Chapter 153 Pig's Hoof
Liu Yinyin said shyly, "...We still have some cloth at home, and Gu Cheng also has a certain amount of cloth coupons every month, so we can make more clothes later."
Without disturbing Mrs. Liu's rest, Liu Yinyin left after delivering the things.
What a coincidence, Mrs. Liu gave birth to her baby at noon.
In the evening, Liu Yinyin heard people say that Li Chunfang's daughter-in-law had also given birth.
Thinking that Li Chunfang had taken good care of her on a daily basis, she had also given her a few crucian carps to help her produce milk when she was in confinement after giving birth.
Liu Yinyin decided to buy an extra pig's trotter for Li Chunfang tomorrow.
The next day, after finishing her breakfast, Liu Yinyin packed twenty eggs and a rabbit and took them to the county town.
I wanted to give a favor to someone, but my family consumed a lot of eggs and didn't have many left to exchange for things in the county town.
As for rabbits, Liu Yinyin's family eats about one rabbit every month.
There are only twenty rabbits left at home. The scale of rabbit breeding in the village is quite large now.
The dozen or so breeding rabbits that had been loaned to Jiang Zhiqing were kept there for continued breeding and were not returned to her.
But Jiang Zhiqing had promised her that he would send her an adult rabbit every month as a repayment.
Liu Yinyin accepted it. She didn't want to raise too many rabbits by herself, so this would save her trouble.
There are other families in the village who raise rabbits, but most of them raise them for their own consumption or to exchange for food.
The weather is dry now, and the wild vegetables growing on the mountains are much less than last year.
Therefore, it is becoming increasingly difficult to raise rabbits on a large scale.
Liu Yinyin's family was fine. She had stockpiled a few bags of dried wild vegetables and had a system to smuggle things in, so she didn't have to worry about the rabbit's food problem.
When they arrived at the county town, Liu Yinyin first went to look for Aunt Zhou with her things in her hand.
Aunt Zhou doesn't go to work and is usually at home.
Sure enough, when Liu Yinyin arrived, she saw Aunt Zhou sitting in the yard sewing clothes.
"Auntie Zhou." Liu Yinyin came in carrying a basket.
"Yinyin!" Every time Aunt Zhou saw Liu Yinyin, it was like she was seeing the God of Wealth.
There is no way. Affected by last year's drought, the supplies provided by the county supply and marketing cooperatives have become increasingly scarce.
There was little grain and meat, and everything we ate was not only in small quantities but also in limited quantities.
People in the county town have also had a hard time in the past few months.
I heard that there is drought again this year. Not only in the countryside, but also in the city, people are in panic.
To put it more seriously, nothing is more important than food now.
Aunt Zhou is now looking forward to Liu Yinyin's visit to the county town, but unfortunately, she doesn't come here very often.
Liu Yinyin said, "Auntie, I brought twenty eggs and a rabbit."
No one even asked Aunt Zhou whether she wanted it or not. Now, as long as it was food, no one would refuse to accept it.
Not to mention eggs and meat.
Aunt Zhou frowned slightly: "Yinyin, why are there so few eggs now?"
In the past, Liu Yinyin would bring forty or fifty eggs every time she came to the county town, but this time she only brought twenty.
Liu Yinyin smiled and said, "Several relatives at home have given birth, and most of the eggs have been given away. I'll bring you more next time."
"Is that so?" Aunt Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Liu Yinyin had found another buyer and was unwilling to exchange things with her.
Aunt Zhou gave Liu Yinyin a piece of cotton cloth, a pair of scissors, a large soup bowl, and two white vests.
The vest was for men. Although it was defective, there was only a black mark on the collar, as big as a fingernail, which did not affect wearing.
Liu Yinyin thought about taking it back for Liu Laifu to wear.
Gu Cheng has a few vests, so there is no need to leave them for him.
After changing things, Liu Yinyin stayed in the house in the compound for a while.
Turn the soil in the yard and sow shepherd's purse seeds.
Liu Yinyin seldom comes to the county town, so it’s better to grow some wild vegetables which are easier to take care of.
When it was almost ten o'clock, Liu Yinyin went home with the backpack on her back.
During the busy farming season, all the cows in the village had to work in the fields, and there were no ox carts to carry people to the county town.
Liu Yinyin could only walk back by herself.
Fortunately, the things I exchanged from Aunt Zhou were not heavy, so it was not difficult at all to carry them.
When you are almost home, you can smuggle other supplies out of the system.
Along the way, looking at the scenery along the way, Liu Yinyin's mood became increasingly heavy.
At this time of year in previous years, the mountains and fields were filled with red flowers and green willows, and the mountains were full of vitality.
But now, there is a desolate and cold atmosphere everywhere.
Nature seems to have lost its vitality. The once lush and green scenery with birds singing and flowers blooming is no longer visible.
Instead, the grass and trees have turned yellow, the rivers have dried up, and there is no trace of the vitality of the past.
It was faintly visible that the ground was so dry that it was about to crack.
Liu Yinyin sighed, if this continued, water shortage in the village would be an inevitable result.
I just don’t know how serious the situation will be this year.
When she was almost home, Liu Yinyin smuggled two pig trotters, a bunch of bananas, five kilograms of flour and five kilograms of rice from the system.
I went back home first and put my things away.
Liu Yinyin took a basket and put two pig trotters, twenty eggs, two kilograms of flour and half a bunch of bananas in it.
A pig's trotter and twenty eggs were gifts in return to Li Chunfang.
The other pig's trotter and two pounds of flour were for Jiang Cuihua.
I sent a lot of things to the Liu family yesterday to help Sister Liu recover, so there is no need to bring more things today.
Jiang Cuihua doesn't go to work anymore. She has to stay at home to take care of her second daughter-in-law and take care of the children.
She is old now, and if there is nothing important to do in the future, she will not go to the fields to earn work points.
There are many children in the family, so Jiang Cuihua only needs to take care of the children at home in the future.
Gu Yanyan played with several cousins at Liu's house.
Liu Yinyin shared the half-hanging bananas she brought with several children.
There were four children, just two bananas each. Several children got bananas and were all smiling.
"You should save your money. Fruits are so expensive. You might as well buy two kilograms of grain." Jiang Cuihua looked a little distressed.
"I don't eat it every day." Liu Yinyin laughed and changed the subject, "Mom, I bought some pig's trotters."
Jiang Cuihua sighed and said happily: "Great, I will stew soybean and pig trotter soup for your second sister-in-law, you don't know..."
Speaking of this, Jiang Cuihua said worriedly: "Your second sister-in-law has no milk at all. This morning, your little nephew was crying with hunger. In the end, she had no choice but to go to the village chief's house to borrow milk."
Fortunately, the village chief's daughter-in-law had breast milk, otherwise, they would not know what to do.
It is too cruel to let the child drink rice soup when he is just born.
I don’t know if Mrs. Liu will produce milk after drinking the pig’s trotter soup.
If you haven't...
There is really no other choice but to let my grandson drink rice soup.
At this time, no one in the village had enough to eat.
The village chief's daughter-in-law doesn't have much milk, and a newborn baby can't drink much milk.
Otherwise, I won’t be able to feed two children.
It's not easy for her to borrow milk all the time.