60s Splendid Life

In February, the light rain began to fall, the cold winter gradually passed, and the early spring came.

On rainy days, there is no way to dry things in the tofu shop, so the bean curd sticks cannot be made. The weather is not good for making bean curd, so many jobs have to be suspended.

Because of the rain, the business is not very good. At this time, the team is preparing for spring plowing. They asked a few men who went out to sell tofu to return to the team to help prepare for spring plowing. Therefore, now only the tofu business in their own village sells every day. There are not many tofu, so there is no need to make so much tofu, and the job of master Lu Jin is also much easier, as long as he takes time to go to the tofu shop every day to have a look.Now basically all the people under his command have been brought out. Cai Chunmei and Wang Xiumei are better at making tofu than his master, and he trusts his two apprentices to do a lot of work.

There is no need to go to work in the tofu shop so early in the morning. Lu Jin has been going to bed late every day before getting up, probably because young people lack sleep. He found that he can sleep well, and he has been sleeping until he woke up naturally in the past few days Come.

When I woke up this day and saw the bright light outside, Lu Jin suddenly sat up from the bed, grabbed the watch on the cabinet and looked at the time, it was past seven in the morning, and hurriedly reached out to pat the sleeping child next to him, " Chenchen, sister, get up quickly, you will be late for school."

"Huh?" Chenchen was woken up by his brother's slap, and sat on the bed with sleepy eyes.

Lu Qinglian, who was sleeping on the other side of the curtain, opened the curtain and shouted to her brother: "Brother, didn't we tell you yesterday that today is a holiday, and the teacher said that you don't have to go to school today, hey~" The little girl sighed He took a deep breath, probably because he felt that his brother's forgetfulness was too great, and he didn't even forget that they didn't have to go to school, so he fell back into the bed and lay down on his stomach.

Chenchen turned to look at his brother, with an expression of "I don't go to school, why did you wake me up?", turned over and lay back under the blanket, her butt arched in an arc, wriggling in the blanket, like a big Like a bug.

Little Bao'er got out of the bed, with her messy hair on her head, looking up at her brother with half of her blushing face, she still didn't know what was going on.

"...I'm sorry, brother forgot." Lu Jin stretched out his hand to stroke the cute and fluffy cub, with an apologetic smile on his face, who made him forget the time when children don't have to go to school.

But after a while, he also called a few children to get up, after all, it's not too early now.

When cooking in the morning, he saw that there was not much water in the water tank, so he left three children to help light the fire in the kitchen, so he took the bucket to fetch water, and when he took the key to open the lock on the well cover, Lu Jin His eyes fell on the muddy footprint on the manhole cover.

Strange, how could there be footprints on the manhole cover?

After discovering this footprint, Lu Jin felt a strange feeling in his heart. Following the footprint, he found several footprints by the well. It was much larger, and judging from its size, it should be the footprint of an adult male.He also carefully found that a tile on the wall was still stained with mud, and there were some fragments of the tile on the ground, which seemed to be crushed by someone, because he remembered that the tile was not broken before.

This footprint was not left by their own family members, it was left by people who came in from outside.If someone wants to climb over the wall without leaving the door, there is only one possibility, that is, a thief has entered their house. It has rained recently and the ground is muddy, so the person who entered left footprints here.

It's just that he didn't know if the other party was here for the first time, or if he had already been to their house before he found out.

With such a doubt in his heart, Lu Jin lowered his head and inspected the yard. He found no footprints on the ground in the yard. He walked along the windows and doors of several houses and found no traces. I checked the house and found nothing missing.He put most of his things into the space. Except for a small amount of food and their daily necessities, there were very few things outside the house. Even if someone really came into their house to see, it was just Just an ordinary courtyard.

I walked through several houses inside and out, and there was no special trace. This discovery did not disappear the doubts in Lu Jin's mind, but made him more vigilant, because nothing was missing at home. , so he was sure that the thief would come to their house again.

Just who is this thief?

Lu Jin had a few guesses in his mind, but one thing he was sure of was that the thief who came to their house must be someone from their village, and he had seen or even known someone he might know.

It seems that their usual behavior in the village is still too conspicuous, so that people will notice them.But when they separated last year, everyone in the village should know that their family received more than 500 yuan.He thought they moved to live next door to Captain Lu's house, so no one would dare to pay attention to their house. It seemed otherwise, someone still missed their house and wanted to steal things from their house.

When he found out that a thief had come to their house, Lu Jin didn't tell the children about it immediately, mainly because he was afraid of scaring the children at home. At the same time, he was also thinking about how to prevent it. and catch the thief.Before the thief is caught, he will feel that this yard is not safe, and it is not safe for them to live here. He wants to be completely relieved. Only when the thief is caught can he really feel relieved.

But, how to catch this thief?Lu Jin pondered this question in his heart.

Go back to the lock of the manhole cover, open the manhole cover, and fill up the water in several water tanks, and their breakfast is cooked.

Several children in the family like to eat sweet and milky steamed buns, so they steamed small steamed buns at home this morning and cooked white porridge.After the white porridge in the pot was cooked, he put another pot in a small casserole, put red dates and longan in it, beat two eggs in it and stirred it, and added two spoonfuls of white sugar, the taste of the cooked porridge was sweet Sweet.

Sweet longan red dates and egg porridge, several children in their family especially like to eat this porridge.

And eating this porridge in this season can also eat something nourishing to the body. Lu Jin has always felt that the bodies of the children in their family are too weak, mainly because they were hungry before.Over the past year, he has consciously supplemented nutrition for several children. It seems that his doing so is somewhat effective. At least the three children in their family are less sick, and even his own health is better. Quite a few, and the fact that they can walk several miles without blushing or panting while carrying their little Baoer on their backs is the best proof.

"Huh~ so hot, so hot~"

"Eat slowly, don't burn it."

Each of the three children got a bowl of sweet porridge, and they were waving a small spoon to scoop up the porridge. However, the porridge that had just been cooked was too hot. The children blew and yelled that it was hot, but they couldn't help continuing to eat.Lu Jin gave a few sweet steamed buns to each of the children, and asked the children to eat the steamed buns for a while before drinking porridge. He himself likes to eat bland steamed buns and white porridge. A big bowl of porridge and a few big steamed buns.

It just so happened that the children didn't have to go to school today, and the rain stopped this morning, and wild vegetables grew in the field in early spring. Lu Jin asked the three children to put on rain boots, and each of them carried a small basket to go outside to pick wild vegetables , "Put on your hat too." It seemed to him that it would still rain this day, and it was inconvenient to work in a raincoat, but wearing a hat could cover his hair in case it rained.

"Brother, I want to go out by bike."

"Okay, then go out by bike."

After more than half a year of treatment and hard work, now little Bao'er can walk a few steps with a small cane, and can ride his small wooden cart outside to play with other children.It’s just that compared to walking with crutches, Xiao Bao’er still prefers to play behind his brothers and sisters on a small bicycle, because riding a bicycle can slide faster than walking, and using crutches is much slower.

As soon as he heard his brother said to take them out to pick wild vegetables, Xiao Baoer went to find his own little car and rode on it.

"Xiaobao, I'll put your hat on for you." Lu Qinglian put on her own hat, and then took her little brother's hat to put on for her little brother, with a small backpack on her back and a hand in her hand. The basket, the basket is for the little brother, "I will hold the basket for you, and I will give it to you later."

"You can hang it here." Xiao Baoer pointed to the front of the car and said.

"Okay, I'll hang it up for you." Lu Qinglian saw that it was ok, so she hung up the basket.

Little Bao'er touched the hat on her head and the small basket hanging on the front of the car, she was very satisfied with her equipment, she raised her head and gave her sister a bright face, "Hehe, Thank you sister."

"You're welcome." Lu Qinglian touched her younger brother's pretty face and smiled.The two siblings look somewhat alike, but Xiao Baoer's facial features look more delicate than those of the elder brothers and sisters, which makes people feel amazing at first glance.

Lu Qinglian knew that her younger brother was beautiful, and of course she also liked this little brother. There was no child more beautiful than their little brother in the whole village, so she was very proud of it.

Chenchen put on her own hat, and hesitated for a while between the two options of carrying a pannier and carrying a basket, and finally decided to carry her own small pannier, so that the two can pick wild vegetables without having to carry things.

"Are you all ready? Let's go out when we're ready."

"All right."

Lu Jin went to let the two geese out to go out with them for a walk. He killed all the ducks a few years ago, and there were only two big geese and a few laying hens left in the house.

Letter 176

It is said that there are three tyrants in the countryside: big goose, rooster and native dog.The two big geese in their family accounted for one of the three. With the two big geese guarding the dharma, almost no children dared to bully their children, and at this time spring snakes and worms would come out to look for food. Going two geese in the wild is like bringing two radars with you. Not to mention the sense of security, Lu Jin doesn't have to worry about any snakes hiding around that will bite them.

You must know that there are many people who are bitten to death by poisonous snakes every year. Lu Jin does not want anyone in their family to be the unfortunate one.

"You go out first, brother close the door." When he found out that a thief had visited their house, Lu Jin locked the doors of every room when he went out, and gave the two older children in the family. There are two spare keys added to the key, and I told them not to lose the keys, otherwise all the locks in the house will have to be replaced, and they will cost money to buy.

When they heard that they would have to spend money to change the locks if they lost their keys, both Chenchen and her sister patted the keys close to their hearts, saying that they would never lose the keys at home.

"Let's go, Sister Chenchen, you go out first, and I will close the door." After going outside, Lu Jin locked the gate of the yard together, waved his hand, and took their three children and two big geese together, proudly He went out angrily.

"goose--"

As soon as the two geese came out of the door, they spread their wings and rushed out in the direction of the alley entrance. A pair of strong feet stepped on the ground and made a clicking sound, leaving two big footprints along the way. It reveals their joy in going out.

Along the way, Lu Haochen and Xiao Baoer got envious looks from all the children in the village. Chenchen looked at his younger brother as if to say: Look, they don't have big geese, only we have them!

Little Bao'er also had a confident smile on her face, and she was no longer the child who used to shrink in front of people. He rode his small car all the way there, and received envious looks from many children in the village. .

The elder sister followed behind the two younger brothers with a basket on her back, taking care of the younger brother carefully.

Lu Jin was the first to notice the changes in the children in his family, especially the changes in their little Baoer. It was very gratifying, and it was worthwhile for him to spend so much time and attention on the children.And apart from the younger brother, the two elder brothers and sister have also undergone great changes. Each child has become more confident. The biggest change should be that the sad faces on the children have disappeared, and their faces have recovered. smiled.

When passing by the tofu shop, he asked the three children to wait outside for a while. He went to the tofu shop to have a look, said hello to everyone and came out.When I came out, I happened to meet a courier from the post office who was going to the countryside to deliver letters. When I saw him, I stopped him, "Hey, it's you, that young man."

"Is there a letter from me?" Lu Jin happily walked towards the other party and asked with a smile.

"Yes, there is a letter from you. You are Lu Jin, right? I remember you. I delivered a package to you last time. The letter is in my backpack, wait for me to find it." The courier carried it on his back He took out a stack of letters from his cloth bag, found a letter with Lu Jin's name on it, handed the letter to him, and took out a slip to sign for him.

Lu Jin took the letter and the slip, signed the slip, returned the slip to the courier, glanced at the sender's name on the envelope, put the letter in his pocket, and called the three children of their family to go I went to pick wild vegetables.The two geese couldn't wait for them to leave together. They followed the footprints of the two geese all the way to the past, and saw two big geese eating wild vegetables by the roadside.

Fortunately, the two geese in their family are not the kind of geese that attack people randomly when they see them, but if someone provokes them, the two geese in their family are quite fierce.

Moreover, animals like geese are quite vengeful!

However, the geese know how to protect the masters who raised them. When they saw them coming, they returned to their side one by one and followed them.

"Where is this going?"

"We're going outside to pick wild vegetables, auntie, do you want to go together?"

"There's still some work to be done. We'll pick some when we have time later. You go first, you go first."

"Okay, bye, aunts."

On the way, they met some aunts in the village. They saw their brothers and sisters going out with baskets on their backs, and asked them where they were going. Lu Jin didn't mind telling them that they were going to pick wild vegetables, and asked the aunts to go with them. pick.

However, when he heard others say that he would pick it later, it was actually a little perfunctory.

Of course, Lu Jin didn't really care about whether others really went to pick wild vegetables or not. After all, he had kindly reminded him, but if others didn't want to go, there was nothing he could do.

It's just that if he remembers this period of history correctly, some educated youths will go to the countryside soon. When a large number of educated youths go down to each village, each brigade must bear their food, which will cause them The shortage of food in the countryside is not even enough.It is precisely because he knows this situation that he wants to prepare more food in advance while there are still a few months left.

The best gift of spring to human beings is that the fields are full of edible wild vegetables. If you don’t pick them at this time, the wild vegetables will get old and taste bad after the season is over.They can take advantage of the fact that they can pick a little more wild vegetables and go back and store them for their own food, or they can sell them or give them away to others. Anyway, the food is not afraid of too much food.Otherwise, at this time next year, when everyone's food is not enough, the wild vegetables in the field will definitely not be able to fall, and it will be difficult for them to grab wild vegetables with others.Taking advantage of the fact that no one is picking wild vegetables, they can pick a little more.

The current food reserves of their family are quite sufficient, and the food stored in the space is enough for their family of four to feed for three to five years without any problem.

The experience of two lifetimes tells Lu Jin that no matter what the situation is, as long as they have enough capital in their hands, they can be the last ones to survive.As for what kind of situation will be in the next ten years, to be honest, he has no idea in his heart now. The information left to people about this period of history in later generations is very scarce, so in the situation of unknown future, Lu Jin I feel that only if they have enough food in their own hands, they will be more likely to spend the next ten years smoothly.

As soon as they left the entrance of the village, they were surrounded by their village's fields. At this time, spring plowing had not yet started, and someone was already weeding and plowing the fields.

Seeing the wild vegetables all over the ground, Lu Jin said to the three children: "Let's start picking here, and we'll go back after picking. You can find something like this to pinch these tender buds and leaves, not the whole ones. It’s all picked up, you know? Leave the roots here, and we can continue to pick them tomorrow, but if you pull them all up, they won’t grow any longer.” He also taught three children how to pick wild vegetables, even if they were picked wild vegetables. For a handful of wild vegetables, they also need to pay attention to the principle of recycling.

If there are wild vegetables nearby, they don't have to go too far to pick them.

"Brother, don't worry, we know how to pick it." Lu Qinglian, who picked a spring wild vegetable last year, still remembers how to pick wild vegetables.

Lu Haochen met his brother's eyes and nodded, saying that he knew how to pick one, and even picked one for his brother himself, "Brother, do you think this is right?"

"Yes, our Chenchen is great." Lu Jin boasted with a smile.

Hearing the elder brother praise the younger brother, little Bao'er refused to do it, and also pulled out a wild vegetable and asked the elder brother, "Look at me, brother, did I pick it right?"

"That's right, that's right, little Bao'er is great too. My sister is also great." Lu Jin also nodded with a smile, and not only praised Xiao Baoer, but also his sister.The little girl of their family usually helps him with work at home, and takes care of the two younger brothers every day. In fact, the older sister is not much older than the two younger brothers, but she is already very good-looking when she is an older sister.

After being praised by her brother, Lu Qinglian pursed her lips and showed a reserved smile, and picked wild vegetables even more briskly.

Faster than them picking wild vegetables were two geese. The two geese ate all the way, and the young leaves of the wild vegetables along the way were eaten up by the two geese.

"...You two go a little farther away to eat, don't eat up all our wild vegetables." Lu Jin drove the two geese a little farther away, but of course not too far away.

"goose--"

The two geese came all the way after eating, and now their stomachs are full. The two geese lay down on the grass to bask in the sun with their bulging crops. The heads of the two big geese were curled up in their feathers, leaning against the We slept together.

Taking advantage of the fact that the three children had no time to notice him while picking wild vegetables, Lu Jin threw the wild vegetables in the back basket into the space, and continued to pick wild vegetables as if nothing had happened.

"Xiao Jin, you guys also come out to pick wild vegetables?"

"Yes, we just came here. Auntie, you also came out to pick wild vegetables, right?"

Hearing the voice behind him, Lu Jin turned his head and saw his aunt came out to pick wild vegetables with his two daughters and young son. He called his aunt and nodded to his two cousins.

"Yeah, thinking that the wild vegetables in the field can be eaten, we went out to pick some and eat them back." After the separation, they didn't have enough food in the family. A few days ago, Wang Meili took her two daughters out to pick wild vegetables. , Today the youngest son doesn't have to go to school, so she also brought the youngest son out together.

In the past, the two sisters Lu Xiaomei and Lu Xiaohui didn't greet Lu Jin very much when they saw Lu Jin, but since Lu Jin sent a carload of things to their home last time, the two sisters' feelings for this cousin (cousin) The outlook has also changed a lot, and I will take the initiative to say hello to this cousin (cousin) after meeting.