"Grandma, where are my uncle and aunt?"

"Your uncle went to work in the fields with your eldest brother and sister-in-law, and your eldest aunt took your eldest sister to a blind date."

"Blind date? With whom?"

My eldest cousin, Wang Chunhua, is only one month older than Ye Qing, and in the countryside she is indeed old enough to talk about her husband's family.

Li Baohua laughed and said, "Your aunt's family introduced her to me. You don't know her."

When Ye Qing heard that it was from Jiang Dafeng's family, he thought it was most likely the man Wang Chunhua married in her previous life.

In her previous life, Wang Chunhua's marriage was quite happy. She had three children, two sons and one daughter. Their life was not very rich, but not very poor either. It was just an average family.

Ye Qing didn't intend to meddle in other people's lives just because she knew something. Everyone had their own life trajectory. As long as they didn't live a miserable life, like her future sister-in-law, she wouldn't interfere. If her interference made their lives worse, it would be a big sin.

"Oh, it's okay. If it works out, we'll get to know each other later."

"Grandma, do we still have eggs and fine grains?"

Li Baohua smiled and scratched her nose, "Yes, are you greedy?"

"no."

Ye Qing told her the matter of exchanging things again.

"You are so brave, girl!"

"Hey, I'm just doing good things!"

Li Baohua snorted and laughed, and then said, "We don't have many eggs at home. The ones we saved a few days ago were all eaten by your mother. I can spare you some fine grains, two kilograms of millet and one kilogram of rice. You have to save some for the family, otherwise you won't be able to buy them later if you want them."

Ye Qing nodded, "Okay, any amount is fine."

"Wait, I'll install it for you."

Li Baohua got off the kang to find food for her. Ye Qing glanced at Wang Jiaxing, who was eating mung bean cake in small bites, and warned him, "Don't tell anyone about this!"

Wang Jiaxing raised his head towards her, "Don't worry, sister, I'm not a child anymore!"

Ye Qing smiled and patted his head, "How's your study going lately, little brat?"

Wang Jiaxing was quite proud when talking about his studies. "I got first place in the grade in the final exam this time!"

"Wow! So awesome?!"

"I've always been awesome! Sis, guess how much Ye Jianhua scored."

Ye Qing smiled and said, "The last one?"

Ye Jianhua was an average student. In his previous life, he graduated from junior high school after two years and did not continue his studies. Instead, he started dating a classmate whose family lived in the commune. His father-in-law helped him find a job in the commune, and his eldest wife boasted about him a lot.

Living on free food is definitely not that easy. When the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977, he took the exam without knowing his own limitations, hoping to prove himself again. The result is predictable, a complete failure. On the other hand, Wang Jiaxing passed the exam and was admitted to an undergraduate university in the city. In fact, his grades could get him into a better school, but because of the lack of information in that era, he didn't know the admission score of universities in other provinces, so he missed it, which is also his lifelong regret.

If his college entrance examination scores are still so high in this life, Ye Qing plans to find a way to help him find out the admission scores of those good schools.

"Hahaha, not really. He ranked 15th in our class. I don't know his ranking in age, but he's definitely not as good as me!"

When he heard Ye Qing say that Ye Jianhua ranked last in the exam, he laughed so hard that he fell backwards. Ye Jianhua was too pretentious, and he didn't like him very much. In addition, his family bullied Ye Qing's family all day long, so he couldn't stand Ye Jianhua even more.

"Study hard, and continue to high school after graduating from junior high school. You may even be able to enter university in the future!"

It was now 1974, and he had just finished the first year of junior high school. Nowadays, both junior high school and high school are two-year programs. By 1977, he would have graduated from high school and could take the college entrance examination in the winter, so he would not have forgotten all the knowledge.

Ye Qing felt a little regretful that she had never had the chance to go to college in either of her lifetimes. She had never been to school since she was a child, and she would not be able to take the college entrance examination even if she had a chance again.

"Sister, the college entrance examination has been stopped a long time ago."

Wang Jiaxing thought she didn't know these things, so he explained them to her with a smile.

Ye Qing said, "I know, there must have been some in the past. It has stopped for several years. Who knows, it might be back in two years. Who can say for sure? Now the world is changing every day. Regardless of whether you can get into college or not, it is always a good idea to study more. What if you have the opportunity to work in the county in the future? If you don't know enough, you will be outdone. Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared. I, your sister, can't read a single word, but I still had the opportunity to work in the county. You will definitely be more successful than me in the future!"

Wang Jiaxing thought about it and felt that what she said made sense. "Sister, you are right. Listening to your words is worth ten years of reading!"

Ye Qing chuckled, "Don't flatter me. I don't know as much as you, a cultured person."

"That's not necessarily true. There are many truths that cannot be learned through reading. Sister, it's a pity that you didn't go to school."

Wang Jiaxing felt that his cousin was so smart and it was a waste of talent that she didn't go to school.

Ye Qing smiled generously, "It's okay, it's good that I have a job and can earn money now."

"Qingqing, I've installed it for you, take a look."

As they were talking, Li Baohua came in carrying two small bags. Ye Qing opened them and took a look. "Okay, grandma, put the things aside for now. I'll go to my second uncle's house and ask my second aunt if she has saved any."

Li Baohua nodded, "Okay, go ahead."

Ye Qing went to his second uncle's house and was warmly received by his second aunt Qian Sanying. After Ye Qing explained his purpose, she gave him a pound of rice and two pounds of flour without saying a word.

"There are only five or six eggs left, and I have to save them for your brother and his family, so I won't give them to you for now."

Ye Qing smiled and said, "It's okay, these are fine too."

Ye Qing gave her money and politely declined her invitation to stay at her home for lunch. He returned to his uncle's house and refused Li Baohua again. Then he took his things and went home without stopping.

When she got home, Shi Chunmiao happened to come to deliver something. The two chatted for a while and Ye Qing even served her a bowl of bone soup.

Shi Chunmiao felt embarrassed, but Ye Qing kept asking her to do so, so she had no choice but to drink a bowl of bone soup with a thick face.

After Shi Chunmiao left, Ye Qing began to count the things he had collected.

Thirteen eggs, four pounds of rice, four pounds of flour, and two pounds of millet. Thinking that millet is better during confinement, she planned to add another four pounds of millet and ten eggs.

These are quite a lot of things. If it weren’t for the cheating artifact of space, she really wouldn’t dare to carry so many things on the road.

After thinking about all these things, seeing that it was almost noon, she got up and went to the kitchen to find two eggplants, a handful of beans and three potatoes. She planned to stew the vegetables with bone soup and add some cornmeal pancakes. It would definitely make you dizzy with the fragrance!