Chapter 30 Work

Gu Cheng went out with the things in his hand. Liu Yinyin couldn't help laughing when she saw the things piled up in the kitchen. She could finally improve her food openly from now on.

It's the end of September again after a busy day. Most of the grain in the village has been harvested, and only sweet potatoes are left in the fields, which are not in a hurry to be harvested.

Considering that everyone was really exhausted during this period, the village chief announced that everyone would have two days off to rest.

The sweet potatoes in the village are not harvested for the time being, but the sweet potatoes from Liu Yinyin's family must be harvested as soon as possible.

Gu Cheng's job has been finalized, and in three days he will have to go to the county town to work.

After work, Gu Cheng only had one day off a week, and was afraid that he would not have time to dig sweet potatoes, so he decided to harvest the sweet potatoes before work.

That afternoon, the villagers got off work earlier than usual.

After work, Gu Cheng went home and picked up a hoe, ready to clean the sweet potato field in the yard.

Liu Mingyuan knew that his younger sister's family was harvesting sweet potatoes these two days, so he came over to help.

Two grown men can finish the sweet potato field in the yard before dark.

Liu Yinyin sat under the eaves, chewing a red apple.

Jiang Cuihua came to see the young lady and brought her a basket of vegetables.

Seeing Liu Yinyin sitting there eating apples like a landlady, he couldn't help but sigh: "You are living a very comfortable life now."

Who in the village doesn't envy her daughter now? Not only does the man have a job and a salary, but he also has a lot of work to do at home.

As a girl, she just stayed at home to take care of her baby, which made the women in the village jealous.

Liu Yinyin handed her an apple and said with a smile: "Mom, this is all thanks to you. You have a good eye for choosing such a good son-in-law."

There is nothing to say about Gu Cheng, a man who is a very filial husband.

"That's right! There were so many people coming to propose marriage at that time, but mother chose him at first sight." Jiang Cuihua looked very proud when talking about this.

Although there were some twists and turns in the process, fortunately, they are all in the past and the girl no longer has to worry about her future.

"But," Jiang Cuihua warned, "You can live your life however you want behind closed doors, but don't show off when you go out."

Everyone’s life is hard these days. If you stay at home and eat delicious food all day long, others will get jealous when they see you.

Over time, it is easy to attract hatred.

Liu Yinyin nodded at her: "I understand. I'm not the kind of person who likes to show off."

"Anyway, you'll be fine if you're careful." Jiang Cuihua changed the subject, "By the way, I forgot to ask you, when will Gu Cheng go to his parents' place?"

My son-in-law has been working in the village recently and hasn't been back yet.

When she knew that the young couple would live in the village in the future, she felt very sad in her heart. It was indeed not very sensible for the girl to do this.

But the son-in-law was willing to accommodate her, and they, as adults, couldn't do too much.

Liu Yinyin said uncertainly: "He said he would go after he finished the autumn harvest. I think... he should go back after he finishes the sweet potato harvest."

"Then you have to tell him to bring more things back." Jiang Cuihua advised, "You two young couples living alone are prone to gossip. You can't be disrespectful to his parents anymore."

Even if the old couple did some things wrong, they are Gu Cheng's biological parents after all. For Gu Cheng's sake, there are some things that must be done.

Otherwise, it will be bad for the couple's future reputation.

Especially Gu Cheng, he will be a leader in the future after all, he can't be accused of being unfilial.

Speaking of Gu Cheng's work, Jiang Cuihua was even more satisfied. Gu Cheng was arranged to be the deputy director of the County City Steel Plant.

Ah, the largest factory in the county is the steel factory. Gu Cheng, the deputy director, is definitely a great leader!

Liu Yinyin nodded quickly: "I've already told him that whether he gives me money or things, I have no objection."

"You can't do anything about it. After all, we are a family. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected." Jiang Cuihua said and was about to go back. "You have your own thoughts. I'm leaving."

Liu Yinyin asked, "Mom, can you have dinner here?"

Jiang Cuihua didn't respond: "Why would I eat here if there's nothing else to do? I have things to do at home."

She is used to worrying, and she feels uneasy without her at home.

Liu Yinyin said to her again: "I will let Third Brother eat here later."

This time Jiang Cuihua did not refuse.

Liu Yinyin sat for a while and then went to the kitchen to cook.

The next day, the two grown men worked for another whole morning and finally dug up all the sweet potatoes in the two fields.

The harvest was not bad. The sweet potato output at that time was not as high as in later generations, but it was not bad either. Now they were spread out in the yard to dry in the mud.

Liu Mingyuan teased, "Little sister, these sweet potatoes must weigh at least 800 to 900 kilograms, if not 1,000 kilograms. There are only two of you and your brother-in-law. How can you eat all of them?"

You can’t eat sweet potatoes every day, right?

Besides, sweet potatoes don’t last long.

Liu Yinyin gritted her teeth and said, "You are still a country bumpkin. Don't you know that you won't be anxious if you have food in your hands? Since sweet potatoes don't last long, I'll dry them and make sweet potato vermicelli."

Anyway, she was happy to see so many sweet potatoes.

When there is a famine, many people want to eat sweet potatoes but cannot.

"Just go ahead and make trouble." Liu Mingyuan muttered. He was tired of eating sweet potatoes. Every year after the autumn harvest, his family would start eating sweet potatoes every day.

After harvesting the sweet potatoes, Gu Chengran mentioned going home.

"I'll go tomorrow morning." I have to go to work in two days. If I don't go now, I will have even less time in the future.

Gu Cheng said he would also take four things back, the same as the Liu family, five catties of rice and five catties of flour, but no fermented rice cakes or canned food.

Gu Cheng said, "Tomorrow morning I will go to the county town to buy two more things, snacks and fruit."

Liu Yinyin suggested: "How about buying another two pounds of pork?"

It is more practical to buy pork than to have some fruit as a snack.

Gu Cheng shook his head and said, "You are in the village and don't know the situation in the county."

"What's wrong?" Liu Yinyin asked.

Gu Cheng frowned and said, "Some time ago, there was a swine fever in various places, which killed more than half of the pigs. Now the supply of pork in the county is very tight.

If people in the city want to buy pork, they have to queue up before dawn. If they go too late, they won’t be able to buy any.”

It is so difficult for city dwellers to buy meat, let alone country people.

Liu Yinyin knew about the swine plague.

But she didn't know that the supply of pork in the county was tight: "Will we not be able to eat pork in the future?"

Alas, ever since Gu Cheng came, she has not eaten any dishes containing pork. At most, she would secretly eat a meat bun to satisfy her hunger.

The situation this year is like this, and next year... it will probably be even harder to eat meat.

Think about it, if people have nothing to eat, who would still raise pigs?

Gu Cheng comforted her: "Not necessarily. I'll see if I can buy pork after I start working."

Speaking of pork, Liu Yinyin thought of the pig-raising families in the village.