After Su Nian and the others made the decision, they immediately rushed to the kitchen to cook, otherwise Shu Lan and the others would have snatched it away.

When they finished cleaning up and came out, smoke was already rising from the kitchen. Jiang Beichuan saw Qin Yulin eating with his sister and the others, but he didn't think much of it. It was a very normal thing. He could only ask Shulan to eat with him.

"Our fine grains are all the same, so let's put them together. Together with Jiang Beichuan, someone has to do the heavy work. How about the four of us eating together?" Shulan said after the other two put the grain away.

"Okay! Let's have dinner together!" Song Lai Di agreed directly, but Wang Ping was still a little hesitant.

"A male educated youth must eat more than us. Why should we eat all the food together?" Wang Ping was a little unhappy.

"Yes! Why didn't I think of that?" Song Lai Di also spoke.

"How can you calculate it like this? Once they start working, women don't necessarily eat less than men!" Shu Lan said with some dissatisfaction.

"Let's start working. We women definitely eat less than men, so I won't share the meal with you!" Wang Ping refused to partner with Shulan and the others.

"I won't eat with you anymore! Wang Ping, let's cook together!" Song Lai Di said to Wang Ping with a smile.

"Okay! Let's do it together!" Wang Ping also said with a smile.

When Shulan heard that they were calculating so carefully, she became a little annoyed and turned around and walked out.

"Shulan, how are you?" Jiang Beichuan asked when he saw Shulan coming out.

"They look down on you because you are a male educated youth and eat more than women, so they don't want to eat with us!" Shu Lan said angrily.

"Then let's go find Yulin and the others to team up!"

"They eat coarse grains, and we eat fine grains, mostly refined grains. How can we eat together?"

"This~" Jiang Beichuan was also a little hesitant.

"Forget it! We can just be together!" Shu Lan was happy to be alone with Jiang Beichuan and said with a smile.

"That's the only way!"

A group of educated youth were divided into three groups, each with his own plans.

While Su Nian and her friends were cooking sweet potato porridge, Su Nian left the yard and took a walk around the village.

When he came back, the small bamboo basket in his hand contained a handful of chili peppers, a small bundle of fennel, five eggs, and most importantly, a small piece of white paste in the bowl.

"Hey! Sister Nian! Where did this come from?" Qin Yuxian asked with a smile when she saw Su Nian coming back with a bunch of vegetables.

"I went to the village and exchanged two taels of brown sugar for this! This is a piece of lard, let's have fried eggs with fennel and stir-fried shredded radish with chili peppers!" Su Nian said with a smile.

In those days, brown sugar cost 80 cents per pound, and you needed sugar coupons. Most people couldn't even get one.

Su Nian took two taels of brown sugar to exchange for some vegetables from the villagers' private plots. The family was very happy, but finally felt that it was a waste of money to exchange the expensive brown sugar for a few bunches of worthless vegetables, so they insisted on giving him five eggs.

When Su Nian suggested changing the cooking oil, she didn't ask her to do anything. She just scooped a small spoonful of lard for her and sprinkled a small spoonful of salt on it, saying, "How can you cook without salt?"

I have to say that the villagers at that time were still very simple. They didn't feel that they had suffered any loss, but others felt that they had suffered a loss.

"Oh! Sister Nian! You are really thoughtful! But! I can't let you pay for it alone, I have to pay for it too!" Qin Yuxian said quickly.

"And me! We're going out together!"

"Yeah! That's right!"

The people who were having dinner together all said this with a smile.

"Just this once! From now on, I'll eat whatever's available! I won't be greedy anymore!" Su Nian smiled and teased when she saw that they had no objections.

"No! We have to change it if we can!" Sun Yanyan and Qin Yuxian both said with a smile.

Being able to eat fresh vegetables and eggs is not so readily available in the city! The key point is that Su Nian also remembered that they didn't use oil or salt to cook!

"In theory, we educated youth should also have our own private plots. Let's go ask around and plant some of our favorite vegetables!"

"I think it's okay!"

The three girls were in high spirits. They had fried fennel and eggs, plus some spicy stir-fried shredded radish, and a big bowl of sweet potato and millet porridge each. Since they didn't have to work today, they had no dry food.

Shulan and the others smelled the rich aroma of fennel and eggs in the courtyard, as well as the spicy and pungent smell of shredded radish. They felt hungry and their mouths were salivating.

After Su Nian and the others' meal was ready, they each took out their lunch boxes and started eating.

After happily eating their meal, Shulan and the others went to the kitchen. Looking at the clean pots, they felt worried.

Except for the firewood, the kitchen is very clean. The old educated youth's oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are definitely not left out in the open. They are all locked in the cabinet. Shulan and the others can only add water to cook porridge.

"Yuxian, Yanyan, Qin Zhiqing, after dinner we will go buy cabinets and pots, and build a stove. There is still a lot to do, and we have to finish it in one day. We have to go to work tomorrow!" Su Nian said while eating.

"So, let's go to the team's collective production department first to buy cabinets and mats. As for going to the town to buy other things, my sister Yuxian will represent me in full. We just need to pay double for what we need to buy. I just need to trouble you to go to the town to help Yuxian and me get the packages back. I will stay in the village to find someone to build a stove!" Qin Yulin said.

"That's fine! You can decide how to spend the money for building the stove, and we'll split it when we come back!" Su Nian nodded.

"I have no objection!" Sun Yanyan also nodded.

In this way, the four of them reached a consensus, finished their meal, washed their lunch boxes, and went out.

They went directly to the home of Old Man Liu, who was in charge of collective production at the end of the village. They had already inquired about this place a long time ago, so they found it without any effort.

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