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Chapter 506 Seven Sisters Five

This piece of land was used by others to grow cabbage and lettuce before. However, after the vegetables were harvested, no one collected the rotten leaves on the ground. The main reason was that the leaves were too old, so they were just thrown on the ground.

When Su Tong saw these leaves, his eyes lit up. Although these leaves were a little old, they could be pickled into pickles when he got home.

Su Tong and his two sisters started picking vegetable leaves in the fields. They found some unexpected surprises, such as cabbages that some people had overlooked, and even some radish tops. After washing them and pickling them with salt, they could also be made into a delicious dish.

The three sisters picked up 700 to 800 kilograms of vegetable leaves. If the cart was not too big, they would have continued picking up more.

There was a large vat half a person's height in the house, which was used to store rice, flour, oil and the like. After Su Tong cleaned the vat, he threw the washed and half-dried vegetable leaves into it, a layer of vegetable leaves and a layer of coarse salt, and then put a few washed radish heads in.

There are several kinds of radishes, including carrots, white radishes, big radishes, and even green radishes.

After pickling a whole jar of vegetables, there were still some leaves left. However, Su Tong cut them into finger-width sizes, rinsed them with boiling water and hung them directly outside. The autumn heat was very strong, and the leaves dried up quickly. When winter came, they could be soaked in boiling water and it would become another delicious dish.

The second sister took the other sisters to process the vegetable leaves they brought back, while Su Tong just took the other sisters to pick pickles from the fields. They picked up a lot of pickles in one go, and gave the ones they couldn't finish to the uncles and aunts who had helped them. Although the things were cheap, the intention was good.

The big vat at home could no longer hold all the things, so Su Tong planned to buy another one, but to buy another one, he needed not only money but also industrial tickets.

Su Tong had no money left, so he went to the countryside to ask a carpenter to make a few large wooden barrels, which could not only be used to wash vegetables and clothes, but also to pickle pickles.

Seeing that the weather was getting colder day by day, Su Tong began to think about buying honeycomb coal. The family must buy coal. In addition, they also needed to prepare a stove, which was a good thing for heating.

Su Tong gritted his teeth and bought 400-500 yuan worth of honeycomb briquettes. Taking advantage of the good weather, he took his other sisters to the mountains to chop firewood. The firewood he chopped back could not be burned directly. He had to clean it up and put it on the car. He had to be careful when pulling it back so as not to occupy public space.

Fortunately, they were sitting in a corner, so they could put the wood in the corner without disturbing others.

There are many good things in the mountains nowadays, such as chestnuts, some mushrooms, and even some sweet wild fruits.

In the past, these girls had no chance to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits, because there was only one pair of pants in the family. Most of the eldest girls went out to pick wild vegetables by themselves, and the rest of the time they were helping with housework at home. How could they have the time to go up the mountain to pick wild fruits?

Su Tong's luck was also very good, as he caught two wild rabbits. However, one of them was pregnant, so Su Tong had to let the rabbit go. Perhaps because he had done a good deed, he turned around and met two pheasants, one of which was a hen.

Su Tong followed the pheasant's trail and found pheasant eggs. There were about forty or fifty of them. He picked up one and shook it hard against his ear. There was no sound, which meant that the pheasant egg was fresh, but there were still six or seven that were bad.

Su Tong asked his sister to pull the pheasants and rabbits together, and even ran to the river to clean the rabbits and pheasants. He then put them in the wood and covered them with some leaves.

When the third and fourth brothers saw the pheasant and the hare, their mouths were watering. However, Suo Tou was reluctant to eat all of them. Instead, he cut half of the pheasant and marinated the rest of the pheasant and hare with salt, and then hung them by the window to dry.

They lived in a tube-shaped building, and everyone could hear any noise they made, so Su Tong didn't dare to eat so well in front of everyone. He could only get up in the middle of the night when no one was around to cook, and even had to close all the doors of the house to prevent the smell from escaping.

Eating a chicken was like stealing for the whole family. There was only half a chicken in total. Even if it was cut into a dozen small pieces, each person only got two or three pieces. The sixth and seventh children were too young and fell asleep after drinking the goat milk.

This was the only meat these children could eat during this period. They narrowed their eyes with joy. One of the children even didn't want to spit out the chicken bones. He chewed them several times until they turned the bones into fine foam and then swallowed them into his stomach.

Recently, the family has been eating much more abundantly than before. Although it is still just some soups and water, Su Tong has already found ways to go to the countryside to buy food. Most of the food he bought is coarse grains, the most common of which is corn, followed by some sweet potatoes, the others are some potatoes, and he even bought a lot of big pumpkins.

Now their small home has been cleaned up, even the corners are filled with food, and there is even firewood in the corridor for heating during the winter. The next step is to buy vegetables for the winter, which are the big expenses.

Shutong was not idle either. He went to the neighborhood committee to take on some manual work, mostly pasting paper boxes. After working hard for a month, he only earned a few dozen yuan. However, the sisters had nothing to do and had nothing to do, so they just sat there pasting and folding paper boxes.

"When spring comes, I will send you to school. You must learn to read at least a few words. Otherwise, you won't even be able to write your own name, and you will be sold by others and have to count money for them."

He Cuihua and Su Jianqiang would never let the girls in their family study politics. They thought that after they learned to read and write, their hearts would become wild, so they kept them at home. Su Tong went to school for two years, but was soon called back by Su Jianqiang and his family. The second, third, and fourth children also learned to read a few words from the original owner.

When they heard that they could go to school, the children's eyes lit up and they stood up. But what about the sixth and seventh children after they go to school? These two children are still young and need to be taken care of.

"You can send them to the nursery class." The characteristic of this era is that newborn babies can be sent to that class. It is a kindergarten specially set up by the factory for employees. It can be regarded as a benefit. There are special nurseries there to help take care of the children.

The children were full of hope for the future. Su Tong also took advantage of his free time to run to the store to buy some paper and pens. While teaching them to read, he also thought about ways to make money.

There are very few opportunities to make money now. If you want to set up a stall to sell things and make money, you have to wait at least 10 years. But you know their family’s current situation. If they really wait for 10 years, it’s estimated that the opportunity will be gone.

Su Tong also asked someone how much salary he could get per month if he went to work. However, he was disappointed as soon as he found out. Even if he became a regular employee, he would only get more than 20 yuan a month. This amount of money was not enough for his family to eat, drink, and live.