My grandmother and Grandma Gong's maiden family are both in Huxi Village, and the two used to be best friends who had nothing to say, but after marrying together in Hudong Village, they had a stiffness. The reason is simple, my grandmother gave birth to eight sons in a row;As for Grandma Gong, she gave birth to six daughters in a row. Hudong Village has always been patriarchal, so Grandma Gong has no good face.
The eight sons did earn enough face for their grandmother, but the eight mouths were like a bottomless pit, which really broke her grandmother's heart, and she had to try her best to feed them.
One night, as soon as Grandma arrived at the door, she asked Grandma Gong to block it. Grandma Gong asked"Black rumbling, what are you holding, sand and rustle?"
Grandma was startled and said in a hurry"A few cattails. "Puzi is a pampas grass, which can be found everywhere in the lake area, can be picked at will, the young shoots can be eaten, and the leaves can be weaved.
Grandma Gong said lukewarmly"Why don't I look like it?"Grandma got stuck and entered the house in a panic.
After a while, the production team leader came to the door. Sure enough, instead of cattails, my grandmother took ten fine reeds, each of which could be sold for more than a dime. Hudong Village has little arable land and is still saline-alkali land, so the reeds at that time were widely used, and the whole village lived on them.
Before the captain could speak, the grandmother's tears flowed first, and she pointed to her two sons under the oil lamp and said:"I don't want to do this, but these little ancestors can eat more ...... than the other"He pointed to the grandfather who coughed non-stop on the kang:"His father has tuberculosis and can't do heavy work, and I live in a woman's family...."The captain and grandfather are three brothers, he is the ninth and the grandfather is the fourth. But Grandpa Nine has always been iron-faced and selfless, he sighed and said:"No matter how difficult it is, you can't steal the collective!It's all like you, the production team is not messed up?I'm going to have a criticism meeting tonight, and I'll find a way for you when the criticism is over. "
After the criticism meeting, the ninth grandfather asked grandma to go to the weaving group of the production team and worked as a helper for five nights.
After this incident passed, my grandmother began to raise chickens, ducks, and geese, and there were dozens of them. In the past, she only fed one pig, and added so many living animals, and must have eaten a lot, so my grandmother asked my father and a few older uncles to pull weeds and vegetables every day. At the end of the day, she also carried a small flower basket on her arm, which was full of weeds and wild vegetables.
Although the amount of food of the father and uncles is good, and the grandfather on the kang still coughs non-stop, the wild vegetables on the dinner table are gone, the nest can be eaten open, and there are more oil stars in the dishes, and meat and white noodles can be seen every now and then.
The visible changes in Grandma's house are happening under Grandma Gong's nose. She felt that something was wrong, so she took half a twist flower and went to coax my young uncle:"What are you doing at night?Tell your aunt that this twist flower will be eaten for you. "
Uncle took the twist flower and replied while eating"I take soles and make shoes. "
Grandma Gong was puzzled:"Nothing else?”
Uncle said crisply"Don't do it. "It's weird!Grandma Gong had to watch my father and uncles grow flesh on their faces and grow taller, and they became human beings one by one. Could it be that with just a few dozen chickens, ducks, and geese, there will be such a big change?
The days passed day by day, until the family was gradually able to save money, and my grandmother took two hundred and eighty yuan in her pocket and went to Grandpa Jiu's house.
It turned out that Grandpa Nine asked Grandma to work as a helper in the weaving group for five nights, so that she could learn to weave small flower baskets. When assigning farm work, whether it is fertilizing, watering, pruning, weeding, or pest control, as long as it is the work in the reed field, Grandpa Jiu will arrange for grandma to do it.
At noon, taking advantage of the break, my grandmother broke the reeds into slivers in the reed field and made them into small flower baskets. At the end of the day, she plucked wild vegetables and grass and swaggered home. The wild vegetables and weeds in the baskets can be used to feed chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs, and the baskets are taken to other villages and sold secretly. Because the small flower baskets made by my grandmother are exquisite and beautiful, and they were very rare back then, one could be sold for a dollar!In Grandma Gong's opinion, what Grandma carries every day is the same small flower basket!
But sometimes, grandma was also uneasy, so she quietly asked Grandpa Jiu:"In case something happens, I'll drag down your ...... brother"
Grandpa Nine said:"Smash the bones and connect the tendons, who let us have a grandfather, with me on top, sister-in-law doesn't care about anything. Besides, even if we don't get involved with our relatives, we can't starve people to death in socialism!"
In this way, Grandma carried back a total of 280 small flower baskets.
That day, Grandma was relieved and pressed the two hundred and eighty yuan into Grandpa Jiu's hand and said:"Nine brothers, it's hard for you all these years!You hand over the money to the team. What I do, I take it down alone, hold criticism meetings, parade the streets, and go to prison in a big deal, I'm not afraid. I am worried all day long, my chest is like a grinding plate, and the taste is not good, ......"
Grandpa Nine waved his hand and said"Sister-in-law, don't worry, I've done it a long time ago. "
Grandma was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Grandpa Nine meant. Nine grandmothers are busy explaining:"Sister-in-law, the reeds you used to weave the flower basket were handed over to the team by your brother. He is afraid that you will be embarrassed, and he has been hiding it from you. "
Grandma suddenly realized and hurriedly said:"That's not a hit!Your family's money didn't fall from the sky. "
Grandma Nine blushed and said:"Sister-in-law, it's not that you don't know, I don't know how to do needlework. The dozen or so pairs of cloth shoes and boots you sent in previous years have helped me a lot. If you really want to thank me, help me make a few more pairs in the future!"
The money couldn't be sent, so the grandmother could only go home with her eyes rubbed and ran into Grandma Gong at the door again. Grandma Gong saw that her eyes were red, and she couldn't help but speak:"Why, don't you bring your little flower basket made of reeds today??It's not old to carry it every day, I don't know, I thought you had hundreds of them changed every day!"After that, she"Hmph"With a bang, he turned around and left.
Grandma was stunned for a moment, caught up a few steps and shouted:"Sister Gong, I, I have something to tell you ......"Grandma Gong suddenly stopped, turned to look at Grandma, and smiled.