Chapter 89
In the cold winter, the countryside gets dark early. It is pitch black at 6 or 7 o'clock and you can't see anything.
Lin Daguo has good eyesight among his peers. He saw the black shadow circling the door of his house. The door was locked from the inside. The thief couldn't get in, so he wanted to climb over the wall.
Lin Daguo was a coward and cherished his life very much. He knew he couldn't do it, so he just wanted to yell to call the thief.
Who knew that he was not careful when walking and stepped on the dead branches on the ground, which made the thief hear him.
The thief actually ran towards him with a black object in his hand.
Lin Daguo was so scared that his soul flew away. He put the pig's tail in his arms and ran forward screaming.
"Help! A thief has killed someone!"
The countryside was deserted, and on New Year's Eve, people in the village were setting off firecrackers. Everyone was celebrating the New Year happily, so no one paid any attention to this.
Lin Daguo was running panting, and the shadow behind him was running fast, cursing as he ran.
"Lin Daguo, you damned bastard, why are you running? You can't even recognize your own wife!"
Lin Daguo's ears were sharp. What did the thief say?
His own wife?
For the sake of safety, Lin Daguo ran to the haystacks on the threshing ground, picked a big haystack, stuck his butt up and drilled into it, and disappeared in a trail of smoke.
Li Aifeng chased after him, turned around and around in the threshing ground, and called with a hoarse voice like an old duck, quacking and cursing.
"Where did you go, damn Lin Daguo? I came back from the farm and I can't even have a hot meal. What kind of life is this!"
Li Aifeng was about to sit on the ground and howl.
Lin Daguo suddenly appeared from the haystack next to her, scaring her so much that she fell to the ground.
"Aifeng, it's really you!"
Li Aifeng: "......"
Lin Daguo was scolded by Li Aifeng. On the night of New Year's Eve, every household in the village ate dumplings, and the fragrance filled the air.
Li Aifeng touched her empty stomach and looked at Lin Daguo with squinting eyes.
"Old man, what can we eat during the New Year?"
Lin Daguo gritted his teeth and tightened his torn cotton jacket. "You don't know what our family is like. We only have a little food. During the New Year, the production team distributed food and meat. Everyone in the village got a share, but we still owed the team food and meat."
In those days, the production team recorded work points. To be honest, work points were the heaven of the people. They were related to the family's food and drink, and they were closer than their own fathers.
Lin Daguo and his son were lazy and ate a lot. If they didn't go to work, the production team's scorekeepers would not record their work points.
As for the three old hens at home, when Li Aifeng was at home, she could mix some bran and wild vegetables to feed the chickens.
As soon as Li Aifeng arrived at the quarry, she slaughtered and ate three old hens within a few days.
Li Aifeng knew the morals of the father and son. She touched the copper key on her belt, patted the dirt off her buttocks, and walked home with her bag on her back.
Lin Daguo chased after her.
"Where are you going, Hongwu's mother?"
"Going home to pry open the cabinet."
"Pry open the cabinet, what good things do we have at home?"
Lin Daguo was completely confused. Now there was nothing at home, nothing to eat, nothing to drink, nothing to wear, and even no wheat straw to heat the kang. Why did she go home to pry open the cabinet?
What was she going to do with the cabinet?
Chop it up and burn it as firewood?
Lin Daguo and his wife entered the house one after another, and did not call Lin Hongwu who was sleeping in the house with his legs spread out.
In the 1950s, the countryside used kerosene lamps. Lin Daguo was so poor that he had no kerosene left. The house was dark, and Li Aifeng went to the stove to find a dry firewood and burned it to light the house.
Lin Daguo could see Li Aifeng's appearance clearly.
He hadn't seen her for more than half a year. Li Aifeng was so thin that she was just a bag of bones. She was wearing an old cotton jacket with patches on top of patches, and her cotton pants were made of rags. Her originally square round face was so thin that her cheekbones protruded. She had a messy head of hair. She looked like a ghost in the middle of the night, which frightened Lin Daguo.
Li Aifeng didn't want to pay attention to Lin Daguo. She just lifted the stinking quilt, took out two bricks from under the kang, and took out a wooden box from it. She pried it open and the broken wooden box opened.
Li Aifeng took out two heavy little goldfish from it. They were taken from the old landlord's house when the village was fighting against landlords. They
have been hidden carefully for many years.
Now that life at home is unbearable, it's time to take them out.
With these two little yellow croakers, Hongwu can also marry a wife to have children.
In the dark, Lin Daguo looked at the little goldfish with his eyes widened.
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No matter whether it is in the city or in the countryside, the days of the first month of the year are the most leisurely time of the year.
The factory didn't have to work, so the neighbors in the big compound had some free time. From the first to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, the neighbors in the alley had some free time. They visited each other and gathered with each other. A few old sisters gathered around the beehive stove to warm themselves and eat melon seeds and peanut candy. It was a rare leisure time.
Before the Lunar New Year, Lin Yao made two sets of one-piece open-crotch cotton pants for Gu Doudou, because the little boy was very active and learned to walk in a walker every day with his fat legs.
The cotton lining of these two sets of cotton pants was not thick, but very fluffy and soft. The green cotton pants with small white flowers made Gu Doudou look even more rosy and plump.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Gu Chunmei and her family of three returned to her parents' home. Little Xu Tangyuan was wearing a small cotton jacket with red florals. The two brothers sat together, one a red dumpling and the other a green dumpling, babbling to each other in baby talk.
Gu Chunmei tore off a piece of red plaid cotton cloth as an inner lining and made a pair of waist-hugging cotton jackets and trousers. Her hair was permed before she got married and was still a little curly. She applied vanishing cream and tied a red scarf around her neck, looking stylish and beautiful.
Big-headed Brother rode his bicycle with his wife and son to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought two bottles of two-pot rice, a bag of snacks, a bag of sugar, and a bag of canned fruit, and went to the big compound.
As soon as the family of three entered the house, Zheng Dacheng's wife Liu Ercui stared at the bag of canned fruit and couldn't take her eyes off it.
It snowed lightly on the morning of the first day of the Chinese New Year, and the thin layer of snow had not melted yet.
The daughter-in-law and son-in-law came back with their big fat grandson. Zhang Cuilan was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She and Gu Mancang, who was equally happy, were busy in the kitchen, making dumplings and taking out frozen pears.
Xu Xiangqian, the cheap son-in-law, was sent to the kitchen with Gu Shian to light a fire.
Lin Yao pulled Gu Chunmei into the house to talk in private. The east room was unusually warm. There was a chimney on the beehive stove, and a small red clay stove was burning on the stove. The water on the stove was already boiling.
The two bamboo chairs in the room were covered with soft cotton pads. The front and back windows of the bedroom were pasted with window paper, and several vivid New Year pictures were pasted on the window paper.
Gu Chunmei went into the house to warm her hands, took out a red envelope from her pocket, and stuffed it into Gu Doudou.
"It's the New Year, aunt, give Doudou a big red envelope."
Lin Yao came over and held her.
"Sister Chunmei, what are you doing? It's not time for this kid to take the money yet."
The little guy forgets to put anything in his mouth now, don't let him eat it.
"Why can't I take it? Our Doudou is smart."
Gu Chunmei glanced at Lin Yao, and smiled as she handed the red envelope to Gu Doudou who was sucking his fingers.
Gu Doudou cried out, and his fat paws grabbed the red envelope without hesitation, and blew two bubbles at his aunt, which made Gu Chunmei very happy.
Lin Yao was curious and amused, and took out the red envelope that she had prepared earlier from the drawer and handed it to Xu Tangyuan.
"Hey, Tangyuan, take the red envelope from my aunt."
Xu Tangyuan is a good kid, but not as crazy as the fat kid. He looked at Gu Chunmei with his big black eyes, then at Lin Yao, and then he pursed his lips shyly and pinched the red envelope with his fat hands.
"Thank you, aunt."
Lin Yao was surprised, "Our Tangyuan can talk."
Gu Chunmei was proud when she talked about this.
"Tangyuan called mom first and dad after he was more than nine months old."
Lin Yao was very surprised to see such a good kid.
Gu Doudou, the fat kid, was not happy. He kicked his fat legs and struggled into Lin Yao's arms.
Lin Yao was afraid that the little fat boy would fall, so she held him in her arms
, patted his buttocks, and complained to Gu Chunmei. "This one of mine is just like his father. He screams like a trumpet when he's away for a while. He's a real devil."
Gu Chunmei winked with an ambiguous look on her face.
"My brother is also very domineering."
"Go to hell."
Lin Yao patted Gu Chunmei, and Gu Shian happened to come in to change the tea. The two sisters laughed together.
He was embarrassed.
In the evening, small snowflakes fell outside.
In the evening, the family had dumplings and sent off Big Head Brother and his family of three.
Lin Yao held the yawning Gu Doudou and helped him pee, fed the little guy, and put him to sleep in the crib in the fence.
The snowflakes flying outside made the female rabbits in the yard scream and run around.
Gu Shian took a shovel and went to clean up the snow in the rabbit den, put on the woven cattail mat, and added a piece of thick felt cloth. The den became warm and the female rabbits stopped making noise.
Lin Yao lit the kerosene lamp in the house. Gu Shian had snow on his shoulders. He took off his military coat in the corridor and shook off the snow on his shoulders before bringing it into the house.
This guy is like a big furnace in winter, with steam rising from his body.
The big orange cat was lying in the den, wagging its tail. When it heard footsteps coming into the house, its amber eyes opened vigilantly. When it saw the tall and handsome face of the person coming, it closed its eyes again.
Lin Yao was sitting by the bed, watching her son. Gu Doudou was white and plump, holding up his two fat arms. His little face was white and rosy. His facial features looked more and more like his old father, especially his pair of bright phoenix eyes, which could almost drown people in the house.
Lin Yao touched the little fat boy's hands, feeling sour in her heart.
It would be strange for a mother to feel comfortable if the baby she had carried for ten months of pregnancy didn't look like herself.
Gu Shian curled his lips and smiled, blew out the light, pressed Lin Yao under him, and pecked his wife's red lips.
"Comrade Lin Yao, how about we give Doudou another sister?"
Someone's hot breath sprayed in her ears, and Lin Yao's face turned red. Doudou is only eight months old, and this bastard wants another cub.
Wishful thinking!
Lin Yao's teeth itched with anger, and she raised her eyes slightly. The man's handsome face was close at hand, and she bit him directly.
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