Watching Xu Zhizhou and Du Jiang join the team, the people in the back had some complaints but couldn't say anything. After all, all the people from the educated youth center were there, and they didn't know why they were causing trouble just for one or two people. Didn't they see that as soon as someone stood up, the village chief above them looked over with his head resting on his head.

The villagers were still afraid of the village chief, so the storm dissipated invisibly without Du Jiang and Xu Zhizhou noticing it at all.

The village chief, the scorer, and several respected elders in the village sat on the stage. As the scorer shouted, bags of food were distributed, along with half a pound of oil coupons, two pounds of cotton, and some miscellaneous daily necessities coupons. Although they were all small things, they could not be bought with each coupon in the past. The distribution of these made people smile more and more. Even though it was very cold in the square, it could not stop the enthusiasm in people's hearts.

When it was Du Jiang's turn, he got 150 kilograms of food. Compared with other people who asked for some fine grains, Du Jiang chose all coarse grains. Although it was a bit spicy to the throat compared to fine grains, Du Jiang wanted to make sure that the food could be eaten until tomorrow's summer grain.

The scorekeeper gave Du Jiang an approving look at her and said, "Go throw some food over there."

"Thank you, uncle," Du Jiang said with a smile that made the scorekeeper very satisfied. "Go ahead, get the ticket from the village chief first and then go get the food. You have to pay for the sacks, two cents each. If you have your own, you can use your own."

"Use the village sack, uncle. Where can I pay?" Du Jiang, who didn't have a sack, directly chose the village sack. The scorekeeper was no exception. He pointed to the village chief and said, "Go find the village chief and get the bill."

After thanking the scorekeeper, Du Jiang went to line up with the village chief. The village chief's team was very fast, without any entanglement or arguments. When it was his turn, he put his name in. The village chief checked it quickly and gave it to him. When it was Du Jiang's turn, he didn't even need Du Jiang to register. The village chief had already turned to Du Jiang's page and said, "One ounce of oil coupons, two ounces of brown sugar, you don't have any cotton coupons, and no coupons for other daily necessities."

"Thank you, village chief." Looking at the two thin tickets in his hand, what else could Du Jiang say? He looked enviously at the villagers who had a lot of tickets nearby. Du Jiang resigned himself to his fate and went to collect food with the two tickets in his hand.

By the time Du Jiang received the food and found an open space to wait, the teams distributing the food had already lined up in several rows according to their respective orders. Looking at the team advancing in an orderly manner, Du Jiang had a new understanding of the village chief's leadership. This village chief was really capable. It stands to reason that there would be dissatisfaction or complaints about such a distribution of food, but what he saw today was beyond Du Jiang's imagination. It was quiet and orderly, which was completely different from Du Jiang's imagination.

"Do you think the village chief is very powerful?" Tianniu came over at some point and suddenly spoke, scaring Du Jiang so much that he started. It really scared him.

Tianniu was frightened by Du Jiang's sudden jump. When she came to her senses, she smiled at Du Jiang embarrassedly and said, "I scared you. I'm sorry."

Du Jiang patted his chest, which was beating violently, and it took him a while to calm down. "It's okay, I'm just too timid."

"Hehe, are you stunned? Actually, I am stunned too. If it weren't for the village chief, there would have been people complaining before but they were all dealt with severely." Looking at the well-organized team, the sweet girl was full of emotion.

"What are you two talking about, sweet girl? You and Jiang girl, wait a moment. I'll help Uncle Huo send the food back first." Uncle Du came over pushing a wheelbarrow. "Jiang girl, wait a moment."

"It's okay, Uncle Du, you help Grandpa Huo first, I'm not in a hurry," Du Jiang waved his hands quickly.

Uncle Du nodded and led his son-in-law Li Hongjun towards Old Man Huo.

Xu Zhizhou and others standing nearby also saw Uncle Du's wheelbarrow. In addition to Uncle Du's, several other older people also had a wheelbarrow. However, since everyone was not familiar with them, they finally decided to borrow Uncle Du's, of course not for free.

When Du Jiang returned to the educated youth site, it was almost noon. Looking at the food being carried into the house, Du Jiang nodded in satisfaction.

After seeing off Tianniu and Li Hongjun, Du Jiang welcomed Qian Meili. Looking at the small cloth bag of fine grains in her hand, Du Jiang smiled even more, "Sister Qian, please sit down."

"No need to sit down. Here are four pounds of fine grains. I'll exchange some for you, and Guan Chuan will take the rest." Qian Meili put the cloth bag on the small square table on the earthen kang and motioned Du Jiang to open it and check it.

However, Du Jiang did not open it directly. Instead, he walked to the wardrobe and took out a small bag of chestnuts. "Sister Qian, these are chestnuts I picked in the mountains. They are not many, but it is a token of your appreciation." Then he paid for them according to the market price and handed them to Qian Meili.

The chestnuts Du Jiang picked were large and plump, without any worm holes. Qian Meili took one out and looked at it, amazed. "Du Jiang, where did you find this? This is a good variety, without even a worm hole."

"It's the one for picking pig grass. I'll give you one bag, and I'll keep some of the rest to send home. There's no way I can go back this year." Du Jiang pushed the cloth bag toward Qian Meili, then picked up the fine grain and stuffed it into the cabinet, and asked casually, "What are you planning to take back?"

"I don't know. Jiefang and I are worried. We went to the supply and marketing cooperative and the things there aren't as good as those at home." Qian Meili felt overwhelmed when she thought about bringing gifts back home. "Du Jiang, do you have any good suggestions?"

Du Jiang thought for a while and said, "Let's bring some meat. After all, everyone likes that stuff."

Du Jiang's words reminded Qian Meili, "Yes," Qian Meili clapped her hands fiercely, "Why didn't I think of this? Thank you, I'll go back and ask Jiefang to find someone in the village to exchange it for it."

Qian Meili was impatient and immediately stood up and walked out, "Thanks, Du Jiang, I'll go find Jiefang now."

Looking at Qian Meili's back as she left in a hurry, Du Jiang shook his head and laughed. This person was still as domineering as ever. Although she had no bad intentions, she was easily influenced by others. It was best to keep a distance from her now.

Qian Meili was very quick in action. As soon as she entered the house, He Jiefang hurried out. Du Jiang, who was tidying up the chicken coop in the corridor, looked at He Jiefang's hurried back and could only sigh, "As expected of him, he was very quick in action."

"Cuckoo~" The chickens in the chicken coop kept calling out in frustration. Du Jiang touched the straw underneath and realized that they had not laid eggs for three or four days. Looking at the chickens that were shivering from the cold, Du Jiang scratched his head. So, there was an extra dish of braised chicken on the table at lunchtime, and half a dried chicken was also placed on the cooler.