Chapter 14: Passers-by in the Seventies 6

Zhou Rong did not send Ke Xiaoxia to the team. After reaching the outskirts of the mountain where there was no danger, he stopped.

"It's already safe here. I won't continue to send you off, Xiao Xia."

"As for the money, I will definitely send it to you either tonight or tomorrow, don't worry."

Zhou Rong's move was exactly what Ke Xiaoxia wanted.

"Thank you very much, and be careful on your way."

"Don't worry, I'm familiar with this road, nothing will happen."

After Zhou Rong left, Ke Xiaoxia secretly put the meat into the space, then walked around the mountain and dug up a lot of wild vegetables before going down the mountain.

The Ke family's masters have already gotten up and are ready to go to work.

Mother Ke had sharp eyes and immediately noticed Ke Xiaoxia and the wild vegetables in the basket.

She immediately yelled, "Hey, Xiaoxia, why are you digging wild vegetables in the middle of the day? Look at your sunburned face..."

Grandma Ke was very satisfied when she saw this: "Xiao Xia is very obedient and sensible. Don't go to pick wild vegetables in the middle of the day. Go when it's cooler. It won't delay you."

"Yeah, I'll listen to you."

The eldest aunt rolled her eyes and walked away first. From a distance, she could still hear the words praising Ke Xiaoxia.

In the end, Ke Xiaoqiu was the only one left at home.

Ke Xiaoqiu came up to Ke Xiaoxia and laughed: "Sister Xiaoxia, how about you..."

"Xiao Qiu, I have to go to the mountain to dig wild vegetables later. Our family is poor and there are many people. Otherwise, there won't be enough to eat. We have to dig more."

Looking at Ke Xiaoxia's serious look, Ke Xiaoqiu was speechless.

I want to say something, but when I think about it, I have said it before and it is of no use at all.

Finally she just shut up and left with a basin of dirty clothes.

Only Ke Xiaoxia was left in the Ke family.

Ke Xiaoxia secretly took the kitchen tools from their second room and also picked up two chili peppers from someone else's field on the way.

When they reached the ditch on the mountain, Ke Xiaoxia first turned over the stones to see if there were any crabs under them.

After searching the surrounding area, Ke Xiaoxia began to process the food, first the crabs and then the meat.

After everything is done, light a fire and start grilling.

At the beginning, all the freshly grilled meat went into Ke Xiaoxia's stomach.

After eating several pieces, he finally slowed down his movements. Ke Xiaoxia was so moved that her eyes were filled with tears.

The meat is a mixture of fat and lean meat, looks greasy, has a slightly salty and spicy taste, and is chewy when eaten.

fragrant!

It smells so good!

Woohoo, it’s so delicious.

After satisfying his craving, Ke Xiaoxia didn’t continue eating. Instead, he wrapped it lightly with a large, washed leaf and put it all in the space.

Even if it doesn't stay fresh, she will try to finish it within two days.

After grilling the meat, Ke Xiaoxia grilled crabs for Ke’s mother and the others.

After all, since they had used the tools from the second room, it would be unreasonable not to take something to eat. The Ke family's stuff was counted, and even if a match was missing, Grandma Ke would frown.

Therefore, the three branches of the Ke family all have the tools to cook their own meals.

After roasting the crabs, Ke Xiaoxia washed the grease off her hands with wood ash and put out the fire before leaving.

In the evening, Zhou Rong did not come to give money, and Ke Xiaoxia was not surprised.

She slept soundly and peacefully. In her dreams there were barbecue, hotpot and spicy hotpot. Ke Xiaoxia drooled at the sight.

The next day, I woke up from the dream and had no choice but to get up and work.

Today it is Ke Xiaoxia's turn to clean the house and do the laundry.

After Ke Xiaoqiu casually watered the vegetable garden, she carried the vegetable basket and went up the mountain with her sisters.

Ke Xiaoxia was cleaning the house alone.

When Ke Xiaoxia was halfway through cleaning, someone arrived to deliver money.

It’s not Zhou Rong, but Zhou Yang.

"Brother Zhou Yang?" Ke Xiaoxia was a little surprised.

Zhou Yang said "hmm" and handed Ke Xiaoxia a few books: "They are all in here, you can take a look."

Ke Xiaoxia took the book, flipped through it, and saw the money tucked inside.

She didn't read it carefully: "Thank you, Brother Zhou Yang, do you want to wait a moment and I will return the book to you?"

"No need, just take the book and read it. I found it at the scrapyard, it's not worth much."

"You go to work, I'm going to work too."

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he turned around and left.

Ke Xiaoxia quickly finished cleaning, then immediately went into the room, took out all the money and put it in the space.

The books were not placed in the space but directly outside.

With these books, she had an excuse and no longer had to think about building a good relationship with Zhou Rong.

As for where the book came from?

We’ll talk about it when the time comes.

Ke Xiaoxia went to do the laundry.

Today was a peaceful and fairly pleasant day. After all, someone came to give me money early in the morning, and I was able to eat meat secretly.

Mother Ke cooks at noon.

Even when she saw that Ke Xiaoxia had a few more books, Ke's mother didn't make a fuss.

I just secretly asked Ke Xiaoxia: "Where did you get the book?"

Ke Xiaoxia told the truth: "Zhou Yang gave it to me."

"Zhou Yang?"

Mother Ke calculated and then shook her head: "You are too old, you two can't do it. If he gives it to you, just take it and don't worry about the rest. No one saw him when he gave you the book, right?"

Ke Xiaoxia was somewhat impressed by Ke's mother's train of thought, but she still answered honestly: "No one saw it. Everyone went to work at that time."

"It's fine as long as no one sees it. Although the Zhou family spoils Zhou Baoer, they are well-off, so it won't be too hard for you to marry into the family. It's just that Zhou Yang is five years older than you. His family is well-off, and there are many people watching him. You are too young."

"If it's Zhou Rong, the age difference between you two isn't that big..."

"Mom!" Ke Xiaoxia interrupted her mother and said, "What's going on? Hurry up and cook."

Mother Ke chuckled, tapped Ke Xiaoxia's forehead and said, "This is all for your future..."

Ke Xiaoxia kept silent. After talking for a while, Ke's mother felt it was boring and stopped talking.

*

After getting the book, Ke Xiaoxia continued to do her work as usual.

But it’s okay to do it once or twice occasionally, like picking wild vegetables in front of Grandma Ke in the middle of the day, there’s no need to do it more often.

As long as the work assigned for the day is completed, the rest of the time can be said to be free time, and Ke Xiaoxia uses this free time to read.

I would occasionally run into other members of the Zhou family, but we never talked.

Zhou Rong still had to go to school, so they didn't meet very often.

I have met Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang quite a few times.

It was mainly the two of them, or rather, Zhu Minghua was enthusiastic enough, every time he saw Ke Xiaoxia, he would go up and talk to Ke Xiaoxia.

Zhu Minghua and Li Chaoyang no longer lived in the educated youth site. They rented a dilapidated house in the brigade and moved in after repairing it.

The place was just not far from Zhou Baoer's home.

The person Ke Xiaoxia met the most was Zhu Minghua.

Li Chaoyang would go to work honestly, but Zhu Minghua was more slippery. He used a lot of melon seeds, peanuts and sugar, and had a good relationship with the villagers in the team, so he often disappeared.

"Little sister Xia!"

Ke Xiaoxia has gotten used to meeting Zhu Minghua again on the mountain.

"Xia-sister, do you want some candy? I have some spiced melon seeds and peanuts, as well as biscuits and dried meat. Here, I give them to you."

Every time Zhu Minghua saw Ke Xiaoxia, he would take out all kinds of food from his bag like a boy giving out money.