Hearing Xu Yin say that she wanted to go to the black market, Mr. Xu, who was enjoying his granddaughter's pheasant mushroom soup, raised his head in confusion and asked.
Mrs. Xu guessed why her granddaughter wanted to go: "Do you want to buy food? You can't go! There's no way your girl can go to that place!"
When Old Man Xu heard this, his face became solemn: "You don't need to buy food. I've already asked someone to inquire about it. If there is any, they will bring it over for us. We don't need to go there ourselves."
Xu Yin failed to find out the location of the black market from the two elders, so she had to give up.
She didn't do it for food, mainly because in the 1980s, she always heard from the older generation that in the 1960s and 1970s, many people resold valuable things on the black market in order to fill their stomachs. She couldn't help but want to take a look if there was a chance.
Who doesn’t want to stock up on treasures?
But she could understand the second elder's worries. Since she didn't want to talk about it, forget it.
A fat pheasant fed the Xu family for three days.
Half of the chicken is boiled in soup, half of it is stir-fried with chili peppers, and the remaining chicken feet, chicken buttocks, wing tips, neck and other leftover parts are stewed with dried beans and dried bamboo shoots to make another meal.
In these three days, Xu Laosan's face was glowing with food, he walked like a breeze, and he earned 10 work points every day.
Chen Huilan works 7 hours a day, which is considered a full number of hours among female compatriots.
After all, there are very few lesbians like Xu Yin who can earn full work points among the male compatriots.
However, as if attacking them was not enough, Xu Yin finished the day's work in less than half a day, and then either squatted in the private plot to work, or made chicken feed for the two chicks.
Ever since she taught village women how to mix and recompose new ecological fertilizers, recently, men in every household have been urged by their mothers to pick up manure and compost.
The Xu family was the only one responsible for this incident. When Xu Laosan came back from work, he still had his legs crossed, humming a tune and drinking the herbal tea prepared by his daughter.
The men couldn’t be more envious: “Third brother, let’s go! Let’s pick dung together!”
Xu Laosan trembled and shook his legs: "I don't need it at home! Yinyin has already taken care of it!"
"...Why do you have the nerve to let your daughter do all the work? You are a big man..."
"It's not that I don't want to do it." Xu Laosan looked innocent, "Yinyin said that my waist is not good and she told me not to be so tired."
"..." Why do I want to beat someone up!
"Chi chi chi..."
"Chi chi chi..."
Before dinner, Xu Yin released the two chickens from the chicken coop and let them run around in the yard.
This is just like a child who is kept at home after school. His physique is definitely not as good as that of a child who runs around in the playground.
Fang Meihong, who was carrying a basin of dirty clothes to wash in the river, passed by Xu's house. She heard the chirping of chickens and asked in surprise: "Lao San, when did your family raise chickens?"
"A few days ago, Bu Yin Yin wanted to raise her. She said she would save eggs for her mother and I to eat when she is older."
"..."
Fang Meihong had a stomach full of sourness.
After I finished washing my clothes, I came home and saw my daughter hiding in her room. She didn’t know what she was doing. The clothes were not washed and the food was not cooked. I immediately became so angry that I kicked open the door of my daughter’s room:
"Damn girl! Whose daughter is so lazy as you! Why don't you hurry up and light a fire to cook! Do you think you are a young lady from the old society? At this point, who is still cold cooking and cooking? She is also sixteen or seventeen years old,
Look at Xu Laosan’s second daughter, and then look at you! It’s really a waste of money for you to go to junior high school for one year. Xu Yin is more capable than you even before she finished elementary school. What about you? It’s useless at all! If I had known it, it would be better.
Save the tuition to buy a meal of meat..."
Zhao Pingping was scolded by her mother and felt very unhappy. On the way to the farm the next day, she met Xu Yin. She gave Xu Yin a sharp look with a knife-like look in her eyes and gave Xu Yin a cold "hum".
Xu Yin was stared at in confusion: "..." Who is this person? Do I know him?
She has been very busy these two days.
Make chicken feed after retting. This retting can be used for a long time at a time, but chicken feed should be fed every day, so it needs to be done frequently.
So every two or three days I have to go to the foot of the mountain to cut chicken grass.
But this is too troublesome, so I thought of re-dividing the private land and planting some chicken grass and alfalfa in a row.
Speaking of which, alfalfa is a miraculous crop that can fertilize the soil. Any land planted with alfalfa has much better fertility than other lands.
Xu Yin had a sudden idea: How about doing a rotation of planting?
For example, after the alfalfa in this row is harvested, other vegetables are planted; after the vegetables are harvested, the land is planted with alfalfa, and alfalfa is planted in turn.
In this way, the chickens will have food to eat, and the fertility of the private land will also increase.
After making the decision, she worked on her own land during her free time these days. After re-planning, she evened out a small ridge of land.
Xu Laosan thought that she needed to replant a few pepper plants because his pepper consumption was relatively large, so he also made a small suggestion:
"Daughter, plant some spicier plants this time. The ones your sister planted before were not very spicy and didn't taste good at all."
Xu Yin: "..."
Okay! Isn’t it just chili? This requirement is simpler than eating meat, and it can still be satisfied.
So I dug out a small corner and planted two pepper plants.
The small ridge of land that had been leveled out earlier was loosened, fertilized, and planted with chicken grass and alfalfa.
As a result, six percent of her family's private land is really fully planted.
In addition to drainage ditches, fruits and vegetables are grown on all available land:
Against the corner are two rows of pumpkins.
These two rows of land were mixed with Taoyuanxing brand "Xi soil" mud. Needless to say, the growth of the pumpkins was definitely crowned as the star of this season's private plot.
Next to the pumpkin are winter melon, radish, and cabbage.
Then there are peppers, kidney beans, eggplants, cucumbers, tomatoes, beans, pumpkins... all the seasonal vegetables that are commonly seen on local tables can be found in the Xu family's private plot.
Individually, you need to build a bamboo frame, climb or hang.
Next to the wall here, I planted a few lentil plants and climbed up along the wall. The lentil flowers are also quite beautiful, so they are used as decorations on the wall.
After busying herself with housework in her own land and earning work points, Xu Yin was glad that she had magical powers, otherwise she would not be able to afford it.
After finishing this busy work, it was time to visit my little sister again. I wonder if she had enough to eat at her uncle's house.
After finishing work that day, Xu Yin asked the production team leader for a half-day leave, explaining that she wanted to go to town to see her little sister.
The production team leader readily approved her leave: "Okay! You work efficiently. If you have anything to do, feel free to go ahead."
Several of Chen Lei's descendants muttered to the side:
"Why is it that the captain never approves my request for leave, but Xu Yin approves it as soon as he comes?"
"Yes!" Chen Lei shouted at the top of his lungs, "Captain, I also want to go to town..."
"Go away! When will you be as efficient as Xu Yin and come to me to approve fakes?"
"..." Who the hell can do this!
Xu Yin smiled at them and walked home.
"Is this girl provoking us?" Chen Lei asked in surprise.
"Brother Lei Zi, she is really capable of provoking us."