Rebirth 1984 Wife and children are on the hot bed

When I got home, it was already 11:[-] noon.

"Hiss~ It's so cold." Xu Dahai quickly lit the stove.

"Meow~"

The big orange cat often catches mice and eats them, so it has grown fat. It ran over and rubbed Xu Dahai's calves with its big furry head.

Xu Dahai stroked her, and the big fat cat was carried away by Xiao Tingzi.

Xu Dahai tidied up the side of the stove and said with a smile:

"Xiao Tingzi, whatever you want to eat, daddy will cook it for you."

"Really?" The little girl was sallow and thin, looking malnourished, but her eyes were bright.

"of course it's true."

"Then...I want to eat pork." Xiao Tingzi whispered as she hugged the big fat cat.

"Xiuxiu, do we still have pork at home?"

"What are you thinking about? I just ate pig meat once during the Chinese New Year. How can I eat pork after the Chinese New Year?" Wang Xiuxiu said helplessly:

"I still have some white flour and rice at home, but I have to save it for the guests during the Chinese New Year. I'd rather have the big lump porridge with pickles."

"It's okay, just steam some rice and eat it. I will find a way." Xu Dahai rolled his hair. The conditions at home were too difficult.

His home is in Baisong County, Hunjiang City, Jilin Province, Northeast China, which is the hometown of ginseng.

In this era, the lives of farmers in Northeast China are quite good, and the land is abundant and fertile.

The land here is divided into shangs. A shang is 15 acres. Many farmers have several shangs, and some even have more than a dozen shangs, which is more than 200 acres of land!

It can’t be planted, it can’t be planted at all!

However, Xu Dajia’s conditions are rather special.

He also has 6 brothers and sisters!Counting him, there are 7 people in total!He ranked fourth, with his eldest brother and third brother above him.

The second child, the fifth child, the sixth child and the seventh child are all daughters.

My father, "Xu Houtian", was a well-known lazy man from all over the country. He loved playing cards and making money. After the land was allocated to each household the year before last, his family was allocated a total of 6 acres of land.

That’s a total of 90 acres of land! !

It stands to reason that it should be very easy, but that is not the case.

The eldest brother "Xu Dashan" relied on the relationship with his father-in-law and worked in the village slaughterhouse. After learning that the land was divided, he came back and left for two weeks. He usually lives in the village and doesn't care about family matters.

Later, during the Chinese New Year, my father, Xu Houtian, was obsessed with all sorts of things and went out after losing 3 times while playing cards! !

Really desperate!

That is to say, Xu Dahai came over with the invasion knife, otherwise he would lose even the last land.

After realizing this, my father regretted it so much that he cut off the little finger of his left hand with a knife and vowed not to gamble again!So far, it seems to have some effect.

The second sister "Xu Mei" came back with a daughter after her divorce, and now lives in her mother's courtyard.

The third brother, Xu Dashu, has been admitted to college for several years. He finally passed the exam this year and is now studying in Yanjing.

The fourth child is Xu Dahai.

The fifth sister, Xu Fang, is 20 years old this year and has a shy and dull personality. Her mother has recently been helping her organize her husband's family.

The sixth sister, Xu Juan, is 14 years old this year. She is tall and strong, quite smart, has a small mouth and is eloquent, but she likes to be picky about everything and is too playful.

The seventh sister, Xu Hua, is only 5 years old this year. She is still a little girl. She often spends time fooling around with Xu Ting, Xu Dahai's daughter.

Although there is still a bit of land, after paying the public grain, and using part of it to satisfy the famine, and setting aside seeds, there will not be much left to chew on.

What Xu Dahai has to solve now is the problem of feeding the family.

Everyone's personality is different. The eldest brother regards this big family as a burden and a burden, and he doesn't want to care about it. He just wants to live his own small life.

But Xu Dahai's personality is different, he wants to take care of it!The second sister, several younger sisters and my mother, these are all close relatives!He cannot remain indifferent!

And by reviving his life, he believed that he could make his family live a good life.

"Isn't there a roast chicken? Heat it up for Xiao Tingzi to eat."

"Eat it now? I still want to keep it and eat it when someone else comes." Wang Xiuxiu frowned slightly, feeling a little reluctant to part with it.

And: It refers to guests.

Although things are difficult at home, if guests come, they must serve good meals and delicious dishes.

Such is the local ethos.

Therefore, it is often necessary to save good things in advance, reluctant to eat them, and eat them together when the guests come.

Xu Dahai waved his hand: "Don't worry, it's okay. I already have some ideas. I should be able to make some money in a few days."

"Really?"

Wang Xiuxiu's eyes were filled with hope. She was not a money-hungry person, but many times, it was really difficult to have no money.

It's snowing and the weather is cold, but my daughter Xiaotingzi's cotton pants haven't arrived yet. Do we have to let her stay indoors all winter like last year?

"Although our family is short of money, you can't do anything illegal. If you go in, we two will have no way to survive."

Wang Xiuxiu persuaded while washing rice and steaming rice, with worry in her eyes:

"Yesterday I was chatting with my mother, and I heard her say that a pair of brothers came out of a village in the west near Mengjiang County."

"What did they do?"

"They specialize in stealing steamed red ginseng from other people's homes!! They are so brave. I heard they have stolen from many homes.

Oh my god, now that the police have caught them, everyone says they will be shot! "

Xu Dahai nodded slightly, but didn't say anything.

Baisong and Mengjiang counties are the main producing areas of ginseng in the country. They have a history of mining wild ginseng for more than 1500 years and cultivated ginseng for more than 450 years.

Ginseng generally takes six years to grow. For better storage, the ginseng is harvested from the sixth year onwards. After cleaning, it is steamed, dried, and baked.

Finally, the ginseng will turn light red or dark red, which is called "red ginseng".

In 1984, a pound of red ginseng was worth dozens of dollars!It’s higher than many workers’ monthly salary!If you steal dozens of kilograms...

Because it is so valuable, some people with evil intentions choose to steal other people’s red ginseng.

Without cameras, it would be difficult to catch them.

Of course, if they were caught, they would be beaten half to death at best, or beaten to death directly at worst.

The recklessness of this era was very strong, which was very different from that of later generations.

After lunch.

Xu Dahai went to his grandfather's house, his mother's yard, and his second and third uncles, and borrowed a lot of clips.

I counted more than 20 of them in total. It’s very good to catch wild rabbits, sand half chickens, pheasants, etc. in the mountains.

"The restaurants in the countryside collect pheasants. If you can catch one or two, you can make some money."

Goose feathers and snowflakes were flying all over the sky, the cold wind was howling, and the pine forests on the distant mountains stood silently and solemnly.

"squeak squeak~"

Xu Dahai went into the mountains wearing a thick cotton-padded jacket, a dog-skin hat, and leggings, carrying the old-fashioned Mosin Nagant rifle that belonged to his grandfather.

There were a lot of clamps on the sledge he was pulling, snowflakes were flying, and a layer of snow soon fell on the sledge.