She used to like Meng Rui and thought he was good in every way. But now that she has come to her senses, she feels that Meng Rui's previous behavior was disgusting, and that she was blind and bad-hearted, always following Meng Rui's lead.
Not long after, there was a noise outside the yard. It was Meng Rui who came back after putting on his clothes. The weather was still a little chilly, and Meng Rui had a coat on. He didn't come in shirtless.
It's just that he has always considered himself an elegant scholar, and what happened today made him very embarrassed. Even if the male educated youth living in the same room with him didn't know what happened, they would feel very uncomfortable.
Not to mention that Li Hong had just made a scene, moving food and taking back all the things she had given to Meng Rui. Now everyone in the entire educated youth center knew that the two of them had broken up.
Now seeing him coming back with his clothes in disarray and two slap marks on his face, the other male educated youth in the educated youth center looked at each other tacitly, then turned to look at Meng Rui, their eyes full of gloating.
Meng Rui's face turned red and white under such gazes. He felt ashamed and glared at them angrily, "What are you looking at? What's so good about it! Are you going to go to Li Hong to sow discord between us?"
have to!
Wu Qifeng, the elder brother of the educated youth group, wanted to comfort Meng Rui, but now that he saw how ungrateful Meng Rui was, he stopped talking and immediately sat up from the kang, looking at the other educated youths, "I'm going to go up the mountain to collect firewood, do you want to come with me?"
Everyone else knew Meng Rui's character and didn't want to argue with him. Li Qifeng just happened to call them, so they followed Li Qifeng and went to the room of the female educated youth to ask them if they wanted to go together.
As soon as I went out, I ran into Tian Tian and three others who were going to the river.
Tian Tian and the other two had been squatting by the wall until their feet were numb. Then they saw the two of them go in. They stood up and prepared to go to the river. However, as soon as they reached the gate of the educated youth center, a large group of people came out, which scared the three of them who were guilty.
Tian Tian glanced at Li Hong, who was following behind them, with a guilty conscience, and then greeted the educated youths, "Wu Zhiqing, are you guys going out?"
Although they rarely had contact with the educated youth, they were not completely strangers. They often met and greeted each other and even called each other by name.
These educated youth obviously also knew Tian Tian and Tian Yun. After all, one was the daughter of the team leader and the other was the daughter of the accountant.
Especially since Wu Qifeng was an educated youth born in the 1960s and had been in their brigade for more than ten years, he was very familiar with them and could be said to have watched the three of them grow up.
He nodded amiably, "We're planning to go to the mountain to collect some firewood. What do you want?"
He glanced at the small basins in the hands of the three of them.
"We are getting ready to catch him!" Tian Yun said.
"Yes! There are a lot of cicadas at this time." Wu Qifeng said with a smile.
Tian Tian watched from the side and saw that except for Wu Qifeng, the eyes of the remaining men were all glued to Tian Yun.
Tian Yun is so beautiful that people in the village always gossip about her. She rarely goes out normally. Only after she got familiar with Tian Tian and Shen Lingling, she would go out more often.
These educated youth rarely saw Tian Yun, so when they suddenly saw him, their eyes were glued to him.
Tian Tian saw that two of the men had greedy eyes and were looking Tian Yun up and down, with their intentions clearly revealed in their eyes.
Tian Tian was unhappy. She stepped forward to block the gazes of those people and said with a fake smile, "Wu Zhiqing, we won't bother you for now. Go collect firewood!"
Wu Zhiqing was a good man. He smiled when he heard this and said, "Then you should be careful too. The snow on the mountain has all melted and the water is flowing fast. Don't fall."
Tian Tian and the others smiled and prepared to leave.
Li Jiuniang stared at the basin in Tian Tian's hand thoughtfully. Seeing that the three of them were about to leave, he quickly asked, "Comrade Tian!"
Tian Tian and Tian Yun turned around and looked at Li Jiuniang at the same time.
"What are you doing, you cicada?"
Tian Yun and Tian Tian looked at each other and said, "We can cook it, fry it, or make crayfish tofu."
Li Jiuniang nodded and said nothing more, "Thank you!"
Tian Tian and the others smiled at everyone, then quickly left with the basins.
As a result, when they arrived at the stream at the foot of the mountain and picked crickets for a while, Li Jiuniang and several other female educated youth came over with basins.
Tian Tian didn't stop them from picking crickets here. After all, this stream didn't belong to her alone, and anyone could come here.
It's just that she felt a little uncomfortable around Li Jiuniang, so she kept away from these educated youth when picking crickets, which was considered as keeping out of each other's way.
After picking up a full basin of crickets, Tian Tian and Tian Yun went back.
"Grandma! Do you think I've picked up enough cicadas?" Tian Tian yelled.
"Enough!" Old Mrs. Tian took a look at the crickets caught by Tian Tian. Together with the small half basin caught in the morning, it was enough for their family to have a meal.
"Grandma! Then let's make crayfish tofu!" Tian Tian asked expectantly.
She knew that crayfish tofu was a famous dish, but she had never eaten it before.
Although Grandma Tian knows how to cook it, she thinks it is too troublesome to make crayfish tofu, so she doesn't usually like to make it. She just boils the crayfish in water and adds a little salt, green onion and ginger.
Although the taste is light, it is particularly fresh. For them who can't eat much good food, it is a rare delicacy.
Old Mrs. Tian thought about it and realized that spring planting would start tomorrow. She was afraid that she would have little time after she started busy with farm work. It would be nice to make a delicious meal today, so she agreed.
"Go get our stone mortar, clean the inside thoroughly, and then pull off the cricket's heads. I'll crush them later!" Tian Tian said.
When Tian Tian heard that Old Lady Tian agreed to make cricket tofu for her, she was willing to do anything, even lift the mortar and do squats.
So she went to work happily.
The last time she used the mortar was when she pounded rice before the Chinese New Year. Tian Tian moved the mortar to the well, filled it with water, and then rolled up her sleeves to start scrubbing the mortar.
The mortar was not big, only reaching Tian Tian's calf, so she finished cleaning it quickly.
After cleaning the mortar, Tian Tian did not move. She moved a small stool and sat next to the mortar. She threw the crickets she had picked into the mortar, including their heads.
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