Chapter 45
After talking about the fruits, Xu Di had another task in the evening: picking fruits.
In order to have something to pack the fruit, Xu Di went to a recycling station in the suburbs and bought a large number of baskets, all of which were woven with willow branches by nearby villagers.
These things don’t require tickets, Xu Di found an excuse, and no one would care even if he bought a lot.
With the tools, Xu Di would enter the space to pick fruits before going to bed every day.
In addition to picking fruits, you also have to tie up roosters and hens.
The flow rate in the space is three times that of the outside. The first few batches of hens are old and no longer lay eggs frequently, so they need to be eliminated.
Because Jin Weidong helped sell eggs and roosters, Xu Di's space had a vegetable plot where he grew vegetables for himself, and the rest of the space was used to raise chickens and grow corn.
After this cycle, a balance point has been reached.
The newly hatched chicks and the chickens to be sold are just the right amount of inflow and outflow, achieving a balance.
Xu Di worked for several nights before he picked all the fruits in the space.
Lack of sleep caused her to yawn early in the morning.
"Second sister, what were you doing last night when you didn't sleep? You have these two dark circles under your eyes, comparable to a giant panda."
"Is it that obvious?"
Xu Di hurried back to the room, took out the palm-sized mirror, looked around, and found that he really did have dark circles under his eyes.
She had been so busy for several days that she couldn't even remember. Fortunately, I’m done with my work and don’t have to stay up late anymore.
"Second sister, you better be careful. Be careful not to be watched when you go out."
Xu Jun followed his second sister into her room with a sly look on his face, mumbling non-stop.
"You used to look okay, but now you have these dark circles under your eyes, they really ruin your beauty..."
Xu Di felt like a duck was quacking non-stop in his ear, and his sleep-deprived brain was buzzing.
"You're a boy, why are you talking like the old lady downstairs? I've been hearing you chattering since the beginning of the morning."
Xu Di turned around, and while Xu Jun was off guard, she pushed him down on the bed and tickled him.
"Haha... Second sister, I was wrong, haha... Spare my life, Second sister..."
In the living room, Father Xu couldn't help laughing as he listened to the laughter of Xu Di and Xu Jun.
"Okay, stop messing around, wash your face and eat. Xu Di, you're going to be late for work.
Xu Jun, you acted like a troublemaker so early in the morning, no wonder your second sister punished you. ”
Mother Xu had already prepared the meal, Sister-in-law Xu was setting the table, and Brother Xu was standing at the door holding his fat son, watching the fun.
"I'll spare you this time, and see if you keep talking nonsense again."
Xu Di was afraid that he would miss the bus and be late.
"Oh my god, my cheeks hurt from laughing. What did my second sister eat to grow up? How could she be so strong that she pressed me down so hard that I couldn't move at all."
Xu Jun got up panting and touched Xu Ping'an's head.
"You just watch your uncle having fun but don't help. So our relationship is bad now, right?"
"Xu Jun, why don't you eat quickly instead of talking nonsense all the time."
"I'm coming, Mom. I'm coming."
Xu Jun ran over happily, afraid that he would really anger his mother.
The family finished their lively meal and left the house one after another.
Going out and squeezing into the bus in winter is really a test of one's perseverance.
Xu Di thought that if she endured a little hardship now, she would be able to receive a pension when she retired at the age of fifty. By then, it would be several thousand yuan a month, so she could live as comfortably as she wanted.
With such a carrot hanging in front of him, Xu Di could persevere no matter how much he wanted to run home and sleep.
The Chinese New Year is only half a month away, and their department is very busy.
As soon as Xu Di stepped into the office, the team leader began to arrange a meeting as he was going to take inventory of the warehouse.
Come on, I am a brick of the revolution, and I will move wherever I am needed.
Xu Di encouraged himself in his heart. He had not gotten enough sleep these days and his temples were throbbing with pain.
I'm really used to going to bed early and getting up early, and if I stay up late a few times, my body starts to protest.
After a busy day at work, Xu Di pinched his thigh several times. When taking inventory, if you are not focused and easily make mistakes, all your efforts will be wasted and you will have to start all over again.
After finally getting off work, Xu Di picked up his things and walked out, hurried home, ate, and went to bed.
It’s good to be young. Xu Di slept for more than ten hours last night and woke up feeling refreshed early in the morning.
Xu Jun glanced at his second sister and the dark circles under her eyes were gone.
"Second sister, you have transformed from a giant panda back into a human."
"Looking for a fight."
Xu Di waved his fist. Why is this kid so naughty? I really don’t know who he looks like.
“Hit, hit…”
Xu Ping'an watched the fun and waved his hands to cheer for his aunt.
After this commotion, the unhappiness caused by Xu Mei was completely eliminated.
Xu Di is busy at work, and during his breaks he has to deliver goods to Jin Weidong. He is very busy.
But at night, when I hide in the space and count money, all the hard work is worth it.
Three or four days before the Chinese New Year, Xu Mei arrived home.
That day, she carried her luggage bag into the staff quarters. Everything felt so familiar yet a little strange.
In 1969, she left home with great enthusiasm to follow the team going to the countryside. Now, almost three years have passed.
"Oh, this is Xu Mei, right? Did you just come back from Yun Province?"
"Grandma Wang, it's me. I'm back to visit my relatives."
"Oh, you've suffered. Go home quickly. Your mother seems to be at home."
Grandma Wang’s grandson also went to the countryside, to the Northeast.
"Goodbye, Grandma Wang. I'm going home first."
Xu Mei carried her luggage upstairs and when she reached her door, she was a little afraid to knock.
I stood at the door for a long time, and while I was hesitating, the door opened.
"Xu Mei, it's really you. Why don't you come into the house after you come back? What are you doing standing at the door?"
Xu's mother felt there was someone at the door, so she opened the door and saw that it was really Xu Mei.
These days, everyone in the family is looking forward to it, saying that he will come back before the New Year.
"Mom, are you okay?"
"Okay, that's good, come in."
Xu's mother took the luggage bag from Xu Mei and pulled her into the house.
"Why didn't you call before you got on the bus? Would we have known when you were going to arrive and picked you up at the station?"
"Why pick me up? I'm not a hero. I'm the disobedient daughter who made my parents sad."
Xu Mei couldn't hold back and tears fell.
“You, child, still know that you are a disobedient daughter.
I told you not to go, but you refused to listen. We are separated by more than a thousand miles, one in the south and the other in the north. Do you know how worried your father and I are? ”
Xu's mother patted Xu Mei and couldn't stop her tears from flowing.
The mother and daughter hugged each other and cried, crying out all the worry and helplessness they had experienced over the past few years.
After crying for a long time, Xu's mother suddenly remembered.
"Xu Mei, have you eaten? Mom will cook for you. What do you want to eat?"
"Mom, I want to eat the noodles you made."
When Xu Mei was in Yunnan Province, she wanted to eat the noodles with soybean paste made by her mother.
There is no shortage of rice in Yunnan Province, but white flour is very scarce.
"Okay, go take a shower. I'll go buy some meat and come back to make you some noodles with soybean paste."
Xu's mother went to the bathroom to wash her face, then went out with the vegetable basket.
Xu Mei stood up, looked around, and felt that nothing had changed at home.
Pushing open the door, she found her bed in her and Xu Di's room, with the bedding neatly placed at the head of the bed.
Staring at the bed that belonged to her, Xu Mei burst into tears again.
She wiped away her tears, took her toiletries and the bath ticket her mother had found, went out, and went to the bathhouse.
After sitting on the train for several days, I feel smelly. I really miss the bathhouses in the north where I can take a shower for a long time.
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