Qin Jianye hummed a little tune and came to the backyard. Without using a knife, he picked up a sharp little stone and scratched the mouse with it. Squeak, the mouse's eye was completely dead.
Then he peeled the skin and removed the intestines with quick movements.
Qin Jianjun felt uncomfortable no matter how he thought about it. He was about to go to the backyard to talk to Qin Jianye when he saw this bloody scene.
He was so scared that he trembled all over.
It’s not that I’m afraid of the blood, but I think the light in my third brother’s eyes is too weird.
Qin Jianjun even felt that his third brother had killed someone, as if he couldn't wait to eat raw rat meat.
This was very different from his impression of the arrogant intellectuals.
He and Chen Yunwei had the same suspicion: this guy, could it be that he is possessed by a ghost?
Qin Jianjun left with trembling legs and found Qian Guihua to tell her about it.
The old lady slapped him on the head and said, "You are talking nonsense. You were so hungry that you didn't dig out the mouse holes and eat the mouse babies alive?"
Qin Jianjun's stomach churned when he was reminded of this. "Mom, I was so hungry that I was confused. Ugh~"
The old lady gave him a look of disdain and went back to her room to rest.
There was no food at home, so she didn't dare move, for fear that she would get hungry early and couldn't bear it.
Qin Jianjun's wife Zhao Dandan was afraid that her son would be hungry, so she saw that there was still some Guanyin soil left from the one she dug yesterday, so she went into the kitchen and started making pancakes.
Soon, the aroma of meat from the backyard and the earthy smell from the kitchen wafted out at the same time. Even though he was several meters away, Jinbao could smell them clearly.
His saliva overflowed, but he didn't mind and wiped it directly on his sleeve.
Zhao Dandan glanced at him distressedly and swearing as she served the earthen cakes: "You damned thing! You didn't even share some meat with your nephew!"
After saying that, she stuffed a hot pancake into Qin Jinbao's hand and said, "Good boy, my precious egg, eat it while it's hot!"
Jinbao was so burned that he poured the burnt substance from his left hand to his right, but he was still reluctant to throw it away.
He trotted to the backyard and boasted to Qin Jianye: "If you don't give me meat, I won't give you bread either, humph!"
Qin Jianye didn't want to argue with the child, so he glanced at him and, out of humanitarianism, reminded him, "You can't eat this!"
"I'll eat it, I'll eat it, I'll eat it!" Jinbao took a bite, bit off half of the pancake, chewed it proudly, and swallowed it.
Qin Jianye stared at his bulging belly for a moment, shook his head, and returned to the house holding the roasted rat.
Jinbao was very unhappy because he didn't get to show off.
Dadada ran back and punched Daya and Erya on the back: "Give me the cake!"
Erya was in so much pain that her eyes were filled with tears. Just as she was about to resist, Daya covered her mouth.
Daya snatched the Guanyin earthen cake from Erya's hand, which had just been licked twice, and stuffed her own cake into Jinbao's hands: "Mom said, you can't eat too much of this!"
"Hmph, what do you care!" Jinbao ran away and hid in his own little compartment. After locking the door, he picked up the pancake and started eating.
Although Guanyin earthen cakes are not tasty, they are very filling. Eating just a little bit will make your stomach feel full.
Qin Jianye didn't know that Qin Jinbao dared to eat three Guanyin earthen cakes in a row. He smelled the aroma of the roasted mouse and swallowed his saliva wildly.
But because he was thinking about his wife and daughter, he suppressed his instinct.
As a result, the door was locked, and Qin Jianye's enthusiasm was extinguished like a basin of cold water.
"young married woman?"
Chen Yunwei's legs felt a little weak: "Yueyue, you..."
Qin Siyue nodded, got off the kang with a righteous look, put his hand on the door latch, took a few deep breaths, and pulled it aside suddenly.
"Dad!" Qin Siyue's smile was so stiff that it scared Qin Jianye.
"Oh my gosh, what happened to you, girl?"
Qin Siyue was momentarily intoxicated by the aroma of the barbecue standing in front of him, then his face turned pale as he returned to the kang and hugged Chen Yunwei: "Mom, there really is something wrong with my dad!"
"Tell me, where did you come from, this lonely ghost? What do you want to do by occupying my old Qin's body?"
Qin Jianye was very upset: "You two, your imagination is a bit too rich.
It's just a mouse, what's there to be afraid of? Come on, smell it, doesn't it smell good? "
Of course it smelled good, and the stomachs of the three people in the room started growling at the same time.
Chen Yunwei stared at the palm-sized piece of barbecue, swallowing her saliva and looking away with difficulty: "Eat it if you want!"
"Ha!" Qin Jianye tore off a mouse leg and was about to put it in his mouth when he heard Chen Yunwei say, "After you eat it, don't be intimate with me again!"
Qin Jianye was stunned for two seconds, thinking, this is outrageous. He is only in his thirties, how can he be single?
He hurriedly threw the mouse leg on the table, wiped his hands on the hem of his clothes, and said flatteringly: "No, if you don't like it, I won't eat it."
"Dad, you threw away the mouse. It's full of bacteria!"
Qin Jianye snorted coldly: "You're still not hungry enough!"
It was true that he was not hungry enough. He had been here for less than 24 hours. Even though he knew that he was living in a time of famine, it was difficult to change his thoughts and behaviors.
Chen Yun coughed lightly: "Old Qin, why do I feel that this room is a little cold?"
Qin Jianye slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot to heat the kang!" Then he went out and added some firewood to the stove.
He came back with a basin of hot water and said, "There's not much water left. We need to use it sparingly!"
Qin Siyue had never expected that in the 1960s, not only was there not much food, but there was also not much water.
Chen Yunwei, Qin Jianye and I took turns washing our faces and wiping our arms and legs, but before we could do anything, the water was already too black to be seen.
Qin Jianye went out to pour the water and put the basin back in the kitchen.
I thought, if there is only one basin for the whole family, who would be willing to use it if there is no other choice?
Qin Jianye returned to the house and locked the door before telling Chen Yunwei and Qin Siyue about his encounter with Wei Xu.
"Goudan is a young kid after all. He doesn't understand the wickedness of human nature."
Qin Jianye's slightly regretful expression disappeared, replaced by a smug smile: "Hey, he gave it to me, thirty yuan!"
"Dad, are you cheating again?"
"Go away, what do you mean by deceiving and cheating? I was clearly using my superb acting skills to give the other person a chance to show my love!"
Chen Yunwei picked up a large black note and examined it carefully. "Has the edge of this money been clipped? That's really interesting!"
I remember when I was in school, in the 1960s and 1970s, everything was priced by the coin. This should be a lot of money, right?
"It's more than a lot. I estimate it's more than the entire Qin family's savings!"
Qin Jianye calculated: "The monthly allowance for the first year of military service is six yuan, seven yuan in the second year, and eight yuan in the third year.
Goudan is so young, he can only be a squad leader at best. These thirty dollars are probably all his savings.”
"That guy is quite enthusiastic!"
The reality of the predicament has caused Chen Yunwei's moral bottom line to drop again and again, and she doesn't think there is anything wrong with Lao Qin lying.
He put a large black note into his pocket and handed the rest to Qin Jianye: "What should we do now? We three can't just wait here to die, right?"
"Wait until tonight, late at night, and I'll go to the black market to check it out."
Qin Siyue and Chen Yunwei's eyes lit up: "Dad (husband), I want to go too!"
Qin Jianye coughed lightly and said, "The black market is dangerous. I'm going to check out the situation first. I'll take you there when I have the chance."
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