"Great! Thank you for your help then."
Gu Qingmeng built a bread oven next to the wing room. Seeing the ready-made chicken coop in the yard, she was considering whether to raise a few chickens to cover it. The eggs in the space have been hatched, and chicken and duck eggs will be taken out in the future.
"Aunt Shuqin, can I raise two chickens and ducks?"
"Of course! The four of you can raise four chickens or four ducks. Our family of three can raise three, and each additional person can raise one more. Come on, I'll take you to exchange chickens and ducks now. I heard from the fourth child, how many chickens and ducks do you want to stew tonight?"
Zhang Shuqin has heard from her son that Gu girl wants to exchange two chickens and two ducks for stewing in the evening. It must be said that this girl is really greedy. Stewing one is already very good, but she wants to stew four. What kind of girl is she?
"Yes! Everyone has been busy all day, so let's have something delicious to eat in the evening. Just think of it as helping me warm the house. Aunt Shuqin doesn't need to cook at home in the evening. Let my brother and sister-in-law come to my place to eat."
Gu Qingmeng extended the invitation. She knew that the team leader had four sons and one daughter. The eldest and second sons were in the village, whom she had not met yet. The third son was serving in the army, and the daughter worked in the supply and marketing cooperative. All of them were married, and only the fourth son, Pei Xinghe, was not married yet.
"There is ready-made food at home. Let them eat at home. You don't have to worry about it." Thinking of the two daughters-in-law at home, Zhang Shuqin was speechless.
"Mom, I can go and change it. Gu Zhiqing has already given me the money." Pei Xinghe said.
He still wants to show off. Can I not make things worse?
Zhang Shuqin opened her mouth, but couldn't hold it in. "You're going to trade chickens and ducks. Do you know the males and females? Do you know which ones lay eggs and which ones don't? You're really willing to take any job. Give me the money."
Pei Xinghe: ...
Of course, the rooster wouldn't recognize it! But the duck certainly didn't seem to recognize it.
No, he was going to exchange the chickens and ducks for tonight's meal, so why should he care whether they laid eggs or not? What a motherf*cker.
Gu Qingmeng held back her laughter and followed Aunt Shuqin closely with Su Xue carrying a basket on her back. Their home was the starting point of East Village, so they exchanged chickens and ducks directly in East Village.
"Aunt Shuqin, is there any other work in our village besides the work in the mountains?"
Gu Qingmeng will have to go to work in two days. She doesn't want to work in the mountains and just wants to slack off in the village.
Zhang Shuqin was thinking about the jobs that didn't involve going up the mountain in Peijiagou, but she smiled brightly. "Gu girl, I know you're afraid of snakes and don't dare go up the mountain. I'll talk to your uncle tonight and find a suitable job for you."
In fact, there is work in the village that does not require going up the mountain, so the work points are a bit less. I think Gu Qingmeng would not care about those work points.
This job is a bit troublesome. The villagers probably won't agree to let the educated youth do it? With the little grandfather here, he can't say for sure. Maybe it can be done?
Gu Qingmeng followed Aunt Shuqin into a courtyard and began to shout outside the courtyard: "Jiahe wife, do you have chickens and ducks that don't lay eggs? Do you want to trade them?"
It was time to go to work, and those who had people at home were almost all storing winter vegetables. If they stored more now, they would have more to eat during the winter. Zhang Shuqin's voice immediately called people out.
"Auntie is here, come sit on the kang for a while! We have a few chickens and ducks that don't lay eggs, please take any of them."
The woman who was called home and daughter-in-law by Zhang Shuqin never took her eyes off Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue since she came out.
Gu Qingmeng didn't care about being stared at. She was calm and composed. Isn't being pretty enough to be stared at? She was used to it.
"Jiahe wife, these are the new Zhiqing Gu and Zhiqing Su. They bought the house from my second uncle's house by the river. Today they need to replace some chickens and ducks for the greenhouse. Please give me a fair price."
Zhang Shuqin is cheerful and generous, and is very popular in Peijia Village. Pei Dazhuang is also older than her, and all the villagers are related to each other, so Peijiagou is particularly harmonious.
"Hello, auntie. I am the new educated youth, Gu Qingmeng." Gu Qingmeng said with a smile.
The generational hierarchy in Peijiagou was a mess, and she couldn't figure it out, so she could only call everyone "Auntie"? In fact, this woman was older than Aunt Shuqin, but she called Aunt Shuqin "Auntie".
"Oh, the chickens are all at home, and the ducks have gone out to look for food. It's hard to find them at this time." Jiahe and his wife regretted letting the ducks go out today, otherwise they could have exchanged them for more money.
"Then let's exchange for two chickens, and we'll talk about the duck another day." After saying that, Zhang Shuqin went straight to the chicken coop and picked out two of the fattest hens. She spent eight yuan on the two chickens.
Gu Qingmeng knew that this price was a bargain, so after returning the two chickens, they went to the carpenter's house. According to Aunt Shuqin, the carpenter had extra chickens at home, all of which were newly opened and were just right for laying eggs.
Gu Qingmeng was naturally happy to be able to buy new chickens this year. Two laying hens cost ten yuan. She also picked out two chopping boards, two chests of drawers, and a set of tables and chairs from the carpenter's house. She was not used to using the kang table and was more used to using the floor table.
The carpenter sent the furniture they bought back for free. Gu Qingmeng picked out a few miscellaneous items, while Su Xue had a special liking for the hand-woven baskets and picked out six of them.
Taking them back is just right for storage, they are all practical little things. In the eyes of a carpenter, this is a waste of money, how can a family use so many baskets? But it still feels good to make money, after all, it is not easy to meet such a big buyer!
"That's all I have. Please help deliver it to me."
These things cost a total of twenty-three dollars and fifty cents. Gu Qingmeng bargained symbolically to make herself appear stingy. In this era, generosity was not allowed.
"Give me twenty-three dollars and I'll give you a dustpan. I'll send it to you right away." The carpenter wiped his face with his hand and kept smiling. He was naturally very happy to make money.
Zhang Shuqin watched from the side and did not stop Gu Qingmeng from buying things. In her opinion, everything she bought could be used and it was not a waste of money. With her standing by, the carpenter would not ask for an exorbitant price.
"Thank you, uncle!"
Gu Qingmeng smiled and thanked him. Knowing that she had gotten the better deal, she grabbed a handful of candy from her shoulder bag and gave it to the two children playing in the yard. There were more than ten hard candies in a handful, which was quite a lot.
Zhang Shuqin was heartbroken this time. Gu girl's hands were too big, and candy was a precious thing, so it would be better for her to keep it for herself.
Actually, Gu Qingmeng felt sorry for the children. They were so young and skinny! They didn't even have a decent piece of clothing. One of them was wearing a flour bag, and the other was running around naked.
This made Gu Qingmeng, who had received a good education in modern times, sigh. The children at that time were too pitiful! And too sensible!
"Aunt Shuqin, don't we have a school in Peijiagou? Don't these children go to school?"
After asking this question, Gu Qingmeng fell silent. She seemed to have asked a very stupid question. It takes three hours to take a bullock cart from Peijiagou to the county! Where can these children go to school?
"Hey, where are the schools in this mountain? If you want to go to school, you have to go to the county commune! And for high school, you go to the city."
Zhang Shuqin and Pei Dazhuang are the only family in Peijiagou who can send their children to school. This is also the main reason for their family’s poverty. Otherwise, they would have lived in a big tiled house long ago.
Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue looked at each other, lowered their heads and fell into deep thought. They had gone to the mountains to teach during their university internships in modern times. Now that they are here, should they do something?
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