Tian Tian sat on the bed and thought for a while, and finally decided to use the box that was used to hold instant noodles to hold the toad.
She now has a lot of rags in her shell, like plastic bags, cardboard boxes, even empty mineral water bottles, and instant noodle packaging. She has kept them all, feeling that she might use them someday, so she has never been willing to throw them away.
Although it still seems a bit redundant now, at least the cardboard box can be used.
Tian Tian put two empty cardboard boxes at the entrance and then went out to cook.
Now the Chinese cabbages have grown. Tian Tian picked a bunch of them, put them under the dry well to wash them, and then grabbed a handful of beans to exchange for a piece of tofu. Then she came back and started cooking. The cornmeal pancakes from the morning were all eaten, and Tian Tian had to make pancakes again for lunch.
Before leaving, Old Mrs. Tian took out all the food for lunch and put it into the player, which was bean flour and corn flour.
Tian Tian mixed the bean flour, then put the tofu and Chinese cabbage into the pot. There was still some potato stewed with toad left from the morning, but not much, not enough for one person. Tian Tian was too lazy to think about who to leave it for, so she simply poured it all into the cabbage stewed with tofu. It looked a little disgusting, but it was good to have something to eat at this time, so who cared how it tasted.
After all the dishes were put into the pot, Tian Tian put a circle of pancakes around the edge of the pot, then covered it with a lid and left it alone.
While cooking, Tian Tian went into the hut again to take a look at the hens that were sitting on their nests. The millet that Old Mrs. Tian put in the corner in the morning was less.
Tian Tian chopped up the picked vegetable leaves and threw them into the corner. She also poured some water into a sauce dish with a big hole in it. Then she ignored the hens, closed the door of the hut and went out.
After waiting for the food to be ready, Tian Tian finished her meal, brought the food to Lin Meiyu and the others, and came back to wash the dishes.
After washing the dishes, Tian Tian couldn't hold back any longer, so she closed the door and went back to her room to sleep.
Old Mrs. Tian took the key with her when she went out in the morning, so Tian Tian was not worried that she would not be able to get into the house when she came back.
Tian Tian slept until three o'clock in the afternoon. When she woke up, Old Mrs. Tian had already returned.
"Grandma! What time did you come back?" Tian Tian fetched a basin of water from the dry well, washed her face to wake herself up, and while wiping her face she walked into the house and asked Grandma Tian.
"Are you awake?" Old Mrs. Tian was mending clothes. When she heard the noise, she looked up at Tian Tian and said, "I came back at noon. You were asleep at that time, so I didn't call you."
After finishing the last stitch, Old Mrs. Tian tied a knot to secure it, bit the thread with her teeth, then turned around and took out a square-shaped object that was wrapped tightly in cloth from the cabinet.
"I bought this for you. Aren't you going to school in a few months? So I bought this for you." Old Mrs. Tian said as she uncovered her clothes.
"What?" Hearing what Old Mrs. Tian said, Tian Tian curiously leaned over to take a look.
When Old Mrs. Tian lifted the cloth, a brand new aluminum lunch box was revealed.
Tian Tian's eyes widened in surprise. She took the lunch box and looked at it over and over again. "Grandma! Is this for me?"
An aluminum lunch box is not cheap nowadays, and you need an industrial ticket, but the quality is really good. The lunch box that Tian Mu and his friends use now was bought when Tian Tian just entered junior high school. The original owner preserved the lunch box very well when he used it, and it was almost as good as new when he gave it to Tian Mu and his friends.
As it turned out, Tian Mu and Tian Zhuo were both little boys, careless and not very careful. After only one year of use, many holes appeared on the lunch boxes.
Old Mrs. Tian also scolded them, saying that they were not good enough to use good things.
"You can't go to school without a lunch box, so how do you eat at noon? Your two younger brothers need the one at home, so I bought another one for you." Old Mrs. Tian took back the lunch box, wrapped it with cloth, and put it in the cabinet.
"Grandma! Where did you get the industrial ticket? This lunch box should not be cheap, right?" Tian Tian asked.
"You don't have to worry about money. Since I'm sending you to school, I can't let you be without this or that. Since you're in school, you must study hard. I don't want you to worry about other things." said Old Mrs. Tian.
"You don't have to worry about the money. Your grandfather said so before. He was a soldier for several years, so the family has some money. Your father and mother are capable, and your brother is working and earning money now. You won't be short of money." said Old Mrs. Tian.
Although this is what Old Mrs. Tian said, Tian Tian didn't believe that her family was well off.
Although Old Man Tian had been a soldier before, at that time, people in the army were lucky enough to have enough food to eat, so how could there be extra money to give everyone?
Moreover, people of Old Man Tian's generation did not join the army for money. They joined the army for national hatred and family feuds, and for the survival of the nation. They were all determined to die.
It was only after the country became stable and the political situation became settled that Old Man Tian received the subsidy. In addition, Old Man Tian still needs to take medicine, so he doesn't have much left now.
Although Tian Yuan has made money, he is also at the age where he needs to find a partner and get married, which requires a lot of money. In addition, there are three children in the family who go to school. Tian Tian can imagine how much pressure he is under.
"I plan to buy you a thermos when you go to school. It doesn't have to be a very good one, a rattan one will do. It's too cold in school in the winter, and it's inconvenient without a thermos. You can keep the one you have at home, so you don't have to boil water all the time when you wash your feet." said Old Mrs. Tian.
School is different from home. There is plenty of firewood and it is very warm at home.
The school was afraid that something might happen to the students, so there were no stoves in the dormitories. Each dormitory in a small building relied on one stove and chimney pipe, so each dormitory was not warm enough, especially when the heat died down, there was no temperature at all.
Every late night, the dormitory was as cold as an ice cellar, and I had to keep warm by filling a bottle with hot water and holding it in my arms.
"I don't need to buy the thermos, right? I don't need it. But I need an industrial ticket, and I don't have any at home." Tian Tian refused. She actually wanted to save money to buy a thermos. She could ask Li Jiuniang if he has the industrial ticket.
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