After dinner in the evening, Su Yuhe used the old dough to make a large bowl of noodles.
I got up early the next day and steamed more than 30 steamed buns.
Su Yuhe wrapped it in cotton gauze and put it in a small cage. This was Dandan's lunch for school, and there was also a can of water.
She packed two more, one of which was a steamed bun, for her lunch at work.
There is a big pot of rice in Jianshuiqu Commune, but it has no oil or water, and is usually coarse grain rice. Su Yuhe likes to bring her own.
She packed four or five steamed buns for Jiang Lin. The buns were not small, and Jiang Lin had to eat two at a meal to feel full.
I brought so much because I was afraid he would get hungry again on the way.
The small bamboo cage was woven by Ye Yunshu. Seeing that Su Yuhe liked using it so much, she was also happy.
After Su Yuhe and Jiang Lin had breakfast, they went to the place where the canal was being repaired. Jiang Lin had to go up the mountain.
"Su Zhiqing." Su Yuhe went downstairs to get the tools to prepare to work, and Yuan Guijuan called her.
Su Yuhe responded and looked over. Wow, Yuan Guijuan was carrying a little kid on her back.
"You're carrying a child on your back and working in the fields? Can you work?"
Yuan Guijuan said in a humiliating voice: "I used to be like this too. If I don't carry the child to the fields, who will take care of him? I don't have a mother-in-law, so I can't send him back to my parents' home, right? My mother still has to take care of the grandson."
Su Yuhe didn't say anything, but suddenly thought of Xu Yun. She was about to go to bed, and who would help her take care of the child then?
Don’t you also have to carry the child to the field?
She suddenly shuddered. This was too uncomfortable.
Yuan Guijuan smiled and said, "Don't worry about the baby. Jiang Lin's mother's eyesight has healed, right? She doesn't work. You two young people can let her take care of the baby while you go back to work. Alas, you've been married for a while now, right? You're still not pregnant?"
Tie Zhu's mother came over and said, "Yes, hurry up and have a baby. Su Zhiqing, you and Jiang Lin are both handsome, and your future baby will definitely be very good-looking!"
Su Yuhe didn't expect that before Ye Yunshu could induce labor, she was urged to give birth by someone outside.
Seeing how these aunts were trying to urge her to give birth, Su Yuhe became scared and quickly found an excuse to get away. She picked up a shovel and went to the ditch to dig.
Around noon, several cooking aunts came over with several large pots. The leading aunt shouted, "Fellow villagers, it's time to eat!"
One pot of rice with mixed grains, one pot of stew, minced fat and lean pork, put pumpkin, cabbage and beans into the stew,
This dish is basically served every day, and when we occasionally add more food, it is also vegetarian.
That little bit of pork just adds a little oil and water.
Even so, the members were very satisfied. By eating public food, they could save money for their families.
Everyone lined up with their bowls in hand, waiting to get their meals.
Su Yuhe walked slowly behind. Although she brought steamed buns, she still had to prepare some dishes to go with the buns. The dishes tasted average, but they were fresh and hot, so Su Yuhe could eat them.
There were three aunts serving food, and Shigen's mother was also there, but she was not serving food. She was just helping out on the side.
She saw Su Yuhe standing at the back of the line and walked over to her: "Su Zhiqing, give me your lunch box."
Su Yuhe glanced ahead and saw that there were still quite a few people waiting, but she felt a little embarrassed: "Thank you, Auntie. I can just queue up by myself. It's wrong to cut in line."
Because she had saved Shi Gen'er before, Shi Gen'er's mother often helped Su Yuhe. When they were digging wild vegetables, Shi Gen'er's mother would give her a handful whenever she saw her.
These are all vegetables that Su Yuhe dug herself, so it’s okay for her to collect them.
Now everyone is lining up to eat from the big pot, so Su Yuhe can't cut in line.
Shi Gen'er's mother nodded. Soon, several more people came over, pushing pots, and it looked like they were going to carry them up the mountain. The one leading them was the village secretary's wife. She shouted, "Shi Gen'er's mother, let's go up the mountain together to deliver the food."
Shi Gen'er's mother responded, and when she passed by Su Yuhe, she scooped a large spoonful of food, straightened Su Yuhe's bowl, and poured it in. "Hurry up and eat. This doesn't count as cutting in line. We have to go up the mountain to deliver food to other people."
She deliberately spoke loudly so that other members could hear her, for fear that they would gossip and slander Su Yuhe.
Su Yuhe sighed and looked at the full bowl, feeling a little worried because she couldn't eat so much.
The food was probably sent up the mountain because engineers were also there. The food here is oilier than the food they eat at the foot of the mountain, and you can see a lot of meat.
Several members nearby looked at Su Yuhe with envy, thinking that Su Zhiqing was really lucky. Not only did she not get tanned while working in the fields, but the villagers also gave her special treatment from time to time.
Just thinking about the fact that those people were all helped by Su Yuhe, they had nothing to say.
Yuan Guijuan stood in front of Su Yuhe, and Su Yuhe called her "Auntie": "I'll give you some."
Yuan Guijuan waved her hand: "You eat, it will be my turn soon."
"I can't finish it." Su Yuhe said honestly, "I brought some big steamed buns, and these dishes have more oil and water than those over there. You have the children to work with, so eat more."
"You really can't finish it?" Yuan Guijuan hesitated. Su Yuhe took her bowl and sipped most of it.
Then he quietly took his bowl and went to a shady place to eat.
Su Yuhe never slacked off at work and rarely chatted with the educated youth in the commune.
At first, everyone thought that this educated youth was aloof, but now, after a long time, they realized that Su Yuhe was just such a calm person.
After lunch, everyone rested in the shade and continued working when it was time.
At three or four o'clock, Su Yuhe was digging a canal.
Suddenly there was a loud noise from a distance.
This was the sound of explosives. It was heard from time to time during the first few days of digging the canal, but it wasn't that loud then.
Su Yuhe's eyelids were twitching, and she had a bad feeling, so she tightened her grip on the hoe.
The other members also stopped and began to whisper:
"Why is it so loud? Is there anything wrong?"
"It wasn't that loud at first. Did they put too much explosives this time?"
One woman clasped her hands together and muttered, "Oh God, please don't let anything happen to me. My husband has followed me up the mountain."
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Su Yuhe's face was solemn as she looked towards the mountain, feeling extremely panicked. Her brother Lin was also on the mountain.
"Hey, what are you all standing there for? Keep digging. And you, hurry up and build the wall," said the team leader, who was responsible for supervising the work. He tried to calm the members, "If there's anything, we'll tell you. Let's get on with our work."
Su Yuhe suppressed the uneasiness in her heart, picked up the hoe and continued working.
I don't know how long it took, but I heard a loud cry for help from afar:
"Oh no! Oh no! There's a landslide! There's a landslide! Someone come and help!"
Su Yuhe's breath caught in his throat. He dropped his hoe and rushed out first. He ran up to the man and grabbed him. "What did you say?"
The man was a member of Dajiang Village. He was quite tall and his voice was shaking: "The landslide has hit many people. Go and save them quickly."
Su Yuhe asked anxiously, "Where's Jiang Lin?"
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