"Yes." Lu Cheng brushed off the dust on his body and took away the corn kernels that Qin An Ning had just received.
"This thing needs to be polished. I'll send it to you when it's done."
What if Ningning grinds the mill herself and gets tired?
Qin An Ning quickly reached out to grab it. If Lu Cheng continued like this, their relationship would be so complicated that he couldn't explain it clearly. "No, I'll grind it myself."
Without giving any explanation, Qin An Ning took out a bag of biscuits from his luggage and handed it over. "Comrade Lu, thank you for helping me clean the house."
She couldn't give money in public, so she just took the cookies as a reward.
Are you trying to draw a line between you and him?
Lu Cheng felt sad for a moment, but soon regained his ruffian spirit.
It doesn’t matter. Girls are all reserved. The more Ningning behaves like this, the more it shows that she has good character.
He took the biscuit and put it in his pocket like a treasure. "Ningning brought it to me specially, so I won't be polite."
No, why was it given to him specially?
Qin An Ning was really defeated by his shamelessness!
She frowned and was about to speak when Lu Cheng interrupted her, "I'm so hungry. I'm leaving now. Bye Ningning."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man had already ridden his bicycle a long way away.
Faster than a rabbit.
The people at the educated youth site looked at her strangely, even with a hint of jealousy.
Qin An Ning looked over and saw that it was Wang Fang.
I really don't understand why she's jealous. If you like someone, go after them yourself.
If Wang Fang could catch up with Lu Cheng, it would save her trouble.
What's the point of being jealous of her?
It wasn't her who took the initiative to provoke Lu Cheng.
I hate people who can't tell right from wrong and put all the blame on their same sex when they encounter relationship problems.
Lu Cheng had cleaned the room very clean, except for the kang, which was bare. The four walls, doors and windows in the room were also bare.
It seems that there are a lot of things that need to be purchased, including kang mats, boxes, stools, and washbasin racks.
The kangqin can be left unused for the time being, as she is alone, so she can just fold the quilt and put it aside.
I don’t know if these things can be included in the resettlement fee. I have to ask the old educated youth.
"Qin An Ning, let's go grind corn. Do you want to come?" Meng Yu called her from outside the window.
"go."
She has food in her space but can't take it out. What should she do if she doesn't grind it? Otherwise, she will have no food to eat tomorrow morning.
"There is no electricity in the village yet, so we can only use graphite grinding." Li Yongfeng led the way for them and told them about the situation in the village and the educated youth site.
"Will you be dining with us or cooking for yourselves?
If we eat together, we can take turns cooking after we get home.
If you want to eat alone, you have to wait until we finish cooking.
There were two stoves at the educated youth site, and we bought all the pots, oil, salt and other supplies.
You can use it, but please share the cost of the remaining seasoning.
Then we can pay together next time we make a purchase.
We grow the vegetables, you can eat them, but you are responsible for weeding and watering the land afterwards."
At this point, Li Yongfeng sighed, "Don't blame me for calculating everything so clearly. There are too many or too few things, and it's hard to manage too many people.
This way, everything is laid out clearly, and anyone with objections can speak up directly, saving a lot of trouble."
Qin An Ning nodded and felt that what he said made sense.
Otherwise, if you pay less today and he works more tomorrow, you won't have to do anything else but settle lawsuits all day.
After listening to this, Meng Yu looked at Qin An Ning, which seemed to mean that he wanted to be in the same group with her.
There were six female educated youth in the group, exactly three groups, and Meng Yu couldn't squeeze in.
Qin Anning smiled apologetically, "I want to start the fire myself."
Meng Yu was a little disappointed, but didn't say much. If she had the conditions, she would also like to live on her own and cook her own food.
Wu Yanli put the bag of grain on the ground and wiped the sweat off her face. "I can't move it anymore. Let's take a break."
Li Yongfeng was helpless. "Even though it's late now, it will take time for the six of you to grind the grain. If you don't hurry up, you might not be able to finish it by dark."
"What can I do if I can't carry it anymore? The brigade is the same. They give us grain but not ground food."
Li Yongfeng was speechless again. Forget about the corn grits, but how would the brigade store the ground cornmeal?
If you cover it up carelessly, wouldn’t that be a waste of food?
In order not to waste time, he stepped forward to help carry the bag of corn kernels and said, "Let's go quickly."
It's like this when you first come to the countryside. I guess he was not used to anything at first.
It didn't take long before the autumn harvest was over and Wu Yanli could no longer work.
The mill is actually a small shed in the middle of the village. There is nothing inside except a stone mill.
“I know you just arrived and have nothing prepared.
I borrowed a few bags of flour from the old educated youth. You can buy some tomorrow and return this one."
Li Yongfeng is worthy of being the person in charge of the educated youth site, and he is very careful in his work.
Not only did he prepare flour bags for them, he also brought a small broom to sweep the cornmeal.
It is not difficult to learn how to grind things with a stone mill. The difficult part is pushing the stone mill. You have to find the right strength.
Otherwise, you will just push with brute force and run out of strength after a while.
After pushing for a while, the male educated youth was sweating profusely.
Qin An Ning thought that she had never ground grain herself in her two lifetimes.
She'll try it later. If she can't push it, she'll see if any male educated youth are willing to help. She can give them money or things, and won't let them work for free.
"Comrade Li, does our team usually use this stone mill to grind grain?"
What if there are more than a dozen people in the family? How much does it take to make enough food?
Li Yongfeng nodded. "After the autumn harvest, the team distributed grain. At that time, there was basically nothing to do except collecting firewood, so the members ground their own grain."
Is it possible that there is not even an electric mill in the entire commune?
"Ningning!"
Qin Anning got a headache when he heard the voice.
She looked left and right, where could the person be hiding?
Lu Cheng walked over quickly, with a roll of something tucked under his arm and a cloth bag in his hand.
"I was just about to go to the educated youth camp when I heard you were here to grind grain, so I came straight over.
There's nothing on the kang in your room, so I've got you a kang mat. Try it later, and it looks about the same size."
Qin An Ning moved his mouth, not knowing what to say.
She originally planned to put a bed sheet underneath tonight and buy another one tomorrow.
I didn't expect Lu Cheng to be so thoughtful.
"And this, there are candles, matches, flashlights and other things in it. I'm afraid you haven't prepared anything and it's inconvenient at night, so you can use them first."
Fearing that Qin An Ning would refuse, he stuffed her into his arms and said, "I'm just responding to the call to help the educated youth. You don't have to think too much."
Wu Yanli rolled her eyes and continued rudely, "Comrade Lu, you are so kind-hearted. Please help me too. I am also short of a lot of things."
Lu Cheng didn't even give him a glance and directly retorted, "You have such a big face because you drew a nose on a piece of paper.
Whatever you lack, it's none of my business."
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