Chapter 304 If You Think It’s Too Little, Don’t Eat It
Autumn harvest is really tiring and the work is heavy. Even people who do farm work all year round find it a little too much to handle. But there is nothing you can do about it because the crops cannot be delayed.
When Uncle Shen and his colleagues came home from work in the evening, they all complained of back and arm pain. They didn't want to say a word and almost fell asleep as soon as they ate.
Liu Pandi was already in poor health after giving birth to Xiao An, and doing such heavy work made her milk production stop. Xiao An had no food to drink and often cried loudly.
Liu Pandi had no choice but to feed her rice soup and rice paste. As for milk powder, it was not something that could be fed every day. Liu Pandi only fed his son once a week.
This milk powder is so expensive that it is impossible to drink it every day. Drinking it once a week is a luxury.
If her son wasn't so weak, Liu Pandi would never have let her husband spend the money. After buying a bag of milk powder, their third family's savings were almost drained.
The few dollars I have have to be saved to buy rice for my son.
In the past, no matter how urgent the autumn harvest work was, Liu Pandi would always find opportunities to be lazy, and it was impossible to ask her to work hard.
Now that she has a son, she gets angry with anyone who asks her to slack off at work. Her son is her motivation to work. Whenever she thinks that her son will go hungry if she slacks off, she feels full of energy.
Uncle Shen is the same.
Xiao An seemed to know how hard his parents worked. When Uncle Shen Sanbo and Liu Pan were carrying him on their backs, he never cried or made a fuss. If he was hungry or had peed, he would just howl softly.
The little grandson was weak, so Grandma Shen loved him more than her other three grandsons. Whenever her hands were free, she would hold the little grandson.
Of course, she also held her great-granddaughter Xiaoyaner, but not as many times.
The crops in the fields should be ready in two or three more days. Old Mrs. Shen took a look at the calendar, whispered a few words to Old Man Shen, and then went out for a while.
She came back and called her son, daughter-in-law, grandson, granddaughter-in-law, and granddaughter to the main hall. When they were all together, she spoke.
"The autumn harvest is almost over. I have discussed the marriage of Guaibao and Jiandong with your father (grandfather), and we plan to hold the wedding banquet on the eighth day of the first lunar month."
Old Lady Shen asked the two children, "My dear, Jiandong, what do you think?"
Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong naturally followed the arrangements of their elders and nodded, "Okay."
It was obvious that the old lady had secretly asked someone to calculate the date, and Uncle Shen and the others had no choice but to say yes.
"Dad and Mom, don't worry. We, the uncles and aunts, will take good care of the marriages of the two children."
Both Old Man and Old Mrs. Shen were satisfied with the attitude of their son and daughter-in-law.
Gu Jiandong's status in the Shenjiaba Brigade is unquestionable. When he gets married, he must invite them, but it is unrealistic to invite everyone.
After all, there are quite a lot of people in a brigade, and food is scarce these days. If you want to invite everyone in the brigade to your wedding, even the daughter of the commune secretary would not have such a grand wedding.
After dinner, Old Lady Shen and her family went door to door to invite them to come home for a drink on the eighth day of the New Year.
Everyone agreed that one adult in each family would go and bring the children with him. Each family had three or four children. I was not joking if the little kids would eat their father into poverty, so I was afraid that the Shen family would not have enough food.
Everyone got together to discuss it and finally agreed that when they went to have a drink, they should take the children's rations with them.
Neither the Shen family nor Gu Jiandong knew what they were thinking.
On the day when the autumn harvest ended, Gu Jiandong and Shen Shuyu went up the mountain, and that night they carried down three wild boars.
The children were all running behind them, calling out, "Brother Jiandong, Sister Shuyu are so awesome."
Everyone laughed when they saw it.
These three wild boars are relatively thin, weighing about 100 pounds each, but more than 300 pounds of wild boar meat is enough for a banquet.
When they are full, they can take some meat home for their families.
Gu Jiandong and Shen Shuyu were covered in wild boar blood. Old Lady Shen asked with concern, "Guaibao, Jiandong, are you okay?"
Shen Shuyu held a wild boar in one hand, "No, it's all wild boar blood."
After carrying the wild boar home, the two men placed it in the yard and went to change their clothes. Their bodies were covered in the smell of blood, and Shen Shuyu really couldn't stand it.
These three wild boars were probably very hungry and didn't have much strength to fight with them. Shen Shuyu didn't feel that it took much effort to kill the wild boars this time and was not as tired as last time.
After taking a shower and changing into clean clothes, Shen Shuyu felt much more comfortable.
Gu Jiandong also came out at this time. He went back to the house to get the medicine and gauze, "Shu Yu, give me your hand."
When Shen Shuyu was fighting with the wild boar, her arm hit a tree and was scratched. She didn't feel it, but Gu Jiandong saw it the first thing he saw when he came out of the shower.
Gu Jiandong squeezed out the medicine and gently applied it on her wound. "Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt. I wouldn't have known if you hadn't told me. There's no need to wrap this wound with gauze. It will scab over tomorrow after you apply some medicine."
She soaked in a bucket of spiritual spring water at night, and the scabs formed quickly.
Gu Jiandong listened to her and didn't wrap her with gauze, but he seemed a little unhappy. Shen Shuyu glanced at the people busy in the yard.
She quietly took his hand, and scratched his palm with her fingertips, "What's wrong? We're getting married tomorrow, aren't you happy?"
"Happy." He touched Bai Luobo's head and said self-reproachfully, "Shu Yu, I didn't protect you well."
Shen Shuyu knew he was talking about the scratch on her arm, so she silently clenched his hand.
"Nonsense, if it weren't for you, I would have almost been gored by a wild boar. Gu Jiandong is the best."
Shen Qiu came over and looked at her sister's arm. "Brother Jiandong, you are so considerate. If my sister's injury is not treated with medicine in time, it will heal."
Shen Shuyu and Gu Jiandong both laughed at her words.
It's hot now, so the wild boar needs to be cut into pieces and marinated with salt, otherwise the wild boar meat will have a bad smell tomorrow.
Uncle Shen and Shen Jiabao were cutting up wild boar meat. There was a large bucket of wild boar blood alone.
Old Mrs. Shen was afraid that if it was left out for too long, it would not be available for tomorrow’s meal, so she and her three daughters-in-law immediately went back to the kitchen to light a fire and cook a pig-killing dish to share with everyone tonight.
As long as there is oil and water, pig blood stewed with vermicelli and cabbage is delicious. No seasoning is needed, just an appropriate amount of salt will be fine.
Everyone helped together, and soon the pig-killing dish was cooked, and every family got a bowl.
Shen Xue was a little dissatisfied, holding a bowl of pig-killing dishes and standing in the yard, refusing to leave.
"Grandma, I am your granddaughter. It's fine if you don't take good care of your granddaughter, but the food you gave me is too little."
Liu Pandi hasn't spoken to Shen Xue since she gave birth to her son. On the one hand, she has been recuperating from the confinement.
After the confinement period, it was time for the autumn harvest. She was so exhausted after the day that she had no energy to deal with this ungrateful man.
Seeing that she looked unsatisfied, Liu Pandi snatched her bowl and poured the butcher's food from her bowl to others.
"If you think it's too little, don't eat it. Go home and ask your glowing man to make it for you."