Chapter 122 Honey

But things have come to this point, and Liu Ershuan's family has no money to pay.

Liu Changquan sighed and said, "There is a place for labor reform in the village. Why don't we send him there?"

This was the best solution he could think of.

Labor reform?

Who among those sent to labor reform would not lose a layer of skin?

Liu Yinyin thought about it and agreed.

Anyway, her family is not short of money, so there is no need to compensate her. It would be fine to send her to labor reform.

Jiang Cuihua was also satisfied with the result. When country folks caused trouble, they were rarely sent to the police station.

When she thought of those police officers wearing big hats, she felt a little scared.

When the matter was settled, Liu Ershuan was taken away.

Tomorrow there will be some militia coming to help hunt wild wolves in the village. After we’re done, we can just have them take Liu Ershuan away.

Liu Ershuan had never had a good reputation in the village. When the villagers heard that he was sent to labor reform, they just sighed a few times and it did not cause much commotion.

The next day, the villagers went up the mountain to hunt as usual.

There are quite a lot of people going this time. With the militia there, there is no need to be afraid even if you encounter prey. You may even be able to get a share of the pie.

If they hadn't gone up the mountain for serious business, some women would have wanted to go with them.

There must be a lot of wild vegetables and mushrooms in the mountains!

However, after they finish hunting, the villagers will be able to go up the mountain to dig wild vegetables again, which is also a good thing.

After class in the afternoon, Li Chunfang suddenly came to Liu Yinyin's house and brought a bag of sweet potatoes.

This year the weather was dry and the autumn harvest was affected by heavy rains, so the sweet potato production in the village was not high.

Moreover, because the sweet potatoes were soaked in flood water and were afraid of sprouting, they were immediately made into dried sweet potatoes and stored after being harvested, and there were very few fresh sweet potatoes.

What Li Chunfang brought was a bag of fresh sweet potatoes, estimated to be about thirty or forty kilograms.

"I brought this from my mother's home. I'll give you some to eat." Li Chunfang said happily.

The terrain where her mother's family lives is high, and the sweet potatoes planted in the yard were not greatly affected by the flood.

There is a canteen in the village. Her family doesn't grow many vegetables, so most of the open space in the yard is used to grow sweet potatoes, and the harvest is pretty good.

This was several dozen kilograms of food. Even if it was sweet potatoes, Liu Yinyin was embarrassed to accept it. She refused and said, "Auntie, I can't accept this."

In times of famine, food is life.

Li Chunfang said nonchalantly: "Don't worry, I still have plenty of sweet potatoes at home."

Her family's situation wasn't that good, but it wasn't to the point where they couldn't afford thirty or forty kilograms of sweet potatoes.

Liu Yinyin's family did not have any fresh sweet potatoes this year, so she planted vegetables in her yard.

The Liu family’s yard is small and they don’t grow sweet potatoes.

When I first saw the fresh sweet potatoes, I suddenly wanted to eat them. Liu Yinyin originally liked eating roasted sweet potatoes.

However, there will be no reward without merit, and it is definitely not acceptable to get it for free.

Liu Yinyin thought about it and packed twenty eggs and two kilograms of flour for Li Chunfang.

If Li Chunfang doesn't collect them, she doesn't want the sweet potatoes either.

Li Chunfang had no choice but to accept it. She came to see Liu Yinyin today. "I was shocked when I heard that a thief broke into your house last night. That Liu Ershuan is really a piece of shit. Not only does he like to gossip, but he also does a lot of sneaky things."

Now that he's been caught red-handed and sent to labor reform, it can be considered that a nuisance has been eliminated from the village.

Liu Yinyin thought about it and felt scared: "Luckily, my family just got a puppy to raise. The puppy is quite smart. It barked a few times when it heard the noise at night. Otherwise, he would have succeeded."

Li Chunfang patted her hands and said, "Don't worry. I'll have the village chief pass a message to the township later and ask them to severely punish Liu Ershuan."

At least, Liu Ershuan can't come back in the next two years.

Liu Yinyin nodded: "Thank you for your help, Auntie."

Li Chunfang shook her head, thinking of something, and then said, "By the way, tomorrow morning, I'm going to Shuangxi Village to exchange potatoes. Do you want to go?"

Li Chunfang's husband is the village chief, and her father is also a village cadre, so she knows the conditions of each village in the township almost completely.

Liu Yinyin was surprised: "Change potatoes? Shuangxi Village has a good potato harvest?"

"It's not bad. There are many mountains and rivers there, and there are many sweet potatoes and potatoes planted on the mountains. The harvest this year is not bad." Jiang Cuihua said this with envy.

The mountainous area of ​​Shuangxi Village is suitable for growing sweet potatoes and potatoes. Sweet potatoes and potatoes grow underground and were not affected by the hail.

In addition, the crops were planted on the mountain and were not affected by floods. Therefore, although the harvest of other grains in Shuangxi Village was poor, the output of potatoes and sweet potatoes was still acceptable.

Because of this, many villages borrowed food from Shuangxi Village.

Of course Shuangxi Village was unwilling to lend the money, but they agreed to exchange it for potatoes.

Potatoes don’t last long, so it’s good to eat some coarse grains instead.

As for sweet potatoes, they can be dried and stored in the sun, but I definitely won’t want to replace them.

Li Chunfang was quite good at planning: "One pound of coarse grain can be exchanged for three pounds of potatoes. We can exchange them with mung beans or soybeans, and we can make a profit.

In addition to potatoes, Shuangxi Village also has honey for exchange, so you can exchange some if you need it.”

Li Chunfang was planning to exchange it for two or three kilograms of honey. Her daughter-in-law was pregnant, so she had to buy some good food for her.

In the county town, you need sugar coupons to buy brown sugar, which is hard to buy, but not as easy as exchanging it for honey.

The honey at this time is pure natural honey, mellow, sweet and rich in nutrients.

The last time I hunted a wild goat, I exchanged it with a villager for a jar of honey.

Liu Yinyin drinks a cup of honey soaked water every morning. After persisting for a period of time, her skin has improved tremendously.

Unfortunately, she had already finished the jar of honey.

If there is honey to exchange in Shuangxi Village, Liu Yinyin would also like to exchange a few kilograms.

Pure natural honey can be preserved for several years and can be saved for drinking slowly.

Liu Yinyin said to Li Chunfang: "Auntie, I only have time in the morning."

She had never been to Shuangxi Village and didn't know how far it was. If she didn't have enough time, she could only ask Li Chunfang to take her there.

Li Chunfang thought for a moment and said, "Let's set out early tomorrow. We can reach Shuangxi Village in two hours, so we'll have time."

It would be faster to go there by bicycle, but Li Chunfang plans to exchange a lot of potatoes, which are difficult to load on a bicycle, so he will have to go there by oxcart tomorrow.

Her eldest son will also go with her.

Liu Yinyin nodded and agreed: "Then I'll go with you tomorrow."

Just as the two of them agreed on the time, they heard a noise coming from outside.

Li Chunfang stood at the gate, looking in the direction of the sound, and said excitedly, "The hunters are back."

This is the end of the village, and you can see the hunters coming down the mountain first.

Li Chunfang felt relieved when she saw that her husband was fine.

Seeing that they seemed to have a good harvest, Li Chunfang hurried back: "Yinyin, the prey they brought back will be taken to the canteen for processing. If you want to exchange it for meat, bring some food over."

As soon as she finished speaking, Li Chunfang left in a hurry. She wanted to see what good things she had found today.

Liu Yinyin packed up, loaded ten kilograms of cornmeal into a backpack, and went to Liu's house carrying the food.

Gu Yanyan was taken to Liu's house by Jiang Cuihua in the afternoon.