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Dali Village
It's been snowing on and off for the past two days, so we can't go to the county.
It just so happens that one of the pigs in the production team's pigsty is about to give birth in the next couple of days. Grandpa Li, who lives in the pigsty, can't take care of it all by himself. Knowing that He Wan and a few others are studying at the county veterinary station recently, he asked Zhang Cuicao and Wang Xiaorong to help Grandpa Li look after the old sow.
He Wan had some free time these past two days. She originally planned to hide in her spatial dimension to find Lao Yun, but Lao Yun was busy again, and she was dragged to Su Ranran's room to be used as an experimental tool.
She practiced various bone-setting techniques and acupoints on herself, if she had silver needles.
However, Su Ranran's bone-setting technique was indeed effective. As a result, Li Zheng and Li Chunsheng would occasionally let Su Ranran practice on them. The people in the backyard got scared of being practiced on by her, so they pulled Zhang Jianjun from the front yard over to practice on them.
He Wan didn't need to make clothes or shoes. Occasionally, she would knit sweaters for herself. While Chen Qing was collecting snow, she helped Su Ranran organize the medicinal herbs that the group had collected on the mountain some time ago.
Su Ranran was holding a book of traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and a packet of medicine for clearing heat and reducing fever.
"Sister Ranran, this package is ready."
Su Ranran also prepared a packet of medicine and said, "There are just too few medicinal herbs. I will go up the mountain to collect more herbs next year."
While the two were busy in the yard, the squad leader came over and told the educated youth: "Start shelling peanuts today. It's at the brigade headquarters. If each person can complete the task in a day, they will get full marks. If you're willing to work, each of you can bring a small stool over there."
He Wan said, "Okay, squad leader, we'll head over now."
Chen Qing wasn't there at the moment. All the male educated youth had gone up the mountain. Only Ding Shaoling and Xue Zhenzhen from the front yard were left. They packed up and went to the brigade headquarters.
Quite a few people had already come into the house. A heated kang (a traditional heated brick bed) was set up inside, and each person had a bag of peanuts in front of them. Some people were in pairs.
In short, it was very lively.
When Aunt Juhua saw them coming, she waved to them and pointed to the empty seats next to her, saying, "Educated Youth He, Educated Youth Su, come and sit here."
Recently, the educated youth have been very active in generating income for the village, and the villagers have noticed this. They feel that things have changed since the arrival of the new educated youth, especially He Wan. When interacting with them, she doesn't have the arrogance of city people, and several aunties like her.
"Aunt Chrysanthemum."
Su Ranran and He Wan went to the scorekeeper and collected half a bag of peanuts, which they then carried to Aunt Juhua's side.
Aunt Chrysanthemum said, "Hey, where's Zhang Zhiqing?"
"Zhang and Wang, the educated youth, are helping Grandpa Li watch over the old sow."
Aunt Chrysanthemum, standing next to Aunt Eyes, said, "Our team's old sow is going to give birth in the next couple of days. Oh dear, I don't know if she'll survive."
These days, nothing is easy to raise, especially pigs. People don't even have enough to eat, let alone pigs.
Fortunately, they live near the mountains, and the pig feed they harvest each year is enough for the pigs. The leftover pig feed is dried and then chopped up in winter, mixed with wheat bran, chopped corn stalks, and some spoiled or dried sweet potatoes from other households, to feed the pigs.
The cattle feed is pretty much the same.
In their production team's cowshed, there was also an old man surnamed Li watching over it, and the old man in the pigsty was also surnamed Li.
How should I put it? This is Lijiazhuang, and the majority of the people here have the surname Li.
The two had barely sat down when they started talking about pigs and cows. The villagers knew that the educated youth had been going to the county these days, visiting the veterinary station and the county hospital. Some villagers had even seen Su Ranran at the county hospital, where she was busy working with the medical staff in the pharmacy.
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