As Liu Xiaojun stepped into the courtyard carrying cotton, he saw several women washing clothes.
Auntie: "Xiaojun, you're back. Are you tired of carrying this on your shoulders? How about I help you carry it?"
As she spoke, the aunt stretched out her hand.
"No need for a big size. I can still carry this little weight." Liu Xiaojun said with a smile.
Jia Zhangshi: "Xiaojun, what good stuff did you get? Don't hide it. Share some with everyone."
A lady said: "Aunt Jia, what Xiaojun got was earned by his own ability. How can we as a family accept it?"
"It's not easy for Huizhen, an orphan and a widow, to raise two children. Even if others don't know, don't you know?"
Aunt Jia was speechless for a moment after hearing what Auntie said.
The other women around were still watching, but when they saw Aunt Jia being humiliated, they immediately gave up.
Liu Xiaojun was already unhappy with Aunt Jia, so he put the cotton on the ground and took out a handful: "Aunt Jia, I dare to give you some of this, but it's fatal if you eat it. Do you dare to eat it?"
When Aunt Jia saw it, her eyes widened!
It's actually cotton.
These days, cotton is much more expensive than meat, and the cotton production is low, so everyone is in short supply.
Winter in Beijing is always several degrees below zero.
If you don’t have enough food to eat in winter, you can eat worse, but if you don’t have a cotton jacket or a quilt to cover yourself with, you will freeze to death.
"Xiaodong, you are so wasteful. You can't make ends meet. You bought so much cotton. It looks like dozens of kilograms, which must cost a lot of money, right?" Jia Zhang came closer to look at the cotton, her eyes almost overflowing with envy and jealousy.
He just wanted to make this old witch jealous so that she would want to take advantage of him every time he walked into the front yard.
Liu Xiaojun looked at Jia Zhang's jealous eyes and said, "What's the point of money? As long as my mother and Tangtang are covered and warm, that's enough."
When the aunt heard this, she was also envious.
Huizhen has a good son who is so filial. If she had not failed to take good care of herself after giving birth, she might have given birth to a son as sensible as Liu Xiaojun.
When the women nearby heard Liu Xiaojun say this, they all thought of their sons.
His son is the same age as Liu Xiaojun, but he only knows how to ask them for food. He is not as capable as Liu Xiaojun!
Liu Xiaojun ignored everyone's comments and went straight home carrying the cotton.
As soon as you enter the house, unload your things aside.
"Xiaojun, come and wash your hands and eat." Liu Huizhen walked in with the dishes.
"Our son has worked so hard since he didn't get enough rest in the mountains. He looks so thin and hungry these days."
"Mom made you a plate of braised pork, to go with this solid rice, eat it quickly." Liu Huizhen looked at Liu Xiaojun with a kind face.
"Okay, I'll eat it." Liu Xiaojun was really hungry at this moment.
The braised pork is golden brown in color, soft but not mushy, and fragrant. There is also a thick layer of sauerkraut underneath. It is obvious that this is not something Liu Huizhen can make.
"Mom, you learned this from Sha Zhu, right?" Liu Xiaojun said.
"Yes, it just so happened that the cotton-padded jacket I washed for him last time was dry, and he came to get it, so I asked Bai Nian for advice."
"Shazhu and Yushui are so pitiful, they lost their parents at such a young age."
Liu Xiaojun: "Yeah, let's ask Shazhu and Yushui to come to my house for the New Year."
Liu Huizhen looked at her son tenderly and chatted with him: "Okay, Yushui is several years older than Tangtang, so she can help me take care of Tangtang. When you were away for a few days, that girl helped me take care of Tangtang, so I could take time to do other things."
Liu Xiaojun: "Xiaoyu is good, she really looks like an older sister."
I picked up a piece of braised pork mixed with sauerkraut with chopsticks, and it melted in my mouth. The sour taste of the sauerkraut just neutralized the greasiness of the fat, leaving only the fragrance lingering in my mouth.
Liu Xiaojun hadn't had a hot meal for several days, and the meal almost moved him to tears.
"Mom, this dish is good. You finally decided to use more oil."
"You kid." Liu Huizhen couldn't help but give Liu Xiaojun a slap.
Finally full, Liu Xiaojun had time to think about other things. He took out a handful of money from his pocket, counted out a hundred yuan and handed it to Liu Huizhen: "By the way, Mom, this is a hundred yuan, keep it. The New Year is coming soon. From now on, when we need to cook for the family, you can go out and buy food."
"Mom doesn't want your money. I have my own money and can earn it myself." Liu Huizhen immediately returned the money after seeing so much money.
"Mom, just take it if I tell you to. It's not easy for you to raise me all these years. What's wrong with taking some of my money to spend?" Liu Xiaojun stuffed the money into Liu Huizhen's hand without saying a word.
"Okay, our Xiaojun has grown up and knows how to make money for mom." Liu Huizhen was about to cry as she took the money in her hand, "Mom can't spend all the money, so I'll save it for you to get married."
"Why are you saying that? It's still early." When Liu Xiaojun heard about getting married, he immediately changed the subject: "By the way, Mom, I have some money now. I want to buy some rabbits and raise them. That way, we can eat rabbit meat when winter comes without having to go out."
"Sure. There's such a big piece of land in front of our house. Just raise a pet if you want. Mom promises to take good care of it for you." Liu Huizhen knew that Liu Xiaojun was a child with strong opinions and she would listen to him in everything.
"Also, I went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cotton. You can fill the two quilts with cotton first to keep them warm at night. I'll buy some cloth coupons in a few days. You're a good handicraftsman, so you can make us all a new set of cotton-padded jackets."
"Cotton?" Liu Huizhen was stunned.
It is indeed cold in winter, and I have wanted to buy some cotton for a long time. However, the money at home was not enough for food, so I didn’t dare to think about buying cotton. I didn’t expect Xiaojun to have solved this problem.
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