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Chen Lianmi knocked on the door, her old coughing sound accompanied by the sound of her footsteps approaching the door, "Who is it? It's coming (liao), it's coming (liao)."

An old lady's voice came.

Chen Lianmi immediately smiled and said: "Po Hu, it's me, Lianmi."

The door opened in response, and an old lady with a head covered with silver threads and tied with rag strips poked out. The old lady was only as tall as Si Ningning's chest. Looking at her posture, she was so old that her bones were shrunk. She was estimated to be even 1.5 meters tall.

None.

Mrs. Hu opened the door and invited the two of them into the house. Si Ningning looked around the small courtyard.

Although it is a blue brick house and courtyard wall, there are obvious cracks in the wall, and the courtyard is empty. There is nothing except a well in the corner and a large tank and bucket filled with water.

Si Ningning had some vague suspicions in her mind. She turned around and glanced at Granny Hu's feet. Not surprisingly, she saw a pair of three-inch golden lotuses.

Obviously, this family...

It was not an ordinary family in the past.

"Pooh Hu, it's not about anything else. Didn't you say that the chickens hatched yesterday? No, I've brought you some people. You can introduce the educated youth comrades to take a look and choose from them while the weather is still bright.

It’s not dark yet, I’ll go back soon.”

When I was looking around the yard just now, I heard Chen Lianmi and Mrs. Hu doing some household chores. One was introducing Si Ningning, and the other was constantly thanking the other for taking care of her over the years.

Now that Chen Lianmi had said this, Si Ningning didn't stop writing and quickly stepped forward to say hello, "Hello, mother-in-law, I want a total of six chickens."

Mrs. Hu moved her steps to lead Si Ningning and Chen Lianmi into the house.

He kept saying, ‘I dare not accept the greetings from you young comrades’.

Si Ningning was confused, and Chen Lian pulled her over. From an angle that Granny Hu couldn't see, her mouth moved but she didn't make a sound: "It's because I'm afraid of being beaten."

Si Ningning felt relieved, fearing that she would say the wrong thing and hurt the old man's heart. After that, she basically said nothing. How much it would cost, money or tickets, etc. were all negotiated by Chen Lianmi.

Si Ningning, after Mrs. Hu took away the old hen, looked into the broken basket with the help of the dim light from the window.

The basket has been used for a long time, and the tightly tied edges have become loose, and the bamboo strips protruding out are like arrows. If you are not careful, you will be pierced.

But this is the outside. There is some straw inside, which has been compacted by the hens and becomes abnormally round. At this time, more than a dozen chicks are walking around, their little heads turning and looking around curiously. The warm yellow and fluffy chickens

, not to mention how cute it is.

"Si Zhiqing, eggs cost four cents each, and hatching chicks also suffers losses. Auntie doesn't show favoritism to anyone. Members of the commune can exchange chicks for ten cents each, or one pound and a half of sweet potatoes. The same goes for you. Look at this.

Can it be done?"

Sweet potatoes are coarse grains, and the ratio of converting them to fine grains is 3:1. Si Ningning had just finished his job as a cashier and knew that rice at the grain station was 17 cents per pound, so the price given by Mrs. Hu was very real.

But she can't provide food now, so it would be best to use money to solve the problem.

After all, it is the educated youth spot that buys chickens uniformly. Some people are short of money and can't survive without food rations. Some people are rich and don't care about half a catty. But the gap between the rich and the poor is there. Now that they have to exchange food for food, it will be difficult to get back home.

Stall.

Si Ningning stood up quickly and nodded hastily, "Okay, just listen to Auntie. I can rest assured that Auntie will do things."

Chen Lianmi nodded and turned to look at Po Hu, "Educated youth comrades have just arrived and they don't have much food in their hands. Po Hu, look..."

With the conditions in Mrs. Hu's family, food is definitely more suitable. As for money, she can't spend it without tickets.

However, Chen Lianmi had already said this, and Mrs. Hu didn't want to embarrass Si Ningning, so she said: "Then just a dime each."

The old woman must have asthma, and there was a "roaring" in her throat, as if a rooster was stuck in her throat. Anyone could hear her physical discomfort.

Si Ningning didn't do ink, so he neatly took out a handful of coins from his pocket, counted them clearly at the window and handed them to Chen Lianmi.

Chen Lianmi counted it again and made sure it was OK, then handed the money to Mrs. Hu, "Pooh Hu, please order some more of this money."

Mrs. Hu's eyes narrowed to a slit, and her face was almost pressed against the few cents. After checking it to make sure it was OK, she raised her hand and asked Si Ningning to pick the chicken.

Si Ningning didn't know how to pick a pig, and naturally he didn't know how to pick a chicken, so he turned to Chen Lianmi for help, "Auntie, can you help me take a look? I don't want a rooster, I just want a chicken that can lay eggs."

Each household can only raise three chickens at most. The eggs can be taken to the supply and marketing cooperative to exchange for daily needs. The members are willing to raise hens instead of roosters. Si Ningning's request is reasonable and reasonable.

The chicks that have just hatched a few days ago basically look the same. A layman can't tell the male from the female, but Chen Lianmi understands, "It's easy to tell the difference between male and female chicks."

Chen Lianmi squatted down and fished out a chick with familiarity. "Look at this chick, it has pointy butt hairs, it's probably a rooster. The oval butt is designated as a hen. If you still can't confirm,

Just listen to the cries of the chickens, the crisp ones are from the roosters, while the cries from the hens are much finer."

Si Ningning listened carefully.

It's true.

The chicken in Chen Lianmi's hand had a very clear and loud cry, while the other chicken with an oval butt had a softer and tinier cry.

With a lot of money and goods, six chicks were put into the basket on the back, and there were seven or eight chicks in the broken basket. Si Ningning was moved in her heart and asked Granny Hu: "Grandma, one family can only raise three chickens, how can you

There are so many chicks, what should we do with them?"

Chen Lianmi simply thought that Si Ningning was worried about Mrs. Hu, so she immediately smiled and answered on her behalf: "In our team, we only care about Po Hu's skills in hatching chicks. We will let the news out tomorrow, just waiting for someone to come... You,

Just keep it in your heart."

Hu Po also laughed twice, looking at Si Ningning with turbid eyes, and reminded her kindly: "Girl, I won't bluff you. These chickens are solid. Just don't worry when you take them back and feed them some rice bran."

Reptiles grow very fast! But you have to remember one thing: the chicks are now small, and not only weasels are watching, but also night cats (rats)."

Si Ningning nodded quickly and said that she had taken note of it, but she was thinking: Weasel and night owl?

It seems that she, the liar, is going online again.

Si Ningning:╮(╯▽╰)╭

After coming out of Granny Hu's house, Si Ningning heard more or less some news from Chen Lianmi.

For example, Mrs. Hu's surname is not Hu, but her husband's surname is Hu.

For another example, the Hu family used to be landlords, one of those with sensitive identities in this era.

There was a prosperous family more than ten years ago, but now it has fallen apart and scattered, leaving only Po Hu and a married granddaughter.

In the past two years, there were still some small soldiers coming here to trouble them. Because the Hu family was a philanthropic family in the past, the road and bridge in the mountain were originally built by the Hu family, but they were later widened and reinforced.

All in all, all in all, the Hu family has done a lot of good deeds. People say that sowing good causes will reap good results. This is probably the truth. Later, when the Hu family only had two people left, Mrs. Hu and her granddaughter, Zhao, who was already the production team leader,

Hong Bing stood up and put pressure on his head, telling the H soldiers to stop.

After several tug-of-wars, it seemed that Zhao Hongbing was determined to be a tough guy, and the h soldiers stopped coming.

Later, Hu Xiaomei got married and Hu Po lived in seclusion.

The years were poor and the team members were too busy to help, but today a handful of cowpeas and tomorrow two eggplants could still be shared. With such help, we got to where we are today without even realizing it.

That's all.

"Being kind to others doesn't mean you can get much feedback, but if you encounter any trouble, there will definitely be someone willing to help."

Before parting, Chen Lianmi said this.

Si Ningning nodded in agreement and was about to say something when Chen Lianmi suddenly changed the subject: "Last time you asked me about raising pigs. Are you interested in this?"

"Ah, this..." Si Ningning was stunned for a moment, and scratched the side of his face with his index finger in embarrassment.

Why is she interested in raising pigs?

In fact, the pig feed in the space was almost exhausted at that time, and I was anxious to solve the problem of pig "rations".

Who would have expected that Chen Lianmi would actually keep this incident in mind.

Si Ningning hesitated and wanted to find some excuse to smooth things over. However, Chen Lianmi seemed to notice her coyness and did not ask any more questions. Instead, she smiled meaningfully and waved her hand to say it was dark.

Let her go back first.

Si Ningning was a little confused, but in order to avoid falling into a deeper deadlock, she thanked her and turned back to the educated youth point.

All the way to the corner of the old house in the grove, Si Ningning looked stiff and suddenly stopped.

A warm feeling surged out of his lower abdomen. Combined with his stomach discomfort in the afternoon and his inexplicable irritability and worry, Si Ningning more or less understood something.

She's here as an aunt.

He looked around stiffly, but there was no one there. Then he walked into the dark space and placed the basket flat in the living room. Si Ningning hurried to the bathroom, took off his pants, and it was true.

The quantity is extremely large and the color is not normal...

"Huh..." Si Ningning breathed out.

With the fishy smell coming into his nose, Si Ningning pulled at the roll of paper frantically, and his eyes suddenly turned red, "Why do women have to suffer like this?"

In my memory, the original body's physical condition was not very good due to insufficient daily nutritional supply. This kind of thing happened intermittently, and it was very common not to come back every two or three months.

It should be that her diet has improved significantly in the past month and her physical condition has obviously improved, but even so, it is obvious that she still needs further conditioning.

Si Ningning estimated that her aunt would have arrived in the afternoon, but she didn't notice it at the time. Fortunately, the pants she wore were black, which prevented her from making a fool of herself.

Si Ningning wiped away the blood, soaked her underwear and pants separately, took a shower to wash away the fishy smell, put on a towel and put on clean clothes, and she felt better now.

Thanks to the previous three stores, the items were not swept away, and there were a lot of black pants of the same specification, or similar specifications, so she had enough clothes to change at any time.

I made a cup of brown sugar water. After drinking it, my lower abdomen felt warm and comfortable. I sweated a lot on my forehead. Si Ningning flushed my face and then carried the basket on my back to get out of the room.

There was no one on the trail, the sky was already dark, and there were trees all around, so no light could come in, making it look particularly gloomy.

Rubbing the goosebumps on his arms, Si Ningning jumped on his feet and ran back.

Smoke drifted out from the chimneys of Zhiqing Point, and the top of the bamboo forest swayed back and forth, and a vague outline could be seen in the dark sky. Decorated by the smoke, it looked like an ink painting in the clouds and fog.

Xu Shuhua was cooking in the kitchen, and the others were spreading out in front of the door. From time to time, she glanced to the side of the house. When she saw Si Ningning coming back, Jiang Yue was the first to greet him, "How is it? Where's the chicken? Give it to me.

Take a look!”

Others gathered around one after another, but Si Ningning was absent-minded because of the matter with her aunt, so she simply handed the basket over, "It's a dime each, a total of six cents."

"Wow! It's so fluffy and so cute!"

"This is the first time I've seen a chicken. It looks nothing like a big chicken. Are you sure you're not mistaken? Huh? Where's Si Ningning?" Jiang Yue looked up. Among the people around her, she didn't see Si Ningning.

Ning Ning.

Si Ningning had already entered the room when everyone was looking at the chicken, and now she was lying face down on the bed.

Jiang Yue handed the basket to the male educated youth, walked into the room and stood beside Si Ningning's bed.

Jiang Yue has a somewhat arrogant temperament. Even though she and Si Ningning have reconciled, they don't have many daily interactions. In normal interactions, they just nod and say "um ah oh" a few times.

Seeing that something was wrong with Si Ningning, Jiang Yue hesitated and hesitated, and finally said tentatively: "Hey, what's wrong with you? The chicken seller doesn't sound nice?"

"No..." Si Ningning replied feebly and waved his hands, "I'm just a little sleepy, I'll go to sleep first."

"Don't want to have dinner?"

"I won't eat anymore."

"Isn't that ration in vain? Are you stupid? Can't you sleep after eating?"

Jiang Yue's concerns were reasonable, but Si Ningning really couldn't bring himself to do it.

My aunt was not in a good mood at first. She took a dip in cold water in the afternoon. Now her waist is sore and her belly is bloated and uncomfortable.

Jiang Yue kept talking nonstop, but Si Ningning couldn't hold it back. She stood up and pushed Jiang Yue, "I told you no, I won't eat. Can you please leave me alone for a while?"

A person who was usually as clever as a lark suddenly lost his temper and his eyes widened, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

Jiang Yue didn't know why Si Ningning was like this, but her kind suggestion was treated like this. She opened and closed her nose and was very angry, "Why are you like this? I obviously mean well!"

How could Si Ningning have the patience to listen to her continued chatter at this moment?

With a sound of "duang", the man lay down again and covered his head with a pillow, making Jiang Yue fall backwards in anger again.

"Think of good intentions as a donkey's heart and lungs, a capitalist lady! Look, I won't care about you anymore!" Jiang Yue stamped her feet fiercely, slammed the door and left.

Just as the rice was ready, Xu Shuhua came out of the kitchen to call for dinner. Seeing Jiang Yue furious, she asked casually, "What's going on?"

"I don't know!" Jiang Yue snorted loudly, turned around and walked out of the hall door.

"It's time to eat, where are you going?"

Xu Shuhua shouted, but no one answered.

"Why is it like a firecracker? It's on fire before it's even lit?"

…

Xu Shuhua called Si Ningning for dinner, but Si Ningning didn't get up. When she woke up, it was already past three o'clock in the middle of the night.