After unloading the sweet potatoes, Ye Zhiqiu saw that Ye Bailu was not at home either. He asked curiously, "What did that bastard Lao Er do with my younger sister? He even took Xiao Hei with him. Did he go to the river?"
Wang Xiaolan smiled and replied, "I don't know what happened to Lao Er today. He only went out for an hour and didn't catch any fish, but he did find wild taro and dug up five of them.
I asked him to send two to your Aunt Liu's house, but your little sister insisted on going with him, and she even tied up Xiao Hei's feet with a rope and dragged him along."
So that's how it is, can you even dig up something like wild taro? Honestly, if you come across this thing, you have to dig it up and take it home. It's really not that easy to get.
And judging by the size of the three largest taro roots, they must have been in the ground for at least two years. I don't know how they managed to grow so big without getting frozen.
After they finished talking, Ye Wubing and Ye Bailu came back. And Xiao Hei was being dragged by Ye Bailu with a rope, wanting to go home quickly.
Seeing Ye Zhiqiu, Ye Wubing said happily: "Brother, why didn't you notice there were wild taro there when you were catching wasps? If I hadn't gone there this afternoon to see if there were many snails, this wild taro would have been dug up and taken home by someone else."
Ye Zhiqiu was surprised and said, "Did you dig this taro from the wasp nest? I didn't even see any leaves!"
"It's not where the hornet's nest is, it's next to the tree nest! I guess it's because of the hornets that the villagers here don't dare to dig it out, for fear of disturbing the hornets and getting stung."
After hearing this, Ye Zhiqiu understood. After all, he didn't run to see it at that time, but put the hornet's nest away in his space from a distance.
With one kick, he tripped Xiao Hei, who was circling around him and wagging his tail crazily. Seeing that Ye Bailu was sweating profusely and almost looked like a big cat, Ye Zhiqiu wet her towel and wiped her face.
"Little cat, how come you're so messed up? I was thinking, there's nothing particularly dark at home, so how did you get all these black and yellow spots on your face?"
"Brother, my mother and I are playing with coal!"
Wang Xiaolan laughed and scolded, "How dare you say that, you silly girl? You're only making things worse and keeping me busy for quite a while!"
Ye Zhiqiu then realized that Wang Xiaolan was making honeycomb coal at home. He asked curiously, "Mom, how did you get this mold? It's made of iron, so it's hard to buy, right?"
Wang Xiaolan explained, "I bought it yesterday. The government is promoting honeycomb briquettes. I even saw an instructor yesterday who taught me the right ratio of yellow mud to use. And buying this cast iron mold cost me a full three yuan!"
"It's quite good. This thing can be used to burn coal in the winter. It's essential for heating. Unlike us in the village, we have to burn wood stoves to keep warm."
"Mom knows, but we used to burn loose coal. This honeycomb coal is good, and it's said to burn longer than loose coal!"
Ye Zhiqiu had forgotten about his cheap mother, who had also lived in the city. Although many years had passed, she still knew some things and didn't need to worry too much about them.
After washing and hanging up the towels, Ye Zhiqiu helped with this thing. Making honeycomb coal is really not difficult, it just takes a little effort.
After a while of hard work, the mother and son finally arranged the coal briquettes neatly. In a few days, they could be moved aside and stacked for easy use.
The two went to wash their hands. Ye Wubing was teaching Ye Bailu to sing the song "Let's Row the Boat Together". The two of them clapped the beat and sang the song.
At that time, the songs taught to students were all about praising the motherland and the goodness of socialism, so everyone knew these songs.
Many times, people in the village who go to work sing these songs together while working, which is very distinctive of the times.
After the song was over, Ye Bailu couldn't sit still anymore. Children are still at that age where they want to play everything. She ran to the kitchen to help Wang Xiaolan wash the wild vegetables. Even though she had washed them before, she still asked Wang Xiaolan to wash them again to make them clean.
But Wang Xiaolan would only praise her and never scold her for not cleaning well. Because the enthusiasm for work should be maintained, and you can't blame a child for not doing a good job, as that will discourage the child's enthusiasm.
"Second brother, spread the rabbit grass outside in to feed the rabbits, and crush some of your snails to feed the chickens."
Ye Wubing, who was drinking water, quickly put down the bowl and shouted back, "Mom, I got it. I'll get it right away!"
After saying that, he looked at Ye Zhiqiu who was smoking, his eyes seemed to be asking, "There are two work arrangements, brother, won't you help with one of them?"
Ye Zhiqiu exhaled a puff of smoke, grinned, and asked, "Are you wondering why I didn't yell, 'Brother, I'm going to work?'"
Ye Wubing nodded vigorously. Generally speaking, I am quite fair.
Ye Zhiqiu scolded him with a smile, "You little rascal, I, your big brother, have brought back several hundred kilograms of sweet potatoes today. I'm exhausted. I asked you to do some small chores and you still want me to share the burden?
"Big brother has no objection. Then wait for Aunt Liu to come over and teach me how to make sweet potato flour. Don't let me eat a single bite!"
Hearing that his family was going to make sweet potato noodles, Ye Wubing raised his head and said with a smug look of surprise, "How can that be! Big brother, are you thirsty? Can I get you some more water? There's no need for you to do this little job. I can do it all by myself!"
"Get lost and do your job!"
"Okay! Brother, I'll go feed the rabbits now..."
It has to be said that Ye Zhiqiu sometimes feels both angry and happy towards Ye Wubing! In his previous life, he had no brothers or sisters, and sometimes he didn't know how to deal with himself.
As for how to be a good big brother, he really doesn't know how to do this kind of thing! Speaking of which, the second brother always said that he beat him, but the fact is that after Ye Zhiqiu crossed over, he didn't beat him a few times at all!
Every time he would fight with the villagers, and then nothing would happen...
As for my little sister, she was greedy and naive, but I had raised her! When I first crossed over here, she was just over two years old. Every morning, my cheap dad would put her in his arms and go out to work to earn work points.
What should I do if she keeps crying?
Ye Zhiqiu admits that he is not a good person, but he can't be so cruel as to beat or scold such a little guy!
There was no other choice but to take him with him. At that time, Ye Wubing was the most obedient. He followed behind him every day and explained everything to Ye Zhiqiu.
Because it was already confirmed that he had lost his memory, the whole family was very worried about him. So Ye Wubing would even wait outside when Ye Zhiqiu went to the toilet, for fear that something might happen to his elder brother.
In this way, Ye Zhiqiu has integrated into this family, but he has not yet integrated into this era.
What are the characteristics of this era?
According to what Ye Zhiqiu understood, this should be an era in which modern Chinese people are the most hardworking and the least afraid of death!
"Second brother, are you stupid? Why don't you just smash the whole snail and feed it to the chickens?"
You see, Ye Wubing is not afraid of death and is looking for death again!
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