"Okay! Great, Jiabao, just follow your sister and learn how to identify herbs."
Xu Xiulan's eyes lit up and she cheered repeatedly.
That's right, let the eldest son learn from Tiantian. It would be better if he could learn to see a doctor.
"At that time, when your sister is admitted to college, you will take over the job at the health center!"
The more Xu Xiulan thinks about it, the more beautiful it becomes!
Being a barefoot doctor is much better than working in the fields.
Xu Xiulan had never read a book and didn't understand many big principles. She just remembered a saying that the old man often said: A craftsman will never starve to death in a lean year!
"What health clinic?"
For a long time, He Dazhuang just squatted in the corner and smoked. He didn't know that the captain had also visited, so he asked doubtfully.
"Oh, that's it..." Xu Xiulan hurriedly told the story again, and said proudly: "How nice it is to work in a health center? You can't be blown by the wind or get wet by the rain. If Jiabao can have a name in the health center, It will be easy to talk about my wife in the future!”
"Mom, I-I'm just afraid that I'm too stupid to learn!"
If there were better options, He Jiabao wouldn't want to stay in the fields and work every day.
However, he is self-aware, but he is afraid that he will not be able to learn.
"It's okay, I will teach you slowly! If it doesn't work and I can't do the work in the health center, I will think of other ways!" He Tiantian said with a smile.
"Hey!" He Jiabao grinned stupidly.
He Jiayu couldn't bear to see how stupid his brother was, and he wanted to remind his brother not to just smile.
Even if you are a direct sibling, when you should be polite and grateful, you can’t do anything less!
He Jiayu quietly kicked his brother.
He Jiabao looked at his younger brother in confusion and asked with his eyes: Brother, why are you kicking me
He Jiayu almost cried because of the stupidity. She gritted her teeth and pouted in the direction of He Tiantian.
Fortunately, there is some tacit understanding between the twins.
He Jiabao understood what He Jiayu meant and quickly thanked He Tiantian, "Sister, thank you!"
"You are my biological brother, of course I have to think about you!" He Tiantian did not miss the interaction between the twins. He Jiabao's stupidity and He Jiayu's cleverness were really vivid.
He Tiantian felt the sibling affection she had never experienced before.
"Yes, yes! Tiantian is right. You are biological siblings. You must help and support each other!" Xu Xiulan was so satisfied.
I thought proudly: She is indeed my biological daughter. Tiantian is more conscientious than that dead girl Zhou Zixuan.
"...Your mother is right!" He Dazhuang sat there in a daze for a long time before he finally said this.
Xu Xiulan rolled her eyes and turned her head, but she still took a piece of whole grain pancake for her husband.
Corn flour is mixed with soy flour, and a little white flour is added. The three-height flour is kneaded into a dough, and then attached to the edge of the large iron pot. The rice cake is browned, and the dough is harmonious and sweet.
When you eat it, it still has a gritty and rough feeling in your mouth, but it is much better than the multigrain steamed buns I ate in the past.
He Dazhuang took the hot pastry pancake and bit it into his mouth, which was so sweet that it was so sweet to his heart.
He knew that his wife was just a sharp-tongued person.
On the surface, she shows her teeth and claws like a mother-in-law, but in fact, she is a good and caring wife.
He Dazhuang is the third eldest child in the family. He is neither good nor bad. He is neither clever nor sweet-mouthed. He is the one who is most ignored by his parents.
After marrying a wife, He Dazhuang felt that he finally had someone to love him.
Not to mention, his wife gave birth to two fat boys in one breath, which was the first time in their Hejia Village.
He Dazhuang, who had always been a coward, suddenly became arrogant and was envied by people wherever he went.
Therefore, no matter what Xu Xiulan did, no matter how many people outside criticized He Dazhuang for being a "hep-rubber", he never lost face for Xu Xiulan.
He Dazhuang stuffed the pancake into his mouth while giggling.
Xu Xiulan glanced at him out of the corner of her eye, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, said nothing, raised her hand and gave He Tiantian another one.
He Tiantian silently watched all this, and when she took the pastry cake, she did not forget to give Xu Xiulan a thumbs up in her heart.
Sure enough, a woman who can control a man to death is by no means just a simple shrew.
"Tiantian, are you used to eating?" He Dazhuang was eating happily. He looked up and saw He Tiantian taking small bites of the pancake, and suddenly thought of something.
He asked cautiously.
He had heard from his wife before that the Zhou family's living conditions were good and they ate white flour steamed buns and big meat buns every meal.
Tiantian probably rarely eats this kind of rough three-height pancake.
"Why can't you get used to it? It's very delicious. My mom's craftsmanship is so good!" He Tiantian is indeed not used to it.
The coarse grains of this era are not the same concept as the coarse grains of later generations.
The whole grains at this time are really "coarse" and have a distinct grainy texture when chewed into the mouth.
When I swallowed it, my throat was slightly throaty.
However, we must be fortunate that it is already the late 1970s, and Xu Xiulan is a shrewd and capable character.
Although the He family looks poor, their life is actually not too bad.
After all, the most difficult period has passed, and the three children have grown up. He Dazhuang and He Jiabao are both strong laborers, and the He family has no shortage of food.
Xu Xiulan is still shameless and often goes to the provincial capital to find Feng Mingjie to fight against the autumn wind.
Ahem, what, the white flour in Sanhe Noodles is "borrowed" from the Zhou family.
Otherwise, the He family's food would be even worse. In the 1960s, they would eat sweet potatoes and carrots every day, which would injure everyone.
"Of course, our mother has the most skillful hands!" He Jiayu also praised her.
Xu Xiulan laughed and scolded her as "glib", but still broke off another piece of cake for her youngest son.
The family was chatting and laughing, and the estrangement and embarrassment that He Dazhuang and his son were worried about did not happen at all.
The family of five seems to have always lived together and has never been separated.
"Hey, third brother and third sister-in-law, are you eating?"
At this moment, a middle-aged woman's voice came from the yard.
The smile on Xu Xiulan's face suddenly faded.
He Tiantian raised an eyebrow, oh, this person is not good.
"Oh, this is Tiantian, look at this little face, she looks so good. You don't know me, I am your fourth aunt!"
While talking, the middle-aged woman entered the main room.
She is not tall, dark and thin, with high cheekbones and thin lips. At first glance, she is not a generous and kind person.
She looked at He Tiantian up and down, with a smile on her face, but what she said made people feel uncomfortable, "Hey, where are you eating? Oh, the conditions in our rural areas are not as good as those in the city. Tiantian, you can still eat well." Are you used to it?”
He Dazhuang also asked "Are you accustomed to eating?" He Dazhuang was concerned with a little anxiety, but the fourth aunt was full of malicious intent to watch the fun.
She even pretended to be distressed and wiped her tears, "Oh, Tiantian will be wronged when she returns to our village! My child, there is nothing we can do. Who made our He family so poor?"
Xu Xiulan gritted her teeth and her cheeks were deformed.
He Tiantian smiled sweetly, "How can I be wronged? I am my parents' child. I only feel happy to return to Hejia Village and to my parents!"
Xu Xiulan's dark face softened a lot, and she once again sighed in her heart that this girl of hers really made her look good.
And He Tiantian used practical actions to tell her mother that she could still give her a longer face—
"Oh, by the way, if Fourth Aunt hadn't told me, I would have forgotten about it!"
He Tiantian seemed to be suddenly reminded by her fourth aunt. She patted her forehead in a pretense of surprise, and then took out a bankbook from her pants pocket: "Mom, this is the pocket money and New Year's money I have saved over the years, only fifty-seven yuan." , I’ll leave it for you to support your family!”
Xu Xiulan looked at the bankbook, then looked at her sister-in-law Ma Cuifen's stiff face, and wished she could laugh three times -
ha! ha! ha!
Ma Cuifen, if you want to watch my jokes, there is no way!
My daughter is not the white-eyed wolf who waits for her mother to be disowned. She will not despise the He family for being poor, and she will not let outsiders see the joke...