"Hahaha! Look at you, you're so silly. Here, take this bag of beef jerky and eat it."
Su Xue took out the change and handed it to Pei Weidong. The people who built the house had to give 20 cents a day for two meals! Pei Xiaohua was cooking the meals, and the money was in her hands now. She didn't expect that the man would not keep a penny.
I was such a fool waiting for her to come back today so I could ask for money.
"I don't want it! You can keep this good stuff to nourish your body."
Pei Weidong wouldn't ask for his partner's food. He wouldn't say he was that strong, but his height was there! Su Xue was so delicate and petite that he was afraid of crushing her.
I quickly shook off the fertilizer in my head. Why did I think about that?
What a beast!
"Your head hurts! Take it back quickly. If you're hungry, chew some jerky. I still have some!"
Su Xue forced the beef jerky into the man's arms, then asked him to turn around and kicked him out of the house.
Really, can't you just let the lady be for a moment?
......
The next day, Gu Qingmeng and Su Xue baked mooncakes at home, and the pig grass was given to Gu Guodong and his brother to pick.
No one supervised their pig grass-picking team. As long as they handed in the pig grass, the scorer would record two centimeters for each basket. Of course, the special baskets for picking pig grass were very large, and a basket of pig grass weighed at least forty or fifty kilograms. Gu Qingmeng and the others carried their own small backpacks and slowly picked up four centimeters a day. No more than that, otherwise their bodies could not bear it.
"Mengmeng, we need to bake these mooncakes for a whole day, or we can bake them in the oven! No one will be home right now."
Su Xue thought it was too much trouble to light the bread oven, but there was a ready-made oven in the space, and there was still plenty of power in the battery, enough for them to use. Even if it was not enough, there was still a generator?
"After this pot is baked, use the oven for the rest."
The bread oven is indeed a bit slow, and some of the mooncake doughs made outside have dried out.
As the last batch of mooncakes came out of the bakery, the two of them went straight into the space, preheated the oven and continued baking.
Su Xue went to pick vegetables to feed the chickens, while Gu Qingmeng went to the cornfield to break off a few cobs of corn, lit a fire and threw the corn directly into the fire.
"How delicious it would be if we wrapped some lamb chops, quail, and spareribs in tin foil!"
Su Xue drooled as she watched the little quails. Was this summer incomplete? They hadn't camped or grilled, so it was as if this summer hadn't happened at all.
"Now, marinate the meat and grill it for you tonight."
Gu Qingmeng: The way he slurps his saliva is unbearable to watch.
"No, it's boring if we eat too much by ourselves. It's more interesting when there are more people eating. I can't leave Guodong and Guoliang to eat alone."
Gu Qingmeng: "...I guess you don't want to leave Pei Weidong to eat alone, right?"
"Sister, did you know that you are only seventeen this year?" Gu Qingmeng reminded.
"You'll be eighteen after the Chinese New Year and can get married." Su Xue retorted.
Gu Qingmeng was so angry that she wanted to get married at the age of eighteen: "It's not good to have a baby too early, it will easily cause a difficult birth."
Su Xue: "If we go to the city to give birth, we can still do a caesarean section!"
"Su Xue, you want to piss me off to death!"
Gu Qingmeng rolled her eyes. This guy was really bold. Why didn’t he know that she was in love before?
"Hahaha! Just kidding. I'm fine with getting married, but I won't have kids so early. Mengmeng, what do you say about us finding two laborers?"
Su Xue fell into deep thought as she looked at the fields at the doorway that were about to be harvested. Gu Qingmeng was also listless. They were happy about the harvest, but the joy faded when they thought about having to harvest it themselves.
So fucking tired.
Why can’t the ancestors show their power and help them reclaim the land?
Ding ding ding.
"The mooncakes are baked. You can go give some to your future husband."
Gu Qingmeng felt a little jealous that her best friend actually wanted to get married.
"Haha! We are the best in the world. No one can surpass you."
Su Xue promised with a smile, and coaxed the man into submission in no time.
The two of them left the house carrying small baskets. Su Xue went to deliver mooncakes to her boyfriend, and Gu Qingmeng went to deliver mooncakes to the team leader's house.
Eight mooncakes, a pound of dried fruit, a pound of brown sugar, and a bottle of wine are quite good festival gifts. The dried fruit and brown sugar are for Aunt Shuqin to nourish her body.
Last time, someone came to her greenhouse and brought two dried rabbits, which were real meat. Her holiday gifts were not particularly large.
As soon as Gu Qingmeng entered the yard, she saw Aunt Shuqin sitting in the yard picking vegetables. Pei Xinghe was chasing two boys and fighting. He was in a dilemma when Pei Xiuzhen called him, "Hey, Sister Qingmeng is here! Come in and sit down!"
When Pei Xinghe heard Gu Qingmeng coming, he quickly threw away the stick in his hand, walked forward to greet him with a smile, and invited him into the house. The two boys quickly covered their buttocks and ran out of the yard.
Gu Qingmeng smiled and followed them into the house and sat on the kang.
"Xiuzhen, go make Miss Gu a cup of brown sugar water. You are such a jerk. Just come if you want to. Why are you bringing anything?"
Zhang Shuqin pretended to be angry, but she was actually very happy. Gu Qingmeng came to give them holiday gifts, which meant that she treated them as elders. Naturally, they would treat her as a junior and protect her in the future.
"Don't bother, Sister Xiuzhen. I'm not thirsty. Aunt Shuqin made the mooncakes myself. I gave you a few to try."
Gu Qingmeng smiled and took out the things from the small basket.
"Gu girl has this skill, I have to try it. I heard you are exchanging things?"
When Zhang Shuqin came back, she heard that Gu Qingmeng was exchanging dry goods. She had a lot of dry goods at home. If she was at home, Gu Qingmeng wouldn't have to go through the trouble of exchanging them with others. She would just give them to her directly.
"Well, I sent some back home so they can try the local specialties."
Gu Qingmeng nodded. She didn't expect Aunt Shuqin to bring up this matter.
"You've never had a package drop off. It's time to send some back. Wait until the supplies come down from the mountains next month and send some more. The hazelnuts and pine nuts here are good stuff, rich in oil. If you hunt in the winter, you can even get a good share of meat. You can send some back too."
Zhang Shuqin has already figured out what to prepare for Gu Qingmeng?
"Mom! If someone didn't know, they would think you were preparing something at your in-laws' house. Sister Qingmeng, drink some water."
Pei Xiuzhen's words made the three people in the room blush. The two younger ones were shy, and the older one was embarrassed.
Even Pei Xiuzhen, who was known for her toughness, noticed something was amiss. "Ahem, these mooncakes are made by Qingmeng herself! Let me try them. Wow! There's even egg yolk inside! These mooncakes are delicious! Even better than store-bought ones."
In an instant, everyone's eyes fell on the mooncakes. Gu Qingmeng introduced the fillings of the mooncakes to the three of them. Seeing them eating them with relish, she was happy from the bottom of her heart.
"The school is almost finished, you can get ready."
Pei Xinghe learned from his father that Gu Qingmeng had started working. He knew that she didn't like working and she couldn't get used to the work here. Not to mention her, he himself couldn't get used to it. He had only worked for a few days in his life!
Also, I don’t know if I can make more mooncakes.
"Really? That's time to get ready."
She hadn't looked at the school on the other side of the bridge much during these days of work, only glanced at it from a distance a few times. Unexpectedly, it was almost completed and she finally didn't have to go to work.
She brought snake repellent with her up the mountain, and although she didn't encounter any snakes, she was still timid because she was afraid of seeing a snake at her feet.
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