Chapter 8: Two cousins were beaten, Li Jia1 was full
Chapter 8: Two cousins were beaten, Li Jiayi was full
"Here, I'll give you half." Li Jiayi broke the sweet potato in half, handed it to Li Jiafen and said.
"Thank you, Brother Jiayi."
This sweet potato has red flesh, and he picked it on purpose because sweet potatoes with red flesh are not so dry and are sweeter.
Of course, the two he put into the space, one had red flesh and the other had white flesh.
Red-fleshed sweet potatoes are okay to eat on their own, but if used as feed, they are not as good as white-fleshed ones.
It gets dark late in the summer, and when grandma finishes cooking, it is still daylight, so we eat right in the yard.
Grandma made noodles. Not only did she use white flour, but there was meat in it. Although it was bacon, it was still meat!
You know, it’s not easy to eat meat in the countryside. No one will kill pigs unless it’s a festival.
As for the pigs that have grown up, they will of course be sold to purchasing stations, and the purchasing stations will also come to the village to buy them.
When the purchasing station receives a certain amount, it will be sent to the meat processing plant.
"Come and add one more. This bowl is more. It's for you." Grandma brought a big bowl of noodles to him.
"Grandma, this is too much. Let me share some with you!" Li Jiayi said speechlessly as he looked at the huge bowl in front of him.
"No, you are still growing, so you need to eat more. Your grandfather and I are old, so we need to eat less at night, otherwise we will have trouble digesting it."
Hearing his grandmother say this, Li Jiayi knew that it would be impossible for him to share with his grandfather or grandmother.
He turned to look at Li Jiafen and said, "Come, I'll give you some."
"Brother Jiayi, I don't want it. This is enough for you. Eat it yourself!" After saying that, he took the bowl aside.
"All right!"
This huge bowl is bigger than his head. If he finishes it, he probably won’t be able to eat tomorrow morning.
But he also knew that this was because his grandmother loved him, otherwise why would she use white flour to make noodles and add bacon?
If he hadn't come, grandma wouldn't have given out the bacon!
Just as he thought, after finishing a big bowl of noodles, my stomach was so full that I had to half-lying down when sitting, or there was no room for me to sit at all.
We had just finished our meal when uncle Li Aiguo and aunt Liu Xiaocui came over with their two cousins.
Judging from the way the two cousins walked, they must have been beaten pretty hard.
Li Jiayi quickly stood up from the bamboo chair and shouted, "Uncle and Auntie."
"Hey, Jiayi, when did you come?" the uncle asked in surprise.
One look at his expression revealed that he had no idea Li Jiayi was coming.
"I came here in the afternoon, riding in Sixth Grandpa's ox cart."
"Oh!"
"Jiayi, you've grown taller again." The old lady came over and stood beside him, comparing and saying.
"Why are you here? Have you eaten?" asked grandma.
"We've finished eating, mom. Jiafen hasn't gone home yet, so I came to see her." said the uncle.
"Forget it after you've eaten it." said grandma.
"By the way, Jiayi, why didn't the eldest and second girls come?" asked the aunt.
Of course, the big girl and the second girl refer to Li Jiaqi and Li Jialin.
In fact, Da Niu and Er Niu are the names of the two older sisters. As for Jiaqi and Jialin, they were given by Li Jiayi when they registered their household registration later.
Otherwise, there would be no such name in this era. My parents thought it sounded nice and was similar to Li Jiayi's name.
Just report it.
As for my cousin Li Jiafen, my uncle gave her the name based on the names of his two older sisters.
"My sisters are doing their homework at home!"
Hearing him say that, the aunt turned around, glared at the two cousins and said, "Look at the eldest and second cousins. They know how to do their homework at home during the holidays, but you two just slack off."
The eldest cousin Li Chengqian opened his mouth but didn't say anything. The second cousin Li Chenghou said at this time: "It's still early before school starts! It's not like you won't write."
"You still know how to be stubborn, right? Aiguo, go ahead and deal with him." said the old lady.
When my second cousin heard that he was going to be punished, he immediately shut up. There was nothing he could do about it. It really hurt to be hit on the butt with the stick!
Li Jiayi remembered something at this time and said quickly: "Grandpa, uncle, I have something to tell you."
"what's up?"
"Come inside and talk!"
After hearing what Li Jiayi said, grandfather and uncle knew that it was not convenient to let more people know, or to be more precise, it was not convenient to let the three children know.
"Okay, come in!"
After the three people came into the room, Li Jiayi closed the door.
"Jiayi, what is still kept secret?" asked the uncle.
"Grandpa, uncle, this is what happened. The father of one of my classmates works in a government department."
"My classmate told me that rural land will be reclaimed in September this year."
"Jia Yi, are you telling the truth?"
"It's 100% true, because his father is in charge of this, and the time has been set, how could it be false?"
"Alas! It's only been a few years since the land was distributed! Do we have to work for the landlords again like in the past?" asked the uncle with a grim look on his face.
"Uncle, this is different. This is for the collective. A village is a collective. Everyone will work together and record work points. After the grain is harvested, except for the part that is paid as public grain, the rest will be distributed according to work points."
"Ah, in that case, if only your aunt and I work, there won't be enough food!"
Now the land in our family, including our grandparents’ land, is cultivated by my uncle and aunt.
"How can two people do the work? Your mother and I are only in our fifties. We can also work." Grandpa said after taking a puff of his pipe.
"Dad, you and my mom haven't farmed for several years, and we are old now. How can we let you work in the fields?"
My uncle and aunt are very filial. They took over all the land in the family so as not to let my grandparents get tired.
"If it really doesn't work, let Cheng Qiancheng drop out of school. No matter how much he learns, he will still have to work in the fields in the future."
"Get out of my way." Grandpa kicked the uncle and said, "You must go to school after Cheng Qiancheng."
"Grandpa, uncle, don't worry! The reason I told you this is because I already have a plan."
"What's your plan?" asked the uncle hurriedly.
"Store food."
"Storing food?"
"Yes, after the land is collected by the collective, the grain will also be collected. At that time, the whole village will eat together in a big pot, but this period will not last long. After the spring harvest next year, after the grain is distributed, each family will still have to cook for themselves."
"Are you also collecting grain?" asked the uncle.
"Yes! Otherwise how can it be considered a collective? We eat and work together."
"So I asked you to store the food, and when the time comes to harvest the grain, take out some, and hide the rest."
"But there isn't much food at home! We can't hide much."
"Uncle, this is the second point I mentioned. You can see who in the village sells grain and then buy some."
Since the villagers don’t buy it themselves, they will sell the surplus food to the grain station. In that case, why not buy it?
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(End of this chapter)