The grain harvest in autumn is abundant, and the brigade is busy plowing the land again, cultivating the land, planting wheat and rapeseed.

When the farm work was almost done, Captain Qian organized the villagers in the village to go to the brigade to distribute food.

This year, Xu Qian's family is not the same. They don't even have a work point.During the period after Zhou Wenjun came back, he has been working in the brigade, earning ten work points every day.

In addition to a few small wheat picking, there are also a few work points.In addition, Xu Qian had lent the house to a doctor who went to the countryside for free consultation some time ago, and she still had [-] work points.

Adding all these together, the work points are quite a lot.

Therefore, this year Xu Qian does not need to take extra money to make up work points. The work points they earn are already enough for food rations.

Of course, there are no extra work points, they can't get any money, and the food at home is almost gone.

Xu Qian still needs money to buy food. Of course, the price of buying food on the brigade is much cheaper than going to the black market.

With the money she bought grain on the black market, she could buy four times as much grain in the brigade.

Because there is not much food in the space, Xu Qian has not been to the black market to sell food this year. Instead, she is still in the brigade, buying a lot of food and returning.

Xu Qian carefully calculated that, not counting Zhou Wenjun's rations, she only needs to buy two hundred catties of fine grains from the brigade every year, which is enough for them to feed their 80s.

But in fact, Xu Qian buys more than two hundred catties of grain every year, plus the grain.In addition, they also eat coarse grains such as sweet potatoes, corn, and soybeans.

Therefore, there is still plenty of food. Even if the children's food intake is tripled, Xu Qian still has enough food for their children.

This year's harvest is relatively good, and there will be slightly more grain distributed after the autumn harvest.Xu Qian's family shared 450 catties of corn alone, [-] catties more than last year.

Sweet potatoes were divided into 820 catties, 32 catties more than last year.Soybeans were divided into [-] catties, two catties more than last year.Even cotton, which is very scarce, is distributed more than last year.

Last year, each person got half a catty of cotton, but this year, each person got eight taels of cotton. Xu Qian, mother and son, added up to a total of four catties of cotton.

So much cotton can be given to a large family, each of whom can make a new cotton coat.

Or make a thin quilt.

Many people in the village are reluctant to make cotton-padded clothes, but save cotton and make quilts. In the countryside, whether they are marrying a girl or a wife, these things are indispensable.

After the other grains are distributed, the rice is distributed last. Although the output of rice has also increased, there is not much distribution in the brigade, which is the same as in previous years.

Thirty catties for adults, fifteen catties for children under the age of six, and twenty catties for children between the ages of six and 12.

Xu Qian's family still divided [-] catties of rice.

But now she is at home, six people have dinner.Ninety catties of rice must not be enough for her to eat.

So she took another 36 yuan and bought more than 300 catties of rice.

After buying the rice, and adding the points of the brigade, there are almost [-] catties of grain.

Four hundred catties of grain is already a lot, plus there are corn and sweet potatoes, enough for Xu Qian's family to eat.

After distributing the food, Zhou Wenjun pushed the wooden cart, and Sanxiao worked hard to transport the food back.

"Second brother, are the second siblings at home?"

Mrs. Zhou hugged Haohao and carried a basket in her hand, which contained seven or eight eggs.

"Sister-in-law? Come in and sit down. Are you looking for Qianqian? Qianqian is picking vegetables in the backyard, so I'm going to call her."

"Qianqian, sister-in-law is here."

When Zhou Wenjun called her, Xu Qian had already returned. She was holding a vegetable basket in her hand, and the four children behind her were holding a sweet potato in their hands and gnawing on it.

"Sister-in-law, do you want to eat sweet potatoes? It's the last bit in the field. The kids love it, so I dug them all up and brought them home."

The sweet potatoes that Xu Qian is talking about here are not sweet potatoes.It is a plant also called white jicama, which is slightly larger than an apple, and can be eaten raw by tearing off the skin.

The taste is crisp and sweet, without any other peculiar smell, and the moisture is particularly sufficient. It can be eaten as a fruit or as a vegetable.

Because several children in the family love to eat, Xu Qian planted two batches, one early maturing and one late maturing.

Now these are the late ripening ones, the last few sweet potatoes.Xu Qian washed a few, peeled off the skin, cut them into pieces, put them on a plate and served them as fruits.

"Wenjun, sister-in-law, you all have a taste."

"The taste is quite delicious, and all the children love it, but we will grow less this year and grow more next year."

As Xu Qian spoke, she also took two pieces and ate them.At this time when there are no fruits, this sweet potato can really be regarded as a very delicious fruit.

"This stuff tastes really good. Second brother and sister, where did you find the seeds? I will plant some next year."

"Sweet potato seeds? You can buy them from the supply and marketing cooperatives in the county. Do you want them, sister? I still have them here."

Xu Qian really didn't lie this time, she really bought the sweet potato seeds from the county supply and marketing cooperative.

Although there are some fruit seeds in the space, but they are relatively rare, she dare not take them out and plant them?

As for this kind of sweet potato, she basically never ate it in her previous life, so she didn't buy it when she bought the seeds.

Speaking of fruit tree seeds, many of the fruit tree seeds she sowed last year really germinated.

However, the seedlings were too young to be transplanted, so Xu Qian didn't care much about them.

Let them grow as they please.

"By the way, sister-in-law, what do you want me to do?"

"That's right, isn't Chunmei sixteen years old? I thought it was time to buy some dowry for her.

After finding a suitable family in two years, I will marry her off, which will save me a lot of worries. "

"The harvest in the field is good this year, the family has distributed a lot of money, and Chunmei's father has sold a lot of grain.

I just wanted to take advantage of the fact that the family has managed to get by in the past two years, so I can buy her a thicker dowry. "

Sister-in-law Zhou only has two biological daughters, so how could she not feel sorry for her? Haohao is her lifeblood, but so are her two biological daughters.

"Sister-in-law is short of cloth tickets, but I have some here. How much do you want, I'll get it for you?"

Girls in the country buy dowry, which is nothing more than some clothes, bedding, sheets, kettles and the like.

For such large items, only very wealthy families or girls in the city will have dowry.

Sister-in-law Zhou must be very reluctant to buy big things for Chunmei, because she has no money and no industrial vouchers.

But like sheets, bedding, cotton wool.She would definitely prepare such practical things in advance.

This marriage is still very fast, as long as you meet someone.Maybe in less than half a month, a bicycle will come to pick up the person, and the two will get married with a burden.

Sister-in-law Zhou has been secretly looking after Chunmei for the past year.Just didn't find the right one.

Chunmei's temper is too weak, this man's temper can't be too soft.But the couple lived together, and none of them could support themselves. I'm afraid they were going to be bullied to death.

At the same time, this man's character is better.

Although it is one thing to have a strong personality, it is another thing to be strong enough to hit a woman.

Also, in the man's family, there should not be too many brothers and sisters.The man's parents must have a good character, and they cannot be the kind of evil mother-in-law or evil father-in-law who abuses their daughter-in-law.

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