Chapter 7 Change Something
Although it was only one night, the piglets seemed to have grown a lot and looked more energetic. Qin Lai Di first took the crushed piglets out to prevent them from being eaten by the sows, and then cleaned the pig pen inside and out to prevent bacterial infection.
When it comes to postpartum care for sows, cleanliness and hygiene are the most basic. There is no way to achieve sterility in the village, but at least the feces, urine and blood stains must be cleaned up in time, and then the floor and walls must be washed twice with light salt water, and finally covered with dry straw again. Only then will Lai Di have time to rest.
Of course, luckily, she took action yesterday to avoid a dystocia, and the two sows did not reject her, let alone bite her.
Lai Di learned Chinese medicine from Mr. He, not veterinary medicine. However, during the years she was in Lenghe Town, there was no special veterinary station or veterinary breeder in the town. The villagers came to the health center and she had to do it on her own. As a result, she did gain some experience.
Wang Lifen and Li Benfen watched from the side for a while and naturally had nothing to say about such work attitude.
When Lai Di returned home for lunch at noon, she found that there were a few more grains of rice in the sweet potato bran soup, and there was a bag of rice on the kang table, weighing 15 pounds!
"Girl, I told you to get coarse grains, which would give you an extra 30 kilograms, but you insisted on getting white rice, which is only a little bit."
Qin Lai Di sipped the fragrant white porridge and said, "Grandma, we can have other uses for this white rice." These days, coarse grains are the staple food, and white rice is a real rare thing.
"What's the use?" Qin Guihua and Pan Di looked at her at the same time.
Lai Di looked at the door, ran to close it, and then whispered, "I'll go to the city tomorrow."
After all, the third sister has the most ideas. "Do you want to take it to the black market to exchange for something else?" This girl used to sell eggs and soybeans, so it's not surprising.
"Don't worry, I promise I won't let you go hungry."
Qin Guihua was used to being conservative, and she kept nagging about how someone from which brigade had been caught secretly selling grain, and was sentenced to speculation and profiteering, and was sent to a study class in the commune. Some were even more seriously punished by being sent to a farm for labor reform, and one was even directly exiled to the Great Northern Wilderness, bringing disgrace to the entire family.
Qin Lai Di was also a little unsure about what happened in the past few years, as these memories were too long ago for her.
But Pan Di whispered, "I'll go with my third sister. Tomorrow is Sunday."
Although Qin Guihua was harsh, she was also reasonable. She thought that Lai Di was old and married now, and they would have to live their own lives in the future. She could no longer protect her like an old hen. "Okay, then you two should be careful. Take five kilograms first. I won't feel bad if it's confiscated, as long as no one gets hurt."
Lai Di is smart and Pan Di is careful, and the two sisters can complement each other.
At night, Qin Lai Di moved the bedding to the pigsty. There was a small house next to the pigsty. She had laid a thick layer of dry straw on it during the day. It was summer now, so it was not cold to sleep directly there. She didn't know where Lao Hetou had gone today, and whether he had enough food and warm clothes. Well, of course, one thing was certain, this wooden head would definitely not miss her.
To him, his new wife was just a little sister whom he had only met once.
After thinking about this and that and getting up countless times throughout the night, she finally made it to the next morning. After feeding the pigs and feeding them pig milk and settling everything, Qin Laidie hurried home to wash her face. The two sisters quietly hid the white rice in a basket on their backs and headed straight for the village entrance.
It’s not that full-time keepers can’t take a break. When there are many people during the day, they can just ask another member to help look after the animals.
"Laidi, come here, Pandi, come quickly!" A young girl at the entrance of the village waved at them.
Qin Lai Di was stunned for a moment before she recognized that this was her childhood playmate Liu Baozhu.
Liu Baozhu is still her neighbor, just separated by a wall. The Liu family was also a widow who raised an only child. Although the only son died early, the difference between the Liu family and the Qin family is that Liu Baozhu's mother gave birth to seven sons in one breath, and their backs were very strong. The Qin family was a nest of seven fairies, and was jokingly called "Nunnery" and "Daughter Kingdom" by widow Liu. Qin Guihua often fought with her because of this.
But no matter how the two widowed grandmothers disagreed, the silly girl Qin Lai Di often played with Liu Bao Zhu when she was a child, and they were in the same class until junior high school. Lai Di felt sorry for her grandmother and did not want to go to school anymore, but Liu Bao Zhu studied peacefully until she graduated from high school. If universities had not stopped recruiting students, she might have been able to enter university.
"Are you going to the commune too? Why didn't you tell me earlier so we could go together." Liu Baozhu looked into their backpacks curiously.
When Lai Di saw her face, her eyes flashed somewhere she couldn't see.
How could she forget this face?
After she joined the army, Liu Baozhu wrote many letters to her, called her several times, and even went to Lenghe Town to visit her. She cried and complained that widow Liu forced her to marry a widower in his forties. Lai Di felt sorry for her good friend and took the initiative to let her stay at home for a while, and she could also help take care of the children and clean the house.
It was during that time that Baozhu, a good friend, met a deputy company commander under Zhao Qingsong, and they developed a relationship.
But what made Qin Lai Di angry was that she had reminded Baozhu from the beginning that this man already had a wife in his hometown and asked her to be careful to avoid suspicion. She even tried to persuade and stop her several times, but she was like a pig with fat blinding her heart and kept going forward.
As a result, the man's wife heard the news and came from her hometown with her two sons. Not only did she beat up Liu Baozhu, the "fox spirit", but she also hated Qin Lai Di. In the years that they lived together in the family compound, she often criticized Qin Lai Di.
Liu Baozhu walked away, found another man and married him well. After the reform and opening up, she went to Shenzhen to do business and made a lot of money. But Qin Lai Di, the friend who "let the wolf into the house" and "made connections", bore the curse for her all her life. Until Zhao Qingsong died, he was still complaining that it was her fault that he could not get promoted.
Because of this incident, he had a bad reputation in his family compound and was always at a disadvantage in democratic votes, which was why he could not pass the promotion inspection.
Although Qin Lai Di will never be able to be with Zhao Qingsong again in this life, she also does not plan to be friends with Liu Baozhu anymore. This is the bottom line.
Liu Baozhu was chattering as enthusiastically as usual. Seeing her cold expression, she was puzzled, "Laidi, what's wrong with you?"
Lai Di didn't even pay attention. She just happened to see a tractor passing by and waved to get on.
Liu Baozhu looked at her from behind, thinking - could it be that she had also had that dream? That's not right, if she had had such a dream, there would be no reason for her to push Zhao Qingsong away and let her pick up the slack.
The Qin sisters were not so cunning. They paid five cents each for the bus fare and reached the county in less than half an hour.
Although Hongxing County is a mountainous area, the urban area is still very flat. As soon as you enter the county town, you can feel a bustle different from the mountain village. Occasionally you can see a few bicycles on the road, as well as several state-owned hotels, barber shops, supply and marketing cooperatives and the like.
Pan Di was a little nervous, "Sister, didn't we agree to go to the commune? Why did you come to the county?" And the five-cent fare was too expensive! Before leaving, grandma was afraid that the third sister would spend money recklessly, so she secretly gave her two dimes and asked her to promise not to be cheated by the third sister. Now, she was coaxed away by the third sister as soon as she arrived at the village entrance.
Wow, third sister is so cunning!
"Where there are more people, there are more business opportunities." According to the novels I read in my previous life, the more working-class people there are in a place, the easier it is to sell things.
They had only been to the county a few times when their eldest brother-in-law's family held a banquet, but Pan Di, a little academic, had a good memory and could clearly remember where the black market was. "Sister, we should go to the left, how can we go to the right?"
"Hush, let's not go to the black market." The competition in the black market is too fierce. They are strangers and won't get any good results. They are also not familiar with when and from which gates the security team and the crackdown people come in. If they go there, they might just be cannon fodder.
One good thing about Pan Di is that, although she didn't understand much, she knew to keep her mouth shut. She didn't ask any more questions along the way, but just followed silently. Ten minutes later, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the alley where the family area of the county hospital was located.
Most of the people who were able to get a house among the family members were dual-employed and had two salaries. Lai Di did not dare to take out the things blatantly, and asked Pan Di to help keep an eye on them while she looked around.
Just as I was about to take the initiative, two old ladies came over and asked, "What are you selling, little girl?"
After all, the way they were dressed didn't look like city people; they must have come from the countryside to trade.
"White rice, do you want some, ma'am?"
The new rice has not been harvested yet, and it is the lean period. Everyone wants to eat some white rice. The old ladies' eyes light up when they see it, "How much per pound?"
Qin Lai Di couldn't remember the prices of commodities in that era, so she could only guess and say, "Two cents."
"Wow! This is too expensive!"
Lai Di knew that she had bid too high, but seeing their expressions, it didn't seem ridiculously high, so she quickly said, "I don't need a ticket, it's cheaper than at the grain station."
The old ladies thought about it and it seemed to be true. Food had been in short supply recently, especially fine grains. The supply was in short supply. They went to line up with their food coupons the night before, but the grain was sold out within a few minutes of the grain station opening in the morning. They didn't even see any fine grains.
It’s ready-made. If you miss this opportunity, you will miss it too.
"How many do you have?"
Lai Di took out a white cloth bag, showed them the rice first, and smelled it. "There are ten kilograms in this bag, but I don't have a scale. If you two ladies want some, you can each pay half and divide it up at home. How about that?"
If you only have rice, you can get away with it even if you get caught, but if you bring a scale, you'll be like a louse on a bald head.
The old ladies weighed it and found ten kilograms to be enough. They were very satisfied and then they lowered their heads to collect the money.
Lai Di counted the money before handing the rice to them. Unfortunately, no one was interested in buying for more than half an hour. There were many people passing by, but few were willing to ask about the price. They were scared away when they heard the 20 cents price. After all, not many people could afford such a price.
Pan Di watched from the side and sighed, "Sister, do you think grandma would beat us to death if she knew we brought so much rice?" They had agreed to only bring five kilograms, but the third sister secretly took away all fifteen kilograms.
Lai Di, however, was not worried and had no intention of retreating. She was calm and composed when someone suddenly came up to her and said, "Young comrade."
For some reason, Lai Di could tell at a glance that this short-haired lesbian was a female doctor. This was probably the sixth sense of people in the same profession.
"Do you have white rice?"
"Yes, it's our own japonica rice, with full grains and a rich rice aroma. Would you like to take a look?"
The woman glanced at it casually and said, "No, no, I still have to go to work. How much do you have left?"
"Five pounds."
The female comrade weighed the money quickly and said, "OK, it's still 20 cents a pound, right?" Then she reached into her pocket and took out a handkerchief bag, preparing to count the money.
Qin Lai Di's eyes suddenly turned, "We don't want money, can we exchange something with you?"
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