An Qionglan's heart skipped a beat. Everyone should be staring at the package at their house now, right?
She suddenly realized that her yard was too low and even a woman could easily climb up. It seemed that she had to find time to raise the wall.
She thought about it and explained to everyone with a smile: "No one's money came from the wind, how could there be any good things?"
"You're overthinking it. Come down and cook!"
After she finished speaking, she pulled Han Zhushan and walked out.
It would be terrible if the scorer found out that they were slacking off, as their work points would be deducted!
Everyone looked at their hurriedly leaving figures and started discussing, "Guess what's in that package?"
"food?"
"Impossible. Who can store so much food at one time?"
"If it's not food, then what is it?"
"Quilt?"
"It's possible. A package that big must be more than just a quilt."
“…”
Old Mrs. Ling, Han Fengzhi and Han Weixian also heard their discussions. Their house was now being coveted by everyone, and some people in the team had a habit of stealing, so they subconsciously became alert.
"When you go out, if anyone asks you what's in your package, don't tell them the truth," Old Lady Ling warned.
"Then what should we say?" Han Weixian asked with a frown.
"Just smile and say nothing, let them guess for themselves."
"It's hard to say, after all, we still have to wear cotton-padded jackets in winter. When everyone finds out that our whole family has new cotton-padded jackets, they will be able to guess it at once."
Han Fengzhi and Han Weixian nodded, “Okay!”
After thinking it over, Old Lady Ling finally decided: "Fengzhi, you should not leave work these days. Take some time to rest and then go to the army to find a partner."
There was one thing she didn't tell everyone, which was that Su Nuan secretly stuffed five big unity banknotes into her clothes. With this money, it was enough for their family to eat and drink for half a year!
They don't lack Han Fengzhi as a laborer at all.
Han Fengzhi lowered her head in shame and said in a low voice, "I'll listen to grandma."
She actually wanted to hide herself more clearly, maybe she could become more beautiful.
She remembered that Su Nuan was not as pretty as she is now when she had dark skin. In Su Nuan's words, a white complexion can cover up three uglinesses.
Seeing that the time was almost up, Han Fengzhi helped Old Mrs. Ling prepare dinner.
Old Mrs. Ling first took out a knife from the kitchen, and when she returned to the kitchen, she had a dozen thin slices of bacon in her hand.
Han Weixian sat on the wall of his house to supervise, making sure that no one within a mile approached and no one could peek at them eating meat!
Their home is located at the innermost part of the brigade, near the foot of the mountain. There are no neighbors around them, and the nearest house is about a hundred meters away. So as long as others don't come to spy on them intentionally, no one will find out that they are eating meat tonight.
When everyone came back from work in the evening, Han Weixian saw his parents and brother from afar and waved to them.
Han Weimin didn’t know that his family had received a package yet, and a look of surprise flashed across his face, “What is Weixian doing sitting on the wall?”
"You'll know when you get home." An Qionglan said mysteriously.
Han Weimin's doubts deepened, and he couldn't help but take bigger steps.
As soon as Han Weimin entered the yard, he smelled the aroma of meat and swallowed his saliva involuntarily.
He remembered that the last time he ate meat was last month, when his younger brother picked up a skinny pheasant from the mountain. It was all bones and not even two taels of meat.
But the whole family still ate it with relish, and they even wanted to eat even the chicken bones.
Old Lady Ling came out with two bowls of porridge. When she saw her eldest grandson, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became much kinder. "You're back?"
"Hurry up and wash your hands and eat."
Han Weixian noticed that grandma’s attitude was better when she spoke to his eldest brother than when she spoke to them, but he didn’t mind. He jumped down from the wall and went to wash his hands.
"Weixian, did you catch anything good in the mountains again today?" Han Weimin couldn't help asking.
"No."
"It was Xiao Nuan who sent it to us, and she also sent a lot of things." Han Weixian said in a low voice, fearing that outsiders would hear it.
Han Weimin suppressed his inner excitement and strode into the house. At a glance, he saw a plate of stir-fried bacon with green peppers and a plate of potato chips on the square table in the living room. The fragrance was so fragrant that he was dizzy, as if the air around him was delicious.
"Come, everyone who has washed their hands, sit down and eat." Old Mrs. Ling called out. Han Zhushan and An Qionglan had just washed their hands and came in. Upon hearing this, they quickly found a place to sit down.
It was only in the past year that their family developed the habit of washing hands before eating. Su Nuan said that good health is wealth, and washing hands more often can reduce the growth of bacteria and make them sick less often, which invisibly saves money on seeing a doctor.
Anyway, the water was fetched from the brigade's well, and it was free. Everyone in their family was diligent, and whoever had free water would fetch two buckets. The water tank at home was full every day, so there was enough water for washing hands. So as long as they remembered, they must wash their hands before eating and after going to the toilet.
As soon as Han Weimin's butt touched the stool, a bowl of porridge was placed in front of him. He was surprised to find that there was something in the porridge, which seemed to be river shrimp!
"This is the dried shrimp that Xiao Nuan sent us. I took some and put it in the porridge.
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