Jiang Baige and Zhou Xiuying were talking in the outer room, and Chen Defu quickly wrote the letter of introduction and came out of the inner room.

"Comrade Jiang, go early and come back early. Don't delay outside any longer."

Jiang Baige took the letter and folded it carefully.

"Thank you, Uncle Village Chief. I'll be back in a day, so I won't delay your meal any longer."

After watching Jiang Baige leave, Zhou Xiuying sat next to her man.

"Hey, his father, let me ask you something. What do you think of Comrade Jiang?"

Chen Defu put down his chopsticks and asked, "What's going on? This young comrade is quite hardworking and doesn't talk much. Just look at how she treats Aunt Meng next door. You'll know she has a good heart."

"Why are you suddenly asking about the educated youth? Is there some gossip going around in the village again?

Zhou Xiuying shook her head. "There's no such thing as gossip. I'm saying, how about introducing Comrade Jiang to our Jianguo?"

"She's from a big city and she's a high school student. She's a perfect match for Jianguo."

When Chen Defu heard his wife's words, he continued eating. "What are you thinking? This young educated youth is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and your son is already twenty-two. It's not appropriate."

Zhou Xiuying pouted, "When I married you, weren't you four or five years older than me? Why didn't you say it wasn't suitable then?"

"I'm telling you! When you go to town, give your son a message and ask him to come back."

"Ever since he joined that armed forces department, he probably doesn't even know which way his front door opens."

Unable to bear his wife's nagging, Chen Defu perfunctorily said, "Okay, okay, let him come back another day."

Jiang Baige got the letter of introduction and went to the educated youth compound again.

They didn't have to go in person to mail the letters. She had to go to the county town anyway, so she could help them carry the letters. If they went in person, it would delay their work points.

When they arrived at the courtyard, several people sat under the eaves and chatted.

"Hey, why are you here again?"

Li Yan gave up half of her stool and said, "Come and sit here."

Jiang Baige walked over and sat down, then said, "I'm going to the county hospital, and I wanted to ask you if you want me to help mail a letter."

"It's not easy for us to go there. If you want to buy something, I can bring it back for you."

"Yes!" Zhang Hongyang said, "Comrade Wu Juan just said that we don't have much salt left. It would be great if you could bring some back. I'll give you the money and the ticket right away."

Wu Juan also said, "Please mail my letter for me too! I won't go."

"I've already written the address on the letter. I'll give you the money later. Just buy me a gas ticket and put it on the letter."

Yu Shengli also said: "As for mine, please help me mail it too! I don't have an envelope, please buy me one, and I'll write you the address right away."

As he said this, he went into the house.

Wu Juan and Liang Youwei also took out the letter and gave it all to Jiang Baige, along with the money.

Finally, only Wu Lili was left without a letter. Jiang Baige asked, "Comrade Wu Lili, don't you have any letters to send?"

"My cousin wrote it for me. My mom and the others can see it, so I won't waste the money."

Jiang Baige said, "Well, this guy is quite good at taking advantage of opportunities. He said it well and saved money."

It's not that Wu Lili wants to save money, it's that she has already spent all the money and can only rely on her cousin to pass on the message.

Jiang Baige collected everyone's letters and money, checked them carefully, and then asked, "If you remember anything else you need to send, please send it to me as soon as possible. I'm leaving early tomorrow morning."

Zhang Hongyang brought a bag of rice from the house, which looked like it might weigh about 10 to 20 kilograms.

This is the food ration he saved for several months from the Chinese New Year to now.

Comrade Jiang, "Please send this to me along with the letter. Thank you."

Jiang Baige took it and weighed it. It felt heavy, probably about 10 to 20 kilograms.

He asked, "Anything else? I can take it all, please don't hesitate."

It’s almost the end of the month, and everyone’s food will be distributed soon. Most people who have left over food will send some home.

Li Yan also awkwardly brought a bag of rice and said, "Comrade Jiang, if you can't take it, forget it. I'll send it together next time."

Jiang Baige smiled and said, "No problem, I can still take this away."

At this moment, the two of them only thought about sending it home. Anyway, they could just give it to her. They didn't consider at all whether she, a little comrade, could carry such a heavy thing.

The others had just arrived and had no food to send home, so they could only watch Jiang Baige leave with two bags of food.

The two bags of grain together should weigh about thirty or forty kilograms. Jiang Baige didn't do anything outside and just put the grain into the space.

Zai Zhong endured it and carried the food back home. As soon as he entered the door, he put the food into the space.

He sighed deeply before walking into the kitchen.

Grandma Meng was already cooking. Seeing her slowly touching the firewood, Jiang Baige called out, "Grandma Meng, I'm back."

Hearing the sound, Grandma Meng put the firewood in her hand into the stove, and then went to the cupboard to take out their bowls.

"You take a break, I'll be eating soon."

Jiang Baige responded, "Oh."

She came to the stove, opened the lid of the pot, took a look at the rice in the pot, and asked, "Grandma Meng, what is this?"

Grandma Meng replied, "We're having pumpkin rice today. Just open the pumpkin you left on the ground."

"It's so big, we can't finish it. You might as well send a piece to the village chief next door. It would be a shame if it goes bad."

Jiang Baige replied, "Okay, I'll go right away."

She was about to cut off half of the pumpkin with a knife when she heard Grandma Meng say, "Seeds! Leave me a few seeds. Pumpkin seeds are hard to find. Leave me a few seeds. I'll plant them at the foot of the wall when it gets warmer."

"Uh, okay."

Jiang Baige responded, took out half of the seeds, and left the rest in the pumpkin.

"Grandma Meng, I'm going out and will be back soon."

As he spoke, he arrived in the yard.

The door of the Chen family next door was closed, and there seemed to be sounds of people talking in the yard.

I raised my hand and knocked on the door, "Auntie, are you home?"

Jiang Baige knocked on the door and shouted.

In the Chen family's yard, Zhou Xiuying, her mother and her two sons were talking.

Zhou Xiuying was very happy today. At noon, she said she missed her son and wanted him to come back. Unexpectedly, her son came back in the afternoon.

Chen Jianguo, the eldest son of the Chen family, was a restless person before he joined the army.

After only a few days of school, he wandered around here and there all day, running around in several nearby villages with a group of boys, doing nothing and causing trouble for the family all the time.

Chen Defu was afraid that his son would do bad things when he grew up, so he sent him to the army. After two years, he grew up and his personality improved a lot.

After he was discharged from the army, his father Chen Defu used his connections to find him a position in the county's armed forces department. Once he left, he never returned home and didn't see anyone for half a year.

At this moment, the mother and her two children were chatting in the yard.