In the village, the houses of each household were either close together or separated by several plots of land. After all, there wasn't enough food for every household, and the distribution from the production team alone wasn't enough. So, almost everyone had a few plots of land to cultivate at home.
Zhao Xiaotong has been working in the countryside for three years, doing farm work. Her hands and skin have become rough. She has spent almost all of her subsidies on face cream, which has made her life increasingly difficult. She has become thin and pale from hunger, and no amount of face cream can help.
When she got home last night, she was faced with a pile of cold sweet potatoes and potatoes, and she couldn't taste them at all, thinking that they were all braised pork from Lin Yuxi's house.
When she arrived in the countryside, no one gave her special treatment because of her status as an educated youth. Instead, she worked day and night, harvesting wheat during the day and planting crops at night. She was busy all day long and had almost no time to rest. There was no hope in her life.
They couldn't even get a hot meal, and they were always unable to complete their assigned tasks.
"Zhao Xiaotong? Zhao Xiaotong?" Gu Zhixiang called out twice.
Zhao Xiaotong looked up, her face blank; she had been lost in thought.
"I also need to go to town today to get their household registration. If you can still hold on, I'll feed the donkey some grass, and then I'll take you to the clinic," Gu Zhixiang said quickly, thinking she was about to faint from the pain.
Does that mean I have to go to town too?
Zhao Xiaotong quickly shook her head and stood up. "Village chief, I'm much better now after squatting for a while. I'll go back and rest first."
If she really let Gu Zhixiang go to the health center with her, where would she report Lin Yuxi's family for hoarding meat? She changed her mind. The next time they cooked meat, she would just drag them to their house and catch them red-handed.
She left in a hurry, no longer even pretending to clutch her stomach.
The wheat was harvested yesterday, and the production team couldn't finish it in one day, so today some people were assigned to gather firewood, some to dig soil, and some to carry water and manure. All of these tasks can be counted as work points.
"Gu Chen, take Uncle Lin and the others to the back mountain to collect firewood later."
Before leaving, Gu Zhixiang gave some instructions and then drove the donkey cart to Xinluo Town. Today he was going to register Lin Yuxi's family's household registration. They had been in the village for a few days and the registration was probably done by now. Only after the registration was done could Lin Yuxi's family receive the living allowance. The family of five would receive at least 25 yuan a month in living allowance.
He drove the old donkey with practiced ease, and riding on bumpy roads became a daily routine for him.
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At this time, in the mud-brick house, I heard that we didn't need to harvest wheat, we just needed to collect firewood on the mountain, so I slept in a little longer.
"Mom, let's have this for breakfast." Lin Yuxi took out a large bag of frozen dumplings from her space. The bag weighed about three pounds and contained pork and corn dumplings. "I'll wash some vegetables for you. I want to eat some vegetables."
Yesterday, Aunt Gu brought over a large basket full of green vegetables. She took one and washed it in a basin. The cool well water felt so refreshing, even just washing vegetables felt wonderful.
Besides dumplings, Lin Yuxi also brought out some fruit, apples and tomatoes.
Mr. Lin and Grandpa Lin were tending to the two plots of land behind the house, planning to plant some potatoes and corn, and then some green vegetables.
"Grandpa, are you done?" Lin Yuxi walked to the back and found the two of them still turning over the soil.
"Not yet, it will be a while."
Lin Yuxi went over to take a look and saw that they had turned the soil quite deep, so she said, "Grandpa, give me the hoe, I'll do it."
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