?" ”

Gu Yuehuai's eyes flashed slightly, and her red lips pursed lightly: "It's not early to know, it's just a guess, after all, I've been in the breeding place for so long, and I've made some preparations early, and the food at home is enough for us to eat for a few months." ”

Gu Zhifeng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, but he was a little embarrassed when he thought of the families of other members in the team.

At this moment, the bell for the work was suddenly ringing.

"Hey, I've got my work scored, let's go." Gu Zhifeng got down from the kang, put on his shoes, and beckoned Gu Tinghuai to go to the breeding place together.

Gu Yuehuai thought for a while, and said to Gu Xihuai: "Third brother, you look at the water, I'll go to the Zhiqing Point." ”

She was about to call Yan Shaoyu over, but he cooked the meal by himself.

"There you go." Gu Xihuai nodded, put Yan Shaotang in the head, and added firewood to the stove himself.

When Gu Yuehuai went out, the members of the club were rushing to the breeding place, with smiles on their faces, and they were talking about interesting things together, completely unaware of what was about to happen tonight.

When Gu Yuehuai came to the Zhiqing Point, the meal was not ready.

Yan Shaoyu was washing rice, and it seemed that he was preparing to boil brown rice porridge.

Gu Yuehuai stood at the door and shouted: "Yan Zhiqing!" ”

Huang Sheng sat at the table, glanced at Gu Yuehuai, a sneer appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything sarcastic, now he thought that he would let this country woman play with Yan Shaoyu's feelings, so naturally he would not interfere in these things.

However, Song Jin'an moved his lips, as if he wanted to ask something, but he felt that the current situation was not suitable.

Yan Shaoyu walked out with the bowl, his eyelids lifted slightly, and he opened his lips: "What's the matter?" ”

Gu Yuehuai's eyebrows stretched out, and said: "That's the case, since you don't want me to send you another meal, I don't know how much money I have to return to you, just go to my house to eat tonight, after eating this meal, I won't send it to you in the future." ”

Yan Shaoyu glanced at her and said calmly: "No need, you don't need to return the money to me." ”

After speaking, he took the bowl of washing rice and was about to go back, and suddenly heard Gu Yuehuai's chuckle behind him: "Okay, then since you still want me to send you food, then I won't embarrass you, I'll send it to you later!" ”

Listening to the footsteps behind him, Yan Shaoyu flashed a touch of irritability and helplessness between his eyebrows.

He turned his head to look at Gu Yuehuai's back, frowned, and said, "Wait! ”

Hearing this, Gu Yuehuai turned around, her eyebrows and eyes curved, and smiled at Yan Shaoyu, this smile was bright and beautiful, with a hint of cunning and agility that succeeded in the scheme, which made Yan Shaoyu stunned for a moment.

He sighed, put the bowl back, put on his jacket, and followed Gu Yuehuai towards her house.

As the two of them passed by the breeding place, they heard the commotion and agitation coming from inside.