Ever since Lu Hai and Gu Ranran came back from the capital, they have been on vacation and started their hibernation life.

On the first day of hibernation, at Gu Zili's urging, Lu Hai and Lu Jiang took him to the mountains to hunt.

Zhang Tiantian and Gu Ranran went to Aunt Li's house with Zhang's mother to chat with other aunts about gossip. Zhang Tiantian and Gu Ranran put peanuts and melon seeds in their small cloth bags and set off with the small cloth bags on their backs.

When they arrived at Aunt Li's house, Aunt Li teased Zhang's mother.

"Lao Zhang, I knew you would come, but I didn't expect Tiantian and Ranran to come with you.

Tiantian and Ranran, hurry up and get on the kang. It's too cold outside. Aunt Li will make you some brown sugar water.

Zhang Tiantian and Gu Ranran put the peanuts and melon seeds on the kang table, and Aunt Li came over with three bowls of brown sugar water.

Aunt Li began to sigh while cracking melon seeds, eating peanuts and drinking brown sugar water.

"This is the ideal life. Staying warm in the house, not afraid of the wind and rain, and even if you get hungry, you still have something to eat."

Gu Ranran also felt that the atmosphere was good, like a gathering of sisters. What was going on?

"Aunt Li, we have more than two months of hibernation here. Many educated youth came to our area to work in the countryside, thinking that they could stay here during the winter without having to work.

We don’t lack food here. We have black soil that’s good for growing crops, and there’s food in the mountains. We’re truly rich in resources.”

Speaking of educated youth, Aunt Li became excited again. She coughed twice on purpose, attracting the attention of everyone in the room, and then started gossiping.

"Wasn't Li Zhiqing arrested by the police last time? Then I heard he was sent to a farm. Anyway, I haven't seen him come back."

Aunt Liu thought Aunt Li was going to tell some new gossip, but after hearing this, she started complaining.

"Old Li, who doesn't know this? Everyone in our village knows it. It really is more about form than substance. It's a waste of our expressions."

Aunt Li rolled her eyes at Aunt Liu and continued:

"Old Liu, don't be anxious. Didn't I say that we should lay the groundwork before gossiping?

We don't know whether Li Zhiqing is doing well after he left, but Wang Zhiqing and Liu Zhiqing, who stayed behind, are definitely not doing well.

When Li Zhiqing was around, they had the money he earned to spend. But after he left, Wang Zhiqing and Liu Zhiqing lost their source of income.

When the food was distributed, Wang Zhiqing and Liu Zhiqing were in a miserable situation. They just carried the food back with their hands. The food they got was too little. They only got 63 kilograms of food together. How could they survive the year?

This is the first time we've seen anyone unhappy about food distribution. We've never seen such a small amount of food distributed in this area. Usually, food is pulled in by trailers, or at least carried on shoulders. We've never seen anyone carry food in their arms."

After hearing this, Aunt Liu first sighed, and then sighed.

"Old Li, what a pity we missed this wonderful scene. It was mainly because it was too cold on the day of the food distribution, so we didn't go and let the young people distribute the food."

Aunt Li took a sip of brown sugar water and continued.

"I know, Lao Liu, Lao Zhang, Lao Wang, Lao Xu, and Lao Chen, none of you five went. Didn't I tell you that?"

Aunt Wang clapped her hands, then coughed lightly and began to speak:

Old Li, although I don't know about this incident, I know that Wang Zhiqing and Li Zhiqing had a quarrel yesterday."

Hearing that Wang Zhiqing and Li Zhiqing were arguing, everyone was very curious. It was Aunt Li who took the initiative to ask:

"Old Wang, do you know what's going on? Aren't Wang Zhiqing and Liu Zhiqing usually the best friends? I've never seen them quarrel."

Under the gaze of everyone, Aunt Wang first drank a sip of brown sugar water before she began to explain slowly.

"Wang and Liu, the educated youths, ran out of firewood, didn't they? So they went to the educated youths' office to borrow some, but they couldn't get any, and when they got back, they started arguing."

Gu Ranran was quite curious. If she had nothing left, she could just go to the mountain and pick some up. Why did she have to borrow it?

"Aunt Wang, if Wang Zhiqing and Liu Zhiqing couldn't borrow firewood, they could just go to the mountain to collect firewood. What's the point of arguing? It's not like you can get firewood just by arguing."

Aunt Wang sighed, then said disdainfully, "How could those two lazy idiots, who don't even work properly, go to the mountains to collect firewood? Besides, all the firewood around the mountain has been picked up long ago. If we want to continue collecting firewood, we have to go deeper into the mountains."

Collecting firewood in the deep mountains is still dangerous. It is even more impossible for Wang Zhiqing and Liu Zhiqing to go."

After hearing this, Gu Ranran thought to herself, okay, it was my fault. I didn’t notice that the targets were Wang Jianshe and Liu Xiaoli.

Thinking of the useless appearance of Wang Jianshe and Liu Xiaoli, Mrs. Chen started to complain.

"This educated youth Wang is even worse than a woman. Isn't it Xu Xiaoli from our village? Did her husband report her? He was also sent to a farm and never came back.

Ever since returning from her studies at the Public Security Bureau, Mrs. Wang has lost her former energy. Then Xu Xiaoli took charge of the household, and she's doing quite well with her three daughters.

Aunt Zhang thought of Xu Xiaoli and took the initiative to speak.

"Yes, in our village, we just need to work hard. When it's time to collect firewood, we get up and collect enough. That way, we won't be cold or hungry."

Aunt Li looked at Zhang's mother and said, "Old Zhang, these educated youths Wang and Liu are a problem. They're at their wit's end and will definitely go to the team leader."

Zhang's mother was so disgusted by Wang Jianshe and Liu Xiaoli that she started complaining directly.

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