The Snail Spirit Travels to the 1970s

After the people below quieted down, Tian Lisong continued to distribute money to everyone.

This time no one dared to say anything. One by one, they went forward quietly to collect the money. Some people found that some of their money was missing, but they knew what kind of hemp rope they handed in, so they dared not say anything and slipped away with the money feeling guilty.

As for those who handed in good quality hemp ropes, they knew roughly how much money they could get, and what they got was what they had imagined, so they naturally went home very satisfied with the money.

Tian Tian and her friends wove a lot of hemp ropes this year, but in the end they only earned three yuan after handing them in.

Looking at the thick stack of one-cent bills in her hand, Tian Tian once again felt how hard it was to make money nowadays. After working hard for a whole winter, she only earned three yuan.

Tian Tian took the money home. Old Mrs. Tian counted the three dollars without saying anything, then turned back to the house and put the money away.

After Tian Tian gave the money to Old Lady Tian, ​​she turned around and went outside to get firewood.

Now the days are getting longer, and the daytime hours are getting longer. Two meals a day are not enough for them to consume, so they have returned to eating three meals a day.

Today, when she went to the firewood pile outside to pick up firewood, she felt the familiar slippery and cool touch on her hand. She moved her hand to the side as usual and picked up the bundle of firewood. Then she saw that there was indeed a black snake next to the bundle of firewood, coiled on the firewood and staring at her with its small eyes.

It's a black whistle snake.

Tian Tian has almost gotten used to it in the past two years. As the weather gets warmer, snakes start to come out. She would be surprised to see snakes at home at first, but later she would see snakes on the door when she opened it in the morning, when she went to the toilet, when she touched firewood, and even when she opened and closed the door in the morning and evening. She no longer made a fuss about it.

All the snakes she had seen were black whistle snakes. This kind of snake is not poisonous, will not hurt people, and is quite timid. Even if it is in their home, people will not kill it or drive it away. They will just ignore it.

If it is a poisonous snake, it is a different matter. You must use a scoop to suck the snake out. People in the world believe that there is a kind of energy on the snake. If you kill the snake, the energy will always be attached to your body and it will be bad for your fortune. This is commonly known as the big fairy.

However, like the time when Tian Tian and Shen Lingling encountered a snake in the mountains, the snake clearly had the intention of attacking them, and Tian Tian smashed it to death so as to avoid being scolded by Old Lady Tian.

Fortunately, Tian Tian's home is a short distance away from the mountain, so there are no poisonous snakes. Only some black whistles dare to run into her home, but they don't happen too often in a year, so Tian Tian doesn't have to live in fear all day long.

When Tian Tian saw the black whistle at home for the first time, she was startled at first, and then went to find Old Mrs. Tian.

It was her first time eating snake meat and she was so delicious. Plus, since she could only eat meat once a year, Tian Tian was also greedy and wanted to catch the whistle and eat it.

And snake skin is also very useful. When Tian Tian had blisters on her mouth, Old Lady Tian used the snake skin to give her a small egg. After eating it, her mouth healed. Knowing the principle, Old Lady Tian only told her about the folk remedy to cure serious illnesses.

But snake skin is difficult to handle, and they don’t allow killing snakes, so there was nothing we could do in the end.

Just two days after selling the hemp ropes, everyone started to prepare.

The weather this year is warmer than in previous years. By mid-April the fields had thawed, so everyone went to the warehouse to get farm tools and went to work in the fields.

Tian Tian also started her life of delivering meals to the fields every day. On this day, Tian Tian waited in the field for Lin Meiyu and the others to finish their meal, then she packed up their used bowls and chopsticks and put them in a basket to prepare to go home. However, when she reached the end of the field, she was stopped by Gu Zhao.

"Comrade Tian, ​​I have finished all the questions you gave me last time. Can you come to my place and pick them up when you have time?"

There were not many people around, so Tian Tian did not avoid him on purpose. She nodded and agreed to go to the cowshed to get the notebook tomorrow morning, and then she took her bowl and chopsticks and went home.

Gu Zhao didn't know how he stood out among his group of educated youth. Not to mention that he had helped Tian Lisong with accounting before, now he had also become the scorekeeper of their team. Every morning he also broadcast news to everyone on the loudspeaker. He talked about all the big and small things, and everyone loved listening to him. The broadcasting room that had been idle before now now had a new use.

Tian Tian thought about how everyone in the team was praising Gu Zhao, and shook her head helplessly. She couldn't do it to that extent. She wasn't that smooth, and couldn't make everyone who came into contact with her praise her. But this didn't prevent Tian Tian from having a little bit of respect for Gu Zhao.

Tian Tian took the dishes and chopsticks home, and saw Old Mrs. Tian holding a small hoe and turning the soil in the garden.

They are running out of vegetables. All of last year's cabbages have been eaten, and only a few radishes are left. These days, the whole family has been eating radishes every day, or the peels and dried vegetables. They are about to vomit.

Although people are not picky about food now and are happy with just the food they have, Grandma Tian also wants everyone to try something new so that everyone can eat more and have more energy to work.

After Tian Tian finished washing the dishes, she took the hoe from Old Lady Tian and asked her to go aside and rest for a while. She then continued to hoe the garden.

Old Mrs. Tian is old now. Although she is still in good health, she suffered a lot when she was young. Now she is suffering from illnesses. Her legs and waist hurt every night, and her back is hunched.

But Grandma Tian still can't sit idle. She feels uncomfortable when she does. Tian Tian still tries her best to help Grandma Tian with some work so that she can suffer less fatigue.

The vegetable garden at home is quite large. Old Mrs. Tian is an experienced farm worker, and Tian Tian is young and energetic. The two of them only spent one day to hoe both the front and back vegetable gardens.