Chapter 64 – Brother San, why are you looking at me like that?

Yang Xiaole looked around and realized that there was nothing left in the house, even the enamel basin was taken away. He knew he had to take out what he bought at night.

This enamel basin was probably the highest-grade utensil in the house.

Luckily, the thermos flask was made of bamboo.

Wang Qiuju just took out the wooden basin for washing her face and saw a few kids looking at her eagerly.

She felt a bit strange.

"What are you guys doing?"

Yang Xiaole spoke directly, "Mom, give me some sugar. I need to take medicine. Open a can of canned fruit."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qiuju smiled.

She turned around and took out a can of orange canned fruit and the opened brown sugar, placing them on the table.

"Alright, eat it. Save the rest for later."

Xi Zi immediately handed the can to his older brother.

"Big brother, open it quickly!"

Yang Xiaogang naturally opened it happily.

He smelled it and felt his mouth watering.

And Xiaoli had already brought a pair of chopsticks and was eagerly waiting to eat!

"Big brother, give it to me!"

Knowing that she would be the last one to eat, she obediently handed the chopsticks to her older brother.

Yang Xiaogang took a bite with the chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and looked satisfied.

"It's sweet, even sweeter than sweet soup! Two pieces per person! Don't take too much! We'll see if there's enough left later."

After saying that, he took another piece and put it in his mouth before passing the can to Xi Zi.

Yang Xiaole was making brown sugar water and saw this scene. He jokingly said to Yang Xiaogang, "Brother, go and see if Grandpa has any for us in his place. You're also his grandson, and the eldest one too!"

Yang Xiaogang smacked his lips and savored the taste.

Hearing this, he shook his head, "I'm not going! If we go to Fourth Uncle's place, do you think there will be any for us?"

Yang Xiaole smiled and drank a big mouthful of brown sugar water.

He was just joking.

The can of canned fruit was quickly divided among the people, with only two pieces left.

Xi Zi gulped down a big mouthful of sweet soup and handed the can to Wang Qiuju, saying, "Mom, there are two left. You eat one and save one for Dad."

Wang Qiuju was busy packing things up.

Upon hearing this, she took the can, drank a sip of sweet soup, and took the can back, saying, "You and Xiaoli can have the remaining two pieces. Keep the can, we still need it!"

Xi Zi happily took a piece and finished all the sweet soup before handing the bottle to Fifth Brother.

Xiaoli had just drunk the sweet soup, but it wasn't enough!

She looked at the remaining piece of orange segment and pouted.

But she still took the can, otherwise she wouldn't even have that piece of orange.

The can of orange canned fruit was quickly finished by several people. Although they couldn't eat too much, they were already satisfied.

Yang Xiaole also ate it, and now when he drank the sweet soup again, it didn't taste as good.

He didn't know if there was any saccharin in it.

The current canned fruit didn't come with an ingredient list.

"Xiaomei!"

A short-haired Huaihua flower called from outside the door.

Yang Xiaomei was still savoring the taste of the orange canned fruit!

Hearing the voice, she quickly responded, "Alright, wait for me, I'll be right there."

After speaking, she hurriedly urged Xi Zi and Xiaoli, "Fourth Brother, Fifth Brother, let's go. Take the baskets and go wash the clothes. Also, bring back the pig feed. We didn't collect it today."

Upon hearing this, the two little kids quickly took two bamboo baskets and followed Big Sister out to wash the clothes.

After they left, there were only three people left in the house.

Wang Qiuju instructed her older son, "When you go with your dad, remember to be careful and don't be foolish. I heard that many people can't come back from the coal mine every year."

The older son smiled honestly upon hearing this, "It's fine. Qingwu Second Grandpa said that we're just pulling coal, we don't have to go down into the mine."

"Still, be careful."

"I know."

"Alright, you two wash your faces and go rest in the room for a while. We still have work to do in the afternoon!"

Wang Qiuju cleaned the wooden basin and put some water on the shelf.

Yang Xiaole went to wash first.

He only slept for four or five hours last night, and now after eating lunch and being exposed to the sun, he was really sleepy.

As for going to collect pig feed, he definitely wouldn't do it.

Back in the room, he locked the door and went directly into the space.

He fed the livestock with some vines, collected the two eggs he just laid, and put them away.

Then he picked the ripe green beans, chili peppers, tomatoes, eggplants, tender pumpkin, and tender loofah and put them in the thatched hut.

The loofah was used for washing dishes, but he still liked stir-fried loofah with eggs, so he picked some.

He also harvested some garlic chives and hollow-stemmed vegetables.

Looking at the remaining wheat and corn, they would probably be ripe tomorrow.

It had been about ten days. (Because there was no hibernation period in winter, it was calculated based on the 100 days of spring wheat.)Looking at the only three pieces of land, he prepared to have enough melon seeds and peanuts to eat, and then start planting staple crops, especially sweet potatoes.

This thing has a high yield.

And this thing doesn't need seedlings.

The grain station doesn't accept sweet potatoes. In order to ensure enough food, the production team will plant a certain amount of sweet potatoes. It will be ready for harvest in a month, and now is the time when the seedlings are strong.

Just pick a little.

Coming to the wooden house, he picked up the tofu and pork ribs and smelled them. There was still no taste, which made him feel relieved.

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Looking at the pigs in the pigpen, the two big pigs have gained weight since they were brought in, estimated to be over a hundred catties.

As for the two small pigs that were originally thirty or forty catties, they have also obviously grown bigger.

The chicks and ducklings have already shed their fluff, they just haven't grown up yet.

As for the litter of rabbits, they are now basically adults, and they will give birth in three to five days at most.

If not controlled, in a month at most, the number of rabbits will increase to several hundred.

Fortunately, the vines on the slope grow fast. He has been cutting grass to feed the livestock these days, but it still looks as lush as before.

Growing very fast.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, he finally left the space.

Looking at the calendar hanging on the wall, there is not much holiday balance left, only four days.

He didn't care.

He took down the mosquito net and lay on it and fell asleep.

...

In his dream, Yang Xiaole dreamed of himself bringing this space back to the modern world.

Using the space to live a life of luxury, he had just taken a beautiful girl and was about to have a deep conversation about ideals and life.

"Knock knock knock! Room inspection!"

...

Yang Xiaole woke up in a daze.

"Third Brother, Third Brother!"

Xi Zi was knocking on the door outside.

Yang Xiaole blinked his eyes. It was this thing again, always disturbing his good dreams.

Damn it, did he really think it was a room inspection!

"Alright, stop knocking, I'm coming."

Impatiently shouting, he put on his straw shoes and opened the door.

Xi Zi rolled up his pants and stood at the door with a strange look on his face: "Just sleep if you want to sleep. Why do you always lock the door? Did you steal something to eat?"

After speaking, he sniffed.

Yang Xiaole gave him a fierce look: "Did I eat? But my stomach hurts. Do you want it?"

After saying that, he ignored him and walked outside.

"Hey, you're so disgusting!" Xi Zi's disgusted voice came from behind.

Coming to the door, Big Sister was drying clothes in the courtyard, and Fifth Brother was helping.

He didn't care and went to the toilet to take care of his physiological needs.

After coming out, Yang Xiaomei was holding Hua Yourong's old clothes and gesturing with them.

Seeing him come in, she smiled and asked, "Xiaole, can I wear these clothes to school? Will people say anything?"

"What's there to say? There are many people in the district who wear good clothes. You're overthinking it."

Yang Xiaole didn't care and said, sitting on a stool and drinking from the enamel basin.

"Hey! You didn't take this away?"

He just realized that the enamel basin hadn't been taken away yet!

He didn't care, anyway, this thing couldn't be kept for a few days.

I really don't know why the enamel basin was taken away.

Isn't this also an industrial product?

Reproduction?

Nonsense.

Yang Xiaole looked at the people in the house, thinking in his mind.

He had to find a way to bring everyone in the family to the city. Otherwise, it would be troublesome to eat meat in the future, because you don't have money to eat any damn meat!

As for simplifying things, it's not impossible to think of a way.

After all, not all the people in the countryside had returned at that time. Important positions and those with connections could still stay in the city.

The only thing to pay attention to is going back to the countryside a few years later.

Calculating the time, his eldest brother must have a job by then, and if Big Sister went to technical school, she would already be working.

Only him and Fourth Brother would be left.

By then, he would go to work early and let Fourth Brother go back to the countryside, leaving Fifth Brother at home.

After Fourth Brother goes back to the countryside, he can send supplies over, and life won't be too hard.

It's better than the whole family staying in the countryside with no income.

Xi Zi looked at Yang San's eyes and felt a chill down his spine: "Third Brother, why are you looking at me like that?"

Yang Xiaole snapped back to his senses and looked at the messy teenager in front of him.

Then he reacted.

In 1966, this guy would already be eighteen years old, and he could also go to work early!

Well, that's decided.

Then he shook his head at him: "Nothing, just thinking!"

Xi Zi exclaimed and thought of something, then ran out of the courtyard.

In a while, he came back with a few half-green and half-red tomatoes: "Big Sister, let's eat some foreign tomatoes."He placed the items on the table, picked up the reddest one, wiped it on his clothes, and took a big bite.

Yang Xiaole also picked one up and started eating.

Tomatoes, to them, were considered fruit.

While eating his tomato, Yang Xiaole asked Xi Zi, "By the way, how do you calculate the work points for the pig feed you gather?"

Xi Zi didn't answer, but Big Sister took over the conversation, "The team leader said, for now, it's one work point for every ten jin. At the end of the year, we'll see how much one work point is worth in fen, and then we'll adjust it."

Upon hearing this, Yang Xiaole pondered for a moment.

It was tricky.

Gathering pig feed sounded simple, but not all grass could be fed to pigs.

Moreover, the nearby areas had already been almost completely harvested. If you wanted to gather more, you would have to go further away, to places like the riverbank.

The round trip would take time.

After calculating, if two people were to work together, one person could barely earn three to five work points in a day.

"Yang Xiaole!"

In the midst of his thoughts, a shout came from the doorway.

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