"It's so cold outside and you can't go out to play. You don't have anything to do at home, so why not learn from us for a while. Look at your butt, it feels like it's full of needles and you can't even sit steadily." Tian Yun said.
"I still have to help my grandma weave straw mats. My dad is often out these days, so my mom and grandma are the ones weaving straw mats at home. How much can they weave together? We won't be able to sell them for money by next year." Tian Shenggen said.
There were few people in his family, and his sister had never woven a straw mat before and was very slow at it. It took only Li Dahua and his mother several days to weave a straw mat.
Tian Shenggen still hopes to earn more money by weaving straw mats this year.
Although his family conditions are pretty good and his father is the team leader, who can complain about having too little money these days?
And money is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that when the supply and marketing cooperatives buy their things, they not only give them money, but also some commonly used tickets, such as match tickets, kerosene tickets, and occasionally some more precious tickets such as sugar tickets, cloth tickets, and cotton tickets.
Now even if you have money, you can’t spend it without tickets. It would be much better if you had tickets.
"Okay, just sit here for two hours so that grandma can rest assured. If you go back now, grandma will miss you again!" Tian Yun said.
Li Dahua had always attached great importance to Tian Shenggen's studies. Now that she knew that their brigade had a quota for workers, peasants and soldiers to study as college students, and that Tian Yuan had gone to a military academy, she paid even more attention to it.
If Tian Shenggen studies hard and goes to school, and finishes high school, he might be able to become a worker-peasant-soldier college student. Then, the Tian family will have a second college student, which will bring honor to the family.
Moreover, Li Dahua didn't want her grandson to be worse than Grandma Tian's grandson. The two of them had been competing with each other for a lifetime, and they hoped to outdo each other in everything.
Li Dahua hopes that Tian Shenggen can also strive for excellence, but now it seems that this kind of competition is still healthy. Although Li Dahua hopes that Tian Shenggen can have a bright future, she does not force Tian Shenggen to study every day. Only when Tian Tian comes over, she will throw Tian Shenggen over to immerse himself in the study atmosphere. The rest of the time, he will just follow Tian Shenggen.
Tian Shenggen curled his lips.
"Okay, just to make our grandma feel at ease, just stay in the house and read a book quietly for a while." Tian Yun took a notebook and handed it to Tian Shenggen, and then handed a junior high school textbook to Tian Shenggen.
Tian Shenggen is in the fifth grade this year and will go to junior high school next year. Because Tian Shenggen studies well in school and always ranks first in school exams, Grandma Tian must want Tian Shenggen to go to high school.
Several people studied in the room for two hours, each with their heads down doing their own exercises. Tian Yun's exercises were compiled by Tian Tian based on the book Gu Zhao gave her. It was the first time that Tian Yun saw this kind of exercise book format, and she was very curious. She was very motivated to do the exercises, but there were many things she didn't know how to do, so she asked Tian Tian while doing the exercises.
Tian Tian was also generous in teaching Tian Yun how to solve the problems. It is said that by teaching others, one can also gain more, so just regard it as a consolidation and review.
The two people were talking while doing the questions.
When it got dark outside, Tian Tian quickly packed up the things on the table and went home before it got dark.
After breakfast the next day, Tian Yuan went to the county town.
The rest of the people were busy at home. They were busy boiling pot after pot of water, then pouring the water into various small jars to dry, and then going to the cellar to get a lot of cabbage and radishes. These cabbages and radishes would be pickled into sauerkraut and pickles in a while.
The room was full of hot air and people's faces could not be seen at all. Old Mrs. Tian opened the door of the kitchen and immediately, the steam rushed out.
"What delicious food are you making? I saw smoke coming out of your chimney for the whole morning!" Aunt Huang laughed from next door.
"Where are you going to cook something delicious? I've been boiling water for the whole morning, and we haven't even made any sauerkraut yet. I'm planning to make some today." Old Mrs. Tian said with a smile.
"Are you piling up sauerkraut? I wanted to take Yan'er to your house and sit for a while, but now it seems you don't have time."
"I'm afraid it won't work today. Let's do it tomorrow. Bring Xiaoyan over to sit with us tomorrow!" said Old Mrs. Tian with a smile.
The two old ladies chatted for a while in their respective yards. Old Mrs. Tian saw that the fog in the house had almost dissipated, so she said something to Aunt Huang and went to carry a bundle of firewood into the house to continue boiling water.
In fact, not many people use boiled water to pickle sauerkraut nowadays, but Grandma Tian has always been used to doing so. Even though she was reluctant to burn firewood or boil water in winter, she still used boiled water to pickle sauerkraut.
She always felt that sauerkraut pickled with boiled water was better than sauerkraut pickled with well water. The taste was more authentic and the sauerkraut was more sour, so she kept this habit.
They originally thought that Tian Yuan would be back soon after going to the county town, but he didn't come back until the evening. Everyone was waiting anxiously at home. Old Mrs. Tian was worried about Tian Yuan, wondering if something happened to him in the county town. She also thought that Tian Yuan was so old and had served in the army. It shouldn't be a problem.
Although he was worried, he couldn't let everyone go hungry, so he cooked for everyone. After lunch, everyone anxiously made straw mats while waiting for Tian Yuan.
Fortunately, Tian Yuan arrived home safely before dark.
"Why did you come back so late today? If you didn't come back, I was going to bring people to the county town to look for you tomorrow." Old Mrs. Tian muttered as she scooped hot water for Tian Yuan.
"I haven't seen my classmates for a long time. I missed them a lot, so I talked a few more words." Tian Yuan took off his shoes and put them next to the brazier. He had been walking all day and his shoes were wet by the snow. He put them next to the brazier to dry them out.
"That's right. It's been three or four years since you graduated from high school, and it's indeed been three or four years since we last saw each other." Old Mrs. Tian felt relieved to see Tian Yuan return safely.
"Did you buy the salt I asked you to buy yesterday?"
"After I bought it, they are in the pocket of my cotton-padded jacket, a bag of fine salt and a large bag of coarse-grain salt." Tian Yuan said comfortably with his eyes narrowed.
Old Mrs. Tian went over and took the military coat that Tian Yuan had just taken off, reached into the pockets, and sure enough, she felt two large bags of things. The pockets of his military coat were so big that Old Mrs. Tian felt that she could fit a lunch box in them, not to mention a bag of salt.
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