When it got dark, Old Man Huang came back with his two sons. After putting the ox cart away, he walked in with a basket and said, "Old woman, these are for you."
Old Mrs. Huang smiled broadly as she looked at the contents of the basket: a barrel of oil, two bags of sugar, five bags of salt, two pieces of soap, and two pieces of calico.
She touched the fabric and said, "Hide this and make clothes for Fu Bao later, tsk tsk tsk! It's so beautiful."
Old Man Huang was also happy to show off: "I fell in love with this piece of material at first sight."
Fu Bao looked at the top and saw that it was full of big red flowers. How can I say this flower! Too over the top...
But nowadays, ordinary people can't even buy this kind of large-flowered cloth. Not to mention, this old lady Huang's senior brother is really awesome.
Old Man Huang lowered his voice and said: "A total of 15 bags of coarse grains were exchanged, and I put them all into the cave."
Mrs. Huang nodded and said, "It's not a big problem to take it for three months. We have a big family, so we have to save some food."
At that time, I thought that even if there was no food distribution this year, there would be food distribution next year, but I couldn’t even think about what would happen next.
After listening to Mrs. Huang's words, the village stocked up on some food. If any family really ran out of food, the village chief would give some to them, so they could barely survive this winter.
Anyway, in other villages, I heard that more or less people starved to death, but Huangjiacun all survived.
Li Mei's mother came several times, but Mrs. Huang drove her away and ignored her no matter how much she cried and fussed.
The bag of whole grains last time was the last line Mrs. Huang had to take. She was also afraid of being poked in the back by others. After all, Xiao Wu was not married yet!
By spring, Fubao was already able to walk, and he walked very steadily.
Mrs. Huang walked up behind her and said, "Slow down, little ancestor, don't fall..."
Fu Bao thought about joking, how could she...
"Pa..." Jie was so strong that he fell down. The slap in the face came so quickly. Fortunately, he was still wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket, so it didn't hurt much.
Everyone in the family has begun to work in the fields. Although they did not receive any food today, everyone can only work honestly.
The village chief then took out the grain seeds and placed twenty-three bags of grain neatly.
But the head of Baijia Village was like an ant on a hot pot. He had used up more than 20 bags of grain.
Originally, he thought that he would definitely be able to make up for it in the spring, but he couldn't make it up at all.
He looked at Bai Lulu and said, "Lulu! You see that we can't even make up for the food at home. Can you think of a way?"
Bai Lulu frowned and ate the white rice in the bowl and said, "Why can't you make up for it? Besides, these grains are not for me, what can I do?"
Old Mrs. Bai looked at her and said, "I don't like to hear this anymore. You take your two children to eat and drink at home every day. The food at home has long been gone. Isn't there nothing we can do?"
Bai Lulu said angrily: "I pay five yuan a month, what's wrong with eating some food?"
But Mrs. Bai doesn’t think so!
"Five yuan, what's the use without food stamps? Besides, how much can these two children eat?" Old lady Bai said: "Lulu, go and beg the deputy director! He has designated a way."
Bai Lulu felt sick to her stomach when she thought of that fat pig. To be honest, although Huang Silang was a bit cowardly, at least he was handsome, but the deputy director was really hard to describe!
And knowing that she was divorced, he pestered her every day, but she really didn't like this pig.
But how can the Baijia Village Chief care about so much at this time?
He said: "Deputy factory director! If he accidentally leaks something in his hand, it will be enough for us to eat for a lifetime..."
But Bai Lulu was still reluctant. Old Man Bai said: "Even if you don't think about us, you have to think about your two children, right? Children of this age have gone to school in the town..."
Bai Lulu gritted her teeth and said nothing.
The head of Huangjia Village has already led his people to plant seeds. He originally thought that the situation would be better in the spring, but food has become even more scarce. Many people in the village have rushed to the mountains to dig wild vegetables.
I'm afraid I'll be late and won't even have time to dig wild vegetables.
Mrs. Huang followed the large army up the mountain with her backpack and Fu Bao.
She put Fu Bao in the basket on her back. She stood in the basket and looked out. The endless mountains as far as the eye could see were exactly the same as what she saw in her dream.
Many people in the village greeted Mrs. Huang: "You come out to dig wild vegetables too!"
Mrs. Huang nodded and said: "Of course we have to go out and dig. The food at home is gone. If we don't dig wild vegetables, there will be nothing to eat."
In fact, there is not much food left at home, but Fubao knows that there is still a lot of food hidden in the cave, and at least he will not die of hunger for this year and a half.
But Mrs. Huang will not expose the situation at home.
Neighbor Aunt Zhou sighed and said: "Sister, to tell you the truth, my house has no rice at all. My house is as big as yours. I'm afraid...I'm afraid..."
Speaking of this, Aunt Zhou burst into tears.
Fu Bao looked at the child in her carrier. He was really pitiful. He was as big as her, but he could only sit in the carrier and look at her pitifully.
Fu Bao suddenly felt compassion. She was also a doctor, and she felt really uncomfortable seeing such a child.
Fu Bao pulled the old lady Huang, and the old lady Huang sighed and said: "When your family eats every day, send it to my house! Give him some food at least."
Aunt Zhou grabbed Old Mrs. Huang and was about to kneel down. Old Mrs. Huang grabbed her and said, "What are you doing? Neighbors and neighbors, don't talk about this matter in the village. If not, who will do it later?" They all come to me for food, how can I get it?"
Aunt Zhou wiped her tears and nose and nodded.
Mrs. Huang didn't follow the villagers. She looked at Fubao and said, "Fubao, where are we going? This place has been dug up. I'm afraid there won't be anything good here."
Fu Bao thought for a while and pointed in a direction. She remembered that there was a place with a lot of yams.
Mrs. Huang looked around and saw that no one was around before heading in the direction pointed by Fu Bao.
The mountain road was difficult to walk, but Mrs. Huang walked smoothly and steadily. After walking for more than half an hour, Fu Bao suddenly said: "Ah... milk... eat..."
Mrs. Huang looked at the leaves and said, "Do you think these leaves are edible?"
Oh my god! Can yam leaves be eaten?
Fortunately, Mrs. Huang was not stupid. She dug up the soil and suddenly exclaimed: "Yam?"
Fu Bao looked at her with a "hehehe" smile. Old Mrs. Huang gave a "chirp" sound, kissed Fu Bao and said, "What a good baby."
Mrs. Huang looked at it and saw that this was a large piece of yam! Even she couldn't dig much, so she turned around and said: "Let's just pick up some firewood and mushrooms, and let's dig yams tonight..."
Fu Bao pointed to the bamboo forest next to him, and Mrs. Huang smiled and said, "Okay, let's go to the bamboo forest..."
There are a lot of spring bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest now. Mrs. Huang's eyes lit up and she started to dig up the bamboo shoots.
The spring bamboo shoots are actually quite bitter, but after blanching, they are still delicious, especially when fried with fatty meat, the taste...
