Chapter 7 Borrowing Fire in the Backyard

The house was cleaned up and the ground was sprinkled with water.

The floor of this house is paved with blue bricks, so it's not as dusty as the land.

"Mom, you should take a break too. I'll go clean up the living room."

Xu Zhiqing said this and brought the pillow to her.

She actually turned a blind eye to such a good daughter in her previous life. She is really blinded by greed.

“No need, Zhiqing.

It’s getting late, let’s go get something to eat.”

"Food? But we don't have anything~"

The little girl sighed. She left Lao Xu's house without bringing any food with her.

"Who said there aren't any? There are lots of them in the yard~"

Liu Yunshuang blinked and smiled slyly.

"Mom, aren't those potatoes and sweet potatoes saved for winter?"

"It's for winter, but we have nothing now, so we can only eat those.

Okay, go find two thicker sticks."

Xu Zhiqing thought about it and still felt it was a pity, but did not refute it.

At this time of year, potatoes and sweet potatoes are not very big.

It can still continue to grow, and generally only a few farmers who are greedy will dig it out to taste it.

Liu Yunshuang didn't care. The three of them couldn't go hungry.

There were no tools, so I could only dig with a thick stick.

There was still a piece of firewood in the kitchen, which was left over from burning the kang in the spring.

I just happened to use it today, and I can also boil a pot of hot water.

The remaining charcoal fire is just right for roasting potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"Mom, how can we clean the pot without a broom?"

Uh, how could I forget about this.

When they came out, they didn't bring anything with them. Even if they boiled water, they didn't have cups to drink from.

The family is really penniless, Liu Yunshuang sighed.

"It's okay, let's not wash the pot, just pour some water and use it as a heating pad."

"Okay~"

Xu Zhiqing nodded and went to the well to wash potatoes and sweet potatoes.

Liu Yunshuang added water into the pot and put firewood into the stove.

Suddenly I felt like something was missing...

It's embarrassing. I can't start a fire without matches.

This is really...

"Zhiqing, stay home and look after your sister. Don't go out. I'm going to the back to borrow a light."

"Got it, Mom~"

Liu Yunshuang hurried out because her home was quite remote.

At the easternmost end of the Red Star Production Team, the main road is to the west of the house.

Most of the villagers are on the west side of the avenue, and there are only two households on the east side of the avenue.

One is them, and the other is an elderly couple who live behind their house.

As soon as Liu Yunshuang arrived at the door, she saw the old lady picking beans in the yard.

"Third grandma, I'm at home~"

"Yunshuang, come in quickly. Why are you here? Didn't you go to work today?"

The Third Master and the Third Wife have only one son, who went out to serve in the army a few years ago and stayed in the city after his retirement.

The old couple usually had very little free time, and the third uncle would go to the production team to do some work and earn some food.

The third grandmother tended to the small vegetable garden at home and was responsible for three meals a day.

Life is comfortable and nourishing, and many old men and women envy us.

“No job, Third Aunt, we moved back home.

I don't have any matches at home, can I borrow one from you?"

Liu Yunshuang directly stated the purpose of her visit. She was worried because the two children were still at home.

"Moved back? Are you having a dispute with your mother-in-law?"

"Not really, Third Auntie, Xu Lanhe and I are divorced.

From now on, I will have nothing to do with the Xu family."

Hearing this, the third grandma was shocked and her mouth opened so wide that an egg could fit in it.

"Divorce? Kid, this is no joke. You can't just say that."

A former neighbor would care about her.

In comparison, the people in Lao Xu's family are really heartless.

“Third Aunt, you also know that Xu Lao Er can’t stand up.

If we follow him, we will be bullied to death sooner or later, so it is better for us to come out."

"Alas~"

We are all from the same production team, so everyone knows each other.

She also knows everything about the Xu family's affairs.

Liu Yunshuang grew up under her care. If it weren't for her family's poor background, she would have thought of giving the child to her son.

“The Xu family really doesn’t know how to cherish.

No more talking, I'll go get you some matches, wait for me!"

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Soon, Third Grandma came over with a new box of matches, two eggs and two pounds of corn grits.

"Good boy, take it all back. When you come back from there, Old Lady Xu won't let you take anything."

To be honest, Liu Yunshuang was quite touched.

But she couldn't have it.

"Third Auntie, there is food at home. I'll just lend you a match. Take these back quickly."

The two of them refused for a while, but seeing Liu Yunshuang's firm attitude, the third wife didn't say anything.

After returning home, Xu Zhiqing had already washed the sweet potatoes and potatoes.

She quickly lit the fire. It would be bad if the kang was not heated for a long time as it would become damp.

Soon, the sweet potatoes and potatoes will be ready.

The little daughter also woke up, and the family of three started eating directly over the fire pit.

Shake off the dust from the sweet potatoes and potatoes, peel off the skin, and you will find the inside is fragrant and soft.

The two children ate with relish, drooling.

I can’t drink hot water, I can only drink cold water.

Fortunately, they all have well water.

In summer, we also drink cold water directly.

Especially at noon, when it is very hot, it is so refreshing to have a gourd of water from the well to cool down.

But later, you still need to drink more water.

After a simple tidying up, he asked the two children to get on the kang.

There is nothing much to do in the countryside, and going to bed at sunset is basically the norm.

There was no electricity yet, and there were no candles or kerosene lamps in the house.

After coaxing the two children to sleep, she took out her wooden box in the moonlight.

She hasn't opened this box for a long time.

Her mother said before she died that this thing should only be taken out when it was absolutely necessary.

Wrapped inside the white handkerchief was a pair of gold bracelets.

Their family had gone through many ups and downs, and in the end there wasn't much left.

In addition to this pair of bracelets, there is also a painting.

In her previous life, Xu Lanchun wanted to buy new clothes and stole her bracelet.

But she didn't know the value of the painting and thought it was useless, so she burned it.

Liu Yunshuang solemnly opened the blue brocade storage bag. The tassel rope on the seal was made by her herself.

With the help of moonlight, the image above is vague and not very clear.

Although she was extremely reluctant, she had no other choice.

This thing must be sold.

After making up her mind, she carefully put the two things away.

There are two exposed green bricks at the end of the kang in the east room.

She quietly went over, pinched it with her fingernails, and pulled it out.

There is a small space inside. In the past, the room was where my parents lived, and there was a kang cabinet here.

You can’t see the secret inside at all, and now the kang cabinet is gone.

The two green bricks were particularly noticeable, and Liu Yunshuang put the pair of gold bracelets in them.

He tiptoed to the window sill, got some mud, and pasted the two bricks together.

(End of this chapter)