At dinner time, Xinxin saw that they all had a bowl of bone soup except her younger brother, so she wanted to share some of her bone soup with her younger brother.
Yao Xiujuan was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing, "Xinxin, eat by yourself. This rice is salty, and your brother is still young. He can't eat it yet. Tomorrow, mother will make some rice without salt for your brother..."
Xinxin looked at her pitiful brother in confusion, then turned to look at Chu Tian who was smiling happily.
Chu Tian looked at Xinxin, who didn't understand why her brother couldn't eat salt, and waved, "Xinxin, your brother is still young. If he eats salty food now, he won't be smart in the future (nonsense). Don't you want your brother to be stupid when he grows up?"
Xinxin nodded, not quite understanding, "Then when can my brother eat Xinxin's food?"
Chu Tian thought for a moment and said, "Well, I guess we'll have to wait until this time next year before we can eat it, right?"
Xinxin said "Oh" and then leaned on Yao Xiujuan's arm again, facing Pingping, and said with a very serious expression, "Brother, sister will feed you next year, you have to be good and don't become stupid!"
Pingping in Yao Xiujuan's arms uttered "ah, ah" twice, as if responding to Xinxin's words...
Old Mrs. Chu, who was sitting at the table eating, watched Chu Tian's family of four get along with each other, and couldn't help but think, if her youngest son hadn't died early...
The next morning, Chu Tian got up early and said to Yao Xiujuan, who was also getting ready, "I'm not very busy recently. When you're free, make grandma's cotton-padded clothes..."
Yao Xiujuan frowned, "But, I don't think the cotton at home is enough to make a set of cotton clothes, only enough to make a cotton jacket..."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "It's okay. I heard from the team leader yesterday that this year's cotton harvest is good. After paying the public grain tax, there will be a lot left. Every family can get at least two or three pounds of cotton, which will be enough to make a pair of cotton pants."
Yao Xiujuan was surprised, "Really?"
Chu Tian nodded, paused, leaned close to Yao Xiujuan and kissed her on the cheek, "You should sleep a little longer. There's not much farm work left now. There are only sunflower seeds, cabbages, radishes, piyazi, chamagu and other crops planted in the wasteland that have been confiscated. There's no rush for those. Just finish them before the frost comes..."
"Don't you miss your parents? How about I send you back home to stay for a while in a couple of days?"
Yao Xiujuan blinked, her eyes showing undisguised joy, "Really?"
Chu Tian smiled and nodded, "Really, when have I ever lied to you?"
After a pause, he continued, "But I can't live with you... because we still have to clean up the wheat stubble in the wheat fields, cut the cotton stalks, distribute the corn stalks to each family, and prepare firewood for the winter in advance..."
Yao Xiujuan hesitated after hearing this and said, "Then, then I won't go back either. How can I leave all the work to you and grandma?"
"Just leave it alone..."
Chu Tian rubbed her face and looked at the time on his watch. "Okay, I'm leaving. It's almost time..."
As she was about to turn around and leave, Yao Xiujuan quickly grabbed Chu Tian. Seeing Chu Tian's puzzled expression, Yao Xiujuan sat up and kissed Chu Tian on the lips. With love in her eyes, she said softly, "Be careful on the road. I'll prepare your favorite dumpling soup for you tonight..."
Chu Tian nodded blankly, turned around and walked out with his hands and feet together. After walking out of the yard, Chu Tian touched his lips, and the temperature on his face gradually rose. Although he and Yao Xiujuan had communicated with each other in love and kissed each other on the cheek, this was the first time...
This feeling made Chu Tian feel very strange. When he was Chu Tian, he never felt the difference between women's lips and men's lips. But now he knew that women's lips were so soft and so...
When Chu Tian was lost in thought, his cousins Chu Min and Chu Jie came over and slapped him on the shoulder. "Little brother, what's wrong with you? I see you've been standing here motionless for a long time..."
"Ah! Second brother, what are you doing? You scared me to death!"
Chu Tian was so frightened by Chu Min's slap that his soul almost flew away and his whole body shuddered.
Chu Min looked at Chu Tian's overreaction, stared blankly at his own hand that had not yet been put down, and said hesitantly, "I didn't use any force, what's wrong with you?"
Chu Tian certainly couldn't honestly say what was wrong with him, so he just glared at Chu Min and said unhappily, "Second brother, do you know that scaring people can kill them?"
Chu Min laughed and stepped forward to put his arm around Chu Tian's shoulders. "Okay, okay, second brother is wrong. Let's not waste time on this. It's almost time to leave..."
Chu Tian struggled unwillingly, "Hey, stop touching me!"
"Okay, stop it. You're already so old, you have two children, and you're still throwing tantrums with your brother."
Chu Min curled his lips and, regardless of Chu Tian's displeasure, forced him to move forward.
Chu Tian, "..."
The other cousins of the Chu family behind them looked at each other.
Chu Jie coughed and said, "Brother, shall we all leave quickly?"
Chu Xing nodded, "Ah, let's go..."
They had already set off early enough, but there were others who had left earlier than them.
Captain Sun glanced at the endless line ahead, frowning as he muttered, "I sent Weiguo over yesterday and he said no one had come to pay their grain. What's going on today? Why does it feel like all the brigades are here? They haven't come together like this to pay their grain in previous years?"
Accountant Xu looked at the line of carriages ahead with a headache. "Maybe it's because the weather during this year's autumn harvest was exceptionally good, so every brigade dried their grain early?"
Team Sun nodded, "I think so..."
"With so many people, I don't know when it will be our turn. I hope we can hand it in before the regiment office closes, otherwise we have to wait until tomorrow morning..."
Accountant Xu was also anxious when he heard this. He was not afraid of the large crowds, but he was afraid that it would not be their turn before the end of the get off work day. The staff of the Youth League did not care. They would go off work when the time came...
Chu Tian walked up to Sun Weiguo, leaned close to him and whispered, "I'm going to go to Brother Li Gang..."
Sun Weiguo was surprised, "Now?"
Chu Tian nodded. "I just heard the team leader say that there are at least a dozen teams ahead of us waiting in line. It will take us at least until the afternoon to pay our grain tax. I went to Brother Li Gang's place and came back in less than an hour."
Sun Weiguo nodded. "Oh, okay, but you didn't bring any supplies when you came..."
Chu Tian smiled and said, "I'm just going to ask some questions, not to sell anything..."
Sun Weiguo said "Oh" and then said, "Brother, you go that day. Brother Chu Jie is here. He can help me push it a few times when I move..."
"Well, don't worry. I don't think your car will be able to move a few meters when I come back..."
As he said that, Chu Tian waved his hand and walked towards the regiment.
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