Era: Retired from the army at the beginning and returned home - Chapter 29 Chapter 28 Heading to Ngee Ann City

Buying food on the road is generally not a concept in rural areas. When traveling far away, the first thing that comes to mind is to prepare food for the road.

Father Luo Wen got up early and called Luo Bing too. Today they were going to work in the brigade. Usually, I go there early in the morning, organize some work in the brigade, and work until about 10 o’clock in the morning, and then come back. I also have to go in the afternoon. If the sun is strong, I will work later.

In this season, all the work is scattered, here and there. Each brigade has an area and must do everything. There was a lot of work throughout the year, but it was difficult to tell what kind of work was done. The grain produced was only that much every year, and we were hungry every year, but we had to get by every year.

Thanks to Tuoluocheng, today my father and brother went to work in the brigade, and each of them could eat a roasted sweet potato. As for the two younger sisters, my mother told them what they were doing when they got up, and then went to bed. Sweet potatoes were not their share. They can only work in the brigade during busy farming periods. In the past, it was not a famine year. Girls like them can also work in the brigade. At most, their work points will be less.

But everyone is short of food. There is no work in the brigade to adopt pigs this year. There are still cattle raised, but there are enough manpower. Even if young children are required to herd cattle, if there are enough people, only boys will be required. There is no need for so many people to open up wasteland, collect firewood, plant vegetables, etc. when the autumn rice has been harvested.

“I’m not going to sleep. I’ll take my eldest brother to the bus stop on the main road and wait for the bus with him.”

“Yes, I will go with my sister to see my eldest brother off.”

“Your eldest brother has only been here two days, and you are so kind to him. I, a mother, have never seen you treat me so well. What a waste of money. I will marry you both off next year.”

When she heard that her two daughters were going to send her son to wait for the bus later, the mother said nothing more, picked two smaller sweet potatoes, and roasted them on the edge of the stove.

Luo Cheng also quickly washed up and went back to the room to pray devoutly, hoping to sign a big fat pig or something. Without eating some meat, it would be difficult to maintain a body like grandma’s.

“System, sign in.”

“Congratulations to the host for successfully signing in and receiving the items, a roll of toilet paper, a windproof lighter, a bottle of shampoo, a bed sheet, and five bamboo charcoal fiber dishcloths.”

Fat pig, that’s impossible. At least using prayer and signing in to keep thinking about something is useless to the system. Let alone fat pig, Luo Cheng will be satisfied even with a pig’s head. But they are all daily necessities.

Especially the damn roll of paper. Why didn’t I sign in yesterday to get it? What’s more, the system is really stingy with the things I sign in to get. One roll of toilet paper is enough for how long. Windproof lighters were also the kind that cost two yuan each in later generations.

In this era, matches were used. During the rainy season in the south, you had to pay attention to the humidity. If it was wet, it would be difficult to hit. They cost two cents a box.

Luo Cheng was quite satisfied with the shampoo. Yesterday he also signed in for a bar of soap, which was included in the shower and hair washing kit.

As for the bed sheets, it’s a little surprise. The size is 1.8 meters by 2.2 meters square. It is marked in the system and can be viewed without removing it from the system. Just such a piece of cloth is very precious in this day and age.

The other thing is the dishcloth made of bamboo charcoal fiber that looks good but is not practical at all. The style is the same as the towel, which is one-foot square in size. It’s crazy to use a dishcloth like this as a rag. Although the size is a bit small, no one would object to using it as a towel.

Everything you signed in for today can be used, but it’s not what Luo Cheng is eager for. What he longs for most now is for his grandma to take good care of her body, so he longs for food that can help her body.

“Why do you sign in on the train for food, but when you sign in twice at home, it’s all daily necessities? Does it really have anything to do with the sign-in environment?”

It is more important for Luo Cheng to summarize the rules of system sign-in without worrying too much about the sign-in this time. Luo Cheng decided that next time he would not sign in at home or even near his house, he would try another place.

I washed up and checked in the system. My mother made a lot of roasted sweet potatoes. She made them according to the daily amount, but not according to the daily amount of normal people in this era.

According to the appetite of rural people these days, one meal can last for six or seven steamed buns. These days, the amount of steamed buns is at least two or three, and some people make them as big as half a catty.

So what my mother prepared was a rough amount of sweet potatoes. It was enough to eat without feeling extremely hungry. It was impossible to be full. But there is always love because my mother thinks you are not enough. This is rice balls and roasted sweet potatoes. Luo Cheng looked at these, he really had enough to eat for one day, and he was not Luo Bing’s rice bucket, so Luo Bingfang could eat it. You can make them all in one meal.

While eating, we hit the road. There were only two shuttle buses to Ngee Ann a day. The bus station was only in Ngee Ann City. Other places, even in nearby counties, only had decent stops at most. Every morning, one car goes back and forth according to the route, and another car leaves in the afternoon. In other words, it is always the same car, and it is possible that it only makes two trips.

On the way, Luo Cheng tasted the rice balls, which were just rice balls with no taste. There were six rice balls in total, and roasted sweet potatoes were much more fragrant. All six rice balls, including the one he took a bite of, were given to Luo Xiaoyu, letting her and Shishi take two each, and the remaining two were given to Luo Bing. go.

Let them be seen by other parents, otherwise Luo Cheng, the person who gave them the rice balls, would be fine, and they would definitely be called ignorant. Preference is so unreasonable sometimes.

Rice balls are not as delicious as sweet potatoes, which is obvious in later generations. The rice was tasteless and the roasted sweet potato was fragrant and sweet. But in this era, people just think that white rice is more delicious than sweet potatoes, very sweet and delicious.

In the eyes of people of this generation, rice has a unique aroma. In addition, sweet potatoes are rich in water, so you won’t feel hungry after eating them. If you take a ball of rice and a piece of sweet potato of the same size, rice will be chosen in several books.

Just like fat meat and thin meat, fat meat tastes greasy and tasteless. People of later generations like to eat thin meat, but people of this era just think that fat meat is delicious and fragrant.

I got up too early and waited on the road for a long time for the car to show up. Fortunately, the wind in the autumn morning was cool, and I didn’t feel lonely having someone to chat with.

After Luo Cheng got in the car, he waited until the car started and drove to Ngee Ann before the two sisters walked home.

(Wild vegetable dumplings were actually prepared when going out in those days. How many families were able to make rice dumplings?)