Xu Ning planned to go to the supply and marketing cooperative first to see if there were any bicycles. When she arrived at the cooperative, Su Hongying was weighing cakes for people at the counter. After the people left, Xu Ning walked over to greet Su Hongying and asked if there were any bicycles as she wanted to buy one.
Su Hongying told her, "Four cars just arrived yesterday. There are two more, 130 yuan each. They need tickets. If you want to buy them, I will take you to the director to get a note."
After Xu Ning pushed the bicycle out, she looked at the bicycle that reached her chest and wanted to cry but had no tears. Her small body now looked only a little over 1.5 meters tall. She planned to push it first, and practice again when she was out of the city and there were fewer people. She found an empty corner and took out some things from the space. She planned to take a small amount at first, and take out what she had packed in the space yesterday when she was almost home.
Xu Ning went to greet Old Chen first, then pushed her bicycle back. After falling a few times, Xu Ning finally rode her bicycle back. As soon as she got back to the village, a few aunties who were making shoes in the sun at the entrance of the village called her, "Xu Zhiqing, this is the bicycle you bought, how much is it?"
Xu Ning sat on the bike and rode over like a gust of wind. His two short legs could not reach the pedals. He twisted his butt left and right and said, "This belongs to my sister-in-law. Let me ride it for a few days." It would still be her decision as to how many days to ride it, hehe!
Xu Ning rode to the door, which was locked. He opened the door, put his bicycle in front of the firewood room, and put the things he had taken out of the space in order. Then he heard Xu An talking to someone outside. Xu Ning opened the door and saw Xu An carrying firewood and talking to Chen Daniu, the eldest son of the village carpenter.
Chen Daniu saw Xu Ning opening the door and said, "Xu Zhiqing, the wooden barrel you ordered is ready. My father asked me to deliver it to you." Chen Daniu pulled a cart with a large wooden barrel on it. He untied the rope that tied the barrel. Xu Ning quickly opened the door and carried it into the house with Chen Daniu. He gave Chen Daniu the money and half a pound of rock sugar. Qian Daniu blushed and waved his hand and said no.
Xu Ning put the rock candy on the cart for him, looked at the 13 or 14-year-old boy in front of him and said, "Brother Daniu, don't be polite with me. It's just a few pieces of rock candy. Take it back and let Sanniu dissolve it in water to drink."
After sending Chen Daniu out, Xu An looked at the bicycle parked at the door of the woodshed excitedly, grinning happily and asked, "Sister, is this the bicycle you bought today?"
Seeing his happy look, Xu Ning smiled and said, "Well, I bought it today. You can ride it when you are taller." Seeing him go back to the house and get a piece of cloth to wipe the dust off the bike, he couldn't help laughing. It was still a little early to cook, so he took out a pair of pig offal from the space to clean it.
The meat of the ten pigs she bought before she crossed over had been cut into small pieces. The ten pigs were not cleaned, and the ten pig heads were also kept whole. She had to find a chance to take them out and eat them. Every time Xu Ning entered the space and saw those pig heads, she felt traumatized.
Put the offal in a large basin, rub it repeatedly with wood ash, then wash it with water, and finally rub it twice with salt. This way it will be clean and have no fishy smell. This method was shared by a colleague before the time travel. Her hometown is in the countryside, and she uses this method to clean the pig offal when she slaughters the New Year pig every year.
After washing it, Xu Ning put it in the space, planning to eat it in two days. The kitchen was full of things, and Xu An didn't pay much attention to where the things were placed. This little guy just liked to pick up mountain products in the mountains.
Xu Ning asked Xu An to bring Xu Mo over for dinner. Grandpa Qi had already talked to the village chief and asked Xu An to help take care of Xu Mo, saying that Xu Mo was too young and would delay the adults' work. The village chief agreed and praised Xu An.
Now we don't have to hide at home and play every day.
Xu Ning chopped off half of the chicken hanging on the wall, cut it into small pieces, made a roast chicken with potatoes, and boiled rice porridge. He stewed half a chicken and three potatoes in a pot. The three siblings ate all of them. Xu Ning and Xu An each drank two bowls of rice porridge, and Xu Mo, who was less than three years old, also drank a bowl. Xu Ning felt that her appetite was getting bigger and bigger. She didn't eat as much in one meal as she did the day before she traveled through time.
After the three siblings finished their meal, Xu Ning took Xu An and Xu Mo to the private plot at the door to digest the food. The cabbages in the plot had been chopped, and there were still some green onions, which had to be dug out in a couple of days, otherwise the ground would freeze when it snowed.
Xu Mo held Xu Ning's hand and said, "Sister, can I go with you to collect firewood this afternoon? I can run fast and can work."
Xu Ning looked at Xu Mo's face, which had grown a little fatter in the past few days, and thought that he couldn't always be locked up at home. Children of his age in the village also followed their parents to run around the mountains and fields, so he nodded and said, "Okay, take Xiao Mo up the mountain with you in the afternoon."
Xu Mo's face turned red with excitement. He raised a small hand and said, "Sister, I can collect firewood. I can also collect a lot of pine nuts and send them to my eldest brother like my sister and second brother."
The three siblings were just getting ready to go out when Jianmin from Uncle Dashuan's family and Erdan from Uncle Hongjun's family came with backpacks to find Xu An to go up the mountain. They then walked up the mountain together. The two already knew that Xu Mo was someone that Seventh Grandpa from the cowshed had asked Xu An to take care of. Four little boys walked in front. Xu An and Jianmin were about the same age, so they walked in a row. Erdan held Xu Mo's hand and followed behind them. Xu Ning walked behind the four of them, looking at the little kids in front.
Jianmin was in front and told Xu An mysteriously that he had found a place with a lot of pine cones, and he took a few people to pick them up.
Several people followed Jianmin and turned left and right to the place where he said there were many pine cones. Xu Ning looked at the pine cones on the ground, and then looked at the basket carried by a man. He thought it would be good if they could fill their baskets.
She let them go and pick up the trash while she chopped wood nearby. It was Xu Mo's first time going up the mountain, and he was very excited. Everything he saw was very new to him.
After they finished picking up the pine cones, they helped Xu Ning bundle up the firewood. Xu Ning took out the egg cake from the backpack and gave one to each of them. Jianmin and Erdan blushed and said, "Thank you, Xu Zhiqing."
Xu Ning smiled and said, "You're welcome. You also helped me collect firewood, and brought Xu An here to pick up pine cones." Xu Ning then gave the water in the kettle to a few people to drink.
When they were going down the mountain, Jianmin and Xu An agreed to go back into the mountain to look for mountain products the next day.
After returning home, Xu Ning cleaned the bathtub and planned to take a good bath in the evening. During this period, she just wiped herself in the house with water and hadn't taken a bath for a long time.
In the evening, Xu Ning planned to make brown sugar steamed cake. Brown sugar steamed cake is delicious when it is cold and can also be used as a pastry. Several people get hungry easily when they are growing up, so they can just make a cup of milk powder and eat the steamed cake. It is nutritious and convenient.
First, he kneaded the dough with brown sugar water, and then soaked a bowl of red dates. When the dough was fermented, he could steam it. Two bowls of noodles were steamed in two pots. Xu Ning cut the steamed cake into diamond-shaped pieces and gave one to Xu An and Xu Mo. Each of them took one piece to eat. He then took ten more pieces and put them in a basket, and sent it to the cowshed after dark.
After dinner, Xu Ning went to the cowshed first and delivered the steamed cakes she had made, the cotton-padded jacket and trousers for Grandpa Qi, as well as woolen socks and cotton shoes. It was Xu's father who opened the door, but Xu Ning did not go in. She gave the things to her father and said she wanted to go back to take a shower. He, Xu Mo, and Xu An would take a shower today, and tomorrow her mother would bring Aunt Lu over to take a shower.
When Xu Ning returned home, Xu An had already boiled the water. Xu Ning first washed Xu Mo and put him on the kang, then wanted to help Xu An wash. Xu An refused and wanted to wash himself. He asked Xu Ning to go out and not to look at him. Xu Ning thought to himself, humph, little brat, I don't even want to look at you.
After both of them were clean, Xu Ning changed the bucket of water and took a good bath. He lay in the wooden tub and sighed comfortably. He got up when the water was almost cold. He put on his clothes and wiped his hair with a towel. He thought that short hair was very convenient and it would dry in two wipes.
Seeing that his sister had finished washing, Xu An helped to scoop out the water and pour it out. Xu Mo had already fallen asleep. He was very tired from climbing the mountain today, and he even dozed off with his eyes closed while eating.
It was too early and Xu Ning couldn't sleep, so he took out the wool and planned to knit a sweater for Xu An and Xu Mo. Xu An didn't want to go back to sleep, so he sat on Xu Ning's kang and read the fourth-grade textbook. The book he was reading was brought from home before he went to the countryside.
Xu Ning plans to buy some storybooks and comic books for Xu An the next time he goes to the county town to broaden his knowledge and increase his knowledge reserves, so that he can also learn more knowledge from books.
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