The Northeast is a vast and resource-rich land, especially Heilongjiang Province, where they are located, which is a treasure trove known as the land of black soil.
In the Central Plains region, people would restrict the amount of land a family could own; otherwise, it would be considered capitalist and an attempt to undermine socialism.
But not here. There is plenty of land, but the population is not large due to geographical factors.
Therefore, as long as land is not wasted, land outside the production team can be utilized.
Therefore, judging from the abandoned house site next to Tang Cuihong's house, it should be a place where climbing vegetables and fruits such as pumpkins and winter melons were grown every year.
She has no shortage of food, seafood, or meat, and even eggs; she has accumulated quite a bit of them over the years living in the family compound.
Adding the wine she received, it would be enough for the three of them to live on for three to five years without buying any grain, but that doesn't make sense.
It's no wonder that Niufeng has such a large open yard, with about two acres in the front and three or four acres in the back.
This place can not only grow grains, but also potatoes and sweet potatoes. They have such good foresight! It's such a great place!
This is also the main reason why she doesn't want to go back to her parents' home. If she goes back, she will have to buy everything she eats, and if she grows anything, people will watch her and even report her.
It's really speechless. They're so stingy. There are too many people and not enough land. That's the only downside.
Unlike the Northeast, which is a vast and resource-rich region with a small population and abundant land, where as long as you stay within the designated area and don't cross the boundary, you'll be safe and sound.
The well in the house has been cleaned. The water is five or six meters deep, covered with thick straw, and a tattered quilt is laid underneath.
So if you open it and lift the water up, it won't freeze.
There was plenty of clean snow in the yard, so she used melted snow water to wash clothes.
Every time it snows, we have to poke the snow off the roof beams.
Alternatively, you can heat the kang (a traditional heated bed), and when the room gets warm, the snow on the triangular roof will melt down; these are all solutions.
Because of the cold weather, the mother and son only ate stews: pickled cabbage with vermicelli and pork, stewed fish with cornbread, braised pork with potatoes, and steamed seafood.
Eating around the stove is incredibly comfortable, but staying in the heated room for too long can cause internal heat, so we occasionally eat some fruit to cool down.
While the child is still young and doesn't understand, let them eat more good food. When they grow up, you'll have to hide it from them.
When the Lunar New Year of the Rooster arrived, Niu Feng actually came back?
"They also need to go home for the Chinese New Year. Keeping me locked in the solitary confinement room requires someone to watch over and accompany me, so they simply let me out to celebrate the New Year."
They'll take me back after the New Year, but Hong, we need to be prepared. I reckon there's a high chance we'll be going to the farm.
I was given a heads-up that my charges were not solid enough, and I was just implicated, so at most I'll be on the farm for three years.
They're from Northeast China. If you really can't wait any longer, go back to Luoyang first.
Tang Cuihong shook her head. "It's alright. No matter where you are, I won't leave. I'll wait for you at home."
Niu Feng was deeply moved. After cleaning up that night, he was exceptionally passionate, and she couldn't even handle it.
After Niu Feng returned, he took over all the housework, and she only needed to cook.
The main problem is that his cooking is edible but not delicious; Niu Dundun only eats more when Cuihong is in charge of cooking.
The family of four also had a proper New Year's Eve dinner, with chicken, fish, and dumplings made with mutton and scallions, as well as pork and chives.
Niu Feng had always known that the family had good food, because his wife was capable of buying groceries through various channels!
He had his doubts about the origin of these ingredients, but it turned out that turning a blind eye was the best course of action.
He only cares about eating, not about where the money comes from. Anyway, his salary has already been handed over to his wife, so how she spends it is her business. He doesn't need to worry about it.
"My salary stopped in January, and it hasn't been paid since then,"
"It's alright, don't worry about it. You have the savings. Instead of wasting your time, you should be thinking about how you're going to live after you're sent down to the countryside."
"What hardships haven't soldiers endured? They can even gnaw on live rats and snakes, so why would they be afraid of farm work?"
What I fear most is constantly looking for trouble, not the farm work.
"Forget about that, let's not talk about it anymore. Let's just enjoy the New Year and thank my wife for staying by my side."
Niu Feng was taken away on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and there has been no news of him since.
The village chief had inquired about it and, upon learning that they had moved here, he said cheerfully.
"Okay, okay, it's good to move here. It'll be more convenient. Just let me know if you need anything!"
Cuihong still has a rural household registration, but her household registration is in Xihe Village.
In those days, it was difficult to change from agricultural to non-agricultural status, but it wasn't difficult to change one's agricultural household registration to another place's agricultural household registration.
There's no problem as long as the village accepts it.
Cuihong had thought about this question before, but she didn't know the situation in the village yet, so she would wait until spring to confirm and ask.
Little did they know that this place was different from their hometown. Back home, the production team was terrified of having an extra person come to share the grain.
But here, they wish more people could settle down so that more people could be sent out to develop new land.
In the pre-mechanized era, farming relied entirely on manpower and resources, and resources couldn't keep up.
If several production teams can't keep up with the workload, then we'll have to rely on manual labor.
Someone as strong as Cuihong would definitely be sought after by every production team.
However, she hasn't realized how sought-after she will be. Her child is still so young, and she's hesitant to leave him behind to farm.
The village chief welcomes outsiders to settle in the village because he hopes to increase the population.
In early March, news came that Niu Feng had been transferred to a local farm in Heilongjiang Province, just as they had expected.
It's only about a hundred kilometers away from Zhaojiatun.
It wasn't far, but we weren't given a chance to meet again; I was sent there directly.
Qi Gang came to relay a message: "My brother told my sister-in-law not to worry too much; he will write to you when he gets there."
But to her utter surprise, before Niu Feng's letter even arrived, she discovered changes in her body.
Carrying the baby on her back and leading the older one by the hand, she rushed to the county hospital for a checkup, and felt dizzy and lightheaded.
"They said it would be fine during breastfeeding, so how did I get pregnant?"
"Damn it, who told me I don't need contraception while breastfeeding?"
During the Spring Festival, Niu Feng went crazy. Knowing he was leaving, he took it again and again.
During those days, I had no other business to do in the evenings, so I spent all my time playing cards.
Now she was stunned; she was pregnant again: "What am I going to do? Your sister is still so young. If she gets another one, I..."
She couldn't quite imagine what would happen to her, but to her surprise, Xiao Dun Dun patted her head comfortingly.
"Mom, are you going to have another baby for me?"
I like my sister, but I also want a brother.
That way, even if Dad isn't around, we'll still protect you and your sister!
For some inexplicable reason, Tang Cuihong burst into tears upon hearing this, as if she had been bewitched, and no longer thought about hitting the child.
But when Niu Feng wrote back, she seized the opportunity and wrote back seven or eight pages, all cursing the culprit.
He directed all the anger he dared not vent on his children at Niu Feng.
However, Niu Feng was overjoyed when he received the letter.
Although he felt sorry for her, he knew that only in this way could he keep his wife firmly in his grasp and prevent her from leaving him at any time.
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