Maybe it’s really because everyone has to separate and set up their own small families, the atmosphere between brothers and sisters-in-law has indeed become more relaxed.

After everything was agreed upon, there was nothing more to say. All the things in the house were here, except for the things of the old couple. The third brother and his wife didn't live at home anyway, so they didn't get a share. Whether it was kitchen utensils or bowls, chopsticks and plates, any extra ones would be divided between the two families, and any left over would be left for the old couple to use, and they would buy more when they moved.

The final result of the division of the family was that Chen Yao and Chen Hua each got 815 yuan, Chen Xueliang got 435 yuan, and Chen's father and mother got 35 yuan. Although it seemed that Chen's father had basically no money, but with the change he could still have nearly a hundred yuan. Besides, the salary would be paid at the end of the month, and Chen's father had the highest salary in the family, so he was not worried.

The issue of family division was resolved. Chen's father wrote four family division documents by hand and showed them to everyone. The four people signed on them, and even their father-in-law signed his name as a witness.

After much difficulty getting everyone together, Chen's father had asked Chen's mother to prepare the dishes long ago. The women finished cooking in less than an hour. Everyone got together, and the brothers asked each other about their next plans. Of course, the most urgent thing now was the house, and they all wanted to decide on one first.

It was getting late after dinner, so everyone went home. Jiang Dongmei came back to ask me about the house, as the couple couldn't make up their minds.

When Jiang Mengxue heard her sister's question, she remembered that Gu Qingbei's comrade-in-arms had found a suitable house yesterday, and Gu Qingbei happened to come over and asked about it.

Gu Qingbei thought for a moment and said, "Liu Yang's house is not far from the station, and it's also close to the police station. It's also not far from the supply and marketing cooperative where my eldest sister works and my brother-in-law's factory. It only takes about ten minutes by bike. If my eldest sister and brother-in-law need anything, I'll give you the address and you can go over and take a look."

The couple got a lot of money when they split up the family business, so they had the confidence to go look at houses first.

Jiang Mengxue and Gu Qingbei did not stay at the Jiang family for long today. They came back with Jiang's father for lunch at noon.

After dinner, we have to rush back to the fields to work. We are busy in the fields until the snow falls for winter.

Before leaving, Gu Qingbei gave several letters of introduction to his brothers-in-law.

The county cannery is planning to expand next year, and the factory buildings and production lines have already been arranged. As the deputy director of the cannery, Xu Ming can use these letters of recommendation to play a big role, and it can even be said that he is directly appointed.

As for why Xu Ming was willing to help, the two of them could be said to be friends for life and death when they were in the army, and he treated Gu Qingbei like his own brother.

Gu Qingbei just asked him to help look after the family, so why not just arrange for him to work in the factory and take good care of him? Anyway, the cannery is going to expand its recruitment next year, so a lot of people will be needed. The leaders of the factory will definitely try to put people in. Even if they don't directly arrange for people to work in the factory, everyone knows what a few letters of introduction mean.

Gu Qingbei's idea was very simple. He thought that since his brothers-in-law all had jobs, his father-in-law's family would have better living conditions in the future, and his wife would have less worries.

Working in a factory is easier than working in the fields, but whether they are willing to go or not depends on themselves.

How could Jiang Dachun and his friends not be willing? If country people had the opportunity to move to the city, who wouldn't be excited?

The couple went home early in the afternoon because they had to go back to pack their things.

When I got home, my second uncle and second aunt were chopping cabbage and pulling radishes.

The front and back yards of the old house are also full of plants. Usually, they are taken care of by my uncle and aunt’s family, but half of the crops are left for my second uncle and aunt.

"In previous years, there was so much food that your uncle and I couldn't finish it all. Today, we just cut it down and brought it to you. This way, you don't have to queue up to buy it later."

Every year when it comes to storing vegetables for the winter, every household buys hundreds or even thousands of kilograms, and the queues are very long.

"No need, Second Mother. I'm alone usually. Last time, I queued up at Peking University and Tsinghua University to buy 400 kilograms of cabbage." It's almost enough. It's enough to have it on the surface. They don't really need it.

"Take it with you, take it with you. These are all grown at home. Your second uncle and I usually take a little from what we grow in this yard. The rest will be given to each of your cousins ​​and their families."

There was no other way, so Gu Qingbei went to help put the cabbages into the basket and also filled half a bag of radishes. They could just put them directly into the cellar. It was about to snow, so they could eat them all winter.

Jiang Mengxue returned to the house and found that there was nothing she needed to take with her. She could change her clothes at home and cover herself with the quilt when she came back. There was nothing else she needed to take with her.

They turned around and went to the kitchen to see what dishes were available. They planned to invite their uncle and aunt to come over for dinner tonight.

Big buns stuffed with radish, stewed pork, cabbage and vermicelli, three fresh vegetables, and stewed potatoes with pumpkin.

Li Cuiying kneaded the dough in the morning and put it on the kang to rise, so it was just right to take it out now.

Jiang Mengxue was very comfortable working in the kitchen by herself. She liked to be in control of the overall situation in the kitchen by herself. If someone came to help or do something, she would feel uncomfortable and it would disrupt her rhythm.

Jiang Mengxue doesn’t like stir-fried shredded radish or radish slices very much, but dumplings stuffed with radish are really delicious.

After all the dishes were cooked, they were placed in the steamer to keep warm. Zhang Mengxue also went outside to help and stacked all the dishes.

Er Niang wanted to prepare sauerkraut, so she had to put it outside to dry for two or three days in advance.

"No need to do that. We'll pack this away tomorrow too. Let your uncle and the others handle the rest themselves."

"Xiaoxue, there are still a lot of peaches, pears, and persimmons on the fruit trees in the backyard. Do you want to pick some and take them with you so we can make canned food?"

Jiang Mengxue hadn't had time to look around in the yard. She slept all afternoon yesterday and didn't pay attention when it got dark. Today she went to Taoyuan Brigade early in the morning and only then did she remember that she hadn't familiarized herself with the layout of the house.

The yards in the north are quite large, and basically every household has a front yard and a back yard.

There are also several fruit trees planted in the backyard, such as peach trees, pear trees, and persimmon trees, which are very common.

Gu Qingbei pulled Jiang Mengxue to the backyard through a small path specially left on the side.

The corn in the backyard has just been harvested, and another piece of land is planted with potatoes and sweet potatoes. These have all been harvested, but the vacant land has not yet been taken care of.

Zhang Mengxue also noticed that the leaves on those fruit trees had all fallen off, and the fruits hanging densely on the trees were particularly obvious.

The fruit was not even as big as Jiang Mengxue's fist, but it tasted quite sweet.

Jiang Mengxue asked Lu Qingbei to take a basket, intending to pick a little of everything.

In previous years, if Uncle Jiang and his wife couldn’t finish the food, they would give it directly to the neighbors around them, or give some to Gu Huaian, Gu Huaiju and others.

To be honest, in their area, even in years of disaster, people rarely died of starvation. Every household had a large private plot of land, and since they lived off the land, they usually had no shortage of food and drink.

From the information she had read, it showed that not only did no one starve to death here, but many refugees settled here, and many girls married local boys directly, just to avoid starvation and to have food to eat.