"Qiqi, are you back? Have you eaten? I left some food for you in the kitchen, go and eat, don't go hungry."

As soon as Liang Qi entered the house, Aunt Agui's concerned voice rang out.

"Aunt Agui, thank you. I had already eaten when I came back."

The family is not having a hard time now, let alone Aunt Agui who has no labor force. Her family doesn't have much food rations. Although the government is taking care of them, who knows how long it will last.

"The child has been waiting for you, and finally he has come. Why don't you and the child sleep with me?" The old man looked at the child lying on Liang Qi's shoulder. The child had fallen asleep and was really tired.

"Aunt, I'm really sorry to bother you today. Thank you. I'll take the child back now. You should also go to bed quickly. It's too late and it's very wasteful." Liang Qi said in a low voice.

The old man looked at Liang Qi and knew that this was not a polite gesture. "Well, I won't keep you here any longer. You should go back and have a good rest. You've been busy all day."

Liang Qi held the child in her arms, and the old woman followed behind, escorting the mother and daughter out the door.

"Auntie, go to bed early. I'm leaving now."

"Okay, you should walk slowly too. Watch your step when it gets dark." The old man instructed Liang Qi.

"Uh-huh,"

The old man closed the door, and soon the room became dark. Liang Qi, holding the child who was already fast asleep, arrived home in a few minutes.

Liang Qi held the child in one hand, found the oil lamp, took out a match, and scratched the side of the box. The flame immediately ignited and the room was lit up.

I put the child down, unfolded the quilt from the kang and covered the child with it. The quilt was a bit thin. I looked around and saw that there should be a thick piece of clothing. I took it out and covered the child with it. At this time of year, it was very cold after ten o'clock at night.

Liang Qi was a little hungry. He remembered that there was still a small piece of vegetable pancake left over from the afternoon, so he ate it with some cold boiled water. He tidied up, blew out the light, and lay down on the kang.

At this time, her daughter turned over and lay next to her. Liang Qi pulled the quilt closer to her, listened to her daughter's breathing, thought about the day's events and her future life, and slowly fell asleep.

Nie Zheng drove back to his residence, but he was still thinking about what happened tonight. He was not expecting it and he felt bad.

This was the first time she had physical contact with a woman since she was an adult. She didn't know if other women felt the same, but she knew that Liang Qi's body was really soft. She still felt a little unsatisfied. Maybe it was because she had little contact with women.

I thought too much and my heart felt numb, so I had to go to the bathroom to take care of it. Half an hour later, I lay on the bed and fell asleep with the quilt in my arms. My thoughts were wandering all night long.

The east was faintly white.

When Liang Qi woke up, it was still dark outside. It should be about time, so she got up immediately. Cold air rushed into the quilt. The woman shivered from the cold, got goose bumps, and shrank back into the quilt.

She stretched out her white and tender arm, touched the matchbox beside the kang, took out a match, rubbed it, and the room became brighter. The sparks from the oil lamp lit the room, and the room gradually became much brighter.

I gritted my teeth and continued to put on my clothes. They were very cold, and I felt cold even wearing a thin sweater. The coldness was slowly warmed up by my body temperature. This country house was too cold. It seemed that it was time to fill the kang.

Put on your clothes, cover your child with a blanket, and put the clothes you are wearing inside the blanket. Then the child will not feel so cold when he puts them on.

Moving my butt, I looked at the three-legged golden lotus shoes, resigned myself to my fate, put them on, tied the straps and went downstairs. I could only mourn in my heart, as life had to go on.

It was too cold to wash my face. I looked at the only thermos in the house and saw that there was only a little water in it. I poured it all into the big red iron basin and added some cold water. It was not so cold anymore. I washed it quickly.

There is no good facial oil, only stick oil, which is also good. At least it won’t cause cracks on the face. It is also a rare thing and other people may not have it.

After cleaning his face, Liang Qi went to the kitchen and looked in the noodle cabinet to see if there was any leftover noodles. He opened the sliding cover and found that there was nothing inside. It was empty. He was too poor. There was only some lard residue in the kitchen that he was reluctant to throw away yesterday, and there was not much left.

After leaving the kitchen, we went to the mill, which was a cave house built with adobe bricks. There was a stone mill inside for grinding various grains.

I should be able to find something to eat here, but after searching for a long time, I only found half a bag of peas and about seven or eight bowls of corn kernels. If I want to eat them, I have to grind them myself. Now there is no edible flour at all.

There was no other way, Liang Qi could only fry a bowl of peas to fill his stomach, so that at least there was something to digest in his stomach, otherwise it would be too uncomfortable to be hungry.

My family is so poor that we are almost broke. I don’t know when we will get food distribution. I have to work hard these days to earn work points. I only have a little money at hand and not many tickets.

If I wasn't so foolishly filial, at least I could have some money left over and my life wouldn't be so tight. Thinking about what happened yesterday, I hope the needle will arrive soon so that I can at least earn some money.

After the peas were fried, Liang Qi boiled some water and put it in the thermos. He also kept some boiled water, added some to the water, poured it into a bowl, and chewed a handful of peas with the water.

The sky was getting gray and light. Liang Qi packed up everything and put two handfuls of peas in his pocket when he left. He would chew a few of them when he was hungry and filled his bottle with water.

The peas and the kettle have been placed in the sleeping room so the child can see them when he wakes up and eat them when he is hungry.

After seeing that there was no problem, Liang Qi carried his things and a basket on his back and went out to work.

Every household went out early, hoping to get full work points, and went to collect hoes, tools for digging potatoes.

For a few days, Liang Qi didn't want to pick potatoes, she wanted to dig potatoes. After a day, she got used to it and there was no big problem. It is true that women in the countryside are strong, and there are few who are weak.

We happened to arrive at the commune's labor tool warehouse, and many men were picking up hoes.

"Qi Qi, here!" Sun Huimin waved her hands and shouted loudly. No one was better than her loudspeaker.

Many people just glanced at him and said nothing. Liang Qi waved in response. It was early in the morning and everyone was still sleepy, thinking about earning work points. They only spoke gossip after hearing the protagonist's words.

Liang Qi looked at Sun Huimin, who was also standing in the team receiving the hoes. She looked at the team in front of her who were receiving the carrying baskets and backpacks.

Liang Qi glanced at Sun Huimin's team and went to get the hoe.

"You finally decided to come here. I didn't earn enough work points yesterday, and my mother-in-law is dissatisfied with me." Sun Huimin whispered in Liang Qi's ear.

"Then work hard today and we can both earn full work points." Liang Qi could only encourage.

No one can say for sure whether the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is good or bad. She does not comment on other people's affairs. She just manages her own family well.

"Yes, let's get full work points today," Sun Huimin cheered with clenched fists.

Several women saw that the beautiful Liang Qi actually ran to the men's team, and the younger women looked at Liang Qi warily.