Chapter 475 Pocket Money

“It’s snowing so hard!”

Heavy snow fell, and Yi Chichi climbed onto the roof using the ladder.

Qin Jiu held the ring of the flashlight in his mouth under the snow, and handed it up with a snow shovel. "Auntie, be careful."

"Auntie knows."

Yi Chichi took the shovel and warned, "Stand back, be careful of the snow falling on you."

"good!"

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a large piece of snow fell down.

Snow clearing is a particularly relaxing task. The thick snow falls down in large chunks under the push of manpower.

In a moment, there was a pile of snow at the door.

Wen's mother ran to help but couldn't find her own help. She hurried back to sweep the snow, but found that Yi Chichi had finished sweeping the snow and was coming down with the ladder.

"Why don't you wait until I come back to sweep?!"

"It's just a matter of convenience."

As he was speaking, Yi Chichi came down the ladder.

"We need to shovel the snow at the door, right?!"

Otherwise, if we continue like this, the door will be blocked in less than two hours.

"It needs to be shoveled."

So, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law took shovels and started to move the snow diligently. Qin Jiu wanted to help, but was not only rejected, but also sent back to sleep by the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

After all, he has classes tomorrow.

Qin Jiu couldn't persuade them, so he had to go back to his room and sleep.

When he was halfway through shoveling, the strong Uncle Ye came running over like a thief and asked if he needed help.

The ready-made labor force should not be wasted.

Yi Chichi hurriedly said yes.

So, Ye Yuntang took a shovel and started working hard.

Wen's mother asked him, "Have you dealt with the snow over there?"

"It's done. Uncle Qin and Uncle Ma and I did it together."

"Grandpa Song didn't do anything?"

Hearing Yi Chichi's words, Ye Yuntang's mouth twitched. This girl is a mischievous one.

With Mr. Song's frail scholarly physique, it would be difficult for him to even collect feed for the pigs, let alone shovel snow.

"You might as well rely on Aunt Song than Uncle Song."

Yi Chichi smiled and said, "I'm just curious."

At this point, she remembered something, "Is there enough firewood?"

"enough!"

There was not enough firewood when they first arrived. If Yi Chichi hadn't taken care of them, they would not have survived the winter.

This gave me a deep understanding of the winter in Baoan.

Stockpiling firewood has become ingrained in our DNA.

I stock up in my spare time, from the beginning of the year to the beginning of winter, and it’s enough.

"Not enough to remember to say."

"I know. I won't be polite with you!"

Then, the two asked Wen's mother whose roof collapsed.

"The Jianshe family's woodshed collapsed."

Wen's mother said succinctly, "Otherwise I wouldn't have come back so soon."

The implication: no one was hurt.

Since no one was hurt, it's time to end this topic.

The three of them worked hard for two hours. Not only did they move the snow shoveled off the roof to the empty vegetable plot, they also shoveled away the snow on the road in front of the door and in the front yard.

But it was no use, it accumulated again in a few hours.

Fortunately, the snow began to subside around ten o'clock in the morning, and the accumulated snow was not as thick as it was at night.

Captain and his team arranged patrols to clear the snow on Tunli Road regularly, so the road is not difficult to walk on.

So, when Liu Lan appeared in front of Yi Chichi, she was not surprised at all.

He even patted the warm kang and said, "Come up and work."

“Here I come!”

Liu Lan took off her hat and gloves and hung them on the rack, then took off her shoes and got on the kang. She moved her embroidery frame over as if she were there, sat opposite Yi Chichi and started threading.

"Why are you still painting?"

"Finalize the draft and add color."

Yi Chichi didn't even raise his head, "Where's your baby?"

"My mother and sister-in-law are watching."

Knowing that she comes here to work and earn money, her mother and sister-in-law are happy to take care of her children.

"I thought you would come with Wang Nan and the others."

"Wang Nan and Juanzi couldn't come, so Lao Bai sent Lao Wu to catch the bus and went to the department store to buy some things."

No wonder only Liu Lan came from the three people who used to be inseparable from Jiao and Meng.

Now that Wu Yongfei and Bai Chen are gone, Wang Nan and the others have to stay at home and take care of the children.

It’s really not suitable to take the kids out in such cold weather.

"Aunt isn't home?"

"I went to the team doctor's office to play with Aunt Mu."

Mu Da is resting today. Uncle Yaozi is worried that his wife is bored at home, so he goes to her house and calls Wen's mother to come over and play with Aunt Mu.

I also brought Big Orange and Big Cat along.

Just when I thought of two, Liu Lan said, "My cat has given birth."

Yi Chichi, "??? Giving birth in this season?"

"Yes, she laid six. We didn't know about it until yesterday, but when I woke up this morning, she had brought all the kittens to the kang."

Thinking about what happened in the morning, Liu Lan was a little amused and then worried. "Suddenly there are six more mouths to feed. The pressure is huge."

Yi Chichi was not sure what to say. According to her, the six kittens didn't eat much, so it would be nice to raise them until spring and let them move freely.

However, Liu Lan and her group now have six mouths to feed, and with food supplies tight, it would seem like she is being too complacent to persuade them to continue feeding them.

Easy to annoy people.

So, she kept her mouth shut and let Liu Lan mutter about how her father wanted to throw the kitten away, but her mother stopped her and said that they were still several lives after all, so she should just consider it as accumulating blessings for the younger generations in the family.

Then she asked, "Chi Chi, can you give me some of your dried fish?"

It is said to be an exchange, but in fact it is a sale.

Yi Chichi, "Feed it to the kittens?"

"Big Cat, the kittens haven't been weaned yet, so they probably won't be able to eat for a while."

Yi Chichi said, "Only squid slices, how about that?"

"Yes, if the big cat doesn't eat it, we can eat it ourselves."

OK.

So, in the evening, when Liu Lan got home from work, she took away two kilograms of squid slices.

Yi Chichi handed the money to Wen's mother, "Mom, this is your pocket money."

Mother Wen took it and put it in her pocket. She didn't blush because her daughter-in-law gave her pocket money. Instead, she smiled and said, "Mom is saving it for you and Wen Shi."

“…Actually, you can buy some candy.”

There is no need for her to save money, they can earn it.

Mother Wen smiled and said, "There's some candy at home. Let's eat it first."

Yi Chichi didn't care about these things. She was only responsible for paying money and issuing receipts to replenish things at home.

As for how Wen Mu and Qin Jiu wanted to distribute it and how they wanted to use it, it was up to them.

"I'm going to the commune tomorrow."

When Wen's mother heard this, she knew the manuscript was finished. "Okay, go early and come back early."

"good."

After breakfast the next day, Yi Chichi and Qin Jiu went out at the same time.

She first sent Qin Jiu to the Youth League Home, and then went to the commune.

The wind and snow have stopped today, and the sun is shining.

The rare sunny day allowed people who had been staying at home for several days due to the heavy snow to come out for a walk.

The communes were even more overcrowded.

The same goes for the post office, with people coming and going, some making phone calls, some sending things, some picking up packages.

Yi Chichi went to the post office to ask if there were any packages or letters for her. After getting the answer that there were none, she left to meet the secretary.

Comrade Xiao Zhou entertained her, "Comrade Yi, please sit here and wait for a moment. The secretary is in a meeting now."

"Okay, Comrade Zhou, go ahead and do your work. I can take care of myself."

Xiao Zhou nodded, "Reading the newspaper?"

"look!"

Then he brought a thick stack of newspapers for her to read.