The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were chatting, and the sky outside was already slightly dark.
Yun Cuihe looked outside and stood up, patting her thighs.
"Look at me? You're just talking and haven't even finished cooking yet."
Chu Yue stood up with her with a busy smile, "After all, it's easy for our family to cook. I'll help mom."
"Xing'an, come and light the stove."
"Okay, mother."
Lu Xing'an hurriedly ran into the kitchen and lit the fire in the stove with ease.
To celebrate the family's purchase of twelve acres of high-quality paddy field today, Chu Yue cut a piece of smoked semi-dried venison, cleaned it, and stir-fried it with ginger, garlic and green onions.
I also fried some cabbage.
The smoked venison had a unique aroma, and everyone praised it for its delicious taste. The children even had their mouths full of oil after eating it.
"Xinghe, when I go to call your fourth uncle tomorrow, I will bring a small piece of the venison at home for your grandma to eat. I remember that your grandpa likes to eat bacon."
Lu Xinghe nodded, "Okay."
"The few kilograms of venison that I gave to my old house were all wiped out when Yufang was old enough. I saw that your grandparents didn't even eat a piece, so they were all given to the younger generation." Yun Cuihe said and sighed. tone.
Lu Xingping pouted as he ate, "It's better to invite grandma and grandpa to come over for dinner. Otherwise, even if we give them all the venison at home, they won't be able to eat it."
Upon hearing this, Yun Cuihe nodded quickly.
"Xingping reminded me, Xinghe, then there's no need to deliver it tomorrow. Just call your grandma home for dinner next time you eat meat."
"good."
The family had eaten, and it was getting dark outside.
After everyone washed up, they went back to their houses.
On the heated kang, Chu Yue hugged Lu Xinghe's arm, "Ms. Shen, what do you think I should give Miss Shen and her hairpin?"
Shen Zhixue finally gave herself a jade bracelet.
If the gift she gives is too perfunctory, she won't be able to handle it. If the gift is too expensive, she can't afford it.
"I want to give something away, but I also want to be dignified..." Lu Xinghe lowered his head and looked at Chu Yue beside him, "Perhaps Yue Yue can start with what she is good at."
Chu Yue raised her head, "What did your husband say?"
"Medical skills." Lu Xinghe looked into the little girl's eyes, "Your medical skills are so great and you have had contact with Shen Zhixue. You can think carefully about what she needs in this area."
Chu Yue thought for a moment and suddenly smiled.
"I know what to give, my husband is so smart!"
After saying that, "Ba Chi" kissed him on the cheek.
This was the second time Chu Yue couldn't help but kiss Lu Xinghe, but she was too excited and obviously hadn't realized whether her actions just now were appropriate.
However, because of her kiss, Lu Xinghe's eyes moved slightly, and there was an impulse in his heart that he had never felt before.
But soon, that impulse was nipped in the cradle.
He touched the little girl's head.
"Go to bed quickly, it's getting late."
…
Although it was sunny the next day, the weather was also cold. When I got up in the morning, forearm-long ice skates were hung under the eaves. Even the water in the water tank was frozen. In the morning, water was collected from the well. It was shot inside.
Lu Dagui brought Tiedan to his house early in the morning, stuffed his hands into his sleeves, and stood under the eaves stomping his feet from the cold.
"Xinghe, the road is icy today. I'm afraid I'll have to walk slower when I go to town later, for fear of slipping."
Lu Xinghe, who was fetching water, hummed.
"Don't be in a hurry, just take your time. If it's cold, just go to the stove to warm up for a while. There's cooking in the stove, so it's warm."
"Hey, okay."
After Lu Dagui finished speaking, he went to the kitchen.
After eating, Lu Dagui put the two baskets of vegetables collected yesterday on the mule cart and drove to the town with Lu Xinghe.
Yun Cuihe watched the mule cart go away, and then looked at Chu Yue beside her, "Yue'er, let's take home all the radishes and cabbages in the remaining four ridges of land next to us. It was fine when it snowed before, but now it's snowing." It’s freezing, and the temperature is extremely low, so don’t get frozen by then.”
Now that the weather is cold, it will not freeze if you take it back to the house, and it can be stored for a longer period of time.
"good."
Chu Yue responded, then went to the house to get a dustpan and bamboo basket, and followed Yun Cuihe to the fields.
Harvesting vegetables on this day is a great test of your fingers’ cold tolerance.
After just cutting five cabbages, Chu Yue felt as if her fingers had lost all feeling. The leaves on the outside of these cabbages were indeed somewhat frozen.
She hurriedly breathed at her fingers, then picked up the sickle and continued to collect cabbage.
The two worked hard for a while, and finally harvested all the vegetables in the four ridges of land.
Lu Xingping and Lu Xingan pulled the leaves off the radishes in the yard, while Xiaozhu and Tiedan were responsible for peeling off the dead and frozen leaves from the cabbage, and then neatly placed the cabbage in a corner of the kitchen to be dried. Put it in the cellar in a few days.
After finishing their work, Yun Cuihe poured a basin of hot water for several people to wash their hands, and then moved two baskets of radishes to the cellar for storage.
Near noon, Lu Xinghe and Lu Dagui came back.
Seeing the two of them, Yun Cuihe hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Xinghe, can we really receive relief food in this town?"
Lu Xinghe nodded, "Yes, I have it, but I can't eat it."
"What's wrong?" Yun Cuihe looked confused.
Lu Dagui snarled, "The relief grains are mixed with a lot of sediment and are inedible. We also received two packages today. Let's take a look, Auntie."
As he spoke, he handed the relief food he received to Yun Cuihe.
Yun Cuihe opened the bag, and sure enough, 70% of the ten kilograms of relief food was filled with sand.
"How can the government fool people like this? Isn't this not giving the people a way to survive?"
Lu Xinghe had a serious face, "I'm afraid someone wants to profit from it."
After several people heard this, they stopped talking.
They had no idea which big figures would be involved in the entanglement of interests, so they must not offend others by saying the wrong thing.
"Ms. sir, how is the order in the town now?" Chu Yue stepped forward and asked.
"It's true that people are not being arrested everywhere anymore. It's just that along the way we went, there were people who froze to death and starved to death everywhere. The government is dealing with it. It seems that they want to burn the corpses together for fear of an outbreak of plague." Lu Xinghe replied .
Chu Yue nodded.
It is indeed easy for plague to occur if the corpse is not disposed of in time, but is it too late to dispose of it now?
Fortunately, it's cold today and we've just experienced heavy snow and ice. I guess those corpses haven't rotted yet.
Hearing these two pieces of news one after another, the family felt a little heavy.
Looking at the situation, the imperial court sent people down, but due to a series of operations by officials, the people's lives have not improved at all, and the hungry are still hungry.
"But the government is so blatantly distributing relief grains mixed with sediment, so no one makes trouble?" Yun Cuihe asked.
Lu Dagui raised his eyebrows and said with an exaggerated expression, "Who dares? There are so many soldiers with swords and spears staring at you. If you dare to cause trouble, the next moment you will be labeled as disrupting the order of disaster relief and die. Xinghe and I are not I have seen with my own eyes that the people are suffering beyond words."
Lu Xingping, who had always been heartless, also took a deep breath.
"Is there such a thing in the world?"
