Zhou Xiuying felt very distressed when she saw her eldest grandson crying and sweating profusely. If he cried several times every day, he would surely become thin.
He hurriedly called his daughter-in-law who was about to go back to her room and discussed with her who would take care of the child.
"I think this is the best way! You don't have to go to work this afternoon. You can take care of your eggs by yourself. Jiaojiao can go to work for you."
Chen Jiaojiao nodded in agreement: "No problem, I just want to exercise myself."
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Baige nodded reluctantly in agreement.
Her hands simply couldn't withstand long hours of labor, and she simply couldn't do this kind of work.
Deep down, she sincerely hopes that these years will pass as soon as possible. Then she can bring her whole family to live in the city, open a small supermarket for her parents-in-law, let them have work and earn money, and then the family can live a better life.
She carried Dandan back to the room, closed the door, and carried him into the space.
Chen Jianguo installed a water heater for him in the space, which made it convenient for her to come in and take a bath anytime. This was not the first time she brought her son in, and the little guy loved playing here.
She threw Dandan into the pile of toys to play with. They were all his favorite toys, and he didn't cry at all when he saw them.
She waited until she finished taking a shower and changed her clothes before leaving the space with Dandan in her arms.
Dandan cried for a while, and then he felt hungry and sleepy. He used his little hands to pull off his mother's clothes, and his mouth was looking for food everywhere. He knew there was milk here.
Seeing her son nudging against her chest, she guessed that he was hungry. Since she had already weaned Dandan off breast milk, she could only feed him with formula.
Dandan drank the milk and then fell asleep. Jiang Baige went out to help make lunch.
After lunch, everyone went to work. Jiang Baige carried her son on her back and went to the educated youth compound.
Wu Lili complained to her in the morning that no one in the compound had eaten meat for a long time, so she wanted to send some food to them while there were not many people around.
The educated youth had to go to work an hour in the evening, and when she came, they were still at home.
Seeing Jiang Baige coming over, Wu Lili came out to greet him, "Comrade Baige, why are you here?"
Jiang Baige handed her a bag of meat and said, "When I came back this time, I bought some bacon, salted pork, and two salted fish in the county town. I heard you said you had no meat to eat, so I'll share some with you."
Wu Lili said happily, "Really? Thank you."
She gave her what she had brought and said.
"The salted fish and meat here are very salty, so soak them in water when you eat them."
When Zhang Hongyang and the others heard what she said, they quickly invited her into the house to talk.
"Comrade Jiang, it's hot outside, let's talk inside."
Seeing that they were all looking at her, Jiang Baige responded, "Great! I haven't been to the compound for a long time. It's a good time to talk to you."
Zhang Hongyang took the bag from her hand and led the way.
Wu Lili said happily as she watched Jiang Baige carry all the children over.
"Ah! Comrade Baige, your son is so cute."
As she said this, she wanted to hug Dandan, but unexpectedly Dandan turned his head away and didn't look at her.
Wu Lili didn't expect that this baby would still despise her. She pouted and said, "Huh, look, he still despises me."
Jiang Baige smiled and said, "He's shy, so you can't take him away."
Several people entered the main room, and Zhang Hongyang had already opened the things that Jiang Baige had brought.
He said in surprise: "Wow! There are so many, we can eat them for a long time."
Li Yan also stared at it, then smiled and said, "It's still better in the city! You can buy whatever you want to eat."
Jiang Baige smiled at her and said, "The county has relaxed a lot. Days like this will definitely be over soon. Just hold on."
Hearing her words, several educated youth gathered around.
"Comrade Jiang, have you heard any news? Tell us quickly."
Jiang Baige had no intention of comforting them, but considering that there would be a lot of relaxation in the policies in the future, it would be no big deal to talk to them about it.
After all, in such difficult days, as long as we can bring them a little hope of life, it will be fine.
Jiang Baige said, "That's nothing, it's just my guess."
Zhang Hongyang and the others each had their own standards in mind for this statement, and it was much better than before.
Wu Lili was still concerned about the bag of meat, so she asked several educated youth.
We have the meat now, and we're eating together, so we can weigh it and split the bill among ourselves.
They had no objection to this and it was unanimously approved.
Zhang Hongyang said, "No problem. I'll get the scale to weigh it."
Jiang Baige originally intended to give the meat to them, but they insisted on paying for it, so she had no choice but to accept it.
Everyone is thinking about themselves at this time. If she said she was giving them food, others might think she had made a fortune, which might even bring her trouble.
If you want to do good things, the worst that can happen is that you give them food at a lower price so that they can afford it.
The meat weighed ten pounds. Because it was pickled with salt, a lot of salt must have been used. The educated youth also pickled vegetables themselves and knew the ins and outs of it, so the price was a little higher than the fresh meat in the supply and marketing cooperative, and they charged her two yuan and fifty cents per pound.
They knew that if they bought this on the black market, they might not be able to buy it even at three yuan per pound, but they didn't think about it that way and offered a price that was fifty cents per pound higher than the supply and marketing cooperative.
Several people ate from the same pot, and everyone had a share of the money for buying meat. They pooled their money and gave 25 yuan plus a few meat tickets to Jiang Baige.
Everyone said that the educated youth were very rich and were willing to spend money on food and clothing, and it seemed to be true.
However, Jiang Baige did not take those tickets. There was no use for her to have them, so she might as well leave them to them.
Seeing that she didn't want the ticket, Zhang Hongyang asked in confusion: "Comrade Jiang, why don't you accept this ticket?"
Jiang Baige explained, "You keep this ticket. If you go to town, you can buy fresh meat at the supply and marketing cooperative. I have some connections in the county town, so I don't need this."
Now they understood. If she didn't have the source, she wouldn't have been able to get so much meat. After thanking her, they took the tickets back.
Just as Jiang Baige was about to leave, several educated youth made an appointment with her to help bring some things back next time they came back, no matter how much.
Jiang Baige promised them that she would bring it back next time she came back.
In the next few days, with the villagers' unremitting and hard work day and night, all the corn in the fields was finally successfully harvested.
Next, they faced the task of separating the corn kernels from the cobs.
Jiang Baige was also very busy. This job was relatively easy, so she would go to work with her mother-in-law every day.
When the whole family went out, little Dandan was taken care of by his grandfather. Chen Defu was not idle either. He carried his grandson back and arranged a job for him.
Fortunately, after the corn was stored in the warehouse, the thief never came back.
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