When Su Ranran saw He Wan, who had been gone for almost two months, she quickly pulled her aside and said, "You're finally back. You haven't done any work lately, and your face has turned a shade paler."
Seeing that her face had darkened, He Wan said, "You're in the fields for the autumn harvest too?"
"I'm fine. It's the same every autumn harvest, but everyone's happy this year."
"Hey, what's the good news?"
Su Ranran nudged her and said, "You forgot? Before you left, you said the city would come to buy dried goods. We've already sold them twice. It just so happens to be this season, there's a lot of dried goods on the mountain, and I sold this much through dried goods."
He Wan looked at it and saw that two yuan was indeed a lot.
“You go up the mountain every day, so you’ve stored up a lot of dried goods. They’ll come back in a while, and you can sell some then.”
"I'm saving mine to give to relatives."
After the two finished handing over their duties, he explained things to Xiuying and then went back with Hewan.
He Wan asked, "Can Xiuying see a doctor all by herself?"
"There aren't many patients right now, but she can treat common headaches and fevers. I've had her read a lot of books and memorize a lot of prescriptions; she's almost ready to graduate."
"Sure, I heard from Grandpa Chen that new educated youth have arrived?"
"Yes, you've been gone for half a month. Three people have come in total: two men and one woman."
"Oh." He Wan listened as Su Ranran recounted the situation of the three people.
One was named Zhang Zhiqiang, the other Li Liqun, and the female comrade was named Zhang Yao. They were all from the city and attended the same school. This time, they were assigned to the countryside based on proximity.
When they arrived in the courtyard, they found two of them.
Su Ranran introduced them to each of them.
He Wan greeted them and then went back to the backyard.
"I just got back today and I don't want to clean the pot. Let's eat together. I specially bought a roast chicken in the city for you."
Su Ranran swallowed hard, feeling a little hungry. The recent autumn harvest had been exhausting, and they hadn't been able to go to the county to buy supplies for many days.
"Alright, we'll distribute the grain right away. We have enough to eat this year. Let's have rice porridge for dinner."
Zhang Cuicao returned shortly afterward, looking forward to seeing what kind of headscarf He Wan would wear this time; she had already prepared the money.
Upon hearing that they were going to eat together, he immediately said, "I'll cook. Let's invite Xue Zhiqing too, and eat together. He Zhiqing, I have good news for you. Xue Zhiqing and Zhang Zhiqing have been noticed by the city's cultural troupe, and they're going to be transferred to the city."
He Wan raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised, as this scene wasn't in the book.
"What happened? Is it because of the arts competition we participated in?"
Su Ranran said, "Yes, after you left, weren't we praised by the city leaders? An old leader of the cultural troupe took a liking to Xue Zhenzhen, saying that Xue Zhenzhen's voice was very special. Zhang Jianjun was also noticed by the leaders of the Ministry of Culture. The two of them just went to the city a few days ago to register their names."
He Wan felt this was a great thing, so she went back into the house and took out a large bottle of beverage, the kind of old-fashioned soda that Lao Yun had prepared for her. She tore off the packaging.
When Xue Zhenzhen returned and saw He Wan, she almost knelt down before her. Her eyes welled up with tears, and the usually arrogant Xue Zhenzhen actually cried.
"Waaah... He Zhiqing, if it weren't for your encouragement to participate in the arts competition, Comrade Zhang and I wouldn't have had such a great opportunity. I went to register a few days ago and was spotted by a music teacher from the arts troupe. She insisted on making me her student and wanted to teach me to sing."
Zhang Jianjun might be assigned to the broadcasting department. They say his voice is deep and pleasant, suitable for something like Boeing. He's not going to a performing arts troupe, but rather the broadcasting department of the Ministry of Culture, to do broadcasting.
Su Ranran said, "He's not in the cultural troupe, tsk, there are quite a few departments, we all think they're the same."
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