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Chapter 116: Chapter 116

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    The curtains at home were not enough, so Li Cuihua put on more than a dozen curtains the size of eight-round pots for her, and several small curtains the size of basin mouths.

    Liu Erya also never went to school.  At home, Zhang Hongmei's family ran at both ends and helped with a lot of work.

    The cabbage planted in the mountains has also been taken back. There is no need to wash this one, just split it and hang it on the rope under the eaves.

    Er Lengzi went to the sweet potato field to look at the cabbage every day, and waited until Zhang Hongmei had cleaned up all the vegetables at home before asking her to remove the cabbage together.

    Still the same group of kids who planted cabbages.  But this time the adults all went to carry the baskets back.

    It was still transported to the threshing field, where the grandmothers were waiting. Those who cared about it were washed and put aside to control the water. Those who didn't care about it were tied with ropes and tied to the piles where the sticks were stored before.

    The young and strong are responsible for carrying water and cleaning tanks.  And moved the dried vat into an empty room in the brigade headquarters.  Afterwards, a large pot was set up to boil water, and the cabbage could be boiled for a while, and then put into a bucket, someone picked it up, and there were women waiting to put it in the big tank, which was an assembly line operation.

    Sprinkle a handful of salt on top of a layer of cabbage, then cabbage again, and repeat this stacking.  When the tank is full, put large pieces of pumpkin leaves, press them with a few sorghum stalks, and finally put big stones on top.

    The cabbage in the mountains pickled a total of ten jars of sauerkraut.  In the end, it was Wang Hongxi who drove the ox cart to buy another 20 large vats, which were delivered with the help of others, or the old ox would not be able to pull them.

    If you don't pickle pickled vegetables, it won't be enough.

    Now there are only pumpkins, pumpkins, and wax gourds left in the mountains.  Zhang Hongmei, Liu Erya, and Er Lengzi recited it for three days before putting them all in the cellar.

    Originally, I wanted to send it directly to the warehouse of the brigade, but I still said that I would wait and see how much others paid.

    Zhang Hongmei doesn't care about this, but since the fool said it, let's do it first, after all, Liujiatun will not starve next year.  There are a lot of her things, and I can give some to others.

    "Brother Erfool, come and get it if you use it, I can't eat it."

    "What's the use of me? I don't want to eat this thing for the rest of my life." He was really hurt. Ever since his father went out to fight and never came back, he was the only one left at home after his mother went out.  Because I was young and couldn't grow land, I just planted pumpkins. Now thinking about it, I still feel heartbroken.

    "Hongmei, you can cut up pumpkins."

    "Yezhong, let's bring the pumpkin up again. I'm good at cutting it."

    "Brother Erlian, I think you are good at all things with a knife." Liu Erya joked with him.

    "That's right, the butcher Wang in the village accepted me as an apprentice because of my strong wrists. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't be able to survive."

    Er Lengzi was a little sad. Although he ate food from other people in the village when he was a child, he had a good face.  Not wanting to disturb others, the old bachelor king butcher accepted him as a disciple, taught him skills, and raised him, but he didn't wait until his filial piety was gone.

    Er Lengzi shook his head, jumped down from the cellar and handed the pumpkin up.

    There were ninety-six big pumpkins in total, and it took the three of them a week to finish cutting them. Li Cuihua and Liu Maocai took advantage of the evening to weave two big mats for Zhang Hongmei, covering the entire front yard.  Wood is placed under the mat for ventilation.

    A yard full of dried pumpkins is pleasing to the eye.

    They were busy with the men in the village, weaving mats, rolling the dried sweet potato seedlings and putting them in the warehouse of the barn. This is the fodder for the old cows in winter.

    Women wear curtains, after all, there is a great demand for curtains.

    ?Because Zhang Hongmei's vegetables are all grown in the mountains, they harvested early, and other people's homes began to harvest vegetables after she finished them all.

    Zhang Hongmei helps Erya with work every day, and the work is done in just a few days.

    Afterwards, the potatoes in the backyard were removed non-stop.  A whole ten snakeskin sacks of potatoes were put into the cellar, and the little cellar was full.

    The results of nearly a year of labor have been put away.  If you pay, you will be rewarded. Liu Erya envied Zhang Hongmei for saving so much food.

    After all the busy work was over, Zhang Hongmei steamed two large pots of goat milk steamed buns in a good mood, and gave twelve to Liu Erya, two for each person, ten for the two fools, and ten for the old lady, and the rest  Two are enough to eat by myself.

    It was frosty in the morning, and the pumpkins, pumpkins and winter melons at home were also put into the cellar.

    It¡¯s the end of the month again, and I haven¡¯t been to school for more than two months. This time for the exam, Zhang Hongmei decided to steam goat milk steamed buns for the principal and teacher. She also steamed two big pots and put them on the back seat of the bicycle.  The pillars remain.

    Zhang Hong?Pushing the bicycle and walking with Erya and the others. After all, the three of them walk together every time. This time it is because there are too many things, and there are dried beans and eggplants on the front girder.

    Zhuzi thought about sending the steamed buns home, but felt embarrassed, but the steamed buns were too fragrant, and he was afraid of bringing them to school, so he had no choice but to eat them all the way.

    When she arrived at school, Zhang Hongmei put the food directly in the principal's office, and let the old man watch the score.  For half a day in the morning, the old principal was spitting, it was so fragrant.

    In the afternoon, the three of them walked back after school, feeling particularly heavy.

    I heard from my classmates that their village had no harvest at all, which was one-third of what it was last year, and they still had to pay public grain. How are they going to live these days?  There is another year!

    But Zhang Hongmei knows that there will be drought next year.  What to do?

    Zhu Zi held back for a long time, "Hongmei, you have to save a little bit of life in the future, you see they will all go hungry."

    "Yeah, it's all very pitiful. Half of the students in our class can't go to school anymore."

    Zhang Hongmei smiled reassuringly, and there are still two years of difficulties to overcome.  This year, Liujiatun is located close to the water source, so it can carry water to irrigate the fields. What if next year it is even drier and the water dries up?

    ?I heard that there are some villages whose wells can't get water. If there is no food, they can find other ways to eat. How can they live without water?

    After returning to the village, the three of them went to the old lady's house, and she seemed to be the backbone of the village.

    Tell the old lady what the school heard.  She didn't speak for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief: "There is no way, people don't kill themselves, and I am not that great to give the capital of my own life to others, so the three of you have to adapt."

    The three of them went home listlessly, powerless.

    The news here is too closed.  There are no newspapers, and I don't know the outside situation at all. Even the old lady can only read newspapers once a month.

    No, I have to go to the city to buy a radio, at least I have to know the big things.

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