Return to the small mountain village in 1981

Chapter 42 42 How do you live your life, whether you can see or not eat?

Li Qiuyue saw mugwort leaves, wild chrysanthemums and mint leaves in the mat, and asked strangely: "Just hang the mugwort to dry. Why did you pull down all the leaves? There are a lot of mint in the backyard, what are you doing drying the mint leaves?" ?”

Yang Chunyan smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I plan to dry it in the sun and make some mosquito coils."

"Mosquito incense!" Zhou's mother and three sisters-in-law looked at her in surprise, "Can you make incense?"

"I've read about it in books, but I've never done it myself. I want to give it a try."

These days, I use a mosquito net to sleep at night. If there are too many mosquitoes at night, I light a bunch of mugwort to fumigate myself.

Mosquito-repellent incense costs money, so how can I bear to use it?

Zhou's mother looked at her happily and said, "Mugwort and mint cost nothing. If you know how to make mosquito coils, just make some and try it out. This will save Jiaming and the others from having to use their feet for a meal."

There are many mosquitoes in hot weather, so adults should wear long trousers, but the children all wear small jackets and shorts. Mosquitoes will be watching and biting under the table while eating.

Zhao Huifang and the other three were also happy, "Okay, call us when you are doing it and we will help you."

"When the mugwort and mint are dried, I will call you."

Zhou Jiaming and others were at the small dining table. One of them ate a piece of sausage, but he felt even more greedy. He drooled and shouted: "Mom, it's time to eat, we are hungry."

Mother Zhou: "Go to the backyard and call your ancestors and grandpa back, and we'll start dinner."

Zhou Jiaming looked at his younger brother Jiawen and said, "Go and shout."

Zhou Jiawen, "You are not allowed to eat secretly!"

Zhou Huaian waved to him, "Go quickly, my dad will help you see it, and don't allow them to eat it secretly."

"Oh!" Zhou Jiawen rushed out like a cannonball.

Zhou Huaian said to the little guys who were drooling at the sight of the fat intestines: "Let's carry the bowl and chopsticks with Yao Dad."

Zhou Jiaming squinted at him and curled his lips, "The big lazy is worse than the little lazy. If Auntie asks you to set the table, just call us!"

"Do you still want to eat braised pork?" Zhou Huaian threatened him, turned around and walked towards the kitchen.

Thinking of the delicious braised pork that makes people unable to stop eating, Zhou Jiaming and Xiao Zhou Qian had no choice but to follow him to the kitchen to serve food and rice.

When their food was ready, Mr. Zhou and Father Zhou also came back.

Everyone sat around the table, and a few children looked at the braised pork sausage in the pottery pot with bright eyes, waiting for the old man to take down his chopsticks before they could officially start.

What I ate just now doesn’t count.

"Eat, greedy cat, everyone is drooling." Mr. Zhou looked at his great-grandson and said with a smile.

"Zuzu let us eat."

Several children cheered, raised the chopsticks they had already held in their hands, and headed straight for Feichang.

Father Zhou poured the old man a glass of wine, "Old man, have a drink."

"Yeah! Just one cup is enough!"

Yang Chunyan twisted a piece of sausage and put it into her mouth. When she took a bite, she felt it was soft, chewy, fat but not greasy.

Several children said while eating: "It's delicious, it's delicious..."

Before she finished eating the sausages in the pottery pot, Yang Chunyan thought that she would definitely buy another pair of sausages to eat when she went to Ning'an next time.

Zhou Huaian felt that he felt very at ease with today's meal, which was an experience he had never had before.

Mr. Zhou looked at Zhou Huaian with a complicated expression, "Young man, grandpa thought he wouldn't be able to eat what you earned money to buy on the day he leaves!" Zhou Huaian paused in his twirling action and looked up at him, "Grandpa , don’t worry, I will follow Chunyan to dig out herbs and sell them."

Mr. Zhou nodded, "Yes! When you burn the blessing paper in the middle of July, tell your grandma that you know how to make money to support the family, and let her rest assured."

Zhou Huaian felt a little uncomfortable, "I got it!"

Mother Zhou glanced at Zhou Huaian and remembered that when he was a child, he followed the old lady to herd sheep and cut grass during the day, and lived with the two elders at night.

Because he was raised by the old man himself, the old lady doted on him much more than other grandchildren. Most of the reasons why he became like this was because of the old lady's pampering.

Sometimes she often thinks that if she hadn't given the youngest to her grandmother to take care of her in order to earn more work points, it would have been impossible. Without those work points, with so many people in the family, I'm afraid...

At the end of the meal, even the soup was poured by Zhou Huaishan and Zhou Huaian to make rice and eat it. The whole family had a delicious stew, and several children sat there with shy stomachs and did not want to move.

Yang Chunyan glanced at Zhou Huaian, wondering why he didn't mention digging herbs during the meal.Could it be that he regretted it and felt that it was not worthwhile to divide it too much?

Zhou Huaian was thinking about catching lazy cicadas when it got dark. He looked at the sky and found that it was already dark. He winked at Yang Chunyan who was putting away the dishes, "..." Hurry up!
Yang Chunyan was amused and said to Zhou's mother: "Mom, there are lazy cicadas everywhere these days. We want to catch some and fry them."

Mother Zhou glanced at Zhou Huaian and found it funny when she saw that he looked sure of victory. She deliberately hesitated before nodding, "I'll give you the flashlight later."

"Mom, you will have to fry it after you catch it! It will take at least two kilograms of oil!" Zhou Huaian couldn't believe his ears. When did I become so generous?Could it be that Chunyan and my mother secretly talked about it?
Zhou's mother looked at him and said calmly: "The rapeseed in the back mountain has begun to bloom. This year, we have planted seven or eight acres of rapeseed. We don't have to worry about running out of oil. As long as I have something at home, how have I not cooked it for you?"

Zhou Huaixin felt so cold, why did he forget it?This year, a lot of rapeseed was planted in the houses of the sub-households. Chunyan must have thought of it.

It's been a whole month without food. How do you live this day?

"We bought a flashlight today." Yang Chunyan looked at the sisters-in-law, "Sister-in-law, you guys can go too, I'll catch the lazy cicada and fry it for the children to eat. My old man said it's nutritious."

I heard Dr. Wang say before that the lazy cicada tastes sweet, salty, and cold. It has the functions of dispersing wind and lungs, relieving heat and calming convulsions. Its protein content is higher than that of any poultry.

It can also promote growth and development, supplement the body's metabolic consumption, and has an excellent auxiliary role in the rehabilitation of patients with physical weakness. It is known as Tang Monk Meat.

Zhao Huifang nodded: "Okay, let's find some sacks to put the lazy cicadas in."

"We want to go too." Several children looked over.

Zhou's mother said: "The older ones have to study tomorrow. It's better not to take the younger ones out after dark. Just you adults will go."

The parents had spoken, and the children did not dare to behave like monsters, so they sat back with pouted lips.

The four sisters-in-law were busy clearing away the dishes and feeding the pigs. Mother Zhou also went to feed the chickens with chaff.

You can catch lazy cicadas or fry them to eat, but Zhou Huaian can't lift up his energy at all and just sits there motionless.

Sitting with the old man at the door of the hall, Zhou's father, who was puffing away his breath, looked back at him, "Youngest, who stole our corn, have you asked?" "

"Er Chun said..." Zhou Huaian lay on the table and told him what Xu Erchun said.

"Alas!" Father Zhou sighed after hearing this, and took two more puffs of cigarette before looking at Zhou Huairong, "Boss, when you come back from catching the lazy cicada, you and the third child go to Baogu Di to have a look."

Zhou Huairong said: "Old man, if it's really Ye Erwa, I stole it once and I probably won't do it again in the future!"

Father Zhou frowned and said, "What if it's not Ye Erwa!" Twenty or thirty bags of corn were enough for their family to have a meal.There are always two dirty guys in every village who specialize in doing shameless things.

Zhou Huaian: "The dirty hands of the two families on the team used to steal food from the team, but this year they stole food from each family."

Mr. Zhou nodded: "What Huai'an said makes sense. What you lose now is yours."

In the past, if the production teams were more diligent, the stronger and more laborious people could still make a full living.

Some people really have nothing to eat, so they steal food from the production team. Even if they are seen, as long as they don't go too far, they will mostly turn a blind eye...

(End of this chapter)