Unable to hold back, Chi Yiyuan touched Su Xiaotian's soft hair again. There was warmth between his eyes and brows, which was completely different from the coldness in the past.
"Okay, I will! Brother Yiyuan, I'm leaving first, goodbye!"
Su Xiaotian jumped up and down humming a song and left. Chi Yiyuan's eyes seemed to be attached to her body and couldn't leave her.
Chi Ge didn't know when he walked up to Chi Yiyuan. He reached out and patted Chi Yiyuan's shoulder. Chi Yiyuan turned back and looked at him.
"grandfather!"
"Xiaoyuan!"
Grandfather and grandson didn't say a word, but they seemed to have said everything.
Su family.
After eating, Grandma Su told Grandpa Su that her little girl came back and wanted food when she was resting.
"Don't subsidize her anymore. Over the years, how little has she taken away? Every time she said she would pay it back, but when did she return it? It's a good thing that our daughter-in-law is a good person, otherwise, she would have made trouble a long time ago." Su
Grandpa took a puff of his cigarette and sighed.
This daughter is too selfish. She only thinks about herself and no one else. For her, her family is just a place where she can get whatever she wants.
"Old man, a crying child has milk to eat. The little girl always comes to ask for something, and we give it to her. We have treated Xiu'er badly." Because of the little girl, Grandma Su thought of the eldest daughter who could swallow any hardship by herself.
The same is true for her own child. The little girl's conditions are good, but she always complains about poverty.
However, the eldest daughter Xiu'er, who was really living a bad life, never said that she didn't eat or drink enough. Even when she went to her parents' house, she always had to show some dignity and say that she was living a good life.
"It's the Mid-Autumn Festival in a few days. Let me go and see Xiu'er. This child also has a hard life. He doesn't have a child of his own. He's been feeling miserable all these years!" Grandpa Su's face became more and more wrinkled.
Grandma Su stopped talking. Over the years, I don’t know how many times she was teased by her husband’s family just because she didn’t have a baby.
As parents, because their daughter didn't give birth to a baby, they couldn't say much, so they could only watch their daughter suffer.
But this child is stubborn. He never talks about hardships or hardships. When he comes to his parents' house, he is always good to you and me and everyone is good to him, so that he can live a better life.
But the two brigades are not far apart, so how can they not know something about the situation?
The reason why I didn't say anything was just to protect my daughter's last bit of face.
"When you go, bring something for the baby! You bake some pancakes and let the boss watch the baby eat it."
That child probably never had enough to eat in his in-laws' family. How thin has he become?
It hurts to be a father, but what can I do?
Women without children are inferior to others!
Lao Wang's family hasn't divorced Xiu'er yet, which is already a huge favor!
The old couple fell silent because of this topic.
The sun sets and the moon rises, the moon sets and the sun rises!
In a blink of an eye, it’s three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The crops in the team are growing pretty well this year. Seeing that the autumn crops can be harvested, the team leader is happy, and so are the team members.
After discussion, several cadres in the brigade decided to kill a pig for the festival.
For the whole brigade, if only one pig is killed, one person will not get much meat at all.
But it's good if you can smell the meat.
The people in the team happily held basins and waited to share the meat.
According to past rules, the meat is divided according to population, but which family gets it first and who gets it last need to draw lots to decide.
Grandma Su felt that the luckiest person in her family was Su Xiaotian, so she arranged for Su Xiaotian, the lucky star, to draw lots.
Sure enough, the baby koi's little hand was extra sweet, so he directly drew a number one.
Su Xiaotian waved the No. 1 lottery in her hand and threw herself into Grandma Su's arms with a bright smile.
Grandma Su's face turned into a smile as bright as a flower.
Number 1, how difficult it is to draw, but her sweet baby got it.
This lottery made everyone jealous. After all, the first person to choose could choose the best part of the whole pig.
That thick, fat meat is much better than the minced meat left in the water by others.
But most of the people were envious and jealous. Only Su Xiaoqin looked at Su Xiaotian as if her eyes were quenched with poison.
Why? Why is Su Xiaotian doing this?
If you are so lucky, you are not afraid of using up all your luck for the rest of your life.
"Go and draw lots!" Liu Xiuying heard that Su Xiaotian drew number one and immediately looked at her granddaughter Su Xiaoqin.
She is also the daughter of the Su family. Su Xiaotian can draw number one. Even if Su Xiaoqin is a little bit worse, she should at least be able to draw number three or four, right?
Su Xiaoqin shrank, she didn't dare to go, but she had to go, so although she said yes, she didn't move her feet.
"Go quickly, what are you waiting for? You are a loser who can't do anything and doesn't have enough to eat." Liu Xiuying scolded, and by the way, she raised her foot and kicked Su Xiaoqin.
Su Xiaoqin knew in her heart that if she didn't get a good draw, she would probably be beaten again.
However, Liu Xiuying watched with eager eyes. If she didn't go, she would be beaten now. She couldn't do it if she didn't go.
Accountant Li had urged her several times. People in the village who had not drawn lots yet couldn't wait any longer and urged Su Xiaoqin to hurry up. Only then did Su Xiaoqin walk to the place where lots were drawn.
She stretched out her hand tremblingly, and even before reaching out, she kept murmuring words such as blessings from gods and Buddhas, hoping that she could draw a better lot.
If she hadn't been allowed to say this now, Su Xiaoqin would have wanted to put her hands together and bow to the Lord of the Land.
With your eyes closed, draw a lottery ticket from the lottery jar.
When he cautiously opened the lottery in his hand, he saw that it was number 100.
It's a pity that Su Xiaoqin can't read, so she only saw these two characters. She also remembered that she heard before that the numbers at the end were all three characters, so she felt more at ease.
Although this number is not as good as Su Xiaotian’s number one, it should be okay, right? Number ten?
A smile flashed across Su Xiaoqin's face, and she handed the signature in her hand to Accountant Li.
"Su Shan's family, number 100!" Accountant Li glanced at it and shouted loudly.
When Su Xiaoqin heard this number, she was instantly dumbfounded.
Number 100? How is it possible? There are one hundred and one households in the village, and she actually picked the number 100?
No, it won't happen. Accountant Li must have made a mistake.
"Accountant Li, you must have read it wrong. How could I win the number 100?" Su Xiaoqin's eyes turned red. She rushed over and grabbed Accountant Li's arm and shook it desperately.
"You kid, why are you speaking so rudely? You drew the number 100, and you blame me for mispronunciating it? Captain, look, is this the number 100?" Thinking that Su Xiaoqin was insinuating that she had mispronounced the number on purpose.
, he was very annoyed, and his tone became worse and worse.
Although he was jealous of the Suchuan family, looking at the two cousins, Accountant Li felt that they were both children, so how could they be so different?
Captain Su Changjiu took a long look and said expressionlessly: "That's number 100!"
This child has been raised crookedly, and no one else knows about it. He has made inquiries in the past few days and found out that Su Xiaoqin was the one who went to the commune to complain.
How can a baby who is only ten years old be so cruel?
In the past, she didn't miss meals at Lao Su's house, and she was able to sue others.
This kid needs to be more careful in the future, and it's best to have someone keep an eye on him, so as not to cause trouble to the team.
Su Xiaoqin didn't know that Su Jiujiu already knew that she had gone to the commune to complain. She only felt that Su Jiujiu's words had ended all her hopes.
Therefore, she looked at Su Jiujiu with a somewhat evil look.
She even felt that Su Jiujiu knew clearly that if she got the number 100, she would not have a good life and would definitely be beaten, so why would he directly tell her that she was the number 100?
Can't you just say the number at the front? No one else can see the number anyway!
Su Xiaoqin completely forgot who she was to Su Jiujiu and why Su Jiujiu would harm the interests of others for her.
After Liu Xiuying confirmed that Su Xiaoqin had really won the number 100, she thought of the scene where the big fat meat flew past her eyes and could not be caught with her hands. She didn't care about the crowd, and rushed up to her with a roar and beat her violently.
When Liu Xiuying hit Su Xiaoqin, she was never polite. The hand that had done farm work hit Su Xiaoqin on the face. Su Xiaoqin felt a burning pain and wanted to run away with her head in her arms.
"I knew you were useless. Others could draw number one. Why did you draw number 100? Have you ever caught shit with your hands? Why is it so smelly?" When Liu Xiuying cursed, she didn't take Su Xiaoqin into consideration at all.
's face.
Su Xiaoqin was already a big girl and could understand good words. Being scolded by Liu Xiuying, her face was so red that she could almost bleed. The pain in her heart made her almost unable to stand. Coupled with the pain in her body, Su Xiaoqin was even more miserable.
extremely.
For the first time, Su Xiaoqin was full of hatred for Liu Xiuying.
She now hates Su Xiaotian, the Suchuan family, the cadres in the brigade such as Su Jiujiu and Accountant Li, she also hates her own grandmother, mother and father, and even the innocent members of the club. She hates them all.
She clenched her hands tightly, not begging for mercy, but just felt sad.
This is a team without love, what else is it called the Hearts Team?
Are the people in this brigade all evil-hearted?
She couldn't understand,
Why is Su Xiaotian so lucky to have a grandmother who loves her and other family members who love her? Those fools just want to give her all the good things in the world.
Liu Xiuying is also a mother-in-law, why do you treat her like this? And her mother, why does she never care about her? She only cares about her son wholeheartedly?
"Liu Xiuying, you didn't ask Xiaoqin to draw lots, why are you still scolding her?" Some people couldn't stand the fact that Su Xiaoqin was beaten like this and asked to help.
"This prodigal thing has only one hundred and one households in the whole brigade. She draws a number one hundred for me. If I don't hit her, who will I hit?" Liu Xiuying said anxiously.
"Forget it, stop fighting. I'll teach you a lesson later when you get home." Su Jiujiu couldn't stand it anymore and said with a cold face.
Beating a doll in front of so many people, who are you showing it to?
No wonder Su Xiaoqin's baby is crooked. How can such an elder not be crooked?
Liu Xiuying was also annoyed by Su Jiujiu. She felt that this matter was Su Jiujiu's fault. After all, she was a member of the Su family. Why didn't she take care of her own family?
"Hey, captain, you are in charge of heaven and earth, but you can still let me beat a baby? My baby, even if I beat her to death, her life will be bad. Besides, I have fed her for so long, so I beat her twice.
What does it count?”
Su Jiujiu heard that Liu Xiuying couldn't listen to what others were saying, and he didn't plan to continue talking. Any more words from such a person would be a waste.
"Others are here to draw lots."
Soon, everyone in the village drew lots, and then began to prepare to divide the meat. Each person could only get two taels of meat.
Lao Su has a large family, with eighteen people, they should be able to share three kilograms and six taels of meat.
But at this time, Li Zhuzhu ran over and said that he would give two taels of his meat to the old Su family.
"That's not possible, Zhuzi, it's hard to get meat once." Grandma Su objected immediately.
Li Zhuzhu said: "I can only divide two taels of meat by myself. Once I put it in the pot, I can't find it." Li Zhuzhu touched his head and said, "It's a waste of firewood to cook it once."
There is only one person in his family, so it is really difficult to deal with two ounces of meat.
The members in the brigade all burst out laughing after hearing this.
Because Li Zhuzhu's lot was also ranked high and he only had two taels of meat, no one objected to putting his lot in the old Su's house to share.
Grandma Su went home carrying three kilograms and eight ounces of meat, which was the best piece of meat on the pig.
It was so plump that Grandma Su thought she would boil it in oil when she got back and use the leftover oil residue to make buns and eat it during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Put the oil residue on the pumpkin buns, it will be fragrant.
When the time comes, if I send a few big buns to Li Zhuzhu, I can't really accept the two ounces of meat from Li Zhuzhu. Meat is a rare thing.
Captain Su Changjiu finished dividing the meat and passed by the Su family's private land. He was surprised to find that the grain in the Su family's private land grew better than the grain in the field. What was going on?
Is this old Su family really lucky? Things have been good lately.
With the care of the county leaders and the concern of the provincial leaders, it doesn't matter. Even if you draw lots, you can get the number one.
But crops can't always be good just because of good luck? It seems that two months ago, the crops in the Su family's private land were not growing well.
The captain decided to go back and ask Grandpa Su how he farmed the land and how he managed it so well.
Grandma Su made the buns on the morning of August 15th.
According to the rules here, mooncakes are steamed on August 15th.
The mooncakes steamed by farmers themselves are definitely different from the mooncakes sold in the city. They are home-made thousand-layer mooncakes.
At night, a table should be set up in the yard, and the best and largest homemade mooncakes should be placed in the middle to offer sacrifices to the moon god.
Farmers are reluctant to eat or wear anything on weekdays, but on August 15th, no matter how much fuel, noodles, and sugar are wasted, mooncakes must still be made.
This is a rule passed down from generation to generation, and it is even more formal than the New Year ceremony.
In recent years, although worshiping the moon god is no longer allowed, the old custom of making moon cakes has not been broken.
On this morning, even the poorest families in the brigade could still make mooncakes. Suddenly, the whole village was filled with the strong fragrance of mooncakes.
In this day and age, if a spoonful of hot oil is poured into any dish, the aroma will spread for three miles, let alone the whole team making mooncakes.
But the fragrance of the entire brigade is not as strong as the fragrance coming from the old Su family.
Grandma Su is good at craftsmanship and is willing to give up the ingredients. The mooncakes she makes are not only beautiful to look at, but also very sweet. The unique fragrance of the mooncakes can be smelled from a long distance away, attracting many people in the village.
"The old Su family is living a better life. You can tell from the first smell of this moon cake that there are many good things in it."
"That's not true. The old Su family is a family that is liked by the superiors. Unexpectedly, when the senior official came one day, he brought so many supplies, enough to last for half a year!"
"Why don't I have such good relatives in my family? If I did, I would be able to have a good time!"
"What are you dreaming about? It's a good holiday. It'll be nice if you can have a good meal."
Everyone was laughing and talking, but no one actually went to Lao Su's house.
Su family, Grandma Su is taking out the mooncakes from the steamer.
In a three-foot steamer, there was a large mooncake, nearly four inches thick. It was also decorated with various vivid flowers made of noodles and decorated with a few red dates. It was really beautiful.
Grandma Su was willing to use both oil and sugar. This morning she took out a pack of brown sugar and melted it into half a bowl. She evenly placed thick brown sugar water in the middle of each layer, and also put green bitter beans and bright red roses.
Broken flowers.
It takes an hour to steam such large mooncakes, so Grandma Su made three in one go and filled all three baskets.
This is the most extravagant one in the past few years. In the past, Grandma Su only made one mooncake, and it was not so big.
But this year, there was no shortage of food at home, so she mixed a large pot of noodles. After making moon cakes, there was still half a pot of noodles. Grandma Su mixed some cornmeal and started making buns.
The pumpkin is grown at home. It has been cut into thin strips, mixed with deep-fried, and it is delicious as soon as you ask.
Grandma Su and her three daughters-in-law quickly made the buns.
If you say they are big buns, they are really big buns. Each one of them is much bigger than an adult's fist.
After making more than a hundred large buns in one go and filling the three baskets, Grandma Su nodded with satisfaction.
"Mom, this is more than what we make during the Chinese New Year." Wang Xianghua looked at so many big buns. Although the dough was mixed with cornmeal and the dough was a little yellow, these were still big buns!
"It's rare that conditions are good this year. Let's take advantage of the festival to eat something good. Later, it would be honorable for each of you to take ten buns back to your parents' house."
The three daughters-in-law did not expect that some of them would be taken back to their parents' homes.
"In the past few years, I didn't have it at home, and I couldn't help it. Now that I have it, I'll give you a long face." Grandma Su smiled brightly.
In response, the three daughters-in-law did not refuse. After all, the conditions at home were poor, and they were often squeezed out when they returned to their parents' home.
This is great. Ten big buns are a very decent gift.
"I have to send some to Li Zhuzhu later. I can't really eat two taels of meat from him for nothing. I thought about it, send a few buns and a few moon cakes. Li Zhuzhu is also a poor man, we can't take advantage of him.
It’s cheap and saves money and people pay attention to it.”
Grandma Su is such a person, she is determined not to take advantage of others without any reason.
The three daughters-in-law nodded in unison. This was very true. If they took advantage of Li Zhuzhu, they would be criticized.
"Even in the bullpen, we can't fall behind. Forget it, there are some things you don't know, but you have to remember, it's not just for others to take advantage of us!"
Grandma Su could not say clearly that many of the supplies at home were for the grandparents and grandchildren in the cowshed, but she still reminded her daughters-in-law.
The three daughters-in-law of the Su family were not stupid. They didn't know there must be a reason for this, so they all nodded in unison.