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After the grain tax was paid, Qijia Village began distributing the grain. Because this year's harvest was better, the amount of grain paid was the same as in previous years, so there was more grain left over than in previous years, and each family received dozens of kilograms more grain.
With these dozens of kilograms of grain, everyone can have a few more meals of dry food.
After distributing the grain, they began digging across the river.
This year's task was twice that of last year, and Qijia Village acted the fastest, completing it in just twenty-five days.
After the villagers of Qijia Village returned, the place became even more lively.
After a year of hard work, once they've received their share of grain and have a little money in hand, they'll use it to prepare weddings for their sons and daughters.
So during this period, the villagers of Qijia Village held weddings every few days.
He Tiantian only needed to clean the livestock team's premises in the morning, and Aunt Liu would clean in the afternoon. As for tasks like cutting hay, Qian Shikun and Sun Sihao did them.
When He Tiantian had nothing to do, she often went to the peach orchard behind the mountain to keep her parents company.
The peach tree needed pruning, and He Jingyu kept all the good branches instead of throwing them away.
Not long ago, He Jingyu found some stones on the mountain and built a greenhouse, inside which were some small peach saplings that had been propagated by cuttings.
Wang Shuping planted a large patch of cabbages in the empty space, and the cabbages have already formed heads. Worried they would freeze, Wang Shuping asked He Tiantian to cut grass and cover them with it. This way, the cabbages underneath the grass can continue to grow, and cabbages that have experienced the first frost will taste even better!
Next to the cabbage is a patch of radishes; in a few more days, it will be time to harvest the radishes.
"Mom, let's pickle more dried radishes this year! I love them," He Tiantian said. "In previous years, when we lived in Nanshi, the supply was limited, and there weren't enough fresh radishes to pickle. We could only make a little bit each time."
To say nothing of the distant past, before the Spring Festival last year, He Tiantian would get up at three or four o'clock every morning to queue up at the supply and marketing cooperative to buy things. Because there were many people and few items, and there was a limit to the number of items that could be purchased each time, even if you had coupons and money, you couldn't buy more.
Now we have more things, and we have the means to improve things.
"Yes, let's make more this year. If we can't finish them all, we can give some away to others," Wang Shuping said. "Cabbage is good too, I'll make some spicy cabbage."
He Jingyu and Wang Shuping really enjoy living here now.
Although they didn't have complete equipment, she and her husband didn't stop their research and exploration.
After helping to prepare the cabbage patch, the mother and daughter went home to cook.
As soon as I got home, someone told me to go to the village branch office to pick up a letter.
Wang Shuping accompanied her daughter to the village branch office to pick up the letter. Qi Shuli smiled and was very friendly.
As the mother and daughter left, Qi Shuqiang clicked his tongue in admiration, saying, "The girls and women in the city are just so beautiful. They don't look like mother and daughter at all; they look like sisters standing together!"
"Heh, yeah!" Qi Shuli said, "Your wife is a shrew!"
"Yes, I've lost out in this life," Qi Shuqiang said regretfully. "If I could sleep with a woman as beautiful as her, my life would be complete."
Qi Shuqiang has a particular fondness for this.
Qi Shuli chuckled, finished his cigarette, and cursed, "Look at you, so pathetic! Want to sleep with women? That's easy enough!"
Qi Shuqiang's eyes lit up, and he quickly took out a cigarette to offer, asking, "Second Brother, do you have any good ideas?"
"I've heard that in other villages, those village officials have slept with quite a few young, unmarried women!" Qi Shuli said with a chuckle. "We also have power; if we don't use it now, when will we?"
"My brother-in-law is also the village team leader. I heard him mention it when I was drinking with him before, and I thought he was just bragging! Could it be true?" Qi Shuqiang was skeptical. Those people were really bold.
"Hmph!" Qi Shuli sneered, "Let's not talk about those far away. Even Accountant Hu from the next village did the same thing. He had some backbone. He took the blame for that woman and the child in her belly. Before he was executed, his family went to see him and, upon hearing that the woman had run away, he told them everything."
"I never would have guessed that the seemingly upright Accountant Hu could do something like this," Qi Shuqiang said. "Being caught in an affair and then killing someone—that's a pretty high price to pay."
Qi Shuli chuckled and said, "That's because he's stupid. He couldn't just sleep with her once, he actually got her pregnant."
Qi Shuqiang was itching to try it, and said ingratiatingly, "Second Brother, what do you suggest?"
"It's simple. Find those who want to leave the countryside; they need us to issue certificates. Then..." Qi Shuli chuckled lewdly, everything unspoken...
Qi Shuqiang also felt there was great potential and joined in with a lewd laugh.
However, Qi Shuqiang immediately thought that with Secretary Qi around, the educated youth wouldn't ask him for certificates!
“Other villages can do it, but not ours. That blockhead Qi Dazhu will never allow us to abuse our power for personal gain.” In the end, Qi Shuqiang still felt it was unfeasible and decided to be honest. Accountant Hu from the next village had already been shot.
"Heh, Qi Dazhu is a hypocrite too," Qi Shuli said. "With us watching, he wouldn't dare. Those who are unwilling might be harder to persuade, but there are always people willing to offer themselves up—you know…"
"Voluntarily offering themselves up?" Qi Shuqiang was overjoyed. "Which one?"
"Speak of the devil, and he appears!" Qi Shuli chuckled, looking towards the door.
Qi Shuqiang looked outside and saw Lin Xiaoru.
"Lin Xiaoru?" Qi Shuqiang asked doubtfully, "Why is she here?"
“The commune’s propaganda team has one spot, but it requires a recommendation from the village…” Qi Shuli explained, “If you’re interested…”
"Will this work?" Qi Shuqiang had lustful thoughts, but lacked the courage to act on them.
"Hehe, why not!" Qi Shuli said, "Qi Dazhu wouldn't have stopped us anyway. We'll just have to make a move here, and the deal will be done."
Qi Shuqiang hesitated, then said, "Second Brother, Lin Xiaoru is no good! She's capable of reporting someone, so she's definitely not a kind person. If I sleep with her and things don't go as planned, and she reports me, I'll be in big trouble."
“Lin Xiaoru has been working with the propaganda team since last year and is familiar with the people there. If they didn’t have a definite answer, Lin Xiaoru wouldn’t be so enthusiastic,” Qi Shuli said. “Besides, this woman is obviously not a virgin anymore. If others can sleep with her, why can’t you?”
Qi Shuqiang thought about it and realized, "Yeah, since it's just a used shoe, what am I afraid of?"
"Second brother, have you slept with him before?" Qi Shuqiang asked, winking and making lewd faces.
Qi Shuli shook his head and said, "I'm getting old. My heart is willing, but my strength is not! Otherwise, would such a good thing have come to you?"
Hearing Secretary Qi say this, Qi Shuqiang lowered his guard.
Why don't we give it a try?
A short while later, Lin Xiaoru arrived at the village branch office, carrying a piece of paper, to have it stamped. (To be continued.)
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