"It doesn't matter what she arranges. We won't accept her here anyway."
Yun Huaying would never allow anyone with ulterior motives to live with her. Not to mention anything else, if Zhong Furong lived here, she would not be able to move around freely.
In addition, her space must not be exposed.
After the meal was ready, Han Zheng went home and called his grandparents to come down for dinner. A whole pig's foot was cooked in the pot, filling two large bowls with meat. He also made a serving of mapo tofu, a plate of cold shredded white radish, and a bowl of light pumpkin. Six people sat around the table to eat.
The old man loves this soft, glutinous and fragrant braised pork trotter the most. He drank a small bowl of rice wine and two large bowls of white rice tonight. After eating and drinking his fill, he still felt unsatisfied.
During the time Yun Huaying was on leave, Grandma Han also helped her finish the clothes. In the evening, she came down again and said to her, "Huaying, the clothes are ready. I didn't take them down. I asked Zhengzi to go to the county early tomorrow morning and have him mail them to the second brother's house."
"Okay, thank you." Yun Huaying thanked with a smile.
"You don't have to be so polite."
Grandma Han put the corduroy jacket she had brought with her into her hands. "This corduroy fabric was mailed to you by Zhengzi's mother some time ago. I made it into a jacket for you. It's perfect for this season."
Yun Huaying knew how precious corduroy was in those days; it wasn't something one could buy even with money. Her aunt hadn't mentioned it to her when she went to Jinling, so she figured it must have been mailed to her when they went to Xinjin City. She was touched by the elders' concern and attention, saying, "It's not appropriate to wear such fine clothes while doing farm work now. I'll wear it during the Chinese New Year."
“You can also wear it at home when you’re not out in the field.”
Grandma Han knew that the three of them were very busy at night, with their creative studies and knitting, so she didn't stay here for long. She said a few words and went back.
After the elders left, they closed the door, poured hot water to wash up, and then sat in the main room to do their own things.
In the next three or four days, the busiest autumn harvest began, and everyone was exhausted.
Fortunately, after the autumn harvest, there is not much farm work to do this year. After the golden dry rice was stored in the granary, the team leader waved his hand and gave everyone in the team two days off.
"Yun Zhiqing, are you going to the county town?"
Today is a day off, Yun Huaying and her friends went to the county town together. As soon as they came out with their bags, they were stopped by Zhong Furong.
Zhong Furong had talked to her a lot these days, but it was the busy farming season and everyone was rushing to work and harvest. She was scolded by the team leader for talking too much and wasting time, so she just concentrated on her work after that.
Another new educated youth, Ge Yuanjun, never spoke to them. He just did whatever work the team leader assigned him and never fell behind. The village cadres even praised him.
"Well, let's go to the county town." Yun Huaying replied indifferently.
"I want to go too. I'll go with you."
Zhong Furong ran back to the educated youth center and soon came out with an olive green backpack on her back and a pair of small leather shoes. She grabbed a few candies from her pocket and gave them to them. "I've been here for over a week now. Today is my first time in the county town. I'm not familiar with the situation here at all. Please teach me how to get around later."
Although she talks a lot, she is still very polite, completely different from people like Liu Xiu.
Although Lin Shan didn't have a very good impression of her, she continued in a friendly manner, "We've been here for over two months, and we haven't been to the county town very often, only four or five times in total. Every time we've been there, we've just gone to the state-owned stores, the Xinhua Bookstore, and the meat processing plant. We haven't been anywhere else. The county town is full of chaotic people, and you often see hooligans and low-class people, so we always come back after shopping and rarely wander the streets for long."
"Is that so?" Zhong Furong didn't doubt her words and asked again, "Lin Zhiqing, do you know where the post office is?"
"I know. We have to go to the post office later."
The two of them chatted idly, and soon Zhong Furong brought the topic back to Yun Huaying. "Yun Zhiqing, why didn't your boyfriend, Comrade Han, accompany you to the county town today?"
"He rode his bicycle to the meat processing plant early this morning. We'll meet in the county town later."
Farm work was hard during this period, so Han Zheng went to the county meat processing plant to queue up early in the morning. He would buy some meat dishes later and bring them some fat to fry lard.
Many people are going to the county town today, and Wang Huiyu and her friends are also going. She, Tao Jiao, and two male educated youth are in front. When they see the four new educated youth have also arrived, they wait in front for a while, and after they meet up, they leave together.
"Yun Zhiqing, have you submitted any articles recently?"
Li Bin, the team leader of the male educated youth, talked to her. He had learned about the Youth Daily's call for submissions from Yun Huaying before. Later, he went back to write a manuscript and tried to submit it. The first manuscript was also selected and published.
He wrote pure articles, which were somewhat different from their works in content. The royalties were relatively low. They were mailed to him some time ago. The total royalties for one article were eight yuan.
Eight yuan is actually a lot nowadays. The substitute teachers in the school only earn seven or eight yuan a month, and the monthly subsidy for educated youth who went to the countryside is only this much, so this money is enough for him to improve his life a little.
"I don't have any for now. Lin Shan and Jiang Yuan are working on it."
Yun Huaying never asked about other people's affairs, but she was bored now and didn't want to bother with Zhong Furong, so she casually started chatting with him: "Did you submit your manuscript last time?"
"I submitted two articles. The first one was selected and published, and I received eight yuan in royalties. The second one was not selected," Li Bin told her with a smile.
“Are the two articles of different genres?”
"Well, the first one also describes the rural life of educated youth, and the second one describes the natural forest."
The fact that his first piece was accepted by Youth Daily showed that he had good writing skills. However, Yun Huaying suspected that his second piece was not selected and gave him some advice: "You shouldn't submit your second piece to Youth Daily. You should submit it to professional newspapers and magazines."
"Professional newspapers and magazines?" Li Bin didn't understand.
"For example, the Biological Science Journal and Nature Weekly. The Youth Daily is a comprehensive newspaper, and the news content published mainly is related to humanities and social sciences. The subject-oriented article you wrote is not suitable for publication in the Youth Daily."
Li Bin understood immediately after hearing her words. "Thank you, Yun Zhiqing. I understand. I'll go to the post office and look for relevant newspapers."
"Li Bin, has your first article been published?" Lin Shan also came over to join the chat.
"It has been published. It was published last Monday."
Li Bin was somewhat happy when he talked about this, but he was an introvert and did not publicize this matter in the educated youth institute. He quietly put the newspaper away and mailed a copy to his elders.
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