The Role of Women in Novels
Chapter 11

Li Yufeng took a nap, and when she woke up, it was already dark, and the high-pitched slogans of the female announcer came from the radio in the grain-drying field.

Such slogans have special magical powers that can instantly entertain a lazy person. He got up and washed his face with water near the well, when he heard his brother-in-law Zhang Cuifen calling him at the kitchen door.

“Yufeng, come and finish your food.”

The chicken soup Chen Zhaodi made yesterday was served on the table.

A three-pound old chicken, half boiled in soup, half boiled with soy sauce, plus diced potatoes, fried in a large dish on an enameled plate.

Although the Li family had a better life, such a hard dish was not available every day.Only when Li Dahu and Zhang Cuifang returned on the weekend did Chen Zhaodi let the table smell of meat.

But a large family of nine, one man with one chopsticks missing.

Normally, someone who slept late at night like Li Yufeng might not even have a chicken butt to eat, but Chen Zhaodi sided and stuffed the best piece of meat from the chicken leg into her bowl long ago.

The four brothers from the Li family took it for granted and did not think there was anything wrong with what their mother was doing. Initially, the two daughters-in-law felt uncomfortable, but now they were used to it ... They did not ask for chicken feet, but in this world, chicken wing skin was considered good.

Wang Aihua's family was originally difficult. Before marrying Li Erhu, she did not even drink meat soup a few times, let alone meat. So even though he was not as good as Li Yufeng now, but thinking about it, he was much better than before.

In the countryside, only families with such a strong workforce could have enough food to eat.

“Daughter-in-law boss, drink chicken soup after dinner.” Chen Zhaodi was still very kind to Zhang Cuifang, she was now pregnant with a child, this was the first child of the Lao Li family, and the whole family was looking forward to it.

Zhang Cuifang was obedient, and he and Li Dahu would return to the commune tomorrow Even though they ate common food in the commune, they were usually reluctant to eat meat. Li Dahu was also a dutiful child, every month he had to hand over a catty of meat tickets to his family, first he even had to give up his own part, then when he was pregnant, Chen Zhaodi let him stay. that's for himself.

But that little bit of meat was not enough to fit between her teeth, and she did not know why, but after she conceived a child, she could eat it, and when she finished eating her own meat, she said, he could only go home with Li Dahu to eat meat.

“When I leave tomorrow, I will remove the large bones that have been dried.” State-owned pharmacies are now collecting large bones that have been shaved to make calcium tablets, so the bones that the Li family used to eat are all Do not throw away, can be exchanged for money and meat tickets after drying.

“You like to eat bone soup, bring it back next week, firewood furnace at home is good.” Chen Zhaodi reckoned that the eldest daughter-in-law spent all of her meat tickets, thinking of returning to the toothbrush festival, she should do it now that she was pregnant with a child Let her eat it, but if you give him a meat ticket and he eats it himself, then the whole family will not be able to eat it with so many mouths, so it is better to buy it and eat it together.

"Okay, I'll remember!" He works as a salesman in a supply and marketing cooperative. As long as he had a receipt, buying and selling items was very convenient.

Hearing what she said, Li Dahu frowned, and said nervously: "You should eat less, the doctor said that the child was too big to give birth, and that it was too big to give birth, and my mother's stomach wasn't as big as yours when she was carrying twins." Zhang Cuifang heard

this, suddenly a little angry, but thinking about his deep-rooted thinking, I was worried it wouldn't change for a while.

"Sister, why don't you just let your sister-in-law eat it? In addition, the whole family can eat together when you buy it. Recently, the whole family had to make up for it during the busy agricultural season." Li Yufeng felt that she could not bear it. It's not that he cheated with his daughter-in-law ... He would not be able to find someone like Li Dahu when he found a partner in the future. If he had a sister-in-law who was as liked as him, he would die from anger.

Come to think of it this way... Looks like Zhao Guodong really has no younger sister?

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The weather became cloudy and cool at night, and members of the commune began to come out one after another.

Li Yufeng was washing her hair while standing at the mouth of the well. She doesn't even have the domestic bee flower shampoo she remembers most lately. Chen Zhaodi plucked the fresh hibiscus leaves for her from the hibiscus tree by the roadside, and washed the leaves with warm water., then kneaded the foam to help her tidy up her long black hair.

Chen Zhaodi really liked this girl. She was the oldest older sister when she was a child, and her parents were in poor health. She raised a pair of sisters, and she had no idea how hard she had to suffer. So now she was holding Li Yufeng as if she was above her heart. .

"If you are sleepy at night, go back to sleep early. There are a lot of mosquitoes in the barn. " Food for the entire production team is stored in the warehouse. It is forbidden to start an open fire, even wormwood is not allowed to be sucked.For those who are too hot, you can wear trousers.

Li Yufeng stretched out her hands to straighten her hair to the waist, the hair washed with hibiscus leaves was very soft and had a faint aroma, although there was no conditioner, it did not feel dry at all to the touch.

This era had much more difficult living conditions than the later generations, but at the same time also retained some laudable ancient traditions.

Li Yufeng squeezed out her hair with a thick sackcloth, and went to the sun fields in the warm night breeze.

This season, the sun does not set until six in the afternoon, but at four or five in the afternoon, the sun is not so hot. The big guys wanted to take advantage of the dawn to do more, so by four or five, people had already come to pick up farming tools.

Ma Xiuzhen was so busy that he had not eaten in the evening. There was sweat on his cheek. He shaved sister Jiang's head and fixed her bangs that hung to one side with black hairpins. He looked neat and fresh, and his entire person looked clean and tidy.

“You're here, then I can go back to eating.” Li Yufeng was a little embarrassed to hear him say that, he had just returned this time, and there might only be leftovers left in the cafeteria. Though, the learned youth dormitory was in the back row, it was not difficult for him to ask for someone's help.

However, in the recent rush to harvest, the big guys have been working very hard in the fields, no one will think about this and that is understandable.

“You're fast back, shower after eating.” Li Yufeng sat down at the table, raised her head and said to Ma Xiuzhen, “You can come later.” He glanced at the queue, but did not look

The two brothers from the Zhao family lowered their heads and flipped through the existing workbook, and sure enough, they saw that both of them had already signed up.

It is very difficult to work from dawn to dusk during the busy agricultural season.

...

Zhao Guodong woke up after a short nap. During the day, the light is good, and farm work can be done quickly. It is uncomfortable when the lights are dark. In addition, the weather forecast on the radio said that it would rain tonight.

He and Zhao Jiadong came to the warehouse to borrow the farm equipment in the morning, but they saw Li Yufeng had not come yet.

The laziest person in the entire satellite brigade was Li Yufeng ... Pregnant woman in other people's house is not treated as well as she is With the father being the captain of the brigade, she is like a princess sung in opera, enjoying free time and happiness.

Wheat is harvested from one ridge to the other. Zhao Guodong raised his head and glanced at the endless waves of wheat. This summer's harvest will be completed in five days. After five days, the commune will send a tractor driver from the farm team to plow the fields By the end of the month, all of this will be turned into rice fields, and then a second busy farm this summer will be ushered in.

The muscles in the waist are a little sore, labor like this facing down and turning your back to the sky can easily stretch the muscles of the waist. The Zhao family had a traditional bone beating technique. Zhao Mancang is not in good health and is not a good player on the pitch, but he is also very busy in the season. He took care of the bones by massaging and massaging others, and returning some food to go home.

He had been working for two days in a row, and he would let his father pinch him when he returned today.

"Ouch!"

Suddenly there was a cry from the wheat field not far away. Zhao Guodong turned around and saw that Zhao Jiadong, who had just exposed her head, suddenly disappeared.

"Slap your mouth if you say it? Who made fun of people this morning?" Their farmers harvest several seasons of the year, relying on the sickle in their hands. It can be said to be responsible that not many people I have never visited were injured by this scythe.

“This knife sharpened too fast.” Zhao Jiadong frowned, with an embarrassing face, he said Li Yufeng this morning, and cut himself in the blink of an eye, what face can people talk about! He rolled up his pants slightly, intending to look for the nearest sewer to wash, but was stopped by Zhao Guodong.

"Take this herbal remedy and it will heal soon. You go home first, I'll go. " A

in this era, the Friendship brand's small white porcelain bottles were still rare in rural areas. Looks extra moist and shiny.

Zhao Jiadong took it and opened it to see there was a finely ground and rotten herbal ointment inside, which still smelled of medicine.

“My brother, you came out to cut grain, and you brought this with you?” He was a fool who understood nothing, and complained in his heart: “You must have known that I would be hurt by a scythe? You underestimated me too ..."

"I'm not underestimating you, how did you get hurt?" Zhao Guodong was angry and funny in his heart, but fortunately his brother was simple-minded, otherwise, how would he get off the stage !

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The member who received the scythe immediately left, and Li Yufeng finally had some free time to rest. There were a lot of mosquitoes in this warehouse, so he moved the spring chair, sat under an old pagoda tree beside a grain drying field, and chased away the mosquitoes with a cattail fan in his hand.

Right now, the few learned youths living in the back row came out of the dormitory, Li Yufeng knew that they would be collecting agricultural equipment, so she walked over.

Actually the wound was no longer painful, but out of fear that the scabs would break, he walked very carefully.

When all the scythe split and they were about to depart in groups of three or four, Liu Zhenhua suddenly stopped, turned around and walked to his side, taking out a small plaster from his pocket, put it on the table and say: “Yufeng, I bought this from a state-owned pharmacy. It is said to be able to treat various wounds and remove scars for beauty.”