Liu Qiaoer returned to the village office, and Lu Ming and his team left after unloading the goods.
This time the supply will only last ten days, and from now on it will only be delivered three times a month, and the time intervals between them are getting longer and longer. Liu Qiaoer is worried that they will not have enough to eat these things.
The villagers at least have their own food reserves, but the citizens who are staying here only have these foods.
Fortunately, Liu Qiaoer asked Lu Ming to bring a box of milk powder last time, so the baby should be able to last for a while.
Liu Qiaoer just remembered at this time that she had thought of everything except baby formula. The key point was that she didn't have a child and didn't know to stock up on baby supplies.
It seems that she can forget about having children in the next ten years, or it is okay for her to never have children in her entire life.
However, she is now her grandmother Liu Mei. If she didn't give birth to a child, where would the mother come from? If there was no mother, where would she come from
After distributing all the supplies, he notified them to come and collect them. For those who lived far away or had difficulty going there, Village Chief Wang would deliver the supplies to them.
They were busy until the evening, and then Liu Qiaoer, Cui Bohao and Cui Boyao went home.
Four puppies were running around in the yard. When they saw them, they barked a few times. Liu Qiaoer knew they were hungry, so she got some dog food for them.
There were still vegetables and meat in the refrigerator. Liu Qiaoer said to Cui Boxiao, "Do whatever you want. I'll go upstairs to take a shower."
Cui Bohao also said: "Brother, you can do whatever you want, I will take a shower too."
Cui Boxiao opened the refrigerator. Liu Qiaoer would put the day's food in the refrigerator every morning. There was fish, meat, vegetables, and eggs. There were three chickens on the balcony on the second floor. It was said that they laid two eggs every day, one of which was a rooster.
Cui Bohao said that Liu Qiaoer originally wanted a hen to hatch eggs, but for some reason, they would never hatch. It was probably because the temperature on the balcony was too low.
Soon, Liu Qiaoer came downstairs wearing cotton pajamas and cotton slippers, drying her hair.
Cui Boyao had already prepared dinner, including porridge, egg pancakes, and two side dishes: a plate of stir-fried pork with beans, a plate of scrambled eggs with chili peppers, and a dish of chili sauce.
It’s delicious and has good color, aroma and taste.
Liu Qiaoer was very satisfied. She sat down and tied her half-dried hair up with a towel. It looked casual and lazy, and looked good no matter how she looked at it.
Cui Boxiao was sitting in front of Liu Qiaoer, looking a little dazed.
Until Cui Bohao gently touched him and said, "Brother, let's eat."
Cui Boyao picked up the bowl and drank two sips of soup.
"By the way, Sister Liu, why hasn't your husband come to see you yet? Other places may not be as comfortable as your place. Even if he is far away, he should come back to take care of you."
Liu Qiao'er did not hide it: "He has a woman outside. He is probably looking for that woman. Or maybe they are dead and we can't contact them anymore."
Cui Boxiao's eyes flickered, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "He has a woman outside? That's a betrayal to you, why don't you divorce him?"
Liu Qiaoer raised her eyelids and glanced at him: "My family is from the city. At this time, the countryside is the safest. If I divorce him, this yard will not belong to me. It will be our common property. So at this time, you should hope that he dies."
Cui Boxiao was happy in his heart and indeed hoped that the man was dead, but his silly brother was a little too serious about it.
Cui Bohao nodded: "Indeed, if you are divorced, the villagers will reject you and take back your house and land. You can't live here. However, if he cheated and didn't come back, it would be his loss."
Because Liu Qiaoer's yard is really comfortable.
Cui Boxiao said: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe he and his mistress are living very comfortably. After all, the high-ranking officials in the city are not affected much right now. At most, there is a shortage of supplies. As the water recedes and the ice freezes, the elevator can be used again."
Liu Qiaoer didn't say anything, just ate, as if she didn't want to discuss this topic with him at all.
Unexpectedly, Cui Bohao suddenly touched Cui Boxiao's arm and said, "Brother, I am a village cadre. I live and eat for free at Sister Liu's house. At least I contribute to the village, and she will have a share of my salary. You are not from our village, nor are you Sister Liu's person. You can't live and eat for free at her house."
Cui Boxiao was so angry at his stupid brother that he rolled his eyes.
"Don't worry, I won't eat and live for free. I'll work and do housework every day, and then I'll pay you, okay?"
Liu Qiao'er was quite generous: "Forget about giving me money, it's useless. You just need to clean, cook, do housework, and help take care of my pups every day."
Of course Cui Boxiao agreed readily. Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he could kill time by doing housework and cooking.
At the moment, he has no way to go out and earn money, so he can't just live off others.
As he was speaking, Cui Boyao's work came.
That night, every household stayed indoors. A cold wind was blowing outside. Some people were running low on firewood and wanted to go outside to chop wood, but they were stopped by Village Chief Wang, who told them to use local materials and could dismantle the firewood shed, but it was indeed dangerous to go out.
Someone suggested turning on the air conditioner. At this time, although the electricity was still on, some families had air conditioners installed for heating and cooling, some families had air conditioners installed for cooling only, and some families had no air conditioners installed at all.
Not every household in rural areas is willing to install air conditioners, because they are very expensive and consume a lot of electricity. Those who can afford to install them cannot afford to use them, and some simply do not install them.
Rural houses are cool in summer and cold in winter. No matter how cold the weather is, they just need to burn firewood.
Rural people have a lot of firewood, including corn stalks, wheat stalks, and tree branches and wooden stakes pulled back from somewhere unknown. As long as it can be used to burn, they will pick it up and take it home.
It was cold for too long and all the firewood was burned out.
Although Liu Qiaoer was helping out in the village, she never spoke. After glancing at the messages in the group, she spoke to Cui Bohao.
"If you wake up early in the next two nights, there will be a high probability that someone will come to cut down the tree next to our yard."
The tree behind Liu Qiaoer's yard does not belong to her family, but to Wang Tiejun's family next door. The key point is that someone died under that tree, which is unlucky.
Someone in the village would think about cutting down the tree.
Cui Bohao nodded: "Don't worry, I know that the trees in the village cannot be cut down casually. Some trees will be frozen to death when the temperature is low, and some trees will sprout again when the temperature rises. I will popularize common sense to them that they can't cut down trees casually."
By midnight, the trees next to the yard had not been cut down, and Liu Qiaoer's house was being targeted.
There were actually people who were so reckless as to climb up her house.
After hearing the noise, Liu Qiaoer did not turn on the lights, but quietly went to the third floor. Listening to the footsteps on the shed, she hid the arrow in her sleeve and put her little hand in her pocket.
She was staring at the two people in the dark, and at this moment, she could clearly hear their conversation.
"How do you know where her things are? Even though we are close, we can't steal things from her house. Even rabbits don't eat grass near their nests."
"You don't smell meat? Her dog is still alive, so there must be a lot of food. If there is really nothing, take her dog away and you can eat dog meat for several days."