Yu Yin worked in the sugarcane field for five days. Besides developing calluses on her hands, she also made many new friends.
I visited and participated in the production of brown sugar. In the era when everything was done by hand without the help of machinery, not only was a large amount of labor required, but the sugar yield was also low.
After her rural support mission ended, Yu Yin's life returned to normal. Lu Shurui hadn't returned yet, and she still had to keep busy for a few days. Ping An and An missed their father, constantly asking where he was and when he would be back. Whenever they heard footsteps outside the yard, they would run over to see if their father had returned.
Yu Yin also missed Comrade Lu Shurui a little, especially at night. Habits are a terrible thing. Every night she would fall asleep with her head on his arm, and suddenly she was sleeping alone in a bed, and it felt so big and spacious.
The mother and her two children counted the days on their fingers, calculating when Lu Shurui would return.
Another day begins. After dropping her child off, Yu Yin went into her office.
"Xiaoyu, is your Xiaolu back yet?"
"No, he should be back the day after tomorrow. They said it would take a week, and today is the sixth day."
"Oh, you've been thinking about it, haven't you? You remember it so clearly?"
That's one of Wang Jie's bad points; she always likes to make suggestive remarks, I don't know who she learned it from, but sometimes it makes Yu Yin blush. You know, middle-aged women are terrifying; even someone like her who's seen adult films can't handle it!
“Your brother-in-law’s factory didn’t go to support agriculture this year, otherwise you would be thinking about it every day, right? We went to the suburbs, and you saw the food there. My Lu Shurui went to the mountains, I wonder how the food was?”
“With conditions like these, even though we have stable jobs and decent wages and receipts, we still barely make ends meet. Those who forage in the fields barely see any cash in a year, let alone receipts. And it's even worse back home; work points are worthless. At the end of the year, forget about receiving any money; just breaking even is a good outcome. Otherwise, with two permanent employees in our family, how could we be living so frugally? We have to send money and goods back home every month, sigh…”
This was the first time Yu Yin had heard Sister Wang complain. Before, she only knew that Sister Wang was careful with her money and thought she liked to save. Well, at this time in the countryside, it was considered a blessing if a family could produce even one worker; the whole family depended on them.
The topic was too heavy, and neither of them wanted to continue the conversation.
"Xiaoyu, there seems to be a package for you at the post office. I vaguely saw your name when I was picking up my mail."
"Really? Thank you, Brother Li. I'll go take a look right away."
She didn't know who sent it; it must have been Second Sister Lu or Little Brother Lu. Yu Yin really couldn't think of anyone else.
"Hello, do you have my package?" Yu Yin handed over her identification.
The person behind the counter looked up, took the certificate, glanced at it, and said, "Oh, it's Xiao Yu. There's a package for you, sent from Shanghai. It's over there. You can sign it and take it."
Yu Yin frequently came to pick up or send packages, and became familiar with the people at the post office.
"Sister Liang is on duty. I didn't even recognize you if you hadn't looked up."
"That's right, I've been looking down at the orders all day, I can't even lift my neck anymore."
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Yu Yin took the package and left.
It really was sent by Sister Lu. I wonder what it contained; it's quite heavy.
"Who sent you this package? It's quite big!"
"It was sent by my second aunt. I don't know what else she sent. It's quite heavy."
“Your aunt is a nice person; she’s sent you a lot of things.”
Although Yu Yin had never met Lu Erjie, they often corresponded and got along quite well.
"Yes, they always think of us."
"Sigh, why didn't I meet an aunt like that?"
It seems something's happened at Sister Wang's house recently; it's so unusual. She rarely talks about these things before.
After work, Yu Yin struggled to carry her packages and pick up her two children to go home. At that moment, she especially missed Comrade Lu; otherwise, she wouldn't have to carry such heavy packages herself!
"Mom, something delicious."
Do you have any books?
Ping An asked with concern, knowing that there were good things inside. Every time Dad brought them home, there were delicious treats and illustrated books.
"Mom doesn't know what's inside either. Let's open it together when we get home and take a look."
"OK."
"good."
When they got home, Yu Yin didn't have time to cook. The two little ones couldn't wait and insisted that their mother open the package first.
"Wow, there's milk powder, malted milk powder, and An'an's favorite White Rabbit milk candy."
"Where are the books? Do you have any books?"
Pingping isn't very interested in food; she prefers books.
"Comic books! There are comic books!"
Pingping happily took the book her mother handed her and went to read it. An'an, with a piece of milk candy in her mouth, stuffed another one into her mother's and brother's mouths, and then happily went off to play.
Yu Yin took out other items, including dried shrimp, dried kelp, dried salted fish, dried clams... mostly seafood. Yu Yin liked them very much; it was rare to buy so much seafood here, and it was in high demand.
Yu Yin opened the letter again and learned that Lu Erjie was pregnant again, but her morning sickness was quite severe. She wanted Yu Yin to send her some dried fruit, preferably sour ones, and she also wanted to eat pickled bamboo shoots. As Lu Erjie and Yu Yin spent more time together, they stopped being so polite to each other and started acting like close friends, asking each other directly when they needed something.
Yu Yin organized the things and put them into the storage room on the first floor. And you know what? Yu Yin's little storage room had quite a lot of stuff.
Various grains, dried mushrooms, dried vegetables, seasonings... Yu Yin specially made shelves, which were filled to the brim. The grains were kept in small jars to prevent them from getting damp, along with various pickled vegetable jars and kimchi containers, all lined up in a row in the storeroom, a sight to behold.
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