At this time, Hu Guilan came out of the room, greeted Li Xu, and asked Li Ju what she was shouting about.
Li Ju held a candy in her mouth and said incoherently, "Candy, milk candy given by my second brother."
Hu Guilan looked at Li Xu in shock when she heard that.
Li Xu smiled and took out a few more and handed them to Hu Guilan, "Sister-in-law, these are some I just exchanged from a friend. You can try them too."
Hu Guilan looked at Li Xu, wanting to say something but stopping herself. In the end, she took the candy, peeled one, put it in her mouth, and said, "It's so sweet!"
Hu Guilan wanted to give the remaining candy to Li Xu.
Li Xu shook his head and said, "It's fine as long as it's sweet, sister-in-law. You can keep these for yourself. I've left some for my parents." As he spoke, he took out some more from his pocket.
Seeing this, Hu Guilan didn't say anything and put the candy into her pocket.
Li Xu played with Li Ju for another day until his family came back in the afternoon.
Li Xu stood at the door and gave each person who came in a few candies.
Everyone was surprised when they saw the candy and started asking about it.
Li Xu said that he exchanged some of them from friends.
When his family members asked him what he exchanged it for and how he exchanged it, Li Xu just responded with "I can't say it".
This choked Li Jiakang so much that he almost started to fight, but fortunately everyone stopped him and spoke up for Li Xu.
Even Sun Xiu spoke up for Li Xu, "His father, why are you beating the child? He didn't steal or rob anything. It's his own doing to change it. Besides, all these things have gone into everyone's stomach."
Everyone nodded. Who wouldn't want to eat something delicious? With someone like this at home, they could live a more comfortable life.
Li Jiakang glanced at everyone, was silent for a moment, and said to Li Xu, "Be careful when trading next time, and don't get caught by the patrol."
Nowadays, people are very cautious when doing private transactions, for fear of being caught, losing their jobs, and even being sent to labor camps.
This is exactly the effect Li Xu wanted, so that he could take out some good things from time to time to nourish his family, and his family would no longer ask where they came from.
Li Xu's face lit up with joy. "Dad, don't worry. I'll be careful. I'm sure nothing will happen."
During dinner, Li Xu and Li Jiakang said that they would go to their grandparents' house in the countryside the next morning, and Li Jiakang nodded.
After breakfast the next day, Sun Xiu handed Li Xu a sack containing 10 kilograms of rice and 5 kilograms of coarse grains to be sent to the countryside this time.
Li Xu took another sweet potato and put it in as his lunch.
Walking on the road to the countryside, carrying a sack in his hand, Li Xu kept complaining in his heart, "This is really far, nearly 20 miles, at least two hours to walk, if only I had a bicycle."
Although Li Xu's family had enough money to buy a bicycle, they couldn't get a bicycle ticket.
While walking on the road, Li Xu secretly put some of the food in the bag into the space. No matter what, he had to have something in his hand to pretend that the food in his hand suddenly disappeared. Otherwise, how would he explain it if others saw it?
There was no ox cart passing by along the way, so Li Xu could only walk on foot.
Fortunately, most people of this era have strong feet that can walk, otherwise Li Xu really doubts that his future self would not be able to walk such a long distance.
After walking and resting for a while, I finally arrived at Qinghe Brigade covered in dust.
There is no way. Most of the roads at this time are dirt roads. Even when the weather is good, you will get mud on your body when walking. It is even more exciting when there is wind. When a gust of wind blows, your face will be covered with dust. Once it rains or snows, the roads are full of mud pits and you can basically forget about walking.
Qinghe Brigade was formerly called Qinghe Village. It was restructured a few years ago and was changed to Qinghe Brigade for convenience.
When Li Xu walked into the brigade, he took out the collected food.
According to my memory, I walked to my second uncle's house and found that there was no one there.
Li Xu slapped his head, put the food in the kitchen, and turned to walk towards the fields.
This is how it is in this era. Whether in the city or in the countryside, very few people lock their doors.
When we arrived at the fields, we saw that the fields were all green with yellow, as if endless; there were some embellishments mixed in, and when we looked closely, we found that they were people working hard in the fields.
Tang County is located in the Central Plains, but it is biased towards the south and has many rivers, which makes it more suitable for growing rice. It can harvest two crops a year, so it has become a populous county. The green and yellow color in the fields means that the rice is about to reach maturity.
Li Xu walked while looking around for his second uncle and others, and greeted everyone he met.
After walking for a while, I finally saw my second uncle Li Jiafu working in the fields.
Li Xu walked forward and shouted. Li Jiafu looked up and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face.
"Oh, it's Xiaoxu. Wait for me for a moment. I'll finish the rest of the work and take you home."
"Uncle, I came to look for you because I saw that there was no one at your house. Where are my brothers?"
"It's not the busy farming season now, and the children have nothing to do, so the children in the team went to Qinghe River to catch fish." Li Jiafu answered while working, fearing that his work points would be deducted by the scorer next to him.
The name of Qinghe Brigade comes from this Qinghe River.
The Qing River is quite wide, and it is unknown which river it is a tributary of. Even in this drought period, the water level has only dropped significantly, and there are still fish and shrimps alive in it.
In that era, supplies were scarce and even salt had to be used sparingly because it could not remove the fishy smell of fish. In addition, people preferred grain, so they did not like to eat fish.
But now is a time of food shortage, and anything that can fill your stomach is good.
Li Xu stayed here to talk with Li Jiafu. After a while, Li Jiafu asked Li Xu to go home, saying that Li Xu's grandmother should have finished work early and gone back to cook.
Li Xu returned to Li Jiafu's home. There were already four people there, including old lady Li, and the three youngest children of his second uncle's family: 14-year-old Li Hui, 11-year-old Li Jianguo, and 7-year-old Li Jianjun.
When she saw Li Xu, Mrs. Li was the first to speak with a smile, "When I came back and saw the food in the kitchen, I knew it was my third grandson who came. It turned out to be true."
Li Xu's defense was instantly broken by the words "Third Grandson".
That’s right, Li Jiafu’s eldest son Li Qiang is 17 years old this year. According to the ranking of Li Xu’s generation, Li Xu is the third child.
Li Xu had raised this issue before, but Old Mrs. Li always called her grandchildren "eldest grandson" and "second granddaughter", and she couldn't change it. Over time, she got used to it.
The current Li Xu had traveled through time and space, and he couldn't accept it the first time he heard it. He decided to rescue her, "Grandma, didn't you agree to call me Xiaoxu from now on?"
"Ah, yes, yes, it's your fault. Look at your memory."
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