The happiest day of the year for the villagers has arrived again. It is not the New Year celebration, but the distribution of food and meat.
Nowadays, everyone’s wishes are very simple, that is to have enough food to eat and warm clothes to wear. They don’t even dare to think about eating well and dressing well.
There is no labor force in Huang Yuelan's family, so the happiest day of the year has little to do with their family.
But it wasn't like their family didn't get anything at all. On weekdays, the two younger brothers would join the production team's work after the holidays, and the team leader didn't treat the two boys badly. Although they were not very old, they were given work points according to the standards of the older boys, so now when the grain and meat were distributed, their family also had a share.
However, compared with other families in the village, especially those with a large working population, what they got was not even a fraction of what they received.
The distribution of grain and pork in the village was based on work points and population, so the phrase "strength in numbers" was fully reflected at this time.
Everyone lined up and received the food in an orderly manner. The people in front of Huang Yuelan had received a lot, and it would be impossible for one person to carry it all on his shoulders, so they prepared wheelbarrows and floor carts in advance and pulled the food home after receiving it.
Finally we arrived at Huang Yuelan. We didn't have a wheelbarrow or a floor cart, so we just carried a basket on our back.
The team leader looked at the notebook and gave Huang Yuelan half a bag of food, which was not enough to fill a basket.
The people behind couldn't help but sigh after seeing this: "This is all the food they got?"
"She doesn't work in the production team on weekdays. Only her two younger brothers do some work during their holidays. It's good enough that she can get so much."
"Yes, I have to take care of five young children by myself. I don't have my own family to help me. I can't do the work of the production team. It's good enough to be able to get a share."
Huang Yuelan was in stark contrast to others, and many people began to sympathize with her.
"What can this little food do? Forget about feeding so many children for a year. It would be great if it can feed them for a month or so."
"You really don't have to worry about this. Although my family doesn't have any labor to earn work points, I am a military dependent. My husband is a platoon leader in the army, and he sends his salary home every month. I heard it's dozens of yuan. I can buy whatever I want to eat."
Just now they felt pity for Huang Yuelan, but now they immediately thought that they were the clown.
People buy whatever they want to eat and have so much money and tickets that they can’t spend it all.
But as for myself, although I received a lot of food, it was only the food rations for my family for most of the year. I could only get more food after the next harvest. Usually, when I wanted to buy some vegetables or meat, it was painful and I couldn't bear to spend the money.
"It's a good thing that Wang Jianguo joined the army and became an officer. Otherwise, other families might not be able to support twins and triplets."
"You haven't seen it. Whether it's triplets or twins, they are all chubby and have round faces. There's no other chubby baby as cute in the entire production team."
The people in the Huang family's old house are extremely jealous now. In the past, they despised the three siblings as a burden and drove them out, but now they are living the best life in the village.
No one expected that the savage Wang Jianguo would have a day of turning over a new leaf. He suddenly transformed himself from an inconspicuous hunter into an officer in the army.
If he had expected that Wang Jianguo would end up like this, he would never have kicked out Huang Yuelan and her two siblings.
Huang Yuelan carried the food back home, opened the rice jar that had been cleaned in advance, poured all the food into it, and then covered it with a mat to prevent dirt from falling in.
After the grain was distributed, the production team began to distribute the meat. Just like before, the location was still at the gate of the brigade, and each family sent a representative to line up to receive the meat.
After receiving grain and pork, every villager was happy. They could have another prosperous and happy new year this year.
Although Huang Yuelan and her friends did not receive much, they were just as happy as the other villagers.
After all, his two younger brothers are only in their teens, and they are able to earn food and meat through their own efforts and labor. This is a manifestation of self-reliance and self-improvement.
As a reward and to celebrate, Huang Yuelan specially made a delicious dish, stir-fried pork, which was her two younger brothers' favorite.
The fresh pork that had just been distributed was fed by the production team with pig grass and hot pot water, so the pork was very firm and tender, with a mellow taste, and the dishes fried with it were also particularly delicious.
After waiting for Huang Yuelan to take out the delicious dishes from the pot, the two brothers Huang Yueqiang and Huang Yuehu started to busy themselves with setting the table.
I have to say, their sister’s cooking skills are really improving day by day.
From being hard to swallow at the beginning, almost like pig food, to being barely edible later, the meals my sister cooks now are almost as good as those cooked by a chef.
Because the pork was obtained through their hard work, Huang Yueqiang and his friend felt that it tasted especially delicious.
After the grain and meat were distributed, it would be the end of the year in half a month.
Although life is hard nowadays, everyone still attaches great importance to the Chinese New Year, a tradition that has been passed down for thousands of years.
Buying New Year's goods, eating dumplings, pasting Spring Festival couplets, playing with dragon lanterns, walking on stilts, etc., the New Year atmosphere is full.
Wang Jianguo had already written a letter to Huang Yuelan in advance to inform her that he would not be able to return this year.
Although Wang Jianguo did not return, he sent back all the money, as well as a lot of malted milk, milk powder and some local specialties.
Since Wang Jianguo was determined not to come back, Huang Yuelan prepared to take her brother and children to the supply and marketing cooperative by herself.
Throughout the year, the children's activities were limited to the First Production Team, so in addition to preparing New Year's goods, Huang Yuelan also took the children to the county town to broaden their horizons.
Before, when Wang Jianguo was at home, it took two or three hours to push the bicycle to the county town. Now that Wang Jianguo is not at home, it would take Huang Yuelan half a day to get there by herself.
Knowing that she would not be able to return that day, Huang Yuelan prepared some dry food and water in advance, and also got a letter of introduction from the team leader, preparing to stay in a guesthouse in the county town for one night.
After arriving in the county town, they went straight to the guesthouse.
After all, it is near the end of the year, and most people from the nearby villages will come to the county town to buy things, so there are a lot of people. If you wait until nighttime and there are no beds available, you will have to sleep on the streets.
After arriving at the guesthouse and taking out the letter of introduction, Huang Yuelan booked a separate room.
There are many types of rooms. The most popular ones are the large bunk beds, which are similar to the youth dormitories of later generations. Each person has a bed, and there are about ten people living in one room.
Men and women, old and young, all live together. Not only is the smell of stinky feet overwhelming, but the snoring is also constant, as if one has accidentally walked into a rice field at night.
These were not what Huang Yuelan was most worried about. What she was most worried about was someone stealing the child.
If a child is stolen, there is no surveillance and the probability of finding him/her is very low.
So to be on the safe side, Huang Yuelan indulged herself for once.
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