In the morning, Sun Ruhua cooked a pot of corn mush and served it with some pickles.
While eating, Sun Ruhua took out a pair of cloth shoes and gave them to Xie Zhiyi.
"Try to see if it fits!"
Xie Zhiyi's eyes lit up when he saw the new cloth shoes.
"Mom, is this really for me?"
Sun Ruhua touched his head: "It's not for you, who is it for? Eat quickly, and try again after eating."
"Well, thank you, mother!"
How could Xie Zhiyi not be excited?
This is the first time he has worn new shoes in his life! In the past, I always picked up clothes worn by Xie Qian and Xie Kun.
He even picked up Xie Menger's shoes and wore them!
After breakfast, Xie Zhiyi tried on the shoes. They were a little too big, but it was okay. He would still grow bigger, and he could wear them for another year if they were bigger.
When Sun Ruhua saw what he was wearing, she took the basin and went to the river to wash her clothes.
Xie Zhiyi was going to kill pigweeds again, because the weather was cold now, and Sun Ruhua didn't allow him to get up so early. The clothes he was wearing were already thin, and he was afraid that it would be too cold in the morning and freeze him.
How can a poor family have any spare money to treat their children?
"Sister, let's go, let's catch some water reptiles to eat today." Xie Zhiyi said.
"That's a crab!"
Xie Zhiyi nodded: "Then let's catch some more crabs to eat!"
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said, "Shouldn't you have said yesterday that it couldn't eat it?"
Xie Zhiyi scratched his head: "I didn't know! But sister, how do you know this thing is edible? I've never seen you catch it and eat it before!"
"Wasn't I crazy before? I just gave it a try yesterday!" Xie Jiaojiao said nonsense.
Xie Zhiyi lowered his head to change out of his new shoes and put on his cloth shoes.
Xie Jiaojiao knew that he cherished the shoes, so she didn't say anything.
She also went back to the house and changed her clothes.
She had to rely on the mountains to live on the mountains and the water to eat the water. She still had to go to the mountains to look for anything that could be turned into money.
After the two of them finished it, Niu Er's voice sounded outside.
The three of them walked slowly up the mountain along yesterday's road. When passing by the river, they saw Mrs. Wang and Sun Ruhua.
Sun Ruhua told them to be careful, then lowered her head and continued washing her clothes.
Mrs. Wang smiled and asked her: "Your Jiaojiao is well now. Are you not in a hurry about her marriage?"
As Sun Ruhua answered, she kept tapping her clothes with her hands: "Oh, her father just left now, so I can't find anyone to talk to."
Mrs. Wang gave her a slap on the hand and said, "My natal family has a nephew who is similar in age to your Jiaojiao family. In the past few years, the family had difficulties and he never got married. At the beginning of this year, he ran away with a passing caravan. After a while, I came back and made some money, and I am thinking of marrying a wife. No, I think your Jiaojiao family is suitable. I want to see if you are willing. If you are willing, I will have someone send you a message back."
When Sun Ruhua heard this, she became energetic and her eyes lit up: "Really?"
Mrs. Wang nodded: "I also went back a few days ago. I heard what his mother said, but my nephew is not as good-looking as yours."
Sun Ruhua smiled: "What's the use of being good-looking? The most important thing is to make money. Just don't let my Jiaojiao feel wronged!"
"That's not the case! If you say that, I will feel relieved. Then I will ask someone to send a letter back, and we will see each other then?"
Sun Ruhua's face was happy: "It's done!"
Xie Jiaojiao didn't know that her mother found a marriage for her just by doing a laundry trip!
On the way up the mountain, Xie Zhiyi kept talking about how delicious yesterday's crabs were.
Niu Er felt completely unbelievable in his heart.
Xie Zhiyi also said: "Brother Niu, you don't know, this water... oh crab, it actually has salty taste on its own, you don't even need to add salt!"
"You're bragging! The fish in this river don't even taste salty!"
"Brother Niu really, hey, let's catch two more today, you can take them back and eat them yourself."
Niu Er didn't answer. Hearing Xie Zhiyi's bragging, he made a note of it in his mind. Today he would catch two and take them back to taste to see if Xie Zhiyi was lying to him.
When he arrived at the stream, Xie Zhiyi picked up the sickle and started working again.
Xie Jiaojiao walked away.
"Sister, where are you going?"
"I'll look around a bit." Xie Jiaojiao replied.
Xie Zhiyi didn't ask much, he just thought something was getting better on the mountain.
Xie Jiaojiao walked around and walked into the mountains, feeling that the surrounding area was getting colder and colder.
Just when I was about to go back, I suddenly saw something in the distance that looked so familiar.
He walked forward somewhat uncertainly.
This is sugar cane! A huge field of sugar cane!
Oh my god, how come there is sugar cane in this mountain?
Xie Jiaojiao was so happy, such a large area of sugar cane!
Xie Jiaojiao knelt down, took out the sickle from her waist, and chopped off one. It was so sweet!
Looking at this large area of sugar cane, Xie Jiaojiao seemed to see silver.
Memorizing the route, I ran back along the road with excitement on my face.
Xie Zhiyi has already planted the pigweed.
"Sister, you came back just in time. Let's go back."
Xie Jiaojiao handed each of them a section of sugar cane.
Xie Zhiyi and Niu Er have never eaten this.
"Sister, what is this? It looks like corn stalks."
Xie Jiaojiao taught them how to eat in front of them.
When the two of them tasted the sweetness, they were both in disbelief.
"Sister, this is so sweet, like honey."
Niu Er also agrees.
Xie Jiaojiao smiled and said it was a secret, then picked up the backpack and took the two of them down the mountain.
It was noon when we arrived at home, and Sun Ruhua was already making lunch.
"You're back? Just in time, we're about to eat."
Xie Jiaojiao carried Pigcao to the backyard, and happened to see Xie Qian and Xie Menger in the backyard, holding a bowl in their hands. When Xie Jiaojiao came, they hurriedly hid the bowl behind their backs without saying anything.
Xie Jiaojiao saw that their mouths were full of oil.
Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything, put down her backpack, and left.
Why did the whole yard smell the smell of meat as soon as I came back? I thought it must be Dafang who went to town to buy meat today, right?
As soon as she smelled this smell, Xie Jiaojiao wanted to eat meat!
"Mom, did your brother have meat for lunch?"
Sun Ruhua nodded, but didn't say much.
Xie Zhiyi stood on the stove and smelled the meat.
Xie Jiaojiao patted his back: "Okay, when we have money, we will also buy meat to eat. We can buy a whole piece and finish it in one meal, okay?"
Xie Zhiyi nodded and retracted his neck.
At noon, there was also cornstarch, and there was also a plate of cabbage. However, the cabbage was not fried in oil. It was just put on the steamer of the ear pot while the cornmeal was cooked, and then mixed with some salt. It was really bland!
Thinking about the patch of sugar cane on the mountain, she had to find a way to turn that patch of sugar cane into silver!
After eating, Xie Jiaojiao has been thinking about how to get that piece of sugar cane back in the room.
Are you going to boil the sugar cane in this yard when you get it back?
That won't work...
This matter cannot be seen by the second room of the house, and it will not be clear when the time comes, and they will inevitably have to take advantage of it!
In the afternoon, Sun Ruhua took Xie Jiaojiao and Xie Zhiyi to the fields to pull weeds, and by the way, they plowed the sweet potato vines in two acres of land.
Xie Jiaojiao is so tired!
Although she also came from the countryside, her family's work was not so meticulous. And although she was from the countryside, her family was in a town. She grew food on her family's land when she was a child. When she entered junior high school, the family's land grew. We don’t grow much food on our land. First, some of the land next to the town was sold by the government and built into houses. Second, our parents went out to work, and no one cultivated the land at home!
Even if it's planting, it's basically just some vegetables, some rapeseed for making rapeseed oil. Rice is bought and eaten all year round.
