When Ningning saw her favorite egg cake, she instantly forgot about her missing parents.
"Mom, Ningning wants to eat egg cake."
"Go wash your hands."
Lin Jingshu asked the children to wash their hands, and when she came back she gave each of them a piece.
"Grandma Wu eats egg cake."
Grandma Wu smiled and waved her hands, "You guys eat it. I'm old and don't like to eat these."
Egg cake is soft and is one of the few things Grandma Wu can eat now.
The old man is old and has bad teeth, so he can't chew many things.
She remembered that Grandma Wu loved snacks the most. Seeing her looking at the children outside, she understood that she didn't want to eat and was reluctant to eat.
"The children have enough to eat. They eat, and we adults eat too."
Grandma Wu then continued with a smile.
After the electric fan is installed, plug it in and a cool breeze blows.
Houses of this era are tall and supported by triangular beams in the middle, which can block some of the heat. The thick walls are also one of the secrets to cooling down.
Now it's much cooler with the fan.
The three children sat in front of the fan with their benches, refusing to leave, and opened their mouths wide to enjoy the fresh air.
Lin Jingshu snorted coldly, and the three children turned around at the same time.
"Do you still want to eat watermelon? Blowing the fan like this will make your stomach hurt."
Zhuangzhuang likes watermelon the most. After hearing what his aunt said, he sat at the door of the main room with a bench in his arms.
The brother and sister also retreated one after another.
With a fan, cooking is much cooler.
It’s a pity that there is no air conditioner, otherwise Lin Jingshu would have bought one.
People are too lazy to move in the summer, and cooking is also a difficult task.
"Let's eat cold noodles later."
It's so hot, I can't eat anything else.
"Okay, I'll go to the garden and pick some cucumbers and tomatoes."
Ding Xiangzhi said this and went to pick vegetables with a basket.
Seeing this, several children followed her.
Ding Xiangzhi was afraid that they would be exposed to the sun, so he sent them back.
"Grandma, don't forget the watermelon." Zhuangzhuang reminded.
Ding Xiangzhi smiled. So that was why he followed her. Then he said, "I see. Let's go back to the house."
Gu Chengze kneaded and rolled the dough in one go, while Lin Jingshu was responsible for preparing the meat sauce.
Three children were playing with glass balls under the tree, which was the children’s favorite game in childhood.
The noodles were cooked and rinsed with cold water, and Lin Jingshu's side dishes were all prepared.
She likes the refreshing taste of Sichuan cold noodles, and Gu Chengze likes meat sauce.
I just made both and also made a tomato and egg stew.
Each person holds a bowl, scoops up the marinade, puts cucumber shreds and bean sprouts on it, and pours a spoonful of chili oil on it, which is fragrant.
Lin Jingshu couldn't wait to stir it evenly so that the noodles were evenly coated with the sauce.
The sour and spicy taste is refreshing after one bite. At this time, you won’t even trade it for meat if you add a clove of garlic.
"Have you eaten yet?"
Lin Shan and Fang Yuanyuan came back from outside carrying things. They were both worried that the child would come back early.
Lin Shan also brought some roast chicken bought from the grocery store. The fragrant smell of the oil almost aroused the children's appetite.
There are three children in the family, so I bought two roast chickens.
Each child held a chicken leg and ate it, while the rest of the chicken was cut apart.
Lin Jingshu likes to eat chicken skin, so Lin Shan left a whole piece for her.
"Thank you, brother!"
Lin Mu and his wife came back the latest, also carrying a lot of things.
Ding Xiangzhi joked that they were not going into the city for a date, but to purchase supplies for the family.
There are many people in my family, so there is no need to worry about not being able to finish all the food.
The next day, just after dawn, the loudspeaker of the brigade headquarters sounded.
"Fellow villagers, wheat harvest has begun!"
Following the captain's order, the villagers were full of fighting spirit, with anticipatory joy on their faces.
The harvest determines a family’s food supply for the year and cannot be taken lightly.
Lin Jingshu got up when she heard the noise. Gu Chengze changed into a set of coarse cloth clothes and looked like he was going to work.
"What are you laughing at?"
Gu Chengze heard his wife's muffled laughter and asked in confusion.
"Nothing, I just think it's hard to believe that you can harvest wheat."
The Gu family is well-off and has been a military family for generations. It is no exaggeration to say that Gu Chengze grew up in a honeypot.
Gu Chengze smiled faintly and said, "I grew up like a honey pot at home, but not outside."
During the initial years of the island's construction, harvesting wheat was the happiest job in the eyes of the soldiers.
Compared to tasks like moving stones to build houses and repairing canals, harvesting wheat does not require much effort.
Nowadays there is no such thing as work points, and each household contracts land based on their household registration.
The simple and easy-to-understand "contract responsibility system" model has become the mainstream of the era.
It is the best thing for the people to manage their own land.
The Lin family has a total of seven or eight acres of land, most of which is planted with wheat. If the children had not come back, Lin's father and Lin Shan would have to be busy for a long time.
"Jingshu, you and your elder and second sisters-in-law stay at home to look after the children and cook. I'll go help in the fields."
After Ding Xiangzhi finished his instructions, he hurried away with the sickle.
When the three children woke up, they found that many people were missing from the house, and curiously asked where they had gone.
"They went to harvest wheat. It's the season when wheat is ripe, and everyone has to rush to harvest it and store it before the rain comes."
"Mom, let's go harvest too!"
An An clenched his fists and said with a firm look in his eyes.
"Do you really want to go? It's very hot outside."
The weather during wheat harvest is hot and the heat is clearly visible in the air.
Lin Jingshu was afraid that the children would not be able to adapt, so she reminded them.
"Go, go, Ningning wants to help grandma pick wheat."
When Ding Xiangzhi was telling stories to her grandchildren, she mentioned the story of picking wheat, and the two children remembered it.
"I want to go too!" Zhuangzhuang was afraid of being forgotten, so he raised his hand hurriedly to prove his presence.
Lin Jingshu looked at the children's longing eyes, and after discussing with her sisters-in-law, she decided to take them with her.
There are many children running around in the fields. When it comes to earning work points, they spontaneously form small teams to earn work points.
Now that the land is theirs, the children work harder than the adults.
This is Lin Jingshu's first time here since the land was divided.
Li Wenyu led the way. In recent years, she was always able to catch the wheat harvest when she came back during the summer vacation. She was very familiar with the location of her family's contracted land.
"I saw grandma, grandma!"
An An ran to the edge of the field and shouted to Ding Xiangzhi who was not far away.
Ding Xiangzhi thought she had misheard, but when she turned around and saw that all the children had come, she was surprised and happy.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and strode back to the edge of the field.
"Why are you here?"
"Grandma, drink some water."
Zhuangzhuang handed the kettle to her.
"Thank you, Zhuangzhuang."
Lin Jingshu said, "The children knew it was wheat harvest time, so they all wanted to come and help. Since there was nothing to do at home, I brought them out."
Ding Xiangzhi drank a mouthful of water happily and said, "It's so hot, you should go back. Don't let the child get sunburned."
"No, no, I'm picking wheat ears to make steamed buns." Ningning said anxiously.
"Don't worry, mom. We'll just stay in the area."
Lin Jingshu is a lazy person, and she can't stand working in the field under the scorching sun.
Ding Xiangzhi understood her daughters' personalities, so she told them to just wait here. After she finished harvesting this ridge, she would pick up wheat with them.
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