Affection for Sidaogou during the Famine

Han Zhaozhao went to the toilet and looked up at the sky. It was dark and the stars had disappeared into the clouds without him noticing.

It's going to rain!

After covering the chicken coop and firewood pile with straw mats, Han Zhaozhao returned to the front yard.

"Aunt Shufen, it might rain tonight, come out and cover the stove!"

Xiaoliang's mother was sewing hair ornaments at home. When she heard the shouting, she put down her needle and thread and came out quickly.

He looked up and said, "Oh, the sky is really overcast! Zhao Zhao, you are so right, it looks like it will definitely rain tonight."

The old lady heard the two of them talking in the yard and pushed the door open to come out.

"Looking at the clouds, I'm afraid it's going to rain a lot tonight. Zhaozhao, go back to the house to get a flashlight, and go to the backyard with grandma to cover the chicken coop and the firewood.

Chickens can't stand getting wet. The weather is still a bit cold, and chickens are prone to gonorrhea, which affects their egg laying.

Shufen, do you have anything to build the stove? I have a piece of rag in my room, you can use it first."

Shufen agreed and went to get it to cover the firewood, and then she put a broken clay basin on the stove.

After the rain, firewood is also very important. Without dry firewood, it is impossible to make a fire and cook.

The two families finished building what needed to be built and put away what needed to be packed up. The old lady also went to check the waterway with Han Zhaozhao, holding a flashlight, for fear that if it rained heavily, the water would backflow into the yard due to the blockage.

In the middle of the night, Han Zhaozhao was sleeping in a daze. In the dim light, he only heard the sound of raindrops falling in the yard.

The rain was light at first, but it got heavier in the second half of the night. Lying on the kang, I could hear the sound of raindrops hitting the roof tiles.

"Luckily I just checked the roofs. I wonder how many more houses will have leaks after this rain."

With a mutter, Han Zhaozhao tucked in the quilt, turned over and went back to sleep.

The next morning, Han Zhaozhao slept in and didn't have to go to the park to exercise, so she got up late.

It was not until Wu Ni knocked on the door that she rubbed her eyes and got up.

"Sister, get up and eat!"

"Get up, get up!"

Han Zhaozhao got dressed, got out of bed, folded the quilt and made the bed.

When I opened the door, a gust of cold wind rushed into the room.

"Hey, it's still raining. Why are you up so early? Is your grandma gone?"

Han Zhaozhao and Wu Ni entered the main room, washed their faces and combed their hair, and went into the kitchen.

"Have you eaten? What did you cook this morning?"

"I ate it! I ate it with my grandma. I left some rice in the pot for you, fried rice with eggs, and boiled noodle soup.

It's still hot, eat it quickly! Then watch me and study."

You are still blaming yourself!

After a while, Xiaoliang also came.

"Zhao Zhao, mommy won't let me go to work because it's raining, so she asked me to play with you and Wu Ni.

You left some food for me at noon, so I could bring it to your house to eat.” Xiao Liang took two steamed buns and put them into the kitchen.

Well, I can’t go anywhere today, it’s another day of babysitting!

I spent the cloudy day leisurely. Apart from studying, I cooked and took care of the children. It was quite relaxing.

The rain stopped in the afternoon, and the children who had been stuck in the house for most of the day were finally able to go out for some fresh air.

In the alley, several groups of children were playing in the mud.

The little boys played with mud to build tiles on the roof, and the little girls played with mud to make noodles, buns and dumplings.

Han Zhaozhao went to see it. Needless to say, the hands were quite deft and the sculptures were made very realistically, almost like the real thing, except that the proportions were a little smaller.

Xiaoliang was the best among them. He sculpted cars, big trucks, lions in front of the courtyard gate, as well as pistols and rifles. What's more amazing is that he had seen a wedding sedan chair from somewhere, and he sculpted a lifelike sedan chair carried by four people.

All the children gathered around him to watch. Some of them stopped playing games such as breaking tiles and cooking and wanted to learn how to make mud toys from him.

Han Zhaozhao thought, why not tell Aunt Shufen that Xiaoliang is a child full of artistic talent, and if he finds a master to learn from him, maybe he will become an artist when he grows up!

It’s not the same with Wu Ni. This child is not good at anything except eating.

After playing enough, I took them home. Each of them brought back a bag of mud toys and their bodies were covered with mud spots.

After changing their clothes, Han Zhaozhao taught them how to wash clothes.

"Do it yourself and you will have enough food and clothing!" Han Zhaozhao shouted slogans to encourage the two children.

After a lifetime of experience, she knew that children needed to be praised more! The child only had a jacket and pants, so it was not difficult to wash them. They could pull them.

I put some homemade soapberry liquid in the basin, and the bubbles filled the basin, making the two children happy while washing.

She said, if it is both educational and entertaining, there is no child who doesn’t love playing in the water.

There is only one bad thing, you can't leave them alone. If you leave, these two people will definitely get themselves wet.

If they get wet again, I won’t have any change of clothes.

In the evening, when the old lady and Aunt Shufen got off work, they heard that the two children had washed their own clothes. They were very happy and said that the two children had grown up and knew how to be clean and could wash their own clothes.

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The rain soaked the ground. It stopped for two days and the ground was too sticky, so we couldn't go out to dig medicinal herbs or wild vegetables.

Han Zhaozhao took Xiaoliang and Wu Ni to stroll around the streets.

She went to the hardware store again and was told that the tricycle wheels she wanted to buy were still out of stock, but they had just received a batch of wheels for carts.

It's the kind that looks like a barbell, with a wheel at each end and a steel axle in the middle.

Han Zhaozhao thought about it and realized that it was unknown when the tricycle wheels would be available, so the expired note issued by the street office should not be invalidated.

Come on, if it's useful, don't be picky. It's just a wheel after all. As long as the bearing is good and the wheel can turn, you can just use it if it doesn't.

Go home and ask Uncle Qian to modify it at his factory. It’s no harder to use than a tricycle.

They spent thirty-eight yuan to buy a pair of cart wheels and a wheelbarrow wheel, and the three of them rolled back home.

I went to Xiao Sanzi's house in the evening and found out that his father was still on a business trip. This time he went to Inner Mongolia to transport sheep for the company.

Han Zhaozhao's mouth was watering all over the floor. He had heard that the mutton on the Inner Mongolia grasslands was very delicious. Old Beijingers who were particular about food loved to eat Inner Mongolian sheep because the meat was tender and not smelly!

Uncle Qian was not at home, so she had to find someone else.

She only knew three people in the machinery factory, besides Uncle Qian, there was Uncle Niu, who was Niu Xiaoyun's father, and Section Chief Zhang, whose affair she almost caught some time ago.

Section Chief Zhang definitely wouldn't do that. Not to mention that the relationship between the two families is not good, even if the relationship is good, she would not ask him to do anything for her.

This person has a bad character. It's disgusting to have anything to do with his family.

Seeing that Uncle Niu was off duty, Han Zhaozhao went to his house.

Uncle Niu is a third-level fitter in the factory and has some say in the workshop.

In addition, he had never done private work in the factory, and occasionally brought some work into the factory, so the workshop director nodded in approval.

That night, Uncle Niu took the wheels away. Han Zhaozhao gestured to him and described the car she wanted. Uncle Niu said, "That's it. It's simple. Girl, you just... Okay!"

Two days later, Han Zhaozhao saw the finished product and was shocked speechless!

Look what she saw: a shiny steel beast?