Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

"Zhao Zhao, making fried noodles is very simple, but it's useless even if I learn it!

Our family can’t get the materials you have!

My family only buys five kilograms of flour a month, and my mother exchanges the rest of the quota for coarse grains.

Not to mention that fried noodles need to be cooked with lots of oil, sesame powder and peanut powder. In my family, even half a pound of sesame seeds is hard to come by all year round.

Occasionally, when I buy some peanuts, my mom fries some snacks for my dad, but that’s not enough to satisfy his craving, and he wants to grind them into flour and stir-fry them?

Our family is not well off, so we really can’t afford this fried noodles.”

"If you don't have sesame seeds or peanuts, you can add some fried soybean powder instead. Soybeans are also very fragrant and nutritious."

Han Zhaozhao thought awkwardly: Have I become one of those people who asks “Why not eat meat porridge?”

No, it’s not her style to just talk about it on paper. Her goal is to help her friends get rich together!

"Xiao Yun, your family doesn't even have soybeans, right?"

“Yes, but not much! My mom buys soybeans and fries them for my dad to eat with his wine.

You don’t know, my dad works very hard, and every day my mom gives him a cup of Sanbaigan to relieve his fatigue.

If there is no snack to go with the wine, my father sometimes just orders some pickles and dips them in salt to go with the wine.

The amount of soybeans at home is very limited. My mother always fries soybeans by the grains. How could she let me squander the money?"

Niu Xiaoyun's voice became lower and lower as she spoke, and only then did she realize the gap between her family and Han Zhaozhao's family.

Although Han Zhaozhao's parents died, the state gave them a pension, and Zhaozhao also pays me child support every month.

Grandma Han is also working now. There are few people in her family and they don’t spend much, so her financial situation is much better than theirs.

Unlike their family, there are only two people in the class. Not only do they have to provide food, clothing and schooling for four children, but they also have to send pension to their grandmother's home every month.

My grandmother's family also has to give gifts during the holidays, and I can't save much money throughout the year.

But on the other hand, their family's conditions are nothing compared to the Han family's, but compared to other neighbors, they are still relatively good.

At least their family didn’t starve!

It is true that happiness is created through comparison!

If Han Zhaozhao had the ability to read minds, he would definitely make such an exclamation.

However, she has no special abilities, so what she is thinking about now is how to get her good friends to join her.

“Xiao Yun, some time ago I discovered a valley that is very suitable for land reclamation.

No one goes there and it's a bit remote, but there are five or six acres of fertile land.

In the spring of next year, I plan to partner with Xiao Sanzi to open up the area and secretly grow some grains, beans, pumpkins and so on.

Relying solely on the little bit of food in the ration book, you won't starve but you won't be full either. If you want to eat sesame seeds or beans, you have to steal them.

There are old and young in our family, and no one goes to queue up in the middle of the night, but we can’t get more than people with larger families.

Sometimes we can’t buy the things on the shopping voucher.

Do you want to join us? If you want to join us, we will take you with us when we open up new land.

I tell you, this cannot be told to anyone else. Apart from Xiao Sanzi, even my grandma doesn’t know about it.

Whether you participate or not, you have to keep it a secret, otherwise I will break up with you and won’t play with you anymore.”

Niu Xiaoyun stared at Han Zhaozhao with sparkling eyes and nodded firmly: "I'll join in, I'll join in! The three of us are best friends, you two can't leave me behind.

Zhaozhao, I know I’m not as capable as you two, so you two brought me along to take care of me!

Don't worry, I will keep my mouth shut about such an important matter. I won't tell anyone, not even my parents.

That is, it is easy to open up wasteland, but what can we plant if we put in more effort? Where can we get seeds? And tools are needed, because we cannot open up wasteland without tools!"

Niu Xiaoyun got into the role very quickly. After hearing the news, she immediately started planning.

"By the way, I will go to my grandmother's house next week and ask her to find some seeds for me.

Their village has private plots, and every household keeps seeds.

Get some pumpkin seeds. Pumpkins are not picky about the soil they grow on, so plant some flour pumpkins and you can eat them as food.

When the time comes, let my grandma plant more sweet potato seeds, and we'll wait to pull out the sweet potato seedlings. Sweet potatoes can also grow on wasteland. If we harvest too many sweet potatoes, we can dry them, grind them into sweet potato flour, and mix them with the food supply.

By the way, also plant some sesame seeds, peanuts, soybeans and mung beans. Sesame seeds can be crushed and eaten with sesame salt, and peanuts and soybeans can be fried and eaten as a side dish for my dad.

If we harvest enough soybeans, we can make tofu. During the Chinese New Year, the three of us can share a share and we will have New Year’s dishes.

Mung beans can be used to make porridge in summer, and can also be used to make mung bean soup. You can drink the soup or eat the mung bean paste.

Oh my goodness! It’s good to reclaim wasteland. We can grow a lot of food by reclaiming wasteland!”

Niu Xiaoyun was so excited that she was immersed in the fantasy of a good harvest.

Han Zhaozhao laughed. This girl must have never seen a real reclaimed land in the countryside!

Without fertilizer in the land, the harvest will not be big. If she hadn't cheated secretly, what she said must have been a beautiful dream!

But she would not tell her about these situations. It is good to have a dream. Dreams give you motivation. Next year, she is waiting for her to contribute!

Hahaha! I fooled another ally! Han Zhaozhao happily drank the fried noodle soup and commented: "The saltiness is just right. Xiaoyun, if you think it's bland, you can add some fine salt."

Niu Xiaoyun sipped the fried noodle soup carefully, "It's not too salty or bland, it tastes just right for me. Zhaozhao, you are amazing. If the flour is not stir-fried in time, it will get mushy, right?

I found that your fried noodles are cooked neither too much nor too little, and they are really delicious. If you replace the salt with sugar, it will definitely taste better than the malted milk sold in the supply and marketing cooperative. "

The two little companions ate some wafer crumbs and spent half the afternoon knitting woolen hats and doing needlework.

I was playing the game of turning over apricot kernels when I heard a burst of noise coming from the alley.

The sound of many people running was so loud that it seemed as if the ground was shaking.

"Hey? What happened? Did a mad cow enter the alley or did the Japanese invade the village?

Zhao Zhao, shall we go take a look? It sounds like something happened in Courtyard No. 7!"

Niu Xiaoyun is worthy of being the king of gossip intelligence. When there is gossip, the genes in her blood immediately riot, and she pulls Han Zhaozhao and runs out.

"Don't worry, wait until I seal up the stove and lock the door!"

Han Zhaozhao rushed into Yard No. 7 amid Niu Xiaoyun's anxious urging.

The yard was already packed with people. It was the first time Han Zhaozhao knew that there were so many people in their alley.

There were dozens or even hundreds of people at the scene, old and young, male and female, adults and children, it seemed that all the people in the alley who were not working had gathered here.

People were crowded together and noisy. If you didn’t know, you would think it was a supermarket in the future holding an event to give away eggs!

Han Zhaozhao started to back off when he saw this, "Xiaoyun, there are too many people here, we can't see anything, let's go back!

I'll find out what happened tomorrow. Forget it today!

Don't crowd us and step on us, it's too dangerous!"

In her previous life, Han Zhaozhao was not a person who liked to watch the excitement. Whenever she saw a crowd, she would stay away from it. She had seen many tragic large-scale stampedes on the news.

She is not afraid of getting stained with blood while watching the fun, as it has nothing to do with her, but she is looking for trouble and squeezing into the crowd. She is afraid that she will be injured by mistake. Then who can she go to for justice?

"Now that I'm here, I'll try to squeeze in and take a look. If I don't find out what's going on, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep at night!"

Han Zhaozhao: ...

Damn it! It's that damn "I'm already here" again. She is so annoyed by this sentence! I have never seen such a dedicated gossip king!

Niu Xiaoyun broke free from Han Zhaozhao's hand and dived into the crowd before she could react. In the blink of an eye, she disappeared.