Half an hour later, after washing and changing into clean clothes, the eight people sat on the kang and ate roasted potatoes and sweet potatoes while having dinner.
After finishing the meal quietly, Gu Chengshi quickly packed up the dishes and went to the outer kitchen to wash them. After he was done, he returned to the room and lay on the kang, making a rare sound of comfort.
"It's still more comfortable to lie on the kang. Autumn harvest is too tiring." After saying this with emotion, he tilted his head and fell asleep.
Looking at the seven people lying on the kang in all directions, talking, eating and then falling asleep, He Wanqing, Grandpa Gu, and Mother He's faces were filled with heartache.
Grandpa Gu got down from the kang and said, "Mother-in-law, you should also pack up and go to bed quickly. You have been working too hard during this period.
It's snowing outside now. You should take advantage of the weather to have a good rest. Granddaughter-in-law, you should also go back to your room and sleep.
Let them sleep here. There are ready-made quilts and the kang is warm, so they will definitely not freeze. "After saying the last sentence, the old man went into his own room.
He Wanqing was about to respond to Grandpa Gu when she saw him close the door.
She turned around and looked at He's mother. Seeing that she had gotten off the kang, she got up, first took the quilts from the kang cabinet for the people who were sleeping, then covered them before returning to the room.
He Wanqing had just closed the door and was about to chat with her mother, only to find that her mother had also fallen asleep on the kang when she turned around.
Thinking of the autumn harvest which was nearly two months away, she swallowed the words back.
He walked to the table and blew out the candle, then walked to the quilt he had spread out and went to bed to rest.
The snow outside seemed to know that the autumn harvest was over. The north wind and the big snowflakes fell heavily, wrapping the snow into a piece of white.
Because of the sudden heavy snow, the people who were preparing to go up the mountain to chop firewood after the autumn harvest had to rest at home for a few days before going up the mountain.
The sun was shining brightly at this time. The snow from the previous few days had already melted, and there was no trace of snow on the ground.
Nowadays, apart from digging up corn stalks in the fields, people also go up the mountain to collect mountain products or chop firewood to prepare for the winter.
He Wanqing is six months pregnant, and because it might be her third baby, her family has forbidden her to go up the mountain.
Even if she went, she would just wander around the foot of the mountain for a while and then come back. And Grandpa Gu no longer strolled around, but followed her and watched her step by step, for fear that she would go up the mountain to pick up mountain products without paying attention.
Recently, Grandpa Gu not only follows her every day to prevent her from sneaking up the mountain, but also urges Gu Chengshi and others to hurry up to chop wood and pick up mountain products. In short, the four of them have no free time at all, including the three Jiang Sui brothers.
Even Zhou Lianyi, under the urging of Grandpa Gu, picked up a lot of mountain products. Some of them were dried and sent back home to her parents, and some were kept directly in the house for eating in the winter.
At the door, He Wanqing was turning over the chestnuts and walnuts drying on the ground while looking at Grandpa Gu who was sitting at the door chatting with Grandpa He and Grandpa Shen.
She really wanted to go up the mountain to pick up mountain products from the place where she had picked up so many things in her previous life, but reality did not allow it, it was too painful.
"Grandpa, what did you say?" She turned around while flipping chestnuts and looked at Grandpa He who had just spoken.
"Your uncle went to the commune to pick up people. I heard that this time, in addition to the educated youth, there are also people undergoing reform." Knowing what she wanted to ask, Grandpa He told her directly without hiding anything.
Hearing this again, she put down the rake and walked to Grandpa He, glanced at Grandpa Gu, whose face was a little frozen, and said:
"Grandpa, do you know how many people came this time? And why didn't they come before the autumn harvest, but came at this time instead?"
If the autumn harvest comes, at least we can earn some food, so we don't have to owe the team too much food.
“The reformed people were rushing to harvest on the farm, and as for the educated youth, they seemed to be arriving in batches.
Didn’t you say before that some educated youth would come?
That group of educated youth went to the farm, and just then another group of educated youth arrived, so they were divided into different teams. ”
"Did they say when we'll arrive?"
"They will probably be here soon. Your uncle and his family left early, so they might be back by now."
Just as he finished speaking, he heard the children playing in the distance shouting, "Another group of educated youth have arrived, along with many elderly people, and even children."
Upon hearing this, several people looked at each other and looked towards the entrance of the brigade village at the same time.
Grandpa Gu's face looked a little ugly, but he said nothing and followed the three people towards the village entrance.
As soon as I arrived at Grandpa Shen’s door, I saw Uncle He and the team leader coming with their men.
All I saw was that the ox cart was loaded with luggage, forming a contrast between the educated youth and the people who were being reformed.
There were six people walking behind the ox cart, three men and three women. The young and pretty ones were educated youth. The six of them were a bit arrogant and kept looking down on others.
Behind them were the people who had been reformed, including three elderly people, four slightly older middle-aged men and women, a young couple, and a pair of children held by the woman's hands.
This~
Looking at the people who were being transformed, He Wanqing was a little unsure for a moment. She didn't know whether Grandpa Jiang was among them.
She set her eyes on Grandpa Gu, and when she saw him staring at the three elderly people and the two middle-aged men, she turned her eyes to the others.
After looking carefully several times and not finding any trace of the three Jiang Sui brothers, I was a little confused. I really couldn't figure out who among these people was Grandpa Jiang.
When the group walked over and headed towards the cowshed at the foot of the mountain, Grandpa Gu spoke:
"Granddaughter-in-law, you haven't finished turning over the chestnuts yet, let's go back!" As he said this, for the first time he didn't take Grandpa He and Grandpa Shen with him, and he left first.
Looking at Grandpa Gu's appearance, He Wanqing shrugged at Grandpa He and Grandpa Shen, and raised her feet to follow.
When she got back to the door of her house and just picked up the rake to start turning the chestnuts, she saw Grandpa Gu walking away with his hands behind his back.
Seeing this, she was about to follow him, but then she heard: "You take a good rest at home, I'll be back soon."
These words immediately discouraged her from raising her foot. Helplessly, she lowered her head and began to turn over the chestnuts and walnuts.
A few minutes later, Grandpa He and Grandpa Shen, who had just finished chatting with their old friend, came over.
After learning that Grandpa Gu went to the cowshed at the bottom of the slope, the two old men looked at each other, gave He Wanqing a few instructions, and followed him.
Half an hour later, when she was sitting at the door bored and preparing to take the backpack to the mountain, the three old men came back. Coincidentally, Gu Chengshi and others who went to the mountain to collect mountain products and firewood also came back.
When they heard He Wanqing's question, they looked straight at Grandpa Gu.
Seeing this, Grandpa Gu, who was staring at them with eight or nine pairs of eyes, knew what they were worried about, and shook his head and said, "Jiang Sui is not your grandfather and them.
When I arrived, I heard that they had been notified by their superiors to leave the place of custody and no longer needed to be reformed.
They should have arrived in Yun Province by now, and they will probably write to you soon. ”
Thinking of his in-laws who had not retired in time and were framed by others, Grandpa Gu looked regretful.
If his in-laws had listened to him and taken their family away from the vortex early on, they wouldn't be leaving in such a miserable state now.
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