Chapter 228 Autumn Wind Rises
When Chu Hong returned home, she saw Chu Dan had already served the dishes on the table. She was very curious when she saw her: "Where did you come back from? Which village has a good show to watch?"
Chu Hong rolled her eyes at her and said, "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I went to visit them today and everyone has calmed down."
Chu Tong served everyone food: "I'm glad you're okay, so you don't have to run around and get tired."
Xiao Yuer took the chopsticks and put them on the table, taking the opportunity to tell Chu Hong: "Second Aunt, Sixth Grandma also had a quarrel with the youngest daughter-in-law today."
Chu Hong rubbed her head and said seriously: "They are not quarreling, they just spoke a little louder."
"When they start fighting, remember to come and tell your second aunt."
Xiao Yuer, who thought he could help his second aunt, nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, second aunt, Chuchu and I will watch over it."
Wu Xiu also came in from outside, glanced at the people in the room, and said worriedly: "Hey, your dad went to the city for a meeting early in the morning, why hasn't he come back yet?"
Gu Ci followed in from behind, and when he heard Wu Xiu's words, he immediately said, "How about I ride my bike to meet Ying Ying? See if the bike broke down on the road?"
Wu Xiu shook her head: "Forget it, let's eat first, maybe there is something important."
But everyone was a little uneasy.
Because the meeting usually only takes two hours, plus a little over an hour to go back and forth.
Normally, I should be home by ten o'clock.
Chu Hong comforted them: "Don't worry, I didn't let Dad go to the black market to buy things, he will be fine."
It makes me sad just thinking about it. From the Dragon Boat Festival in May to the end of July, it was almost three months, and except for eating pork offal twice, my family had not eaten real meat.
One reason is that all kinds of vegetables in the private plots are ripe at this time.
Another reason is that we eat snails every now and then at home.
Everyone thinks that this is meat and a non-vegetarian dish, so there is no need to buy meat.
Everyone in my family agreed to wait until mid-August before buying meat.
For example, on the Song family’s dining table today, there are two plates of snails, a plate of fried beans, fried eggplant with peppers, and a bowl of egg custard.
Chu Hong poured some snail soup and mixed it with rice, which was especially delicious. She kept muttering, "Maybe he left us and secretly went to the state-owned restaurant to have a big meal?"
Chu Dan sighed and said, "Second sister, I think this is what you really think in your heart, right?"
After saying that, he looked at Gu Ci and asked, "Second brother-in-law, those chickens and ducks have been raised for nearly five months, why haven't they started laying eggs yet?"
Wu Xiu was now satisfied with her second son-in-law, so she naturally helped him. She immediately said, "The chickens and ducks at home are well taken care of, but haven't they laid eggs yet?"
"It's not easy to raise so many chickens and ducks at the farm. They should be ready in a month."
Chu Hong also agreed: "That's right, why are you so anxious? There has never been a shortage of eggs in the house."
Since the end of May, when Chu Dan and He Zhigang had a falling out, they no longer sent the eggs they collected from the village to the He family.
I kept them all at home for myself and pickled some eggs.
This is also because the weather has been too hot in the past few months, and the chickens and ducks are not laying eggs very diligently. In addition, every family will keep some eggs for themselves, so even if Chu Hong and her friends collected them all, there would not be too many.
It may be because we had collected eggs in the village several times in a row before, and now when everyone has saved ten eggs, they will send them to us and ask them to take them to the purchasing station.
Anyway, up to now, the villagers have not discovered that the eggs that should be in the "purchasing station" are all in Chu Hong's family's stomach.
Gu Ci ate two bowls of rice before putting down his bowl and chopsticks and said to them, "I'm still a little worried. Let's go and welcome dad."
Wu Xiu was very happy after hearing this, and felt that this son-in-law was truly filial, so her tone was very gentle: "Then you are full, you should ride slowly, otherwise it will be bad for your stomach."
Secretary Song rode away on a new bicycle, but Chu Hong had been riding the team's old bicycle and had not yet returned it, so she parked it at the door.
Gu Cicai dragged his bicycle and rode for a distance when he saw Secretary Song coming back on a bicycle.
Secretary Song asked him first: "Where are you going?"
"Dad, you didn't come back. Everyone in the family was worried that the car broke down on the road. I was just about to pick you up."
Gu Ci also turned a corner on his bicycle: "Dad, you must be hungry, hurry home and eat first."
The roads are not good now and the tires wear out quickly. I’m afraid that the tire of my bicycle will get a flat when I’m riding on the road.
Secretary Song was indeed hungry. He went home, washed his hands, and sat there to take the meal that his eldest daughter served him. He ate quickly, taking a bite of vegetable and a bite of rice.
Chu Hong had also finished her meal and started eating snails. Seeing that he had eaten most of the rice, she began to ask, "Dad, why did you come back just now? Is there something wrong?"
Secretary Song sighed: "Something happened."
"The joint defense team is going to patrol the countryside again to see if those who have made mistakes are doing labor reform with peace of mind."
"Furthermore, they may send some people who have made mistakes to our place for labor reform."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Gu Ci and said, "Go and ask Lao Chu and the others to pack up their clothes, bedding, eggs, rice, and books. Pack them all up and bring them to our house if there is any news."
Gu Ci's original relaxed expression disappeared in an instant. He immediately responded and went out.
Secretary Song looked at the mother and daughter again and said, "We also need to clean up our house so that no one can see anything conspicuous."
Chu Tong was a little panicked: "Then we should catch our chickens, ducks and geese in cages and carry them to the mountain, right?"
Even if they were dividing the family, she was worried that those people would see so many chickens, ducks and geese. It would be too conspicuous and might be used as an excuse to make trouble.
"No." Chu Hong retorted, saying seriously: "When we split up, many people knew about it. I'm afraid someone has been watching us for a long time."
"If I cheat now, I'm afraid I'll be caught."
Secretary Song also nodded in agreement with a heavy face: "We won't move our family yet. I'll tell the villagers later."
The main reason is that their place is far away and those people don't like to come.
Therefore, even though there are regulations that each family can only raise three chickens and ducks, everyone will raise two more.
If they were caught in a surprise raid, the extra chickens and ducks would definitely be taken away by those people.
Now that we have received this information, we can put the extra chickens and ducks into cages and move them far away to keep them safe.
Chu Hong's eyes rolled around, and she said, "We'll build two earthen stoves later, and divide up the food, bowls, chopsticks, and so on, and try to make it look like we've already separated."
Secretary Song nodded: "Yes, that's right. It's better to be careful."
Chu Dan curiously inquired: "Dad, are there many people like Lao Jin coming?"
"I don't know either." Secretary Song chatted with them while eating: "We were originally going to come back before nine in the morning, but the joint defense team came to promote again, so we had no choice but to stay there and study."
"The director talked to me afterwards."
He looked at his family and whispered, "I suspect he wants to assign someone to me."
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