Chapter 164 There is a long way to go
"You guys are still sending me up the mountain like this, don't let yourself faint on the way. Brother Chengwu, go get some firewood."
Jiang Xiaoxiao feels that kind-hearted people should not suffer, and it is none of her business what others cannot see.
If you don't show any expression when you see something, then you are heartless.
Although she couldn't give out a lot of things, at least she could be of some help.
Li Chengwu was stunned for a moment. If he went down further, it would be dark. If they ran into a wolf, he and his brother would be in trouble.
"Forget it, just follow me."
Jiang Xiaoxiao's eyes rolled! Originally, she wanted to send Li Chengwu away, and the remaining Li Chengwen was easy to fool, so she thought of a way to get some food out.
Now she had an idea.
Li Chengwu followed Jiang Xiaoxiao to a snow cave on the side of the road, at a loss.
I saw Jiang Xiaoxiao scooping out something, and she just pulled out a bag of things.
The pocket is not big, it can only hold about 20 kilograms, but what is this?
Still hiding in the snow?
There are quite a few things in Jiang Xiaoxiao's space. This is a bag of rabbit meat. It is the leftover rabbit meat she roasted on a daily basis. She put it in the space bit by bit. Who knows when this rabbit meat will be useful.
She is prepared for any eventuality.
As a result, the two brothers now benefit.
"Take it back. This is the meat from the rabbits we raised ourselves. Don't tell anyone else. Take it back quietly. It's a small token of my appreciation. We don't have much, but it's better than what you have."
Jiang Xiaoxiao threw it over.
Li Chengwu took it, opened his pocket and took a look, his heart warmed.
There were five rabbits in it, which were frozen hard and cooked.
In this day and age, when we can’t even get enough food, how can we have meat?
I couldn't help swallowing.
I really couldn't help swallowing, my stomach started growling.
"Why are you here? Aren't you afraid of being touched?"
Li Chengwu himself didn't grasp the key point. Is this the key point?
The point is, this is meat!
Jiang Xiaoxiao smiled. Who could she blame?
It’s all because of you two brothers who forced me to do this.
"I hid it here originally to take it back. If I took it to the team leader, the educated youth in the production team would be furious, and anyone who saw it would tell the truth. I don't want people to say that your father accepted bribes. Besides, this is not a bribe.
I originally wanted to bring it down for you to try, but who knew it would be hard to bring it in with so many people coming and going. So I hid it on the side of the road, thinking I would bring it back later, and now you two brothers happened to send me up the mountain.
Otherwise I would have to carry it back. Thanks to you for sending me back. If Fang Peizhong and the others had sent me back, I would not have been able to take it out. "
She spoke with great emotion and it sounded so real that even she herself began to believe it.
The brothers Li Chengwen and Li Chengwu believed it. They felt warm in their hearts. They didn't know their father's straightforward nature. Anyone who dared to send something to his father would be scolded.
If his father is pushed into a corner, beating people would be the least of his worries.
I'm afraid Jiang Xiaoxiao thought about it for a long time and was afraid of being scolded by his father, so he didn't dare to bring him in.
Now I see that only the two brothers took it out.
But they didn't have the nerve to take it. This was meat, more precious than food.
"You'd better take it up the mountain. You don't have much food. If my father knew, he would definitely break both of our legs."
Li Chengwu thought, how could he dare to take it back with his father having such a bad temper? If he took it back, his father would really break his legs.
"Okay, take it back. Tell the captain that at this point, being alive is more important than anything else. Besides, I'm not asking him to do anything for me. At most, I'm asking him to make a phone call. I'm not asking him to be partial or anything like that.
What's the harm in collecting some meat? If he really feels embarrassed, he can wait until next year when the grain is harvested.
Send me 20 kilograms of rice and we'll be done. Now just consider it as something you owe me."
Jiang Xiaoxiao knew Li Dahu's temper. Li Dahu's youngest son eventually starved to death.
Looking at such a vibrant life, if it really starved to death because of this little bit of food.
There are so many things in your own space, and you are watching them starve to death. Are you still a human being?
She helps as much as she can. It's not that she is a saint, but she can't just watch these people die.
Li Chengwu was still hesitating, and Li Chengwen was looking at the bag eagerly.
"Alright, alright, you're a man, just walk away and take me up the mountain. Otherwise, it will be dark soon and it will be troublesome for you to get down the mountain."
Jiang Xiaoxiao interrupted his train of thought to prevent the child from hesitating any further.
Li Chengwu had no choice but to carry the bag. No matter what, he had to send Jiang Xiaoxiao up the mountain first.
Maybe it was because he was carrying food on his back, and he knew that there were dozens of kilograms of meat on it.
Although the weight is not light, it doesn’t feel boring at all.
Jiang Xiaoxiao even gave each of them a handful of dried peaches on the way.
The two of them quietly stuffed a little bit into their mouths and didn't dare eat the rest. They wanted to take such a precious thing back home for their parents and brothers to taste.
But I don’t know if it’s a psychological effect or if I really felt energized after eating the dried peaches.
Even the way he walked was heroic and high-spirited.
But they still didn't walk fast, and waited to send Jiang Xiaoxiao to the mountain.
After Li Chengwen and Li Chengwu really saw the rabbits and chickens raised in the houses of the educated youth.
I am so envious. He raises at least fifty or sixty rabbits, and thirty or forty pheasants.
Before Jiang Xiaoxiao left, she stuffed a basket of eggs into their mouths. They took a look and saw that there were at least 20 eggs in the basket.
They originally wanted to avoid telling anyone, but the educated youth enthusiastically sent them down the mountain. If they didn't leave, it would really be dark.
The two men were really afraid of encountering wolves on the road, so they had to carry the bags and baskets and go home.
When I got home, it was already dark and there was no one on the road.
As soon as I entered the house, Li Dahu came out to take a look.
It was dark and the two boys hadn't come back yet. Li Dahu was anxious and worried.
After all, wolves often run out of the mountains around them, and that's no joke.
As a result, I saw two boys coming in with things in their hands.
"What is this? Why are you still taking things from others? How can this be so disrespectful? Your father has taught you for a long time, but you have become so superficial."
Li Dahu was so angry that he picked up the carrying pole with one hand.
Li Chengwu and Li Chengwen were shocked and hurried to explain.
"Dad, please don't be like this. Let's go in and talk it out. It would be embarrassing if the neighbors heard this."
Li Dahu thought that since the quarrel had happened in this yard, it would be his own family that would be embarrassed.
After entering the room, Li Dahu slammed the table.
"Tell me, if you two little bastards don't explain it to me today, I'm telling you, I'll break your legs. You dare to take other people's things now? Don't you know what this is? In those days, every household couldn't eat. If you take other people's food, what will those educated youth eat?"
He is angry.
"Dad, this is not food, this is rabbit meat and pheasant eggs. We went up to see their educated youth camp and saw that they were very capable. They caught rabbits and pheasants in the mountains. They raised at least fifty or sixty rabbits this winter, and there were thirty or forty pheasants.
The educated youth told us to bring this thing back. If you really feel bad about it, wait until the next spring when the grain is harvested, and you can send them 20 kilograms of rice as exchange.
Especially Jiang Zhiqing's family said that at this time, survival is more important than anything else. If you don't accept them, are you really going to watch your family starve to death? They can't do much more to help, this is all they can do."
Li Dahu thought about it and felt that this made sense.
They raise so many rabbits and pheasants, they seem to be better off than them.
I knew that these educated youth were trying to help me in various ways, but it would be meaningless if I was really stubborn. I was honest and just wanted to let my family starve by spurning their kindness.
He slowly glanced at his wife and children who were emaciated from hunger, and his old mother who was lying on the bed, unable to move due to hunger.
Li Dahu sighed.
“Stay!”
He appreciated Jiang Zhiqing's favor and planned to return it to him in the future.
There is a long way to go!
(End of this chapter)
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