By the time Dabao could roll over and crawl, it was already summer harvest time, and all the villagers happily joined in the busy work of harvesting wheat.
From the elderly to children as old as Niu Niu, everyone is busy.
The weather this year is much better than last year. It rains several times in half a year.
Everyone knows that the disaster is over, and they no longer have to live in precarious conditions.
Su Xia is still taking care of the children. Last year, she would go to the old house to help with the harvest. This year, because of Dabao, she doesn't have to go.
Chen's mother would come back early to cook meals for the whole family.
As for Niuniu, although she was only five years old, she was almost as tall as an eight-year-old child in the village.
Every day, she followed Daya and the others to pick up wheat. With Chen's mother watching over her, Su Xia felt relieved. She just brought her some straw and wheat, some thin outerwear and pants, and applied some sunscreen to prevent her from turning into charcoal.
Su Xia mixed the pig feed with pig grass. This year there was good rain, so the pigs grew a lot.
He added some corn bran and some leftover potatoes and sweet potatoes from the cellar, then carried the bucket to the pigpen and poured the food in.
A grown pig ate with big grunts.
And then he poured chicken shit into the chicken coop.
Now the animals have one big rooster, one big hen, two little roosters, and eight hens, all of which are divided between Lao Zhai and Su's mother.
There are 12 geese, all female.
As for the geese, they were already locked up in the front yard. On the west side of the gate, near the wall, Su Xia used tools to break wood and scrap copper and iron to build a shed.
There is a wooden board in the middle of the chicken coop, so that the hen and her chicks can live in a separate shed.
As for the vegetable garden, the vegetable racks have been rebuilt and fresh vegetables will be available in half a month.
Su Xia also helped Chen's mother make a jar of soybean paste, which cost only 20 yuan, enough for her family to eat.
Holding Dabao, who is 20 years old, he turned from front to back.
When a child sees something he is curious about, he will point his finger at it and shout "Ahh..." until Su Xia walks over with 놛 in his arms, and then he will stop shouting.
"You...
You, at such a young age, why are you curious about everything! ”
Dabao: “Ah ah…” responded to Su Xia.
This made her smile and kiss the kid's chubby face several times.
Turn around twice, wait for Dabao to go back, put a moisture-proof mat in the living room, Chairman, put it there.
Su Xia also rested beside him, rubbing her sore arms, and said to Dabao who was crawling around, "You, you are too fat. I feel sore all over after hugging you. When can you stop drinking milk?"
Dabao crawled to Su Xia's side and kept pushing for the clothes. Finally, it was with Su Xia's help that he managed to get the food.
On the day of grain distribution, Su Xia gave the money directly to Chen's mother who came to see her grandson.
"Mom, please buy 200 grams of wheat for me, and I can take the rest as I see fit."
Chen's mother took the money and complained habitually: "There is so much, can we eat it all? There are still a few months before the autumn harvest."
"Why can't you finish it? Your grandson will start eating complementary food in a while, and Niuniu is still growing, so you have to prepare more fine grains. Can you give her corn kernels?"
Forehead....
Mother Chen looked at her grandson crawling around and thought of letting him eat cornmeal or wheat, which at least wouldn't sore his throat.
"How about buying some more?"
This time Su Xia was speechless. "Mom, do you think the captain gave in?"
Mother Chen thought about it and it seemed impossible.
"Okay, I'll bring it to you when the time comes."
Then I go home, and there is still a lot of work to do at home.
The next day, Chen's mother brought Chen Jiandang, who was pushing a cart, to deliver food.
Su Xia asked them to put it in the kitchen first and then clean it up slowly.
After Chen Jiandang unloaded the grain, he held Dabao for a while and then went back.
The remaining mother Chen stayed for a while longer and chatted with Su Xia about the distribution of food.
"Old man, you don't know how happy I am today. It's almost the first time in a year that we have harvested so much wheat. I'm going to pay the public grain this afternoon, and the team leaders will distribute it to you when they come back."
Su Xia nodded. The harvest might not be the best, but the villagers could eat steamed buns twice a month, or use white flour to make dumplings during the New Year.
"Mom, when you bought so much food, the captain and your brother didn't say anything, right?"
"No, the captain asked you if it was enough?"
"Well, even if the wheat is distributed, many families will exchange it for money. Aren't all the oil, salt, sauce and vinegar used for money this year? There are also weddings and funerals. Those who just got married this year are also getting pregnant one after another. It seems that there is a lot of distribution, but there is not much when it comes to use."
Su Xia is curious now, why are there so many pregnant women?
"Mom, are there really so many pregnant women?"
Mother Chen curled her lips and said, "That's right. Look, after the autumn harvest, the children will be piled up. Hey...
Even though the woman is pregnant, why is there no movement from the second and first families? ”
Su Xia recalled that Xia Laidi and Liu Chunxia had come together once and specifically asked for Dabao's diaper, saying that sleeping with the pillow pressed against it would attract her son.
She still remembered that she had specially found two clean ones for them, but they also smelled bad.
"Mom, why don't you let the second son and the first daughter take their wives to Suxia Hospital for a checkup and treatment, just in case there is something wrong?"
Mother Chen looked straight at Dabao. How could she not have thought of this? That doctor was much better than the ones in the village.
I was thinking about getting up and getting ready to go back. I had to hurry and let them go, since there was still some savings at home.
For the sake of my two sons' retirement, I can't be stingy about that little bit of money.
"Old man, then go back and tell us, and let us go tomorrow."
Su Xia didn't keep them either. These two younger siblings must have had children before, and now they are pregnant again. In addition, due to the disaster years, they didn't take good care of the children, so they haven't gotten pregnant yet.
It's better to go for a check-up. If the medicine can cure it, it may be a son.
Holding Dabao in her arms and feeding him, she said, "I wonder if your father will recognize you when he comes back and sees you?"
Dabao - I'm sorry, mom doesn't recognize dad either.
Chen Jianguo, who was far away in Gansu Province, was working, and he just touched his chest out of habit. The picture inside was now replaced with a group photo of Su Xia, Niu Niu and Dabao.
Wang Tiezhu looked at his brothers who were touching their chests with contempt, as if they were all men who didn't have a wife, son, or daughter.
Not only does he have a wife, but he also has a son and two daughters?
"Hey, Lao Chen, can you stop touching your chest so often? If someone doesn't know you, they might think you're sick or feeling unwell."
Chen Jianguo was so angry that he picked up a clod of earth and threw it at him, "You can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth."
Ha ha....
Wang Tiezhu ran away with a smile.
The people around also laughed: "Yes, Mr. Chen, if you miss your wife and children, let them come over to visit!"
"Yes....
Yes, let us also see if sister-in-law is pretty or not? ”
Chen Jianguo was not angry at being teased by a group of people, and laughed and scolded them: "Get lost...
Hurry up and work, or you will be scolded! ”
Don't you miss your wife and children? It's just that the two children are so young, and it's hard enough for your wife to be alone. I'm worried about her coming so far.
Hey, try to go home for the New Year!
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