Chapter 446: Divide

Jiang Cuihua originally wanted to come here after the Chinese New Year, but the island was closed due to snow, so she had no choice but to stay in her hometown for a while.

"Mom, drink some hot water." Liu Yinyin poured her a cup of hot water. "How is Dad?"

Jiang Cuihua sighed, "How can he be in bad health if he eats rice and flour every day? Doctor Zhang said that your father is in good health now, so he can work in the fields and earn work points."

"Your father is also a person who can't sit still. As soon as he heard that he was well again, he immediately started talking about going to work next year to earn money for food."

He stayed at home for a year last year and enjoyed himself, but Liu Lai Fu was not someone who could sit idle.

How could there be anyone in the village who was as old as him and still cared for his parents? Everyone else was working, so Liu Laifu couldn't stay at home.

Liu Yinyin worriedly said, "Dad is so old now, why don't he stay at home and take care of him?"

How much money can you earn by working in the fields?

It’s not that she thinks it’s too little, but if she gets sick from overwork, the little money she earns won’t be enough to pay for medical treatment and medicine.

For older people, taking good care of their health is actually saving money.

Jiang Cuihua waved her hands and said, "It's useless to persuade him. No matter who says it, it's useless. I'm too lazy to care about him. I just told the village chief to arrange a lighter job for your father."

It's enough to earn four or five work points a day, as long as I can have something to eat. It also saves Liu Lai Fu from feeling uncomfortable at home, always thinking that he is eating and drinking for free.

"Let's not talk about him..." Jiang Cuihua changed the subject and said, "I brought a lot of food here, you brothers and sisters can share it."

She brought three large bags, which contained some clothes for replacement and some food.

Fifty kilograms of cornmeal. This is Jiang Cuihua's own food. There is no need to share it.

Jiang Cuihua continued to take things out: "This year my family raised two pigs. One was handed over to the collective, and the other was killed at the end of the year. We only sold half of the pig."

"Your father said that the remaining half should be made into bacon and shared among you brothers and sisters."

It's not that the family is without means now, and it's okay to earn less money. But after the family split up, the children are earning money outside, and it's impossible for the old couple not to worry about them.

They were impartial and divided the dried bacon equally among the four siblings.

Half a pig yielded about 80 kilograms of bacon, which was just right. Each family received 20 kilograms, and Jiang Cuihua brought 40 kilograms of bacon.

They were divided among Liu Erge's family and Liu Yinyin's family. As for Liu Dage and Liu Mingyuan...

It was divided among them in their hometown, and Brother Liu's share was given to Sister-in-law Liu.

No matter what, there are two children there, and Brother Liu won't fire alone.

Therefore, all the things she brought from the island were distributed to Liu Erge and Liu Yinyin.

In addition to bacon, there was also honey. Jiang Cuihua's family got two jars, each weighing one pound.

Liu Yinyin got four cans, and the other two were given to her by Huang Xiaoyue.

There is also sesame maltose.

Jiang Cuihua muttered, "I made this myself for my children. Each family gets two kilograms."

Maltose is made from wheat and is the most popular snack among children in the countryside.

In the end, Liu Yinyin was given 20 kilograms of bacon, four cans of honey, two kilograms of maltose, and two wind-dried rabbits.

Ten pounds of dried sweet potatoes, a bag of dried vegetables, a bag of dried mushrooms, a bag of wild pine nuts, and a bag of wild almonds. Each bag weighs almost two pounds.

Liu Yinyin blushed and said, "Mom, have you moved all the good things from home here? It must be so tiring for you to carry so many things by yourself."

She finally understood why Jiang Cuihua asked two people to pick her up at the train station. All these bags weighed almost two hundred kilograms.

"It's not tiring, there are people to pick you up." If Jiang Cuihua was alone, she really wouldn't be able to carry so many things.

"It's a rare opportunity for me to go home, so I can bring some food with me so you don't have to spend money to buy it."

Liu Yinyin: “…”

After distributing the things, Jiang Cuihua couldn't wait to go see her grandchildren.

"Mom, you're here." During this time, Gu Cheng started to get busy again. He got off work relatively early today.

Jiang Cuihua smiled and said, "I'm here. Your father kept urging me to come over because he was worried that you two wouldn't be able to take care of the child."

Gu Cheng smiled and said, "Why didn't Dad come with you? He wanted to see the kids."

What he said was true. As for triplets, Liu Lai Fu must want to see all of them.

From birth to now, we have never met.

However...

Jiang Cuihua sighed and said, "Come again when there's a chance."

There was no other way. Fearing that he would cause trouble for the children, Liu Lai Fu refused to come to the island again.

He said he wanted to stay at home and work in the fields to earn work points.

Gu Cheng thought for a moment and said, "When the weather gets better, let's go to Qing City and take a photo. Then I'll send one back to Dad."

Jiang Cuihua's eyes lit up when she heard this: "That's fine."

Jiang Cuihua was looking after the children while Liu Yinyin was cooking in the kitchen.

Knowing that Jiang Cuihua was coming today, Liu Yinyin bought a lot of vegetables in the morning.

A pound of prawns, a pound of clams, a handful of Chinese cabbage, and two pieces of tofu.

In the evening, I made salt and pepper prawns, garlic clams, braised tofu, stir-fried bok choy and seaweed egg drop soup.

There was no pork available today, so Liu Yinyin cut a piece of bacon and made a dish of stir-fried bacon with garlic sprouts.

While eating, Jiang Cuihua mentioned things about her hometown again.

"Your father didn't want to come to the island, but your sister-in-law wanted to come, but I didn't agree."

Mrs. Liu had long been thinking about coming to the island and finding a job like Mrs. Liu II, so that she could live a good life that others would envy.

Liu Yinyin peeled a big shrimp for Gu Yanyan: "Mom, did my second sister-in-law tell you that she doesn't have any other job?"

"What?" Jiang Cuihua was shocked. "I lost my job. Is it because she didn't do a good job? Your second brother and his wife didn't tell me about this."

Liu Yinyin explained: "It's not that my second sister-in-law did a bad job, it's... the situation outside is tense, and cadres' families are not allowed to hire nannies, or they will be reported."

Therefore, Liu Yinyin no longer mentioned asking Liu Ersao to come home to work.

Jiang Cuihua is Liu Yinyin's biological mother. She lives and eats at home, and no one else can say anything.

It’s different with Mrs. Liu Er, because there’s a level of separation between them.

Jiang Cuihua sighed: "This world is so bad..."

She was becoming more and more confused. Originally, the lives of ordinary people should have been getting better and better.

But unexpectedly, things became more and more chaotic, not only in the city, but also in the countryside.

Jiang Cuihua muttered to herself, not knowing what she was thinking about: "It's because our family has been poor farmers for three generations."

Jiang Cuihua didn't say anything else. No matter what, the things above were not something that ordinary people like them could change.

Liu Yinyin glanced at Gu Cheng, opened her mouth, and swallowed the words back.