Even if you are tired during the autumn harvest, you are still happy. The return of food to the warehouse means that in the next six months, you will not starve to death if you have enough food.
The dinner table these days is also rich. Not all the cobs in the cornfield are ripe at once. There are always some that are still tender. When people who break the cobs encounter this, they must quickly pick up the fresh ones and peel them directly.
He chewed the tender corn kernels, and then ate a mouthful of white juice. The party secretary and team leader shouted in the field that they were not allowed to eat secretly in private, but had to put them away and distribute them uniformly to each household. But
People are so hungry that they can't care about so much. It's not just about how to eat. But there is always some left, and the family can share two or three, put it in a pot and boil it with water, and it has its own fragrance. Lin Yutong
I feel that the modern corns, no matter the new varieties, do not taste as good as this. I heard that those new varieties were grown to make feed for livestock. The cobs are very long and have many grains, but they are far less plump than the grains now. Although it looks good
Smaller, but delicious.
There are even those children who poke out the tender corn stalks. This thing that grows into segments has a sweet taste. Children don’t like anything sweet all year round, so these tender corn stalks are particularly popular.
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The mules and horses in the feedlot are all satisfied. The corn stalks are the best fodder.
By the time the soybeans were harvested, it was obviously getting colder. The fourth master’s winter clothes were only fleece jackets, not cotton-padded jackets at all.
But there was cotton and leather in the space, but not the fabrics used nowadays. There was indeed a lot of fine cotton, but they were all white.
After being busy for a while, I had to dye these cloths in space.
The cloth coupons she finally got back from shopping were not enough to make outer clothes. She once again felt that the Corps was doing well. At least the clothes were distributed according to seasons.
Nowadays, if you want this military coat, there is no place to buy it.
Corn, soybeans, and sorghum all have to be paid to the public. What is really the family’s turn to eat is sweet potatoes.
While the grain was still drying, the production team began to divide the sweet potatoes. The method of dividing the sweet potatoes was to divide the sweet potatoes according to the head. How many meters of rice per person. Then each person would measure it and dig their own.
Throughout the year, sweet potatoes account for more than half of the year's food ration. From now on, we need to eat them until next spring. Who makes this thing have a high yield?
Lin Yutong and Fourth Master divided half of the ridge. But it weighed more than a thousand kilograms. The stuff just dug out of the ground was wet and extremely heavy.
Today's sweet potatoes are still different from those improved sweet potatoes in later generations. The improved sweet potatoes grow evenly, and most of them are long and thin. But today's sweet potatoes are all round and lumpy. If it rains around a nest of sweet potatoes
If water accumulates in the nest, the sweet potatoes will grow extraordinarily large. Each one looks like a human head. Don't think that this is an advantage. Such sweet potatoes grow larger because of the water, but they are not sweet.
Not only is it not sweet, but it also cracks open, revealing the white meat inside. Such sweet potatoes cannot be stored at all. Take them back and wash them the same day, then cut them into slices and dry them in the sun. When you are ready to eat, dry and grind the sweet potatoes into powder.
.If the weather is bad and the hair cannot be dried, it will be in vain. If the hair grows, it can only be fed to pigs.
It is precisely because sweet potatoes must be stored in good condition without any trauma. Therefore, peeling sweet potatoes is not only a physical job, but also a technical job.
Technically speaking, it was clear that Fourth Master was not up to par.
After rake down, a nest of seven sweet potatoes came out. But four of them were injured.
Lin Yutong squatted behind and picked off the vines on these sweet potatoes. The fine roots on them also had to be removed, and the soil on them was too sticky and heavy during transportation. When he looked up, he saw the fourth master staring blankly at the rake.
He was fascinated by the sweet potato that had not yet fallen off. Then he bent down and broke it, and the bird was finished! It was completely broken into two halves.
Lin Yutong: "..." I have to rely on this to make a living, otherwise I will really starve to death.
It was thanks to the help of Wu Chunlai and Li Guofang that it was finally taken back.
When you receive the sweet potatoes at home, you have to place them in the sun or a ventilated place to wait for the water to evaporate before storing them.
Professor Cheng and the others shared the least, and they could only eat half full of sweet potatoes at most. Lin Yutong insisted on sharing some with them, but they only took the ones that were damaged on the outside and could not be stored, and it was still a part that Lin Yutong definitely couldn't handle.
He is not willing to take advantage of others at all, and he has a lot of backbone.
After putting all the sweet potatoes in the cellar, my feet were a little cold when I went out in the morning.
Lin Yutong packed up the boxes and cages in the space and looked for useful things. He unexpectedly found a box of labor protection supplies. The most practical ones were labor protection shoes. There were cotton ones and single ones, which were waterproof, non-slip, warm and practical.
On such a day, even if these shoes are single shoes, they are warmer than rubber shoes and cloth shoes.
But these gloves are not bad, and they also have a frost-proof hat, which only exposes a pair of eyes.
"I want to visit the county town and buy some cloth." Lin Yutong shrank into the fourth master's arms. He had to make two sets of coats.
The fourth master nodded and said, "I'll go tomorrow." I've already exchanged a lot of cloth stamps and food stamps, so I'll definitely have enough clothes for the new season. "Is there anything else you want?"
"No more." Lin Yutong counted on his fingers, "I want to make a sheepskin coat for each of us. We have good sheepskin. Buy some wool and let people know that we have bought wool." We still need sweaters and woolen pants.
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The fourth master pondered for a long time and then said: "Prepare an extra portion. Let's go out in a few days."
"Where to go?" Lin Yutong asked.
"Go to the northwest." Fourth Master whispered.
"Look... Yin Zhen's father?" Lin Yutong asked.
"Yes." The fourth master responded solemnly, "This is Yin Zhen. Han Chunxia has been trying to change his surname for these years. This kid is so stubborn that he will not change his name even if he is beaten to death. He has also been secretly inquiring about his father's information. This
Probably he can't let it go. Things in the world have causes and effects. Even if you occupy someone else's body, you have to fulfill your responsibilities and obligations. You also write a letter and send it back to your home tomorrow."
I really forgot about this whole thing.
Lin Yutong woke up early and wrote a brief letter to say hello.
Then he hurriedly cooked. The meal was just finished, but the dishes had not been cleared away. Wu Chunlai came over to lead the donkey and said, "Master, there are a lot of people entering the city today. Hurry up."
During this period, Wu Chunlai and Li Guofang followed Fourth Master and Lin Yutong, working and being taught at the same time. They really learned a lot. Both of them were very respectful to the master and were willing to lend a hand in hard work.
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Teacher Feng said: "You go ahead. I'll clean up the pots and pans for you."
This society also has its shining points, that is, it can basically keep the house open at night, the doors of every house are not locked, and no one has lost anything. This is simply unimaginable in later generations.
Lin Yutong once heard his grandfather talking about old things in the 1970s. He said that he was riding a new bicycle from his work unit to the countryside, and encountered heavy rain on the way. The road was full of mud and he could not ride unless he carried the bicycle. But at that time he was injured.
He couldn't resist, so he parked the bicycle on the side of the road. There was no village or shop in the area. He went back to the city by himself. No matter how expensive the bicycle was, it didn't matter to anyone. He had already prepared the bicycle and lost it.
He was ready. He planned to buy a bicycle for the rationing unit. So, he didn't go to see it again. As a result, after waiting for half a month, his foot healed and he had to go to the countryside to continue working. Halfway through, he saw the bicycle parked in its original state.
On the roadside, no one has touched it. It is all rusty. How many people come and go on this road every day, but no one has ever thought of such a crooked idea. Bicycles at that time were so expensive, they were as big as a modern car.
. But it’s not lost. If you try it in modern times, let alone a car, if you park a bicycle unlocked on the side of the road for ten minutes without losing it, then you are really lucky.
Lin Yutong walked away without locking the door, not worried at all.
The people sitting on the donkey cart were all young people. Yang Liu rolled his eyes when he saw Lin Yutong.
Trouble! Who has offended you?
"It's so cold, you asked everyone to wait for a long time before cutting." Yangliu complained to Wu Chunlai. Those who listened to the twists and turns made the whole body feel weak.
Wu Chunlai chuckled, "Let's go! Let's go!" He was too shy to say a word to the older girl.
This is a good and honest young man.
This was the first time in the past two months that she had left this mountain village and entered the county town. The tallest building had two floors.
In the entire county, there is only one street that can be called a street. And the so-called department store only has three blue-painted counters side by side and shelves against the wall behind it.
A woman about thirty years old was sitting on a stool picking up the soles of her shoes.
"Comrade, do you have any wool?" Lin Yutong asked.
Maybe it was strange for Lin Yutong to want wool, so she raised her head and said, "We don't have any here, we have to go to Harbin to sell them."
A department store in a county town didn’t sell any wool!
Lin Yutong could only focus on a few pieces of dusty cloth on the counter. They were all polyester fabrics. They were blue, black, gray and military green. Lin Yutong changed all the cloth tickets on his body to cloth. He looked at the cloth.
It is enough to make four or five sets of clothes. In fact, including jackets and coats, it is only barely enough.
I bought something and had nowhere to go. There was a movie theater on the street, and the Fourth Master kept looking inside. He probably only watched the movie in the memory of the original owner, but he probably didn't in reality.
"How about going and taking a look?" Lin Yutong looked at the poster on the wall.
It's a tunnel battle.
Whatever it is, curious isn't it?
The Fourth Master nodded, "Go and have a look." He had been to the county town several times and was embarrassed to go with others. The key was that others were not willing to spend money. He wanted to invite others, but they refused. He felt it was a burden. Now the remaining
We were two together and it was time to go see something. Other people’s memories have become blurred over time. However, my own personal experience was not as impressive as my own.
A movie ticket cost five cents. So the two of them spent ten cents and entered the cinema.