Chapter 384: House Ruiner in the 1970s (15)

In addition to chicken cakes, Xu Yin also brought out some sorghum jelly and lard candy, and wrapped them separately in old-fashioned oil paper.

I plan to go to the agricultural machinery factory in the town to visit my little sister who is staying at my uncle’s house and doesn’t know if she is crying, and then I will drop by my eldest sister’s house on the way.

The tractor master was quite on time. Not long after she arrived at the intersection, the tractor also arrived.

Xu Yin jumped on the tractor and gave the master a few lard candies to thank him for the ride.

 When we arrived at the agricultural machinery factory, it was about nine o'clock, thinking it was not a day off, Xu Lan was in school.

Xu Yin thought for a while and went directly to the primary school for workers’ children of the agricultural machinery factory.

It’s so easy to go into school and look for children these days, no one can stop you.

 To be precise, there is no guard, and the school does not even have a courtyard wall. It is open.

 Xu Yin found the third-grade classroom and took a look.

Xu Lan, who was listening to the teacher's lecture, glanced at Xu Yin at the door, raised her hand and reported: "Teacher, my sister is looking for me."

 “Go!”

 Xu Lan ran out happily.

“Second sister, why are you here?”

 “Let me see you.” See if you have lost weight due to hunger at your uncle’s house.

Xu Yin led her to the tree next to the playground.

"Second sister, you are right." Xu Lan wrinkled her nose and complained, "The food at my uncle's house is really not enough! Taotao and I haven't eaten enough for several days, and we are even hungrier than when we were at home. There is a shortage of food, but the eldest uncle’s family obviously has food. Several times I saw the eldest uncle secretly hiding the food, and when the eldest cousin came back, she would take the food to the eldest cousin’s room to eat.”

Xu Yin touched her little sister’s head: “Then do you want to go home?”

"No! That's what my uncle owes to my father. If I go home and live there, won't my father suffer a loss?"

　　　…”

You are a child, why do you worry so much?

"By the way, second sister, the eldest cousin went on a blind date a few days ago. Maybe we will have a cousin-in-law soon. Can we have a full meal on the day when the eldest cousin gets married?"

Hearing this, Xu Yin raised her eyebrows.

She didn’t interfere with the plot. In the original book, the heroine settled the marriage on her first blind date? So smooth? Doesn’t that mean the plot has turned a corner?

"Just take care of yourself." Xu Yin was worried that her younger sister was getting involved, so she warned her.

Then he took out the cakes and candies he brought and said, "Then, the second sister is true to her word. I will bring you delicious food after receiving the money."

 Xu Lan’s expression when she saw the chicken cake was very similar to the look on Xu and his wife’s face when they saw a good meal.

 Sure enough, we are not a family, we don’t enter the same family!

“Second sister, is this really for me?”

 “Yeah, you don’t want it?”

 “I want it, I want it!”

Xu Lan took it and held it in her arms. She closed her eyes and smelled the cake aroma in the air.

"Yes! It just tastes like this! It's fragrant and sweet! I've only seen Taotao eat chicken cake! Second sister, you are so kind to me... Wow! There are also sorghum glutinous rice and lard candy! Ah! I am so happy that I feel dizzy. It’s passed! What should I do? Second sister, if I faint, you must catch me and never let them fall to the ground..."

 Xu Yin: “…”

I think you should stop studying and go straight to acting, you little drama queen!

“Second sister has sewed a schoolbag for you. You can put it in the schoolbag.”

Xu Yin took out a shoulder bag made of military green cheesecloth, with a bright red five-pointed star embroidered on the front.

 The fabric of the schoolbag was not new, and she couldn't remember when she had stocked it. Anyway, she had this piece of material and made a schoolbag for her little sister.

Xu Lan was very happy: "Second sister! When did you know how to make a schoolbag? It's so beautiful! I like it so much!" "As long as you like it, put the things in it and go to class as soon as possible. I'll give the credit points to Taotao, but you have to Hide it well and don’t be discovered by others.”

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Xu Lan nodded, "I know, I will hide it well and never let anyone find it."

"Okay! Second sister will come see you next time."

Before leaving, Xu Yin gave her little sister a dime: "If you are really hungry, just buy something to eat."

 According to her, it is better to go home. A home made of gold or silver is not as good as a home made of grass.

But this little girl insisted that going home would mean suffering a loss. She could not let her family suffer, so she insisted on living in her uncle's house until she came of age.

 Xu Yin had nothing to do with her, so she could only find time to visit her more and feed her some food.

 After leaving the agricultural machinery factory, Xu Yin still came to the place where she waited for the bus in the morning, hoping to catch a ride back.

An oxcart happened to pass by, and the old man driving the oxcart took the initiative to ask: "Little girl, are you going to the next village?"

“Yes, sir, can you give me a ride?”

 “Convenient! What’s so inconvenient about this.”

 The old man stopped and asked Xu Yin to get on the bullock cart.

When he learned that she was going to Shuangqiao Brigade, he said cheerfully: "My daughter is getting married in Shuangqiao. I am familiar with that road. I will take you directly to the entrance of the village in a while."

 “Thank you, sir!”

The uncle rushed to the cow car, and he was stable.

　　But there was still some way to go. After getting off the oxcart at the entrance of Shuangqiao Brigade, Xu Yin looked at the time. It was almost ten o'clock. She had to give her things to the elder sister quickly and hurry up to go home.

 Otherwise, when the cheap parents come home from work and see that the stove is still cold, there may be a strike in the afternoon.

“Uncle, thank you. I fry these melon seeds myself. You can pass the time on the way.”

As usual, Xu Yin gave someone a handful of fried melon seeds.

Unexpectedly, in the 1970s, melon seeds became hard currency.

As the name suggests, Shuangqiao Brigade has two bridges, one is a flat bridge and the other is an arch bridge.

  Xu Sang married into a family named Zhou at the foot of Pingqiao.

 The Zhou family has four sons and three daughters, and is considered a large labor force in the local area.

 Xu Sang married her younger son Zhou Yongjun.

 But unlike the old Xu family, the youngest son of this family is the least favored among the four sons.

 Because when giving birth to him, Zhou's mother fell and almost had a dystocia. Within two years, I got seriously ill again, and it was very difficult.

The superstitious mother Zhou thought that it was because her younger son was overpowering her, so she disliked her son from childhood to adulthood.

 Zhou Yongjun can be said to have been raised by his grandparents.

The marriage to Xu Sang was a matchmaker entrusted by Grandma Zhou; the couple's wedding room was arranged by Grandma Zhou in an old house and arranged by Zhou Yongjun's eldest sister and second sister; the bride price was arranged by Grandpa Zhou from the coffin book. Zhou's father and Zhou's mother have nothing to do with each other.

Not only did it not matter, Zhou’s mother also converted all the work points earned by her younger son before marriage into cash during the autumn harvest last year and took it home, leaving not a penny for her son.

Since then, Zhou Yongjun has positioned himself as a little cabbage with no parents and no mother. Except for his grandparents and two married sisters, he owed nothing to anyone else.

He got the food for his wedding day, including the firewood, rice, oil and salt for his daily life after the wedding. He asked the young men who were friends with him in the village to collect the food, and agreed to pay them back this year's new grain harvest.

　　After Xu Sang got married, the couple lived their own lives behind closed doors. They were a little poor, but they had a good relationship.

Of course, it was also because Xu Sang was willing to endure hardships. If it were someone else, he might have run back to his parents' home.

 (End of this chapter)