Zili looked in the direction of her gaze out of curiosity and immediately recognized the figure of his uncle.
"uncle!!!"
He let out a roar and ran towards him with joy.
I don’t know if that figure was too old, but he was also laughing and running towards Zili.
He reached out and carried the person on his back, laughing non-stop.
Jiang Weihua, who had just been struggling, seemed to be afraid of something. He hurriedly stuffed the straw paper into Shu Miao's hand and turned around and ran away.
Shu Miao looked at the fleeing figure in confusion, and finally fixed his gaze on the uncle and nephew who were only concerned with reminiscing about the past.
Seeing that they hadn't shown any signs of coming this way for a long time, Shu Miao had no choice but to go up and talk to the uncle, "Uncle, my aunt is back, can you wait for a moment?"
Shu Miao said this, but his eyes kept rolling around and looked at the cow's reins from time to time.
The uncle didn't know that she was not discussing it with him at all. He smiled awkwardly and could only agree reluctantly.
As Shu Miao expected, after a while, two more figures appeared in the distance of the road.
Shu Miao immediately recognized one of the figures as the aunt. As the distance between the two sides shortened, he recognized that the person next to the aunt was his uncle Zi Li, whom he had met once.
Li Qiao learned from her son what had just happened and her face looked extremely ugly, but the matter had been resolved and she would not be in the right if she continued to make a fuss.
I could only hold my anger and talk to the uncle.
Shu Miao took the opportunity to hand over the piece of straw paper that recorded the weight.
After the two men agreed that one hundred kilograms of sweet potato vines could be exchanged for 2.5 work points, the uncle drove the ox cart away.
Seeing that there was no one around, Li Qiao pinched Zili's ear hard and scolded him angrily.
"You're such a fool! Don't you know to wait until I come back before calling anyone?"
Zili covered his ears with a wronged look, "If I leave it hanging any longer, it won't weigh anymore..." He also forgot for a moment that his grandfather was gone.
As soon as he said this, several people couldn't help but show an indescribable look on their faces.
Uncle Li was busy trying to calm his elder sister down, making jokes and joking around in a playful manner, trying to save his silly nephew's life.
"Zi Li, why don't you go back and get the hoe? We can't leave these sweet potatoes in the field for too long." Uncle Li hurriedly found an excuse to get him away.
Zi Li was so frightened by his mother's eyes that she seemed to want to strangle him to death that his legs were shaking. It was only when Shu Miao pulled him that he came to his senses and ran home.
Shu Miao glanced at the two brothers who were sitting together to comfort their sister, quietly picked up her backpack, and chased in the direction of Zili.
Uncle Li winked at his younger brother, and followed the two children, carrying a heavy backpack.
Of the two people who returned home first, one took the tools and left first.
Shu Miao, who was walking behind, put a few cans of water on the cart and was about to push the cart to the field.
Uncle Li appeared in front of her. Shu Miao stood there in a daze, not knowing how to address him.
"Put the cart somewhere, I'll push it to the field later." After he finished speaking, he seemed not to expect Shu Miao to answer, and went straight to the kitchen to put down the backpack.
Looking at Uncle Li's back as he walked away, Shu Miao turned back to the kitchen and started to light a fire and boil water.
Before Zili came back, Shu Miao stored another wooden bucket of boiling water in the space.
After returning home, Zili immediately washed the sweet potatoes, cleaned the rice, and steamed them.
Then he couldn't wait to start rummaging through the backpack that his uncle brought back. When he saw there was only an oil can in the basket, he was immediately disappointed.
Shu Miao curiously leaned over to take a look and immediately smelled a strange odor.
It's a bit like a mixture of a slight herbal smell and a light nutty flavor.
The smell is not particularly strong and pungent, nor is it pleasant, but it is not unpleasant either.
"What's this?"
"Cottonseed oil." Zili covered the backpack with a somewhat depressed look.
“What are cotton seeds?”
“It’s cotton seeds.”
Shu Miao was stunned. Can cotton seeds be used to produce oil?
But soon she thought of the particularly difficult winter in her memory and hurriedly asked, "Do you have any cotton seeds at home?"
"Yes, what are you here for?" Zili stood in front of the stove watching the fire, and then yawned loudly.
"I want to grow cotton." Shu Miao blinked and told the truth.
"Are you stupid? It's almost winter, and it's strange to be doing any farming."
Having said that, after he handed the fire-making job to Shu Miao, he still went back to the house to rummage through the drawers.
Finally, he threw her a palm-sized paper bag and said, "Here, cotton seeds are for you. They've been sitting there for several years, and I don't know if they'll still sprout. Just plant them for fun."
Shu Miao clenched the paper bag in her hand in surprise, thanked with a smile, and couldn't wait to go back to the room to collect the seeds.
Zili was still immersed in the blow of not having anything delicious tonight, so he didn't notice his cousin's abnormality.
After the meal was ready, Zili went to the field to deliver the food. Shu Miao finished his own meal first, and then immediately put the half-dried sweet potato vines that were drying in the yard into the utility room to prevent them from getting damp.
The next morning,
It was still dawn, and the two of them started their journey to school early and late.
I don’t even know when Uncle Li left, I only know that my yard is always filled with fresh sweet potatoes.
***
Before we knew it, it was the twelfth lunar month, and the cold wind was like an ice knife cutting into everyone's face.
If you're not careful, your cheeks will turn red from frostbite.
However, in rural areas where people can’t even get enough food, how many people can pay attention to these precautions?
Today is the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, the day I go to school to get my report card.
Shu Miao put his hands in his pockets and walked out of the door trembling.
Being independent is better, he keeps jumping around with his neck hunched, and never forgets to repeat his daily mumblings.
"I've told you so many times, if you run and jump like me, you won't be cold anymore!"
Shu Miao rolled her eyes at him and said nothing more.
Since the salt in her hand caught up, her strength has indeed increased a lot, but not to an outrageous extent.
That is to say, from only being able to knock down one Zili to now being able to knock down two of him.
After that, it seemed that all the nutrients she took in were used for her growth. In more than two months, she grew at a rate of three centimeters per month, catching up with Zili's height.
Now when the two of them stand together, there is only about five or six centimeters difference in height, and they finally look a little like people of the same age.
She believed that she would soon be able to catch up with Zili's height!
But there was still one problem at the moment, that was her cotton coat and trousers were a lot shorter...
If she really ran and jumped as Zili said, not only would her stomach get cold, but her ankles would also suffer.
Even though she was careful not to make any big movements, she still had to retract her hands and tug at her trouser legs from time to time, which was really embarrassing for her!
Fortunately, the holiday is coming soon, and she will have more time to lie in bed or warm herself by the fire!
Yuhong Primary School,
As the second place in the exam, Shu Miao received the notebook with the school seal in the envious eyes of his classmates.
Then, he and other classmates looked enviously at the class monitor who went up on stage to receive the certificate that only the first place winner could get.
***
After bidding farewell to her teachers and classmates, Shu Miao rushed home without stopping, because the rice in her space was finally, finally ripe!!!
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