Phi-Fic Chapter 593 Still not giving Zhao's mother a good look
Chapter 593 Still not giving Zhao's mother a good look
"so serious?"
He heard from his wife that he had cancer and would not live long.
Captain Zhao nodded. "Now it seems that this is the case. I don't even have the energy to curse."
After hearing his father say this, Zhao Jianping asked for confirmation.
"Dad, when will the food be distributed?"
Now that the late rice has been harvested and the public grain has been paid, we can distribute the grain. This is the last batch of grain to be distributed this year.
"The last batch of grain has not been dried yet. Once it is dried, we will distribute the grain."
Zhao Jianping thought of another thing, "Does Mom go to Grandma's house every day?"
If that were the case, the whole day would be wasted walking.
"Let's take turns. When the time comes, you can ride your bike to take your mother there."
Zhao Jianping had no objection to this matter. Nowadays, there was basically no extra work to do in the brigade, so they took turns, that is, once every four days, sending his mother to her grandmother's house in the morning and picking her up in the afternoon.
"This is no problem."
After the grain is dried, it is distributed immediately.
"Mom, when we get to grandma's house, just listen to what she says."
This time they were going to grandma's house to take care of her, so Zhao's mother brought her own lunch rations.
In those days, when people visited relatives, they usually brought food rations with them.
"I understand. You don't have to worry about me."
After so many years, Zhao's mother has long known what kind of person my mother is.
It’s not worth it to get angry at yourself.
To put it bluntly, her mother doesn't have much time left to live.
Let her curse.
Zhao Jianping kept giving instructions along the way, as he was still worried that his mother would be bullied by his grandmother.
When they arrived at Grandma Zhao's house, Zhao Jianping said hello to them and rode his bicycle back.
"Aunt..."
Now that the brigade is not busy anymore, not many people are needed to go to work. Two people from each family can continue to work.
Mother Zhao looked at their eldest brother and the younger generations.
He carried things into the house.
Yes, I didn’t come empty-handed, I came with ten eggs.
"Mom, I'm here."
As soon as I entered the room, I saw a thin old man lying on the bed.
When Grandma Zhao heard the voice, she raised her eyelids slightly and looked at the person who came in.
Now she can't eat and her whole body aches.
I don't even have the strength to speak.
When Zhao's mother didn't get an answer from her mother, she started to clean up the room.
"Want some water?"
Mother Zhao didn't wait for her answer and poured water into the enamel cup. She remembered that this enamel cup was the one she had given to her. It was bought by the third child with his first month's salary when he went to work in the city.
At that time, my mother said that there was no cup for drinking water, so she brought it to me directly.
This enamel cup has quite a few bumps on it.
After pouring the water, he was busy cleaning the rest of the room.
"Little sister..."
Mother Zhao saw Aunt Zhao at the door.
"Sister-in-law, this is my lunch ration."
Aunt Zhao did not refuse and took the food.
There are many children in the family, and throughout the year, the food distributed is not enough for the family to eat, so we have to save some.
When I stop working completely, I eat two meals a day.
This is what most rural people do.
If you don't work, you can eat two meals a day, one at noon and one in the afternoon.
Mother Zhao even helped Grandma Zhao change her clothes. She took the clothes to the river to wash and hang them up to dry.
It's so busy.
But even so, Grandma Zhao still didn't give Mother Zhao a good look.
But Zhao's mother seemed not to see it.
"Mom, it's been a while since I got married. I've been married for over 30 years and have given birth to four sons and a daughter. All my children are married and have children now."
Grandma Zhao's lips moved, and now it was difficult for her to speak.
But Zhao's mother continued to chatter, "Jianping stayed at home, Jianbin followed his second uncle to join the army, Jianhua is now a college student, Jianan is now a fourth-level fitter, and Nini is also a college student."
"Mom, only by studying can you have a bright future. Look at my children, four of them are already college students. Nini is so lucky. She just met her destined person and is no longer stupid. Now she is married and has children. Her parents-in-law like her very much. Even my son-in-law's grandparents like her. You dislike my Nini the most, but she is the most promising of my children."
Mother Zhao kept nagging like this all morning. It was almost time for dinner when her children came in and called her to eat.
"Mom, I'm going to eat. I'll make you some malted milk later."
The food was the same old rural food, but Zhao's mother didn't dislike it. After putting down her bowl and chopsticks, she went back to her room to serve Zhao's grandmother some malted milk.
In the afternoon, Zhao's mother was still chattering with Zhao's grandmother until Zhao Jianping came to pick her up on a bicycle and then left.
And here in Beijing.
Huo Shaobei has already started buying vegetables for the family with his three cousins.
Winter melon, cabbage, radish, potato, sweet potato, pumpkin.
I made some sauerkraut with the cabbage.
Grandma Zhao learned how to pickle sauerkraut from some old ladies in this alley.
"Do we need to buy so many vegetables?" Zhao Yunfeng and Zhao Jianshe were both a little surprised.
How can you not be shocked when you see so many dishes at once?
They also stored vegetables in their hometown, but only about ten pounds.
But there are already hundreds of kilograms here.
"It will last for a few months, and I'm worried it won't be enough, so I'll store some more."
Is this not enough?
As someone who has been through it, Zhao Yunhai knows this.
"That's not enough. New vegetables won't be available until April next year. Look, it's only early November now, and we still have five months of food left. On average, each person gets two kilograms of vegetables, but with so many of us, we need ten kilograms at least. Luckily, grandma brought a lot of mung beans, so we can grow bean sprouts in the winter, and we can also buy tofu at the grocery store for a change of taste."
Five months?
Calculated this way, it’s really not that much.
There is strength in numbers. With young people around, Grandma Zhao and Grandpa Zhao no longer have to pull a cart to buy vegetables.
The floor heating was also turned on, and Zhao Jianshe and Zhao Yunfeng felt it was really warm.
Little Grapefruit and Little Lemon, brother and sister, still have to go to school, but they have already put on hats, gloves and masks.
"Next time it snows heavily, we won't go to school."
It's too cold and the children won't be able to bear it.
Grandma Zhao is really afraid of letting her great-grandchildren get cold.
It was snowing, and Huo Shaobei swept some clean snow and piled it in the corner.
I went to the black market and bought mutton and the bones to stew.
Some young female comrades saw that Huo Shaobei was so handsome and wanted to come up to him and ask him if he had a girlfriend, but Huo Shaobei, who was away from home, kept a stern face to fend off these bad peach blossoms.
"Brother-in-law, sister, can you come back for the New Year this year?"
Huo Shaobei shook his head, "No."
The last time I went to that research institute, I received at least one letter every month.
Now, apart from a considerable amount of money bills every month, there is not even a letter. It can be seen that the level of confidentiality is probably at the highest level.
She has no idea about the situation over there?
Zhao Yunhai glanced at his brother-in-law who was becoming more and more silent. When his sister was at home, his brother-in-law was gentle and virtuous, but now he has changed a lot.