"It started drizzling on the way. It took me a while to get out of the rain, so I came back late." Ji Huai sat down, and after explaining, he looked at Feng's mother, who was not feeling right, and asked doubtfully, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
"No, it's okay." Mother Feng replied stiffly, pulling the corners of her mouth, and hurriedly calmed down her emotions. She also realized that her reaction was too big, and her eyes were twinkling.
"Have you been caught in the rain?" Feng Qiaolan sounded concerned.
Ji Huai shook his head: "No."
"That's good." Feng Qiaolan didn't ask anything else, but served him a bowl of rice.
Ji Huai was really hungry. In addition to the sudden rain on the way, another reason why he came back late was that he was too hungry to walk, so he took a while.
He picked up the bowl and ate much faster.
The rest of the people also made a tacit agreement not to mention what happened just now, especially Feng's mother, who asked him to eat more.
Feng Dafeng was also eating and said casually: "Can agarwood be sold? Will the purchasing station accept it?"
He is not coveting the money Ji Huai sells. If he can sell it, he can also collect it and subsidize his family. After all, there will be a lot of money to spend in the future.
As soon as these words came out, Feng Qiaolan also looked at Ji Huai, fearing that he would be hit, and before he could soften his words, he nodded and replied while eating: "Take it, the price today is quite high, four yuan for one or two. It sold for just over ten yuan in total.”
"Four yuan or one tael?" Mother Feng took a breath and couldn't believe it, "Is it really that high?"
How much is a day's work worth for her and Feng Dafeng? Her one month's work points are not even worth ten yuan. How can Ji Huai go and chop down those trees and sell them for so much money
It simply opened her mind.
Feng Dafeng also stopped eating and asked, "Why is this so expensive? Aren't the mountains full of white wood?"
"Although there is a lot of white wood, there is no agarwood in the complete wood. The trees have to be injured to secrete resin. It takes nearly a year for the resin to form agarwood at the fastest. Generally, you can't get more than one tael from a piece of wood, and some even have half a tael. "Ji Huai had already finished a bowl of rice and drank soup, "However, no one in the village seems to know that this is agarwood. Dad, you can also check to see if there is any when you go to chop firewood."
Feng's mother was illiterate and couldn't understand what resin he was talking about. She vaguely felt that only scholars could understand it, so she couldn't help but look at him.
Feng Dafeng didn't know whether he understood it or not. Anyway, he saw it when he went up the mountain. It must be cut back!
Feng Qiaolan reminded with a worried look on her face, "If you can sell it, you can sell it for money. You should also pay more attention. Ah Huai has scratched his hands a few days ago, so be careful."
She didn't care how much money she could sell, as her family could be safe and sound. Ji Huai's palms had been injured in the past few days, and she felt very distressed.
"It's okay." Ji Huai didn't care, but told Feng Dafeng, "Don't climb trees that are too tall. Climbing up takes too much energy and is not safe."
Feng Dafeng's tone slowed down: "What kind of work have I not done in these years? I know it well."
After meal.
Feng's mother entered the room and couldn't help but smile, "Tell me, studying is really good. No one else in the village knew it could make money. Ji Huai knew it. There were so many white trees on the mountain, so he sold them this time." For ten yuan, you might be able to sell it for a lot more.”
Most people only make money by working, which is enough to meet their food and clothing needs. If they can make extra money, they can usually eat more meat.
Feng Dafeng did not deny it, but also sighed, "I didn't expect it could be sold for so much money. The mountains are full of white wood."
"You used to say that Ji Huai couldn't do any work or achieve anything big. As long as he could make money, why would he work hard? You are a brute force and have worked hard all your life. We are very poor now." Feng's mother asked Ji Huai again. Huai spoke.
"So I have to study. Let Xiaolan study more with him. Don't mess around all day long. See what the trouble is like today? The sky didn't fall at all, and you made rain, thunder and lightning the whole time."
As soon as Feng Dafeng said these words, Feng's mother was choked directly.
In the first half of her life, she was suppressed by Mrs. Feng and ridiculed by the women in the village. Her temper was soft and weak, and she was inevitably a little irresistible. She felt embarrassed just now, and she didn't talk much when eating.
Seeing that her expression had calmed down, Feng Dafeng sighed again and comforted her, "Don't think too much about it. If that kid comes back today, he will probably not leave. Don't keep sighing and frowning, that's what makes people laugh."
"I know." Mother Feng was not annoyed. Instead, she felt relieved. "Yes, he is thinking about Xiaolan and the child, so he probably won't leave."
In another room.
Feng Qiaolan was worried because Ji Huai missed her and her children too much. She looked at the malted milk in front of her and froze, "How much does this cost? Is it four or five yuan?"
This is a rare thing. Who would eat it? I heard that wealthy people in the city only give this as gifts.
Ji Huai: "You can't buy it for four or five yuan. You have to use 'overseas remittance coupons' to go to the overseas Chinese store to buy it. I also went to the black market to buy 'overseas remittance coupons.'"
"Don't you think you spent a lot of money selling it?" Feng Qiaolan's face wrinkled.
"It's all spent." He replied.
"All ten yuan was spent?" She stood there in shock and murmured, "That's ten yuan, and you... spent it all in one day?"
For example, Feng Dafeng and Feng's mother work so hard all day long that they can't save ten yuan a year. Especially this year, their family's work points in the team may be barely enough to live on. If she gives birth to a child, she will have to withdraw the money. , maybe they will all owe the team money.
"Yeah, I just bought this." Ji Huai pointed to the can of malted milk again.
"It costs ten yuan?" Feng Qiaolan couldn't breathe smoothly again. The child in her belly kicked her hard. She quickly raised her hands to comfort the child and looked at Ji Huai with a glimmer of hope. "Can I return it? It's too expensive. , I don’t want to drink.”
How many eggs can I buy? I can buy a few hens, just such a small jar.
Ji Huai refused and said, "Didn't you say it tastes good? You said you had a small drink at your grandmother's house before, and it was your cousin from afar who brought back a bride from a big city and drank it for you. A small cup. You are lacking nutrients now, but this one is rich in nutrients, so I bought it for you."
Feng Qiaolan just mentioned it casually at the time, but she didn't expect that he would remember it. At that moment, a warm current flowed in her heart, and her voice was much softer, "But it is also very expensive. The child will be born soon, and we..."
"It's because I'm about to give birth and I'm afraid that you won't be able to keep up with your nutrition." Ji Huai interrupted her and changed the topic, "Hand out your hand, I have something else to give you."
She was confused, but she still stretched out her slender hand, with her young and white palm facing up, and looked at him with her clear and beautiful eyes.
Ji Huai held his hand tightly and put it on her hand. Feng Qiaolan felt that the palm of his hand was a little prickly. As soon as he let go, there were many candies in her palm.
Candies wrapped in red plastic paper.
Her pupils shrank suddenly, and she subconsciously raised her other hand to hold it. It was a candy that could only be eaten during the New Year. The last time she ate it was when the two of them got married, and there were not so many of them.
"The remaining ten cents bought you thirteen candies." He seemed to think it was a lot, and added, "I can actually buy thirteen candies."
"..." Feng Qiaolan reminded him, "That's a dime!"
"Yes, you can buy thirteen pills for a dime." Ji Huai also nodded, still feeling it was very cheap, "It's still brown sugar. Maybe you have a little hypoglycemia, so take some sugar."
She lowered her eyes and looked at the candy in her hand, and said softly, "You gave me all the money to buy things. Do you have money for lunch? What did you eat?"
Ji Huai didn't reply and avoided her sight.
Seeing this, what else doesn't Feng Qiaolan understand? Waves were rolling in her heart, and she couldn't calm down for a long time. The tip of her nose was still a little sore, "Didn't you eat?"
After walking such a long way, the weather was not very good.
"It's hard for you to be pregnant with a child. I'm a grown man, so I'll be fine if I eat less." Ji Huai knelt down to find a book for her and spoke in a leisurely manner.
He spoke in a calm tone, but Feng Qiaolan's mood was as turbulent as the waves. No matter how sincere he was, she had never felt as stable as she does now.
At the very least, he knew that she was working hard, cared about her and her children, and took care of them. It was as if she had a backing and armor even in her vulnerable period.
"Have you reviewed or previewed today?" He turned around and asked.
Feng Qiaolan: "Yeah."
"Let's begin." Ji Huai pulled up a chair and began to teach her.
Before she started speaking, she took out a candy from the small pile next to her and tore it open to feed him. Ji Huai looked away and said, "You eat it, I don't like candy, only children eat candy."
"I'm not a child either." Feng Qiaolan retorted.
"She is." He pointed to her bulging belly, held her hand and put the candy into her mouth, "You eat it for the child."
She didn't even react. She instinctively held the candy in her mouth, and then a sweetness rippled between her lips and teeth. Then, he opened the textbook and said, "Before today's lecture, I still have to review yesterday's content."
Ji Huai's lecture ideas have always been very clear. After reviewing, he will come up with another question to consolidate, and after reading the mind map, he will continue to explain in the next class.
Feng Qiaolan listened. As soon as she finished listening, someone brought the draft paper over and without much thinking, she had already written out three big questions, "I'll give you forty minutes. After writing, I'll go to sleep."
She took the question and turned to him and said, "You spend so much time teaching me every day, what do you do yourself? You don't even have time to study."
Ji Huai opened the "Plant Collection" next to him and said slowly: "The process of teaching you is to consolidate. Most of the questions you do are done by me, and I have to analyze the ideas for you."
Feng Qiaolan: "..."
What he said was a little too much, but the key point was that he was absolutely right. She couldn't defend herself, so she could only lower her head and read the question.
Ji Huai was sitting next to her, flipping through the pages of the book, as if he was looking for something. He stopped after reading more than half of the book, and read carefully, his brows tightening, and he occasionally thought.
Morinda citrifolia… an evergreen shrub whose rhizomes can be used as traditional Chinese medicine and are slightly warm in nature…
Feng Qiaolan was stumbling on the questions. When Ji Huai took it over, he glanced at it a few times and graded her questions with a pen.
Seeing that she got less than half the score, she seemed a little discouraged. He rarely praised her, "This difficulty is the difficulty of the college entrance examination. Getting these points proves that you can go to college without holding back."
Come on, after such a compliment, Feng Qiaolan's eyes suddenly lit up, and she couldn't stop the smile on her lips, "Really?"
"Your smile is brighter than flowers." He also followed her and smiled slightly.
"Whether it's true or not, I take it seriously." Feng Qiaolan said, extremely happy. Doesn't it mean that if she doesn't hold back her scores, she can go to college
She was thinking about the topic for the next lecture. Ji Huai asked her to thoroughly understand the knowledge points. During the lecture, she kept thinking over and over again. She had a big belly and started to have back pain. In order to feel more comfortable, she also stretched down her body.
Finally, she leaned closer to him. Seeing that Ji Huai didn't respond and the child kicked her again, she felt even more uncomfortable, so she leaned closer.
"This step yields a two, and then substitutes..."
His low and gentle voice echoed in the room. Feng Qiaolan sat and studied for two or three hours. She was sleepy and tired with the child in her arms. Her eyelids gradually became heavy. She pushed herself up. After a while, the drowsiness came again and she slowly went to the house. He leaned over there, and was about to lean on his shoulder. His body was still swaying, and his waist was suddenly held by someone and supported by a force.
Ji Huai stopped explaining and turned his head slightly to look at her.
Seeing that she was discovered, Feng Qiaolan woke up briefly and felt embarrassed. She simply buried her head on his shoulder, feeling embarrassed and said, "I didn't sleep at noon, and I woke up early today."
"Yeah." Ji Huai didn't say anything, and he didn't take away his hand on her waist. "There's one last step left. After I tell you, can you still persist?"
Maybe it was his indulgence, but she didn't sit up straight. She continued to lean her head on his shoulder, nodded twice, and looked at the draft paper.
His voice continued to sound, and he would look at her sideways from time to time.
Feng Qiaolan steeled herself and listened carefully.
After Ji Huai put down his pen, she yawned again, closed her eyes, turned around awkwardly, sleepiness came over her, and she reached out to hug him with her other hand.
With a gentle hold of his hand, she moved forward and sat sideways on his lap.
Feng Qiaolan was stunned. Seeing that he didn't reject her, she plucked up the courage to continue nestling in his arms. Ji Huai stepped forward and intertwined his hands in front of her, circling her.
An unfounded sense of security enveloped her, and she closed her arms around his neck, talking about what happened tonight, "Mom, when she saw you didn't come back so late, she was afraid that you would leave and leave us to go to college. . ”
Ji Huai raised his eyebrows but had no special reaction, "My wife and children are here, where can I go?"
Feng Qiaolan was elated when she heard these words. People who are in love are best coaxed, these words are sweeter than eating candied fruit. Don't talk about her, Ji Huai is the same. His wife and children are hot on the bed, and he won't leave even if he is driven away.
The two sat for a while, then he put out the kerosene lamp and carried her to the bed.
Feng Qiaolan is one month old, and sleeping is actually very uncomfortable. She often has to change positions, sometimes staying in his arms, sometimes turning around, and sometimes half-pressing him.
Ji Huai could only take a deep breath, pull her over, reach out and touch her belly, "Naughty boy, don't make trouble."
Whenever she hears his voice, her anxiety is relieved a lot. Now she no longer has insomnia, and her head doesn't hurt after a good rest.
The next day.
When Feng Qiaolan woke up, Ji Huai had already opened the can of malted milk, made a cup for her, gave it to her, and then went out to work.
It was a taste that was far away in her memory, and she was reluctant to drink it.
A can of malted milk cost ten yuan, and I couldn't bear to leave even a drop of it.
Feng's mother came in to see her and saw the malted milk on the table. When she heard that Ji Huai had bought it for ten yuan, she was dumbfounded and began to speak incoherently, "This...this...are you drinking gold?"
Feng Qiaolan lowered her head. Ji Huai had opened it today, so she would definitely have to drink it. She asked Feng's mother, "Mom, how about you drink some too? Give it a try."
It seems that Feng's mother has never tasted this taste, and most people in the village have never tasted it.
"At my age, why should I be shameless in robbing you?" Of course Feng's mother refused, and quickly turned to find Feng Dafeng, raising her voice and saying, "He spent all the ten yuan in one go, what should I do?" What should I do if I have a child?”
Feng Dafeng was also surprised, and then quickly reacted, "You want to get involved in this husband and wife's affairs? He is willing to give your daughter flowers, but you still have any objections? Is there any problem? Can't we just make more money?"
"No." Feng's mother was awakened and hesitated, "That's ten yuan, ten yuan for a can. I heard it's imported."
Feng Dafeng: "He thinks that his wife and children have to drink imported rice cereal because it is expensive. Do you want him to feed his wife and children rice cereal?"
Mother Feng: "That's not true. Of course, the more expensive it is, the better. This..."
She was just a rural woman who had never seen the world. Ten yuan was a huge sum of money. She really couldn't bear such a large sum of money, but it was her daughter who benefited.
To be honest, even for her daughter, she thought it was too expensive.
It is no exaggeration to say that all the money the family earned in half a month was spent on that one can of stuff, which was just such a small can. She had never seen anyone else do this.
She had heard that a relative in the city had given birth to a child, and that someone had given malted milk as a gift. It would be spread throughout the village, which was very honorable.
"Ji Huai is willing to give up, but you are reluctant. What do you think?" Feng Dafeng asked again.
Mother Feng was speechless.
"Don't make a fuss and let people see the joke. You may make that kid irritated and he won't buy it next time when he has the money. Isn't it your daughter who is wronged?" He said and walked out.
Mother Feng pondered on the spot for a long time, and felt that this was the truth, her eyes tangled.
As he walked out, Feng Dafeng's expression changed again and again, and he deliberately went to look for Feng Qiaolan, just to take a look at the malted milk powder that could only be bought for ten yuan a can, and he looked at it several times calmly.
ten bucks.
Foreign gadgets are just a waste of money!