Bai Guoguo put the buns into his shoulder bag, carried the heavy 6 kilograms of meat, and walked out of the alley quickly.

He Gang had been waiting at the entrance of the alley for a long time. He was waiting for Bai Guoguo while keeping watch for them.

Seeing the little girl finally come out, I breathed a sigh of relief and took the fertilizer bag from her hand.

"I'll help you carry it. You carry these light bags. We should go back!"

He Gang carried the slightly dirty fertilizer bag over to her, gave her a net bag of light things to carry, and led the way out.

After walking a few steps, he turned around to look at the petite Ginkgo, and slowed down his pace again.

When we arrived at the place where we got off the tractor in the morning, He Hongjun had already driven the tractor over and parked it, and a few people were already on the tractor.

"Brother Gangzi, Bai Zhiqing, come here quickly, the driver's seat is reserved for you!"

When He Hongjun saw his brother Gangzi and Bai Guoguo, he waved and called out to them from a distance.

"Comrade He, hello, have you eaten? I have a few more buns here."

When Bai Guoguo saw that it was someone he knew, he waved back from a distance.

"I've eaten. I'm going to the next brigade to deliver red bricks. I've already eaten there."

He Hongjun touched the hat on his head and smiled happily.

"Hongjun, get off the bus and come with me to the commune office to pick up some things. Come down quickly!"

He Gang saw that the two were chatting enthusiastically. While putting Bai Guoguo's things on the driver's seat, he called He Hongjun down unnoticed and instructed him to work.

He turned around and said to Bai Guoguo with a pleasant face, "You go sit in the passenger seat first. Wait a moment, we will bring your package over and then we will leave."

Bai Guoguo had no choice but to nod obediently and climbed into the passenger seat of the driver's seat.

Fortunately, the people waiting in the car were all men, so it was embarrassing to talk too much to the girl.

Bai Guoguo escaped the interrogation. He greeted a few uncles and then sat there quietly waiting.

After waiting for two minutes, I felt a little embarrassed and took out a copy of Chairman Mao's Quotations from my bag to read.

Although the environment has become a bit relaxed in the past two years, it is still a good idea to read more of this Little Red Book.

After waiting for about five or six minutes, He Gang and He Hongjun came over one after another carrying their packages.

They put the packages in the truck bed and waited for a while. When the tractor was almost full, they drove back to the brigade.

Bai Guoguo brought a lot of things this time, including three big packages and things bought at the supply and marketing cooperative.

She couldn't get it back to the dormitory by herself. Fortunately, He Gang and He Hongjun took the initiative to help her return it.

"Brother He, Comrade He, I'm sorry to bother you again. Come and drink some water and eat some fruit."

After entering the house and putting down their things, Bai Guoguo poured two bowls of boiled water for the two of them and took out some apples and oranges to treat them.

The apples and oranges were taken out and placed in the cupboard when it first arrived. The skin is a little wrinkled, but it is not afraid of being exposed.

She usually eats fresh fruit and had forgotten about these apples and oranges, but now they came in handy.

The two grown men couldn't refuse, so they had to eat an orange each as a token of their appreciation, and no one touched the apple.

Fruits are rare in the north, and fruits that can be stored until spring are even more precious. Both of them were embarrassed to eat too much.

"Brother He, let's go check on Hu Zi. I wonder if his fever has subsided. I've also put the box of braised pork you just bought in your net bag."

Bai Guoguo had no choice but to use a net bag to put the apples and the remaining oranges into it.

She put a can of yellow peaches and a can of oranges into her pocket, took out the box of braised pork from her bag, and urged He Gang to take her to see Xiao Huzi.

"Okay, let's go now. The little guy was crying this morning!"

He Gang also loves his little nephew very much. Xiao Huzi is the first child in their family and the treasure of the whole family.

So the three of them went out together. He Hongjun wanted to go with them, but his brother Gangzi glared at him and he had to go home alone.

As he walked along, he kept muttering to himself that his brother was really inhumane to the opposite sex.

He Gang's home is at the west end of the village, not far from the foot of the mountain. The stream flowing behind his house is the one where Bai Guoguo used to catch fish in the mountains.

The wall was made of stone and the door was made of thick wooden boards, and the gate was wide open at this time.

In fact, farmers in rural areas will leave their doors open during the day if someone is at home. They will only lock the door when no one is home or at night.

Looking inside from the gate, you can see that the He family's house faces north and south, with 5 main rooms, all made of red bricks and black tiles, and three side rooms in each row on the left and right.

Only the front wall of the wing is made of bricks, the other walls are made of adobe, but the roof is still tiled.

This kind of house is one of the best in the countryside.

Many families in the Red Star Brigade still live in adobe, yellow mud and thatched houses.

Bai Guoguo followed He Gang into the house and found that the two houses on the left and right of the gate were used to store firewood on one side and the kitchen and mill on the other.

There is a small door on the right side of the five main rooms, which should lead to the backyard. Not far in front of the small door, there is a well, and above the well is a small thatched pavilion.

The well platform is made of bluestone slabs and is equipped with a large wheel. There is a circle of red bricks under the well platform, and there is a drainage ditch leading to the corner of the courtyard wall, so that even if it rains, the edge of the well platform will not be slippery.

The water used to wash vegetables and clothes will not make the road muddy.

The entire courtyard is kept clean and tidy, and such conditions are among the best in the countryside.

"Brother He, your yard is so tidy!"

Bai Guoguo praised sincerely.