Even if brothers come to visit, they will either bring their own staple food such as steamed bread or give them food stamps.
It’s not that there is no respect for family ties, but everyone’s monthly food quota is fixed.
Wages for various types of work across the country range from high to low, but food is strictly limited.
Even if you are a big boss in the ministry, your monthly ration is only about thirty kilograms.
As for the secret benefits, that's another story.
Not giving food stamps at the doorstep is equivalent to robbing the host of food rations.
Chu He tried to persuade her a few times, but seeing that Chu Xiangqian seemed to be really full, he could only put the steamed buns in his hand into the little girl's bowl.
Even though Chu Aiqiu is only 5 years old, the little guy has a big appetite.
A bowl of porridge and a steamed bun were all eaten in a few minutes.
Aiguo and 12-year-old Chu Ailin could only watch helplessly as their younger sister took the steamed buns handed over by her father with a smile.
Chu Qianqian rubbed Ai Guo's head. He wanted to say there was no future, but the greasy palms made him lose his mood to speak.
After eating, I secretly smelled myself, which seemed to be no better than being patriotic.
I didn't feel it before, but now I realized that I hadn't showered for at least ten days, and I immediately felt like my whole body was smelling.
The more I thought about it, the more I started to feel itchy.
It's just that in the cold winter, it's very troublesome to take a hot bath.
Then I thought of a small fountain outside the village center of Novice Village.
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Before leaving his second uncle's house, Chu Xiangqian took two taels of food stamps to his second aunt.
The second aunt accepted it without much refusal.
In the past, Chu Shan and Chu Xiangqian's father and son came to eat at home many times. Each time, they would give food stamps or bring their own staple food to the door.
Watching his second uncle and cousin Chu Jiang driving the carriage used to transport timber and taking the black bear with them to leave the village for the commune, Chu Xiangqian refused the request of being patriotic and loving people, and that several of his brothers from the same generation went up the mountain together.
With the bow and arrow on his back and the steel fork in hand, he climbed up the mountain again under the watchful eyes of adults and children.
When he walked away, everyone started talking.
"Do you think the eldest son of the Chu family can hunt enough game for more than twenty people this time?"
"I think if it were so easy to hunt, the few men in the village who are no worse than Qianqian's father, Chu Shan, wouldn't be hiding at home like Mao Dong."
Fortunately, there were a lot of discussions, some even slanderous ones, but no one was angry.
The forest farm is not big, with only about twenty households, and they are workers' families that only came together after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
We had no complaints in the past, and we only had to go to the mountains to cut trees on weekdays, so there was basically nothing to complain about at work.
On the contrary, occasionally someone fails to complete the monthly task and has to ask fellow villagers for help.
In this case, there are far more mutual aids than conflicts.
And humans are actually very contradictory.
The more difficult the environment, the more united we are.
The forest farm is built in the mountains, and there is no suitable place for farming. Living materials are all transported in from outside. The villagers still have a strong sense of crisis.
On the contrary, this makes everyone want to stick together.
So although some old ladies said something unpleasant, no one wanted to see anything happen to Chu Xiangqian.
I want to refute my love for my country and people, but I am too embarrassed to quarrel with others.
Only the little girl Ai Qiu swallowed her saliva and asked Ai Guo, "Brother, can you really give me meat at night?"
Aiguo glared at his sister angrily. The pheasant he caught in the morning was now hidden in his home.
The eldest brother also said that he would just take it as a thank you for taking care of himself and Aimin for so many days.
And he will often take himself and his beloved people to the mountains for hunting in the future.
If Aiqiu's big mouth lets others know that he is eating pheasant tonight and attracts others to his door, he will have to eat less.
He hurriedly picked up Ai Qiu and said, "I don't know, but since eldest brother can hunt, he will definitely have meat to eat in the future."
Ai Qiu nodded blankly, and was carried home by Ai Guo.
But before leaving, Aiguo winked with Aimin and motioned for him to come home to eat pheasant in the evening.
Aimin chuckled and nodded slightly as if nothing had happened, but he didn't want his sister Chu Yuan to see him.
Speaking of which, the three brothers Chushan, Chuhe and Chujiang are actually very thieves.
Except for Chu Xiangqian's name, which has not been changed, patriotism and love for the people were changed after the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Even Chu Yuan's aid was Yuan at first, not aid's aid.
After Chu Yuan waited for Aimin to return home with a smile on his face, he immediately grabbed the boy and started questioning him.
If you don't say anything, just go ahead and beat him up.
Of course, at first, Chu Yuan only thought that he was patriotic and loved the people because he wanted to secretly follow his eldest brother Chu Xiang into the mountains.
But I didn't want to hear that my elder brother had shot a pheasant in the morning and planned to eat it at the second uncle's house in the evening. He just called Aimin but not himself, so he stopped immediately.
If the secret passage doesn't call me, I can't come to the door by myself?
After being beaten, Aimin could only mutter to the side, "You look like a man, let's see how you get married in the future."
Chu Yuanzhang is actually pretty good, but after staying in a place like Linchang Village for six or seven years, he has been taught a lot by the seven or eight northeastern aunts in the same village.
So much so that I’m 18 years old and turned 19 during the Chinese New Year. I’ve seen several in-laws and they all look bad.
In addition, Chu Jiang's daughter-in-law died of illness before the founding of the People's Republic of China, and Chu Yuan was indeed a bit fierce in his sheep-herding state.
This is actually easy to understand. If it's not serious, Chu Yuan, who has a younger brother, will definitely be bullied by other children in the village.
Even with the big brother Chu Qianqian, it is actually of little use.
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Chu Xiangqian went to the back of the mountain, took Da Zhuang and Hong Niu to the wind shelter where he and his father often went.
When we got to the place, we ducked directly into Novice Village.
He didn't care whether his mud would pollute the fountain in the center of the village.
After a comfortable bath, I secretly thought that it would be better to go to Novice Village to maintain a comfortable temperature for the human body.
I cleaned myself up and lay in the fountain for a while, thinking about whether I should wash my underwear.
But he saw that the dirt he had rubbed off his body had disappeared with the water.
Chu Xiangqian was immediately overjoyed and secretly wondered if this fountain also had an automatic cleaning function?
If you leave your clothes in the sink, will they be automatically rinsed?
I did it as soon as I thought of it. After ten minutes, I picked up the wet clothes and smelled it. I suddenly felt that not only was the smell gone, but there was still a faint fragrance on the clothes.
Chu Xiangqian was overjoyed, but it took him a few seconds to react.
It's really nice to bring your own fragrance, but the smell is troublesome in the wild.
Moreover, after returning to the village, it was easy to explain that there was no odor on my body, but the clothes were dry in the afternoon, so it was difficult to explain.
Fortunately, the wolfskin coat and long-haired boots are still there. Not only can these things not be washed, but they become warmer and softer as they wear.
As for the taste, just warm.
Hang the wet underwear in the blacksmith shop and blow it with a water-powered blower that never stops.
It only took ten minutes and it was all done.
Only then did Chu Qianqian leave the Novice Village with Da Zhuang and Hong Niu, and began to search for prey in earnest.
Naturally, the first choices are hares, roe deer and wild boars.
If you encounter a pheasant, you will definitely not let it go.
After walking for more than an hour, it was almost three o'clock in the sky. Chu Qianqian shook his head helplessly.
I was about to walk back and try to see if I could easily hunt a rabbit.
Unexpectedly, Da Zhuang and Hong Niu suddenly lowered their bodies and walked towards the hillside more than a hundred meters ahead.
