The backyard of the Yu family’s old house.
Yu Weimin was leading Yu Yuan in sawing wood strips.
He divided his eight mu of private plot into twenty rectangles, each one meter wide and twenty meters long.
We plan to build twenty two-foot-high low greenhouses.
The top is made into a roof-like triangle so there is no need to worry about snow accumulation in winter.
Plant the cold-resistant seeds collected in the space. Let them grow naturally above zero degrees, and cover with plastic sheeting below zero degrees.
There is a harvest all winter long.
"Dad, do we have to drive all these sticks into the ground?"
"That's right, son, hold on tight!"
Yu Yuan resigned himself to his fate and used a hammer to smash the wooden strips into his private plot.
I don’t know what’s wrong with his dad, he insists that we can grow vegetables in winter!
Taking him up the mountain to chop wood and then coming home to saw the wood strips was even more tiring than earning work points.
But his father is still busy and having fun.
They only eat radishes and cabbages in winter.
If we could grow other things, the cabbage and radish fields in the team would not be idle after the harvest.
Fortunately, it is the slack season now, so I can't earn any work points, but I'm not afraid of following his father.
Yu Weimin is very excited now because he discovered that the seeds in the space can also be copied!
Although the experimental environment now is not as good as it was in modern times.
However, the excellent seeds he brought can be replicated, and he is not afraid of trial and error!
Of course, the plastic sheeting hadn't been bought yet. That would have to wait until his wife saved enough money!
The men, women, young and old in the Yu family were all busy with their own things, but the Peng family in the village was not at peace.
Ever since Peng Xiaozhuang fell into the water, he has had a fever since he came back. The fever has been coming back and forth until today when it completely subsided.
The four-year-old child, trembling with fear as he recalled the feeling of falling into the water that day, asked his mother for help.
"Mom, Dabao brother pushed me and I was scared!"
Zhang Ju couldn't believe it: "You said it was Peng Dabao who pushed you?"
Xiaozhuang nodded while crying.
"Brother Dabao said that everything in the house was his. He said that since I didn't have a father anymore, my life would be a burden to the family."
Zhang Ju's husband Peng Shengli died of illness when Xiaozhuang was two years old.
The Peng family did not split up, and Zhang Ju and her son and her uncle's family have lived with the elderly in the past few years.
Zhang Ju was shaking with anger. Peng Xiaozhuang was only a six-year-old child, how could he say such words?
She had been a widow for several years and was very aggressive. She picked up a broom and hit Peng Dabao, and a fight soon broke out in the Peng family.
After Peng Shitou and Qian Xinghua found out, instead of blaming their eldest son's family, they blamed their younger daughter-in-law for being ignorant.
In a fit of anger, Zhang Ju proposed to separate the family.
After the Peng family divided up the property, Zhang Ju dug out two kilograms of cornmeal and brought her children to find Yu You.
Zhang Ju is about 1.6 meters tall, with neat short hair that reaches her ears, a pale face and thin body, but she speaks very cheerfully.
"Xiao Zhuang, come on, kowtow to your aunt."
Yu You hurried to help the child.
"Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"
"You two saved Xiaozhuang's life, and I can't give you anything valuable. I got some cornmeal from the family business. Don't be disgusted! I still have a lot of strength. If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know."
Yu You was indignant when he learned about the family division.
"It's better to separate them. At least I won't be bullied anymore!"
"I've wanted to share some of the food for a long time, but I only earn a few centimeters and can't get much, and I'm afraid Xiaozhuang will starve with me."
Seeing that Zhang Ju was an insightful person, Cao Xiu interrupted and said, "I have a job here."
"Help me deliver these cakes to the supply and marketing cooperative in the city. It'll take half a day to go back and forth, and I can't guarantee you'll get more, but at least you and Xiaozhuang will have enough to eat."
"Really, Aunt? You're willing to use me?"
She was worried that after the family was divided and she had to earn work points, her son Xiaozhuang would be left alone and she wouldn't be able to take him to the fields to look after him properly.
When delivering goods, she can just push the wheelbarrow and take Xiaozhuang with her.
"I'll give you thirty cents a day, and you can arrange the rest of your time as you please. Is that okay with you?"
Zhang Ju stood up happily: "Okay! Why not? Thank you so much, Auntie."
Thirty cents, but that's three pounds of cornmeal! He and Xiaozhuang could eat half of it and still have half left over.
"Okay, then you can come with me today. I'll introduce you to the people at the supply and marketing cooperative. Youyou, you don't have to follow me. Go back and see An'an and Ningning."
I am so busy every day that I don’t have time to take care of my children.
"Okay, Mom. Don't forget to ask my dad about the plastic sheeting!"
"I remember, I remember. Your dad has been talking about it all morning."
Yu You returned home and found that the two little guys were not there.
"Mom, grandma, where are An'an and Ningning?"
"Zhidong took them to visit your Uncle Zhou next door. This kid always runs to your Uncle Zhou's place when he has nothing to do."
There were three families living in the two rows of houses on the cowshed side. The other two were the Zhou family and the Zheng family.
The Zhou family is home to a family of three: Zhou Xing'an, his wife Fan Qin, and their only daughter Zhou Linlin.
Zhou Xing'an is about the same age as Yu You's father-in-law Qin Wei, who was a civil engineer before being sent down to the countryside.
When Yu You walked over, Zhou Xing'an and Qin Zhidong were drawing on the ground.
Zhou Linlin took An An and Ning Ning to draw on the ground next to them.
Yu You took a closer look.
I found that Zhou Xingan drew a diagram of a bridge structure, while Zhou Linlin drew simple sketches of small animals.
Even if it is not painted on paper, one can already see their respective skills with just a few strokes.
Yu You suddenly remembered that he had not yet fully understood the identities of these three people who were sent down.
I took note of it and decided to ask Qin Zhiya when I got home.
"Uncle Zhou, Linlin, I'm here to pick up the children. Isn't Aunt Zhou home?"
Zhou Xingan sighed: "Your Aunt Zhou is not feeling well and is lying in the house."
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