Chapter 102 The Embroidery is Missing

She returned the shoes, but Liu Lan refused to accept them and insisted that she had to keep them.

Because it was made according to her size, if she didn't want it and took it back, no one would wear it.

Yi Chichi, ...you have to accept this even if you don't want it.

She hesitated for two seconds, "How about I pay..."

"Stop it!"

Hearing the word "Fu", Liu Lan knew what she was going to say and interrupted her hurriedly, "If you really feel bad, draw a few more patterns for me."

I’m tired of embroidering the previous pattern.

Furthermore, staring at one embroidery pattern for a long time does not help develop color sensitivity.

"OK."

It was not a waste to exchange the trick for a pair of shoes, and Yi's guilty feeling of not getting anything in return disappeared in an instant.

"It's still the same old rule. Don't show it."

"Won't!"

Liu Lan and the others knew this well. They learned embroidery from their elders and only embroidered shoe pads. They never put anything floral on their clothes, just patches of them.

So, Yi Chichi drew three patterns for her.

After she finished painting, Liu Lan and the others began to comment.

“It looks harder than before.”

"Just learn slowly."

Yi Chichi was very calm, "Anyway, you won't be able to become masters in a short time, and now many hand-embroidery factories have merged with machine-embroidery factories, so there's no need to rush."

Once you have learned it well, you won’t be afraid of not making money.

“That makes sense.”

Then, a group of people sat together chatting and doing needlework.

While chatting, Aunt Ma told a piece of gossip.

"The educated youth will come again this year."

"???"

"It seems like there are three educated youth this time."

Liu Xiaocao blurted out, "I hope there will be some people who can do the work this time."

Yi Chichi lowered her head guiltily, always feeling that the grass was referring to her.

Because she is only good at picking corn cobs, but she is really not good at harvesting other crops.

"I didn't say anything to you, don't take it to heart."

Yi Chichi was embarrassed. It would have been better if she hadn't said this. Once she said it, she felt even more disliked.

But he still had to force a smile, nodded, and started to change the subject.

"Aunt, do you know when the educated youth will arrive?"

The arrival of new educated youth was not good news for Yi Chichi. She was not worried about anything else but that the new educated youth would be troublemakers.

Just thinking about that scene gives me a headache.

“Around mid to late April!”

Yi Chichi calculated the time and found that there was still more than a month left.

You can survive for a while.

You will know how it works when the time comes, so there is no need to worry too much now.

But the timing is good, it is the time for spring planting.

Thinking about spring planting, “What should I plant in the spring?”

"Wheat and corn, and later rice and the like."

She said "oh", which means that spring planting will not be completed until May or June.

Fortunately, she doesn't have to go to the fields this year. She just needs to follow Uncle Yaozi to grow medicinal herbs.

Yi Chichi thought this job was easy.

But Uncle Yaozi, who didn't want to leave the village, called her one day in late March when she was about to go back to the Youth Farm after get off work, "Yi girl, come with me to the mountains to dig medicinal herbs tomorrow."

"What the hell?"

She looked confused, "Uncle, you want me to go into the mountains with you to dig for medicinal herbs?"

"Yes, we are going to dig up medicinal herbs and plant them."

I was reluctant to go, as the saying goes, it is easier to go up the mountain than to go down.

The Northeast is rich in forest resources and most of the mountains are pristine forests. Even climbing up the mountain would make her tired, let alone going down.

She is not the chosen one, and she has ideas about precious medicinal materials such as ginseng.

You just don't have that fate.

Rather than dreaming of going into the mountains to pick ginseng, she was more worried about encountering blind bears or wolves in the mountains.

"Uncle, can I not go?"

"Can."

"Really?"

"You go and farm."

Very good, if you don’t grow medicinal herbs, you will have to farm. Everyone knows how to choose between the two.

Although it is difficult to climb the mountain and there is a possibility of danger, the time is short.

If you plant in spring...

She shuddered at the thought of nearly two months of spring planting.

"I'll go up the mountain with you to dig for medicinal herbs."

Uncle Yaozi nodded with satisfaction, "Go back and prepare. We will go into the mountains tomorrow."

Yi Chichi's mouth twitched. This speed was too fast.

There is really no time to prepare.

"Uncle, are we going into the mountains like this?"

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"Then how are you going to get into the mountains and have gongs and drums beat to send you off?"

Uncle Yaozi glared at her, and Yi Chichi quickly waved his hand, "That's not what I meant. I meant that everything is coming back to life in this season, and the beasts that have been hiding for a whole winter are coming out."

The implication is: You should prepare something to protect yourself.

"No need. We are not going into the mountains. We are just walking around the edge."

The medicinal herbs grown in the team doctor’s office are all common medicinal herbs.

There is no other reason, it's just wild in nature. It will bloom brightly with some sunshine and will thrive with soil and water.

Precious medicinal materials...

Oh, not to mention whether you can find it or not, even if you do, you won’t be able to grow it.

"Many medicinal herbs are picky about the environment and soil. It doesn't mean that we can grow them just by digging them up. I only dig herbs that are easy to grow and practical."

Yi Chichi suddenly realized that it was okay for her to go to the edge.

“Does growing medicinal herbs comply with policy?”

"Nonsense, where can we get medicine if it doesn't comply with the policy? We can't do anything with the few Western medicines approved by the county commune every time."

Yi Chichi finally let go of the worry in his heart.

"Okay, then I'll go back and get ready. What time do we go up the mountain tomorrow?!"

"No need to be too early, just come at half past nine."

"good."

Yi Chichi returned to the Youth League Home and found Bai Chen and the others squatting in the yard washing clothes. Their clothes had been changed, which was different from what she saw when she went out in the morning.

The hair is also semi-dry.

"How do you do laundry together?"

"Don't mention it. The captain called me to dig up the manure pile today. I smell."

No wonder.

"Why should I call you?"

It takes strength to dig up the manure pile, and the few people in the Youth League House who can do it are not very good at it.

Even the strongest Bai Chen's highest record was only eight centimeters, and he never got the full centimeter.

"We're free."

They couldn't do the work of drying and selecting seeds. In the first year, the team leader disliked their inability to do the job, so he arranged relatively easy work for them to pick seeds together with the other mothers-in-law in the team.

It’s better not to mention the result.

Anyway, they have no chance to pick seeds since then.

They are also unable to sharpen farm tools.

After working hard for a long time, only the surface is polished. After two strokes of the sickle or hoe, it becomes blunt.

Needs re-sharpening.

"I just regret that we are so useless. Among all the jobs, the only one suitable for us is to build a manure pile."

Wu Yongfei had a look of grief and indignation on his face, and Yi Chichi felt the same way.

"I'm not much better than you. I'm going to follow Uncle Yaozi into the mountains to dig for medicinal herbs tomorrow."

The group of people looked at each other for a while, and then sighed together.

What a miserable life! Why do we have to work?

Don't want to work.

In the evening, Wang Nan ran to her room again to return the money, this time he returned two yuan.

Yi Chichi accepted it decisively and was about to ask her whether her sister had been discharged from the hospital, but Wang Nan's attention was attracted by the similarly embroidered clothes she had placed on the kang.

"Done embroidery?"

She looked at the pattern on the clothes with amazement. She wanted to touch it, but she was afraid that the calluses on her hands would bring out the threads.

“Not even close.”

Yi Chichi picked up the clothes, and Wang Nan exclaimed, "Why can't I see the embroidered pattern?"

(End of this chapter)