Chen Miao followed him to the back. There were no carpenters working in such a cold weather.
Zhao Erniu introduced the wood loudly, and Chen Miao whispered his thoughts. The agreed meeting place was in the big sand pit outside the county town. The time was the day after tomorrow, which was the seventeenth day of the first lunar month.
After asking for it, she spent 20 yuan to buy two large bundles of burning paper and left quickly.
There are many people buying Yuanxiao on the street. Today is a traditional festival. No matter how difficult life is, you still have to have fun in the midst of hardship. Live how you want.
On the way, the two children were put into the basket and wrapped very tightly with the fur coat left by Shen Jianfeng. The outside was still a tattered mattress.
When she arrived at Buzhuang, she had already loaded up the car.
They were not inspected when they left the city, thinking that it would be a good opportunity to liberate the county now.
These gangs of traitors are too lazy, so it won't be too difficult to deal with them.
"Little brother, my second brother is waiting for me in the sand pit in front."
"You didn't catch the bus?"
"No, I didn't see the second brother when I went to Buzhuang last time. I came here this time thinking that you haven't come yet."
"How can you carry so much back?"
"There's no problem between the two of us."
"It's hard to carry, the cotton is too weak."
"It's okay, I'll come again in a few days. Then I'll drive over."
"Sister, why do you need so much cotton and cloth?"
"Second brother, I'm a second-rate dealer. If I sell these to the big guys, I can still make some money."
"Haha, you are really smart. Next time you come, I will give you two bags of cloth. I told you that there are a lot of good things, which I specially left for you."
"Thank you, little brother."
Shen Jianlin heard the noise, but he didn't dare to move. He ran out after hearing the cry.
"Second brother, this is the cotton and cloth I bought. The two of us can only carry it back."
"I'll just carry it."
After unloading the truck, Xiao Nan drove away. The two of them helped each other and bundled all the cotton and cloth on their bodies. Including the cloth, it weighed 500 kilograms. Even Shen Jianlin was in good health and it was very tiring to carry 300 kilograms on his back.
The basket was in front of her. Chen Miao was carrying two hundred kilograms of cotton on her back.
In this way, the walking speed of the two people must be limited, and they are still facing the wind, which makes them even more tired.
The two of them didn't dare to stop, so they could only walk back slowly.
Chen Miao thought it would be great if she could inform the people in the village.
Shen Jianlin doesn't have the strength to speak now.
It's not that there are no benefits at all. I'm so tired, of course I'm sweating, and I'm not cold anymore.
The two of them just persisted and continued walking back.
It was already two hours after we arrived at the village, and we were all gritting our teeth and holding on with our last breath.
The cotton and cloth were sent directly to Shen Wufu's home.
But the Shen family was frightened and they helped take it off. Xiuyue pulled at her son's clothes to look at his shoulders, which made Shen Jianlin blush.
"Fifth Aunt, find someone to continue making cotton-padded clothes tomorrow. Will you make more cotton-padded trousers this time?"
"Xiaofeng's family, please get on the kang quickly. It's okay to look at the two children. How did you carry them back?" Shen Wufu's family looked distressed.
"No, I'll go back and lie down. It'll be fine."
The two brothers were unwilling to leave. "You go back to Xiaofeng's house by yourself. I will send you back in the evening."
"also."
Chen Miao was really tired. She was carrying more than 200 kilograms of cotton on her back, which was five bags. Shen Jianlin, who was walking in front, seemed to be suppressed, and there was no one in sight at all.
When I got home, I quickly lit a fire and boiled water for a bath.
After taking a nice bath in the space, I felt a lot more relaxed. I dried my hair and then came out to continue lighting the fire.
No one at home feels a bit cool that day.
Let's just steam the sweet potatoes. There aren't many raw sweet potatoes left now, so she steamed them all. The main reason is that just boiling water feels too wasteful.
After the pot was cooked, I put on my coat and went to pick up the two children. Today is fifteen, but I can't eat at other people's houses.
The Shen family is making Lantern Festival, and they are really enjoying the Lantern Festival.
"Are you going to eat at my house?" Zhao Xiaoyun said with a smile.
"We can't do it today. We, the three mothers, will go home for the festival."
"You, there are so many things, you think too much."
"No, I have already prepared Yuanxiao. There are many Yuanxiao people in the county. I saw that their stuffing was not delicious and I didn't buy it."
I cooked beef porridge for dinner. I cooked a bag of Yuan glutinous rice balls that were famous in my previous life. They looked so small and cute floating in the bowl.
The two brothers ate five in one go. In fact, they didn't eat enough. Chen Miao didn't give too much. He let them eat porridge. There were shrimps in the porridge, and it tasted very good.
They were always in the basket during the day, but they didn't sleep at night. Chen Miao took the two of them into the space to take a bath.
There was no other way. I really didn't dare to wash outside for fear of catching a cold. I played with toys in the space and didn't go to bed until after nine o'clock.
When I got up the next day, I took out the sweet potatoes and cooked wontons for the two of them. Anyway, I had nothing to do now, so I made delicious food for my sons in different ways.
After breakfast, my mother listened to stories three times, all of which were educational. She spoke very slowly, and sometimes two sentences would come out of the mouths of the two brothers.
Everyone in the Shen family arrived except Shen Jianchun.
"I took Yunshan Yunxin to my house to play."
Shen Wufu's family also confirmed the quantity of cotton-padded clothes and trousers to be made with Chen Miao again. She didn't know the quantity, so she just let them watch.
"The Xiaofeng family is going to the county town tomorrow, right?"
"Well, that's what I told the liaison officer."
"Let's catch the bus tomorrow."
Chen Miao did not refuse this time. Shen Wufu is the village chief, literate and smart. The future affairs will be left to them and his son. It is not yet decided whether he will go with him or not. The child is suffering too much and feels distressed.
We went to Shen's house with them. There were already six women in their house making cotton-padded clothes. They were all made by hand, and the speed was very fast.
She looked curiously at Shen Wufu's knot. In fact, this is also a kind of Chinese knot, right? It's really pretty.
"Uncle Wu, please slow down and I'll follow suit. It's quite interesting."
"If you have nothing to do later this afternoon, I'll give you something nice to eat. This is just the simplest one."
"It's easy for you, but it's too difficult for me."
Chen Miao felt that her fingers were knotted. It really took a few strokes to get one out. She kept looking at it over and over again but still couldn't do it, and finally gave up.
Zhao Xiaoyun and his mother went to look for them in the afternoon. There were too many people in the family and the children were too noisy.
Chen Miao cut the steamed sweet potatoes in the yard so they could dry quickly.
"What are you doing with so many sweet potatoes?"
"Eat?"
"It's great to grind it into sweet potato noodles. It tastes smooth and edible."
"No. I think dried sweet potatoes are sweet."
On the morning of the eighteenth day, Shen Wufu drove to the county seat together.
Chen Miao was still thinking that it would be nice to buy some more cotton and cloth if she had the opportunity. The team was really short of supplies.
