They say we can raise chickens now, but there is nothing we can do if we only have eggs and can't raise chickens. If we take chickens from the team, we will have our work points deducted and we also have to pay for food.
Qiu Yuling wanted to say that she could, but she swallowed the words back. She knew how to use an electric light bulb, but the family still used kerosene lamps, so she couldn't use her scientific methods.
The best solution is to pick up an existing hen that's been laying eggs, but you have to make sure they're fertile. She can guarantee that, and the system can sort fertile eggs. But what about a hen that's been laying eggs?
She has plenty of them in her space, but she can't bring them out openly. What can she do? She lies on them and pretends to hatch them to see if anyone outside believes them. What if they really catch her and lock her up to make her perform a lying-in performance?
I don’t know why other people in novels who traveled through time to the 1960s and 1970s are so successful!
The family ate their meal by the light of kerosene lamps and went to bed early.
Qiu Yuling thought that she should not keep it to herself anymore and should ask her mother what the rules were. She should not just think about it on her own, as maybe she already has a plan.
Sure enough, Mother Qiu first told her to go to bed quickly, and then she complained about why Xiaowa's family was so nosy.
After being unable to persuade Qiu Yuling, she finally told him that he could line up in the production team to get the chicks, and he didn't have to jump around to see who was in the right order. He could just draw red willow branches from long to short, and the longest one would go first, and so on.
Qiu Yuling asked again, what was her family's ranking? This was very important. Every household was lining up to receive it. It wasn't like they were produced on a production line in the past life and there was an oversupply.
Now we have to rely on the old hens to lay broods, one after another, and it is possible that they can have enough broods until next year!
Father Qiu interjected at the right moment, "Third, hehe!"
Qiu Yuling cheered softly. It wasn't too late. Even if it was a sick chicken, she had to let it live until it could crow!
There is no doubt that she has this ability!
Mother Qiu didn't listen to her nonsense and slapped her in the dark.
The night finally quieted down.
Ever since arriving here, Qiu Yuling has been living a life of sleeping later than a dog and waking up earlier than a chicken, without exception.
In October in Yumin County, the weather was already freezing cold both morning and night. Qiu Yuling cowered in fear, unable to resist cursing the heavens again. She was being disrespectful to her zodiac year by not wearing red shorts, and was therefore being demoted to hard training!!!
It was another day of getting up early to pick cotton. Qiu Yuling swore that for the first time in her two lifetimes, she was sincere in her studies and begged for school to start!
Perhaps even God was afraid to let a chicken get sick. Not long after Qiu Yuling followed her mother to the field, the brigade secretary came over to inform the students that they could return to school the next day.
"Lingling, you don't have to go out to work tomorrow, so you have to study hard."
The secretary's surname was Wang, but Qiu Yuling still had to call him uncle. She didn't understand how the relationship worked. Even if they didn't have the same surname, she had to call this one uncle and that one uncle, as if everyone in the village was related.
Now she heard what the secretary said and quickly expressed her opinion, "Uncle, I still have to take the college entrance examination!"
"Okay, okay, Lingling is ambitious!" Although it was just a joke, he said the polite words fluently.
As usual, Qiu Yuling went home to cook at noon. Her mother gave her a strict order, telling her not to touch meat or eggs, and that lettuce noodles would suffice. Even wheat and bran noodles should be used in moderation. If it was not enough, she could just make some pickled vegetables and dry food.
Qiu Yuling: ...
It's not easy to make something delicious, and it's not easy if it doesn't smell good. Anyway, she will be able to improve her meals on the way to and from school tomorrow, so this hard meal is not a big deal!
In the afternoon, she was not allowed to go to work, so she stayed at home to boil some hot water to wash her hair and feet. Qiu Yuling had just finished washing when she heard a commotion outside.
Qiu Yuling wiped her hair with a dusty towel she had found from the space. When she heard the sound, she quickly put it away and replaced it with the "tassel" one from her home.
As he was wiping the dirt, he walked towards the gate of the yard and saw an old man and a young boy fighting in the wheat field in front.
The only thing that made her better than her previous life after traveling through time was her good eyesight, which was top-notch!
Qiu Yuling didn't go out either, but leaned on the broken door frame of her house to listen to the noise.
"You're a coward, you're not good at anything, you're just following your mother's lead in stealing and cheating, and you haven't fallen behind at all."
The old lady scolded him while tugging at his schoolbag, trying to pull something out of it. But the boy held on tightly, his arm held tightly by the old lady's hand. Qiu Yuling saw the twisting motion, and even from a distance, her arm ached.
She figured out that the person was Li Si's grandmother, who had lined up behind her house to cut the water bucket from the cart when they were fetching water the day before, and the one tearing it apart was Li Xiaojuan, from Li Si's fifth uncle's family. Qiu Yuling listened, watched, and guessed a little bit, and pieced together the whole story.
A few days ago, I heard Qiu's mother say during dinner that Aunt Li Wu had given birth to a baby. The adults couldn't eat well, and the baby had nothing to eat either. She didn't know if the baby could handle it.
The team did take care of me a little, but it was a drop in the bucket, a temporary relief, not a lifelong one. Besides, it was difficult in the team, and even harder to find a commune. It was good enough to just barely survive the disaster years; it was truly unsuitable for reproduction.
I don't know about other families, but Qiu Yuling testified that Qiu's father and mother were extremely innocent. Not only was there her between them, but there was also no discord at all between the two families on the large kang, one at the east end and the other at the west end.
Li Xiaojuan knelt on the ground, begging her grandmother to let go. Her mother and brother were hanging on for their lives. She would consider this egg as a loan. When she got the chickens home, she would catch insects and feed them every day. She would make sure the chickens were fat and laid eggs every day...
This is the disadvantage of not dividing the family. The food supply for the whole family is in the hands of one person, and you have to depend on that person for food and drink. Especially in this disaster year, even your life is in the hands of someone else.
Her grandma wouldn't listen to any of this. She couldn't hold her own belt tightly, and now she knows it's hard to sing. Who can she cry to? Everyone earns their own life, so she can't cry to her...
Qiu Yuling didn't watch any further because she couldn't bear it. She was afraid that if she rushed out, she would do something wrong. Those who were kneeling would be pitiful, and those who were standing would also be in trouble.
It's all because of poverty.
However, she also felt that her grandparents were quite sensible. Mr. Qiu had four brothers, and three of them were still alive. After the sons got married, Grandpa Qiu decided to divide the family property. Now, apart from the annual tribute of filial piety, the rest of the life is lived separately.
She closed the door and entered the space. She had been doing a lot of work recently, but walking less. She often stayed in one place in the cotton field for a long time before moving. The energy she harvested was not as much as usual. The walking forest in Zhifubao Farm was the first to be affected.
Her apple tree has yet to bear fruit, but luckily she will be able to walk to school again starting tomorrow.
She picked up a small bag of dates, rubbed them carefully, and rolled them on the ground a few times. Taking advantage of the fact that everyone had gone to work and had not returned yet, she took a path from the deserted field to Li Xiaojuan's house.
She secretly placed the dates under the window and then disappeared. No matter how conspicuous she was, she didn't dare to do anything. A passing goose leaves traces behind. It's better to be safe than sorry. Better safe than sorry!
In fact, there were no telephones in those days and the adults were busy, so where the children went home and how long they were away were not as popular as they were in later generations.
Taking advantage of the free time now, Qiu Yuling planned to go out and look for "Bao". She had to find some excuse to steal some things from home.
She tore off a piece of paper from the notebook where she had written, and wrote on the back that she was going to Shashacong and brought some dry food with her, so there was no need to leave any food!
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