Chapter 31 Playing

Looking at the bare wall beside the bed, Zhou Ziwen suddenly remembered that he had not had time to put up newspapers today!

But it's very late now, so posting the newspapers will have to wait until tomorrow.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Zhou Ziwen woke up to the sound of gongs from the production team.

After washing up, I practiced a few sets of Bajiquan in the yard as usual.

Then after tidying up a bit, he went to the house next door.

At this time, the Chen sisters had already prepared breakfast and were about to call him over to eat!

"We have finished eating the white flour at home. Today we only have corn steamed buns," said Chen Shiying.

"It's okay, I'm not picky." Zhou Ziwen didn't mind.

Before going to the countryside, his family didn't eat white flour buns every meal.

I usually live on two-grain noodles.

Eating this corn steamed bread now has a different flavor.

"Today I'm going to ask around to see if anyone has hatched chicks, and I also need to prepare the vegetable seedlings in advance." Zhou Ziwen talked about his next plans.

He had a lot of things to do, one of which was to cultivate the yard and plant vegetables.

The walls of the house also need to be covered with newspapers.

He also wants to raise chickens if he gets the chance.

Finally, he needs to prepare a fishing rod, as he plans to go fishing in the river when he has free time.

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After all, Zhou Ziwen found that he had a lot of things to do.

But things can be done one by one, and he has plenty of time now.

"Then let's go and ask around. When it comes to gossip, those aunties and grandmas are more informed." Chen Qiaoyi said while chewing on a steamed bun.

"Okay, let's ask together." Zhou Ziwen nodded.

After dinner, Zhou Ziwen and his two sisters set off for the production team without waiting for the bell to ring for work.

The three men wore straw hats and had military water bottles slung around their waists. They had smiles on their faces and were full of youthful vigor.

Their mental outlook is exactly what educated youth sent to the countryside should be like.

As for those who just get by and live a carefree life, they are not the educated youth that everyone wants.

Today's work is still to reclaim wasteland, but this work will be completed soon.

By then, they will have new jobs.

Zhou Ziwen didn't care about this at all.

Anyway, he has a lot of strength and can do any work.

Work in the countryside is both difficult and simple.

The difficulty lies in the fact that farm work requires skills and experience. When to plant what crops, when to apply fertilizer, and when to water all require experience.

But for Zhou Ziwen, it doesn't matter if he doesn't have this experience. After all, everyone works together and he just does whatever others do.

You will naturally accumulate experience while working.

After starting work, Zhou Ziwen still worked hard and did not slack off at all.

For him, work is like practicing boxing. Although the improvement speed is very slow, every bit of skill proficiency improvement is hard-earned. Compared with the proficiency gained by AFK, the proficiency gained by practicing by himself is more fulfilling.

It can also complement the hang-up panel to improve skill proficiency faster.

Time spent working hard always passes quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was noon.

Just as he was about to go find the Chen sisters, Uncle Liang came over.

"Zhou Zhiqing, the furniture you requested is already ready. We'll send it to you soon!"

"It's done so quickly, thank you for your help, Uncle Liang." Zhou Ziwen's face lit up and he thanked him quickly.

He knew that Uncle Liang had not been working these days and had been busy at home in order to make furniture for them!

"It's okay. I'm not working for nothing." Uncle Liang said honestly.

"Okay, I'll wait for you at home."

After talking to Uncle Liang for a few words, Zhou Ziwen went to meet up with the Chen sisters and then went home together.

On the way, he also told the two sisters that the furniture was ready.

"Great! Our furniture is finally ready. Without cabinets, I wouldn't know where to put my clothes."

Upon hearing the good news, Chen Qiaoyi was the first to cheer.

Chen Shiying also looked happy.

Because they have no furniture, their lives have been very inconvenient these days.

Especially for eating, there is not even a table, just a makeshift one made of a few boards.

"Let's go quickly, Uncle Liang will deliver it soon." Seeing Chen Qiaoyi's happy look, Zhou Ziwen also smiled.

On the way home, Chen Shiying started cooking and Chen Qiaoyi helped.

Zhou Ziwen went to the house of Aunt Li, who lived closest to them, to borrow some glue, and then went home to paste the walls.

When borrowing the paste, Aunt Li was very enthusiastic and even invited him to have dinner with her, but Zhou Ziwen refused.

In this era, no one is rich, and generally speaking, people would not just go to other people's homes for dinner.

Unless he is a shameless person, but no one would invite such a person to dinner.

After returning home, Zhou Ziwen started to get busy.

There is no need for any skills to post newspapers. Zhou Ziwen is very skillful and it only took him a short while to finish posting the newspapers on the wall next to the bed.

"Now, I finally don't have to worry about dirtying the quilt when I sleep at night."

Zhou Ziwen patted the wall covered with newspapers with satisfaction.

Although it was just a simple pasting of a few pieces of waste newspapers, it added a sense of life to the room, which made Zhou Ziwen very satisfied.

After he finished his work, Zhou Ziwen took the paste to the Chen sisters' home.

"Yiyi, I borrowed some glue from Aunt Li. Do you want to use it to post newspapers?" Zhou Ziwen asked.

"Yes, I was still thinking about what to use to stick it on, but I didn't expect Brother Ziwen to have already prepared it." Chen Qiaoyi said happily.

"Where are you going to put it? Let me help you!"

"Okay, let's stick to the bed first!"

Zhou Ziwen really likes being with Chen Qiaoyi and listening to her chatter.

"Brother Ziwen." Chen Qiaoyi suddenly called out.

"Yeah." Zhou Ziwen was about to turn around, but suddenly he felt a chill on his forehead. It turned out that the girl in front of him was being naughty and stuck glue on his forehead!

"Okay, since you dare to do something naughty, let me show you how I'm going to deal with you." Zhou Ziwen was not willing to be outdone and reached out to tickle her.

This time, the little girl couldn't bear it anymore. She laughed so hard that her whole body was shaking and she didn't even have the strength to stand up.

"Brother Ziwen, please let me go. I won't dare to do it again." Chen Qiaoyi begged for mercy while laughing.

"Hmph, now you know how powerful I am!" Zhou Ziwen didn't play too much, so as to avoid the girl laughing so hard that she choked.

"You two, why are you acting like little kids? Are you done with your work? Come and eat if you are."

Chen Shiying looked helplessly at the young man and woman who were fighting. How could these people in love act like children?

While feeling helpless, she also envied this sweet love.

"Coming, coming." Zhou Ziwen was a little embarrassed.

After all, he is such a grown-up, and he is still playing such childish games, and he was seen by others. Isn't this almost like social death?

After washing their hands, the three began to eat. The staple food was still corn bread. They would rely on this to survive for a long time to come.

There was no meat left at home, only two vegetarian dishes, one eggplant and one cabbage.

However, Chen Shiying's cooking skills are pretty good. Take her home-cooked meals for example, they are no worse than those in restaurants.

(End of this chapter)