"Zong Wei, why is there meat next door?"

"It was that old man who was messing around." Gu Zongwei knew this person.

The two children smelled the fragrance and swallowed their saliva. They hadn't eaten meat for a long time.

Yan Ziqing frowned in pain when she saw the two children's pale faces.

Looking at the man, "Zong Wei, we have money, why don't we go to the county town to buy some things?"

Gu Zongwei did not refuse immediately. He was also thinking about this matter. Through this incident, it seemed that the villagers did not want to have any contact with them, so naturally they did not dare to make trouble.

Yan Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief. The man didn't refuse immediately, which meant he was considering it. Sigh--

If the situation hadn't been so bad, their family wouldn't be in this situation. They would definitely be living a stable life now.

Xie Chengbai was also discussing with the old man, while Zhao Yazhen was boiling a piece of pig skin.

In fact, what the old man brought was a piece of pig skin, but the aroma coming from it was enough to make several greedy people come alive.

"It's no problem to go to the county town. It takes about two hours to walk from the village to the county town. If we want to go, it's impossible for all of us to go, and we can walk."

Old Man Yi was not so keen on going to the county town. He had always been alone, so if he had any relatives to send him things, he could forget about it.

But if it was a comrade or an old friend, he would also be considered a slick guy, but given my current situation, I really don’t want to trouble my comrades.

As for being arranged to the village, it was because the old leader couldn't bear to arrange him to this village.

He had never known much about Zhaojia Village. He only heard about it from old friends. Every family had children sent to the countryside, but the children at home all grew up in a honeypot.

If you were to meet some good villagers somewhere else, it would be ok. But if you were to meet a group of rural thugs, not only would you lose your money, but you would also lose your body.

So over the past two years, a village in this county town has gradually become famous among the educated youth, because from the first batch of educated youth to now, no one has heard of death.

I've never heard of anyone getting married and settling down in the village. And most importantly, the village won't force you to work to earn work points. You just need to participate when it's important. If there's not enough food, you can figure it out yourself.

Old man Yi never believed this, until he came here, and until now, he is not sure.

There are no ruffians in the whole village. Even the lazy ones can make ends meet. But the shocking thing is that life in the village is indeed better than in other places.

As he got to know more, he learned that the village had ten pigs and more than 100 chickens. He understood why the villagers didn't care about them, a bunch of city people.

Ordinary people are already satisfied as long as they have enough food and warm clothes. These people who come here may not do a good job, but they still need to eat, so they are not dividing the interests of the villagers.

But now, your family doesn’t ask you to work, but you need food, and I’m sorry, we don’t have it.

Spend the money to buy it, and you can figure out the rest yourself.

Old Man Yi's brows were obviously much more relaxed, and at this time, cooking started in the kitchen.

Because there was plenty of food these two days, Zhao Yazhen decided to steam a pot of steamed buns, and as for the dish, stewed cabbage with vermicelli would be fine.

The only pity is that there is no meat, so there is no oil.

"Cheng Bai, if we go to the county town, we have to buy some meat. Without oil, we won't be able to make it."

Xie Chengbai nodded and looked at the old man.

"After we finish eating, I'll talk to my supervisor. I won't be going, so you can bring it over."

Xie Chengbai nodded when he heard this. One of them had to stay.

After hearing this, Zhao Yazhen cooked with peace of mind.

After finishing their meal, the two went to Gu Zongwei to discuss going to the county town.

Gu Zongwei of course agreed. "Okay, then Brother Xie and I will go. I'll trouble you with the bullpen."

Old man Yi waved his hand and said, "Go ahead. I don't have any thick clothes. If I go, I'm afraid I'll die halfway."

When the two heard this, they began to feel uncomfortable, but it was indeed the fact.

After Xie Chengbai came back, he was obviously in a bad mood.

"What’s wrong with you?"

"nothing....."

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhao Yazhen didn't continue to ask. She sorted her things and saw the rice and eggs, her face was indescribably bright.

Suddenly she remembered something and went to her husband and said, "Cheng Bai, do you think we can ask Comrade Su to help us get some cotton?"

Xie Chengbai was stunned, and then the old man's thin figure flashed through his mind. Even if he put on all his clothes, he couldn't keep out the cold.

Besides, it’s not the coldest yet.

"Yazhen, what can I say? We can't even meet each other."

Zhao Yazhen's expectant look faded. This was indeed troublesome. It was not easy for them to go, so how could their family come?

Xie Chengbai had an idea in his mind, and the first person he thought of was the old man Yi next door.

But I'm still worried.

In the end, survival was more important, he told his wife for a long time.

At first, Zhao Yazhen firmly disagreed because she didn't want to cause trouble for Comrade Su, but they really only needed cotton clothes.

In the end, she nodded heavily, but still threatened her husband, "If you don't respond, we'll find another way."

Xie Chengbai nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll go to the county first and talk to you when I come back."

Zhao Yazhen nodded. If it could be bought in the county town, there would be no need to take the risk.

Su Xia had no idea that she was also being thought of, but even if she knew, she would not refuse.

As for helping, she naturally has a way to do it without letting anyone find out.

After all, Su Xia grew up in the later generations, and the years of compulsory education were not received in vain. She always felt distressed about the demotion and educated youth during this period.

Why....

"If you can help, help. Just keep surviving."

Su Xia spent the whole day grinding cornmeal with Chen's father and mother.

There is no way. There are no machines now. Even if there are some in the county, they are only flour mills.

They are all large-scale, and the village can rely on stone mills.

Father Chen pushed the mill, Mother Chen and Su Xia put the corn in, and collected the flour, which had to be sifted through a sieve, otherwise it could not be fed to the pigs.

"Today's flour is new. Would you like to have something delicious for dinner?" Mother Chen looked at the golden flour and felt happy. Naturally, she wanted to eat something delicious.

Is it my own craft? I looked at my eldest daughter-in-law with anticipation.

Su Xia thought about the dishes at home. The meat she brought back last time had been eaten up long ago. The two children, Erbao and Dabao, were already clamoring for meat. Niuniu was already grown up, so she naturally didn't make a fuss. But today she was also grumbling and was a little greedy.

It is now December 26th, 1969, and there is still half a month before slaughtering the pigs.

I can't go without meat for half a month. I originally thought that Chen's father would go to the county town to haul coal, but then I thought that tomorrow was Chen Jianguo's day off, so I would wait until he came back.

Su Xia looked up and said, "Okay, Mom will go to the backyard to catch chickens and have chicken for dinner."

Hearing this, Chen's mother felt a little distressed and said, "Why don't you just not eat it? It would be a shame to kill it."

Father Chen didn't feel sorry at all. The eggs aren't laying now, so why keep them?

Su Xia: "Mom, eat it. We'll eat the older ones when they hatch next spring."

This time, Chen's mother didn't refuse. "Okay, I'll kill the chicken later."

Father Chen knew that Wanxiao was killing chickens, so he turned the millstone even faster. He was thinking about Wanxiao and had to drink something.

In the yard, Dabao and Erbao knew how to kill chickens, and their faces flushed with excitement after eating the meat in the evening.

Goudan, Liuya and Gou Wa stared at him with envy.

Daya and the others are all grown up, so naturally their performance is not that obvious.

Although they were all greedy, they also knew that at their uncle's family's house, one chicken would be enough to eat, so they would definitely not share.

It was still Gou Wa, who couldn't help but ran to find his father. As for why it wasn't his mother, of course it was his father who had the final say.

When Chen Jianjun heard the neighbors slaughtering chickens, he thought for a moment and decided to just eat the chickens since his own chickens didn't lay eggs.

With this in mind, Chen Jiandang decided to kill the chickens. They would be brooding next year, so there was no need to keep them.

So at dinner time, not only here in Su Xia, but the whole old house was filled with the aroma of chicken.

We are lucky that our two families are on the edge of the city, with neighbors far away, otherwise...

Sizzle...