In order to produce more food, the team makes the best use of everything, planting two crops of rice and one season of winter wheat every year, so the members can barely make ends meet.

The Su family's house is a two-story wooden old building, and the three sons of the old Su family live in this building.

Grandma has been dead for many years, and now it is my grandfather's own room, and I follow the third uncle.

There are six bedrooms left, two in a family. Each house is basically one downstairs and one upstairs.

Only the old family, because their two sons were adults and married, expanded three more tiled houses to the west.

There is a kitchen on the east and west sides, the uncle's family uses the small kitchen on the west side, and Su Yuehe's family and the third uncle's family share the big kitchen on the east side.

After all, the old man is still there, and the three families are quite kind.

Grandpa was the most educated and authoritative of the old people in the village, who worked as a teacher in his early years and then worked as a barefoot doctor at home.

Almost all of the Lingxia production team are surnamed Zhao, and only the Su family is a foreigner.

The old man's father, who is Su Yuehe's great-grandfather, is a legendary figure, it is said that he is a feng shui master who can learn metaphysics and witchcraft, and he came from other places, but he earned 4 facades in the town, and earned 100 acres of fertile land in Yannan Village, and even most of the mountains in Xiaoyanshan were owned by the Su family before.

After the death of his great-grandfather, his grandfather was in charge, and the three sons of the Su family, except for the second son, were not angry when they were young, and the eldest and third lost most of the family property in gambling.

On the eve of liberation, the Su family had no land, and the family did not even have a decent hoe and sickle, and the poor jingle sounded.

It is said that misfortune and fortune depend on it, compared with the entry into the army in 49, the defeat of the Su family can be regarded as a big luck.

When the class composition was finally assessed, because my grandfather had practiced medicine in the village for many years, saved many people, and accumulated a good reputation, the Su family finally rated a poor peasant.

Su Yuehe's father, Su Lao Er, because of his education, mixed an iron job in the county, and in recent years, he has been transferred to the bus station, and his salary has also been increased.

The sun had completely set, and Su Yuehe spread the medicinal herbs in the room on the second floor, put them under the bed, and then took them to the roof to dry tomorrow.

Every time you dry it, you have to avoid grandpa, Old Man Su believes in ghosts and gods, and he firmly believes that the god of the family is on the roof, so everyone is not allowed to dry things on it.

Su Yuehe had already saved nine ginseng sticks, and when she saved a little more, she planned to exchange them for money.

The voice of her mother Zhuang Shunlan came from outside the house, and Su Yuehe quickly put away her things and went downstairs.

On the square table at the door of the mother's room, there was a pot of bacon fried pine mushrooms, a plate of stir-fried bracken leaves, and a plate of fried bracken stalks with tempeh and chili.

Seeing the dishes on the table, Zhuang Shunlan couldn't help but sink her face: "Where did you get the bacon?" ”

The third sister, who was not afraid of the sky and the earth just now, didn't dare to put a fart in front of her mother, and the fourth sister and the younger sister didn't dare to make a noise like quails, after all, this piece of bacon was kept by the mother for hospitality.

Su Yuehe's face flickered happily: "Uncle brought it last time, right?" ”

"When did your uncle bring bacon?" Zhuang Shunlan turned around suspiciously and entered the room, took off the hanging basket hanging on the floor, and found that the bacon was still there, and she was also confused, how could there be an extra piece of bacon?

The dishes are all ready, and Zhuang Shunlan didn't scold the child, after all, there is no oil and water in the stomach, who doesn't want to eat some meat?

It is rare to eat meat at home, Zhuang Shunlan asked, "Did you call grandpa to dinner?" ”

"It's called, but he's not coming."

Zhuang Shunlan scooped a bowl of bacon pine mushrooms, "Go ahead, serve it to grandpa." ”

The third sister was unwilling, she muttered in a low voice: "I won't go." Grandpa didn't come, he just wanted us to bring it over, and when the time came, he couldn't finish it himself, so he gave it to Su Baisong and Su Baishu brothers. ”

Zhuang Shunlan has always paid attention to etiquette and will not leave people with a handle: "Go quickly." ”

The fourth sister was obedient, she got up and sent the dishes to her grandfather's room.

The white rice we eat today is only harvested in summer and autumn every year, and the rice must be mixed with artichoke or sweet potato at other times.

Especially their family, the family of six people used to rely on Zhuang Shunlan as a laborer, and they overspent and owed money to the production team every year.

In the past two years, Su Yuehe has begun to earn work, and her life is better.

Su Yuehe said: "I'm so hungry, let's eat." ”

"Gotta get it!"

When the third sister heard this, she immediately picked up the chopsticks and pinched a large piece of bacon, and when she picked up the bacon, she found that her mother had not moved the chopsticks, and the other sisters did not dare to move.

Zhuang Shunlan has no culture, and she doesn't know a few big characters, but she is the most disciplined and filial, and the children are honest and dare not resist easily under her stick education.

The third sister's brain turned fast, she hurriedly put the bacon she picked up in her mother's bowl, and said sweetly: "Mom eats meat!" ”

Zhuang Shunlan picked up her chopsticks and gave the bacon in the bowl to the younger sister next to her, "Eat." ”

Finally started happily.

The bacon is salty and fragrant, full of oil, and the pine mushrooms are sweet and tender, and you can eat a big bowl of rice with a few slices.

The family eats that is called a satisfaction.

"It's really good!"

Compared with the Xiuzhen world, Su Yuehe prefers the world in front of her, after all, she is surrounded by blood relatives.

My mother and sister are the people she cares about the most in this world.

As for Dad, he has to go to the back row, Dad has been eating well and dressing decently outside for many years, although he is not a big spend, but he is not frugal, and the money he takes home every year is very limited.

For this reason, her mother made a lot of trouble with her father.

When she was about to finish eating, the third aunt Hao Aidi, who was eating at the kitchen door, came over with a bowl, and there were only a few pieces of sauce radish in her bowl in addition to rice, and she was not polite, and took the last piece of bacon away.

was so angry that the third sister rolled her eyes at her third aunt.

"Su He, what do you think? Give the third aunt a truth. ”

Hao Aidi is still here for Bai Jianguo, she is so enthusiastic, one is that she wants to have a relationship with Bai Jianguo, after all, his family is from the city. Second, she was really afraid that Su Yuehe would recruit the object into the door.

Before, the old man promised the third family that the second family had no son, and when Su Lao and the second child retired, he would let the third son Su Baisong go to the top class.

If Su Yuehe doesn't get married, then sooner or later she will go to her father's class.

Isn't the third family a bamboo basket for water?

So Hao Aidi was in a hurry to marry Su Yuehe more than anyone else.

Hao Aidi's careful thoughts, how could Zhuang Shunlan not know?

Leaving a daughter to recruit a son-in-law is Zhuang Shunlan's long-standing wish, it is rare that Yuehe has this filial piety and is willing to stay at home, and the work of her family men will be left to her daughter in the future.

Zhuang Shunlan knew that Bai Jianguo would not be able to get into trouble, so she deliberately asked: "Is Bai Jianguo willing to be a son-in-law?" ”

Hao Aidi sneered and said, "How is it possible, the people in the city will have to return to the city sooner or later." ”‘

Zhuang Shunlan: "Our family Yuehe will also eat national food in the future, and sooner or later he will also be from the city." ”

Hao Aidi's heart suddenly cooled half, but she was still unwilling to give up: "Even if you don't work and get married, Su He can follow Bai Jianguo back to the city in the future." The Bai family agreed, and they would find a way to help Su He solve his work problems. ”

"It is better to ask for others than for yourself."

“……”

Hao Aidi also came to pick up the remaining little black bean sauce and bracken, and the third sister, who was about to put down the chopsticks, quickly picked up the vegetable bowl before the third aunt picked up the vegetables, and poured the remaining bracken into the fourth sister's rice bowl.

Hao Aidi's chopsticks caught the air, and she couldn't help laughing and scolding: "Su Yuehua, you have no conscience, the third aunt hurts you in vain." ”

"When did the third aunt hurt me?" The third sister got up and went out with a grin.

Hao Aidi had no choice at all.

Zhuang Shunlan handed the empty bowl to her eldest daughter, and Su Yuehe, who was sitting inside, hurriedly poured a bowl of cold white water for her mother.

After taking a sip of cold boiled water, Zhuang Shunlan directly came to a conclusion: "If you don't want to be a son-in-law, you won't consider it." ”

Hao Aidi knew that Zhuang Shunlan couldn't pass this level, and when Zhuang Shunlan went to the pigsty to feed the pigs, she went to ask Su Yuehe, who packed up the dishes and chopsticks and went into the kitchen: "Su He, what do you think yourself?" Are you really willing to hire a son-in-law? ”

"Third aunt, I really want to stay at home, forget it about Bai Jianguo. I hate him. Su Yuehe said very directly.

Hao Aidi didn't understand: "That's not what you said before." ”

"Before, it was because I didn't see his true face."

"What's wrong with him?"

"It's not me, I won't mention this in the future."

Hao Aidi persuaded bitterly: "Su He, it is a matter of course for a woman to marry outside, how many men with good arms and legs are willing to be sons-in-law?" Those who are willing to come to the door don't know what it is. You listen to the third aunt, even if you don't like Bai Jianguo, there is no need to block your way, right? Marrying outside and marrying high is the best choice for women. ”

The fourth sister washed the dishes, and Su Yuehe washed the pot and prepared to boil water for a bath, she was a little impatient: "Isn't the eldest daughter of Zhao Erfu's family the son-in-law of Zhao?" There is also Zhao Aidi, who has the same name as you, she is also a son-in-law, and her life is prosperous, I don't see anything bad. Third aunt, let's leave this matter at that. ”

Hao Aidi was so angry that she secretly crushed her back molars, but she couldn't say anything, and let Bai Song take the top shift, so that the old man could only exert his strength on Su Lao Er.

*

Su Yuehe took a bath and went upstairs in the dark, their village was not yet electrified, and kerosene lamps had to be lit at night.

Her family has two rooms, her mother lives on the first floor with her younger sister, and Su Yuehe and her third sister and fourth sister live on the second floor.

She didn't light the lamp, and after entering the room, she sat in front of the window, and there was a bright moon hanging high outside the window, and the day after tomorrow was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the moon was almost round.

Su Yuehe has been carefully reading the texts of her era in her mind these days, it is now 1978, and she knows that in another two or three years, the village will usher in a new land policy, and at that time, every family will share the land according to the capitation, and everyone will live a good life with enough food and clothing.

And Dayan Mountain and Xiaoyan Mountain will become a famous scenic tourist area in the future, and some houses in the village will be transformed into homestays, and in the peak season, a room is hard to find, and the housing prices here are more expensive than the county seat after a few decades.

She chooses to go with the flow of marriage, not in a hurry, and chooses slowly, but she still wants to work hard and strive for a good life in the future.

In the future, the homestead in the village will be very tight, and the construction of houses is restricted, so she has to find a way, while no one is taking care of it now, dig up a sufficient area of homestead on the side of the mountain as soon as possible, and prepare for opening a comfortable and spacious homestay in the future.

Her desire is not big, it is enough to be a free and comfortable homestay owner who does not worry about food and clothing.

The grandson of the uncle's family next door is crying, the children of the third aunt's family are fighting, there are too many people living there, and she is used to being so noisy and shouting every day.

She basks in the moon quietly, Su Yuehe is too lazy to grind the "skin lotion", basking in the moon can also make the skin smooth.

The light was lit outside the door, and it was her mother who came upstairs with a kerosene lamp.

After Zhuang Shunlan came in, he turned the kerosene lamp to the smallest and put it on the table: "Just now, your Uncle Dafu came to tell me that among these families who have overspended, our pigs are the largest, and we will kill our pigs in the Mid-Autumn Festival this year to pay off the debts of the production team." You go to Zhao Erfu's house tomorrow and watch them weigh up. ”

The Lingxia production team kills pigs twice a year, once for the Mid-Autumn Festival and once for the New Year.

Su Yuehe's family has a lot of people who share food, but for a long time, only Zhuang Shunlan earns work alone, in the past, their family owed the production team hundreds of yuan every year, Su Yuehe began to earn work in the past two years, the second sister married out again, and her father also raised his salary, and finally slowly wiped out the previous arrears.

"Hell, these two pigs in our family were still thin last month, why did they suddenly grow so much this month."

Of course, it was because Su Yuehe used the expansion spell to make them bigger, and she didn't dare to go too far, she divided them several times, and made the pigs grow dozens of catties in total.

Su Yuehe diverted the topic and asked: "After handing over this pig, we won't owe money to the production team in the future, right?" ”

"It should be about the same."

"Mom, let's save up money to build a house, shall we?"

Zhuang Shunlan laughed when she heard this, but her eldest sister still understands herself.

Owning her own house is Zhuang Shunlan's biggest wish in her life, in addition to having a son.

It is impossible to have a son, and building a house has become her biggest goal at present.

So in recent years, she has pressed the money of the production team to pay back slowly, and she has to secretly save money.

Zhuang Shunlan lowered her voice and whispered: "I have a good idea of the place, it's just below Xiaopai Ling, don't wait for money, we will dig the place ourselves when we have time." ”

Xiaopailing is at the end of the village, close to Dayan Mountain, the scenery is good, the best location to be a homestay in the future, and Xiaopailing is the mountain of their Su family, digging a homestead there to build a house, as long as grandpa agrees.

"Will Grandpa agree?"

"If you don't agree, you have to agree." Zhuang Shunlan is the kind of person who once he makes up his mind, ten cows can't pull it back.

Su Yuehe immediately said: "After the Mid-Autumn Festival, I will take my third sister and fourth sister to dig the homestead." ”

"Don't worry, after the Mid-Autumn Festival, you go on a blind date first, and I've arranged it."