Chapter 34 Caught
"go!"
That's fine. It's safer to take the two kids with you so they don't run around everywhere.
Furthermore, when little kids talk non-stop, their childish words can make people laugh and can also help brighten people's mood.
Thinking of this, Yi Chichi took the two little kids, one in each hand, to the team doctor's room.
Uncle Yaozi hadn't slept all night and was yawning all the time.
Seeing Yi Chichi bringing Niuniu and the others over, he said weakly, "Look at the baby preparing the herbs. I'm going to take a nap first."
"good."
Soon, a deafening snoring sound was heard in the house, like a sawing sound.
Erdan pricked up his ears and listened for a while, then sighed like a little adult, "He snores as loudly as my dad, and got beaten by my mom and made to kneel on the washboard."
Erdan’s father’s surname is Liu and his given name is Dong. Everyone in the team calls him Dongzi. He is tall and burly like a bear.
He also has a full beard and looks a bit fierce, like a gangster.
In fact, he is cheerful and loves to laugh, and he is also dominated by his wife.
The daughter-in-law glared at him and became terrified.
Kneeling on the washboard was a common occurrence.
Yi Chi Chi often heard from his aunt and others about him kneeling on the washboard, and laughed, "Does your father know that you are embarrassing him?"
"…I don't know. Sister, please don't tell my father."
"Then you have to please me."
Yi Chichi teased him, and the little brat heard the sound and held up his not-so-chubby little face to think hard, then hesitantly asked her, "Can I help you with the work?"
"all right."
"Then what should I do?"
Yi Chichi didn't hesitate and quickly assigned tasks to the two little kids.
It’s not difficult. Just spread the herbs she brought out evenly.
The two children were having a lot of fun and were competing to see who could spread the food more evenly.
Aunt Ma and the others who came over to look for the baby were stunned.
Erdan's mother Tu Jing wanted to spank her child, "You do nothing at home, but you are so diligent when you come out."
Aunt Ma sighed, "Niuniu is about the same. I have discovered that Xiaoyi is a good girl with children."
Tu Jing laughed and said, "There are several educated youth in our team who are not good at work, but they are actually good people."
That's true.
Unlike other brigades, there are more things to do.
Although the educated youth in their team had often gotten into trouble before, it was still within an acceptable range.
It didn't cause any loss to the group.
On the contrary, the educated youth from the neighboring brigade not only confronted the team, but also went to the commune to complain.
One after another, it was really lively.
But this is not the point, the point is——
"I see they're having a good time with Yi Zhiqing. Do you want to take them back?"
"Goodbye, let them play. They will go back when they are hungry."
So, the two of them came quietly and left quietly.
Yi Chichi was completely unaware of this. She was busy with the tasks assigned by Uncle Yaozi while chatting with the two children.
In the blink of an eye, it was already noon and the two children were hungry and wanted to go home for lunch.
She couldn't stand being hungry, so she sent her two children home and then went back to the Youth League Home to prepare lunch for herself.
Wang Nan and his friends went up the mountain to collect firewood.
He brought equipment such as a woodcutter, an axe, dry food, and borrowed the brigade's ox cart.
I guess he won’t come back until dark.
In the following period of time, Yi Chichi was busy making medicine, while Wang Nan and others were busy stockpiling firewood.
In a blink of an eye, it was November 4th, and Yi Chichi's medicine was finally ready.
There are three types of medicine in total, which are powders for repelling small creatures such as snakes, rats, insects, ants, etc.
A powder that can repel large wild animals such as wild boars and wolves.
The last type is a wound medicine, which has the effects of stopping bleeding, reducing inflammation and promoting tissue regeneration.
She sent all the first two kinds of powder to the brigade headquarters to the brigade leader and others, gave half of it as hemostatic medicine, and kept the remaining half for herself in case of emergency.
The captain who received the powder was skeptical about the efficacy of the medicine, but still said confidently, "If it is as effective as you said, I will give you a few more pounds of meat when we get down the mountain."
Yi Chichi didn't want meat, so she said honestly, "Uncle, I want wild boar belly."
“??? Wild boar belly?” This is a big one.
"Um."
"Why? That stuff isn't as delicious as meat."
Everyone in the room looked at her as if she were an alien, thinking that this girl was a little bit crazy. Who would give up good meat and choose wild boar stomach?
"Wild boars are omnivorous and have medicinal value. They have certain pharmacological effects on stomach diseases such as gastric bleeding... intestinal ulcers."
After Yi Chichi's explanation, the captain and the others suddenly realized why they wanted wild boar stomach, it turned out to have this use.
"Okay, if I hunt a wild boar, I will definitely leave a pig stomach for you."
Yi Chichi expressed her satisfaction with this. She was not greedy and just wanted to have it.
A wild boar stomach mixed with medicinal herbs to make a medicinal meal is enough to nourish her stomach.
After confirming the day when the team leader and his men would enter the mountains, Yi Chichi said goodbye and left the team headquarters in a good mood.
On the way back, I met Aunt Ma and her friends. After a few pleasantries, Aunt Niu reminded me, "We are going to the market the day after tomorrow. If you want to go, be prepared in advance."
"Thank you for the reminder, I will tell them when I get back."
Then, Wang Nan and others, who received the reminder, became excited.
Without knowing what was available at the fair, a group of people began enthusiastically discussing what they wanted to buy.
Wu Yongfei even said something shocking, "I want to buy beef."
Yi Chichi, "??? There's beef for sale at the market?"
"I don't know. I heard that someone was selling it secretly before and was caught."
Then don't think about it.
Beef is so rare that it is in short supply in the city.
There is a fixed number of cows in a production team. If one dies accidentally, it must be reported.
Half of the better ones were handed in, and the other half were kept in the team and distributed to each household.
It is not uncommon for all of them to be handed over.
There is no way, this is the current policy.
Although everyone knew what was going on, they still felt a little more expectant.
Wang Nan said softly, "We should bring more money, just in case we are lucky enough to meet a cattle dealer who is not afraid of death."
"bring!"
If you can buy something, buy that. If you can’t, buy something else.
At 6:05 am on the 6th, Yi Chichi and his group set out to the village entrance to meet up with Aunt Ma and her group, and then followed the main group to the market.
It’s not far away, just on the large drying yard between the two neighboring production teams.
Yi Chichi thought they arrived early, but when they arrived they found the place was bustling with people.
The sounds of shouting and whipping cattle, horses and donkeys were endless.
These animals were tied with ropes and pulled carts behind them.
The car was full of people.
There are special sheds for keeping livestock and feeding them with grass and water.
It costs 1.5 cents to deposit it in the morning, and 2.2 cents at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
In this era when a farmer's centimeter is not worth much, the storage fee is not low.
But there is no way around it. In the era when there was no mechanization and labor relied on manual labor, livestock were more valuable than humans.
If a person is sick, he can endure it, but animals cannot. They need to be treated immediately.
Each production team took special care of the livestock. Not to mention one or two cents, even thirty or four cents had to be paid.
We cannot let the livestock freeze or starve.
We will rely on them to do work and reduce the burden on people next year.
(End of this chapter)
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