Aunt Zhao asked in a low voice while standing at the door. What happened two days ago scared her to death. When she came to her senses, Political Commissar Gu had already gone to the hospital. There was a lot of mess at home waiting for her to clean up. Her son was also scared and couldn't leave home. She could only pay attention to when Political Commissar Gu would come back to visit her next door to feel at ease.
"Auntie, what are you doing? Maybe you are too nervous. I went to the hospital for a few days and the check-up showed that everything is fine." Song Zhi frowned and pushed the egg she handed over to him.
"I'm glad you're okay. It's all for my family's stuff. This is a little gift from me. Please accept it! Otherwise I will feel bad!" Aunt Zhao grabbed Song Zhi's hand and insisted on handing the eggs to her.
"Since Auntie said so, I'll accept it. It's nothing, don't take it to heart." Seeing her tough attitude, Song Zhi could only accept the things, but he did not forget to comfort her.
"Hey, I feel better now that you're like this. I came here to tell you something else. There's a notice from above that wasteland is being divided up. The land around us, the people in the family compound can use it to grow vegetables and food."
When Song Zhi heard the news, his face lit up and he couldn't help asking, "Does this require any proof or application?"
When Zhao Yun saw her like this, he knew that she was interested. When he saw her growing some vegetables and fruits in the yard on weekdays, he knew that she also liked this.
"No need to write any application. As long as we are family members of the hospital, we will get it. The wasteland around here is overgrown with grass. We might as well plant it there. It can not only produce food, but also reduce the living expenses of us family members."
Song Zhi nodded and asked in confusion, "Why is the land divided suddenly?"
This happened too suddenly, and I didn't hear any notice in advance.
"This is all thanks to you. I heard from Lao Qin that the commander had dinner at your house a few days ago. He saw the strawberries you planted and thought of reclaiming the surrounding wasteland. Actually, there's another reason. If your strawberry planting is successful, we might all have strawberries on these lands in the future. Even if we sell them and share the profits, we can get a lot." Aunt Zhao was excited when she heard this. After all, who doesn't like to share the profits? But it might be a little early to think about this.
"Ah!" Song Zhi didn't expect this to happen. She was under a lot of pressure!
Seeing the strange look on Song Zhi's face, Zhao Yun knew what she was thinking. "Don't worry or feel stressed. No one can predict such things. If it can be grown, that's great. If not, we can cultivate the land in the future. This will also provide an income for the military wives. After all, there's no harm in this notice now."
"That's right, but I still have to work harder so that we can all live a prosperous life." Song Zhi nodded solemnly.
Aunt Zhao smiled and said, "Then I'll wait for Xiao Song."
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"Aunt Zhao sent me some eggs, saying they would nourish you." Song Zhi put the eggs in the kitchen and said to Gu Huaijin.
Gu Huaijin looked at the basket of eggs in front of him, his heart full of rejection. To be honest, he didn't want to eat them, but he still said politely, "Sorry to bother Aunt Zhao."
Song Zhi looked over in confusion, suppressing his laughter and asking, "Why are you saying that in front of me? Go thank Aunt Zhao yourself when you see her tomorrow. There are so many eggs, if you eat a few more a day, they will be gone in no time."
"Eat more. I've lost a lot of weight recently because of all the food you've been doing. I'll cook an egg for you at every meal from now on." Gu Huaijin said solemnly, his eyes full of sincerity.
"Me? I don't like eating eggs." Song Zhi said bluntly. It's okay to use eggs to make pastries and the like, but usually he can only eat fried eggs.
Gu Huaijin: “…”
"When we have time, go pick up some more firewood. The weather is getting colder. I heard from Aunt Zhao that the weather in the northwest is particularly cold. Let's build the kang. Although we haven't used it, it's better than freezing." Song Zhi kept talking while packing up his things.
Gu Huaijin sat aside, whittling wood and listening quietly, nodding from time to time to show that he was listening to her carefully.
After Song Zhi finished his work, he looked at the carpentry he had done and nodded with satisfaction. "I didn't expect you to be so good at carpentry. I don't know what I was doing the other day!"
Song Zhi thought about how he had carefully carved wood a few days ago, and he felt a little regretful that he should have waited until Gu Huaijin came back to do these things. It was better than her taking half a day to grind out a board. Although he could do it, not only was his technique unfamiliar, but it also took him a very long time.
Gu Huaijin looked up at her, not knowing what was going on in her mind. If he had known, he would have known better not to say anything at this moment and just listen.
"Oh, there's something I forgot to tell you. Aunt Zhao just came over and said that we need to reclaim the wasteland here and plant crops on the surrounding land. Every family in the compound can get some land, but I don't know how much they will get." Song Zhi was sitting aside watching him do carpentry work when he suddenly remembered.
Gu Huaijin glanced at her and said, "I know about this. Shitou told me about it two days ago."
"Then why didn't you tell me about it?" Song Zhitan turned his head and said angrily.
Gu Huaijin stopped working and looked down at her jade-white profile. He said in a nonchalant tone, "It would only put more pressure on you if I told you. You don't have to worry about it so much. It doesn't matter whether the strawberries can be grown or not."
Song Zhi paused, his expression becoming somewhat unnatural. Was he... concerned about him? Was he afraid that putting too much pressure on him would backfire?
"I don't feel any pressure!" Song Zhi muttered. Seeing her obvious stubbornness, Gu Huaijin stopped talking and changed the subject, "As for farming, don't think it's a good thing. If you go and see where land is being reclaimed, you'll find that most of it has a lot of stones."
"If there are a lot of stones, just pick them up slowly. How can we take all the good things? Besides, don't you still have the pillar of the family? Why don't you do it?"
Song Zhi saw that Gu Huaijin looked pessimistic and looked at him questioningly.
Gu Huaijin choked. He was just afraid that she would have too much hope and be disappointed in the end, so he was just giving her a heads-up in advance. How could he say that he was unwilling to do it? He really didn't understand.
"If I am allocated land, of course I will do it. How can I leave the job to you?" Gu Huaijin looked at Song Zhi in disbelief, as if saying, why are you looking at me like this?
Song Zhi couldn't help but burst out laughing, and said with a side stitch in his face, "You're so funny!"
Gu Huaijin then realized that he had been fooled by her, and he continued with his work in silence without saying a word.
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"Divide the land? Youngest son, how do we divide the land? There is a rule. According to the way we divide the land in our rural area, it has to be divided according to the number of people. Your three children plus you make four people. If you count them, there will be five of me. It would be best if you marry a wife. Then six people will definitely get a lot." The old lady in her 50s sat on the kang, crossed her legs and said to her son who was eating.
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