He was only a teenager when he left home, and now he is almost 30 years old. Everyone has changed a lot.
Not to mention the sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law who married into the family, and the group of babies born later, I didn’t recognize any of them.
Third Grandma's house was the closest, so Zhang Qiuju brought her daughter-in-law and daughter to help first, bringing a lot of vegetables picked from her own fields and food for the family.
Although we are here as guests, everyone is expected to bring their own food, and all you need to do to entertain us is prepare the dishes.
Third Grandma and the others were worried that there would be too many people tonight and they wouldn't be able to handle it, so they came early to help.
Gu Yuyan is the youngest girl in the family. She has two older brothers, both of whom are married and have children.
My eldest sister-in-law Xia Minghua, my second sister-in-law Dong Jing, and Jiang Mengxue would occasionally chat with each other when they met on the street.
When Jiang Mengxue was with Gu Yuyan, she would hear her talk about her family, so she knew a little about them.
When it comes to getting along, Jiang Mengxue and her sister-in-law Xia Minghua get along pretty well and their personalities are similar.
Logically, they shouldn't have had any rest today, right? Why did they all come so early?
"Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you go to work?"
Jiang Mengxue asked.
"Hey, the fields are now waiting for the autumn harvest. There isn't much to do right now. We are all preparing for the harvest.
The team will also send the farm tools for repair, and we estimate that the autumn harvest will start early this year."
Every year when the autumn harvest is approaching, everyone’s faces are filled with joy.
But Jiang Mengxue's look at Xia Minghua doesn't seem like he's going to have a good harvest?
"What's wrong? What's the matter? Are you not happy that we have food for the autumn harvest?"
Xia Minghua looked at Jiang Mengxue and knew that she didn't know much about farming.
He sighed, "Haven't you heard? The crops in the fields this year are not as good as in previous years. Although the harvest was good last year, it was only compared to other places, but it is still not as good as in previous years."
Not to mention this year, it's even worse than last year. I don't even know if one person can get 400 kilograms this year.
Fortunately, every household here has a lot of land, and we can grow some crops in our private plots to make up for the shortfall, otherwise life would be difficult.
I just don’t know how bad this year’s harvest will be. I’m afraid we’ll have to live frugally for the rest of the year.”
Four hundred kilograms may sound like a lot, but for people who don't have much supplementary food and have to do heavy physical work, a little over a kilogram of food a day is not enough.
Not to mention some fresh sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn.
If it is dried into sweet potatoes or corn kernels, there will be even less.
Although Xia Minghua's words were a bit exaggerated, compared with previous years, this year is definitely not as good.
Thinking that this year was 1959, Jiang Mengxue also knew what was going on.
But the north is definitely much better.
In some places, nearly two-thirds of the population has starved to death in recent years.
Whether in the city or in the countryside.
Although urban residents have a certain amount of food every month.
But it is different from whether you can buy food or not.
Each person needs 28 kilograms per month, but you may not be able to buy 28 kilograms at the grocery store.
Some families can’t even buy it if they go shopping separately.
There is no way around it. There are many areas affected by the disaster, and many of them are so severely affected that there is no way to get public grain.
The government even needs to subsidize food to ensure that everyone does not starve to death.
So there is no way.
If the lower levels cannot pay grain, the national government will have to find a solution.
Transferring grain from the national granary requires a huge amount, which is not an easy task.
There was no point in Jiang Mengxue worrying anymore.
The thing they have the most in their space is food, but they can't take it out.
If they just wanted to be closer to their family, and if food shortages really came to a point where they would have serious consequences, they certainly couldn't just sit back and do nothing.
But any more than that won’t do.
No matter where, a large amount of food of unknown origin suddenly appeared.
Don’t think that you can’t find out who did it just because there’s no surveillance.
That would be an underestimation of the power of the country.
As long as the country wants to investigate something, nothing can be hidden.
So Jiang Mengxue didn't dare to take the risk and could only take one step at a time.
"Sister-in-law, we live off the mountain. If all else fails, we can go find food in the mountains."
Xia Minghua's expression was somewhat intriguing.
“How can anyone dare to climb the mountain?
In the past, there were hunters living in the mountains here, and they made a living by hunting for generations.
Later, when they registered their household registration, they all moved down the mountain to live and were allocated land.
When they reach the foot of the mountain, they will occasionally go up the mountain to hunt. People living at the foot of the mountain also need them to lead the way when they want to go up the mountain, otherwise they will easily get lost.
Let's go to the outskirts of the mountain. There are only some small prey there, and you may not catch any in a trip. It's not worth it.
Go to the deep mountains. There are ferocious beasts, wild boars, bears, and tigers. If you are not careful, you will lose your life, so you dare not go.
Everyone knows there are good things in the mountains, but no one dares to gamble. If they lose their lives, it won’t be worth it.”
Yes, if you go hunting in the mountains without a certain level of experience and strength, you can only deliver food.
If you meet a carnivore, you might get so scared that your legs will go weak.
Not to mention catching anything, even being able to escape is a problem.
"Then are there any hunters in our team who can climb the mountain?"
Some technical jobs are passed down from generation to generation, and Jiang Mengxue is quite curious about it.
Xia Minghua was stunned for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "There are quite a few people in our team who can hunt.
It’s just that some old hunters are old and don’t go into the mountains easily now.
After the autumn harvest and before the snow falls, the team will organize everyone to go hunting. This year, the eldest brother of the Dong family should lead the team.
The old man of the Dong family used to live in the mountains, but only moved down the mountain a few years ago. Boss Dong’s hunting skills are no worse than his father’s, and he has led the team up the mountain many times.
He also has a few hunting dogs at home, they are very fierce, but they are not as big as your big black dog. "
Xia Minghua introduced many people in the team to Jiang Mengxue, most of whom Jiang Mengxue had never seen before.
Some people have heard of this person, but don’t know him when they meet him.
It also gives me a better understanding of the Leap Team.
Jiang Mengxue likes to listen to gossip very much. She doesn’t like to talk about it in public, but that doesn’t stop her from listening to others gossip.
They were chatting about team matters when someone else came over.
They are the daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law of my second grandfather.
My second grandmother passed away a few years ago, and my second grandfather now lives with his eldest son and his family.
But today, all the families of Gu Zhenjiang and Gu Qingbei’s close relatives were called.
This is when Gu Qingbei is at home. If Gu Zhenhai comes back one day, it will probably be even more lively.
After all, Gu Qingbei was just being polite to these people as a relative, but Gu Zhenhai had a family affection for these people that he had from childhood to adulthood.
The feelings towards the elders who watched him grow up and the brothers who grew up with him are definitely different.
Although Jiang Mengxue was not familiar with them, she still warmly invited everyone in.
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