Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Although the capital has not yet implemented the cloth coupon and non-staple food coupon system this year, ordinary people have a limited amount of money in their hands. Even if department stores release the supply in large quantities, most ordinary people cannot afford it.

When a piece of clothing is worn out by the eldest child, it is given to the second child; when it is worn out by the second child, it is given to the third child; and when it is worn out by the third child, it is given to the fourth child. This is the social norm.

There are many children in the family, and the youngest one is wearing clothes that are patched up. Even if they are patched seven or eight times, they are still not enough. Compared with the clothes of beggars, their clothes are just clean.

Some clothes have been worn for more than ten years, and the fabric can no longer withstand patches. Even if they are torn into pieces, they are still useless. When you wash them in water and shake them, they will fall off with crumbs.

Niu Xiaomin saw that Han Zhaozhao had difficulty keeping up with him due to his short legs, turned around to see Xiaolian and the others still chattering as they walked, and slowed down his pace as well.

"Zhao Zhao, is your grandma okay these days? Why don't you come out to play?"

"Huh!" Han Zhaozhao slowed down his jogging pace, "My grandma is doing well. The government helped find her a job. She started working at the purchasing station yesterday.

The weather is getting colder, and I have been busy harvesting cabbage and radishes with my grandma at home these days!

Brother Min, you will be taking the high school entrance exam after the New Year, do you still have time to play?"

"I really don't have time to play. My mother told us to find ways to store coal and firewood after school every day. Otherwise, there will be no firewood to heat the kang in winter. We don't have thick cotton clothes, so we will all be cold.

Your grandma is going to work, how are you going to get firewood this year? Who will collect it? If we have to buy firewood, it will be too expensive!"

Han Zhaozhao, "I'm still here, right? I'll go collect firewood. I have nothing to do anyway, so whatever I collect is money. I'll save as much as I can. My grandma said that we should be frugal in life!"

Niu Xiaomin was amused by her. "How much can you pick up at a time? If you pick up too much, you won't be able to take it back!"

"Brother Min, have you forgotten the saying that a little bit adds up to a lot? My skills are not worth much, so I can just pick up a handful at a time. By the time it snows, it will be enough for our family to cook."

"Oh, you are not that big, but you know that little by little can add up to a lot? If you ask me, you are not considering the big things but the small things, and you are throwing away the watermelon to pick up the sesame seeds.

With you? Even if you collect firewood for a whole winter, you still won't be able to buy enough shoes."

Han Zhaozhao teased him deliberately: "Brother Xiaomin, don't bully me because I didn't go to school and don't know how to count? Your calculation is wrong!"

Niu Xiaomin was smiling and bickering with Han Zhaozhao. The little girl was so funny. "How did I calculate wrong? If you go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy these shoes, it will cost you three or four yuan. You can buy more than three or four hundred kilograms of firewood, which is enough for your family to burn for half a winter, and you can also make some money playing at home."

Han Zhaozhao argued with him with her big round eyes: "According to what you said, it's not worth playing at home!

What game can you play that doesn't involve running, jumping, or wearing out your shoes? You might as well go collect firewood!

At least even if you ruin your shoes you can still pick up firewood and save money on buying firewood!

Isn't it even more uneconomical to waste shoes playing games and have to spend extra money to buy firewood? "

Niu Xiaomin's eyes were full of mosquito coils: Is that so? Is this how the account is calculated?

"I always feel that what you said makes sense, but it seems like something is wrong. Let me sort it out first!"

He walked forward with his head down and in silence, all the way to the grove where they often collected firewood, but Niu Xiaomin still had no clue.

Han Zhaozhao smiled secretly in her heart. Kids at that time were really honest. When it came to sophistry, she, an old witch from later generations, would definitely win!

Along the way, Han Zhaozhao looked like he had just been released from prison. He looked around, excited and confused, a complete country bumpkin.

Oh my god, this road is a real road! The most common motor vehicles on the road are bicycles and human-powered tricycles, and among the traffic there is the cart pulled by Xiangzi in the movie.

The second most common vehicles were horse-drawn carriages, mule-drawn carriages and donkey-drawn carriages. Han Zhaozhao also saw ox-drawn carts and camels. What was even more surprising were the wheels. Some were made of wood, some were made of rubber, and there were even car tires installed on the horse-drawn carriages!

Was this unloaded from the enemy's car? The common people at that time were so talented!

Occasionally, a few ugly cars and clumsy buses passed by on the road, and they were not driving very fast. This was truly an era of slow transportation!

There are many shops on the roadside, and the signs of different styles are dazzling and overwhelming.

Peddlers walking around the streets shouted loudly, people gathered around to bargain, and the streets were bustling and noisy.

Han Zhaozhao hurriedly observed along the way, jogging closely behind Niu Xiaomin.

Fortunately, Niu Xiaomin was simple-minded. He didn't want to figure out the problem. He called out to Han Zhaozhao from time to time while walking, "Zhaozhao, walk faster!"

About half an hour later, they left the city and entered a forest. As soon as they entered the forest, they called Han Zhaozhao:

"Zhao Zhao, don't stop yet, walk inside, let's grab a spot with more firewood first."

Han Zhaozhao just grabbed two handfuls of leaves into the sack, looked up and glanced around the surroundings, and decisively followed Niu Xiaomin into the depths of the woods.

As they walked, Niu Xiaomin shared his experience with Han Zhaozhao: "There are many sycamore trees here, and the branches and leaves are not easy to burn. There is a patch of poplars and acacia trees in front.

Poplar leaves are easy to burn, as are poplar branches and acacia branches. Let’s go pick up those leaves first.”

Han Zhaozhao followed him and walked quickly inside. After walking about two or three hundred meters, they arrived at the poplar forest.

Looking at the thin layer of leaves on the ground, Niu Xiaomin handed the rake to Han Zhaozhao, "Zhaozhao, there are a lot of leaves here, you pick them up first, I'll go around and pick up some branches.

When you finish using the rake, call me and I will help you with the sacks!"

After saying that, he ran forward with the basket on his shoulder.

Han Zhaozhao agreed, took the rake, threw down the sack and started raking the leaves.

She is also a hard worker!

I first picked up the leaves from places with thicker leaves and gathered them into piles. When I felt that they could not fill a sack, I gathered the leaves from places with thinner leaves one by one.

It seems that this place has been visited by many people. All the leaves on the trees have fallen, but there are not many leaves on the ground. They must have been picked up by others.

Look! No matter what time it is, there are always people who work harder than you. It is said that this forest has no owner, and the firewood in it is first come first served.

Winter is coming, and every family needs firewood. At this time, we can see which family members are diligent and which family can live a good life.

When it snows and you can't go out, diligent people will heat the kang at home, so the house is warm when you enter.

Han Zhaozhao was hugging the leaves with all her might, waving a bamboo rake very quickly, not sparing even the roots of the trees and the pits in the earth, scraping them all clean.

"Zhao Zhao, you've already collected so much? If you collect two more piles, it should be enough for you to fill up the sack!"

It was Xue Xing's envious voice.

Xiaolian, Xiaoyun and the others all caught up.

Han Zhaozhao stopped, raised his arm and wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"You guys are walking too slowly! If you walked faster, you should be able to pick up a lot of firewood."

Xiaolian asked: "Zhao Zhao, where is my second brother?"

Han Zhaozhao: "Go ahead and pick up some branches!"

Li Cui and her friends said, "You guys stay here and pick up leaves. Let's go look around to see if there are any more branches."

Xiaoyun and Xueying were left behind, while the three older children, Xiaolian, Li Cui and Li Yan, scattered and each chose a direction to pick up branches.

Han Zhaozhao took a breath and continued to rake the leaves. Niu Xiaoyun took out two torn sacks from a wicker basket and threw them in the open space.

He began to wander around looking for a place where Han Zhaozhao hadn't reached yet, and put handfuls of leaves into the basket.