The consequence of revealing her strength was that she skipped grades and became a third-grade student that afternoon.
However, the change was not obvious to her. It was still the same classroom and the same teacher. The only difference was that the teacher always liked to ask her questions in the third grade class, which was not very pleasant.
On her way back to school at noon, Qiu Yuling took the time to enter the space and changed into a set of close-fitting thermal underwear. The high-tech product was extremely expensive. She spent 500 points, which was enough to buy a calf.
But she couldn't wait any longer. She was afraid that she would die in this cold winter if she continued to wait for cotton and sheepskin coat.
There was also good news that made her happy. Her family had brought home five tiny, fluffy chicks. She and her third brother were busy trying to identify the genders, and then asked Mother Qiu. Although Mother Qiu gave a very logical explanation, such as listening for their calls, observing their footprints, watching their eating habits, and looking at their butts...
After asking carefully, she was still not so sure, so Qiu Yuling felt relieved and pretended to be interested. She stayed in front of the chicken coop and waited until all the interested family members left. When no one was paying attention, she secretly replaced four hens except a rooster from the space.
Why not just replace all the hens? They can still lay eggs. The reason is to deceive people so they can pretend there are fertilized eggs and hatch more chicks.
It only says that a family is limited to raising five chickens, but it doesn’t say that you are not allowed to hatch chicks. You can eat the old ones and raise the young ones!
There is hope again!
After school in the afternoon, Qiu Yuling did not rush home. Some of her classmates from other teams had also received chickens, so they all agreed to go digging for earthworms. Qiu Yuling had no choice but to follow the crowd and go with them to broaden her horizons and contribute to her family's food and clothing.
The mollusks that were pupae in the mud scared her to death. Other children were still at the stage of catching mice with their bare hands, but Qiu Yuling was not a real child, so it was very difficult for her to overcome the psychological barrier.
She picked up a small piece of wood and tried to pick it up, but the earthworm was firmly clinging to the ground, with one end almost buried in the earth. Her "inaction" made her friend next to her very anxious. She was quick to pinch the earthworm with her bare hands, broke off half of it, and generously put it to the tip of Qiu Yuling's nose.
Qiu Yuling couldn't hold it in any longer and let out a howl, rolling and crawling to hide far away. This group of "bad kids" seemed to have suddenly discovered the fun. One of them held a piece of earthworm in his hand and shouted, "Here, here, here," but in fact they were chasing her to scare her.
She took the time to take a look. Li Hongjun was the most excited. He had accumulated all the new and old grudges and put them in the bottom of the box first to settle the score later. Auntie withdrew first as a sign of respect.
Qiu Yuling ran as fast as she could and soon got rid of the group of naughty kids. She hated mollusks the most and would never get involved with them again, humph!
Qiu Yuling despised herself for being cowardly, but at the same time she comforted herself by thinking that she was not a real child. When she was a child, she dared to catch maggots with her bare hands, but who knew that this skill would atrophy after she grew up.
When I grow up, let alone touching her, I want to hide away even if I see her. There's no way I'll be more afraid as I grow older. She, just overcome it slowly.
When they were almost at the village entrance, Qiu Yuling took the time to slip into the space and take off her expensive high-tech thermal underwear. There was no other way, as she was still sleeping on the same kang with her parents. She had no privacy at all and it would be easy for her to be exposed.
As soon as she entered the door, she ran over to see the five little chicks she had bought out that morning. Well, they all looked full of energy.
While everyone in the family was still here, she moved the five back to the space, and then replaced the round ones with five of the same gender. She went back to the house, found a broken bowl, and put some water on the ground.
Hey, little beast, you are so picky and refuse to drink. She has never dared to be picky openly, but let them show off first.
There was no choice but to pour the water out and replace it with the mountain spring water in the space. Now the little guys flapped their wings and started drinking.
It's not that she doesn't want to change the water at home, but the geographical location of her home makes the water quality special, and the taste is obviously different from the water in the space. She only dares to change to space water when making soup, rice, stew, and making fennel tea, and she dares not touch anything else.
She guessed that the water in her space was just of slightly better quality and didn't have any special effects. In any case, she didn't feel any changes in her body.
After pretending to feed the chickens, she went in to cook as if she was familiar with the routine. Now that she had chickens, she didn't have to be too frugal with eggs. She soaked some dried alfalfa and beat two eggs on the surface, but in fact she smuggled out two more and added them to stir-fry a dish with the alfalfa.
The staple food is still bitter vegetable noodles, with more soup and less noodles, which can only fill the family with water. The key point is that the food in the house is limited. I have already added some private food, but it cannot be too conspicuous. Mother Qiu knows exactly how much ingredients are used in a meal and what food is left at home.
While she was busy, she heard the voices of Qiu's mother and others outside. She responded repeatedly, got off the kang quickly, and hurried to the kitchen in her slippers.
Sure enough, when Mrs. Qiu saw the food, she was about to nag. Qiu Yuling didn't wait for her to open her mouth and said that she was hungry and couldn't wait for them to eat first. Mrs. Qiu looked and saw that there was indeed a bowl with rice soup left in it.
He swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue and said nothing more. He distributed the food to Mr. Qiu and his three sons, and scooped a bowl of clear soup for himself. He said that he was not feeling well today and wanted to drink something thin. Qiu Yuling looked at him and saw that there was still half a bowl of soup noodles.
Mother Qiu said in a bad mood that it was for her and told her not to be picky about food and to come over and have some.
Of course Qiu Yuling didn't understand. She licked her face and acted like a little child, insisting that Qiu's mother touch her stomach, saying that she was really full. She opened her mouth so that her mother could look from her throat and see scrambled eggs with alfalfa.
In the end, he begged and gave the half bowl of rice to Mrs. Qiu.
The atmosphere today was a bit depressing. Qiu Yuling first moved the chicken to the main room and saw that everyone was no longer as cheerful as usual.
Unable to resist my curiosity, I moved step by step to the side of Qiu's mother who was washing the pot in the kitchen and asked her slyly what was going on.
Mother Qiu: ...
I don't know why, but this girl is particularly gossipy. Whenever someone in the room is talking about something, her ears stand up straighter than a donkey's and her eyes stare at you, as if it has something to do with her.
Qiu Yuling is not so easy to deal with.
He circled around Qiu's mother, following her in front and behind, as if he would not give up until he had done so.
After Qiu's mother had packed up, she picked up some dry treetops and red willow roots and went to warm the kang before she had time to say something.
"Conscription is coming!"
By the way, in 1961, there were increasingly difficult war conditions and continuous military defeats, as well as insufficient numbers of volunteers to join the war against the United States.
Therefore, it was originally a compulsory military service system, but after layers of interpretation by the lower levels, it basically became forced conscription and forced taxation by them.
Qiu Yuling was also stunned for a moment. Family and national affairs can never be diverted by personal will!
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