Chapter 26 Someone Has to Make a Sacrifice
It was almost half past twelve at noon, and Jiang Yu finally prepared all the meals, including a separate serving of chicken, a serving of braised fish, a serving of stewed vermicelli with cabbage and pork, a serving of stewed tofu with pork belly, and cold cucumber and fried rice. peanuts.

"Elder Sister, Brother He, it's time to eat." She greeted the two people on the kang with her head.

Take a grate basket from the dining cabinet, put the dumplings floating on it through the cold water, and put them in the clean grate basket. The portion is quite large. After all, there are five people in the thatched hut, and it is not enough to eat without it. .

Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival for family reunion, so we have to have a full meal no matter what.

She had prepared enough dumpling fillings before, and Jiang Yan wrapped them all up. This matter was discussed by the three of them in advance, and no one would be reluctant.

When the food was served, she said to Jiang Yan: "Xiao Chuan and I will send the food to the hut, and we will be back soon. Sister and Brother He will eat slowly first, don't wait for us."

"Can you two carry it? I'll go together."

"No, why can't you carry it?" If she went, it would be uncomfortable to leave He Xun alone at home.

Put the food in the food box. This is the food box of the old age. It is divided into three layers. The two food boxes are easy to fit. As long as you are careful not to shake it on the road, the food will hardly spill out.

She was carrying two food boxes, Jiang Chuan was carrying the dumplings with both hands, and the siblings went out.

At this point, everyone is eating at home, and there are not many people to be seen on the street. Occasionally, they meet a little doll who is also from the village.

The two of them came to the hut slowly, and before they got close, they saw smoke coming out of the chimney, probably still cooking at home.

After the two entered the house, they heard talking in the kitchen.

"Grandpa!" Jiang Chuan shouted at the top of his voice.

In the kitchen, Mr. Fang and Mr. Guo poked their heads out, while the others leaned on the windowsill and poked their heads out.

"Hey, are you two here to deliver food?" Mr. Fang hurried out, helped Jiang Chuan take the grate basket in his hand, and then took a food box in Jiang Yu's hand.

It feels heavy in the hand, and it is obvious that there are a lot of meals in it.

"Today's Mid-Autumn Festival, the dishes I made, I know that a few grandpas don't have that skill, I prepared them and sent them to you to eat ready-made." The food box in my hand was placed on the square table. After opening, the top layer was a dish of cold cucumber, which was just simple The ones are mixed with garlic and no other accessories.

Familiar with the way, he went to the cupboard to take out a few plates, and emptied his own plates, so as not to have to make another trip after the meal.

Mr. Guo and the other three also got off the kang, looking at the food Jiang Yu brought, they had mixed feelings for a while.

"Little girl, you are too rich." Grandpa Guo said.

"I also ate this for lunch at home. I made two servings, and the dumplings are enough."

After all the food was taken out, Jiang Yu led his younger brother away without caring about anything else. The family is probably waiting for the two of them to go back to eat.

Several old people sent their siblings to the door, and turned back to the house until they were out of sight.

Sitting at the square table, looking at the food in front of him, Mr. Cheng went to the room and took out a bottle of white wine, "Today is the holiday, let's have two sips each."

"Okay!" Mr. Fang greeted a few old men to sit down, "This girl is thinking about us, and we have nothing to give her. Now I will do my best to teach her to read. In the future... I mean, if we still have On the day we go back, we have to help them a little bit."

"It goes without saying that even if you don't send anything, if you want to show the little girl's enthusiasm for learning, you should help me more." In other words, who knows if they can go back, it has been so many years, although they still have hope in their hearts, But can't see the end.

The dumplings are stuffed with cabbage and pork. When you take a bite, the sweetness of the cabbage and the gravy mix together, making the whole taste buds boil.

"Haven't had a decent meal of dumplings in years?"

"Didn't I have a meal during the Chinese New Year? Lao Fang made it. After the dumpling skins and fillings came out of the pot, they were all different, and the work and swallows were divided."

"You still dislike it. If you have the ability, you can make dumplings for the Chinese New Year this year."

"...Old Fang did a good job."

"I think so too!"

Back home, Jiang Yan and the two did not move their chopsticks and were still waiting for them.

After seeing the people coming back, he quickly greeted the two of them to go to the kang and sit down to eat. If they didn't eat any more, the dumplings would be useless.

Fortunately, after getting out of the pot, Jiang Yu rinsed it with cold water.

"Are the old gentlemen in good health?" He Xun asked.

"It's pretty good, but it's a lot older than when I first came here, and my body is not as good as before, but it's still pretty tough." Jiang Yu looked at He Xun, "Brother He, is there still no movement from above?"

Jiang Yan and Jiang Chuan didn't understand this, but He Xun understood it instantly, and looked at Jiang Yu a little differently.

"It has already started in other places. At least we have to wait here. This kind of thing can't be rushed. I will come and tell you when I have news." In Jiang Yan's mind, He Xun stopped treating this little girl as a child. A child of thirteen or fourteen would not say such things.

"Thank you."

She knew that several old people returned to the city in [-], but the specific date did not seem to be mentioned in the book, and she did not read it very carefully, even the month was swept away, and now she has no memory of it.

Jiang Yu also thought about letting her eldest sister study with her, so that when the time comes, all of her family will pass the exam, and no one will have to stay here.

However, in the Hexi Commune, if no one in the family works, and there is no work point, you can only fight with the northwest wind. Even if you have food stamps, the supply of food in the county is not unlimited. The whole family can only be hungry.

She had raised this question with her elder sister before, thinking it was very simple, but Jiang Yan dismissed it.

Taking a step back, what would Jiang Chuan do if the two sisters passed the exam together?
At that time, Jiang Chuan was supposed to be in junior high school. Even if he didn't need to spend money to study in college, Jiang Chuan had to pay tuition fees. There was no one in his family to support him, so Jiang Chuan couldn't afford the tuition fees.

If there are no elders in the family, someone must make sacrifices.

As the eldest sister, Jiang Yan took on this responsibility as she should, and she would not let her younger sister stay at home.

Of course she also wanted to read books, but there was nothing she could do about it.

"Are you still going to study in the afternoon?" Jiang Yan asked.

"If you don't go today, if it's a big holiday, you have to let Grandpa Cheng and the others rest and go tomorrow at noon."

He Xun said: "How are you studying?"

"It's not bad. Relatively speaking, it's much easier than self-study. The grandpas are very good, so there's no pressure to learn."

"That's nice."

Now that colleges and universities across the country are closed, no matter how good your studies are, what can you do? If the family is well-off, they will send their children abroad.

But Jiang Yu...

For a while, He Xun had many thoughts in his mind, but looking at the gentle Jiang Yan opposite, he could only suppress the thoughts.

It's not suitable for my identity!

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