San San tasted the legendary chicken, it was so delicious that he couldn't bear to swallow it. Chew the meat carefully with your upper and lower teeth until it is turned into powder, which then slides unconsciously into the esophagus along with your saliva.
"Eat quickly, there's still food in the bowl." Gu Yan saw the little guy swallowing greedily, looking at his own bowl without moving, and asked in confusion.
"Save it for your brother." I gave it to mom just now, but she didn't want to eat it. Of course, such a good thing must be let my two brothers taste it. And dad can also take a small bite to taste it.
"San San is so sensible that he even remembered to save some for his brother. Eat it, and I'll bring some back for you when you go home later."
"Crow, don't spoil the children! This is for you to increase your milk production. What's wrong with giving it to them?" Sister Xu was against giving it to the child just now. It was she who insisted that the child be given a small piece of chicken breast to try.
"I have enough milk to eat. It's not easy for me to eat meat. Let everyone have a taste."
Sister Xu's hand holding the needle gently stroked my scalp: "It's enough to know your feelings. Life is hard these days. You gave birth to twins, and Han Lao Er is such a jerk. You will have a hard time in the future. It's not easy to get this little bit of meat. Eat more by yourself and don't always think about others."
"You are not outsiders. If it weren't for you, we mother and daughter wouldn't know what would have happened." The original body was weak and easy to control, and the old lady might feed her brown sugar water. After she came here and caused so many troubles, the old lady probably wished she would die. If it weren't for Sister Xu's family, she would have been in real danger this time.
"Why are you saying such nonsense? We are sisters from the same village, and it's fate that we married so close to each other. How can I just watch you and do nothing?" Sister Xu smiled and hugged San San from behind. The fire was burning so fiercely, so don't burn your feet.
"But don't tell me, you used to be like that and no one else could interfere. You always said that men are the heaven and mother-in-law is the ancestor. I really hated you at that time. Sometimes it was unbearable to watch. You were so mad that you killed me. You are a willing wife who is a hopeless case."
Sister Xu finished speaking quickly and suddenly realized that what she said was a bit harsh. If it were the old Gu Yan, he would definitely be angry and ignore her. She stole a glance at the woman who was holding her baby and breastfeeding, and found that her face looked calm and she nodded, as if agreeing with what she said.
"Crow, you're not angry, are you? I said all this is for your own good. If your man and your mother-in-law and sisters-in-law were good to you, I would promise not to say a word, but they are obviously bullying you..."
"I know. Sister Xu, I was blinded by greed before. I made a fool of myself and made the child suffer as a result. Don't worry, I won't do that again in the future. If anyone dares to bully us, I will never let her go."
"That's right. You're a mother, you have to protect your child. And Han Hongtu, you can't spoil a man. The more you spoil him, the more he'll get ahead of you. Let him go to work. The team is doing infrastructure construction these days, and the centimeters he can earn a day is the same as plowing the land. Men are taller than women, so it's more cost-effective for him to work than you. Don't be silly. You have to take care of the children and work at the same time. What's the use of a man if you can do everything?"
Gu Yan agreed with the first half of what Sister Xu said, but she hesitated about the second half. Let Han Hongtu go to work to support them? Why is she so awkward?
In this era, everyone works together from the same pot. Except for piece-rate work, you can be lazy and slack in other tasks. It was not difficult to tame Han Hongtu, this lazy mama's boy, and get him to go to work and earn work points, but the feeling of living as a family like this made her too unhappy. Just thinking about living with Han Hongtu made her feel itchy all over.
"He has been working these days."
"That's the punishment for gambling. It doesn't count as work. Time is coming soon. You have to let him continue to work. It's almost the end of the year. If you're lucky, you can get a few dollars. The cloth can be used for many purposes. The cotton-padded clothes for the two little ones haven't been made yet. They are getting bigger and bigger. You can't keep swaddling them like this!"
Dividends are distributed at the end of the year, and things like cloth coupons are also distributed at the end of the year. Although I often have to pay IOUs, there is always hope. After all, the old farmers work hard all year and depend on this little bit of food at the end of the year to survive.
"The little girl has diarrhea today. What do you think is going on?" Gu Yan changed the subject, and the two women began to circle around the child. The previous conversation came to an end for the time being and was never mentioned again.
Let Han Hongtu go to work and earn work points. Gu Yan thought about this suggestion carefully, suppressing her disgust. After comparing the pros and cons, she decided to ignore this guy.
Not to mention how much effort she had to put in to get this lazy guy to work in the cold weather, what else would she have to do to get the work points he earned? Even though she could do all of this, she gave up the proposal after some thought. Spending his money doesn't that mean they are a family?
Asking her to admit this would be more painful than letting her die. The base boss Yunwen Yunwu was both good-looking and handsome, but she rejected him. She would rather die than have anything to do with Han Hongtu, a lazy, domestic violence man who couldn't read or write.
Men go to work, and women are not idle at home. Those who made shoe soles, made clothes and cooked in the canteen had to use the mill to process grain every day. The days of lack of food and clothing were hard to endure, but time kept moving forward until the end of the year, without slacking off for any reason.
Sister Xu has frostbite on her hands, which occurs every winter. Redness, swelling, cracking, bleeding, pain and itching. This year Gu Yan gave her a box of snake oil skin cream. Snake oil can cure frostbite, and she is at Gu Yan's place every day. The house is warm and frostbite-friendly. In less than half a month, my hands became smooth and no longer cracked or swollen.
"Hey, Crow, what kind of oil is this? It's really effective. My hands are blessed this year. Our big fat boy and little fat boy's hands are also much better."
"I found it when I was exchanging things at the commune. I heard someone say it can cure frostbite, but I don't know what it is."
"This stuff is great. I'll have to suffer less this year!" Touching her hands, she looked up and said to her, "It's the end of the year, and I heard the canteen will be disbanded. Each household will take the food home to eat on their own. What are you going to do with your plan?"
"What can we do? Can't we just take the food home and eat it?"
"My dear sister, how can you be so careless? The Han family used to eat from the same pot. Do you want to go back to your mother-in-law to ask for favors this time? You have offended your mother-in-law and sisters-in-law before. How can they give you a good life?"
"Then split up."
"What about Han Laoer? Are you willing to continue to support him?" This lazy guy spent the whole winter doing nothing. If there is no food for the whole winter, how much food can they get? You shouldn't have a penny, it's good enough if you don't owe the brigade.
"Give him away too. I only want my children."
"What?" Sister Xu was stunned by her epoch-making and bold remarks. She had seen many cases of family division, but she had never heard of a man being divided as well. Men earn higher work points, and the whole family depends on men for support.
"The men of the old Xu family on the south slope work outside, and the women can't get much grain with the few work points they earn. They have to use the men's wages to buy grain, but they don't have city hukou, so they are not included in the supply range. They can't afford the high-priced grain. Forced to do so, her husband gave up his job and came back. You can't raise four children by yourself, this idea won't work."
"I have a solution." Gu Yan has thought about this question more than once or twice in recent days. This year is the last year of the famine, and the big pot meal is coming to an end, and has already ended in many places. The separation is imminent, but it will take some effort to successfully separate the Han red soil.
"Han Hongtu is not something we can rely on. If we are grouped with him, we will be in real trouble."
"Well...sometimes men need to be coaxed. You have already conquered him, so give him a slap and then a sweet date. When you get into bed with him at night and whisper in his ear, even if he goes out to make a living, it will be much better than you working on your own."
When Sister Xu, the middle-aged woman, spoke of this method with a wink, Gu Yan suddenly felt a chill and goose bumps all over his body.
It would be better to stab her with a knife than to let her seduce Han Hongtu. This dead man is rotten to the core, so she is too lazy to save him. She has only one attitude towards him. Get as far away as you can and don’t ever come near me even if you die. When the weather gets a little warmer, she will take the child away. Completely cut off ties with this bastard's family.
The topic could not be continued here, the two women were not on the same channel at all. No matter how capable and independent Sister Xu is, her thoughts and abilities cannot escape the limitations of this era. Thousands of words can be summed up in one sentence: women still have to rely on men for support.
And Gu Yan, a woman who grew up in an environment of gender equality and received higher education. She could not accept being asked to bow down for a few pieces of silver and live with that bastard Han Hongtu, even if she was beaten to death.
"I have a way. Don't worry about me. Let's not talk about this anymore. The New Year is coming soon. I have a pile of newspapers here. You can take them. Paste them on the wall to make it look cleaner."
"Keep it for yourself. I asked someone for some newspaper a few days ago. Just paste the rotten and dirty parts. You have four children. You never know when you might need it."
The two were chatting when Erpang and his friends ran in. Pulling Sister Xu's trouser leg, he said to her, "Grain is about to be distributed. A few uncles announced it by beating the gong. Mom, do you want to go and take a look?"
The gong was struck to announce it, but I didn't expect it to be implemented so soon. Sister Xu put away the half-finished shoes and got up from the kang. "I'll go check out what's going on and tell you when I come back."
Gu Yan nodded and watched her leave the room. He turned around and looked at the two adorable children, and his frown instantly relaxed. The little guy is not fat, but probably because the milk is nutritious, his skin is very good and he is much smarter than those children who can't even be full with millet flour. The big, watery eyes are clearly black and white, and the small, rosy mouth is very pleasing to the eye.
The little girl met her gaze, her big eyes seeming to be asking questions. Mom, what are you doing? What do you want to say? Why are you looking at me like that?
"Mom likes Xiaoya. Our Xiaoya is the cutest and the most beautiful."
"Ah...ah..." The child uttered single jumping syllables, dancing and happily talking to his mother. The little boy next to him didn't want to be left out either, so he stretched out his arms and joined the discussion.
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