Gao Xiulan didn't expect that her man Su Dagen really heard her order, and really sent a big iron pot.
Not only big iron pots, but also food. Or fine grains like rice. She can leave part of it for the young crops to eat, and exchange the rest for coarse grains. Such good rice should at least be replaced in half. It can also be exchanged for 20 catties of high-quality coarse grains that don't hurt the throat.
Save some food, you can eat it for ten days.
"Dagen, I have not misunderstood you in my life. You are a good man, and you still miss your family after you leave. No other man is as capable as you."
Gao Xiulan really didn't expect that she was young and widowed, raising a few children by herself, at this age, she could still enjoy the blessing of her own man.
This is really God has eyes. It's not easy for God to look at her.
How can this kind of joy not be shared with others
Those bastards at home can't talk about it, they can only talk to their caring daughter. Of course, the bastards are all at home at the moment, so it can't be said. So, as usual, he walked out of the room calmly and locked the door behind him.
She just locked the door, and Su Qinghe also got up. He was yawning while walking outside.
No way, for people who are used to sleeping late, getting up early is really a painful thing. But I go to work early at home, so I have to get up and cook early.
"Young Miaoer."
Su Qinghe just rubbed his eyes when he heard his loving mother calling.
She followed the sound, Gao Xiulan had a mysterious smile on her face. Of course Su Qinghe knew what she was laughing at, so she looked at Gao Xiulan with surprise.
Gao Xiulan nodded in satisfaction. Her daughter is so caring and connected with her, sometimes she can know what the other is thinking without talking, just by giving each other a look. This is her own daughter. When other bastards marry their wives and forget their mother's things, she may not be able to understand a hundred sentences.
With so much rice, Gao Xiulan was in a good mood, so she didn't say anything about the morning meal. He also cooks with Su Qinghe and lights a fire for Su Qinghe.
After watching her sons go out, she even called her sons and daughters-in-law to eat. Let the crowd think that the sun is coming out from the west. Simply flattered.
"Qing Miao'er and I are still going to the county seat in the past two days. See if we can borrow some food. All our food has been supplied to the city. Those who eat the food supply are not bad. Maybe we can borrow some .” During the meal, Gao Xiulan and her sons announced.
Everyone else looked at Gao Xiulan, then at Su Qinghe.
Su Aihua said, "Mom, will people despise us for being troublesome, and will not recognize our eldest sister in the future. I am still planning to let our eldest sister go to the city."
Hearing her son's words, Gao Xiulan was very helpful. "Isn't it just for you bastards to have a bite?"
Su Qinghe said, "Brother, it's nothing for the family to eat. Besides, we borrowed food. After we survived the famine year, we have more food in our family, so we will return it to others. With so many people in our family, It will definitely pay off.”
"Big sister, brother will definitely return it!" Su Aiguo immediately expressed his opinion.
Lin Shuhong also said, "If my eldest sister can borrow it, we will definitely pay it back together."
"Let's pay it back too." Su Aihua said. Before his wife could express her opinion, he said, "Elder sister and I will share the repayment of whatever the elder sister borrowed, so as not to let the elder sister marry out of debt."
Su Aiguo nodded hurriedly. Of course, it was their job to support the family.
Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua didn't speak, anyway, they didn't point to their sister-in-law who never went to the fields to return any food. The eldest sister was able to borrow food to survive the famine, which is the greatest credit.
And I heard from the children that my sister gave them stuffed sweet potatoes these days... Forget it, let’s eat more. Anyway, the eldest sister will get married in a few years, and she won't be able to eat at home anymore.
Su Qinghe was very moved by the sincerity of his brother and sister-in-law. Let alone these days, such a sincere brother and sister-in-law will rarely be encountered in the future. When encountering economic problems, they will definitely turn against each other. How enlightened it must be to be able to rush to take responsibility in this famine year.
Gao Xiulan was not moved, she patted the table and said, "What's your attitude, you guys are supposed to pay it back, so what's the point? What's the matter, I still think that your sister is grateful to you? Your sister has done such a big thing for the family , you didn’t show your merits yet, so you guys did it first. Do you want face?”
Su Aiguo and his wife: "..."
Su Aihua and his wife: "..."
That's right, why did they express their opinion? They should have paid it back. The eldest sister didn't show any credit for borrowing food, so what credit do they show for not paying back the food? What a shame!
Everyone looked at Su Qinghe one after another, then lowered their heads and ate in shame.
Regarding this, Su Qinghe just wanted to tell her mother, can you stop spoiling the atmosphere like this? What a sweet family just now...
Gao Xiulan doesn't care for any kind of warm atmosphere. These days, if anyone's family has enough food, the atmosphere will be warm even if it is not warm.
Now she is eager to share her joy with her daughter.
"Hurry up and eat, and go to work as soon as you finish eating. I really think there is a pie in the sky."
None of the sons and daughters-in-law refuted.
After a big mouthful, he put down the bowl and chopsticks and left.
Seeing her sons and daughters-in-law go out, Gao Xiulan immediately ordered her granddaughters.
"Big ya to clean up the bowls and chopsticks, be careful not to knock the bowls. Er ya to wash clothes, San ya... San ya to take care of Er Bao. That bastard Da Bao ran out again and went crazy. He has the strength to stay at home." It can save some energy, how much food will it take to go out and run around?"
Gao Xiulan muttered with a straight face, the children didn't dare to say a word, they were busy doing their own work.
Su Qinghe didn't want to listen to Gao Xiulan's chanting, so she quickly took her by the arm and went to Gao Xiulan's room, "Mom, let's sit in your room."
It was only then that Gao Xiulan remembered something important. She glanced at her granddaughters and found that they were all working obediently. She took her precious daughter into the room and closed the door. Turning around, he went to tear off the sheet covering the side of the bed.
Su Qinghe covered her mouth in shock.
"Look, how capable your father is, so much food, and this big iron pot. How much industrial tickets are needed to buy it."
Gao Xiulan said excitedly.
Su Qinghe also looked excited, but she quickly realized a problem, "Mom, this rice is easy to handle, we just put it in the basket. But what about this big iron pot?"
"...Yes, this is a problem." Gao Xiulan's face was full of excitement, and her face was serious.
Su Qinghe said, "Mom, since you made a wish to my dad, my dad took the pot, which means he can hear you. Why don't you discuss it with my dad to see if you can get the iron pot elsewhere place, and then asked my brother to secretly fetch it back at night. Hey, I don’t know if it’s possible.”
"It will definitely work. Your dad is reliable. It's my fault, I didn't make it clear before."
Gao Xiulan's trust in her man has now risen to a high level.
"Well, let's not worry about the big iron pot, let's get rid of the rice first." Gao Xiulan immediately arranged, the food matter is the most important thing now. Change to coarse grains early, so feel at ease. "
The two quickly made up their minds, first get the rice to the city, and then see if they can find someone to exchange coarse grains in the black market in the county town.
After discussing it, Gao Xiulan took Su Qinghe out with her pannier on her back.
Big Ya, Erya, and Sanya watched their grandma and aunt go out, with expectant looks in their eyes.
The grandma said that she took the aunt to borrow food, and after borrowing the food, they would not starve to death like Erchun's sister.
After wandering around the county, Gao Xiulan took her daughter to exchange food.
These days, the only places where things can be exchanged are the black market and supply and marketing cooperatives.
It is not cost-effective to go to the supply and marketing cooperatives. If the price cannot be high in other public units, you still have to go to the black market.
The two mothers squatted over to the black market with their backpacks on their backs.
Su Qinghe watched some people walking around with bags. Then when someone buys something, we go together to check a code and pick it up.
It's the same as the underground party.
Seeing that no one came to ask, Gao Xiulan grabbed a handful of white rice from the bag and put it in her hand.
Almost as soon as it was taken out, several pairs of eyes stared at it. Then Su Qinghe saw that the eyes of those people were shining.
Then a swarm of bees came over.
"Is it rice?" The person who came was a middle-aged man in work clothes, and he was a food supply in a certain unit. I came out now to get some fine grains to go back. His voice was still a little excited.
The others also stared at Gao Xiulan, "How much is there, let's share it." This was for fear of being swallowed up by others.
"Eight catties, it's a lot of money." Gao Xiulan said. There are still two catties to subsidize her daughter.
When I heard that it was only eight catties, I was a little disappointed. But this kind of good thing naturally cannot be greedy.
The middle-aged man moved his fingers, five fingers, fifty cents a catty.
Gao Xiulan shook her head, "I don't need money, I want coarse grains. One catty is exchanged for two and a half catties."
This is the first time I heard that people come to the black market to exchange coarse grains.
Several people were stunned, but the middle-aged man was the first to react, "My house is nearby, I'll go back and get it right away, you can follow me."
Gao Xiulan still hesitated, but Su Qinghe tugged at her sleeve and nodded.
She also has another idea, this middle-aged man looks like a worker, so he can just go to see how the conditions are at home, if it is the kind that can supply coarse grains for a long time, then he can exchange it with him next time, instead of coming to the black market .
Gao Xiulan said, "Follow you."
The middle-aged man showed a happy look on his face, and immediately led the way. Others were anxious, "Then what should we do?"
Su Qinghe thought that Gao Xiulan would offend others when she opened her mouth, so she rushed to the front and said, "We still have to come. Next time, if you see us, come directly and give priority to you. My mother and I have to hurry , there is no time to wait for you."
"When are you coming?" someone asked.
"I'll be here in a while." Su Qinghe said perfunctorily, but quickly dragged Gao Xiulan away.
A few catties of rice can cause a mad rush. She is really convinced by the situation in this era. Think about those friends in the future world who eat half of their meals and lose half. Who would know how precious food is sometimes.
Following the middle-aged man to the door, Su Qinghe realized that the man was a worker in a machinery factory, and his family was provided with food. But now the food is difficult, and all the supplies are coarse grains. The elderly and children in the family are thinking about eating fine grains. He will go to the black market to try his luck today.
Gao Xiulan curled her lips when she heard this, and said to herself, you urbanites are very particular, we rural people have to eat bark, and you are still thinking about eating fine grains. Whenever food is supplied to us, we will be satisfied even if we eat bark. "
According to the price Gao Xiulan said, the other party took out twenty catties of cornmeal. Gao Xiulan checked it and found that it was real cornmeal, not the kind that was crushed together with the cobs. Immediately I felt elated. As soon as he put the things in his back basket, he took his daughter and left.
Su Qinghe was not in a hurry, and said to the man, "Our village is harvesting grain, maybe we can distribute some fine grain, do you want it?"
Hearing Su Qinghe's words, the man nodded hurriedly, "If you want fine grain, you can send it directly, and you can exchange it like this, and you can give money."
Su Qinghe then left with Gao Xiulan.
After leaving the alley, Su Qinghe will help Gao Xiulan carry the food. Gao Xiulan pushed her hand away, "What's your little strength? I'm used to it, and it's not heavy. Besides, your mother, I think about carrying food, and I feel warm in my heart. I can carry it even if it's heavy. .”
Su Qinghe believed this. She used to imagine that she couldn't carry a hundred catties of things, but she could definitely run fast with a hundred catties of banknotes.
Gao Xiulan blushed as she walked, "This time we have twenty catties of grain, and we can eat it for a few more days. When I get home, Mom will steam rice for you. You haven't eaten white rice for a long time."
"Mom, you are so kind to me." Su Qinghe immediately said coquettishly.
Gao Xiulan sighed, "You are my heart and soul, if I don't treat you well, who will I treat well?"
Su Qinghe felt that Gao Xiulan's heart was softening, and immediately said, "Mom, I think we should give more rations to the family in the future, just a few more children. I look at them every day who look like thin bamboo poles, and I feel Panicked, I always think of Su Liezi and her daughter-in-law in my head. At any rate, I can eat one more bite, and I hope I can feel at ease in my heart."
Gao Xiulan really wanted to say, what are you doing to feed those girls so much, but she couldn't bear it when she saw her daughter's frightened look, thinking that her man can even give away a big iron pot now, and she might not be able to return it in the future. Can you provide food for the family
Anyway, let my daughter feel at ease, just take one more bite.
The Su family all knew that they went to borrow food.
Compared with the last time the two of them went to ask for meat, this time they were very nervous. It doesn't matter if they can eat meat or not, but food is life.
They all stood helplessly at the door and waited. After watching the two of them come back, they all surrounded them.
"That's it!" Gao Xiulan glanced at everyone, then went directly into the room, leaving the little ones outside, only letting the adults in, and then closed the door.
Under the dim light, Gao Xiulan directly put the pannier on the table.
"Twenty catties of fine cornmeal. Plus two catties of rice. This is all borrowed from your sister!"
The four surrounded them, and saw the burlap bag containing cornmeal in the back basket.
It's really cornmeal, so delicate, much more delicate than the corn on the cob at home. It will definitely not hurt your throat after eating.
Everyone was shocked and silent.
Su Qinghe confessed, "Brother, no one can tell about the fact that the family can borrow food." She was worried that it would be difficult for someone to find out the truth. If someone really wanted to find out, she could only give this relative to him broken. At that time, we will have to find a way to take out the food openly.
But Gao Xiulan thought more, "Listen to me, no one can tell about this matter. Many people are going to stop now. If they know that our family can borrow food back, they will definitely think about it. People It can subsidize our family, but not the entire village. If we get into trouble, they won’t subsidize us in the future, and the family’s livelihood will be cut off. Don’t wait for me to do it. If you want to face yourself, you will find a wall and kill yourself. Save some food for the family to eat."
The two sons and daughter-in-law immediately covered their mouths.
Of course, if there is food, they have to eat it secretly, so they won't go outside and say it stupidly.
It's easier to deal with the children. Whoever says a word will not be able to eat a bite of food in the future.
So the old Su family kept the same caliber, eating food secretly, no one can tell.
If you say so, people will borrow the family's rations.
At noon, the family happily ate a lunch. Although they were still not full, they still had hope.
The children's rations are also a little more than before, and they are sparse, and they can eat half full.
"Your aunt gave it to you. Remember your aunt's goodness in the future! Anyone who is a white-eyed wolf will be struck by lightning in the future." Gao Xiulan brainwashed the children.
The children who ate a few more mouthfuls nodded in satisfaction. Although the aunt is sick, she is kind-hearted.
The rice issue has been settled, but the iron pot issue has not yet been resolved. After everyone left in the afternoon, Gao Xiulan took her daughter into the room, and then chanted sutras to the surroundings of the room, "Dagen, we can't take out the iron pot like this, you should move it quickly. Just move it to In the cave where I was born as the third child. Dagen, please reply when you hear what I say... "
Su Qinghe got goose bumps listening to it. She regretted again, why did she mention Comrade Su Dagen... She was really afraid that one day Comrade Su Dagen would be really mentioned back.
"Host, please believe in science." The system muttered in his head.
Su Qinghe rolled his eyes, and said silently in his heart, "All right, all right, hurry up and work."
So before Gao Xiulan could react, the cauldron disappeared... disappeared...
The mother and daughter were stunned.
Su Qinghe stammered, "Mom, mom, where's the pot?"
Gao Xiulan opened her mouth and couldn't close it for a long time, then immediately pulled Su Qinghe out and locked the door, "You wait at home, I'll go and have a look."
After speaking, he ran away in a hurry.
As soon as she left, the system began to charge Su Qinghe. "The host changes the location of the reward once, and the host needs to pay the reward for cooking three times."
"Remember, you are also an artificial intelligence, can you stop acting like Grandet?"
"Host, please pay attention, debt repayment is justified!"