When Aunt Li's husband, son and daughter-in-law went to work in the morning, she would prepare breakfast at home, take care of the children, take the food for the three of them to the fields, and do some work for the day, returning home at dark.
Chen Tan lowered his head and looked at Goudan's three-year-old little sister, who was holding a gray-black steamed bun filled with wheat bran.
Liu Xu had given this kind of steamed bun to the original owner several times.
It’s really a good thing for the original owner.
But to Chen Tancai, it was so rough that it could cut his throat and he couldn't swallow it at all.
But for people of this era, it is delicious food that can fill their stomachs.
Otherwise, why would it be called the era of eating coarse grains and vegetables?
"Auntie, she has eaten it all. Please don't hit her. I have two cucumbers here. They are freshly picked from my vegetable garden. I brought them to quench your thirst. Give them to the child."
She heard that Aunt Li's family received 60 kilograms of relief grain the day before yesterday and paid back the 20 kilograms they owed to the brigade on credit.
There are forty kilograms left, enough to last until the wheat harvest in May.
A family of seven had to rely on 40 kilograms of wheat for more than two months. You can imagine how difficult it was.
Aunt Li looked at the green cucumber and waved her hands embarrassedly, "No way, I don't want it, you keep it for yourself."
"It's not a good thing. It's okay to give it to Ni'er." Chen Tan stuffed it into her hand. "Is Goudan not at home?"
She came to ask Goudan to help keep an eye on the Qin family.
"He went to the mountains to pick wild vegetables. The kid might have done it these past two days. He and his older sister picked herbs and sold them to Doctor Xie. They made quite a few dollars."
Aunt Li no longer refused and talked about her capable grandson with a smile.
Thanks to the money my grandson brought back, the family was able to pay off a lot of debts.
"Oh," Chen Tan nodded and smiled. The little kid was quite smart. "Then Auntie, you're busy. I was just passing by and heard Goudan's sister crying, so I came over to see her."
"Okay, when you have some free time in the fields, come and play."
Aunt Li politely sent her away, turned around and said a few words to her granddaughter, took the black steamed buns and vegetable soup that her granddaughter had not finished eating, locked the door and left.
This was the case in every household in the entire brigade. The little kids, who couldn't go to the fields to work or go up the mountain to cut grass or collect firewood, were locked up at home until the adults came back from work after dark.
After Chen Tan left, he returned to Wei's house and rode his bicycle to the brigade headquarters with Liang Yujin.
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