Come out of the yard and walk on the streets of Mouton Town again.

When passing by a state-owned hotel, you can still smell the aroma of food.

Zhao Xueer subconsciously looked into the restaurant and saw well-dressed men and women eating inside.

The steaming wontons filled their eyebrows.

She couldn't help but think of the children at home, how long it had been since they had had a bite of meat.

After touching the inner pocket of her clothes, she let go again. The most important thing now was to buy winter clothes.

After leaving the entrance of the state-owned hotel and walking a few steps, you will find the Supply and Marketing Cooperative.

She took out three one-foot cloth tickets and bought three feet of cloth. One foot of ordinary cloth cost one yuan. In an instant, she only had one and a half yuan left in her hand. Adding the remaining money from before, it would be three yuan.

Only then did she realize that she couldn't buy cotton without cotton coupons.

After putting the cloth away, she went to the grain and oil store next door and bought two ounces of soybean oil. Before going out in the morning, she tied the oil can to the side of the bamboo basket.

Nowadays, it is just right to use oil, otherwise you would not be able to spend money to buy an oil can.

Once I bought this oil, my money was completely gone. One tael of oil cost 1.5 yuan, which was really expensive.

On the way back, Zhao Xueer was both happy and sad.

This money is still not enough.

There are too many things that require money, so we still need to work harder.

Dou Hongxia was walking beside Zhao Xueer. Seeing her looking a little downcast, she couldn't help but comfort her.

"Xue'er, the oranges are selling well today. There are still oranges on the mountain. We can pick them and sell them. We can always make some money."

"Besides, it's almost the end of the year, and the production team still has to settle work points, which will cost dozens of yuan by then."

Zhao Xueer thought about it, life was getting better and better, why was she depressed?

"Auntie, you are right. The three feet of cloth are not enough at the moment. Let's make cotton shoes first."

"Oh~ look - we all have holes in our shoes."

Zhao Xueer looked down and saw that the toe of her right foot was almost exposed, and there was a hole in the toe.

Looking at Dou Hongxia's shoes again, she also had a hole in her shoes.

Dou Hongxia also looked down and couldn't help but feel happy.

That's right, her left foot was broken, and Xue'er's right foot was broken, so they just made a pair.

The two people stood on the roadside, smiling happily like fools.

Obviously having broken shoes is a sad thing, but the two of them seemed very happy.

"Auntie, you and I can take care of the soles of the shoes, and the cotton-padded shoes can be kept and worn easily. In the winter, when the cat is at home, we can wear more clothes on our bodies, but we need to keep our feet warm."

The two of them walked home laughing and laughing.

...

On this side, Yun Xiaotang knew that her sister and Aunt Dou were going to town early in the morning.

So, as soon as she got up, she ran to Aunt Dou's room to help Xiao Ping'an get dressed.

After breakfast, we took Xiao Ping An to herd the cows together.

Now Xiaopingan is one year old and he usually practices walking in the yard.

At this moment, Yun Xiaotang and Zhao Tian'er were holding her little hands respectively. Although she walked bumpily, she never fell down.

Two children were holding a little child, walking on the road to the river.

"Chun'er, is this your Aunt Dou's child?" When they arrived at the place where the cattle were grazing, Wang Dongmei looked at Xiao Ping'an curiously.

"Yes, her name is Dou Pingan, and we all call her Xiao Pingan."

When Wang Dongmei heard this, she knelt down and coaxed the child, "Xiao Ping An, call me sister."

Ping An glanced at her, then looked up at Yun Xiaotang. When he saw her nodding, he sweetly called out, "Sister~"

With this smile, the pear dimples on the lips were exposed.

Wang Dongmei felt very strange. She was the youngest in their family, and it was rare for someone to call her sister.

Sometimes he squeezed Ping An's little hand, sometimes he pinched Ping An's little face, and finally he tied Ping An's hair into pigtails.

Xiaoping was very obedient, like a well-behaved doll, letting this weird sister toss her hair.

Anyway, her hair is short and sparse.

Yun Xiaotang looked at Dongmei's sudden maternal outburst with amusement.

Zhao Tian'er was rubbing his head, not understanding why girls were so keen on braiding their hair.

"Hey, I will also give birth to a cute baby girl like Xiao Ping'an in the future, and I will tie her hair in various ways every day."

Wang Dongmei suddenly sighed.

His eyes wandered and fell on Yun Xiaotang beside him, "Of course, a daughter as cute as Chun'er is also great."

Yun Xiaotang: "..."

I suspect you are taking advantage of me, but I have no proof.

After saying this, Wang Dongmei seemed to feel that something was inappropriate. She covered her mouth and interrupted with a "hahaha" smile, feeling guilty for a moment.

Here, it is fun and time flies.

Over there, Zhao Xueer and Dou Hongxia were finally approaching the entrance of the village.

As soon as I got home and put down the bamboo basket, I heard the village radio blaring.

"Yeah, it's time to finish work. Chun'er and the others will be back soon."

Dou Hongxia said while busy with the work at hand.

Sure enough, after a while, there was a sound outside the door, and Yun Xiaotang came back with Xiao Ping'an in hand.

When Dou Hongxia saw that Pingan had tiny braids on her head, she couldn't help laughing.

"Ping'an, did you listen to your sister's words and didn't make trouble for her?"

Dou Hongxia teased Ping An like a joke.

Xiaopingan quickly shook his head, saying that he was very good.

Zhao Xueer smiled, cut a handful of leeks in the vegetable garden, and returned to the kitchen. It was rare that she had some oil, so she could fry leek cakes for them.

Dou Hongxia let go of Ping An and let her play, then returned to the kitchen to help Zhao Xueer cook.

There are two people, one is kneading the dough, and the other is cutting the leeks. When the dough is kneaded, the leek filling is also prepared.

Heat the pot, and Zhao Xueer generously drips half a spoonful of oil into the pot. Then, puts the leek-wrapped dough into the pot.

The oil is sizzling, and the leek cake will turn golden in a short while.

The aroma of oil mixed with the aroma of leeks makes people want to take a bite immediately.

After having a delicious lunch, Dou Hongxia first picked up the needle and thread to mend Xueer and her shoes.

There was an extra patch in the hole. Dou Hongxia scratched her head and embroidered flowers on the patch.

This time, the mended shoes looked even better than before.

Zhao Xueer put the mended shoes on her feet, walked around in a circle, and praised, "Auntie, your hands are so skillful."

"I learned this all from my grandma. She used to be a famous tailor in every village in the world. I only learned a little bit about it."

Dou Hongxia said modestly.

After repairing the shoes, she found a hard-shell board and asked Yun Xiaotang and the others to take off their shoes and stand on it so that she could draw the shoes.

Yun Xiaotang took off her shoes and stepped on the board. Dou Hongxia took a piece of limestone and drew a circle around the shape of her feet.

When Yun Xiaotang left and put on her shoes, the outline of her feet was already on the board. Others followed suit, and the shoe shape was finally drawn.

"In the past few days, I will collect the soles first. Once I have cotton, I can make cotton shoes."

Dou Hongxia carefully put away her shoe boards and said.

Yun Xiaotang understands, they need new shoes to wear.
Chapter completed!