Hua Wanchi tested her mother: "Mom, do you have any thoughts about having another child?"
Zhou Yujiao raised her eyebrows and asked, "Do you want a younger brother?"
Hua Wanchi thought for a moment and said, "No."
Zhou Yujiao said casually: "Then I won't have a baby."
Hua Wanchi was immediately messed up.
No, isn't it so careless?
In short, the days passed one by one, nothing particularly big happened, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.
The social atmosphere is now much more open than in previous years, and many of the remaining educated youth have returned to the city.
Zhao Yuan began to collect textbooks and prepare for the college entrance examination.
She knew that the college entrance examination would be resumed next year.
That year she threatened to commit suicide, and her family sent her a letter asking her to be patient for a few more years. In 1977, the college entrance examination would be resumed, and she could then take the exam and return to the city.
So she gave up the idea of suicide and settled down. She worked as usual, collected study materials, and read and studied in her spare time.
Occasionally, I would go digging wild vegetables with Wang Jingxia and collecting firewood in the mountains.
In this village, the person who had the best relationship with her was Wang Jingxia, even better than other educated youth.
Whenever she saw Wang Jingxia, she would feel much better.
"Jingxia, let's go wash clothes together?"
Although Zhao Yuan only had to wash her own clothes and could finish them by just rubbing them twice, she was still willing to join Wang Jingxia.
There are two ponds in Dafang Village.
One was at the edge of a field, with a large spring and two docks, which could accommodate several people for washing clothes.
The other one is right around the big well.
In addition, there are many springs in the ditches and ridges, hidden on the ground and underground, which are the exclusive laundry places of some people.
Wang Jingxia and Zhao Yuan usually wash by the side of the field, chatting while washing. After Zhao Yuan finishes washing, she helps Wang Jingxia wash.
Wang Jingxia was quite embarrassed at first: "How can I let you wash my clothes?"
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "What's the big deal? I don't wash men's things!"
Hua Wanchi had a lot of dirty clothes, so she washed them specifically for her father, while the old couple's Wan Qingliu washed them themselves.
Zhou Yujiao cooked and Zhou Baozhen helped, and they spent most of their time studying, so Wang Jingxia simply took over and washed their clothes.
"I have to wash it anyway, so I might as well help you guys. What are you thanking me for? Don't you have to do my share when you cook?"
Hua Jingmin's clothes were left, and he was too embarrassed to ask his mother or his sister-in-law to wash them, so he had to wash them himself when he had time. There were only two pieces, so he just had to rub them.
In short, Zhao Yuan didn't wash Hua Qingping's clothes, and the rest were women's clothes, so there was nothing to be embarrassed about washing them.
As long as she can be with Wang Jingxia, she is happy to help her wash clothes!
Wang Jingxia just thought that the other party had a good relationship with her, and from time to time she would remind the other party to put in the clothes when she saw it was going to rain.
While washing, a cloth bag suddenly floated on the water. Wang Jingxia fished it out and took a look, and felt that it looked somewhat familiar.
But she thought about it for a long time and couldn't figure out where she had seen it.
Zhao Yuan casually said, "It's someone from the village. He carried it on his back, and you saw it, so you have an impression of it."
Wang Jingxia thought for a moment and said, "I don't think so. My memory is pretty good. I remember all the bags they carried. There's nothing like this."
The villagers seldom go out, and they often see each other in such a small place. Cloth is not easy to get at this time, so the cloth bags they carry are basically fixed.
Wang Jingxia didn't remember the villagers having such a cloth bag - and it looked very old.
The auntie who was washing clothes nearby saw it and seemed to recognize it, so she said:
"Hey, isn't this the cloth bag that Hua Dazhuang's family picked up earlier? How did it end up here?"
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"Let me tell you about the spy's characteristics. Remember them well. He's short and thin, timid, with squinty eyes, a flat nose, and thick lips. He carries a rag bag with him, which he often fills with sweet potatoes to conceal his identity..."
Liu Jiutou listened carefully, took notes in his mind, and nodded from time to time.
After listening to the police, he nodded solemnly.
"I remember. I'll pay attention to it in the future."
After leaving the police station, Liu Jiutou wandered around the street, looking around.
After he linked to the system two years ago, he often caught thieves and hooligans and sent them to the police station. Over time, he became familiar with the colleagues in the police station.
In addition to his experience in fighting, his fighting skills were also improved, so he was often assigned tasks by the police.
Although there is no fixed salary, I can occasionally get some subsidies such as money and tickets.
The more good deeds you do, the more generous the rewards from the system will be. From half a catty of rice at the beginning, it has now increased to two catties of rice.
Just one good deed is enough to feed your family for a day.
Occasionally there was meat and oil, and life became much better.
In the past, Liu Jiutou never believed that good people would be rewarded, but this system made him a good person and rewarded him. Now he has become addicted to doing good deeds.
Liu Jiutou knew that he was not a kind person, but doing good deeds would bring rewards, and he was willing to continue doing good deeds for the sake of rewards.
He even felt unsatisfied. Why could he only do 1,000 good deeds? It would be better if he could do more.
This way he can get more rewards.
It's funny to say that Liu Jiutou, who was despised by everyone before, has now become a great philanthropist praised by people in the surrounding area.
He helps find lost children, helps the elderly who fall down, lends his raincoat to people in need on rainy days, jumps into the water to save people who fall into the water, and even saves injured abandoned dogs on the roadside.
Apart from Bodhisattvas like Widow Wu from Dafang Village, there is really no one who is more helpful than Liu Jiutou.
On the way home, Liu Jiutou was in a daze and laughing at himself.
When passing by a river, he suddenly caught a glimpse of something floating by out of the corner of his eye. He immediately became alert and turned his head.
This sight gave him a shock!
What I saw floating on the river was actually a corpse!
He quickly ran over, grabbed a branch and hooked the man's clothes to drag him over, then pulled him ashore.
It looked like the man had not been in the water for long. When he turned over, his hair was messy and tangled together, as if someone had hit his head.
His face was pale, his lips were bloodless, and his face was slightly swollen, but you could still vaguely tell that he was a middle-aged man with some wrinkles on his face.
Liu Jiutou suddenly remembered the police's words: "...squinty eyes, flat nose, thick lips..."
After taking a closer look, it seemed that except for the eyes, everything else matched the characteristics.
His heart skipped a beat.
Was it such a coincidence? He just happened to see the dead spy by the river?
How did this spy die?
If even the spy himself died, wouldn't he be in danger as well?
He suddenly felt a little scared.
No, it can't be such a coincidence. People with this appearance are everywhere in the countryside, and this person doesn't have any rags on him!
Liu Jiutou felt a little relieved.
However, the next second he saw a sweet potato falling from the man's collar.
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