Both Li Manfen and Zhao Laidi showed great enthusiasm for helping to find a partner. All the three aunts and six wives have such a hobby. They help people match matchmakers and make a couple. There will be a matchmaker gift. A sense of accomplishment and extra motivation.
Su Hui didn't intend to wade into this muddy water.
Zhou Xiaoqing was also unwilling, and Zhang Ju herself was not too happy to find an educated youth as her son-in-law.
She doesn't have such high ambitions for her daughter, she just needs to find a man who is also capable in the village. She is also tempted by the idea of returning to the city after marrying an educated youth, but she pays more attention to reality. There are few educated youths who can go back, let alone bring their wives and children back with them.
She also knows that some educated youths get married and leave their wives and children in the countryside when they can go back, and go back alone. If you can't run to the temple, you don't have to worry about him leaving irresponsibly. You can live in peace and stability for the rest of your life.
During this period of time, nothing happened in the village. It was not as turbulent as it was some time ago. Zhang Anguo and Zhang Dingguo went to see the little brother almost every day, watching him sleep and blowing bubbles, which was very interesting.
After the child is full moon, because of sufficient milk, he looks very different from the newborn monkey or the little old man, making it almost impossible to equate the two.
Zhou Xiaoqing sat for a full month, and then she didn't work in the fields much, and took care of the children at home.
Li Manfen was very dissatisfied with this, and felt that she was too lazy. Zhang Fenghua and the others could take the child, but she had to carry it by herself.
But it's useless for her to be dissatisfied, the family is separated, no matter what she says, Zhou Xiaoqing will still go her own way, saying that she will not go to work if she takes care of her children at home, which makes Li Manfen regret more than once. She should not have listened to her youngest son. In other words, after marrying such a daughter-in-law, he is a realistic version of marrying a daughter-in-law and forgetting his mother. After marrying her, he doesn't listen to what she says. His wife is whatever she says. Who is so lazy? of
After confinement, I still don't want to go to work in the field.
What about food like this? Only one man earns work points, and a family of three needs to eat. Where will the rations come from
Zhang Gen was also worried about him, so he had a special talk with Zhang Gui, knowing that he knew what was on his mind, so he didn't care about it.
If you have money in your hand, just squander it, then squander it, and when you spend all the money, you will know.
At the end of this semester, the four brothers all got the first place in their grades. Su Hui gave each of them a bonus according to the previous rules, and the four of them put their aspirations together and put them away together.
The school has entered the holidays, and the taste of the new year is slowly getting stronger.
Unsurprisingly, everyone got more money this year, one-third more than last year, all thanks to their tiles. Now half of these tiles are used by their village and half are sold. After the needs of the village are met, all the products will be exported and more income will be obtained.
It is obvious that the days are getting better and better. With the money, everyone has joy on their faces. Only Du Gaozhi is not in high spirits. There is no way. Compared with his previous money, the gap between the money in the village is too big. , the salary is all that the average family gets in a year, and the comparison gap is too huge.
Money is not in the eye, Zhang Chengye is in the village, and he is not loved by most of the villagers, so he can't be happy.
With the completion of childbirth and breastfeeding, Zhou Xiaoqing's fat during pregnancy slowly shrank back. Compared with the slightly fat during pregnancy, she now maintains a plump body. She is at the best age. Every time she goes outside Walking around will become a beautiful landscape of this village.
Zhang Gui listened to her even more, and the other young men once again regretted their mistakes.
Du Gaozhi also stood out.
This is the female educated youth he likes. It's a pity that he came a step late. She is already married and has a child. The remaining female educated youths are not even half as good as hers!
Tian Siyi didn't keep warm in time during a cold wave. She caught a cold, which wasn't serious, but she was groggy and couldn't lift her spirits.
Her health has improved a lot in the past six months, and she has never been sick again. This disease is a bit "lingering", and it took a long time to recover.
But fortunately, the Chinese New Year was not delayed. Before the year, he recovered from his illness.
"Grandma! Grandma! Are you home?"
Hearing a familiar voice, Tian Siyi put down the dishes she was washing and walked towards the front yard.
"I'm here, I'm here."
"We're here." Zhang Weiguo came with his two younger brothers.
Zhang Weiguo was "ordered" to deliver things to his grandmother's house. When the two younger ones heard about it, they said they would come to play with their grandmother's house, so the three brothers came together.
Tian Siyi saw the three grandchildren, and looked at them: "Is your elder brother not here?"
"No, brother and mother are busy. Grandma, I'll bring you sugarcane." This sugarcane was planted in a corner of their private land, and the roots grew thickly. One mouthful, the juice was both rich and sweet.
Almost every household will grow a little sugar cane, and everyone will eat it together during the Chinese New Year, sweet mouth.
The sugarcane Tian Siyi planted this year was not well taken care of, there were only two and a half big ones, and they would not be sweet even if they were chopped. When Su Hui saw it, she asked Zhang Weiguo to cut two and send them to them.
"There is also the sauce made by my mother, which is delicious!" Zhang Anguo raised the basket in his hand.
"There is also a small jar of honey." Zhang Dingguo puffed up his chest, "I found this honeycomb!"
Tian Siyi looked nervously: "You didn't pick it by hand, did you?"
Zhang Dingguo smiled: "It's okay, it's my mother who made it. I told my mother, and I took it off the next day. I still want to go and see it, but my mother won't let me go." He felt a little regretful.
But Tian Siyi didn't agree with his regret: "Your mother is right not to want you to go, this bee can sting people, has your mother been caught?"
Zhang Dingguo shook his head: "No." He waved his hand.
"Mom is amazing." He emphasized.
In his eyes, mother is almost omnipotent.
"Cousin, where did they go?"
Tian Siyi smiled: "The older one followed, and the younger one went to grandparents' house. Do you know where his house is? Go to the avenue and shout and he will come out. Do you want to play with him?"
"Let's see later, grandma, what are you doing? We can help you. Our house has been cleaned inside and out, and we have all helped."
Zhang Weiguo smiled: "We will help you, so you don't have to work so hard."
Tian Siyi couldn't close her mouth: "Hey, grandma didn't do anything, so she took out the dishes and washed them for the New Year. There is not much left. I don't need your help. If you have such a heart, grandma has already done it." Very happy."
How can her grandson be so well-behaved? It's so sweet.
Zhang Anguo raised his head: "Where did Grandpa go?"
"Your grandpa went to pick herbs and hasn't come back yet. Let's have dinner at grandma's house at noon today. Grandma will make pumpkin cakes for you to eat." While talking to her grandson, she took out the snacks she prepared: "This is freshly fried The pumpkin seeds that haven’t been available for a few days are delicious, you can eat them, these are the pickled radish and the bean curd stick I made a few days ago, you can take them home and cook.”
Seeing the pickled radish, they looked at each other: "Grandma, do you have raw radish at home? Let's make spicy radish."
Spicy radish is made by cutting radish into slices, adding chili and vinegar, it is spicy and delicious.
"Yes, you go over there and pull out two, and I'll make them for you right away." The grandson wanted to eat, and she immediately started to move.
Radish is a vegetable that every household must grow in winter, and it is indispensable for almost any dish.
When it was almost noon, Su Shiwei came back, saw them cheering here, and immediately came to play together. Not long after, Su Zhongchang, Xiaohe and the others came back. At this time, Tian Siyi almost finished lunch.
"Aunt, cousin." They called out obediently, and Chang Xiaohe smiled when he saw them coming.
"When did you come here?"
"Come over in the morning and bring something to grandma."
Chang Xiaohe stroked the hair of the nearest Zhang Anguo: "I'll eat here at noon today, play with your brother and the others after dinner, and it won't be too late to go back in the evening."
Chang Xiaohe took the initiative to keep people, and not many people liked those sisters-in-law who would take their children back to their natal home to enjoy the autumn wind, but for the sisters-in-law who came and went and had good manners, she didn't care at all about keeping them for dinner. Keep customers warm and give them good food.
Zhang Anguo smiled obediently: "Aunt, grandma said to post pumpkin pie."
Pumpkin pie is made of pumpkin paste and white flour. It is a delicate food, even if the white flour is mixed with other things, it is still a fine grain.
Su Shiwei cheered: "Really, that's great!"
Not long after, Su Qianming also came back.
When he put down the basket, Zhang Weiguo took a look curiously, and saw what some of them were at a glance, which made Su Qianming interested: "How much do you know? Did you learn it from your mother?"
His two children will recognize some of them. Before the daughter married, she didn’t continue, but after the son-in-law left, she picked it up again, and she was more focused than before. Presumably the grandson will recognize it. It should be a subtle influence, listening to his mother I said it.
Zhang Weiguo nodded: "Mother told us about some herbal medicines when she was dealing with them." Today my eldest brother followed his mother up the mountain to pick herbs.
"It seems that you have a good memory, you still remember." Su Qianming stroked his grandson's hair.
My daughter will go to pick herbs, and has sent him some medicines that are often used for doctor visits.
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Su Hui took Zhang Baoguo to identify herbs, holding a medical book full of pictures and texts in his hand.
They also have a lot of plants here in winter, unlike the north, where the autumn wind blows and the leaves fall all over the ground. In winter, only dry tree trunks are left.
The herbs that grow in the ground are somewhat different from the ones that my mother took home. Some use the roots in the ground to be used as medicine, but you can’t recognize them just by looking at the ordinary leaves. It requires a little field investigation.
"I still remember this. It's in the mosquito repellent bag." Zhang Baoguo saw a shrub and tore off a young leaf.
The mosquito repellent bag made by my mother has a miraculous effect, and Uncle Tanuki makes a point of not forgetting this every time.
"Yes, have you seen the slender leaves below? Does it look familiar..." Su Ani taught him little by little these commonly used herbs, how to deal with them, and what to do in an emergency.
It was the same when she was studying in the comprehension world. She had to go to the wild to master it in depth.
Zhang Baoguo studied very seriously.
His goal is very firm, to learn these, in the wild, you can pick mosquito-repelling herbs at will, if you are injured, there are not enough medicines to replace, and you know what you can't get close to, and what consequences it will bring.
Just thinking about it helps a lot.
He went back at noon, and saw that the meal was ready, but the three little ones hadn't come back, so Zhang Baoguo patted Dawei's head and got his affectionate rubbing.
"They should have lunch at grandma's."
"Then don't wait for them."
After dinner, Zhang Jinhua came over, his eyes sparkling: "Let's go to town in the afternoon."
Zhang Jinhua seldom goes to town, and the number of times he goes a year can be counted on his fingers.
They usually don't have pocket money. When they go to the town, they can only watch the supply and marketing cooperative drooling.
"Let's go to the supply and marketing cooperative!" Zhang Jinhua raised the money in his hand: "The salt at home is about to run out, and grandma asked me to buy it." He still has a few pennies for pocket money and plans to go to the town to buy food.
Su Hui remembered: "I remember reading the announcement before, and there are movies showing in the town these few days."
Movie? !
Zhang Baoguo's eyes also lit up.
While Zhang Jinhua was looking forward to it, he had some anticipation: "How much does the movie ticket cost?" He hadn't gone to a movie theater to watch a movie in a serious way, but only once in the countryside, the kind of open-air movie played by a projector, where many people went to a fair. .
This is free of money.
Zhang Baoguo also wanted to know, he saw it once in the city, and then there was nothing else.
Su Hui also thought of this point. There is nothing to do at this time, and it is rare to have any kind of entertainment. They are so interested, so it is okay to go and have a look.
"one cent."
Zhang Baoguo thought about his small treasury, gritted his teeth, and opened his small treasury for the first time not to deposit money, but to withdraw money.
I took out the money and ordered the rest, feeling distressed.
Zhang Jinhua looked at his second aunt in a daze, and Zhang Baoguo went into the room and took out a dime.
When he left, he finally asked, "Where did you get your money? Do you know where your second aunt's money is?" How dare you go get it yourself? No, if that's the case, Second Aunt should have said it just now, right
Zhang Baoguo gave him a strange look: "What are you thinking? This is my own money."
"Your own money? Where did you get it?"
"I have been saving the New Year's money for the Chinese New Year."
Zhang Jinhua stopped talking, and his parents wouldn't take all the New Year's money, they would leave some for him, but he couldn't afford it at all, and spent it soon.
He thought for a while: "You wait for me here, I'll go back and make up for it." He went back and begged, it shouldn't be a problem, right? At most, advance the New Year's money in advance, and there is not much in hand anyway, so it's better to go to a movie.
Zhao Laidi still couldn't stand his attack, so she paid him a part of the New Year's money in advance, plus Zhang Jinhua's original money, just enough for a movie ticket.
The two brothers went to the town excitedly.
After going to the town, Zhang Jinhua went to buy salt first, and then went straight to the cinema.
There is also a movie theater in their town, but it is generally not open. Movies are only played on certain days of each month, but it will be more lively during the New Year and holidays. This time, Su Hui remembered that it was because there were only those two movies. There are new movies in the cinema, which is rare.
The timing of their arrival was quite coincidental, and the show began without waiting for long.
Zhang Jinhua's excited hands were trembling a little, Zhang Baoguo noticed it, and puffed out his chest in a subtle way, it's true!
But when the movie started, all emotions were forgotten. When the plot was sad, I cried along with it, and when the plot was happy, I was also happy.
Crying and laughing, when the movie ended, both cousins' eyes were red.
When Zhang Weiguo and the others came back, knowing that they had gone to the movies, their mouths became O-shaped.
Zhang Weiguo: "You guys went to the movies!"
Zhang Anguo: "Didn't call us!"
Zhang Dingguo: "We want to see it too!"
Zhang Baoguo felt a little guilty, and coughed dryly twice: "I can take you to see it, but the movie ticket costs ten cents, and children under the age of three don't count as tickets."
Hearing this, the expressions on the faces of the three brothers froze, and then they all showed a toothache expression, which was exactly the same as Zhang Baoguo's expression when he took out a dime from the small treasury.