Qin Qingman exchanged a lot of rabbit skins at Zhang Yongfu's house at the end of last year. Rabbit skins are not expensive here. It can be said that the hats worn by children in every household are made of rabbit skins.
This is a forest area. There are not only various wild animals in the mountains, but also a lot of rabbits.
Even those who didn't know how to hunt in the village could catch one or two rabbits by digging a few traps in the mountains, so Zhang Yongfu's family had the most rabbit skins. When things got bad, the hunting dogs could catch rabbits with just a random run.
Even though there are a lot of rabbit skins, it still takes a lot of rabbit skins to make a piece of clothing.
Qin Qingman counted them and found there were more than seventy of them. All of them were grey rabbit skins. They had few snow-white rabbits, so most of them were grey rabbits.
This color of leather is a little lacking in color for girls to make clothes, but if it is inlaid with leather of other colors on the edge, it can immediately become an eye-catching piece of clothing. This reminds Qin Qingman of the leather jacket she gave to Chuchu.
When she was in the mountains, she was with Wei Lingpu every day, so I really didn't have the chance to see her.
"Chu Chu, let's go and try on some clothes." Qin Qingman called the child as she left the storage room carrying the rabbit skin.
"Sister, is this the leather jacket my brother-in-law made for me?" Chuchu was excited, her little face flushed.
Qin Qingman corrected Chuchu with a smile, "Your brother-in-law asked someone to make it. Go and try it on to see if it fits." Originally, Chuchu should have tried the clothes on yesterday, but she forgot about it because of the busyness.
The child himself did not ask any further questions.
Returning to the west room, Qin Qingman first placed the nitrated rabbit skins in an empty space on the kang, and then opened the door of the closet.
The package Wei Ling brought back has been put into the closet.
The package was easy to find. Qin Qingman saw it at a glance, and then she saw Chuchu's little leather jacket.
It is easy to recognize the skin of a blind bear.
Qin Qingman herself had one, and she could tell at a glance that it belonged to Chuchu.
Grabbing the leather jacket and shaking it, Qin Qingman and Chu Chu both laughed.
They originally thought that leather jackets made of black bear skin would be too dull, but they didn't expect that the designer was quite thoughtful and actually used other leathers on the hood, pockets, and cuffs. In this way, the black bear skin coat became extremely eye-catching.
"Sister, this dress looks like the cotton-padded jacket you made for me!"
Chuchu cried out in surprise, and her little hand reached for the hood of her leather jacket.
It turned out to be a hood, the kind of hood that only came with the cotton-padded jacket that Qin Qingman made for him.
But it is a unique style in the village.
"It should be that A Ling asked someone to make it according to the cotton-padded jacket I made for you." Qin Qingman understood the reason when she saw the leather jacket clearly.
"Definitely. I haven't seen anyone else have this style."
Chuchu nodded and opened her arms.
Qin Qingman picked up the leather jacket and put it on Chuchu. Chuchu's little face in the leather jacket immediately looked delicate and small, and looked extremely cute.
"Come, put on your hat again and see."
Qin Qingman couldn't help laughing when she saw Chuchu's chubby face. She simply took the child to the hall to put on the fur hat. Once the hat was put on, the child became rounder and his upper and lower body looked more harmonious.
"Sister, it looks good. Very good."
There is a mirror in the hall, which is why Qin Qingman brought Chuchu to the hall to wear a hat.
This mirror is not the palm-sized mirror as before, but a half-length mirror.
The half-length mirror instantly reflected the delicate figure. The child happily turned around and looked at the mirror. He liked the clothes he was wearing and the hat on the clothes. He thought everything about them was beautiful.
“Awoooooo——”
The wolf cub had been following the two of them. When it saw Chuchu looking at herself in the mirror boastfully, it couldn't help itself.
Keep pulling Chuchu's feet.
The wolf cub also wanted to look in the mirror.
Qin Qingman was worried that the wolf cub would be naughty and run around the house and break the mirror, so she framed the mirror and nailed it to the wall. This way, no matter how the wolf cub ran or jumped around the house, it would not be able to bump into the mirror. Of course, the wolf cub had never looked at the mirror.
Seeing that the wolf cub was really anxious, Chu Chu simply bent down and picked up the noisy wolf cub.
This was the first time the wolf cub looked in the mirror.
Looking at himself and Chu Chu in the mirror, the wolf cub widened his eyes in shock.
Two it, two Chuchu!
Qin Qingman and Chuchu laughed heartily as they looked at the wolf cub whose body was stiff.
The wolf cub finally stretched out his claws while laughing, and scratched the mirror with his claws, making a sharp squeaking sound, but because the mirror was too slippery, it did not break.
But Chuchu still took the wolf cub away from the mirror.
There was only one big mirror in his house. If it were to break, he would have to spend a lot of money to buy it, and he couldn't bear to do that.
"Awooo--" The wolf cub that was taken away was fed up and kept howling in the direction of the mirror.
It wants to duel!
There is actually a black, annoying guy in the mirror, just as annoying as its silver-white brother.
Qin Qingman and Chuchu had already spent quite some time with the wolf cubs, so they could roughly understand the meaning of their howls. They were so happy that their stomachs hurt from laughing.
Qin Qingman still couldn't bear it, so she took the wolf cub, held the wolf cub in front of the mirror, and said, "Dudu, this is you." As she spoke, she grabbed one of the wolf cub's front paws and shook it in front of the mirror.
The image in the mirror also makes the same movement.
The wolf cub was so nervous that all the hair on his body stood up. He swung his claws and tried to grab the annoying guy in the mirror. Of course, he caught nothing and there was only a squeaking sound.
Qin Qingman knew that the mirror would not break unless it was hit hard.
Just take the mirror down from the wall and lean it against the corner and let Chuchu bring the wolf cub to fight with the image in the mirror.
The wolf cub is not a human, she cannot explain it clearly, she can only let the wolf cub understand it himself.
At this time, Chu Chu also took off her bear skin coat and simply held the mirror to watch the wolf cub fighting with her own reflection.
The wolf cub is full of energy and fighting spirit.
One battle after another was fought until the enemy stuck out his tongue and gasped for breath.
"Look, are you stupid?" Chu Chu watched the lively fight and finally felt sorry for the wolf cub's futile fight. Seeing that the wolf cub was so tired that his head was drooping, she directly poked the wolf cub's head with her finger.
“Ouch—”
The wolf cub called out softly and turned his back to the mirror.
By now it had figured out that the image in the mirror was actually itself, so it no longer had any desire to compete.
The wolf is really exhausted.
"Stupid Dudu." Seeing that the wolf cub realized the reality, Chu Chu immediately stood on the stool and hung the mirror on the wall again, then picked up the wolf cub and stroked his fur.
The wolf cub felt so comfortable with his fur being stroked that he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
It is still a little wolf, not yet an adult, and needs a lot of sleep every day.
Chu Chu got up early today. Not only did he exercise with Wei Ling in the morning, he also ran several laps in the village with his friends. Seeing that the wolf cub was sleeping very comfortably, he couldn't help but yawn.
He was sleepy too.
Qin Qingman was sitting nearby, carefully trimming rabbit skin. Seeing Chuchu getting sleepy, she whispered, "Chuchu, lie down on the kang and sleep." After saying this, she went to heat the kang for Chuchu.
Chu Chu saw that Qin Qingman had already burned the kang in the east room, so she hugged Qin Qingman, then took off her clothes, lay on the kang and rolled around with the wolf cub.
Chuchu and the wolf cub fell asleep, and the noise in the house immediately disappeared.
After Qin Qingman felt the kang in the east room to feel it was warm, she checked the quilts of the two children before returning to the west room.
There is nothing to do at home and there is still ice and snow outside, so it is most suitable to do needlework at home.
Qin Qingman had been cutting rabbit skins under the window of the west room. She had been cutting for more than an hour. When Chuchu and the wolf cub woke up, she went to cook. Since there were only her, Chuchu and the wolf cub at home, she didn't make complicated meals, but just a few dumplings.
After eating the dumplings, Sanmu brought his friends to play with Chuchu.
The weather is not as cold as before the New Year, so the children like to go out and play. After all, running is warmer than sitting, and the adults at home are relieved.
The surface of their river was frozen to a depth of more than one meter, and they didn't worry about the children falling into any ice holes.
The parents were playing outside with their children.
Anyway, you will go home automatically when you get bored.
Children who have lived on this land since childhood know how to protect themselves.
After Chuchu took the wolf cub out to play, Qin Qingman stopped processing the rabbit skin and started to busy herself with the dinner. Even if they were going to have hot pot in the evening, she had to stew the soup base.
This is when last year's wild boar bones come in handy.
There are quite a lot of bones in a whole pig. In addition to some that were consumed before, there are still many hidden in the snow, and there are even a few thigh bones left.
Qin Qingman found these thigh bones, cut them with a saw, then washed them clean and stewed them in water.
There weren't many bones, so she stewed them in a steamer in the living room.
The steaming pot is not small. Fill half of the bones with water and simmer for several hours until only half of the milky white bone soup is left. This is the original soup. When eating the pot, you can cook vegetables directly with it or add pickled mustard oil, chili peppers, and Sichuan peppercorns to make a red oil soup base.
When stewing the bones, Qin Qingman also added a lot of mushrooms to enhance the flavor.
Only put a small amount, not more.
An hour later, just as the hall was filled with the rich aroma of bones, Chu Chu ran back, sweating profusely.
Following behind him were the cheerful wolf cubs.
"Sister, it smells so good, what delicious food did you make?" Chu Chu hurried to wash her hands as soon as she entered the room.
Qin Qingman then remembered that she had not yet told Chuchu that Du Hongyi and others would be coming to her house for dinner tonight, so she quickly told her the story with a smile.
Chuchu was stunned for a moment before she said, "Sister, Brother Du and the others are coming?"
"Yes." Qin Qingman stirred the bones in the pot while answering. The soup became more milky white, and it seemed that the soup was ready.
"Sister, do we have enough meat?"
Chuchu was still worried, mainly because they had been having meat all the time during this period and they just couldn't eat it. He was worried that when Du Hongyi and his friends came, there wouldn't be enough meat to eat, and that would seem like they were not treating their guests well.
He still remembered that every time Du Hongyi and his friends came, they not only brought meat but also toys for him.
"There is meat. Auntie Ayun went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy meat today. I asked her to help buy beef and mutton." Qin Qingman had arranged everything long ago. If Auntie Ayun hadn't wanted to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lot of meat, she would have gone there by herself.
Auntie Ayun is going to marry her daughter off in a few days, and the family is making all kinds of preparations.
Qin Qingman also met Auntie Ayun when she went to Zhang Hongmei's house to see if there was any frozen tofu. After chatting for a while, she learned that Auntie Ayun's family was going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a lot of meat today. Auntie Ayun was busy, so she didn't think of asking someone to buy it for her.
As a result, Auntie Ayun asked her about it, so she had no choice but to tell him.
When Auntie Ayun heard that Qin Qingman was going to buy a lot of beef and mutton, she immediately offered to help enthusiastically. Now that things had come to this, Qin Qingman couldn't keep refusing, so she gave all the money and meat tickets to Auntie Ayun and asked her to do it for her.
There are many people eating at her house today, so she has to buy ten kilograms of beef and mutton each.
Fortunately, Wei Ling and Huang Wanqing both had a lot of meat coupons, otherwise they wouldn't be able to buy so much meat at one time even if they had money.
Qin Qingman didn't dare to say that she could come up with so many tickets, so she pushed the blame onto Du Hongyi and others.
Du Hongyi, Zuo Gaopeng and Yuan Xiangyang have worked together for many years. They are also soldiers. Except for taking leave to go back to their hometowns, soldiers usually stay in the division headquarters. They have money and tickets but nowhere to spend them.
When Ah Yun heard that the hostage was provided by Wei Ling's comrade-in-arms, he immediately became envious.
She regretted that her daughter did not marry a soldier, but she said her daughter did marry a good man, working in a factory in town and earning a salary from the government.
Qin Qingman could see Auntie Ayun's envy, so she quickly said a few auspicious words of blessing.
Of course Auntie Ayun likes to hear blessings for her young lady who is getting married. She also has to thank Qin Qingman. If Qin Qingman had not exchanged two feet of cloth coupons for two geese in her family, she would not have been able to make a gorgeous red wedding dress for her young lady.
After all, you need new things for a wedding, whether it is clothes or bed sheets and quilt covers, which requires a lot of cloth.
Qin Qingman's two feet of cloth coupons filled the gap in her family's cloth coupons.
Auntie Ayun was grateful to Qin Qingman for her timely help, so she was particularly honest in her work. Just when Qin Qingman was talking to Chuchu about the meat, she came and knocked on the gate of Qin Qingman's house carrying a willow basket.
"Qingman girl, are you home?"
Hearing Auntie Ayun's voice, Qin Qingman and Chuchu quickly put on their cotton coats and went out to greet her.
"Auntie, you're home, come in and warm yourself by the fire."
Qin Qingman took the willow basket from Auntie Ayun and invited people in.
"Qingman, I won't go in. I've been busy at home these days and I'm needed everywhere. When I have free time, I will come to your house and sit down and chat with you." Auntie Ayun refused politely.
"Okay, auntie, I won't keep you if you're busy. If you need any help at home, just let me know and I'll come to your house." Qin Qingman didn't bother to be polite with Auntie Ayun and spoke the truth.
"Qingman, there must be something I need your help with. Wait for me to sort it out first, and then I will go to your house and invite you."
Auntie Ayun looked at Qin Qingman and smiled happily, and even pinched her cheeks.
I feel so grateful deep in my heart.
Qin Qingman's family is getting more and more prosperous these days. Just look at Chuchu to see it. Last year, Chuchu had a pale face and little flesh, but in just one winter, Qin Qingman raised her to be plump and white.
"Auntie."
Chuchu was not angry when Auntie Ayun pinched her face. Instead, she greeted people with a smile.
The two geese that can guard the house were exchanged from Aunt Ayun's house.
If it weren't for the two geese exchanged by Auntie Ayun's family, he would have been bullied to death by Qin Jianming and his brothers last time.
"Chu Chu is so good."
Auntie Ayun looked at Chuchu for a while before saying goodbye to Qin Qingman.
It's so cold, it's really not suitable to stay outside for a long time.
Qin Qingman and Chuchu watched Auntie Ayun leave, and then the siblings went home together.
Qin Qingman went to prepare the side dishes for the hot pot in the evening, while Chuchu went to squeeze the goat's milk again. Milking the goat is something that must be done twice a day without fail. If you don't squeeze it, the goat's milk production will become less and less until there is none.
At the division headquarters, Wei Ling brought a lot of Qin Qingman's homemade bread when he left home in the morning. The bread was made with goat's milk and honey. The flour of this period was absolutely natural and had a strong wheat flavor. Therefore, although the bread made did not look as fluffy as the bread of later generations, its aroma was definitely far superior.
Wei Ling did not go to the office, but took the bread directly to the dormitory.
Du Hongyi and his colleagues had been very busy these days and were extremely tired. They had not even gotten up yet and were blocked by Wei Ling.
"Old Wei, why can't we compare ourselves to others?"
Du Hongyi smelled the fragrance before he saw the person.
He instantly jumped up from the bed and snatched the willow basket from Wei Ling's hand. He did not eat alone but threw a piece of bread to Zuo Gaopeng and Yuan Xiangyang before starting to eat. At the same time, he could not help but sigh.
Zuo Gaopeng and Yuan Xiangyang also looked at Wei Ling sadly.
Both of them had big dark circles under their eyes. If Wei Ling wasn't so capable, would they have fought so hard?
As a result, despite working so hard, they were still rejected by their division commander Wang Chengping, saying that the three of them were not even as good as Wei Ling.
They don't know where to appeal for justice.
I could only imagine the bread in my hand as Wei Ling and take a few big bites.
"Not going well?" Wei Ling saw that Du Hongyi and the other two looked like they were half dead, so he rarely showed concern.
“Not so smooth.”
Du Hongyi and others told the truth.
"Okay, I got it." Wei Ling turned and walked out, leaving a message, "Come to my house for dinner tonight."
Looking at the closed door, Du Hongyi couldn't help but lie back in bed again.
He really didn't get enough rest, so he didn't have the energy to cheer when he heard such happy news.
"Okay, hurry up, or we'll be late. Don't be fooled by Major General Song's usually easy-going appearance. Anyone who makes a mistake at work will definitely be punished." After saying this, Zuo Gaopeng turned over and got out of bed with a piece of bread in his mouth.
Start taking care of yourself.
Yuan Xiangyang had no choice but to get up, only Du Hongyi stayed in bed for a while longer before getting up.
Wei Ling did not go directly to his own office, but went to Wang Chengping's office.
Major General Song from the military region is still staying in the division headquarters. Major General Song does not have an independent office in the division headquarters, and currently shares an office with Wang Chengping.
Wei Ling knocked on the door, called for report, and only pushed open the office door after hearing the voice of permission from inside.
"Wei Ling is here. You've come at the right time. I need you to do something." The first person to wave to Wei Ling was not Wang Chengping, but Major General Song. Since Wei Ling went on vacation, Major General Song realized that Wei Ling could do the work of several people.
Seeing Wei Ling at this time, he was extremely friendly.
This immediately made Wang Chengping alert, as he was worried that Major General Song was trying to undermine him.
"Commander." Wei Ling stood straight and saluted Major General Song.
When Wang Chengping saw Wei Ling like this, he knew that something was wrong with Wei Ling, and then he looked at Major General Song.
"Wei Ling, do you have something to talk to me about?" Major General Song knew Wei Ling a little bit.
"Commander, when will the commendation for Comrade Qin Qingman from the military district arrive?" Wei Ling didn't even try to be timid and directly stated the purpose of his visit to Major General Song.
"Ahem——" Wang Chengping was startled by Wei Ling's straight shot.
Wei Ling usually looks very smart, but why is he so confused today? How could he ask the leader for a medal? Wouldn't this give people something to talk about?
"Is your wife going to participate in the Red Flag Commune election?" Major General Song asked suddenly.
"Yes, the commune's general election is about to begin." Wei Ling admitted honestly.
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