Traveling into the 1980s: A Cannon Fodder Female Supporter's Guide to Self-Rescue

Because her mother-in-law had prepared many things for her to return to her parents' home, Cao Dahua happily took her man and child back to her parents' home.

But they only stayed for two days after going back. No, after deducting the time spent on the round trip, they actually only stayed at her parents' house for one day after they traveled such a long distance.

Speaking of Cao Dahua's natal family, it's really hard to describe, and it's really very powerful.

The reason why Qi Yulan was willing to pay more grain to hire such a daughter-in-law was that besides Cao Dahua's strength and ability to work, another reason was that she was envious of the many brothers in her natal family.

For example, Jiang Tang calls Jiang Aiguo her cousin because her father is the third child and Jiang Aiguo is the eldest child.

The three brothers of the Jiang family were brothers from the same father and mother. In that era, ordinary people liked to have more children and grandchildren.

Unless there is no way to support them, children who are born will usually work hard to raise them. It is normal for a family to have a total of 4,56,78 people, men and women.

But when the Chang family arrived at Chang Zhirong's place, even though Chang Yuzhu was also called Chang Wumo's cousin.

But in fact, the captains Chang Guangrong and Chang Zhirong are not real brothers, they are just brothers in the same family, separated by a few branches.

A single tree cannot grow into a forest. Many times in the countryside, if you have fewer brothers, you will be at a disadvantage. Chang Zhirong was a single generation of three generations, and his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather only gave birth to one child.

When I first fell in love with Cao Dahua, I also wanted her to have a good family. Even though I had been married for several years, I only had one child, Niu Niu.

Fortunately, Qi Yulan is a good mother-in-law and doesn't mind pushing her.

The total number of Cao Dahua's brothers from her mother's family is spectacular, not to mention that she is the eldest daughter and has several younger brothers and sisters.

Then, her father is the fifth child, and her father’s brothers and sisters add up to seven.

In addition to famine, there were also wars. In that special era, many people lost their lives and maybe only one or two children were left in the family.

It's rare for the old Cao family. Not only Cao Dahua's father but also Cao Dahua's children all stood still.

Even Cao Dahua's grandfather, an old man in his seventies, is still alive and well.

What Chang Zhirong and Qi Yulan like is the spirit of the old Cao family. Cao Dahua has more than twenty cousins ​​in total.

Cousins ​​plus brothers from the same family plus cousins, scare, if there is a fight, there is no need to hire foreign aid. Just the brothers from Cao Dahua's mother's family can scare many people to death.

But just because there are too many children, all of them have grown up and married and have children, so the problem comes out and they can eat;

It's so delicious!

This time Cao Dahua brought back two kilograms of flour. She asked her mother to make dumplings, the kind with more cabbage and pork but less meat.

Of course, it’s not possible to use all white flour. I just happen to still have buckwheat flour that I grind specially for the Chinese New Year.

Altogether, we made fifty steamed buns, for both adults and children.

In the end, the three of them only ate three in total, just one for each of them. When they tried to get it again, the pot was gone.

At a loss, Cao Dahua felt that she had really suffered a big loss.

This is still a good thing she brought back. Why don't these ungrateful brothers leave more for her?

Of course, ahem, this is off topic.

In fact, Cao Dahua's parents and younger brothers are not that evil-hearted, but they think that the eldest sister's life is better in her husband's family. They have heard that they have eaten a lot of white-flour meat buns.

It should be possible, don't care about Erhe noodle buns with a lot of grains added?

Even during the Chinese New Year, it was rare for the people of Lao Cao's family to eat so well, so they ate with open stomachs, but accidentally made the eldest sister and her family not eat well. Of course, this is just Cao Dahua’s nature and habitual complaint.

In fact, of course all the good things she brought back were put away by her parents, including the handful of candies hidden in her pockets that she got from working for Jiang Tang.

She gave it to her youngest brother and several nephews. She was sad that the harvest last year was not good and it was difficult to catch prey in the mountains. And recently, she didn’t know why the outside control was stricter.

Her father and several uncles and uncles didn't have much food at home, so they managed to survive until the New Year, but there was no guarantee that they would be able to survive for a few months after the New Year.

This time Cao Dahua took 20 yuan and went back. Her grandfather was very happy and asked his uncle to summon a few brothers to hand over the best mountain goods.

There were a lot of dried hares, pheasants, mushrooms, fungus, etc., as well as a few pieces of leather, which were of good quality and I asked her to take them back to make boots for her younger siblings.

Cao Dahua is a cheerful person and doesn't like to be secretive when talking, so she said directly:

"Tangtang, thank you, my grandfather is very happy and said that with those twenty yuan, we can buy a lot of food.

I have another good thing at home that I have always kept. This time I really had no choice but to think that my second brother would meet a lot of capable people when he was out in the car.

So my grandfather made up his mind and asked you if you want it. "

Cao Dahua's face was very serious, which made Jiang Tang become nervous.

Unconsciously, his voice became softer: "What is it?"

“A well-preserved tiger skin that my grandfather shot a long time ago has always wanted to exchange for something to supplement the family’s food rations.

However, if this kind of thing is expensive, no one wants it, but it is not much cheaper. My grandfather actually once went to the commune purchasing station to ask about it.

More than ten years ago, someone offered me 350 yuan, but my grandfather didn’t agree.

He wanted to exchange for food. We don’t have enough food there, and many families who have money can’t buy food.

But it’s really hard to hold this thing in hand. You know the management is strict. My grandfather is a cautious person and he is more afraid of causing disaster to the family. "

Jiang Tang nodded, she understood this, if she was targeted by someone who wanted to report someone randomly, she would still have her skin peeled off.

Cao Dahua was a little nervous at first, but seeing that the other party looked calm even after hearing the price of the tiger skin, she seemed to feel a little more confident.

Simply, she said everything her grandfather told her after she returned home:

"It just happened that when we went back this time, we said you wanted mountain goods, and grandpa heard that the second brother traveled long distances.

Knowing that these big drivers must have connections, my grandfather said that as long as you are willing to pay three thousand kilograms of rice or the equivalent value of coarse grains, I can give you the tiger skin. "

Jiang Tang had never seen a complete tiger skin before, "How could your grandfather be willing to trade it out? If you keep this thing, it can be used as a family heirloom."

"Heirlooms must be passed down by family members, so we must first ensure that they are alive and have enough to eat."

However, Cao Dahua only mentioned this matter, three hundred and fifty yuan and three thousand catties of grain.

Guaguai, it sounds scary. The most she has pinched in her hands are the two red notes that her siblings gave her to collect mountain goods last time.

When grandpa offered this price, she thought the old man was crazy and opened his mouth. She was a married girl and couldn't help her mother-in-law's family cheat her mother-in-law's family.

But she promised to bring the true words to the second couple. Of course, Cao Dahua couldn't speak to Chang Wumo, so she just said this to Jiang Tang.