Chapter 70: Courtesy
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Su Jinxiang knocked on the door outside and shouted in a low voice: "Brother Gu, are you in the room?"
She was really desperate. She went to the hospital only because she had a cold and fever. Now she still had a headache and fever after the injection, so she was thinking about Gu Ci again and sneaked out.
Gu Ci looked around and saw only three wooden beds in the room. They were simple beds made of mud underneath and wooden boards on top.
However, in order to prevent moisture, the pad is raised a little and a wooden basin is placed underneath.
Gu Ci quickly got up, put a few newspapers under the bed, and crawled in.
When Zhang Jianming saw him trying to evade, the corners of his mouth twitched, but he waited until he was completely hidden before opening the door.
"Comrade Su, you're here." He yawned deliberately: "They all went to play cards next door, right? I was so sleepy during the ride, I'm catching up on some sleep."
Su Jinxiang looked inside and indeed saw no one, so she complained to him: "He's not playing cards either. He Zhiqing said he was resting in his room?"
Zhang Jianming thought to himself: He has hidden himself under the bed to avoid you.
But he smiled innocently: "Maybe he went out to play?"
At this time, Li Xun also came back. When he saw her, he smiled and said, "It's cold outside. Do you want to come in and sit for a while?"
Zhang Jianming felt a little nervous when he heard this. If they sat in this room for half an hour, Gu Ci would have to stay under the bed for half an hour.
It’s so cold now, Gu Ci will definitely get sick.
Fortunately, he was smart and said to Li Xun, "Su Zhiqing is still sick and hasn't recovered yet. Can you send her home first?"
He heard Li Xun say after drinking that his parents were honest and he had three brothers. He felt that he could never go back in this life, so he might as well find a suitable partner and get married here as soon as possible.
Of course, Li Xun was definitely unwilling to find an ordinary partner, but unfortunately the female educated youth he liked didn't like him.
That's why he wanted to show his courtesy to Su Jinxiang.
Neither Zhang Jianming nor Gu Ci wanted to have any further development with Su Jinxiang, so they were naturally willing to give him this opportunity.
Sure enough, hearing this, Li Xun smiled at him gratefully, and then reached out to support Su Jinxiang and walked out: "No wonder I saw that you didn't look well, so you are sick? Can I take you home?"
When he spoke, there was just the right amount of concern on his face and his tone was very gentle, which really pleased Su Jinxiang.
Even though she wanted to marry Gu Ci, she secretly hoped that all men would look at her differently.
Zhang Jianming also had an idea and stuffed the cigarette that Gu Ci had given him earlier into Li Xun's hand.
He really hoped that Li Xun would be favored by Secretary Su and become his son-in-law as soon as possible, then he and Gu Ci would be safe.
Then he quickly closed the door and said, "Come out quickly, the people have been sent away for you."
And then she felt distressed: "It's a pity that you gave the good cigarettes you gave to me to Li Xun, and asked him to go to the Su family to improve his favorability."
In fact, he had previously distributed the pack of cigarettes to the male educated youth who could smoke, two cigarettes each, and there were not many left.
He said this because he wanted Gu Ci to appreciate it and wanted to have a good relationship with Gu Ci so that he could ask for help when he was in trouble.
Gu Ci came out from under the bed, stretched his body first, then took out a pack of cigarettes from his bag and handed it to him: "Good brother, try to match them up in the future. If they can succeed, it will be more comfortable for the two of us to share a room."
Zhang Jianming quickly returned the cigarette to him: "Keep it for yourself."
"I don't smoke much either." Gu Ci still stuffed it into his pocket: "Why are you being so polite to me?"
Zhang Jianming also took out a bag of mint cake from his backpack and handed it to him: "Then you can try this too."
Gu Ci didn't bother to be polite with him, and the two continued to chat for a while before going to rest.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the female educated youth outside shouted, "Everyone, hurry up and have dinner."
The educated youth took turns cooking at the camp. They put rice and water in their own lunch boxes and steamed them in a steamer. The dishes were served in a big pot.
Zhang Jianming had also taken a lunch box to steam rice. After being woken up by Gu Ci, he also yawned and went to the kitchen to eat.
He found his lunch box, scooped a spoonful of potatoes from another pot, and sat on the kitchen stool to eat.
One female educated youth complained: "There is no oil on the potatoes today."
"It's good enough to have potatoes to eat." The female educated youth who was cooking also had a worried look on her face: "We have eaten all the greens and radishes that were distributed to us, and the potatoes can only last for two meals. Should we go to the village to buy some vegetables, or make do with pickled mustard greens?"
The leader of the educated youth team said, "We still have to eat vegetables, otherwise we will get sick easily."
Li Xun immediately said, "Captain, I'm going to buy vegetables tomorrow. How much do you want to buy?"
The captain looked at the people present and said, "There are still three people who haven't come back yet. I'll take care of them first. Let's each pay 20 cents to buy some vegetables, radishes, potatoes and sweet potatoes, right?"
If you take leave to go home, you must come back within the specified time, and you will definitely be back tomorrow.
There were twelve of them, and they had three meals a day, alternating between vegetables, radishes, and potatoes, which meant nearly ten kilograms of vegetables a day.
Of course, this is also because vegetables are much cheaper than rice, so people are willing to eat them this way.
The captain asked Li Xun again: "When we buy from our fellow villagers, the vegetables we buy are only one cent per pound."
"Let's gather two dollars and forty cents first, and we can buy more than two hundred kilograms, which is enough for us to eat for a while."
Li Xun nodded: "Okay, I'll go buy it tomorrow."
When he sent Su Jinxiang back today, he gave cigarettes to Secretary Su and the Su brothers. He also gave the candy that Zhang Jianming had given him to Aunt Su as a token of his appreciation, leaving a good impression of generosity in their eyes.
Now he naturally has to strike while the iron is hot and go to buy vegetables from the Su family to take a step further.
Last year, they, the educated youth, were also allocated private plots of land. Unfortunately, no one was good at growing vegetables, so they had to wait until the spring of this year to plant them. During these months, he had many opportunities to interact with the Su family.
If I could take this opportunity to arrange a marriage, I wouldn't have to live in the educated youth camp anymore.
He also realized that the Su family really loved Su Jinxiang, and as long as he married her, he wouldn't have to go out to work.
Whether it is a scorer or an accountant, I can do it myself.
After everyone finished their meal, they gave money to Li Xun.
The next morning, Li Xun got up early to wash up, and asked Gu Ci to borrow a new cotton-padded jacket: "It's very cold outside today, Gu Ci, can you lend me your green cotton-padded coat?"
Gu Ci glanced at the cotton-padded jacket covering the quilt and agreed immediately: "Okay."
Li Xun borrowed a pair of rain boots from Zhang Jianming, put them on and hurried out.
Now that I don’t have to go to work and the weather is too cold, I don’t cook breakfast these days. I wait until 10 o’clock to have brunch, and I can save a meal.
Zhang Jianming shrank back into his cup and complained in a low voice: "I was still eating meat in my dream, and he woke me up. My stomach is growling with hunger."
Gu Ci was also hungry.
They are all young people and their food is not oily, so they get hungry easily.
Gu Ci whispered, "I'll be out for a while this afternoon too. If anyone wants to see me, just tell them I'm visiting a fellow villager."
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