Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Sunshine Farm

Chapter 134 Qin Huairu returns to her parents’ home (Happy Mid-Autumn Festival)
Jiang Ni took He Yuzhu to the nearest supply and marketing cooperative and wrapped up all the clothes in the supply and marketing cooperative. There were less than 60 people in Chuangou Dizi Village, and the price of a piece of clothing was about three yuan.

He Yuzhu spent a total of more than 400 yuan to buy two sets of clothes for each person in the village, and then spent more than 100 yuan to buy two pairs of shoes for everyone.

At about 13:[-] in the afternoon, the truck stopped in front of Chuangou Dizi Village again.

Uncle Zhao came out from the village to welcome him. He Yuzhu quickly asked Uncle Zhao to call someone to come and get clothes and shoes. The people in Chuangou Dizi Village were really moved in their hearts when they saw these shoes and clothes.

After receiving the clothes, the men happily took the clothes home and put them on for their families. Then everyone finally walked out of their respective houses. People in the village looked at He Yuzhu and Jiang Ni. A deep ninety-degree bow, this bow was filled with the gratitude of the people in the village to He Yuzhu and Jiang Ni.

It's time to eat. There are two large pots, one stewed with rice, and the other stewed with pork, cabbage and vermicelli. After the two pots were stewed, the aroma really almost tickled people's noses.

What did people in Chuangou Dizi Village eat for three meals a day in the past?
We must know that the food problem is a problem for every household in Chuangou Dizi Village.

Luxuries such as bread and drinks were almost a luxury in that era.

Rice is a luxury item among luxuries. People in Chuangou Dizi Village can only rack their brains to find ways to fill their stomachs with those few grains of rice.

For breakfast, the breakfast choices in Chuangou Dizi Village are quite limited.Many people choose simple millet porridge or sweet potato porridge for breakfast.

Although it sounds good, in fact, these breakfasts are not nearly as delicious as we now imagine.

In the morning, there is often only a small handful of millet in the pot at home, and it quickly becomes a pot of thin porridge.

In order to increase the taste and satiety, adults will add some sweet potatoes to the porridge.Sweet potatoes will make the porridge thicker and give people a "chewy" feeling.Some families will also pick some wild vegetables growing in the ground, chop them up and put them into the porridge to add a touch of wildness to breakfast.

After cooking for a long time, the millet porridge becomes sticky, but this is the breakfast in Chuangou Dizi Village. Although it is simple, it is full of expectations for a better life.

Pickles are also a frequent guest on the breakfast table in Chuangou Dizi Village.

Making pickles is very simple, just cut the radish into strips, then sprinkle generously with salt for pickling.

This kind of pickle does not have much seasoning, but it tastes fresh and salty and is not easy to spoil, which can increase the taste of breakfast.

It is said that eating it with a pickle can increase the appetite for rice and make people eat more deliciously.

But it really doesn’t taste good, besides being salty.

Chuangou Dizi Village often had a side dish of boiled cabbage for lunch, which was the most common lunch pairing of that era.Generally, cabbage is stir-fried with lard, using chopsticks to scoop out a little oil, and then the cut cabbage with cabbage stalks and leaves is put into the pot and stir-fried.

Add an appropriate amount of salt and the cooked cabbage has a very special taste.Usually boiled cabbage is paired with steamed buns.

Wowotou was a staple food of that era and was made from cornmeal.But unlike today’s steamed buns, the steamed buns at that time were often hard and difficult to chew.

Some wild vegetables may be added to it, although they are not nutritious enough.This kind of steamed buns is paired with boiled cabbage to fill the stomach. Although it is simple, it gives people a simple sense of satisfaction.

Occasionally, I will have a bowl of noodles at noon.

However, most of the time we just add a lot of noodle soup to the bowl to make it feel more filling.The kids will gobble it up and finish the noodles in no time.Although simple, such a lunch in Chuangou Dizi Village is enough for children.

Dinner: Millet and cabbage soup is often eaten, which is the most common food in most families.

Put some cabbage sticks into the millet porridge and cook until the heat is right.If there are no pickles at home, add an appropriate amount of salt to the pot to season.Eating such a staple food for dinner is often not enough, so some pancakes are baked to go with it.

These pancakes are made with sweet potato noodles and wild vegetables.

First, cut the sweet potatoes into slices and dry them, then grind them into powder and add water to make a paste.Next, add chopped wild vegetable leaves into the paste and stir evenly.Finally this mixture is pancaked.

This kind of sweet potato noodle vegetable pancake does not always taste good because some wild vegetables may have a bitter taste.But if eaten with porridge, the bitter taste can be reduced.Although the millet and cabbage soup and sweet potato noodles and wild vegetable pancakes for dinner were simple, they were the source of nutrition in the evenings of that era.

These are the three meals a day in Chuangou Dizi Village, and these three meals a day should be the best three meals a day. If you encounter any bad years, these three meals a day will not be enough.

So after rice and pork and cabbage stewed vermicelli come out of the pot, you will never see people in Chuangou Dizi Village craving for it.

"Let's eat!" He Yuzhu didn't want everyone to wait too long, so after the meal was ready, he shouted directly.

After He Yuzhu finished speaking and started eating, the happiest people were the half-grown children. They all rushed to the rice bowl and tried their best to pack the rice into their bowls. At this time, please don't laugh at the selfishness of these children.

It was actually because the rice in front of them was food they had never encountered in their lives. They had no bad intentions, they just instinctively wanted to eat more.

A bowl of solid rice, followed by a spoonful of mushy pork and cabbage stewed with vermicelli. They squatted aside, chopsticks flying, and the half-grown boys took big gulps of the rice and vegetables into their mouths.

At the end of the meal, many people started crying, and there was a lot of sobbing. This made Jiang Ni a little worried. He went over and asked the little guy why he was crying. The little guy looked at Jiang Ni's pitiful reply, "The rice and meat are so delicious." , he was worried that he would never be able to eat such delicious food again.

Jiang Ni's heart ached when he said this.

Slowly Jiang Ni's eyes turned red, and He Yuzhu also showed a hint of distress at this time. In the 60s, to be honest, there were still many, many poor places and many, many poor people. We don't praise suffering, but we don't either. Cover up suffering.

Jiang Ni returned to He Yuzhu, looked at the people in Chuangou Dizi Village in front of him, and said slowly: "Master He, it is better to treat the symptoms than the root cause. In fact, what these children said is right. You can rescue them with these supplies at once, but you Can you still help them for the rest of your life?

What should they do if you no longer provide funding, or are unable to provide funding?
By diverting water for farming, it was possible to have enough food, but it might still be difficult to eat today's rice with pork and cabbage. "

He Yuzhu also agreed with Jiang Ni's words: "Yes, it's okay if you don't know, but if you know, I can't just sit back and watch, so I also want to ask Director Jiang for help here to see if there are any good side jobs that can be done." People in the village do it.”

"Well, that's an idea. Don't worry, I'll help you find out when I get back." Jiang Ni nodded.At this time, Uncle Zhao came over with a grateful smile: "Master He, Director Jiang, we have cleaned up a clean place for you, and you can deal with it there all night.

Tomorrow we will go up the mountain and show Director Jiang our project of bombing the mountain to divert water. "

"Okay!" He Yuzhu and Jiang Ni nodded in unison.

Two flowers, one on each side

Qin Huairu was originally planning to return to her parents' home on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, but due to Xu Damao's constant urging and money, Qin Huairu also left the courtyard early.

Qin Huairu's natal family was Qinjiatun, Xingshou Commune, Changping County, and Jia Zhang's natal family was Zhanggezhuang, Nanshao Commune, Changping County at that time. The two places were 10 miles apart. They were fellow villagers in the next town. Jia Zhang's reputation as an evil mother-in-law. Not good, the family conditions are also poor, and I can't marry a well-matched city daughter-in-law.

So I could only find an honest girl from the countryside who was hard-working, capable and able to endure hardships.

Qin Huairu's natal family used to be very rich, but unfortunately, the final result was that they were divided directly. Qin Huairu's father was immediately angered to death, and now only her mother and one younger brother are left in the family.

However, Qin Huairu's family was very difficult, with three children and a mother-in-law, so Qin Huairu went home only a handful of times, so the relationship between Qin Huairu and her younger brother was only average.

If Xu Damao hadn't wanted his cousin this time, then Qin Huairu wouldn't have gone back. After all, you have to bring at least something with you when you go back. When you see your mother, you have to give some money. When you see your nephews and nieces, you also have to give them lucky money. You can't leave nothing!

Therefore, Qin Huairu rarely went back after marrying to the courtyard, and the relationship became so weak that they never recognized each other in the end.

Today Xu Damao gave Qin Huairu a lot of good things, snacks, wine, candies, and 20 yuan. Qin Huairu happily got into the car. It took four hours to drive. When he arrived at Qin Huairu's mother's house, It's already lunch time.

Qin Huairu's natal family is a brick house. This is the smallest house left by the ancestors of Qin Huairu's family. In fact, Qin Huairu's family used to have many houses, but they were all divided up.

Now here is the smallest and last house.

When they arrived at the door of the house, the big yellow dog immediately started barking. However, after he quickly discovered that it was Qin Huairu, the big yellow dog stopped barking and then wagged its tail happily.

At this time, someone opened the door to see. This person was Qin Huairu's mother, Zhao Jinfeng.

However, when Zhao Jinfeng saw that the person who came was Qin Huairu, his eyes were slightly disgusted and he said, "Why are you here?"

These words all mean rejection. Why does it mean this? It’s very simple. Zhao Jinfeng is worried that Qin Huairu will come home to ask for money or food, because Qin Huairu’s husband just died and there are three children at home, one mother-in-law and one child. It only costs more than 20 yuan a month. Although it is a lot of money in rural areas, in Sijiu City, everything costs money, including going to the toilet and drinking a glass of water. Therefore, she thought that her daughter must be at the end of her rope. , so I came back shamelessly.

"mom."

However, Qin Huairu smiled and said, "I'm back to pay you New Year's greetings. Look, what did I bring you?"

Qin Huairu came prepared this time. She knocked on Xu Damao's many things, not to mention snacks, but also had 20 yuan and some gifts she brought home, such as a silk scarf in Qin Huairu's hand at this time.

"Mom, come here and take a look. This is real silk. It costs five yuan a piece!"

"Five dollars?" At this moment, Zhao Jinfeng was also moved. She hurriedly went out and came over. She took the silk scarf in her hand and said happily: "Oh, real silk is real silk. It feels different when you touch it." .

It was so slippery. "

"Haha. Not bad. By the way, for Huaijiang, I bought him a pair of leather shoes and a jacket for my younger siblings!" Qin Huairu smiled broadly.

"Hey, we are all a family, why are you spending so much money?" Zhao Jinfeng pretended to blame, and then shouted happily to the family: "Huaijiang, Pandi, you all come out quickly, your sister Huairu I came back and bought you gifts."

After Zhao Jinfeng finished speaking, a man and a woman walked out of the room. These two people were Qin Huairu's brother and sister-in-law, Qin Huaijiang and Lin Pandi.

"Why are you back?" Qin Huaijiang frowned: "Our family has no food left!" His voice was cold, with a feeling of being rejected from thousands of miles away. In fact, he was worried that Qin Huairu would come back and ask for money and food.

"What are you talking about? Your sister is from Sijiu City. She will ask you for something. Look, this is the silk scarf your sister bought for me. It costs five yuan. By the way, your sister also I bought leather shoes for you and a gown for Pandi."

Zhao Jinfeng quickly gave his son a mocking blow, and then quickly told Qin Huairu about the gift he had brought. He meant to tell Qin Huaijiang and Lin Pandi that Qin Huairu came with something this time, not to ask for money and money. of food.

Lin Pandi immediately understood what her mother-in-law meant and said loudly: "Sister, come in quickly, come in quickly, we just had dinner at home, you came back just in time, don't be like this stupid man.

He is just hungry. My sister is from the city, so I can borrow some extra food from you. "

With that said, Lin Pandi ran to Qin Huairu, took Qin Huairu's salute, and followed her family to welcome Qin Huairu into their home. This was also the time for Qin Huairu to show off her strength.

Seeing his nephews and nieces, Qin Huairu gave each of them a red envelope containing a dollar bill.

Then he took out the snacks. In addition to the snacks, there were also cans, biscuits in iron boxes, and two bags of milk powder. These alone cost Xu Damao more than 30 yuan. Since Xu Damao was so anxious, Qin Huairu could go all out.

In order to get married early, Xu Damao tried his best to cover up the rumors of his illness, spending more than 100 on Qin Huairu.

In this way, Xu Damao has such financial resources, and it would definitely not be possible for another person.

Seeing Qin Huairu taking out the good things one by one, Qin Huaijiang asked curiously: "My sister-in-law just left, and your family's life is also very difficult. Where did you get all this money?"

But before Qin Huairu could explain, Lin Pandi on the side said: "You know what the hell, my sister's family is from the city, and there are still three thousand nails in the ruined ship. Even if my brother-in-law is gone, this family still has a solid foundation."

After saying that, Qin Huairu gave a wry smile.

(End of this chapter)