After dinner at Meng's house, Chen Jiaojiao didn't rush home. Jiang Baige was lying on the bed reading a book, and she also lay down and talked with him.

I don't know what she was thinking about, but she giggled from time to time.

Jiang Baige was so engrossed in reading that he asked a question when he heard her silly laughter.

"Why are you laughing? You look so happy. Did you pick up some money?"

Chen Jiaojiao said, "Sister, my brother told me about you two dating. I think you two are quite a good match. If you have a daughter in the future, she will definitely be beautiful."

Jiang Baige put down the book in his hand and pounced over to tickle her.

"What are you talking about! You said you wanted to have a baby with your brother."

"And he even told you about this?"

Chen Jiaojiao laughed itchyly and said breathlessly.

"No, he had something to ask of me, and he offered me the opportunity to be your partner in exchange."

Jiang Baige was speechless. "What's so important that you would trade it for this?"

"He asked me to come check on you this morning to see why you weren't up yet! I asked him why he cared so much about you, and he told me that he even wanted to come check on you."

After Chen Jiaojiao finished speaking, she laughed out loud.

"My brother, don't be fooled by his usual serious and calm demeanor. He can be quite silly sometimes. If you spend more time with him, you'll realize he's a very nice person."

Jiang Baige thought about it and realized that apart from being handsome, the only thing about Chen Jianguo was that he was thick-skinned. She hadn't discovered anything else about him.

After discussing the matter of Chen Erlaizi and Zhang Yan with the village head, party secretary, and accountant, Chen Defu immediately wrote letters of introduction for them after obtaining their consent.

It is too late to get the marriage certificate today, so they can only wait until tomorrow morning to get the marriage certificate.

Things have come to this point. Even if Zhang Yan no longer wants to get married, she has no choice.

They already have a child, and they want to abort it at this time, but they need a marriage certificate and the signatures of their family members. Without the documents, it would be considered as having an affair and they would be criticized.

The hospital would definitely not do this for someone like Zhang Yan.

Moreover, if her belly grew bigger and the child had no father, the spit of the women in the village would drown her, so Zhang Yan had no choice but to grit her teeth and agree.

When Chen Jianguo left home early in the morning, he asked his sister to tell Jiang Baige that the supply and marketing cooperative would be showing a movie in three days and asked her to go to the town’s armed forces department to find Chen Jianguo.

It rained for several days in a row, and it cleared up today. The people in charge of drying the wheat began to dry the harvested wheat.

No one expected that the wheat that had been harvested and dried for just a few days would become moldy and sprout in the corners because it was not completely dry yet and had been covered for a few days.

Chen Defu didn't expect that it would rain for two days and part of the underground would become damp.

People who came to dry the grain early in the morning discovered that the ground layer had sprouted. Seeing the dozen or so baskets of wheat sprouts that had been dug out, Chen Defu sighed repeatedly.

The wheat harvest this year was not good to begin with, and when the quota grain was issued, they would not be able to get much work-point grain.

The cadres in Chenjia Village are now undecided. If they report this to their superiors, they might be able to get some relief food, but they will definitely be criticized.

The Party Secretary said, "Take all these out and have the piggery wash them. Discard the bad ones and feed the rest to the pigs! This way we won't waste them."

After Jiang Baige counted the number of people, she came to the warehouse.

Grandma Meng is drying wheat here. When she comes, she can help her with the work.

Hearing the secretary's words, Jiang Baige said, "No! That's such a pity."

When they heard her say it was a pity, they all turned around to look at her.

Chen Defu asked doubtfully, "Comrade Jiang, do you mean this can still be used?"

Jiang Baige nodded, "Yes! Of course I can, and you will never imagine what I can make."

Hearing her mysterious words, the Party Secretary said, "Don't play dumb. We're all so worried, and you're still trying to make us happy!"

Chen Defu also said, "Yes! You said, if it can really be used, the labor will be counted on you."

Jiang Baige saw that they were very anxious, and then said, "Malt can be used to make malt sugar!"

Sugar is a precious commodity. If someone has the skill to make it, they will have enough to eat for the rest of their lives.

Most of these are secret recipes passed down from ancestors, passed down only to family members from generation to generation.

It is difficult for ordinary people to eat something sweet, so how can they know how it is made? The farmers in the village will know even less.

When Jiang Baige was learning to cook a few days ago, she took out a book from her space. On it was the method of making malt sugar.

Jiang Baige doesn't care whether it's a credit or not, but it would be a real shame if so much wheat was fed to pigs.

Jiang Baige agreed immediately, "No problem, but I need a few people to help. I need a big stove and two big pots."

After Chen Defu and his friends discussed it, they decided to go to his house. Sugar was the most scarce thing, and if they could really make it, it would definitely have to be kept secret.

So Chen Defu called his wife back and asked her to pick a few reliable people. They would not have to work in the fields for the time being, but the work points would still be recorded.

Chen Defu found a few more men and took all the grown wheat to his house.

Although the people who came to help didn't know what their use was, they had to do what the village chief ordered.

In the Chen family's yard, Sun Zhaodi and other people who came to help brought large wooden basins from their homes. Because they needed to pick out the moldy ones, they arranged for a few more women to come and help.

Jiang Baige is now considered a master, and the women listen carefully to whatever she arranges.

Some people pick the malt, some are responsible for washing it, and some are responsible for grinding the wheat into pulp with a stone mill.

With so many women around, the yard became quite lively, and of course someone started talking about Chen Erlaizi and the educated youth.

Some people were saying that they had seen the two of them sneaking into the woods, and that Zhang Zhiqing had secretly gone to Chen's house and stayed there for half a day.

And when we did that secretly at night and were seen by them, they could actually tell us everything, as if it was quite real.

Jiang Baige really wants to say, I don’t know whether you have seen it or not, but I have really seen it.

Chen Erlaizi went to get his marriage certificate with Zhang Yan early in the morning. When he came back, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some delicious food.

They wanted to wear red clothes for their wedding, so they bought some red cloth.

Two people went there empty-handed and came back with bags.

As for the money, it was the money Chen Erlaizi borrowed from his sister's house, saying that he was going to get married and his sister and brother-in-law had to support him a little.

It sounds nice to say it's a loan, but in fact it will never be returned in the future.

When the two of them came back with their bags, they passed by the village chief's house and heard many people in the yard talking about themselves.

Zhang Yan gritted his teeth, stamped his feet, clenched his fists, snorted fiercely, and went back.

Chen Erlaizi hurried over to support her and coaxed her, "Hey! Go slower, I'm worried about the baby in your belly."

Zhang Yan said angrily, "Child, child, listen to what they say about us."

Chen Erlaizi added, "Say what you want, they are just jealous that I can marry such a beautiful wife."