While reading a novel, Li Ruolan was surprised to find that her and her husband's names appeared in a period novel. They were educated youths sent to the countryside along with the male and fem...
Chapter 53 Eating Alone
For a period of time afterwards, Deng Minghao and his friends would go out fishing every now and then. Every time, he and Liu Kunming would leave some time for Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun to be alone together.
These two people were very smart and knew that Deng Minghao and Liu Kunming might have noticed something, but everyone tacitly did not bring up the topic.
Thanks to Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun's help, the illnesses of those people in the cowshed finally got better.
It was a long-awaited sunny day with a big sun, but it was still very cold. Li Ruolan, Qin Wan, Zhou Shengnan and Zheng Fanghua also came out to fish with Deng Minghao and the others.
Other people in the educated youth center also came along, including Li Yingying and Li Ruoju.
The educated youth had just enough food to eat, and fish was a meat dish after all. Knowing they could catch fish now, they naturally would not miss this opportunity.
"Li Ruoju and Li Yingying are so close now that they can wear the same pants. Aren't you worried that the two of them will team up to do something to you?"
Qin Wan sat next to Li Ruolan, looking at the simple fishing float she made and asked Li Ruolan.
Li Ruolan didn't even raise her head, she smiled and said, "I'm not worried at all, because I'm not afraid of them, and the kindness they show is only superficial.
I don't know what Li Yingying is thinking, but Li Ruoju is very smart and courageous.
No matter what Li Yingying thinks, she may not be able to outshine Li Ruoju. "
With so many people in the Li family, Li Ruolan felt that her second sister was truly a figure.
Qin Wan didn't say much and continued to stare at her fishing float. Suddenly, she seemed to notice something and looked behind her, only to see a circle of dense reeds.
"What's the matter?" Li Ruolan also looked back in the direction of her gaze, but saw nothing, so she asked directly.
Qin Wan frowned and said, "There seem to be a few people hiding in the reed marsh. They are looking at us furtively, and I don't know what they are going to do."
When Li Ruolan heard this, she also frowned. After thinking for a while, she handed her fishing rod to Qin Wan and went to find Deng Minghao.
"Are you cold and want to go home?" Deng Minghao turned around and saw Li Ruolan. He subconsciously raised his face to a big smile, with a bit of flattery in his eyes.
Deng Minghao was afraid that Li Ruolan would stop him from fishing. At this time, Deng Minghao was very easy to talk to and would buy whatever she asked him to.
Li Ruolan was in no mood to argue with him, so she squatted beside him and whispered, "Send the fish you caught to the captain later, and tell him that you can fish in the river.
Just now, Qin Wan felt that there seemed to be a few people hiding in the reed marsh over there, spying on us.
In short, bring the fishing issue out into the open first, so as not to get caught by others. If the matter becomes a big deal, it will be difficult to handle.
I always feel that those people are sneaky and suspicious, so I have to be careful."
Deng Minghao immediately understood what Li Ruolan was worried about. He nodded and said, "I see. Go back. I'll deliver the fish to the captain's house in a moment."
Li Ruolan went back unnoticed, looked back at Deng Minghao, and found that he was whispering with Shen Yi at this time.
"I don't know if he is from the village. You should be careful. Come with me to deliver the fish to the captain." Deng Minghao said to Shen Yi.
Because he was not sure why Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun came to mix with the educated youth team, however, this did not prevent Deng Minghao from reminding the two of them.
Shen Yi and Ji Hongjun nodded at Deng Minghao, and the three of them picked up all the fish they had caught today, and then went to the captain's house together, and also went to the secretary and accountant's house to give two to each of them.
"Where did the fish come from? It's quite big." The captain said with some surprise when he saw three people coming over with fish.
Deng Minghao put the fish on the ground with a smile: "Of course we caught it. The river is frozen during this period and the fish can't find anything to eat, so they are the easiest to catch.
I used cooked corn kernels as bait and actually caught quite a few fish. We went fishing every day during the past few days, and when the people at the educated youth site found out, they also followed us.
We have caught a lot now and we can’t eat it all, so we send it to you, Uncle Wang. In the future, you must remember our kindness. We will give you a portion of any good things we have.”
The captain smiled so much that wrinkles appeared on his face. He asked Aunt Xiujuan to collect the fish and shook his finger at Deng Minghao several times.
"I knew you had bad intentions. You sent me fish and asked for benefits."
Before Deng Minghao left, he said casually: "Fishing is actually quite simple, it's just that it's hard to find bait in winter. Now we can use corn as bait. Uncle Wang can actually ask the villagers to come and give it a try.
It would be nice if every household could have a bowl of hot fish soup in the freezing snow."
As soon as the three of them left, the captain began to think about this matter.
Deng Minghao and the other two returned to their respective positions and started fishing. After lunch, they came back to continue fishing.
I don’t know if the fish were full or they caught too many during this period, but now after waiting for a whole day, they can only catch three or four fish, but it’s still okay.
In the afternoon, they had just sat down for a while when suddenly more than a dozen people from the village came, both men and women.
“You see, I told you that these educated youth like to eat alone. They knew that we could catch fish here, but they didn’t even tell us!
We must tell the captain about this matter and ask him to punish these educated youths who eat alone! "
When the educated youth looked back, they saw that the one who was leading the group and talking loudly was Wang Baogen, the youngest son of Wang Dafu in the village.
As soon as everyone saw him, they immediately turned around to look at Li Baoguo, and they all understood what was going on.
Li Baoguo is going to marry the accountant's daughter in a month, and Wang Baogen is the accountant's daughter's suitor. Originally, the accountant's daughter, Zhou Xiaoyu, was about to agree to be with Wang Baogen.
Who knew that Li Baoguo would come in and, relying on his status as an educated youth, he soon became very close to Zhou Xiaoyu, so Wang Baogen began to hate Li Baoguo.
The people in the Shengli Brigade were still very united, so Wang Baogen often relied on the people in the brigade to bully these educated youth.
The captain just turned a blind eye. As long as it didn't come to his sight, he would pretend not to see it.
The matter of eating alone is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either. If we really want to investigate it, it is really hard for them to say.
After all, everything is collectively owned now. If it gets really out of hand and attracts red armbands, it would be a big deal indeed.
The faces of many educated youth turned pale instantly, and they didn't know how to react for a moment.