If she encounters a flatter area, Xiao Rongrong will stuff her hands into her cotton-padded jacket.

Zhang Xiaoli had not noticed these details before.

Wait until he picks up her hand and takes a look.

Zhang Xiaoli's tears couldn't help but fall

Even Peng Yong, who has always been a bit reckless, couldn't help but turn away silently with his eyes red.

What kind of hands are these!

Xiao Rongrong's fingers were all swollen, like an octopus filled with formalin.

Every finger has turned a bright color.

There are spots on it,

Red blood, white pus, gray ulcerated skin, and red inflamed boils.

The frostbite on the little girl's hands looks like it has lasted for many years.

This old sore comes back every year, getting worse every year

Just like this, a 9-year-old girl has to chop wood and carry water, wash and cook, and take care of her younger brothers and sisters every day.

The little girl's thin shoulders have already shouldered too many responsibilities that should not have been borne by her.

And this clown sister is about the same age as Rongrong.

At this time, she has the careful care of Chen Xiaoduan, the love of Ji Xuyuan, and Chen Xiaoduan's mother

Sister Xiaocao's face is always filled with a confident smile and joy from the heart.

But for Xiao Rongrong,

Zhang Xiaoli could not see a little bit of the innocence that she should have had at her age; she only saw a trace of vicissitudes of life.

With tears in her eyes, Zhang Xiaoli helped Xiao Rongrong apply ointment.

"Sister, don't cry."

Little Rongrong ate the sesame cake bit by bit.

While comforting Zhang Xiaoli softly, "My hands are fine. When I wash clothes, it hurts a lot, but I'll get used to it. I can bear it."

It's just that when I'm warming myself by the fire, it's itchy and I can't stand it, and I always want to scratch it, but I can't."

The look on Xiao Rongrong's face at this time.

It's satisfying and happy, "because I know that the more I catch it, the more uncomfortable my hands will be the next day."

"Well! Our sister Rongrong, you did the right thing."

Zhang Xiaoli smiled with tears in her eyes, "If you scratch it badly, it will bring new infections. In that case, your hands will really not be able to do work in the future."

Xiao Rongrong nodded vigorously, "Well, I can hold it back? What kind of medicine is this? My hands don't feel so painful anymore."

Zhang Xiaoli took care of everything, "This is a special medicine prepared by brother Luo Xuan, specially used to prevent and treat chilblains and burns.

If you run out, just come to Brother Luo Xuan and ask for it! Don't be polite."

Xiao Rongrong knew: Even if he went to the clinic of the production team and bought a candy to eat, it would still cost 7 cents!

The medicine that Luo Xuan's brother gave me shouldn't be cheap, right?

So the little girl raised her head and looked at Luo Xuan, her face full of embarrassment.

Luo Xuan smiled and nodded, "Sister Xiaoli is right! When you use up the ointment, just come to me and ask for it. Don't worry, this thing is not valuable."

Xiao Rongrong felt relieved after hearing that the plaster was not valuable.

I gave this snake oil ointment to the little girl.

It’s said to be worthless, but it’s really worthless!

This was all done by me when I was in Laku Village.

People over there love to eat pythons.

During the large-scale reclamation of rubber plantations, many snake nests were turned upside down. Mountain residents caught countless snakes of all kinds.

When the mountain people eat meat, the snake oil belongs to them.

Luo Xuan took the snake oil into the space and boiled it out in an earthen pot.

Then use the spring water in the space to dissolve the Vaseline and mix it into the snake oil.

The final product is a special plaster that prevents burns and treats chilblains.

There is almost no cost to make these plasters, so it can be said that they are not valuable.

But it can also be said that this snake oil ointment is particularly valuable: only because of the magical spring water in the space, except for myself.

No other semicolons.

After the little girl Rongrong finished eating the small sesame cake, the group of people also walked to the door of the family who lived on the plateau.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-"

Xiao Rongrong stepped forward and knocked on the door.

When a local girl like her calls the door, people will be much less wary.

There was a "creak" sound, and the cave door inside sounded.

A man shrank his neck and came to open the courtyard door, "Who is it?"

Wait until the courtyard door opens,

The man was stunned, "Who are you looking for?"

Then he lowered his head and saw little Rongrong, and then he grinned, "Oh, it turns out they are the eldest daughter of the old Li family? Rongrong, you brought them here?"

Xiao Rongrong nodded, "Uncle Zhan Jun, they are all educated youths who came to our production team from the south and jumped in. They want to come to your house to chat."

The man named Zhan Jun quickly turned aside and said, "Come in, come in quickly, it's freezing outside."

Wait until everyone enters the house.

The man quickly called his mother-in-law to boil water for tea, boil eggs, and make dough for cooking.

This is a three-hole cave dwelling.

In addition to the outer room, it can be used as a living room, a kitchen, and a sleeping place.

There are also two aisles in the cave dwelling, which can lead to the other two cave dwellings on the left and right.

Vaguely, it seemed that there were people living in both cave dwellings.

But maybe it’s because we have guests at home today.

So these family members are embarrassed or afraid to come out to meet strangers.

Seeing that the mother-in-law of the Zhanjun family was really about to start cooking, Zhang Xiaoli quickly stopped her: "Brother, please tell your sister-in-law to stop working. We have had breakfast."

"breakfast?"

Zhan Jun was stunned for a moment, "We all have two meals here, but there is no such thing as breakfast."

Saibei has been short of food since ancient times.

Over time, people here have developed the habit of eating two meals a day: one at around 9:00 in the morning.

Wait until around 5:00 pm and start having dinner.

What to eat in your spare time: What to mix with rice dumplings, boil rice noodles soup, mix rice dumplings with rice dumplings, corn paste, millet and wild vegetable porridge, etc.

Eat thicker foods during the busy farming season: whole wheat flour steamed buns, yellow steamed buns, corn cakes, leek cakes, baked mixed flour cakes, etc.

Things like flat food [dumplings], glutinous rice noodles, and youxuan are all eaten during festivals, weddings and funerals.

Only occasionally will I eat meat.

Zhanjun's mother-in-law was busy kneading noodles in a pottery basin, and she opened a pottery jar that was fully 1 meter high.

Holding a coarse porcelain bowl, he bent down with great effort.

There seem to be two cloth bags in the tank, one bag contains whole grains, and the other bag contains white flour.

The mother-in-law of Zhanjun's family bent her waist very low, as if she was about to fall upside down into the vat.

Even Peng Yong can tell: This family may not have much food left.

I saw her scooping out a bowl of "whole wheat flour" and pouring it into the pottery basin.

Then she turned around again, got into the pottery jar with great effort, and carefully scooped out a little bit of white flour. After thinking about it, the mother-in-law shook the pottery bowl in her hand again.

Shake some of the white flour back.

It was like the snowflakes falling in the past few days.

My mother-in-law was busy adding water and kneading the noodles.

Zhan Jun himself accompanied Luo Xuan and the others to talk.
To be continued...