"Qinghe, do you also think that we have handed over all the food to each other?"
Guo Changsheng said bitterly.
How can Su Qinghe say this? If you want her to say, in such a situation, of course, you don't have to pay any food. You don't have much to collect, but you still hand it all in. The people in the team are not iron men who don't need to eat. But she can't talk nonsense.
"Old captain, I don't understand anything. My mother and brother gave me food. But I can tell from looking at it that after we handed over the food, the food at home has become less and less. It's hard to be hungry."
Guo Changsheng wiped his eyes, "Yeah, it's too uncomfortable to be hungry."
He stood up, shaking a bit. Then he left immediately.
Su Qinghe said, "Old captain, aren't you waiting for my mother to come back?"
"Don't wait, I'm going to work."
Guo Changsheng waved his hands with his back turned.
Su Qinghe guessed that he might be suffering. Why can't it be uncomfortable, even if she can't bear to look at it, let alone the old captain who handed over everyone's food with his own hands.
If the relief food is not delivered, then what is handed over is not only food, but life.
After a while, Gao Xiulan and the children also came back.
Almost empty-handed.
As soon as Su Dabao came over, he ran towards Su Qinghe, "Gu, there are no more earthworms. They have dug them up. They are eating them all."
Da Ya shrugged her head and said, "Girl, we don't eat eggs anymore. Let others eat the earthworms. Chun Nier is going to starve to death. When I came back, she didn't dig earthworms, she was at the mouth of the forest. Grab the bark and eat it."
The second girl said, "There are still people who can't walk, their stomachs are swollen, and they say they want to dig soil to eat. Auntie, how do you eat soil. Grandma said that people can eat anything when they are hungry. But soil can also be eaten." ?"
Gao Xiulan put a basket in the kitchen, came out and heard the children talking to Su Qinghe, and said unhappily, "Okay, okay, what are you going to do? What's wrong with starving people, why are you telling me to tell you? Where are your aunts?"
The children stopped talking.
Su Qinghe frowned and said, "Mom, I heard Captain Guo say today that the relief food won't be available recently. Is it all here?"
Gao Xiulan stuffed the broom into Da Ya's hands, "Sweep the floor," and directed Er Ya to wipe the tables and chairs. Anyway, girl, don't be idle. It hurts when I think about them eating and not working. After driving Su Dabao and Su Erbao into the house to play, he sat next to Su Qinghe.
"Don't listen to the children's nonsense, they just come across people who are almost poor. There is no labor force, and they are all old, weak, sick and disabled. Other people can eat a meal anyway, at most they just have no strength, and they can't die for a while. "
Gao Xiulan sighed after finishing speaking, "If our family didn't rely on your father, we wouldn't be able to do it now. There are so many children, even if they are not full, they still have to eat one bite at a time. Fortunately, your brother and the three of them are strong laborers. They were divided before. There is more food than other families. Qingmiaoer, when we look for a partner in the future, we must also look for a family with more males. Don’t look for one with only one son.”
Su Qinghe nodded along, but he was thinking about the miserable situation in the team now.
Gnaw bark and eat dirt. These things that she used to listen to as stories are really happening around her now.
At noon, Su Aiguo and the others got off work very early.
"I'm not working anymore, I don't have the strength." Su Aiguo wiped his face. Sitting on the square table at home and sighing,
Su Aidang said, "If you want me to say shit, nothing will grow here, so it's better to rest your strength."
Su Aihua sat down next to his brother, "Mom, when do you think the relief food will come out, or else let's ask uncle."
"Ask him if it's useful, can't you just talk about it now?"
Gao Xiulan said with a straight face, feeling particularly upset. She can't always rely on her man Su Dagen to support the family. Why, the family has so much labor, if they share food, how much will they get? Isn't it all at home's loss that we can't tell the difference? Besides, who knows when their big roots will no longer care about the family. Still rely on the people above.
After eating at noon, the family was ready to go to work in the field weakly again, when they saw the members of Lao Ding's family and Lao Lin's family coming again.
Unlike the last time when a large family came, this time Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ding came, followed by Ding Jianjun who was escorting them.
Seeing her in-laws coming, Gao Xiulan's face elongated.
Mrs. Lin hurriedly said, "Dear family, we heard that the relief rations are not available. Many people in your team are at a loss, so they want to send some rations."
Mrs. Lin handed the cloth bag in her hand to Lin Shuhong, Lin Shuhong's eyes turned red, "Mom, what are you doing, don't you eat?"
"Damn it, it's not because of the water you spilled that I broke my heart." Mrs. Ding also gave Ding Guihua the bag in her hand.
When Gao Xiulan saw it, a smile appeared on her face, "Oh, I told you that you have come all the way here. You are welcome, and you have sent so much food."
"I'm afraid that my daughter and grandson will starve to death!" Mrs. Ding said angrily.
She was pissed off when she went home last time, but she couldn't care if it was her own daughter. In the past few days, I heard that the situation is getting worse and worse, and I can't sit still at home. The family tightened their belts and ate one less meal a day, which saved some food. Quickly invite the Lin family to come together.
Ding Guihua hurriedly said, "Mom, how could you starve to death. There is a bite to eat. You can keep it for yourself." I can't help my mother's family, and I don't want to drag my mother's hind legs.
Gao Xiulan weighed the grains in her hands, they were all about the same weight, and estimated to be two catties. Well, this can handle a few more meals.
"Oh, I won't entertain you anymore, let's have a conversation with your mother from the old family and the second child."
Saying that, he immediately entered the house.
Su Qinghe also followed in.
In the room, Gao Xiulan happily put things into the big urn. Just as she was about to go out, her daughter came in.
"Mom, if someone gave me something, should we return the gift?"
Su Qinghe could tell that the two aunts of the Lin family and the Ding family were even more haggard than the last time they came, and they probably had a hard time.
Gao Xiulan said, "What are you going back to, to see what their daughter has brought?"
"Mom, I think so." Su Qinghe came over and said, "You see, our family is not in that position now. The elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law's parents' families have no one to help, and this little food is probably their own mouth. It was saved in the family. Originally, the elder sister-in-law and the second sister-in-law owed us affection in their hearts. It was a life-saving grace. But if we took a few catties of food from them, wouldn’t the affection be lost? What if If anyone in their family does something wrong with hunger, I will still bear a grudge... Thank you! I don't think it's worth it."
"They dare! If anyone doesn't remember their love, I can't spare them." Gao Xiulan said with a straight face.
"Mom, this person's heart will change. We have to be on guard. We don't owe people favors after a while. If there is any unfavorable advantage in the future, we will take advantage of it."
Gao Xiulan felt that her daughter was like herself, so she didn't suffer any disadvantages, so she raised her lips and said, "That's right, it's a fool not to take advantage of something."
Su Qinghe: "..." She is not an idiot! She didn't want to take advantage of this life-saving food!
Regardless of what happened, under Su Qinghe's persuasion, Gao Xiulan more or less returned gifts to the two in-laws. They sent sorghum noodles, so she went straight back to sorghum. It's more or less cheap.
Even so, both Mrs. Ding and Mrs. Lin were surprised.
Mother, is the sun coming out from the west? Looking outside, it is really in the west.
Gao Xiulan pulled her face and said, she didn't take advantage of it, she felt a little unhappy, but she couldn't be cowardly, "Our family is not a person who takes advantage of it, you come and go, we are particular! They say go to your mother's house empty-handed, Come to your in-law's house with all your hands. This is different from going to your mother-in-law's house, but our husband's house does not treat you badly as your mother's house."
Lin Shuhong and Ding Guihua looked at their mother-in-law moved.
Their mother-in-law usually looks stingy and likes to take advantage, but she didn't expect that she was very sensible at this critical moment. I used to misunderstand her old man.
A friend in need is a friend. Met a good mother, and met a good mother-in-law.
Su Aiguo and Su Aihua also looked at their mother with uncomfortable expressions. I feel that my mother is trying to save face for them.
Gao Xiulan couldn't see them like this, so she handed the bag to Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ding, "Hold it, take it, I'm busy."
Mrs. Lin took it over flattered, "Dear-in-law, you are so polite."
Mrs. Ding also took it with some awkwardness in her heart. In my heart, I think Gao Xiulan is a good person.
Su Qinghe looked at their reactions, and suddenly remembered a situation he had heard about before. If you treat people badly at ordinary times, if you treat them suddenly, you will be a good person in the hearts of others... That's why so many villains in TV dramas are easily exonerated in the end, because the protagonist has been abused a lot... Cough cough, her mother is not a villain, Her mother has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart!
Because they had to work in the afternoon, Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ding returned home under the escort of Ding Jianjun with gifts in hand.
On the way, Mrs. Lin kept talking about how good Gao Xiulan was. "Our family Shuhong is right, her mother-in-law is quite good. Who is willing to send food to the daughter-in-law's natal family these days?"
Mrs. Ding nodded in agreement. There is always something wrong in my heart.
Mrs. Lin said again, "That's why, this person depends on what he does at the critical moment. It doesn't matter how good he is usually. I think his mother-in-law is really a good person. She has a knife mouth and a bean curd heart."
Mrs. Ding nodded again, what the old Lin family said was very good, and it was not bad at the critical moment. Willing to give food. She went home empty-handed.
Ding Jianjun said strangely, "Mom, we didn't go empty-handed when we went."
Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Ding: "..."
Mrs. Ding patted his head, "What do you know, can going to your husband's house be the same as going to your mother's house?"
Ding Jianjun touched his head, grimaced, thinking to himself, why is it different? After thinking about it, oh, just now the aunt of the Su family said that she wants to go back to her mother's house empty-handed and come to her in-law's house full of hands.
After seeing off Mrs. Lin and the others, Su Aiguo and the others also went to work. Although there is not much work in the field now, they are reluctant to part with the work points. Just go over there to mix a little bit, and you can also get work points.
Gao Xiulan didn't feel sorry for them either, why not work after eating. Get out and go to work.
Because of the few catties of sorghum just now, Su Aiguo and Lin Shuhong were very moved. Even if Gao Xiulan was cursing, they still had smiles on their faces.
After they left, Gao Xiulan turned to look for her daughter. "Qing Miaoer, you are still smart. I was just thinking about it. They saw that I returned the gift this time, and they will order more next time. I won't return it next time, and we will take advantage of it!"
Su Qinghe looked at her mother blankly, "Mom, you are really smart." I can think of this. Isn't this like the kind of fraud in the future, the first time I asked someone to borrow money and paid back the principal with interest. The second time I borrowed too much and ran away...
After talking with her daughter, Gao Xiulan also took her grandchildren out to collect firewood, to see if she could come back with some grass roots. There are no green vegetables, and it is the same to put some grass roots in the pot to cook.
When they were all gone, Su Qinghe also closed the courtyard door and went back into the room. Everyone in the team was starving to death, but she was still holding five thousand catties of food and could not move.
It's like holding a cage of meat buns and watching someone starve to death in front of you.
Where she can't see, she can't control it. visible place. How about helping me out. As long as the relief food comes down. Everyone is starving to death.