Volume 1 Chapter 0035 Rice Bran
"She didn't have enough to eat. When she was eight months old, she had no flesh on her body and her stomach was not much bigger than her head. At that time, many people suffered from edema due to hunger, with thin bodies and big heads.
I could only eat some Chlorella and Azolla every day, and occasionally some vegetables, and I had to work in the fields with a big belly.
Ah Yu gave birth in the field, and when she was sent home, she couldn’t give birth for a long time. Later, later…”
Xian Yaodong burst into tears!
"Later, the midwife came out and told me that A-Yu was dying. I rushed into the room and A-Yu said to me: 'Yao-Tung, I'm sorry I didn't give you a child.'
what can I do?
I could only hold her hand and say, 'It's okay, it's okay.'
Ah Yu said: "Yaodong, I want to eat rice bran porridge."
At that time, rice bran was a good thing and could save lives at critical moments.
I know someone's family has rice bran, but I can't borrow it. The family has several children, two of whom suffer from edema. Rice bran is used to treat children's nutritional deficiencies. I can't borrow it, I can't borrow it.
Ah Yu and my unborn child died hungry. Died hungry. "
Xian Yaodong opened the lid of the food box, pointed at the contents and said, "Others bring meat and wine when they go to worship, but I always bring this. Life is better now, so I can eat as much as I want."
Nan Yi looked at the rice bran in the lunch box, feeling mixed emotions.
"Uncle Xian, come on, it's New Year's Day, don't be so sad. If Aunt knew, she wouldn't want to see you like this."
"Yeah, it's okay, it's okay. I'll feel better after a little howl. Ruoyin, did grandpa scare you?"
"No, Grandpa is missing Grandma, I know. We have been separated by life and death for ten years. I can't forget you without thinking of you. A thousand miles away from your lonely grave, there is no one to talk to about your sadness. Even if we meet, you won't recognize me..."
"Ruoyin, shut up!"
"Nan Yi, stop. I'm not a child. This poem is well written. Ruoyin, tell grandpa, who wrote it?"
"Grandpa Yaodong, it was written by Su Dongpo."
"Dongpo pork, Su Dongpo?"
"Yes."
Adults can always suppress their sadness quickly. Xian Yaodong quickly regained his sanity from his sadness, poured tea for Nan Yi and Nan Ruoyin, and took out some dried fruits for Nan Ruoyin to eat.
"I went to the threshing ground just now and saw that many children were wearing clothes with patches on them. It just so happens that we have been learning for a while. After the New Year break, I will let Uncle Yaoguo talk to everyone and make new clothes for the children in the team.
Everyone should make something different, and then let the children wear it so that everyone can see which style the children like the most and which style the children's parents like the most."
"You want the brigade factory to make clothes for your children?"
"In the short term, as long as our clothing styles are good, we will have no problem selling them. We will start making clothes for both adults and children. In the future, when sales are no longer so good and competition increases, it won't be too late for us to consider specializing in one area.
Let’s not talk about today. It’s the seventh day of the first lunar month, and we should have finished paying New Year’s greetings. Gather everyone together and have another meeting. ”
"Okay, you're going back now. Why don't you stay for dinner?"
"Come on, what good food can you have here? Why don't you go to my place to eat?"
"No, I have to go to Yaorong's place to pay New Year's greetings at noon. You can bring Ruoyin and I to eat there."
"No, my family doesn't have the custom of New Year's greetings on the first day of the new year. Uncle Xian, if you weren't alone, I wouldn't have come here. Let's just eat our own food."
After leaving Xian Yaodong's house, Nan Yi didn't go anywhere else. He took Nan Ruoyin directly back to his home.
"Why did you come back so soon? No one invited you to dinner?"
"Oh my grandma, didn't you know today is the first day of the Lunar New Year? If it weren't for the red envelopes, I wouldn't have wanted to go out."
"Okay, stay at home with me. I'll be back to Xiangkeng in two days."
"Going back so early, are you not used to staying here?"
"No, there's a western movie coming out soon, and I want to watch it, grandma."
"What movie has you been thinking about so much?"
“Alien.”
"alien?"
"No, it's called 'Alien Killer'."
"oh."
Nan Yi thought, "So it's Alien 1."
"Grandma, you are so old now. If there are killers or aliens, you will definitely be bloody. Be careful about your heart."
"That's nothing. Does Yang Huimin know?"
"I know. The one who presented the flag at the Sihang Warehouse."
"I was in the same batch . I almost went to the Sihang Warehouse. At that time, I was helping out in the hospital. I had no arms or legs, my stomach was rotten, and my intestines were leaking out. What has she not seen?"
"Okay, okay, you have a wide range of knowledge, okay." Nan Yi muttered softly: "Who knows if it's true."
The voice was too soft and Fang Mengyin didn't hear it, so there was no quarrel afterwards.
After the third year of junior high school, Fang Mengyin left and hurried back to watch her movie.
Before she left, Nan Yi asked her if she knew anyone who was proficient in antique appraisal. Fang Mengyin gave Nan Yi a name, saying that the man had a bad background and was sent to a cowshed. It was unknown whether he had returned to the city yet.
When he was free, Nan Yi took Nan Ruoyin to the river bank to cut Amaranthus. The temperature was high this year and the Amaranthus grew fast. In just one month, many of them had grown very big.
"Ruoyin, watch carefully. Hold the leaves of the water spinach with one hand and cut it from the root with the scissors. Do not pull it out. Leave the roots in the mud and it will continue to grow. We can come back to cut it next year."
"Well, Dad, is Malantou delicious?"
"It's delicious. You can stir-fry it or make dumplings. Chop the water spinach into small pieces and add it to the dried tofu my dad makes as the filling for the dumplings. It's delicious."
"Then let's cut some more."
When Nan Ruoyin heard that it was delicious, her enthusiasm for work increased sharply. She squatted down, took a pair of scissors, and used the guillotine to cut each petal of the amaranth.
Nan Yi was cutting the hair slowly and leisurely, but his speed was no slower than Nan Ruoyin's.
Children are short-sighted when doing things. When they get excited, they work hard for a while, and then their attention is quickly diverted.
At this moment, Nan Ruoyin was squatting by the river, looking at a large group of fish floating in the river with their mouths open, refusing to swim.
"Dad, why are these fish floating?"
"The water is not flowing fast enough, and there is not enough oxygen in the water." Nan Yi looked up at the sky and said, "It's going to rain. It looks like it will rain in less than an hour. Come quickly and help dad cut some more hair. Then we'll go back."
"oh."
Nan Yi quickened his pace and in less than half an hour, he had cut enough water spinach for three dishes.
Amaranthus needs to be blanched before eating. After blanching a full basket, there will not be much left.
I was carrying the basket home, and as soon as I got home, it started to rain.
Looking at the rain, Nan Yi thought about going out and looking around these two days to see where he could buy citrus seedlings. No one is here, and there is no one to take care of the vegetables in the garden, so he might as well plant oranges first.
Nan Yi took action as soon as he was inspired. The next day, he went to inquire about where he could find citrus seedlings. Following the advice, he first went to Dongzhun, but didn't find any. Then he went to Huizhou, and finally went all the way to Huiyang, where he managed to buy more than twenty seedlings.
Although it spans three cities, it’s actually not that far.
Most of the places that Nan Yi has been to will be included in Baoan in the future, but by then, Baoan will no longer be called Baoan.
