After packing up a bit and bringing a few mattresses, they settled in. In the afternoon, Cheng Zhenyu received a letter and came to look at the house, but decided not to buy the small house he was looking at.
When she saves up some more money, she will definitely buy one bigger than her second sister's...
"What are your plans for the afternoon? Let's go sit by the fire and play cards?" Cheng Zhenyu roughly calculated the money he had and decided to set aside 10 yuan for playing cards this year and save the rest for buying a house.
"What cards are you playing? You also have to make dumplings, buns, and steamed buns..." Zhao Fangrui glanced at her eldest daughter and told her to go home quickly to help.
Now that there are so many young men in the family, Xiaohuzi can make more than 20 dumplings in one meal, and a large pot of dumplings is enough for one meal. If we don’t make more, how can we celebrate the New Year?
Under Zhao Fangrui's supervision, Cheng Zhenyu could only go back home depressed to make buns and dumplings. Seriously, they didn't even want the money...
Er Tiao: "I want a bag!"
Liu Tiao: "I can wrap it!"
San Tiao: "I made this stuffing!"
Now the dozen or so children are all good helpers. Each of them finds a seat and starts to work.
The three youngest children, Jiu Tiao, Xiao Lu and Xiao Shizi, gathered together to play with dough balls...
......My family members are all healthy, policies are open, the days are getting more promising, and life is getting more enjoyable. Naturally, it is another good year.
After the Chinese New Year, it was 1979.
After returning home, not long after a few days of school, Cheng Zhenzhu obtained the forest rights certificate and began to plan the mountain forest land.
Every day after dinner, she would run to the mountains. Usually from Monday to Friday, she would go up the mountain by herself, and then on weekends, she would bring a few more people home for the holidays, and there were still nine more.
From Monday to Friday, when Cheng Zhenzhu went out alone, Jiu Tiao would play with San Hai, and they would walk around the island with four or five fish and Fei Hei, which was so majestic.
......
"Mom, am I going today too?" Jiu Tiao scratched his fingers doubtfully. If he remembered correctly, today was Tuesday?
"Well, let's go too. From now on, we'll all take Jiu Tiao with us." Cheng Zhenzhu touched the little meatball and said.
Previously, she had used the [small storage room function] of the space to deal with the gravel on the mountain, and also laid a layer of soil specially brought from the suburbs of Hai City. After that, she could work openly.
"Then I'll go call Sanhai!" Kujo was very happy.
"Okay, maybe we can stop by your Aunt Yumei's place later and pick up Sanhai."
"Then I'll take it with me!" Jiu Tiao jumped and ran to the woodshed to tell Si Tiao and Wu Tiao to take good care of the house while he went to play with his mother.
"Woof woof woof~" Four or five cats were waiting for the opportunity. They stood guard at the door and watched the little master go away.
"Brother Jiujo, here, here!" Sanhai had also come up the mountain to play on weekends before. He had a strong sense of direction and walked along the path as if it was his own home.
"I'm coming, I'll wait for you, Mom!"
Jiutiao responded and took his mother's hand. Soon, the two children disappeared in the mottled trees...
"Mom, are you planting trees?" Jiu Tiao, who was out of breath, squatted for a while. Seeing his mother put down the basket and started digging the bare hole, he came over to ask.
"Yes, let's try and see if they can survive." Cheng Zhenzhu nodded. She had grown the saplings specifically with seaweed mud, but she wasn't sure if they could adapt to the climate here.
She asked the old professors who had come to the village to check it out before, and they said that Sanshi Island was suitable for growing fruits such as bananas, papayas, and mangoes. The old professors also gave her some seeds.
She didn't want to move the trees below, and the trees above were bare, so she could plant some fruit trees there. It would have both economic value and environmental benefits, killing two birds with one stone.
Hope it can be planted...
"Mom, let me help you!" Jiujo was instantly revived with full health, and he also pulled over Sanhai who was also panting.
Soon, child laborer number two officially took the job. Cheng Zhenzhu's own tree-planting skills were very crude, so after giving the two little guys a few saplings, she casually taught them how to dig the holes themselves.
Of course, the last step, the drop of ocean blue water, was handled by her personally. Each tree cost a drop of ocean blue water worth 30,000 sea coins, and the main attraction was a wealth of wealth.
After planting about a hundred saplings, Cheng Zhenzhu would often take a few children up the mountain to check on them. The survival rate was quite good, with over eighty remaining from the hundred or so saplings.
There were over thirty mango trees, over twenty papaya trees, and a dozen banana trees. The rest were a few small seedlings she'd grown from fruit cores she'd eaten. Their pale green color made them seem particularly fragile among the other seedlings, and there was no telling if they would die mid-flight.
"Mom, what should we do next!" After planting two more small fruit seedlings, Er Tiao waved his arms, as if he had endless energy in his body.
"All we have to do is wait." Once the saplings grow a bit bigger, we'll be ready to build the mountain road...
After waiting for a while, summer vacation finally arrived.
Yi Tiao came back and brought back his friend Chen Jiale.
"Hello, Auntie, I'm a good friend of Yitiao. This is a specialty from our place. I brought it to you and your brothers..." Chen Jiale took down the big bag in his hand, smiling happily.
"Hello, hello, thank you for your gift." Cheng Zhenzhu looked at the gentle boy and smiled. "I heard you like swimming very much. Let them take you fishing. If nothing else, Auntie has plenty of fish and shrimp..."
"Okay! Thank you, Auntie! You're so nice!" Chen Jiale smiled even more happily! He came here just for this!
Then Chen Jiale also stayed here, one room to himself. After enjoying a few luxurious seafood meals, he welcomed his sisters and brothers.
"You are Xiaohuzi, right? Yitiao often mentions you to me. I heard that you are going to college this year?" Chen Jiale discovered that Yitiao has really a lot of family members.
In addition to six younger brothers, there are many other sisters...
Let him think about it, when he was here, Aunt Pearl would cook two large bowls of rice every day, and then five large bowls of vegetables and a soup for each meal. Now that there are so many people, wouldn't that have to double?
However, I have to say this. Ichitiao's home is truly a paradise! There's the sea outside, the mountains behind, and the food is delicious every day. Most importantly, there's always plenty of it!
He felt that his family wasn't that poor, but compared to the Ichijo family's attitude towards eating and drinking, it seemed a bit too stingy. Presumably, his brothers and sisters felt the same way, right?
"Yeah." Little Tiger nodded. He did just average on the test. He wasn't sure if he could get into the Military Medical University that Second Aunt and the others had recommended him to...
But it's not something to worry about. If I don't pass, I can just try again! Maybe next year, I can work hard and go to the same university as my younger brother!
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