Chapter 16 Send her a chicken to nourish her.
Li Simin was very dissatisfied with Chen Shuangyan's flattery of Sun Xiaoyue, and didn't speak to her even when they reached the riverbank.
Chen Shuangyan couldn't be bothered with Li Simin. She was always sarcastic and had a long face, making it too tiring to be around her.
So when they got to the river, they each found a place to squat down and wash their clothes, and neither of them spoke to the other.
Jiang Zhizhi planned to draw a rough sketch first, noting some bay streams and places with fast-flowing water, and then go back to draw detailed drawings.
Seeing two girls carrying basins to wash clothes, he didn't pay much attention. Judging from their appearance, they should be the female educated youth from the educated youth settlement they mentioned.
There is still a little difference between her and the girls in the village.
Chen Shuangyan finished washing the clothes in no time. Seeing that Li Simin was still washing clothes, she pouted and went to wait by the side with the basin in her arms.
She was a talkative and gossipy person to begin with. After her eyes darted around, she decided to pick up the basin and go talk to Jiang Zhizhi. When she got there, she was surprised to see Jiang Zhizhi. There was such a beautiful girl in the village! Her skin was so fair, and it looked pink and tender in the sunlight. She was very eye-catching.
Chen Shuangyan was somewhat unsure whether Jiang Zhizhi was also an educated youth sent to the countryside.
He leaned over to greet Jiang Zhizhi: "Hello? Are you from this village, or from our educated youth settlement? I've never seen you before."
Jiang Zhizhi smiled warmly: "I'm the village's technician. Are you from the educated youth settlement? Are you off today?"
Seeing Jiang Zhizhi smile and seem approachable, Chen Shuangyan put the basin aside and sat down next to Jiang Zhizhi: "We just arrived yesterday, so we're resting today to get familiar with the environment before going to work in the fields tomorrow. What are you drawing?"
Jiang Zhizhi glanced at Chen Shuangyan and said, "I'm just painting for fun. I have nothing to do this morning, and the scenery here looks nice, so I came over to sit down."
Chen Shuangyan exclaimed, "Then you must be very educated. This pencil of yours looks very expensive."
Jiang Zhizhi looked at the pencil in her hand. It was ordinary and she couldn't tell how expensive it was. "Is it expensive?"
Chen Shuangyan nodded: "You can't usually buy them in stores. I saw them before at my dad's factory engineer's place. I wanted to touch them, but he wouldn't let me, saying they were too expensive and you couldn't buy them anywhere else."
Jiang Zhizhi looked at the pencils again. They were hard to find, but Zhou Xiye got her five at once.
Chen Shuangyan then asked Jiang Zhizhi curiously, "Technician Jiang, how long have you been in Qingquan Village? Are the people in this village easy to get along with? The village secretary seems quite fierce to me, and he speaks very impatiently."
Jiang Zhizhi thought to herself, "I only arrived a day earlier than you guys."
Still nodded: "Everything is fine."
Chen Shuangyan sighed: "I heard that our work at the educated youth settlement is to reclaim wasteland. It's desolate here, not even a blade of grass grows on the mountains, and even after reclaiming the wasteland, we still depend on the weather for our livelihood."
Jiang Zhizhi asked curiously, "Where did you come from?"
Speaking of this, Chen Shuangyan became talkative, talking about where she and Li Simin came from, how they had known each other since childhood, and so on, but she forgot to mention Sun Xiaoyue.
The main reason is that I had only just met Sun Xiaoyue, and she wasn't even there, so we didn't have much to talk about.
Sun Xiaoyue did not leave the slope. Seeing Chen Shuangyan and Jiang Zhizhi chatting happily, she became nervous again. She had forgotten to tell Chen Shuangyan not to mention her in front of outsiders.
She was nervous. If Jiang Zhizhi knew she was here, she would definitely be on guard against her.
That idiot seems to have become a lot smarter after committing suicide once!
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Jiang Zhizhi learned a lot about this era from Chen Shuangyan, for example, if you do business privately, the consequences of being caught are very serious.
Even things from your own home are not allowed.
This completely dispelled Jiang Zhizhi's idea of secretly doing some business.
After separating from Chen Shuangyan, Jiang Zhizhi went back and started drawing immediately. It was inconvenient to use one hand, let alone the left hand, so he drew very slowly. He also had to make detailed annotations. The size and angle of the pressure tank had to be marked very accurately.
He was so engrossed in drawing in the courtyard that he didn't even notice Zhou Xiye entering the yard.
Zhou Xiye stood behind Jiang Zhizhi with his hands behind his back, looking at the little girl sitting on a small stool, leaning over the dining table and drawing seriously and attentively, looking like a small ball.
She was still mumbling something, and her hair was a mess, probably because it was difficult to comb it with one hand. The braid fell slightly on the paper.
On the white paper, a rough outline has already been drawn, which is quite complex and includes some angle symbols.
Zhou Xiye became increasingly suspicious of Jiang Zhizhi's identity and suddenly said, "Your drawings are so complicated, do you think anyone can understand and create them?"
Jiang Zhizhi was immersed in it. When she heard Zhou Xiye's voice, she was so scared that her hands shook and she almost fell off the stool. She turned her head and saw Zhou Xiye standing behind her, leaning over for an unknown period of time.
"You came here without making any noise? It's so scary."
Now that we've discovered it, let's just go all out.
Zhou Xiye apologized and said, "I came here to deliver something to the village party secretary. Your map is very complicated. No one in the commune can understand it. If I invite someone from the city, it might not be practical."
Jiang Zhizhi pursed her lips: "I can. As long as I have the ingredients, I can make it too."
Zhou Xiye looked at Jiang Zhizhi's injured hand with great interest: "Your hand is injured, what should I do?"
Jiang Zhizhi said with a serious face, "I can direct Liang Dazhuang. He's very smart. As long as I tell him what to do, he can do it well."
But she felt happy in her heart that no one would do better, so she could stay here for a longer period of time with a clear conscience.
Zhou Xiye nodded noncommittally: "I put something for the village party secretary at the door. Go back and tell him. Oh, I have a chicken in the car. Take it down and stew it for lunch."
Jiang Zhi was surprised. Why did they suddenly give her a chicken?
Zhou Xiye explained further: "On the way here, I accidentally ran over some people's chickens. After paying compensation, they insisted on taking the chickens away. I couldn't take them back with me, so I left them for you."
Looking at Zhou Xiye's serious expression, Jiang Zhizhi couldn't tell if he was telling the truth or not, but she was still happy at the thought of being able to eat chicken.
Eating bland food every day, my stomach has been growling with cravings for ages.
He put down his pencil and stood up happily: "Okay, how much is it? I'll give it to you."
Zhou Xiye shook his head: "No need, we can just give this equipment to our troops later."
Jiang Zhizhi didn't think much of it: "You can take it if you need it."
Following Zhou Xiye to the car, he watched as Zhou Xiye took down a plucked and cleaned chicken. He was a little shocked: "Wasn't it crushed to death? Why are you plucking the feathers?"
Zhou Xiye nodded without changing his expression: "If there's nothing else, I'll be going now."
Jiang Zhizhi carried the plump hen, looking at it from every angle, but she couldn't figure out which part of the chicken the car had run over.
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