Xu Gensheng was actually a little tempted: "I can do nothing. It doesn't take much effort anyway."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Mom and Dad, it's up to you. It's not tiring to do, and you can earn some money."
He added, "We still need to think about how to modify this shed for the winter. If we really want to modify it, we'll have to spend more money on kerosene lamps."
She remembered that the electricity would be connected in July or August next year. The shed built now for winter cannot let guests blow cold wind, so it must at least provide good shelter. However, if the shelter is good, it will be dark inside.
Xu Gensheng: "A kerosene lamp is not expensive, it doesn't matter."
Wu Caifeng sighed: "Doing business really requires a lot of skills."
Xu Xiangjuan: "Mom, there is no trick. Just be willing to work hard."
"Juan, why do you have so many ideas?"
Xu Xiangjuan remained calm: "It's because the children have grown up and the family spends money quickly. I went to the city a few times and figured it out myself."
Wu Caifeng: "Running a small business is easier than working in the fields."
"It's not easy to do it. I only work three hours a day. When I go to the county town, I see that there are shops open all day long."
In those days, shops that were open all day were almost non-existent in their county, but they started to appear a few years later.
Wu Caifeng: "No sleep at night? How can this person endure it?"
"Sleep, of course. We take turns. For example, you work during the day, and I work at night. The time when I'm not working is my rest time. We take turns."
"My body can't bear it."
"Habits are actually okay. After all, it's either you don't give me time to sleep or you change my bedtime."
...
"Auntie, I'll buy a bowl of cold noodles for my dad." It was almost time, Xixi handed Xu Xiangjuan one yuan.
After getting two cents in change, Xu Xiangjuan started to mix the cold noodles. It was still one or two minutes before four o'clock in the afternoon. I remembered that Teacher Wang said he would come to pick up the children at four o'clock this afternoon.
On the first day, Guagua invited Xixi and Miaomiao to eat cold noodles. On the second day, Xixi invited Guagua and Miaomiao to eat cold noodles. She almost caught her daughter to warn her again.
Probably because they had no money, the kids had no intention of eating cold noodles the next day, so Xu Xiangjuan didn't take Guagua out to punish them alone.
These days, among the three children, Guagua, who seems to have the shortest legs, stands between two of them, and holds one of their hands each when walking.
Xu Xiangjuan doesn't remember how easy it was for her and her sisters when she was a child. They even had to hold hands when walking or running.
Xixi also listened to Guagua's words. She didn't know how to spend the 3 yuan and wanted to treat Guagua and Miaomiao to a second meal of cold noodles, but Guagua said that she would buy the cold noodles for her father because her father had never eaten cold noodles before.
Xixi then remembered that she should save money for her father, and she saved 1 yuan specifically to buy some cold noodles for her father.
When Wang Qing came over, Xu Xiangjuan had already mixed the food and put it on the table, but she hadn't mixed it for long.
It was a hot day, and Wang Qing's face was tanned red, with beads of sweat on his forehead. Zhou Chengning poured Wang Qing a bowl of boiled water.
"Dad, let's have some cold noodles. I bought it. It's delicious." Xixi went to pull her dad.
Wang Qing was originally planning to stand for a while before taking his daughter home, but before he could react, his daughter pulled him to sit down.
"Teacher Wang, this is what Xixi bought for you. You must have worked hard to come here in such a hot day. Drink some water to quench your thirst." Zhou Chengning placed the tea bowl filled with boiled water next to Teacher Wang.
Seeing that Xixi's father was slow to pick up his chopsticks, Gua Gua said, "Uncle, please eat quickly. It won't taste good if it's left out for too long."
He can eat it, but can the three kids please stop holding hands and watching him?
Seeing Teacher Wang’s predicament, Xu Xiangjuan asked Miaomiao and Guagua to accompany Xixi to pack her clothes and go home.
When Xixi came, she brought a small bag of spare clothes with her. When the three children heard it, they ran away like a gust of wind.
Xu Gensheng and Wu Caifeng were playing with their grandson, Zhou Chengning and Xu Xiangjuan were peeling garlic and mashing garlic respectively. Everyone was busy and no one paid attention to themselves. Only then did Wang Qing start to eat the cold noodles.
After taking the first bite, Wang Qing finally felt alive. He came home from his parents-in-law's house this afternoon without drinking a sip of water and rode his bike to pick up his daughter. It was a hot day and he felt uncomfortable so he just wanted to drink water. His daughter pulled him over to eat the crystal clear cold noodles and his appetite instantly came up.
When Xu Xiangjuan saw Miaomiao and Guagua coming out, she asked directly, "What are Guagua and Miaomiao doing?"
Guagua responded positively: "I'm going to Miaomiao's house to pick tomatoes for Sister Xixi."
Xu Xiangjuan: "We have tomatoes at home, why are we going to Miaomiao's house?"
Guagua said confidently: "Because the tomatoes at Miaomiao's house are beautiful, mom, we are going to pick tomatoes and we will tell Miaomiao's grandparents."
After the two children ran away, Xu Xiangjuan simply concentrated on pounding garlic. She would occasionally bring some food to Miaomiao's grandparents and pick some tomatoes, but she was afraid of disturbing the elderly's rest.
Wang Qing: "Teacher Zhou, how much is this bowl of cold noodles? I'll give you the money. Xixi is young and doesn't know much."
Wang Qing thought that it was Xixi who asked Teacher Zhou’s family for the cold noodles.
Xu Xiangjuan: "Xixi has paid, Teacher Wang, you don't have to pay anymore."
Zhou Chengning: "The three kids are quite formal. On the day Xixi first came, Guagua even took out his own small treasury and said he would treat Sister Xixi and Miaomiao to cold noodles and sit here to eat. The next day, Xixi treated Miaomiao and Guagua to eat... In short, the bowl of rice you ate, Teacher Wang, was indeed paid for by Xixi."
Wang Qing didn't know how to describe her feelings at this moment. Although it was summer, her daughter really reminded her of a little cotton-padded jacket.
Xixi doesn't know yet that her pocket money will increase because of Guagua's "reminder".
When Wang Qing and Xixi left, Miaomiao and Guagua watched them go.
After Xixi left, Miaomiao had to go back home. Her grandparents had originally not allowed her to live here, but because she had all three meals at home and Xixi came over, her grandparents allowed her to live here.
Although Miaomiao's yard is close and can be reached in a few steps, Guagua was very depressed after being separated from his two friends for one day.
I was so depressed that I even took two of my brother's toys back to my room to decorate my own room.
Niu Niu has a lot of toys. When his sister took two of them away, he didn't make a fuss, but just called for his mother. He now only has three toys to play with, and two of them were taken away by his sister.
Her man's hands were full of garlic smell, so Xu Xiangjuan went to the inner room to get two more for Niu Niu.
Niu Niu automatically understood that the two toys his mother brought were taken back from his sister, and he started to play happily.
Guagua was negative and sad for a while that day, but he was full of energy again the next day. Xu Xiangjuan never worried.
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"Fortunately, the shed was built firmly, otherwise it would have been blown away by the strong wind." Zhou Chengning checked it and felt relieved when he found it was very solid.
The wind is really strong today. Even in the daytime, the wind is black. If it is not a temporary rainstorm, it will probably last for a long time.
Zhou Chengning's hair and loose clothes were blown up. Xu Xiangjuan stood at the gate of the courtyard: "If you have no problem, come in quickly. It will rain heavily soon."
She felt like she was about to lose balance.
"Juan, I'm about to come in. You stay in the kitchen first, so you don't get wet in the rain." He still had to reinforce the yard door.
Xu Xiangjuan obediently went to the kitchen, where she was still stewing large bones.
A typhoon is coming. It comes once or twice every year. Some are serious, while others seem unprecedented. Landslides are not common here, but the land is relatively flat, making drainage difficult.
Every typhoon destroys a batch of food.
There were signs of a typhoon yesterday. The dark sky was clearly brewing a storm.
Xu Xiangjuan also asked Zhou Chengning to visit his grandfather. The thatched house had been reinforced, but it was always worrying during typhoon days.
Fortunately, her grandfather lived with her parents-in-law, so now she had to prepare everything at home. She picked all the edible vegetables in the vegetable garden and placed them next to the stove, and piled the firewood in a higher place in the house.
As long as it is not laid directly on the ground, it is fine. After all, water accumulation in the house will definitely cause great losses. It is necessary to reduce the losses before they occur.
"Guagua, do you want to sleep with mom and dad?" It was raining outside, and the rain was hitting the ground, making a dull sound that could not be ignored.
It was going to rain heavily, and several families nearby were talking about this. Xu Xiangjuan told everyone that it would be best to reduce the losses and to clean up the vegetable garden and firewood.
It's not like everyone hasn't experienced typhoons before. Some of the older ones had experienced water almost reaching their beds. Everyone listened to her and went to clean up.
For farmers, this typhoon is definitely a disaster.
The sounds of wind, rain and shouting sounded quite scary. Xu Xiangjuan immediately asked Gua Gua if he wanted to come back and stay overnight.
Guagua: "No, mom, I'm not afraid. Only Niu Niu is afraid."
Niu Niu was sitting on his own chair in the kitchen. When he heard his sister calling him, he responded with a "wua wua ah".
"You are so brave." Xu Xiangjuan laughed.
Sometimes it’s good to be like a child. No matter how big the problem is, it’s not a big deal for them.
After dinner, Xu Xiangjuan took Guagua to wash up and sent Guagua to the small room. After Guagua lay down, she closed the door and let her go to bed early.
She couldn't let Gua Gua fall asleep before leaving tonight, she still had to check on him.
Even though there was a small corridor in front of the room in the yard, Xu Xiangjuan still could not avoid being wetted by the rain falling from the eaves.
Xu Xiangjuan entered the kitchen and wiped off the water on her body. She was stunned when she saw the scene in front of her. "Aning, what are you doing?"
When she returned to the kitchen, Xu Xiangjuan saw her husband gnawing on a bone.
And he was eating what she had left.
I stewed some large bones in the evening. They were not the distinct bones like those in ribs, but the kind that were not easy to chew. Even the meat in the cracks was hard to eat, and I was afraid that it would hurt my mouth when eating them.
Tonight, Guagua was not allowed to chew on the bones. Just looking at the bones, Guagua had no interest in eating them, and Niu Niu was even less likely to do so. She was mainly making bone soup, and there were only three relatively large bones. She ate two pieces, and Aning ate one.
What he was chewing now was undoubtedly what she had left.
Zhou Chengning didn't panic when he saw Xu Xiangjuan coming over: "Juan, the meat is not clean, there is still some meat."
“I’ve eaten this.”
Zhou Chengning continued to gnaw on the bone: "I know, there is meat. Juan, you can't gnaw it clean, I'll help you gnaw it clean."
Xu Xiangjuan: "No one can eat it after eating it. It's so unclean."
In fact, this phenomenon is not uncommon. Nowadays, when we have meat bones at home, they will be eaten up cleanly. If the children cannot eat them cleanly, the adults will pick them up and eat them themselves.
Zhou Chengning: "Juan, I will eat the bones you have chewed."
After all, his lover is his closest person, with flesh and bones. Even food cannot be wasted, let alone meat.
“I won’t buy big bones anymore.”
It's painful to watch.
Zhou Chengning finished the first one and moved on to the second one: "It's still worth buying meat. The meat is stuck in the gaps between the bones, which is very troublesome to eat."
“Big bones aren’t expensive either.”
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