The double harvest season was over, and the Sandaogou Production Team had paid its public grain tax, leaving the team leader with only worry.
The amount of food distributed was not much at all, only enough to feed the entire village for more than a month, and definitely not enough to last until next spring.
When Lian Xiaomin took her younger siblings to her aunt's house, she heard Zhang Dacui chatting about these things with her uncle and aunt.
Listening to their sighs, even Xiaomin felt uncomfortable.
The adults had sad and gloomy faces, but the kids were innocent and playing carefree.
After nearly a month of careful feeding by Lian Xiaomin, the little girl is now a little plumper.
Xiaofu has also changed. He has grown some weight and become cuter. He can also walk a few steps on his own.
Two-year-old Xiao Feng'er and Xiao Fu sat on the kang and played together. Sometimes, Yufang took them to the team leader's house and let the two children play with Doudou and Mili.
The kids of similar age were having so much fun playing together that they didn't want to go home.
Only Xiaoya was still young, so she could only be held in her sister's arms and watch the four little kids play.
When they came, the puppy was even happier.
Grandma was in poor health and always lay in the house. Her mother did the housework and washing, and left him to take care of the two children.
He was unwilling to take care of these babies, so when he saw that he was no longer needed, he slipped out of the house and ran towards the mountains.
In this way, after Yufang's introduction, Lian Xiaomin became familiar with the cheerful Chunxiu.
According to seniority, Yufang is the captain's cousin, so Chunxiu has to call her little cousin.
Lian Xiaomin found it really interesting. The three little girls were talking and laughing, chatting together. Yufang and Chunxiu told her about the big and small things in the village.
Lian Xiaomin looked at the four children in the orphanage. She felt sorry for the two-year-old Xiao Feng, who was the most fragile and malnourished. So she planned to find a chance to ask her aunt to get some milk powder to supplement Xiao Feng'er's nutrition.
That day, Lian Xiaomin wanted to go to Qian Ye's place to see how the goods were selling, and also wanted to go directly to the county town.
She has not been to Jianye County for such a long time, but she won’t be able to come back in a day.
She decided to send the two kids to her aunt's house for two days, mainly because if they were kept in the space, it would be difficult to keep it a secret from her aunt for several days, and secondly, she felt that Xiaofu was too lonely in the space. He now liked playing with his friends and even spoke more fluently.
There is less farm work now, and my aunt is already quite pregnant, so she stays at home more often and has time to take care of the child.
So, Lian Xiaomin told her aunt that when she brought her younger brother and sister-in-law here, Aunt Pan from her hometown village took good care of her along the way and even gave her the address of her daughter's home in the county town.
Lian Xiaomin planned to visit her aunt and express her gratitude.
I also want to go to the county town and stay at Aunt Pan’s daughter’s house and come back in two days.
When Lian Qiuping heard this, she decided to let Xiaomin go. If no one was there to take care of them, how could she bring two such young children all the way here?
Lian Xiaomin gave her aunt a stack of clean diapers and Xiaoya's milk powder.
I also brought a bag of millet and five eggs as Xiaofu's food. Let him eat millet porridge for the next few days.
She also took out two unopened bags of milk powder and gave them to her aunt, so that she could make a cup for Xiao Feng'er every day.
The aunt asked her in surprise: "Xiaomin, where did you get all this milk powder? It's precious! Save it for Xiaoya!"
Lian Xiaomin told her the prepared explanation: "This was when I went to the commune one time and I met someone at the gate of the supply and marketing cooperative. She sold it to me and said that I would have more in the future. She gave me her address so I could buy from her. I bought four bags and spent 20 yuan." Lian Xiaomin tried to make the price sound as cheap as possible.
Zhang Dacui, who was watching from the side, also sighed and said, "That's really not expensive. Malted milk costs 3.5 yuan a can even with a ticket. Milk powder should be more expensive. There is no place to buy it. Qiuping, quickly give Xiaomin 10 yuan. Don't let the child pay for it."
Lian Qiuping was about to stand up to get the money when Lian Xiaomin quickly pressed her shoulders tightly. The force was so strong that Lian Qiuping couldn't stand up at all. She looked at Lian Xiaomin, who looked anxious, with amusement.
Lian Xiaomin knew that for a rural family like this with only one male laborer, how much money could they save?
An average family can only earn a few dozen yuan a year. Last time they spent 20 yuan on sorghum rice, how much money can they have left? She couldn't take it.
"Aunt, this is what I gave to Xiao Feng'er to drink. You know I have money in my hands, and I can still go hunting in the future. I don't want your money. If you give it to me again, it will be unrighteous."
After much persuasion, the aunt, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were finally convinced and accepted the milk powder.
Zhang Dacui didn't say much, but in her heart she looked up to Lian Qiuping, her niece from her mother's side. She thought she was a good child and she would take care of her as her own family in the future.
It's a matter of heart to heart, the more you get along, the closer you become, and gradually you don't consider each other as outsiders.
Leaving the two kids behind and telling Xiaofu and Xiaofeng'er to have fun at their aunt's house, Lian Xiaomin went out.
She didn't dare tell Xiaofu that she would be back in two days, for fear that Xiaofu would cry and cling to her.
She arrived at the commune around nine o'clock in the morning and went to see Mr. Qian first.
I had said before that I would come to visit every few days, but as I had a lot of things to do, I only came a month ago.
Lian Xiaomin took a disguise pill on the road, transformed herself into Lin Zi's appearance, and changed into a boy's clothes.
A month later, Lin Zi came to Qian Ye's yard next to the black market again. When Qian Ye saw that Lin Zi had finally arrived, he quickly and politely offered him his seat.
Xiao Si was the only one in the yard at this time. Lian Xiaomin gave him a nickname in her mind, Little Monkey, which really did look like it.
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