After exchanging some of the money for various tickets, Xie Yuyao bought a 3-jin (1.5 catties) slaughtered duck and strolled out of the black market.
Perhaps because of the large amount of money involved in the transaction, she was targeted as soon as she left the black market: two men followed her.
Xie Yuyao led them to a deserted corner, picked up a wooden stick from the wall, and broke their legs one by one.
It taught them a lesson and gave them valuable practical experience, achieving the best of both worlds.
Afterwards, she went to a secluded place to reapply her makeup and went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy tea, teaware, honey, various dishes for making braising liquid, and coal briquettes, among other items.
I also went to a tailor shop, handed over the cotton and fabric, and had two cotton overcoats custom-made.
When she finished her work and returned to Qingshan Village, she saw a light truck parked in front of the educated youth compound, and many people were carrying blue bricks.
"Yuyao, you're back!" Yang Shumei ran over to her with a smile. "I saw the note you left. What did you buy in town?"
Xie Yuyao smiled and said, "I bought some coal briquettes. We'll be using the coal stove more often from now on."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhao Honghui walking over out of the corner of his eye.
He remained expressionless and said gently, "Give me the basket."
After Xie Yuyao unloaded the basket, he casually tossed it aside, slung it over one shoulder, and walked away first.
It was as if the two had never had a disagreement during the day; had he already compromised?
"What's going on?" Yang Shumei asked with a coquettish smile after watching him walk away.
As you can see~
At the entrance of the educated youth compound, Wu Lihong and Ren Fei were squatting on the ground stacking bricks, while other male educated youth and Zhao Jianbin carried the stacked bricks to the backyard.
Among the bricklayers, there was a new face. He was wearing blue overalls, was strong, and full of energy.
"Hui Zi, come here for a second."
Zhao Honghui put down his basket and walked out of the yard to introduce Xie Yuyao to Jiang Penghui, his former comrade-in-arms and now colleague.
Xie Yuyao said warmly, "Comrade Jiang Penghui, thank you for helping to deliver the bricks. Let's go get a couple of dishes and have a good meal later."
"Don't bother, I'll go to the captain's house." Jiang Penghui refused with a smile in his eyes.
Xie Yuyao smiled at Zhao Honghui without saying a word.
Zhao Honghui, who could tell what she was thinking at a glance, trembled and changed his words, saying, "I have too many family members, so we'll eat here, but please don't drink any alcohol."
Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei both laughed; last night was truly unforgettable.
Zhao Jianbin, who happened to be passing by, scratched his head sheepishly and grinned at Yang Shumei.
After Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei returned to the educated youth compound, Jiang Penghui bumped into Zhao Honghui and teased, "Captain, you've finally blossomed like an iron tree!"
"Stop talking nonsense and get to work." Zhao Honghui glanced at him, unable to suppress the smile on his lips.
In the educated youth compound, Xie Yuyao took the duck meat out of her basket. "I just bought a duck. How about we make beer-braised duck?"
"Okay, how do we do it?"
Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei exchanged glances, then turned and called out in unison, "Sister Lihong!"
While cooking, Xie Yuyao made another trip to the convenience store and bought rice, beer, and a large box of fruit juice.
By the time all the bricks had been moved to the backyard, the food was ready.
Xie Yuyao and her companion had already decided to cook more dishes to invite all the educated youth who had helped to eat together.
That evening, everyone who had helped ate their fill of juice until they were stuffed.
After the meal, Xie Yuyao put her tea set to use, brewing tea for everyone.
Jiang Penghui was a social butterfly and quickly became friends with the other educated youth. Before leaving, he told them to look for him at the transport team when they went to town, and he would treat them to a meal.
After he left, the Zhao brothers did not stay long.
Xie Yuyao handed Zhao Honghui a notebook containing various methods for making candied fruit that she had "remembered".
Since everyone has been busy making candied pears these days, she told the team leader that she would finish sorting them all at once and then hand them over to him. Now that several days have passed, she asked Zhao Honghui to hand them over instead.
After seeing the two brothers off, Li Weidong organized a meeting, where all the educated youth gathered in the main room, some sitting and some standing.
He first described the order situation over the past two days. According to him, they had already covered almost all the units under the jurisdiction of the Red Flag Commune.
In the afternoon, he and Party Secretary Liu went to the supply and marketing cooperative in the neighboring commune to discuss cooperation, but the other party was still considering it.
"The brigade headquarters is now recruiting people to collect orders from nearby communes. Are you interested?"
"Wow!"
Jiang Yan and Yu Wenbo said in unison.
Xie Yuyao learned from Yang Shumei that Yu Wenbo's family was poor and that something had happened to his family, so he had to save food and send it home to support his younger siblings.
Therefore, he ate less each day than the female educated youth, and was as thin as a bamboo pole. He had long wanted to sign up for this rare opportunity to earn money.
After a moment's consideration, the others also expressed their willingness to join in soliciting orders, ostensibly to boost sales for the community.
Only Bei Xiao was reluctant to go. "I've already sent it back to my dad. I expect the order will come soon, so I won't go with him."
She knew very well that getting orders wasn't easy.
Xiang Wenshan wanted to go with her, so he pulled her to a corner a little further away and whispered something to her.
When she returned, she also signed up to join.
So, only Xie Yuyao and Yang Shumei hadn't signed up. They were more interested in cutting grass and then going to the forest to collect astragalus root than getting orders.
Nothing was said that night.
The next morning, the other educated youth got up early and went to the brigade headquarters to set off with the other four commune members who had signed up, riding in an oxcart.
Xie Yuyao and her companion went to work cutting grass as usual, when Zhao Chunling hurriedly ran over to ask about the price of astragalus.
She told her the price quoted by the pharmacy, "The pharmacy quoted 2-6 yuan, but they need to see the herbs to confirm, but I think it's too low."
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