In the afternoon, Zhang Dacui and Li Xianghai went to work again. Yufang had to go to feed the pigs after four o'clock, so she kept talking to Xiaomin in the house.
Lian Qiuping coaxed the three babies to sleep, and the little girl in that room woke up again.
It's really a cycle of falling asleep and waking up.
Lian Xiaomin picked her up and lifted her up high, then kissed her chubby little face again and again.
The little girl grinned and giggled. She missed her sister too. She put her little hands around her sister's neck and wouldn't let go.
I gave her some water to drink and finally found a walker. When the little girl saw that her sister didn't want to walk anymore, she went to play with peace of mind.
Yufang went to cut the big watermelon in half and left half for Li Xianghai and Zhang Dacui to eat when they came back in the evening.
The remaining half was cut into slices with a knife and brought to the kang table in the house for everyone to eat.
Xiaofeng and Xiaofu both had small bibs around their necks. The two kids happily sat at the table on the kang and started eating a piece of watermelon.
That little expression was so beautiful that it was bubbling with beauty, and her eyes turned into crescents when she smiled.
Lian Qiuping picked up Xiao Ya again and fed her some small pieces of melon flesh.
Everyone ate and chatted.
"Xiaomin, have you heard about the educated youth Xiao Pei?" Yufang asked.
Lian Xiaomin nodded: "When I came here at noon, I met Li Zhiqing, and he told me about it."
Yufang sighed, "Alas, I don't know what happened in our village last month. First we caught a spy and a bandit, and then an educated youth fell off a cliff. I really hope this won't happen again."
Lian Qiuping also said, "Yes, there have been so many things going on recently. The third child of Brother Shengli went on a long journey with the transport team. He should have been back soon, but there is no news yet!"
"Mother went there yesterday and came back saying that the Zhang family is very worried about it and wants to ask Wenrui to go to the transport team to ask about it tomorrow."
Lian Xiaomin thought, yes, his beloved son almost didn't come back, but he is fine now, and he will probably be home in a few days.
When he comes back, I have to remind him to observe the convoy to see if there is any traitor.
However, with Brother Sanyong's brain, he could probably think of this.
Yufang told her some major and minor events that happened in the village, and said that there was only an old couple in the cowshed before, and a lot of people were sent down there some time ago.
She fed the pigs there every day. She was very close to them and felt that they were very pitiful, but she didn't dare to say anything outside.
In the first few days after I was sent here, many people wearing red armbands followed me and held mass criticism meetings, saying that I was a monster. That scene was so...
Those people were covered in wounds, how could they not look miserable? Yufang didn't understand much, but she went to work there every day, and she felt bad seeing it all.
The team leader was a kind and righteous man, and he did some things secretly. For example, the living quarters were somewhat better than those in other villages.
The villagers were organized to build a row of adobe houses behind the cowshed, so that at least there would be no leaks during the winter.
Lian Xiaomin asked her who were those people who were sent down.
Yufang said, "There are five of them from Beijing, teachers from some university... and one of them is the director of a factory."
"I don't know about the others... By the way, there's a person living in the west. Guess what he did in the past?"
Lian Xiaomin was distracted and thinking about something else, so she casually asked, "What do you do?"
"He's an actor in the movies. Did your village ever show the movie 'A Little Soldier'? He's the guy in that movie!"
Lian Qiuping next to him said, "Oh, which one of them is it? When "A Little Soldier" was shown in Sandagou, the team had to work hard to invite the projectionist..."
"...I went to watch it even though I was pregnant. I remember it clearly. There were two movies in total, which were played several times. The other movie was called The Red Detachment of Women. The actress was very pretty, and her name was..."
Yufang interrupted her hastily: "Sister-in-law, please don't interrupt me. Let me first talk about the person who was sent down to our village. He is the 'Old Uncle Luo' who plays the protagonist Xiaobing! The one who plays Luo Yubao!"
Lian Qiuping recalled and said slowly: "Ah~ the most spirited soldier, that actor was really awesome!"
Suddenly, the voice became quieter: "He, he was exiled to our Sandagou?"
Yufang nodded vigorously.
Lian Xiaomin came back to her senses and listened to their conversation. Her mind was confused. What the hell was going on?
"Luo Yubao" was actually demoted to his own village? This...
She knew this man too well.
Because in my previous life, I particularly liked the actor in this old movie - the famous performing artist Zheng Ying!
Who can forget the image of Luo Yubao? He pushed his bicycle, raised his eyebrows, and subdued the enemy with a broom. How cool!
She had read about Zheng Ying's information on the Internet. He had a rough life and was exiled to Northeast China. In 1969, he died of illness at the age of 45.
Although they are not in the same time and space, some things may be different, but it seems that he was really demoted to Sandaogou.
Lian Qiuping still couldn't believe it and asked, "Yufang, are you sure it's him? I'm at home taking care of the kids and haven't seen him yet."
"Yes, Chunxiu also said so. Her name is Zheng something... Anyway, her last name is Zheng. Her father said so."
That should be correct, Lian Xiaomin thought to herself, and she will pay more attention to the situation over there in the future.
At around four o'clock, Yufang went to feed the pigs, and Lian Xiaomin was responsible for looking after the children in the house, so that her aunt had free hands to make dumplings.
As long as I can handle the three little ones, I suddenly realize that the other little ones are not a big problem either.
Playing with a five-month-old baby is a very healing thing, especially when he is not crying, he is a little angel~
There are kids all over the kang and the floor.
Ah, the world ~ life ~ can really make one bald.
In the evening, when it was getting dark, the workers finally finished their hard work and went home for dinner.
This is how life is in the countryside. There is always work to be done in the fields all year round.
Even if it is not the most demanding time like spring plowing and autumn harvest, we still have to maintain the crops or continue to reclaim land, etc.
Lian Xiaomin came back this time and planned to go hunting and exchange the prey for work points.
There is an old hunter like this in Sandaogou, and there are also such people in other villages.
If you only had that ability, the whole village would be eager to have some meat.
Zhang Dacui said that she would go directly to Zhang Shengli to discuss the matter in the evening.
Lian Qiuping was very skillful and steamed tray after tray of dumplings and brought them to the table.
Li Xianghai washed his hands, took his own bowl and went into the house to eat. The baby needed someone to feed him, so they had to take turns to look after him.
In this regard, Lian Xiaomin particularly admires her uncle, who will do whatever he can to help and never acts like a male chauvinist.
When Lian Qiuping was in confinement, he would help take care of her, and the same went for the children, doing whatever he could.
He never acted like the head of the family and never asked him to eat first.
He takes care of the elderly and children, including his wife.
This small family suddenly became a big family with the arrival of three babies, but everyone worked hard, which made Lian Xiaomin feel very warm and rare.
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