Chapter 23 Ranran's hard work is priceless
Zhong Qingfeng quickly brought two full buckets of water and asked, "Wen Zhiqing, which room do you live in?"
"The last room, just put it here and I'll pick it up myself. Here's the dime." Wen Lin handed him a dime note.
"Let me take it over. There is a separate stove next to the cave where you live. I'll see if you need anything else."
When Zhong Qingfeng saw the money in Wen Lin's hand, his eyes became even more eager. If this educated youth was short of firewood, he could earn some money.
"Brother Qingfeng, you've made money so quickly. Which educated youth would like to ride on my bicycle?"
Qu Chengyuan came rushing over on his bicycle. He was the youngest son of the village chief. He was in the second grade of junior high school in the town and usually rode his bicycle to and from school.
Occasionally, he would earn some pocket money by following Zhong Qingfeng, and even if he just helped his mother get a bottle of soy sauce, he would report two cents more.
"You choose one of them to take with you, I will catch up with you later." Zhong Qingfeng turned around and gave an instruction, then walked towards the last cave.
"Young comrade, I'm lighter than him, please give me a ride!" Xiao Zhiyu took the initiative to say when he saw that Qu Chengyuan was about the same height as his uncle.
"Okay, you come up and sit down first and I'll leave." Qu Chengyuan said considerately. He had experience in giving other educated youths a ride.
Some female educated youth don't know how to get on the bus, so he is now used to waiting for the people in the back seat to sit down before he leaves.
"When you can ride well, I will come up, so it will be easier for you." Xiao Zhiyu was originally a kind person.
"Hehe, comrade, you are such a good person." Qu Chengyuan said with a smile, and the two teenagers of similar age left happily.
Zhong Qingfeng followed Wen Lin into the cave. Ye Siran had already cleaned the cave and made it very cozy.
The wide kang was covered with emerald green sheets and two brightly colored quilts were placed side by side.
The cave has a mud floor and mud walls, so it can only be wiped with a dry cloth, no water is needed.
"Ranran, you are so awesome! You have decorated our cave so cozy." Wen Lin was so moved that her voice choked.
Originally, she wanted to do some heavy work, but after chatting with Xia Tiantian for a long time outside, Ye Siran actually decorated the cave so warmly.
Zhong Qingfeng stood at the entrance of the cave and didn't dare to go in. He had never seen anyone decorate a cave so luxuriously.
He raised his eyes to look at Ye Siran, who was covered in dust, and saw her looking at him coldly.
He suddenly became nervous, "Comrade...Okay, put the water at the door. I have something to do and I'll leave first. I'll ask someone to bring you some firewood later."
"Thank you, comrade. Weigh the firewood yourself and we will pay you."
Ye Siran's voice flowed like a spring, and was as gentle as the wind that gently brushed across Zhong Qingfeng's heart, causing him to blurt out, "I don't want money."
"You charged me ten cents for carrying two buckets of water, but you help us chop firewood for free?" Wen Lin asked in disbelief.
"Really? This dime includes firewood." Zhong Qingfeng turned around and ran away.
He had already put the dime Wen Lin gave him into his own pocket, so he didn't have to take the money for Chaihe.
Once the money has gone into his pocket, he must not be allowed to take it out again.
He ran out and saw Qu Chenggang, "Brother Gangzi, let's go."
"Qingfeng, can you give Xia Zhiqing a ride?"
"No, I have already taken his money." Zhong Qingfeng pointed at the young man with glasses and said firmly.
"Let's go quickly. Brother Yuan and the others have already gone far away." After saying this, Zhong Qingfeng took the young man with the glasses away.
"Comrade Qu, can you find someone else to pick up Tiantian?" Jian Yueshi asked softly.
"There are only three bicycles in our village. How about you let one sit on the front crossbar?" Qu Chenggang said embarrassedly.
"You wish. You have such dirty thoughts, you rascal." Xia Tiantian cursed angrily.
Seeing Qu Chenggang's unhappy expression, Jian Yueshi said in a reproachful tone, "Tiantian, why do you say that about Comrade Qu? You clean up the cave house, and I will go buy it by myself."
"Shishi, be careful about him. I'll stay and clean up." Xia Tiantian said in a bad tone.
She didn't have much money to begin with, and she had been living by flattering Jane Yueshi in the compound.
Although Jian Yueshi is the stepmother who manages the household, her grandparents both have salaries.
She would just go with them to carry things, but would never buy anything. She would not touch the few dollars she had on her unless it was absolutely necessary.
Qu Chenggang really wanted to say, since you are worried, then don’t go with me, but when he saw that Jian Yueshi was about to cry, he said nothing.
Wen Lin was so touched that she wanted to say something sentimental, but she heard Ye Siran say, "Wen Lin, look at what I have arranged. How much do you think the fruits of my labor are worth?"
Wen Lin was stunned for a moment, then immediately smiled, "Ranran's hard work is priceless, we are good friends so let's just give it ten dollars!"
"Ten dollars is a bit much. Since you said the fruits of my labor are priceless, let's split it in half. You can just give me five dollars."
Wen Lin quickly took out five yuan and gave it to Ye Siran. She was very touched and said, "Ranran is so nice. I'll go boil some water for you to take a bath."
"Let's do it together." Ye Siran was afraid that Wen Lin didn't know how to use the adobe stove. In fact, she didn't know how to use it now, but she had learned it in her previous life.
That was when she taught her daughter to remember the good times and cherish the bad times, and learn to live in a cave and cook her own meals with firewood. However, her daughter not only did not learn, but also complained about it.
"Ranran is so nice." Wen Lin took Ye Siran's hand with emotion, and the two of them happily went to the stove to boil water together.
"Ran Ran, what should we do if we don't have honeycomb coal here? I don't know how to do anything. If I don't have you, will I starve to death?"
"How could that be! Don't you have money? If you have money, you can ask others to do it for you." Ye Siran comforted softly.
There was no firewood in her space, but there were a lot of honeycomb coal. However, no one in Gaotang Village burned coal, so she didn't take it out.
"Wen Zhiqing, my family's Qingfeng said you need firewood?" An old voice sounded outside the cave.
"Yes, yes, we want to buy firewood." Wen Lin said loudly, and Ye Siran also walked out quickly.
At first glance, I saw an old lady in her sixties, walking towards me tremblingly with a bundle of hay on her back.
Ye Siran was so frightened that his heart was trembling, fearing that something might happen to her. "Grandma, please don't leave."
Although Wen Lin was spoiled, she was kind-hearted. Seeing this, she ran over and helped the old woman up: "Grandma, how much is this hay?"
"My Qingfeng said it doesn't cost any money."
"No, I'll give you fifty cents." Wen Lin took out a handful of bills, picked out five dimes and handed them to the old lady.
She didn't take out the dime on purpose, but she just took it out casually.
The change she had on her was prepared by her mother, one hundred each in denominations of one dimes, two dimes, and five dimes.
There were 100 one-yuan, 2-yuan, and 5-yuan notes each, but no one-cent or two-cent notes, and only ten five-cent notes, because her mother said that small denominations take up more space.
A hundred ten-yuan notes, so she really has money.
Grandma Zhong wanted to refuse, but Wen Lin forced a handful of White Rabbit candy into her mouth. She was so scared that she ran away trembling with the money and candy.
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