frightfiction Chapter 241 Skiing
Chapter 241 Skiing
In the evening, Liu Jingxue went to the cowshed to give them some coarse salt for pickling fish and brought back the backpack.
Wang Xiulan said to her, "Xiaoxue, there are two baskets of fish. We can't eat so much here. You can take some back to eat.
The captain just sent us two fish."
"There is also mutton and venison, you can take some back," added Mr. Zou.
Liu Jingxue shook her head, "No, you guys keep it for yourself.
I also got 50 kilograms of fish, which is enough for me alone.
What's more, the team leader said that in a few days, the team will organize winter fishing, and the fish can be divided then.
As for meat, I still have some.
Even if it's gone, I'll just run up the mountain."
After hearing this, several people no longer insisted that she bring some back.
Liu Weihua glanced at Old Man Wu who was sitting diagonally opposite him.
Ever since Xiaoxue sent the letter to his daughter, he has been looking forward to a reply.
But it’s been almost twenty days now and there’s still no news.
The old man's condition has been obviously not right these past two days. He often sits there in a daze. I'm afraid he is worried that something has happened to his daughter, so he hasn't replied to the letter.
The old leader comforted him and said that the Zhou family would definitely send someone to investigate and confirm that it was not a trap before contacting him.
Before, he asked Xiaoxue to send a telegram to Lao Zhang, but it took a long time before he contacted Xiaoxue.
The old leader asked Lao Wu to wait patiently for a few more days.
Although Old Wu agreed verbally, he still sat there in a daze from time to time. It was said that he even suffered from insomnia at night, which made people feel distressed.
I don’t know whether there was no reply from the other side or because of the cold weather, the postman didn’t go to the countryside to deliver the letter, causing it to be delayed.
Thinking of this, Liu Weihua looked at Liu Jingxue beside him and said, "Xiaoxue, when do you plan to go into the city?"
Liu Jingxue thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, I want to go to the city in a couple of days.
Firstly, I went to collect the subsidy. I haven’t collected the subsidy for last month yet.
Secondly, I plan to send some more things to my brother.
I gave some of the things I sent over last time to Aunt Xie. Now a month or so has passed, and I guess they’re almost done eating them.
I have prepared a lot of bacon for them. I will send them more this time so that they can have a good New Year.
After that, the snow got heavier and heavier, making it even harder to contact them.”
When Wang Xiulan heard that her niece wanted to send something to her eldest son's family, she said, "Why don't I catch some fish in the next two days, make it into salted fish, and send some to them."
“No need for the salted fish, keep it for yourselves.
Have you forgotten that my brother and his friends are on the island and have no shortage of fish?
They sent us some dried salted fish last time." Liu Jingxue quickly stopped them.
Wang Xiulan said anxiously, "Then we have to send something to Xiao Huzi.
The New Year is coming, and we as grandparents can’t just stand there and say nothing.”
When Liu Jingxue heard this, she immediately understood that she was missing her grandson.
She suggested, "Aunt, why don't you make a set of clothes for Little Tiger to wear during the New Year.
Do you have any more cloth, cotton or wool?
If not, I'll get you some more."
Last time I gave my aunt the wool, she knitted sweaters for several people, including Liu Jingxue, and now they are all wearing them.
After all, you can’t wear a cotton jacket when sitting on the kang, but you can wear a sweater.
When Wang Xiulan heard this, she thought making clothes was a good idea.
She quickly got up and went to look for cloth and cotton in the house.
After a while, she came over and said, "Xiaoxue, wait for two days, I will make a cotton-padded jacket for Xiaohu and send it to you.
As for sweaters, there is no need for them. Children grow fast and they will outgrow them after just a few wears.
If it's a cotton-padded jacket, you can take it apart and still use the cotton and cloth."
When Liu Weihua heard this, he realized that his original plan to ask Xiaoxue to go to the post office to see if there was any letter from Old Wu’s daughter, but now the appointment had to be postponed to at least two days later.
It was freezing and snowy here, and even if Xiaoxue was his own niece, he couldn't let her make a special trip.
He could only say to Wang Xiulan who was standing beside him, "Then hurry up and finish it as soon as possible, and have Xiaoxue send it over as soon as possible."
So that Old Wu won’t have to wait anxiously.
“Children’s clothes are easy to make, and now that I have nothing to do, I can finish them in a day or two.
But you should think about sending something to Xiao Huzi."
Liu Weihua thought for a while and said, "Then I will carve some animals for Xiaohuzi out of wood, such as tigers, lions, etc.
My carving skills are pretty good. I learned it from a fellow villager during the war. Jianguo doesn’t have such skills.”
"Okay, then you should polish it smoother, so that the wood won't hurt Little Tiger."
"You still need to tell me this."
After Liu Jingxue returned home, she sorted out a bunch of things, such as pine nuts, hazelnuts, dried mushrooms, dried vegetables, bean curd, bean skin, dried fruits, and various bacon (chicken, duck, wild boar, rabbit, domestic pork, lamb, and venison).
Milk powder and candy were also prepared for little Huzi.
I also prepared a lot of medicine that my eldest brother specifically asked for, but the varieties were not as many as those given to Grandpa Zhang. They were all what they could use.
Such as treating trauma, bruises, anti-inflammatory, pain relief, colds, injuries, diarrhea, and coughs.
Thinking that his eldest brother would also be on a mission, he also delivered some of the various poisons provided to the soldiers, but he was not given any lethal poison.
Liu Jingxue repeatedly emphasized in the letter that the poisons must not be leaked and must be used with caution.
Thinking of how her uncle and aunt missed Xiaohuzi, Liu Jingxue also wrote in the letter, asking them to find a photo studio to take a picture and send it over.
On the third night, Liu Jingxue went to the cowshed.
"Uncle, aunt, I'm going to town to mail a package tomorrow morning. Are your things ready?"
"It's ready, just waiting for you to come and get it." Wang Xiulan said, and went to the next room to get the prepared cotton jacket.
The handicrafts prepared by Liu Weihua were all stuffed inside his cotton-padded jacket.
Glancing at Old Man Wu next to him, Liu Weihua said, "Xiaoxue, go to the post office tomorrow and check carefully to see if there are any letters or packages for you there.
Your Grandpa Wu should have received your letter a long time ago, but there has been no news. I wonder if he got left behind, or if the postman was lazy and didn't go to the countryside."
After listening to this, Liu Jingxue calculated carefully and concluded that Aunt Wu should have received the letter long ago and should have replied.
She nodded and agreed, "Uncle, Grandpa Wu, don't worry, I will definitely go ask tomorrow and have someone look carefully."
The next morning, Liu Jingxue left the village carrying a backpack with a package in it that she was going to send to her elder brother.
This time was not like the later generations. When there was heavy snow, there were special people spreading snow-melting agents or salt on the roads, and there were special snowplows to quickly clear the snow.
There aren't even any good roads in this day and age, so how could there be such measures?
Therefore, once it snows, country people who want to go into the city can only walk on the snow and take bus No. 11.
It was okay in the village because there were only a few roads and many people walked on them. Moreover, when the villagers swept the snow, they would also clear the roads outside the houses.
But outside the village, it was a different story. No one had come into the city during this period, no one intervened, and the snow on the road had not melted, and it was almost up to the calf.
In this state, there is no way I can ride a bicycle.
If she walked to the town step by step, even with her speed, she had to avoid falling, so it would take her at least two and a half hours to get there.
Liu Jingxue thought for a moment, put the backpack into the space, released a wooden board, stepped on it, and used her spiritual power to drive the board to slide forward.
I was a little unskilled at the beginning, but later I became proficient and could ride it at lightning speed, even faster than riding a bicycle.