Xiuyue, Shen Wufu's daughter-in-law, thought for a while, "Generally, they summon each other. If you don't have enough this year, you can get some from any house. Next year you will have more and give it back to others, but there won't be much."
"Fifth Aunt, what should I do?"
"I'll help you make things happen, and you'll be in trouble as much as you want."
Chen Miao smiled and said, "Fifth Aunt, I'm sorry to trouble you."
"It's okay, you are just getting along, and you will be fine in the future."
When Chen Miao got home, she started digging soil. Because the foundation was dug when building the wall, the soil was quite convenient. Three long boxes were placed on the top of the kang, two of which contained cotton seedlings, the remaining one contained Japanese melons, and There are a few winter melons. There are dried chili peppers in the warehouse, and I have some seeds to grow. I just don’t know if they will sprout.
I cut some branches and inserted them into the boxes, which is equivalent to making beams. There are many thick plastic sheets in the warehouse. I covered each box with old quilts and mattresses.
Chen Jiang was the only one who came to the house. He did not enter the house. Even if he did, he would be covered with a quilt, so he would not be discovered.
I have been working on this all morning, and will continue peeling pine nuts in the afternoon. I will go to the county town tomorrow morning. I won’t drive there this time because the goal is too big.
When it was almost dark, Chen Jiang sent over two small benches.
"You did this?"
"Yes. Third sister, my mother will ask me to work at home tomorrow."
"Work hard. If you come here hungry, I will have enough food."
At five o'clock the next day, when it was still dark, Chen Miao fed the little donkey and hurried out of the house with a basket on her back.
I had already thought about it yesterday. If the pine nuts cannot be sold for much money, I will find a way to sell some things in the warehouse. Actually, I don't dare to sell the meat, and it won't go bad in the freezer. But there should be people buying snacks and candies.
We arrived at the county seat at around 7 o'clock and followed the crowd to undergo inspection.
Most of the people from outside the city who came at this time came to sell things. Chen Miao followed them to the market.
After searching around for a place that was empty of stuff, she found a corner. Her pine nuts were all shelled. There were also some fungus, but they weren't too many.
There are already people coming to buy vegetables in the market. Next to Chen Miao is a middle-aged man. The grain he sells is more than ten kilograms of soybeans. The grains are plump and really good.
After nearly an hour, a middle-aged man wearing a coat and a melon cap came over and looked at Songzi with great satisfaction.
"Sir, do you want pine nuts? I peeled these with my own hands."
"It's okay. How to sell pine nuts?"
"Sir, I don't know. You seem to be an upright person at first glance. Give it to me. I also have fungus here. If you soak it, it must be thick."
"Okay, it's not much. I'll give you a dollar for these two things."
Chen Miao didn't know how much, but she thought it would be enough to buy a lock. There were two kilograms of pine nuts and half a kilogram of fungus, which cost only one yuan.
After selling out, there is no market to stay in, fearing that I will not be able to help but spend the money.
I hurried to the grocery store and bought a door hanger and lock for a hundred copper coins.
Finally, I bought onion seeds, leek seeds, eggplant seeds, beans, and Chinese cabbage here. The shopkeeper also gave me more than ten Japanese melon seeds.
In this day and age, seeds are still quite expensive, mainly because there is not enough food to eat, and there are no pesticides and there are so many bugs that sometimes we can’t even wait to produce seeds.
I went to the blacksmith shop and bought a saw, and now I only had ten copper plates left.
I had already asked the owner of the blacksmith shop where the post office was. After hesitating at the door for a while, I gritted my teeth and went in. Although I didn't dare to ask anyone, I could read the newspaper.
No one paid attention to her when she came in. There was a newspaper next to it, but she didn't dare to pick it up, so she just looked at it.
My heart is in turmoil. This is March 23rd, 1943, the 32nd year of the Republic of China.
In fact, I already knew that the last time I came to the county town was before liberation. After all, there were still two dogs guarding the city gate tower, but I couldn't be sure which year it was.
It will take a few more years. It is better to live a good life in the countryside and come to the county less often.
Knowing the time and age, I still left quickly. I was really scared. Life is meant to be careless. Living like this doesn't mean anything, right?
After leaving the city, I breathed a sigh of relief, as long as I could survive without money and food.
When I got home, I felt relieved to see that the knot on the door was still tied by myself.
While she was feeding the little donkey, she heard a knock on the door. It turned out to be Chen Jiang.
"Third sister, what have you been doing?"
"I went to the county seat, sold the pine nuts, and bought two locks and a saw."
"Third sister, can pine nuts be sold for money?"
"Yes. What do you do at home?"
"I've finished turning the vegetable bed today."
"Then I'll take you to pick up pine cones, save them and sell them for money, and you can keep them for yourself."
"Third sister, where can I stay?"
"If not, just leave me here. Don't worry, I definitely don't want it."
Chen Jiang smiled, "Okay. I'll come find you before dawn tomorrow."
Chen Jiang was about to leave, but Chen Miao stayed behind. "You go and turn the vegetable garden for me." She wanted to leave her brother to eat at home. She went to the county alone and could bring out some food, which would be good for her.
My brother eats it.
I took out some shrimp skin and put it in the pancake. It was absolutely delicious.
By the time she asked Chen Jiang to eat, the child had already turned over five vegetable beds.
"Okay, come in and eat quickly."
"Third sister, what did you put in there?"
"People say it's dried shrimps from the sea. They told me it's particularly delicious when put in pancakes. Anyway, it smells pretty good. Don't ask, just eat it quickly."
"Third sister, why have you done so much?"
"Take the rest to the mountains to eat tomorrow. By the way, do you know how to buy chickens?"
"There will be sellers who come to the village with baskets to sell, but I heard from my mother that she doesn't like living like that.
The chicks at Liangzi’s house are about to hatch, so I’ll ask you.”
Chen Jiang ate two pieces of pancakes and drank two bowls of porridge, and went back satisfied. He would definitely not wake up hungry at night.
Thinking that the third sister wanted to buy chickens and had to go up the mountain tomorrow, he went to several stores at night and asked. Finally, he was given six chickens, one chicken and a copper coin. He just didn't know if the third sister had any in hand. He also
I'm really a little worried.
He didn't eat after he got home. Everyone knew that he must have gone to Chen Miao's house for dinner. Of course, everyone would be happy to have one less person to eat in the family.
Chen Jiang secretly dug out the five copper coins he had saved and gave them to the third sister tomorrow, otherwise he would not be able to afford the chicks. If he couldn't afford one, he would owe it first.
"Fourth brother. What did you eat at Third Sister's house?"
"I turned the vegetable bed for Third Sister and ate sorghum rice porridge."
"Fourth brother, I will also go work for third sister tomorrow."
"Tomorrow, Third Sister will go to the mountains to chop firewood. You'd better not go because you can't carry her back. You can go again next year."
"Okay. I'll go with you next year. Your meal was eaten by my sister-in-law tonight. She said you were working for others and she wouldn't give you anything to eat."
