Zhao Hongxia was surprised and said, "Sister, how can you say that? You didn't even have a rest today."
Xie Yun: "I have a choice. I can choose to go or not. But you don't have a choice."
Zhao Hongxia: "Well, the result is the same."
Zhang Ruifeng asked her, "In this weather today, do your parents still need to go to the brigade headquarters?"
Zhao Hongxia smiled and said, "Of course we will go. My dad walks around the village every morning, afternoon, and evening, and my mom stays at the team headquarters when she has nothing to do. It will be more convenient if someone needs to see her."
Xie Yun asked her, "Are you adapting to working in the commune?"
"I'm adapting. I'm just doing odd jobs now, sweeping the floor, fetching water, wiping the tables, reading books, newspapers, and documents, taking notes at meetings—I do everything. My mom told me to be more diligent and learn some manners, which will be very useful in the future."
"What Director Yan said makes sense."
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When they arrived at the commune, Xie Yun and the other two went to the state-owned restaurant, while Zhao Hongxia went directly to her unit.
The restaurant was open as usual, but not very busy. When it snows, no one likes to get up early.
Xie Yun asked them to sit down and rest, and he went to buy six fried dough sticks and three bowls of soy milk. The fried dough sticks were 4 cents each, thick and long, and the soy milk was 2 cents a bowl. The total cost of breakfast for three people was 30 cents.
After dinner, Zhang Ruifeng took Xie Shen to the grain store. Xie Yun put all the things in a basket and carried it to Li's house.
She could give all the things in the basket to the Li family. She could just go to the county town and get them from the space. When she reached a deserted place, she added some apples, a chicken, and 10 kilograms of cornmeal to the basket.
She came early today, Li Wenrui hadn't even left for work yet. It was a rare sight for Xie Yun to see him at home.
"Happy New Year, uncle."
"Happy New Year. My wife said yesterday that you would come early in the morning. I didn't expect you to come so early."
"My mom was in a hurry to go to work, so I came here with her."
"Thanks a lot."
Li Wenrui raised his hand to help put the basket down, but Xie Yun stopped him with a smile, "You'd better not move. It's quite heavy."
"How heavy is it?"
Li Wenrui didn't believe it, so after Xie Yun put the basket down himself, he tried to lift it up, and found that it was really heavy! Forget about carrying it from the brigade to the commune, even carrying it from home to the supply and marketing cooperative would make him collapse from exhaustion.
Yu Ziqin said to him, "Xiao Xie always brings dozens of kilograms of stuff every time he comes. You're old and frail, so you'd better not try to be so brave."
Li Wenrui: “…”
Xie Yun smiled and said, "I did bring a lot today. It's almost Chinese New Year, so I figured since I'm here every time, I might as well bring you some more. That way you don't have to worry about food during the New Year."
She opened the basket and took out three cabbages, three radishes, ten apples, two chickens, and a bag of cornmeal. She counted them on her fingers for him, "Our autumn green cabbages weigh six or seven pounds each, and each radish weighs over a pound to two pounds. These two alone weigh over twenty pounds. Ten apples weigh over two pounds, and two chickens with their shells weigh ten pounds. Add to that ten pounds of cornmeal. How many pounds does it weigh altogether?"
Li Wenrui sighed, "Including your basket, it must be almost 50 kilograms. You've been carrying it for more than ten miles, it must have been hard on you."
Xie Yun smiled and said, "It's nothing once you get used to it."
Yu Ziqin smiled and said, "There are still apples. The old man works at the supply and marketing cooperative, and he rarely sees them. Every time they say they have new stock, they can't even get on the counter because they're sold out inside. Your apples look really good and smell very sweet."
"You're just lucky. When I left your place yesterday, I was thinking of going to the market to see if I could find some more New Year's goods for you, and I happened to meet an apple seller. He had an apple tree in his yard, and he hadn't harvested many, so he was saving it to sell during the New Year, and that's when I happened to catch him."
Yu Ziqin smiled and said, "It's not my good luck, it's your good luck. Of course, I'm not bad either."
Li Wenrui asked her, "Yesterday, when you went to the supply and marketing cooperative for the second time, was the child next to you your brother?"
"Yes. He's on winter vacation now. Come with me to the commune. When I come to your place, he stays with my mother. He's very obedient."
"He looks like a good kid."
Li Wenrui asked her again, "What are your plans for the future? You found a job for your mother, but what about you? Are you planning to keep working in the fields to earn work points? If you have any ideas, please talk to my wife. I'm in a hurry to go to work now, and it will be too late if I don't leave now. She can tell me when I get back. We can help you find a solution if we can."
Xie Yun stood up and sincerely thanked Li Wenrui.
Li Wenrui waved his hand: "You guys chat. I'm leaving first."
"Take care."
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