Quanshui Village did not actually exist in the early days. It was only after the Anti-Japanese War that some of the victims passing by settled down here.
Therefore, the surnames in the village are still very diverse.
Whenever there are two or three families with the same surname, they were all small households that were split up from one family.
The first family that Su Zhen brought Tian Yuzhu to was the home of Uncle Xu Wengui.
It is said that Uncle Xu was a teacher when he was young.
During the Anti-Japanese War, he fled to Quanshui Village with his family and settled there. He also taught the children in the village writing for a period of time, so he gradually established prestige in the eyes of the younger generations in the village.
The most important thing is that Uncle Xu is an upright person and never gossips about others.
If you want to barter, you can definitely find him.
Even if he doesn't change, he won't tell anyone.
Before entering the courtyard, Su Zhen quietly told the silly girl, "Yuzhu, when you go in, follow me and call him Uncle Xu. Don't touch his things. Do you understand?"
Tian Yuzhu looked around without responding.
This yard looks very clean, unlike other people's houses, where a path is swept in the middle and the snow is shoveled to both sides.
But in Su Zhen's opinion, the silly girl seemed to not understand what she was saying.
I couldn't help but sigh: "I don't know what's wrong with you, you seem lucid for a while and confused the next, ah!"
As soon as Su Zhen entered the courtyard, she smiled and said, "Uncle Xu, are you home?"
Xu Wengui has three sons, all of whom are important laborers in the family. Now some have gone up the mountain, and some have done hard labor. Only he and his wife are staying at home to keep warm on the kang.
Hearing the call, Aunt Xu responded: "Who is it? Come in and warm up inside. I'm home!"
Su Zhen took Tian Yuzhu's hand and lifted the curtain to go in, smiling: "Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu."
Seeing her, Aunt Xu quickly said, "Oh, it's Ah Zhen. Come and sit down. Uh, who is this?"
Su Zhen introduced, "This is Zhentang's wife, Yuzhu, calling for help."
Tian Yuzhu pursed her lips and smiled: "Uncle, Auntie."
"Hey, sit down, sit down."
Aunt Xu's expression froze for a moment, and she subconsciously glanced at the old man.
Although the two elders did not like to gossip with the villagers, the gossip still reached their ears through their sons' mouths.
I heard that there was a silly girl in Tianjia Village who was sent to the Shi family by her father and elder brother, but she turned around and ran away, forcing the Shi family to take on the responsibility of this child marriage.
What are you talking about?
If she was a normal girl, then it would be fine. But if she was a confused girl, then...
But now seeing Tian Yuzhu in person, Aunt Xu couldn't help but feel secretly amazed.
Although he is stupid, he has a really good-looking appearance.
Uncle Xu was an upright man. He never looked at people's appearance or the surface of things. He said in a deep voice, "Sit down!"
Su Zhen said politely, "I won't sit down. I came here today to ask the two elders something!"
Aunt Xu smiled kindly: "What? Tell me."
Su Zhen then repeated what the old lady at home meant...
During this process, Tian Yuzhu's eyes were intentionally or unintentionally greeting the people around her.
This Mr. Xu is no ordinary person. The cabinets on the kang are all made of mahogany. They look a bit old on the surface, but the carvings and styles show that they are at least hundreds of years old.
There is also the jade pipe in the old man's mouth, the finest mutton-fat jade, and ice seeds, all of which are good things.
Aunt Xu's voice came to my ears: "Okay, this is a good thing. The recent heavy snow has made it difficult to go up the mountain. We haven't been able to hunt for a long time. Now it's almost New Year's time, and we have to go to the city to prepare New Year's goods anyway. If the elder sister is willing to trade meat for food with us, it would be great."
Su Zhen was also happy and said, "That's great. I'll go back and tell grandma..."
"Don't be so anxious, kid." Aunt Xu could see the timidity in Su Zhen's character. With her personality, she didn't dare to say anything extra. So she kindly pulled her aside and said, "Ah Zhen, I heard that food in the city costs 17 cents per pound, and you need food coupons. So why don't you go back and tell my sister that we'll trade 50 pounds of coarse grains and 5 pounds of potato starch for 10 pounds of meat. Let's not get too specific. It doesn't matter who gets more or less."
Su Zhen was a little confused: "Fifty-five kilograms of food in total?"
She didn't know what the prices were like in the city, but she felt that being able to exchange so much was beyond her expectations.
Aunt Li nodded and said, "Don't ask the other families. Some people in the village have bad intentions, and Zhentang can't afford to have any black marks on his body in the army. Let's just talk this out between our two families. How about that?"
"Auntie, I..."
Su Zhen was a little hesitant, and her hands at her sides nervously grabbed the corners of her clothes.
She felt that she was so stupid that she didn't even ask her grandma how to change it when she came out.
Unexpectedly, Tian Yuzhu beside him happily agreed: "I think it's okay."
Everyone: “…”
Hey, this silly girl actually makes the decision?
Everyone looked at each other in confusion and burst into laughter.
Su Zhen felt more relaxed after this smile, and she agreed: "Okay, Auntie, I'll listen to you."
Aunt Xu said happily, "Then let's exchange things at night when no one is around."
So Su Zhen quickly took Tian Yuzhu away from the Xu family.
Along the way, she felt very lucky that the first house she chose was Uncle Xu's, and he changed it as soon as she asked.
But no matter how happy she was, she couldn't help but raise her hand to pinch the tip of Tian Yuzhu's nose: "Yuzhu, if it weren't for you just now, my sister-in-law wouldn't have noticed it. You silly girl, sometimes you can speak to the point."
"hehe!"
In fact, Tian Yuzhu did not speak casually.
Just now Aunt Xu said that a pound of grain costs 1.7 cents and you need to add food coupons. So, according to the prices of that era, a pound of meat would cost at least 90 cents.
Therefore, fifty-five kilograms of grain in exchange for ten kilograms of meat actually meant that the hut had a slight advantage, but not by much.
It was obvious that Aunt Xu also wanted to help the little house, and Tian Yuzhu understood this clearly.
But at this time Su Zhen felt that it was her credit, it didn't matter, as long as her sister-in-law was happy, she would be happy too.
The two of them walked back happily...
At this moment, a terrified scream suddenly came from behind: "Black Wolf, Black Wolf has entered the village!"
"Baby, my baby."
Then a woman's wailing echoed throughout the village.
Someone lost their baby and it was taken away by a black wolf?
Su Zhen's face turned pale instantly. She suddenly thought of Chengcheng and Doudou who were out playing, and of what her father-in-law had said last night about a baby from the second commune being taken away by a wolf.
"Yuzhu, go home and find grandma. I'll go pick up the two kids."
Without having time to explain anything more, Su Zhen was so scared that she quickly ran to the other end of the village.
Nothing must happen to the kids, otherwise she won’t be able to survive!
Watching her staggering away, the snow on the ground was thick. Su Zhen fell not long after running, but immediately stood up and continued running.
Tian Yuzhu, who was standing alone there, had her starry eyes turning cold, and frost gradually formed on her pretty little face.
The wolf is coming!!!
But it wasn't in the direction Su Zhen was running, but... behind her.
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