"Her father is a worker at a forest farm and is away from home all year round. He was injured this time, but the employer said he was injured because of poaching. Although the employer still took care of the injury, his salary, which was not much, was reduced by one level.
Her mother didn't have a job and earned a living by making matchboxes. But she was the eldest in the family, with seven younger brothers and sisters. How could she make ends meet? She replaced all the sweet potatoes she shared with dried sweet potatoes and ground them into flour.
"I asked someone to bring it back. You said, there are nearly ten people in a family, and there are four or five half-year-old boys, how many days can we eat that little food?" Chen Ping asked Lin Yutong while washing the pot.
Lin Yutong sat in front of the stove, "What did she eat recently? She is so hungry that she loses her appearance."
"What can I eat?" Chen Ping frowned and said, "She is very strong and doesn't worry about anyone. She takes a hoe all day long and looks for those sweet potatoes that haven't been peeled cleanly in the field. Some of them are very thin and have all the sweet potatoes inside.
It's silk. Many people don't want it. It's so heavy that it doesn't taste good to feed pigs. A lot of it was thrown away in the field. She picked it up and steamed it in the pot. But it was freezing every day.
Now, there isn’t much left. What can we do in the future? I’m thinking of everyone working together to get some food for her first.”
"What's there to say? No one is in trouble." Lin Yutong whispered, "The ones I have in the cellar have not been touched much. You guys will help her carry some back when she goes back today. If they
There is really some meat in the forest farm that I can’t get rid of. Whether it’s bacon or bacon, I want it. I can just take away all the sweet potatoes. I’ll ask the people at the grain station to see if there’s any grain that has been soaked in water or old grain.
Exchange some. They will exchange that for meat, and they will be happy."
Chen Ping was stunned and glanced inside, "Can you really change it?"
Lin Yutong nodded, "You have some connections. Who is not hungry for meat now?"
Chen Ping lowered her voice and said: "My brother is also from a forest farm. Not to mention, we have smoked chicken and rabbit at home. But we don't dare to take them out. My family is also hungry for meat, but what can we do? It's really hard to let people smell the smell.
It’s a bad thing. I’m thinking about getting some food. My grandma is already eighty years old and can’t find anything to eat even if she wants to.”
Lin Yutong nodded quickly, "It can be exchanged. Many people are looking for bacon." We are going to the northwest. We have food, but if we want to take out the meat, we have to explain it. Can we think of some way?
"Then I'll send a telegram back and ask my brother to come." Chen Ping said quickly.
"Sure! Let's not attract attention everywhere. We will find a way to get the grain near the train station and deliver it to us. Your brother and the others took the bus back by the way. It won't show off the mountains and won't leak."
Chen Ping thought for a moment, "Okay! This is the safest way." After saying that, she glanced inside again, "Who are you with... Yin Zhen, are you in love?"
An old married couple is a good match in the eyes of others.
Lin Yutong smiled and nodded.
"No wonder you can be someone's home." Chen Ping put the pots and dishes in place, wiped her hands on her apron, and then said, "You have to take good care of people."
Lin Yutong smiled disapprovingly, could he still run away or what?
Seeing her disapprovingly, Chen Ping smiled and said, "Haven't you heard people say, 'Four wheels and a knife, the revolutionary red flag is flying on both sides'?"
"What do you mean?" Lin Yutong really had never heard of it.
Chen Ping smiled and said: "Girls are looking for partners now, and these types of young men are the most popular. The four wheels refer to cars. They refer to drivers who can drive. This knife refers to cooks. Follow the cook to get hungry
No. The revolutionary red flag means that soldiers are paid after all. The army provides food and housing, and clothes are paid on time. All wages can be sent home. Doesn’t your family know how to tinker with cars? Even Wu Chunlai has learned this. But
Isn't it popular? There are a lot of girls rushing to get it. Why do you think Yangliu always has a hard time with you? On the first day, it was because she was upset, not against you. Later, she really became jealous of such a person.
I asked you to get there first, but you are not jealous. She ignored Wu Chunlai in the past. Ever since Wu Chunlai learned to look at and repair cars, the two of them are now getting tired of each other. You said that you are on the same level as a master, and she is on the same level as an apprentice. She
Do you like it?"
Ouch! Where are these Taos?
She really doesn't know.
The two of them murmured, and when Ge Hongbing and the others came out, Lin Yutong found a sack, picked up two bags of sweet potatoes, and asked a few people to carry it back to Zhou Junhong.
She returned to the room and looked at the Fourth Master, "Are you attracted by girls wherever you go?"
"Why are you recruiting a girl?" Fourth Master squinted and leaned on the kang.
Lin Yutong didn't tease him and told him about buying bacon.
"Okay, I'll go to the Corps tomorrow. Who among the family members of the old workers doesn't want to get some fine grain? Let's exchange the fine grain for their old grain. If it's coarse grain, one pound can be exchanged for four or five pounds. I heard last time that they
There is still a lot of budded wheat left this year, which turns green when ground into flour. Exchange more of these. They won't eat it, but you can exchange it for someone else. It is life-saving food. It is rare."
The fourth master handled this matter very efficiently. He first borrowed a carriage and said he was going to the county town. Then the two of them actually went to the county town, and then took a detour to the station. When they got to a place where no one was around, Lin Yutong took out the food and filled it with food.
It was flour and rice. I packed it in old bags and took it all the way to the train station. Then I gave a few kilograms of flour to the veteran who was guarding the railway and borrowed it from someone else's place. People from the Corps were waiting for them. In a short time, the Secretary-General of the Corps led his people.
, the carriage was loaded with hundreds of kilograms of old grain, and dozens of kilograms of crushed soybean residue were added. The two parties exchanged, and that was it.
"Brother, don't worry. Everyone is tight-lipped. As soon as you ask for this food, everyone will know that you are saving people. If you can't survive, who will eat these." The chief of staff is also old and knows all the world.
Toru said, "It's not easy for everyone these days. Besides, now everyone is pointing at you to find a way to make some fine food." After saying that, he handed a cigarette to the fourth master, "By the way, brother, I can get some brown sugar."
No? We can't even get a bowl of brown sugar and egg water for the elder's sister-in-law during her confinement period."
Lin Yutong nodded slightly, and the fourth master said: "...Okay! I'll find a way to help you get rid of it. There are people from the grain station here, brother, please be tight-lipped."
"I know. You are an honest person. These days, those who can get fine grain from the grain station are even junior officials." The chief of staff waved his hand, "Everyone in the family, young and old, is pointing to your small amount of fine grain." He pointed.
Pointing to the bean dregs, he said, "I won't kid you about this. It's fodder for horses. I picked some from it, and I'm sure it can be eaten by people. They are all good beans, flattened. Wash them twice."
At least it can last for a few days. They are all people who have lived through hard times, and I understand."
The two chatted for a long time before breaking up.
"In this world, there is no shortage of good people everywhere." Fourth Master and Lin Yutong sighed.
Lin Yutong took another bag of white flour and a bag of rice, "Chen Ping's family wants to exchange his grandma for fine grains."
The fourth master nodded. He was particularly tolerant to people with filial piety, "Then give more. Next time they save meat, they will exchange it with us." He also recently inquired about the labor camp, and it is estimated that the life in the northwest
It’s not easy either. It really doesn’t work. I have to send things there on time in the future. If I can find someone who knows the basics, I can be more reliable than getting it elsewhere. He originally wanted to find Liu Jianguo who was assigned to the forest farm. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet him.
On this occasion.
The train arrived in the afternoon, and three young men got off the train, each carrying a sack. There were a lot of things.
"That's too much! That's too much!" Chen Ping's brother Chen Kai quickly waved his hand, "We can't afford these fine grains."
"I heard from Chen Ping that the old man is already eighty. Let him eat what he wants. We are not outsiders. If there is something good next time, please keep it for us." Lin Yutong looked at the bacon in the sack.
, there are chickens, rabbits, robes, and two big wild boar legs. I am also satisfied.
Lin Yutong was given an extra half bag of bean dregs, and he was also given an extra half bag of dried fungus and dried mushrooms.
Not cheap at all.
The next day, Chen Ping received a telegram from home, saying that Lin Yutong was really sincere and that the food was of the best quality. Such good noodles and rice could not be found in Harbin.
So Zhou Junhong and I came over to express our gratitude. Seeing Lin Yutong making cotton shoes, Zhou Junhong took the initiative to pick up the soles. "I have strong hands."
As a result, they stayed up for a few nights and gave Lin Yutong a bag of shoe soles.
"One is more honest than the other." Lin Yutong sighed to the fourth master as he packed up his things before going out. Then he asked him, "Has the letter of introduction been opened?"
"Okay." Fourth Master turned around and said, "This journey will take about half a month."
"Well!" Lin Yutong rubbed his hands coldly, "It's so cold today. It's not easy to walk on the road."
"It's snowing." The Fourth Master opened the curtains and took a look outside. "Just ask Wu Chunlai to build a stove on the wall separating the two houses while we are away. This house is small, and
The wall of fire is almost there.”
As he said that, he took Lin Yutong's hand, put it into his arms and covered it.
The next day, the two of them packed their bags and were sent to the station by Wu Chunlai. By noon, they got on a truck and headed for Harbin.
There are no passenger buses between the two places yet. However, there are also many people on the trucks. Many of them are taking advantage of the leisure time to go back to the city to visit relatives. It was after ten o'clock in the evening that we finally arrived in Harbin.
.
It's snowing heavily outside. But the train to Xi'an won't be available until the day after tomorrow. I still have to stay here for a day and two nights.
"Big brother, big sister." From a distance, a man wrapped up like a bear waved to them. There was a lot of snow on his body. It was obvious that he had been waiting for a long time.
"It's Chen Ping's brother, Chen Kai." Fourth Master has always had a photographic memory for identifying people, so there is no mistake in thinking.