Chapter 301 A Small Transaction Between Four People

After lunch, Ning Xiyue, Liu Yao and several other “left-behind children” from the Youth League Institute made an appointment to go back together. Of the five people who came together, only five of them went back together.

It was the first day for the others, and there were still many things that had not been sorted out. Compared to Ning Xiyue and the others who were not in the coal mine team, they were very busy, so they all had to return to their jobs and were busy. Several of them did not go back to the Youth League Home with them to rest.

It is still unknown as to the specific situation of the official pair of first encounter CP in the original book that Ning Xiyue is concerned about.

Both of them are busy with their careers and can't get together.

Ning Xiyue was not disappointed. Chen Yechu would still come back to sleep at night. By then, she would know more or less the situation. Chen Yechu could still act as someone who was not approachable in front of other people, but in front of her, he was a big sieve that could not hide anything.

When I walked to the cafeteria door to say goodbye, I saw Yu Zhiyu looked absent-minded again, and he kept looking back at the cafeteria behind him.

Ning Xiyue suddenly understood. Perhaps he had already entered the stage where he was waiting for an answer after confessing his feelings. It was a critical moment in his heart, so he was not in an online state.

Sympathize with him for a second, this moment of inner anxiety is the most tormenting.

After looking at him, Ning Xiyue retracted her gaze and looked at her second brother.

Ning Qingyuan said, "Sister, go back and have a good rest. I'll help you with dinner tonight. You can still sit in the same seat as today."

"No, I'm working at the clinic this afternoon, so I have a lot of free time. I can come earlier. I'll help you. Give me the two lunch boxes."

Ning Xiyue reached out to take the lunch box. After returning to work at the clinic in the afternoon, no one in the entire Youth League Institute was more idle than her. She could come early to get lunch and also go see Chen Yetu.

"OK."

Ning Qingyuan took out a stack of meal tickets from his pocket and handed them to Ning Xiyue: "Take these tickets and use them first."

Ning Xiyue took the ticket without hesitation and waved: "Okay, we're going back, you guys go ahead."

The four of them turned around and went back to the Youth League Home.

Liu Yao looked at the lunch box in her hand and muttered, "I also brought my own lunch box and chopsticks in the afternoon, and I can take them back to the Youth League House to eat."

"What should I do if I don't have a lunch box?" Wang Mengmeng also joined the conversation.

"I have a few extra lunch boxes, clean and unused, I can give you one in exchange."

Ning Xiyue had nothing else, but plenty of lunch boxes. Every time she signed in, the cooked food was either served on a plate or in a lunch box.

Whenever she wanted to eat the braised pork and big buns from the state-owned restaurant, she would sign in on the icon she had signed in before, and each time she would get a set of cutlery. She would put the food on her own plate every time. No one had used those signed-in plates and lunch boxes. After cleaning, they were piled up in the automatic kitchen disinfection cabinet in the space, and a large pile of them had accumulated.

The boxes used for storage are all new and clean, which makes Wang Mengmeng, who has a slight obsession with cleanliness, feel at ease.

Wang Mengmeng readily agreed after hearing this: "Okay, I'll go back and change it with you."

Wang Jiandong smiled and asked, "Sister Xi, can you give me one in exchange? I'll exchange a bag of cabbage seeds, a bag of pepper seeds, and watermelon seeds with you."

“You have watermelon seeds?”

Ning Xiyue's eyes lit up when she heard about watermelon seeds. She had other seeds, but not watermelon seeds. She could use some seeds from the vegetable plot in the Youth League Institute to plant some.

The weather is hot in summer, and watermelon is a great way to relieve the heat. Eating a piece of red, sweet and juicy watermelon in the hot summer will make your whole body feel refreshed. Who doesn’t want to eat watermelon freely in the hot summer?

Ning Xiyue immediately nodded in agreement: "Change, change all, I'll change them for you when I get back."

Wang Mengmeng and Liu Yao also thought of the red, sweet watermelons they had eaten in the past.

It is easy to buy watermelons at the supply and marketing cooperatives in the city, but it is not so convenient in the countryside. The watermelons may be gone before you can even see them.

Liu Yao swallowed her saliva and asked impatiently: "Jiandong, do you have extra watermelon seeds? Can you give me a few? I want to plant some too."

"And me." Wang Mengmeng raised her hand immediately afterwards.

Wang Jiandong didn't expect watermelon seeds to be so popular. He nodded his head a little flattered.

"Yes, we have them all. Watermelons are grown in abundance in my area. My mother sent me a packet of watermelon seeds a few days ago. She was worried that the seeds would have a low germination rate, so she gave me some extra. I can exchange them with you, but I can't guarantee that all the seeds I give you will grow."

Ning Xiyue waved her hand nonchalantly: "It's okay. Whether it grows or not is all our luck."

As long as there are seeds for her to try, whether she can eat watermelon depends on her luck and hard work.

Liu Yao confirmed it directly: "Let's put it this way. I'll change the watermelon seeds."

"I'm determined to change. I've only eaten watermelons bought from the supply and marketing cooperative, but have never eaten watermelons grown by myself. I want to change." Wang Mengmeng is looking forward to growing watermelons with great interest.

"Okay, since you all want to change, I'll give you a few and write you a breeding method. I'm not sure about some of the later growth conditions, but my mother wrote me some simple planting methods in a letter. I'll copy them for you when I get back."

"Thank you, Comrade Lao Wang."

Ning Xiyue was happy and grateful that Comrade Wang Jiandong was so considerate. He exchanged seeds for them and also provided a planting method. If the watermelons grew a lot, he would give him two at least.

Wang Mengmeng was excited: "Thank you very much."

"Thank you, thank you, Jiandong, you are such a good person." Liu Yaozhi grabbed Wang Jiandong and shook his hand vigorously to express his gratitude, and gave him a good guy card.

Wang Jiandong felt dizzy after being shaken by Liu Yao. He pulled his hand away, stepped back, and pretended to wipe the sweat off his face: "No need to thank me, no need to thank me. This is mutually beneficial."

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When they returned to the Youth League Home, there were only four of them, oh no, there was also Xia Zhipeng who had little presence.

Although Xia Zhipeng is the former male protagonist, he is already a person with a very low presence in the Youth League Institute.

In the past, it was the love of Chen Yechu and Wang Mengmeng that gilded his image and made him uniquely attractive. Now, the love of Chen Yechu and Wang Mengmeng for him has all disappeared, and the gilded image is no longer there. Without the halo, he has become dull and invisible in the Youth League Institute, and people ignore his existence.

If Ning Xiyue hadn't seen Xia Zhipeng coming out with a cup of water, she would have thought that there were only four of them in the yard.

Although there were only four of them and one person who turned invisible automatically in the Youth League Home, it didn't feel deserted at all.

The four of them had a deal, and they all took their own things to exchange in Ning Xiyue's small kitchen.

Wang Mengmeng took the money and Wang Jiandong took the seeds and they got the lunch boxes from Ning Xiyue as they wished.

Wang Mengmeng used some money to exchange for a small amount of watermelon seeds and pepper seeds from Wang Jiandong.

Liu Yao exchanged the candy for six watermelon seeds from Wang Jiandong.

Ning Xiyue's lunch box was exchanged for the promised cabbage, peppers, and watermelon seeds, with more watermelon seeds, a total of ten.

Even the worst of ten seeds will eventually produce one or two.

Ning Xiyue doesn't ask for more, any one will be enough.

Wang Jiandong watched the three people flipping through the seeds with great interest. He thought for a moment and said:

"These few days are the season for planting watermelons. I want to plant watermelons too. So, I will teach you how to breed them now. The steps are very simple and you can do it in a few steps. I will write down the precautions and planting methods for you when I come back in the evening. How about that?"

Of course Ning Xiyue would be willing to do such a good thing. It would be more reliable to have someone teach her on the spot than to read the text by herself.

"Sure, I'll trouble Comrade Lao Wang to cultivate the seeds now."

"Okay, let's do this. Sister Xi, do you have any warm water? Give me a basin." Wang Jiandong looked at Ning Xiyue and asked.

"have."

Ning Xiyue took out the thermos and poured out some boiling water, then added cold water. Wang Jiandong tried the temperature and called a stop when it reached a temperature he thought was acceptable.

"The first step is to soak the seeds, rubbing them repeatedly in warm water."

Wang Jiandong held the seeds and demonstrated how to rub them, and explained in advance what to do next and what to prepare.

Ning Xiyue and the other two followed suit to soak the seeds.

In fact, the steps are really simple, there are no complicated steps.

Now there are only two steps to do. Rub it a few times and wash it a few times to remove the pectin and other debris on the surface of the seeds. Then put the seeds in the bowl and soak them in warm water overnight. The first stage is completed.

"Okay, just put the bowl somewhere warm on the stove. Tomorrow morning, find a piece of cloth to wrap the seeds in, find a warm place and put it there. Spray water once a day, and you should be able to see small sprouts growing from the seeds in about two days."

Wang Jiandong held his small bowl with soaked watermelon seeds in it and talked babble about everything he knew.

"Once it grows, we can move it to the ground and let it grow on its own. This will be much faster than just planting the seeds in the ground and letting them grow freely. If nothing goes wrong, we'll be able to eat watermelons in mid-June."

"That's great! I hope they can all sprout." Liu Yao smiled foolishly as she looked at the watermelon seeds in the bowl, as if several big watermelons appeared before her eyes.

The four of them stared at the watermelon seeds in their bowls with anticipation in their eyes.

The transaction was completed, the seeds were soaked, and the matter came to a temporary end.

Ning Xiyue put the bowl on the empty stove behind the tin pot and followed the other three people to the front yard. In order to be more energetic to work in the afternoon, they all prepared to go back to the house for a nap.