After a meal, Chen Fan and Jiang Lili went back to Zhiqing together.

As I walked on the road, I could hear the faint sound of people talking on both sides.

Chen Fan looked over there, but unfortunately his vision was blocked by the woods, and he couldn't see the situation below, so he asked, "Do you still have farm work today?" ”

Jiang Lili also took a look, thought for a while and said, "It should be digging soft-shelled turtles." ”

Chen Fan "......"

Then he couldn't help but laugh, "Act fast enough." ”

I don't know if there are still soft-shelled turtles in the fish pond after today.

The corners of Jiang Lili's mouth curled up slightly, and she didn't speak. In fact, if Captain Yang hadn't called her over today, she would have also dug for soft-shelled turtles, but not in those big ponds, but in the small ditch at the back of the village, so that she could avoid other people.

The two entered the courtyard and closed the courtyard door, Chen Fan yawned, and said as he walked, "Are you also reading in the room today?" ”

If I hadn't asked her for something yesterday, I'm afraid she would have been able to sit in the room all day without moving.

Jiang Lili, "Oh, I'll go loosen the soil in the vegetable garden later, and I have some other things to do." ”

Chen Fan was stunned, "Do you have something to do in Dongxian?" ”

The two stood still under the eaves, Jiang Lili smiled lightly, and quickly lowered her head, "It's said that it's winter leisure, that is, there is less work, but in fact, there are still a lot of things." As in previous years, after the rice is harvested, the embankment will be lifted in the winter months, and it will be busy until the end of the wax moon.

There is no task down this year, and I don't know whether it is postponed or canceled, if it is postponed, it is estimated that it will be soon, otherwise it will be snowing and the weather will be freezing, and it will be more tiring to pick up the embankment at that time.

Even if it is canceled, the team will arrange for everyone to repair the small water conservancy in the team, strengthen the ditches within the scope of the entire production team, and pick fertilizer for the rice fields after the beginning of spring to prepare for rice planting, so that the crops will grow better in the coming year.

In addition, it is necessary to hoe and fertilize the rapeseed, in addition to the work in the field, every household has a lot of their own work, and the vegetables in the field have to be served, and the New Year is about to be prepared. Male workers have to do heavy work, carrying water and chopping firewood, killing pigs, digging lotus roots, and dredging ponds, while women are also busy preparing snacks, boiling sugar, beating tofu, making vermicelli, slaughtering chickens, ducks and geese, and pickling preserved goods.

This year's bumper harvest in the team, except for a few families, most of them can share a lot of money, and some may have to ask a tailor to measure the size of the house, make a new dress for the family, or ask a bricklayer to repair the house and stove, and ask a carpenter to repair the furniture. ……”

The more Jiang Lili spoke, the quieter her voice became, and she looked ahead in a daze, her eyes were out of focus.

Chen Fan looked at her carefully, guessing in his heart that she should be homesick.

Before the accident in her family, she may have been busy preparing for the New Year like thousands of families.

Secretly sighed, he didn't know what the situation was in Jiang Lili's house now, so naturally he didn't know what to say, so he coughed dryly and said loudly,

"It turns out that there are so many things to do in the countryside in winter, and I thought it was freezing cold, and everyone hid in the house to roast the fire."

Jiang Lili came back to her senses suddenly, and was stunned for two seconds before laughing softly, "If it snows heavily, it is indeed at home." However, in addition to labor, the team will also organize meetings often in winter, especially when it snows heavily, and every household does not have to be busy, which is the most suitable time for meetings. ”

"Really?"

Chen Fan was a little curious, "What kind of meetings are you going to have?" ”

Jiang Lili crossed her fingers and said while thinking, "There are labor summary meetings, advanced commendation meetings, backward criticism meetings, struggle meetings, study meetings, evaluation meetings, bittersweet meetings, and some meetings to arrange labor and convey documents, and that's probably it." ”

Chen Fan opened his mouth wide and sighed secretly, sure enough, the excellent tradition of holding meetings has been around for a long time, and even the production team cannot avoid it.

After chatting for a while, the two went back to their rooms.

After drinking wine just now, Chen Fan wanted to pour some hot water to drink, but it turned out that there was only cold water, and it was still a pot of cold tea from yesterday.

If you have a bowl of cold water herbal tea in winter, you don't have to think about the consequences, and it's good not to move to the toilet.

After recovering from a serious illness, Chen Fan didn't dare to gamble, so he ran to the kitchen and prepared to boil a pot of hot water.

When I passed by the door of Jiang Lili's room, I saw her walking out with a hot water bottle.

Jiang Lili saw Chen Fan and hurriedly handed over the hot water bottle in her hand, "You drank wine just now, you should be thirsty, it's not good to drink cold water in winter, you can take this bottle of hot water." ”

Chen Fan didn't answer, and looked at her, "What about you?" ”

Jiang Lili smiled and shook her head, "I drank a lot of water at the captain's house just now, so I don't need it for the time being." ”

Turns out there's only one thermos?

Chen Fan blinked and nodded hesitantly, "I'll just pour a bowl." ”

I forgot to ask Captain Yang to borrow a hot water bottle.

However, it is also unknown whether Captain Yang's house has extra hot water bottles.

In 87, when shooting red sorghum in Mo Yan's hometown, Jiang Wen accidentally kicked the hot water bottle of Mo Yan's house, which was the only one in his family.

Anecdotes are anecdotes, but the hot water bottle at this time is really valuable, and Chen Fan only turned it around in his head, so he left it behind, not daring to mention this stubble.

Holding the hot water bottle back to the room and pouring a bowl of water, and then carrying it back, I saw Jiang Lili carefully brushing the paste on the table.

Chen Fan put the hot water bottle aside, leaned over and looked at it, "What is this?" ”

Jiang Lili glanced at him, continued to brush the paste, and said with a smile, "This is a slap." ”

Chen Fan looked at her puzzledly, and then at the things on the table.

Brush the paste on a wooden board, then pick up a piece of cloth from the side and spread it to flatten, then brush and spread it again.

He was still a little confused, "Hit the arm? ”

What arm?

Jiang Lili burst out laughing, and quickly held back, lowered her head and said, "It's used to make the soles of cloth shoes." ”

Chen Fan suddenly suddenly, "Oh, I know, mille-feuille shoes, right?" ”

Jiang Lili nodded, "Yes, that's it." ”

Chen Fan seemed to have discovered something terrible, and watched her busy intently.

This thing is purely handmade, and it will cost hundreds or even thousands of dollars a pair in the future, absolutely high-end goods!

Oh, and by the way, the pair on my own feet too.

He tilted his head and looked at it for a while, then asked softly, "It's so hard to make a sole, if you go out to buy it, how much will it cost to get a pair?" ”

Jiang Lili didn't know if she was shy or what, she lowered her head and didn't look at him, but whispered, "This is not worth much, if it is a delicate cloth shoe made by a shoemaker, it can be worth two or three yuan, this kind of home-made cloth shoes are not good-looking, even if someone buys it, at most they are only willing to pay one dollar, if it is more, people will not want to, and the women of every household here will do this, and no one spends money to buy it." ”