"Come to our place?"
Zhang Siyu pondered for a moment. It was now 1969, so the time was indeed about the same. She remembered that the educated youth went to the countryside in large numbers in 1968.
In this year, millions of city students responded to the call of "educated youth go to the countryside", bid farewell to their parents and relatives, and rushed to the rural frontiers, starting a completely different life.
Of course, 1968 was neither the beginning nor the end.
Like Cheng Zhenzhu, she responded to the call and came to Sanshi Island in 1962...
You Yumei nodded. "Yes, I heard Aunt Xiuhua talk about it too. It should have happened in the past month or two."
"That will be soon."
"It's coming soon. Last year, we heard that many people from other places came to join the queue. I didn't expect that people would come here this year. But when they come, I don't know where they will stay. Aunt Xiuhua is worried..."
Zhang Siyu stared, she had to find a place to live. Either she had to build a house, or she would have to live in someone else's house.
I'm afraid it's too late to build a house. It's autumn fishing season now, and everyone is busy with group work, so there's not much time left.
"The main reason is that we don't have enough manpower to build houses right now." You Yumei and Zhang Siyu thought of the same thing.
"There is always a way." Zhang Siyu said softly.
"That's right, there's no point in Aunt Xiuhua worrying now... Oh, by the way, Sister Zhenzhu, I heard from my eldest daughter that the school is having a five-day holiday for National Day. Is it still possible for you to go back there in time?"
"I asked the teacher for a few days off, and added another Saturday and Sunday, so I can stay a few more days."
"That's fine. It's not easy to go back, so it's worth staying a few days longer. It's the first time I've seen their grandparents in a few days, so there should be a lot to talk about..."
"There should be." Zhang Siyu glanced at Er Tiao who was running into the house and waved at him.
This little guy sure has a lot to say.
"Aunt Yumei." Peng Ertiao sat down next to his mother and called her with a smile in his eyes.
"Er Tiao is back? Did you catch any fish?" She heard her second child say early in the morning that he wanted to call Er Tiao to go fishing.
"No." Peng Ertiao shook his head, chuckled twice, and felt a little embarrassed.
You Yumei looked at the red-faced Erwa in front of her and realized something was wrong. "Sister Zhenzhu, do you think your Erwa has turned whiter?"
I didn’t look at it carefully yesterday, but when I sat in front of it today, I felt that it had become a degree whiter.
"Yes, it has turned white." Zhang Siyu nodded affirmatively.
"Mom washes me and smells good every day." Peng Ertiao patted his little face and said a little boastfully.
"Xiangxiang~" Peng Sandiao poked his little head out from behind his mother and patted his face gently.
"San Tiao, come here to your mother." Zhang Siyu pulled the little one behind her into her arms.
The little guy was very shy. After Sister Yumei came, he called out shyly and then sat behind her with a small stool in his arms, pretending to be invisible.
Peng Sandiao snuggled into his mother's arms, holding his mother's hands with only half of his little face exposed, but he gently called out "Auntie".
"Three white eyes~" Peng Sandiao's eyes were shining brightly.
"San Tiao is blocking his face, so I can't see him clearly. Please take a good look at him and see if he looks whiter." You Yumei teased San Tiao.
I only knew that Er Tiao was a conceited person before, but I didn’t expect that San Tiao was also a bit conceited.
Peng Sandiao hesitated for a moment, then sat up, his small body straight.
"Oh. The three of us are a little whiter." You Yumei nodded. It was indeed a little whiter.
There are more than three, and it seems that Pearl Girl is also a little whiter.
Can taking a shower really make your skin whiter so much?
Didn't I wash it thoroughly before?... This thought suddenly popped up in You Yumei's mind. Then she quickly shook it off.
After chatting for a few more minutes, You Yumei was ready to leave. The housekeepers were about to return, and she had to go home to cook.
"Wait, Sister Yumei." Zhang Siyu grabbed a handful of candy from You Yumei's pocket and asked her to take it back to feed the little kids.
"Sister Zhenzhu, why are you giving me the candy back? Take it back quickly and save it for them..." You Yumei refused and was about to stuff the things in the bag back.
"I have one of theirs ready." Zhang Siyu pressed it hard.
"That's a different matter. This is too expensive..." So I couldn't accept it. Even if I accepted it, I wouldn't have anything to return.
"Sister Yumei, I'm not being distant with you, so why are you being distant with me?" Zhang Siyu feigned anger. "I accepted the fish you gave me just now..."
Alas, facing a girl like Pearl, she really felt helpless... She was helpless not only in what she said but also in how much she tried.
You Yumei touched the candy in the bag and felt it was a bit heavy. "Thank you, Sister Zhenzhu."
"You're welcome." Zhang Siyu felt relieved when she saw You Yumei accept it.
Yesterday's big bag of dried shrimp is more than enough to exchange for this small handful of sugar...
After seeing off Sister Yumei, Zhang Siyu started to prepare lunch.
I still steamed rice for lunch, but today I steamed a mixture of the refined rice in my space and the rice I bought at the grain market last time.
The coarse rice bought from the grain store tastes quite good if you add a little bit of it.
If all the rice is from the granary, it will feel like the grains are broken.
So while there is plenty of refined rice, eat it together.
She also sprinkled a handful of soybeans in it and then added a few drops of oil.
The steamed rice was also very fragrant. She made a dish of fried cucumber with lard and scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
She put the steamed crabs in her space, planning to wait for one to come back in the afternoon so they could eat them together.
"Mom, this is so delicious!"
"It's so cold, so delicious~"
The two little kids ate the two dishes with their mouths full of oil. While stuffing their rice, they praised the food for being delicious and said their mother was the best.
The three lines of language are a little poor, with only a few words thrown out, but they are also very pleasant to listen to.
Zhang Siyu was so happy after hearing this that she drank an extra bowl of rice without realizing it.
The scrambled eggs with tomatoes cooked over a wood fire were really fragrant. The fried cucumber was a little burnt, but since it was sliced thickly and fried in a lot of oil, it didn't affect the taste.
"Mom, do you want to go out and play?" Peng Ertiao asked his mother after dinner.
"Go." Zhang Siyu put the unfinished food into the space, and then took the two little kids to help digest the food after dinner. She strolled along the coast and brought back three sleepy kids.
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