Chapter 166: My brother comes home to buy New Year's gifts

Lu Xingchen's heart trembled, but when he saw Political Commissar Chen Yueming's look of anticipation, he no longer had to guess who it was.

Good, good, that’s exactly what he wants.

Political Commissar Chen Yueming smiled and shook his head, teasing, "Comrade Jiang Xiao is a rare genius. Not only is he rare in our military region, but even the higher-ups are paying attention to him."

"You are a lucky boy."

Anyway, both of them have been approved for vacation. With so many tasks this year, it's time for them to take a break and recharge their batteries.

the other side.

Jiang Wang got his vacation approved and walked with a breeze.

Whoever greeted Captain Jiang on the road, he responded with a smile, which showed that he was in a very good mood.

I haven't been home for so many years, it's time to go back and take a look.

.......

Jiang Zhizhi was particularly happy at home. He painted every day, earned contribution points in the space, and commanded robots to harvest food and various fruits. After selling them in different planes, he earned a lot of contribution points.

Jiang Zhizhi used the contribution points she earned to upgrade the space. She used the remaining one-third of the contribution points to search for bicycles from the 1970s in the Tao Mall in the space. She bought one without blinking an eye.

All the drawings were completed today. Jiang Zhizhi went to the county post office and sent the second edition drawings of the two comic books to Editor-in-Chief Tian of Huaguang Publishing House.

After finishing his business, Jiang Zhizhi found an empty corner, took out the bicycle, registered it according to the procedures, and then pushed it to be stamped with a steel stamp.

Since we are here now, let's go to the scrap collection station.

There was an old man who looked to be in his fifties guarding the door of the scrap recycling station. Jiang Zhizhi took out two fruit candies from his pocket.

The eldest master smiled like a chrysanthemum, took the two candies and put them in his pocket, and asked with a smile: "What are you looking for, little girl?"

Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "Hello, Master. I'm thinking of buying some old newspapers to put on the wall."

The eldest master said: "That's great. A truckload of discarded books and newspapers arrived a few days ago. You can take whatever you like."

"Okay." Jiang Zhizhi parked the bicycle, locked it, and then walked into the scrap collection station.

Jiang Zhizhi saw many badly damaged cultural relics abandoned here. The broken huanghuali and red sandalwood furniture were placed all over the place, and some even had traces of fire. On the right hand side there were many obsolete machine parts.

These were of no value anymore, so Jiang Zhizhi selected some usable parts and found textbooks for grades one to five, junior high school, and high school in the area where books and newspapers were placed. She asked for three sets of each and then left the scrap station.

Sure enough, the rumored time-travel check-in spot is not very credible. There are not so many good things waiting for time travelers to find.

She bought these textbooks for her brothers so that they could start studying now and increase their knowledge. Even if they did not take the college entrance examination in the future, at least they could go out and make money, and at least they would not be cheated so badly by others and suffer the loss of lack of education.

There is nothing to do in winter anyway, and everyone is staying at home to sleep, so why not get started?

The old man guarding the door took a look at Jiang Zhizhi's things and symbolically took two cents from her.

Jiang Zhizhi put the books and parts in a bag and hung it on the front of the bike. He unlocked the bike and rode away.

While riding her bike, she observed the surrounding environment. There were more people on the streets than usual, and many people came to the county town from the villages to buy New Year's goods.

Jiang Zhizhi has already planned to prepare supplies for the winter. Now that he has collected so much food, won't it come in handy now?

Especially since she and her parents all live in her uncle's house. With so many people to feed, how could the food that her uncle's family gets after the autumn harvest be enough?

If she insisted on giving money to her uncle, aunt and brothers, she would be doomed and would be scolded to death by them.

Before going out, Jiang Zhizhi opened the rice jar, flour jar, and coarse grain jar at home. She smelled the fragrant aroma of peppercorns. She couldn't help but sniff it again, sighing that the food was eaten so quickly.

Mainly because in the hearts of people of this era, food is the most important thing!

So, Jiang Zhizhi took advantage of this opportunity to take supplies out of the space, put them on a bicycle and transported them back.

In her own words, you've already bought it, so why would anyone care if you return it?

Jiang Zhizhi did not go back from the road at the village entrance, but took a detour along a small road where few people walked, so that it would be more convenient for her to get supplies.

In the woods, Jiang Zhizhi took 100 kilograms of coarse grains, 100 kilograms of fine grains, 50 kilograms of white flour, 50 kilograms of cornmeal, 30 kilograms of cotton, 20 kilograms of pork, three large ribs, two cans of maltose, and two chickens.

She also prepared menstrual belts for her mother and aunt. Some time ago, she harvested the sugarcane she planted in the space and made it all into brown sugar. She took out five kilograms of it and gave it to her family to replenish their bodies.

The weather got cold quickly after the autumn harvest. These past two days, whenever my brothers had some free time, they went to the mountain to collect firewood. They also brought down a lot of branches and dead tree trunks. At least we had enough firewood stored at home. Otherwise, in winter, when the mountain was blocked by heavy snow and there was not enough firewood, and there was no coal, wouldn’t we be frozen to death?

Her uncle and aunt checked the big kang and the fireplace in the room where her parents lived, fearing that they had lived in the south for too long and would not be used to spending the winter in the north all of a sudden.

During the time she was away from home, her aunt Ding Xianglan pickled several large jars of sauerkraut and radishes.

Jiang Zhizhi loves this stew of vermicelli with pork, pickled cabbage, and then throws a potato in it. The fragrance is so fragrant that she can make two big bowls of rice.

The bicycle is heavy with so many things on it!

When Jiang Zhizhi returned home, his family was shocked and confused. How could this child be so capable?

Look at her moving here as fast as a hill.

Jiang Zhizhi smiled and said, "There are a lot of people buying New Year's goods on the street now, and those people are turning a blind eye. It's New Year, shouldn't we be a little humane? Just don't go too far. I was lucky today, I saw several speculators, none of them wanted tickets. With such a good opportunity, why shouldn't I take it? It can improve my diet."

"We have to eat anyway. Oh, Mom, Aunt, I want to drink chicken soup."

Lin Ting and Ding Xianglan looked at each other and saw doting and helplessness in each other's eyes.

The little cotton-padded jacket has opened, what else can they do?

The brothers Jiang Xiangliang and Jiang Xiangsheng came back from outside carrying shoulder poles and happened to see Jiang Zhizhi acting coquettishly and proudly, which made them laugh out loud.

They harvested cabbages and radishes from their private plots and will store them all in the cellar later.

At this moment, the Jiang family’s cellar has stored a lot of vegetables, including the pine nuts picked before, seven or eight bags of potatoes, four large bags of chestnuts, and the harvested cabbages.

There was a person standing at the top, carrying the vegetables down, and there was another person below, who took over and carried all the vegetables to the cellar.

By then, the weather will be freezing cold and the vegetables will almost never go bad.

The family members all came over to unload the things, and they were all unloaded safely, with a heavy groaning sound when they landed on the ground.

After moving the food, they discovered that Jiang Zhizhi actually came back on a bicycle!

Jiang Zhizhi chuckled and coquettishly walked over again.

Jiang Yuanshan, Jiang Yuanfeng and Jiang Yuanyang carried the firewood back home. Before they even walked into the door, they smelled the rich aroma of chicken soup and their stomachs immediately started growling.

"Is my sister trying to help us gain weight for the winter?"

Jiang Zhizhi chuckled, "Then starting today, I'll turn on the 'fat-sticking' mode for my brothers."

"But you have a mission."

Jiang Zhizhi took out the bag and all the textbooks inside. He looked at her like a good kid and smiled with his white canine teeth showing: "If you want to eat meat, finish your homework first."

The third brother Jiang Yuanyang let out a howl, and was now overwhelmed. His sister was a black sesame white glutinous rice ball, right?

He finally escaped from his textbooks and finally let himself go.

Now he has to study hard and make progress every day? Then where is the happiness of Mao Dong? It would be better to kill him!

Jiang Zhizhi reached out and grabbed the back of the third brother's collar, dragged him back, and tempted him: "Think about how many delicious foods there are during the Chinese New Year. If you go and learn, I will cook southern delicacies for you."

"Besides, when the four of us brothers and sisters were lying under the starry sky, we were dreaming of making a fortune. We can't afford to suffer the loss of not having enough education."

"I think my brothers are good material. If they are polished and polished, they will become treasures."

"We should make preparations while we still have time and strive to live a good life as soon as possible. What if the college entrance examination is resumed in the future? Anyway, studying more will not hurt you."

The smile in Jiang Zhizhi's eyes was about to overflow. Her brothers just wanted to hear her brag, so they had to give her hints secretly.

When the three "Mad Mountain Sheep" brothers were praised by their sister, their hearts were moved and they were filled with motivation.

My sister said to learn, so I will learn! Believe in my sister and you will have eternal life!

Jiang Xiangliang, who was observing secretly, snorted angrily, "These three brats are smart, but they are lazy in studying."

"In the past, when I mentioned studying, the three of them ran faster than rabbits. Now that Zhizhi is in charge, they are more obedient than the other."

Jiang Xiangsheng smiled.

Jiang Zhizhi cooked this evening's meal herself, determined to satisfy the appetite of the whole family with delicious food.

She chopped the ginger, onion and garlic into small pieces, and prepared salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, sugar, pepper, bay leaves, star anise, cardamom, peppercorns, cinnamon, rock sugar, cumin and other spices. She first washed the meat and vegetables, and then prepared a rich and mellow brine.

In Jiang Zhizhi's hands, natural ingredients play their greatest role. Jiang Zhizhi doesn't make many dishes, but the portions are large.

A big pot of brined pork, chestnut chicken soup, garlic spare ribs, and fried cabbage.

The main dish tonight is halved pork rice. The halved aroma kept tempting them. The whole family started eating and couldn’t stop.

As time went by, Jiang Zhizhi would open a small class every day to tutor his brothers.

After finishing their work during the day, the brothers would learn various things from their sister whenever they had free time. In addition to the knowledge in the textbooks, Jiang Zhizhi also taught them a lot of interesting extracurricular knowledge.

Every day there are new things to whet the appetite of the brothers and make them unable to stop studying.

.......

The time came to late January 1973.

The weather was getting colder and colder. Jiang Zhizhi sat on the kang, drawing a pattern in her hands. She knew Brother Chen's size and wanted to make a piece of clothing for him.

Ding Xianglan and Lin Ting, who were sitting on the other side of the big kang, were also making clothes. Zhizhi had brought back a lot of cotton and cloth and wanted to buy new clothes and pants for the whole family. She kept saying that we should wear new clothes in the New Year to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and have good luck in the new year.

Okay, okay, just for this sentence, they would sew new clothes even if the sewing machine was stepped on and smoke came out.

Yes, Jiang Zhizhi bought a sewing machine for her home. She drew so many clothing patterns, and it was impossible to sew so many by hand.

The ready-made clothes sold in department stores and friendship stores are so expensive. It is better to design your own clothes, which are both beautiful and comfortable to wear.

If you don't practice now, when will you do it?

Jiang Zhizhi's eyes were bright, and he handed the drawings to his mother and aunt, who were shocked.

Jiang Mulin heard: "These styles are better looking than those sold in department stores."

Aunt Ding Xianglan touched the cloth in her hand, a trace of envy flashed across her eyes: "I have never seen such fashionable clothes. It looks good on you, but it is not suitable for me."

Lin Ting smiled and said, "No way, sister-in-law, your skin has improved a lot in recent times. Look at this dress that Zhizhi designed for you. It's simple and generous, and it doesn't hinder your movements. I think it suits you very well."

Jiang Zhizhi nodded like a little chicken pecking at rice and said affectionately, "Mom and Auntie will definitely look good in their new clothes."

The women are having a great time here, while the men in the main room are worried, depressed and unhappy.

Because they received a call, Jiang Wang was coming back!

But it also has a big wolf tail!

Jiang Xiangsheng didn’t understand. Wasn’t Wangzai in the same boat with him?