Liu Changshan glanced at Hu Lili and felt that this female educated youth was a little too pretentious.
But he didn't say anything. He helped the educated youth load the car, then sat in the front of the car, waving the whip and started driving back.
As time passed, the initial estrangement quietly disappeared as the surrounding scenery slowly changed.
None of these five people had ever been to the countryside.
I was very interested in the bare fields on both sides of the road.
Li Jianwen took the initiative to get close to Liu Changshan: "Uncle, what do we grow here?"
Well, the question asked by Li Jianwen made Liu Changshan like this young man even more.
Look, although he just arrived, the first thing he paid attention to was farming. This is the awareness that a farmer should have!
So he was happy to answer his question: "Most of them grow corn, and a small part grows sorghum and millet."
Li Jianwen then asked: "How is the weather here?"
Liu Changshan's face fell at this question: "Oh, don't mention it. We have drought nine out of ten years here."
Most of Dongliang Village is hilly, and there are some mountains.
The rainfall is not very good every year, so it can be said to be a semi-arid area.
Li Jianwen felt a chill in his heart.
If the year is not good, it means that the harvest will not be very good every year.
If there is not enough grain to harvest, naturally the amount of food distributed to the villagers will not be much.
Now it seems that there is a high probability that these people will go hungry.
At this time, Hu Lili became interested: "I heard that in spring, rural people can go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, right?"
"I've never been to the mountains in my life. Are there flowers in the mountains?"
Hu Lili had a big red scarf wrapped around her face, so her face couldn't be seen, only her eyes were exposed.
Liu Changshan felt a little worried when he saw her naive appearance, but he still patiently explained to her: "There are some wild flowers."
"As for mushrooms, every spring after the rain, if we can't work in the fields, the villagers will go to the nearby mountains to look for mushrooms."
"That was a time when there was a shortage of food, and mushrooms could replace a lot of vegetables!"
Zhang Yumei, who had been listening to their chat, couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, what kind of mushrooms do we have here? Can you lead us to pick them when the time comes?"
Liu Changshan smiled and said, "Most of the women in the village will go by then, you just need to follow behind."
"Here are mainly pine mushrooms. There may be some poplar mushrooms under the poplar trees near the village. Other than these, there are only grass mushrooms."
"Speaking of mushrooms, during the Chinese New Year, it would be delicious if we could stew mushrooms with chicken!"
As the family of the village chief, Liu Changshan's family used to be very wealthy.
Chicken stewed with mushrooms and some vermicelli added in it is so delicious that it will kill you.
It's just that the weather has been bad in the past few years and the harvest has been much less, so his family's food supply is also tight. But he can't bear to kill the chickens, as he relies on the chickens to lay eggs in exchange for some pocket money!
There were a lot of people in the car, and everyone was talking to each other, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious.
Before we knew it, the donkey cart arrived at the village.
Many people stood at their doorsteps looking at them, and some even gathered together, pointing and talking at them.
When they first arrived in a strange place, the five new educated youth were a little reserved.
Liu Changshan asked his son to drive the donkey cart back home first. After everyone had worked together to unload the luggage and food, he let his son return the donkey.
Several people looked at the huge yard and the row of main houses, and thought that although they were mud houses, they looked okay. They couldn't help but feel more at ease about their future situation.
But before they could be happy for long, Liu Changshan actually asked the five families who adopted the educated youth to come over to the yard.
Then he said to the five people: "You came in a hurry, and there are no extra houses for you to stay in the village, so we will temporarily arrange for you to stay in the villagers' homes."
"When it gets warmer next spring, I'll find a way to make a room for you guys. But for now, I have to inconvenience you."
Without waiting for the educated youth to react, he pointed at the Shen family and five other families and said, "These are the villagers assigned to you. Each of you can choose one family and discuss it among yourselves!"
The five educated youth looked at Old Man Shen and the others in bewilderment, and no one spoke for a while.
Still, Hu Lili said to Liu Changshan with some dissatisfaction: "Can't we live here first? I think this house is not bad!"
Liu Changshan didn't expect that the girl would actually take a fancy to his home, but he had already made arrangements earlier, so he could only refuse her: "This is my home, and there are too many people in my family, so there is no room for them."
Hu Lili felt a little embarrassed after being rejected in public, and her mouth, wrapped in the scarf, was pouted high.
Just as the educated youth were looking at the Shen family and others, Old Man Shen was also looking at them, especially the three girls.
He fell in love with Hu Lili at first sight.
The reason is simple: Hu Lili is the best dressed among the five people. Her clothes don't have a single patch on them, and it's obvious that she comes from a wealthy family.
The two groups looked at each other, but no one spoke first.
It was Liu Changshan who said to a villager, "This is Liu Guoen's home. Who wants to go there?"
The five educated youth looked at each other, all of them feeling unsure.
They don't know anything about the villagers here, but they want them to choose where to live. Isn't this like a blind man touching an elephant?
Liu Changshan knew what they were worried about: "Don't worry, these families are all selected from the village with good conditions. They are all similar, so don't worry about choosing."
"It'll only be a month or two, and then you'll be living on your own. The conditions are like this right now, so you'll have to make do with it."
After hearing what the village chief said, Wang Zhiqiang raised his hand tremblingly: "Uncle, I'll go!"
Liu Changshan was very happy: "Okay, just go to Liu Guoen's house, take your luggage and food, and follow him."
Someone took the lead and the others followed suit.
When it was Old Man Shen's turn, he stared at Hu Lili. In order to help himself win her over, Old Man Shen quickly said, "I can vacate an empty room in my house in a while."
Sure enough, as soon as this condition was put forward, the remaining three girls became eager to try, and all three arms wearing cotton gloves were raised one after another.
Before Liu Changshan could say anything, Old Man Shen pointed at Hu Lili and said, "Let's pick this girl. I think she suits you best."
Hu Lili happily put her hands down, then carried her backpack and dragged her things towards Old Man Shen.
While mopping the boat, he said to Old Man Shen with a smile: "Uncle, you really have good taste, haha!"
Seeing that the two of them had become a perfect match, Liu Changshan didn't know what to say.
The remaining two people were quickly divided into groups.
Old Man Shen smiled and helped Hu Lili carry her food and led the way: "What's your name, girl?"
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