It was Lin Xiaofang who came: "I heard you guys are back, so I came to see you."

Although Yang Zhaozhao was a little unhappy about their reconciliation with Li Lihua, since they had come to her house to express their gratitude, Yang Zhaozhao didn't want to chase them away: "Yes, I just got back today. I heard that they had a daughter. Congratulations!"

Lin Xiaofang smiled and said, "Little girl, what's there to congratulate? It's her fate to be born in this era."

Yang Zhaozhao: “…”

In this era, lack of food and drink is indeed not uncommon.

It is said that many people died of starvation and disease.

Yang Zhaozhao didn't say anything, just smiled, looked at the skinny baby, and frowned: "I heard that it weighed 8 kilograms when it was born, why does it look so skinny?"

"It was nice to have a baby in my belly, but I didn't have enough milk later on, and the baby didn't eat, so how could he be fat?" Lin Xiaofang's eyes reddened as she spoke. "I heard there's milk powder, but it's too expensive and requires tickets. We can't afford it at all."

"We can only give him some malted milk and rice porridge. He's too young to eat, so he's become thin!" Lin Xiaofang wiped away tears: "It's pitiful that this child has been reborn into our family."

Lin Xiaofang looked at Yang Zhaozhao pleadingly and explained her purpose: "I know you are here, so I want to ask if you can get me some milk powder or something. My child is crying from hunger every day, and I can't stand it."

Yang Zhaozhao has milk powder on hand, both domestic and imported.

Looking at the skinny baby, Yang Zhaozhao felt overwhelmed with compassion.

Since he asked her for help, she put aside past grudges and offered to help: "I know someone in this field. We have both domestic and imported products. What kind do you want to buy?"

"We can't afford domestic food. Imported food is too expensive." Lin Xiaofang and her family have spent a lot of money recently, and most of it was spent on compensation from Li Lihua.

I bought a bicycle and didn't have much left.

"Hey, I'll find it for you next time I go to the city." Yang Zhaozhao didn't take it out immediately. She didn't have a child, but she had milk powder, which would easily expose her identity.

Thinking about something, Lin Xiaofang asked, "I heard that you can secretly set up a stall inside the house. Is that true?"

Yang Zhaozhao nodded.

Lin Xiaofang sighed, "I don't know when we will return to the city. I'm afraid I won't be able to get into university. I can try to start a small business in the city in the meantime."

"Just wait, it should be here soon!" Yang Zhaozhao didn't expect that Lin Xiaofang was also a smart person.

When Lin Xiaofang left, Yang Zhaozhao gave her child a small red envelope as a gift for their first meeting, 6.6 points, which means good luck.

Lin Xiaofang didn't expect Yang Zhaozhao to be so generous, and she remembered this favor.

In addition to the red envelope, Yang Zhaozhao also grabbed a handful of White Rabbit milk candy for Lin Xiaofang.

Lin Xiaofang thought it was all milk, so she melted some sugar into the candy and gave it to her daughter: "Niuniu, you won't be hungry when you buy milk powder. Don't worry, mom will definitely make sure you're full!"

After Yang Zhaozhao and the others came back, the educated youth who had returned to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year also came one after another.

Li Lihua returned to the farm at the end of January, appearing at the village entrance with bags, wearing a woolen coat, a scarf, and leather shoes.

Fashionable and elegant, her trendy dress attracted many people in this poor and backward farm.

Yang Zhaozhao had just gone to the river to wash things. Looking at Li Lihua, who was chatting and laughing with other educated youths, each of them giving her a piece of Dove chocolate, his expression was indifferent.

Li Lihua saw Yang Zhaozhao and spoke in a pretentious manner, "It's Yang Zhiqing. Long time no see. Would you like some chocolate? I bought it abroad and it tastes pretty good."

"No, thank you!" Yang Zhaozhao has no shortage of chocolate.

Li Lihua deliberately boasted: "I heard that you and Li Zhiqing are both going to take the college entrance examination. I have a few sets of examination papers. Do you want to see them?"

"No, I won't look at it. If we pass the exam, someone might flatter themselves and say it was all thanks to her test papers. I can't repay such a favor." Yang Zhaozhao has plenty of test papers to look at.

She hadn't finished the five-year simulation for the college entrance examination three years ago. Wasn't her paper better than Li Lihua's?

"How do you know you can pass the exam? I remember that your grades were not very good when you came to the educated youth center." Li Lihua taunted: "You didn't choose Li Zhiqing just because he was rich and educated?"

"Yang Zhiqing, you are arrogant and scheming!" Li Lihua wanted to exaggerate it.

Yang Zhaozhao was no pushover either. She smiled and said, "Besides being rich and well-educated, he's also a kind person. We have similar values. A narrow-minded and self-righteous person like you can't compare to him."

"You...you are narrow-minded!" Li Lihua was furious.

Yang Zhaozhao looked at him coldly: "Why, do you want to fight?"

Li Lihua: "......"

Although she wanted to tear Yang Zhaozhao's mouth apart, if they really fought, Li Lihua knew that she was no match for Yang Zhaozhao.

In order to avoid embarrassment, Li Lihua glared at her and deliberately talked and laughed with other educated youth, forming her own small group to isolate Yang Zhaozhao.

Yang Zhaozhao will not be defeated by a little isolation.

In her opinion, Li Lihua's behavior was too childish, just like an elementary school student.

She, Yang Zhaozhao, has been in the business world for many years and has eaten more rice than she has seen. How could she be influenced by a little girl?

As soon as Li Lihua came back, the educated youth site became much more lively.

Her family is powerful and their life is better than others.

In addition, since she brought the test paper this time, anyone at the educated youth point who wanted to see the test paper had to look at her expression, and she was treated like a little pig for a while.

She also made it clear that Yang Zhaozhao and Li Yiling wanted to see it and asked her to do so.

Lin Xiaofang and her husband wanted to see it, and each test paper cost one dollar.

Li Lihua still holds a grudge against what happened and wants to do something more serious to get it back.

Lin Xiaofang had no money, so naturally she wouldn't look at Li Lihua's paper.

When she was with Lin Chao, Zhao Wenwen started to curry favor with Li Lihua.

Compared to before, Zhao Wenwen is even more servile now. Seeing her humble appearance, Yang Zhaozhao can't bear to look at her.

After settling in the village, Yang Zhaozhao took some time to go back to his hometown.

Li Yiling went back with her, leaving Cui Nai and Xiao Cui to be taken care of by Grandma Wang.

Lin Chao was very unhappy when approving the leave.

Yang Zhaozhao stuffed a pack of cigarettes worth seven or eight yuan and a bottle of canned yellow peaches into his pocket, and only then was he approved for two days of leave.

Go back to the page and look for Wang Xiaowei.

I went to see a storefront on the street. The owner's family was short of money, so they rented it to Wang Xiaowei for ten yuan a month.

Yang Zhaozhao looked at the place and thought it was pretty good. It was at an intersection with a lot of traffic and there were residents nearby.

Moreover, it is near the factory staff dormitory.

These days, people in the factory have money and salaries, so they are willing to spend money.

Yang Zhaozhao took out the lime and several people worked on it all night. Yang Zhaozhao was not very good at painting the wall and she almost got her face stained. Li Yiling grabbed her shoulder and pushed her out.

"You watch here and have some tea, and we'll take care of the rest."

"Come on, I'll cook you a midnight snack tonight." Yang Zhaozhao accepted her fate. There were some things that were really beyond her control, she was sure of that.

Just painting the wall won’t work!

"Can it be the instant noodles from last time?" Wang Xiaowei couldn't help drooling when talking about instant noodles.

Several other people also looked at her eagerly.

What could Yang Zhaozhao say? Instant noodles, which were considered junk food by later generations, actually became a delicacy for them.

Yang Zhaozhao smiled and nodded: "Tuo!"

With food, they worked harder, and the walls were painted in less than an hour.

Yang Zhaozhao checked and found nothing wrong, so he closed the door and went back to Cuinai's house to light a fire and cook instant noodles.

Li Yiling lit the fire for Yang Zhaozhao, who prepared instant noodles with eggs and hot pot meatballs.

This time I didn’t put any luncheon meat in it, but instead took some slices of braised pork elbow, some slices of red sausage, and a few scallions.

As soon as it was served, several people drooled enough to wash their faces.

When we left Grandma Cui's house, we were all full and satisfied.

If they could eat like this every day, they would be willing to paint the walls every day.