Chapter 196 Hardworking Man
Coincidentally, Xiao Yuer came back at this time.
Nowadays, children in the country are really not spoiled. They are very skilled at tasks such as mowing the grass and digging wild vegetables.
No, it should be said that I didn’t feel like I was working at all, but rather like I was playing.
Xiao Yuer came back trotting with a small basket full of wild vegetables on his back, and saw Wu Qiaofang as soon as he entered the door.
She was also smart and immediately asked, "Aunt, when will you give birth to a brother?"
The main thing was that every time Wu Qiaofang would tease her and say that she would give birth to a younger brother for her and asked her to take care of the younger brother more in the future.
She said that if she was nice to her brother now, he would support her when she got married.
But my second aunt said that if I study hard in the future, I will be able to support myself and I don’t need the support of this little brat at all.
Of course she felt that what her second aunt said was right.
But her own mother also taught her not to talk back to her elders, so she followed her aunt's instructions and asked when her younger brother would be born.
Sure enough, Wu Qiaofang was happy when she heard this: "It's almost time, the baby is coming soon."
Now she finally left feeling satisfied.
Xiao Yuer poured all the wild vegetables into an empty wooden basin on the side and began to wash them with pressurized water.
Because my uncle and second aunt said that whether you are feeding rabbits or chickens and ducks, you have to wash them first, and it is best to dry them before feeding.
Seeing the girl working so skillfully, Chu Hong thought about how she was not as skillful as Xiao Yu'er when she went to dig wild vegetables last time. She felt guilty for a while: "Xiao Yu'er, you are so good. I will cook you a delicious meal at noon."
When Xiao Yuer saw the pig's trotter in her hand, the smile on his face became even brighter, and his soft voice was particularly pleasant: "Auntie, are we going to eat meat again?"
After saying that, he couldn't help swallowing.
Even though the food prices have improved dramatically after we came back, there is no child who doesn’t crave meat.
Chu Hong nodded: "Yes, if you eat well, you will have good nutrition, grow taller and more beautiful."
He looked at her old clothes with several patches on them and said helplessly, "Your mother is really something. I asked her to make you some new clothes, but you still let you wear old clothes."
Now they have no shortage of fabric.
The amount of cloth sent back earlier was enough for everyone in the family to make a new set of clothes.
Especially now that she has a sewing machine, Chu Tong can make clothes even faster.
Xiao Yuer shyly spoke for her own mother: "Mom made new clothes for me, but I just didn't want to wear them."
"Silly child," Chu Hong immediately said seriously, "Why are you reluctant to give it up? These days, my aunt's friends will send us a lot of fabrics. Just wear it."
This is also what He Wen wrote in the letter. She said that during the rainy season some time ago, a lot of moldy fabrics were found in the warehouse, so she bought some and sent some to her so that she could give them to the children in the village who didn't mind.
The main reason was that Chu Hong had previously described something a little tragic in order to get He Wen to get her more cloth. For example, in the summer, three-year-old children would go out naked, not to keep cool, but because they had no clothes to wear.
Many children also wear pants that either expose their ankles or are patched up.
He Wen is also a kind-hearted person and has been thinking about this matter all the time, so although not many people want this batch of moldy fabrics, she has almost bought up half of them.
But Chu Hong really didn't mind.
Nowadays, everything that country people wear is patched.
Soaking moldy fabrics in hot water will not affect wearing them.
Besides, those things worn by Mr. Chu and others would not be eye-catching.
Chu Hong also started picking some edible wild vegetables.
There is a lot of wild celery, also called water celery, in the ditches and channels. Xiao Yuer also cut some, and Chu Hong picked them all out and washed them again.
"For lunch, we'll have pig's feet, soybeans, braised fish, and water celery."
Xiao Yuer was afraid that she had forgotten: "Aunt, Great Grandpa said that we can pick the water spinach and amaranth in the private plot."
Chu Hong sighed, "What a pity! Your grandfather picked them all this morning and sent them to your aunt."
Xiao Yuer also knows that his aunt is now in the city, working as a nanny for someone?
Every time my grandfather went to my aunt's house, he would bring some wild vegetables and chicken and duck eggs collected from the village.
She also heard from the adults in her family that all the chicken and duck eggs in the village were their own, and the He family bought them all.
No wonder there is never a shortage of eggs at home.
Now when she sees others eating boiled eggs, egg custard, or scrambled eggs, she no longer feels greedy.
I eat too much at home.
She asked curiously, "When will my aunt come back?"
"I don't know either."
It mainly depends on what my little sister wants.
The family is not in urgent need of money now, so it doesn't matter if she comes back immediately.
But Chu Hong and everyone in the family knew that Chu Dan didn't like doing farm work and just wanted to eat and dress well.
Commonly known as being lazy and gluttonous.
In fact, Chu Hong didn’t think this was wrong. If she didn’t want to please other people and didn’t like cooking and washing clothes, would she want to be a nanny?
After washing the wild vegetables, they began to clean the fish.
The scales and stomachs of the small fish have to be cleaned, which is a delicate job and also the job Chu Hong hates doing the most.
She couldn't help but mutter: "When the fish in the reservoir grow bigger, we won't eat these small fish anymore, we'll buy big fish instead."
The reservoir here was finally completed at the end of last month. Due to the heavy rains in the spring, the reservoir is now half full of water. Lingzhong Village and Lingxia Village brought in a lot of fish fry and released them into the water.
It is expected that some big fish will be caught by the end of next year.
The gaps in the fishing net are just a little bigger, so it can only catch fish weighing more than two kilograms.
Grass carp and silver carp are easy to raise and not easy to die, but they are a bit time-consuming and need to be raised until the end of next year before they weigh five or six kilograms.
Xiao Yuer kept muttering: "Chuchu and the others have to cut grass every day to feed the fish now?"
Then he looked at Chu Hong eagerly and asked, "Can I go with them to cut grass and feed the fish?"
Chu Hong agreed immediately: "Of course."
Collecting fish grass is also a task. Every day, you have to cut 20 kilograms of grass and send it to the reservoir manager.
In both villages, people like Mr. Chu and other transferred people were asked to cut grass.
It would be fine if Xiaoyuer could help to cut the weeds, and it would also allow Chuchu and the others to cut less.
Xiao Yuer cheered happily: "That's great, I can work with Chuchu again."
Chu Hong thought her niece was a little silly. She had to work, and it was a useless job, but she was still so happy. She couldn't help but mutter, "Little fool."
Party Secretary Song, who came in from outside, was very satisfied and praised her: "You are so happy while working, you are really a hard-working person."
Then he said to Chu Hong, "Luckily I went there in a bullock cart, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to bring anything back. They sent four large packages by mail. Aren't they all fabrics?"
At first, he thought it was a mistake. The staff at the post office were curious and wanted to know which relative had sent them so many things?
And it said it was cloth, so the post office staff couldn't help but get close to him and wanted to exchange some cloth from him.
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