Chen Miao knew that he was definitely not going with him. It would be okay. He said that he would leave in one month and it would be more convenient to go by himself then.
Shen Jianfeng drank the hot water and boiled the cornmeal with the remaining boiling water. "You can stick the pancakes on your own later, I'm leaving."
Chen Miao was the only one left at home. Now she relaxed and sat in front of the kitchen. She had been sweating from running all the way, but after a while, her back felt like ice on her back. It was really too cold.
A bag of pure milk appeared in my hand. It was not cold, so I drank it directly. Why did ordinary milk taste so fragrant? It tasted like the first time I drank milk when I was a child.
Only then did I feel a lot more comfortable. Although the house was quite dilapidated, it was very clean. There was nothing to clean up. The temperature was still quite low now. Nothing happened. I lay on the kang and sorted out my mood.
After the man left, I felt at ease, but it was inconvenient for me as a girl to live here. However, the houses I had seen had no walls at all, so I couldn't stand out too much.
I didn’t know what time the man would come back. I lay down for a while and felt itchy all over, so I went to light the fire. It should be almost noon. When I went to the county town, I had to find a place with time and adjust my watch. It was really uncomfortable to have no time.
I boiled a large pot of hot water, took out two basins, one large and one small, and chose a lot of shampoos, but they were all too fragrant. This was absolutely not possible. I could only use shampoo when I touched my greasy hair.
Detergent.
It took a full hour of washing to finally get it clean. I really didn’t have the courage to wear clothes like this. So I found something warm and put it on. But I couldn’t let anyone see the clothes I brought, so I had no choice but to go.
I looked through the closet and found that there were no clothes in it, which was really embarrassing.
He gritted his teeth and washed both his underwear and coat.
It took about three hours of tinkering. I tidied myself up neatly. The underwear I washed is not dry yet, but I should be able to do it at night.
I was hungry, so I took out the steamed buns, ham sausage and milk, and had a delicious meal.
After eating, I saw that the time was almost up, so I put on my cotton-padded clothes to cook. The cotton-padded clothes were also very hard and no longer kept warm.
Farm food is not a problem for a child who grew up in a rural area.
Put a rice sieve in the pot, then find the pickles, cut off a small piece and mix it into the cornmeal.
After waiting for half an hour and smelling the aroma of rice, I stopped.
There is really nothing at home. After thinking about it, I decided to put on a scarf and go out. There are wild vegetables in the yard, although they are still too small, but they are also tender. I dug them out from the yard, which is a lot, but this is already good, at least there are vegetables.
eat.
Wash it and put it aside. There is still a low flame in the stove, so you don't have to worry about the tortillas getting burnt.
It's almost dark outside, and I don't know when the man will come back.
As for Shen Jianfeng, he ran all the way and went straight to the livestock market after arriving at the county seat.
In fact, the daughter-in-law is right. She lives at home, and she does need a small donkey. The other animals are too big for her to control. There are not many people in the animal market at noon, but there are still some people who choose animals.
Nothing will happen, just find an older man.
"Uncle, I want to buy a little donkey."
"Do you want to buy one that can be used now or a small one?"
"It will be available in the spring. We also need a donkey cart."
"Then you come home with me to pick." The livestock dealer's home is in the county seat.
Shen Jianfeng didn't understand, "Young man, I won't fool you at such an old age. This little donkey is just a year and a half old. Honestly, this work is definitely not as strong as the cows, mules and horses."
"Uncle, for my wife, a small donkey is suitable."
The old man didn't say anything. He was equipped with a donkey cart and it worked.
"Uncle, please give me two baffles for the donkey cart. Otherwise, there will be no way to pull Qiu."
In the end, I spent six yuan here and drove to the blacksmith's shop to match the donkey with a harness and a knife. I bought a sickle, a hatchet, and scissors. I also bought a dagger that looked pretty good.
When we got down, the wife was left alone and all the daily necessities were prepared.
Shen Jianfeng smiled bitterly and couldn't help but spend the thirty yuan he brought back.
When I arrived at the grain and oil store, I ruthlessly bought two kilograms of soybean oil and fifty kilograms of corn kernels, and even picked out some for seeds.
I also bought fifty kilograms of sorghum. I saw that the wheat was very good, so I bought ten kilograms. I really didn’t have much money, so I wanted to leave some for her.
I drove to a cloth store and bought a piece of the cheapest coarse cloth and a piece of ginger-yellow thick cloth. My wife didn't bring anything with her when she married him, thinking that I should leave the old clothes to my younger siblings.
I went to the grocery store and bought salt and lamp oil, which are indispensable things.
I really couldn't buy any more now, so I had to catch the car and go home quickly.
Chen Miao has taken the pancakes out of the pan, but they still put them on the rice sieve. She doesn't know when the man will come back. Just light the fire after it's cooled.
"Shen Jianfeng, is Shen Jianfeng at home?"
Chen Miao heard someone shouting outside, thinking that the people in the village still called the man by his name?
I quickly put on my headscarf and went out, and saw two men outside.
He didn't look like a bad guy, "Shen Jianfeng is not at home. He went to the county town, but he should be back soon."
"Sister-in-law, right? We are Shen Jianfeng's comrades. We were told to return to the team immediately after receiving the notice."
Chen Miao was still a little excited when he heard that. You want to leave? That's good. No one is around you, so it's good to give yourself time to adapt, otherwise you have to find a way to get away from him.
"Then why hasn't he come back yet? How about you come in and wait?"
The two of them knew that Shen Jianfeng had come back to get married, and he had no other relatives at home. There was only a young daughter-in-law at home, and it was hard to tell when two men came in.
"Sister-in-law, let's wait outside."
Chen Miao remembered that this era was quite strict for men and women to get along.
"also."
After Chen Miao finished speaking, he entered the room, thinking that the man was about to leave, so he forced himself, and the rest of his performance was okay. Then he couldn't let him leave hungry.
Enter the house and quickly change into clean clothes and go out to light the fire. The pancakes in the pot are not enough.
Scoop out the remaining cornmeal and boil it for soup noodles. Put the diced pickles into the cornmeal and put it on the pancake.
It was a full pot, and I didn’t use a rice sieve this time. I cooked it slowly over low heat to avoid burning it.
The pancakes were cooked again, but Shen Jianfeng still didn't come back. The two people outside wanted to leave and go to the county town to find him, and they would definitely meet him on the road.
"Double Happiness, let's wait. I must have gone to the county town to buy something for my wife, and I will still have to come back then."
Chen Miao knew that the pancakes were cooked, so she hurriedly took them out and boiled the pot with water. She couldn't make soup, so she could still drink the hot water.
Just after the water boiled, she heard the noise outside and hurriedly came out.
