Seventy-year-old book: The villain Zaizai’s best mother

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In the evening, Xia Mingshuang rode his bicycle home in the cold wind, and saw Da Zhuang Er Zhuang and Gu Nianjun collecting firewood in the woods at the entrance of the village.

There is a large mountain behind the village, but the area close to the village has become bare due to years of logging. The government has ordered that logging deep into the mountains is not allowed and the mountains must be allowed to recuperate. Moreover, many of the mountains in the north are bare, and the woods are not so lush. Most of them are short shrubs.

In winter, adults don't allow children to go into the mountains to collect firewood. Most of them stay in the woods around the village.

These woods were originally planted by instructor Huo and are now grown, making it easier for everyone to prune the branches and use them as firewood.

Xia Mingshuang called them, "Go home."

Da Zhuang had seen Xia Mingshuang's bicycle a long time ago. He came here to pick up firewood just to pick her up, but he was embarrassed to say it.

He heard Xia Mingshuang shouting, and he had to say: "You go back first, we are picking up some."

If you don't pick it up, you don't pick it up.

Xia Mingshuang stood on the side of the road, "Okay, don't pick it up. We will buy a few tons of coal later so we don't have to burn so much firewood."

She had no way to buy it before, and the commune couldn't get it. Now that she knows Fang Rong, a few tons of coal is nothing.

Gu Nianjun immediately pricked up his ears. If his aunt's family was buying coal, would they still use him to collect firewood?

He wanted to continue picking it up for her, so that she could send delicious food to his house and he could eat with peace of mind, otherwise he would be embarrassed to eat it.

Xia Mingshuang urged them to go home quickly. It was already after five o'clock, it was getting dark and cold, and the wind whizzing in Hegouzi and other places was like a knife cutting their faces.

When they got home, Sanjie Gu had already prepared the meal. She didn't let Miao Miao get her hands on it and asked Miao Miao to do her homework as soon as she got home to avoid getting too dark and hurting her eyes.

When the little boy saw his mother coming back, he immediately staggered out to greet her. He was too chubby in clothes and had to roll twice on the ground accidentally.

Xia Ming hurriedly set up the bicycle and reached out to hug the little Zaizai, but he couldn't pick it up immediately. Not only was the child heavy, but he also wore too many clothes.

Xiao Zaizai chuckled, holding Xia Mingshuang's hand and walking into the house.

Miaomiao had already poured warm water, "Mom, come and soak your hands in hot water."

Third Sister Gu also quickly lifted the pot and prepared to serve the meal. Today she made a pot of bean buns with multigrain noodles.

The production team's rations have been distributed long ago. In addition to the regular rations, there are also some red beans and mung beans. Most people want sweet potatoes, corn and other rations, and less miscellaneous grains, for fear of not being enough to eat. Xia Mingshuang needs more grains, and the rations can be subsidized from the supply and marketing cooperative. Her family has no shortage of grains now, and her children are fully fed.

Now her pursuit is to eat well.

Steamed bean buns on top, potatoes and beans on the bottom.

Of course there are no fresh beans this season, they are all dried in autumn.

In addition to carrying rations, Third Sister Gu also brought some dried beans, dried eggplants, and several heads of Chinese cabbage.

Xia Mingshuang took out the wool thread and showed it to them. Third Sister Gu and Miao Miao were so curious about it that they felt nothing.

Boys have no idea about these things, mainly because they haven't grown up to the age where they can be pretty.

Third Sister Gu: "Let me knit you a long scarf first."

Wearing a triangle scarf does not block the wind, so it is not useful at all when riding a bicycle.

Xia Mingshuang was the first person in the village to buy this wool thread. Wool thread is very expensive and requires industrial coupons. Not to mention that ordinary members cannot buy it, even the secretary and accountant are reluctant to buy it. What kind of sweater do you think a redneck would wear? Isn’t it okay to have a cotton-padded jacket and trousers?

Therefore, woolen yarn is generally bought by urban residents. They are given industrial coupons along with their wages, and their families also have money to buy it.

Even if you have industrial coupons and money, you may not be able to buy it, because the output of wool yarn is very low, and the supply is absolutely in short supply.

Many people don’t know what a sweater is, and they all think it is a sheepskin jacket.

The old farmers' sheepskin jackets are not the modern lambskin or pigskin clothes. They are cotton-padded jackets sewn from a whole piece of sheepskin. The sheepskin is sewn with fabric on the outside, and the wool is on the inside to keep warm. It has a sheepish smell.

There's nothing you can do about it, after all, even with the fur on the skin, no matter how well the skin is tanned, the sheep's own odor will still not be removed.

Third Sister Gu has also heard of it, but has never seen it. This is the first time she has seen wool thread. It feels warm and soft, which is really nice.

She can also knit scarves now because the styles are simple and the stitches are simple.

Stick needles are also easy to make. You don’t need to buy finished products. You can just use broken chopsticks at home or broken teeth on chopsticks to sharpen them.

The bamboo flute is made of bamboo. It has dense bamboo teeth and a hook-shaped end, which can be used to hug grass. If the hook is broken, the tooth will be useless and can be taken out and sharpened into a stick needle.

Third Sister Gu is not a grinder. She doesn't procrastinate when she wants to do something. She starts looking for it after dinner. She takes down a few broken chopsticks and chopstick teeth, splits them bit by bit with a kitchen knife, and then polishes them with a whetstone. .

Xia Mingshuang wanted to knit a sweater for Miao Miao first.

Miaomiao: "Mom, I need to wear a cotton-padded jacket in the winter. It's too cold for you to go to work, so I'd better knit you a scarf first."

Boys are not interested in scarves and think scarves are girly.

Da Zhuang rarely expresses his opinion on food and clothing, "Why don't you wear a cotton hat?"

In winter, everyone basically wears a cotton hat. If possible, get a military cap to wear, like the one worn by Lei Feng. Ordinary people use blue cloth to sew a similar style. When the weather is cold, put down the two ears and tie them on the chin. When the weather is warm, turn the ears up and tie them on the top of your head.

Da Zhuang thinks that my mother can wear something like this, it will keep her warm.

Third Sister Gu: "Do you have any cloth and cotton at home? How about I sew a cotton hat for you?"

Xia Mingshuang felt that cotton hats were indeed needed.

The original owner didn't like to go out in the past. At most, he would go back to his parents' home, and a scarf could basically get him through it. Now Xia Mingshuang has to go to work and run into the city. He really has to be armed from head to toe in the wind and snow.

But she doesn’t want that kind of manly hat. She wants to design it herself. If the younger sister doesn’t have time to make it, her parents can make it for her.

She thought that the cotton hat was not breathable. If it was exposed to rain or snow, it would harden easily when it dried, and it would not be that warm by then. It would be better to knit a wool hat and scarf.

At worst, you can knit a double layer of gold ingot needles, which are densely packed and breathable, keep out the wind and keep you warm, and wear a long scarf to keep you absolutely warm.

The key is that the wool is knitted with elasticity so that anyone can wear it when going out.

Third Sister Gu was confused when she heard that, "Mingshuang, it's good, but I don't know how to do it."

Xia Mingshuang smiled and said: "It's okay, you can learn it after a while."

When she was in college, she and her roommates were all talented people. She was keen on cooking rice cookers, the dormitory leader was keen on knitting wool, and one of her sisters was keen on doing all kinds of retro makeup and buns.

The headmaster knitted hats, scarves and gloves for each of them. Xia Mingshuang was especially favored and even had socks and slippers.

She also learned it for a while, just to join in the fun and follow the trend, but after learning the acupuncture technique, she fell behind.

She doesn't have the patience to weave huge balls of wool into finished products one after another, stitch by stitch. It's too mechanical and repetitive, and it really can only be supported by interest and love.