Chapter 127 Digging Vole Holes and Watching Movies

These days, people are short of everything, so digging vole holes in late autumn and early winter is common in all parts of the north.

At this time of year, the crops in the fields are basically all harvested, and the grain has been stored in the warehouse.

The fields are temporarily empty and vast, and the vole holes that were originally hidden are exposed. The soil piled up at the entrances of most vole holes is very obvious, and of course, there are a few vole holes that are very clean outside.

At this time, everyone will first look at the accumulation of soil at the entrance of the vole hole. The larger the soil pile, the larger the vole's nest, and the more food stored in it. Generally, people will not waste this effort on small soil piles.

Another thing is to look at the crawling traces at the entrance of the vole hole. If it is bright and solid, it means that there are many voles inside, and the amount of food inside will not be small.

In addition, voles store food regardless of priority. They will store whatever crops are next to the cave.

According to this habit of voles, everyone will first look for vole holes near crops that they are interested in or valuable.

After finding them, they will dig up their holes. If they are lucky, they can harvest a lot of food in a day, but if they are unlucky, they may get nothing.

In this era, there are no pesticides, and there are many voles in the fields. Generally speaking, they rarely return empty-handed.

However, when voles dig their holes, they dig very deep and far. Digging voles holes has become a real physical job. One or two children can't do it, so the children in the village will go to dig together in groups.

Han Li watched Tiedan and the other little brats walking out of the village seriously, and he was also thinking about something in his heart.

Although he collected some of the fallen food during the autumn harvest, he could only work on a few ridges of land in such a large plot of land in the village. There were too many places that were not collected. Besides, a lot of food was taken away by mice before the villagers harvested it. These were all fish that slipped through the net.

Now he can take Yun Yingying to dig voles. He has the cheating device of mental power, so he can dig one accurately, right?

This is at least going out hunting, so she doesn't have to think about it every day.

Just when Han Li was considering whether to go dig voles, several people from the Youth Academy set off with shovels and dustpans.

"Comrade Han is studying, do you want to go dig voles holes together?"

"How can I be left out of this kind of thing? Everyone go ahead, I'll go with my partner later."

After a while, Zhang Xiangjun also came over with a shovel, and asked with a smile when he saw Han Li sitting at the door with the Red Book in his hand.

"How about it, what are your plans today?"

Han Li: "I must go to such a meaningful thing as digging voles holes, but I have to wait until my partner finishes washing clothes before going together."

"I used to envy someone to help you wash clothes and cook, but I don't envy you at all when I see you now. You want to do this little thing together? You don't have any tendency to be afraid of your wife, right?"

"Go away, I will never be afraid of my wife in my life. We call this mutual respect, and it's hard to explain to you as a bachelor."

Han Li watched Zhang Xiangjun walk away with a big laugh, and then he got up and went to Yun Yingying's house.

"How much are there? Do you want me to wash them together?"

"You don't have to do this. I'll finish washing here soon. I just heard that many people are going to dig rat holes. Can we go?"

"Of course, I'm waiting for you to join me, but you have to call it a field mouse hole."

"Why?"

"Because many people will eat rats after catching them today. Calling it field mouse will reduce the disgusting feeling at this time."

"Ugh, don't say it anymore."

"Then are we still going to dig field mouse holes?"

"Go, but you have to tell my sister first and ask them to speed up, otherwise you won't be able to go out in the morning."

"No, I'll watch you here, and we'll go together later."

"Hey, don't put your hands everywhere, otherwise I can't wash clothes."

"Then I'll tell you a little story next to you, okay?"

But Han Li was driven away by Yun Yingying with a red face just after he finished telling the first little story.

After both sides were done, they finally set out to dig field mouse holes.

With Han Li's instructions and help, they soon dug a vole hole that hid food.

Seeing corn, soybeans, and peanuts entangled with the soil inside, no one disliked it.

Use a shovel to dig it out, then use a dustpan to simply remove the soil and pour it into a snakeskin bag.

Until there was no grain in this vole hole, everyone started to move to the next vole hole.

During this period, they also saw some people catching voles, so they stopped to watch.

These people are veterans at first glance, they catch voles and dig food at the same time.

They will first find all the exits of the vole hole, and first block one of the holes with stones to completely cut off the escape route of the vole.

Then start digging, and when they dig almost everything, the vole will run out.

They will use snakeskin bags, dustpans, shovels, and stones to deal with the voles that run out, and most of the voles in this cave cannot escape.

Regardless of whether these voles are caught or killed, they will remove the voles' internal organs, wrap the voles' bodies with mud, and then throw them into the fire to cook them. This is similar to cooking beggar's chicken.

What can I say? When they crack the mud, a very special fragrance will hit your nose.

If it weren't for that unclear psychological problem, Han Li would definitely go up and ask for a small taste.

The faces of the Yun sisters, Hao Hongmin, He Mi, and Yang Xiuying were not very good, only Qi Zhaodi had basically no reaction.

Seeing this, today's activity of digging vole holes was basically over, and everyone went home with the spoils.

At this time, Yang Xiuying didn't know what she remembered, and suddenly said with a sour tone.

"The autumn harvest is over. I want to send a letter back to my family tomorrow, otherwise they will always think about this matter."

At first, some people didn't need to go to the county town, such as the Yun sisters, He Mi, and Qi Zhaodi. They didn't need to send letters to anyone at all.

Han Li whispered to Yun Yingying: "I also want to send a letter home and tell my parents that I am dating now. You go take a photo at that time, and then we will take a photo together. After it is developed, send it to them to see."

Yun Yingying suddenly felt like she was going to meet her parents-in-law when she heard this, and her face began to heat up. She hummed softly in a voice not much louder than a mosquito.

With Yun Yingying's betrayal and Yang Xiuying's full efforts, everyone finally decided to go to the county town tomorrow.

Even if they didn't do anything or buy anything, they had to go there, just to relax outside.

As for the grains they harvested today, they had to be washed and then dried.

However, everyone was stimulated by eating field mice today, so they unanimously decided that these grains could only be used to exchange for things, even peanuts in shells.

Yun Yingying and her sister showed more obvious performance, and even ate less dinner.

Han Li couldn't tell her any more stories in this state, so he sent them home early after dinner.

The next morning, everyone waited for the car at the entrance of the village.

There were not many people going to the county town today, and many educated youth had not fully recovered.

The villagers were busy scratching everything that would help them survive the winter, and the other reason was that they hadn't distributed grain yet and everyone had no money in their hands.

It felt a little cold to sit in the ox cart early in the morning, and it was impossible to sleep and take a nap, otherwise it would be easy to catch a cold.

After arriving at the county town, Yang Xiuying found out that Han Li and Yun Yingying were going to take a photo.

"I want to take a photo too, so I can send it to my family next time I write a letter."

Han Li thought for a while and said, "In that case, how about we all take a group photo as a souvenir?"

Han Li didn't think of Qi Zhaodi when he spoke, but He Mi was right beside her.

Qi Zhaodi looked a little depressed and wanted to object, but He Mi gently pulled her and whispered a few words in her ear.

So the group went to the photo studio in a mighty manner, each person took a single photo, and then took a group photo.

Han Li wanted to take a photo with Yun Yingying, but he couldn't open his mouth after trying several times.

However, it took a long time to get the photos. It took at least a week to wait until all the films were taken and then sent to the city for development. If you don't want to go in vain, it would be safest to wait until ten days later.

After taking the photos, everyone went around separately, but Han Li drove Yun Jingjing to He Mi and the others.

He wanted to spend some time alone with Yun Yingying, but there was really no place to entertain himself in this era.

After a round, Han Li spent 40 cents to buy two movie tickets to watch a movie.

Originally, it was 15 cents per ticket, but Han Li spent an extra 10 cents to sit with Yun Yingying.

Let alone how popular projectionists are, being a movie ticket seller is also a good job.

He had a cold face and ignored people all day long. If you want a good seat, you have to pay more. On the contrary, the ticket buyers have to smile all the time.

In this era, it is imperfect to have no experience of watching a movie together, and Han Li endured all of this.

However, the viewing environment inside was really a bit bad, but it didn't matter that Yiren was around, and it didn't matter what was on the screen, as long as the two of them were alone together.

The movie on the screen was "Tunnel Warfare", which Han Li had seen when he was in the Forty-Nine City. The two had seen it several times. After all, there were really not many movies to watch in this era, and they were always the same ones.

Han Li paid extra for this position. Well, no matter how good the position is, the two dare not move.

It would be bad if someone suddenly pointed at them and shouted, so the two could only hold hands in secret and watch the movie they had seen long ago.

When the lights in the theater suddenly lit up, the two people's hands loosened quickly.

However, this feeling is different from being discovered in front of Yun Jingjing. It seems to make people's heart beat faster and more powerfully.

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