Chapter 52: First Update: Adding More Food to the Warehouse

"Yang Zhiqing, Zhao Zhiqing, He Zhiqing, Li Zhiqing!" Ding Xiaoqi, who had never shown any kindness to them, greeted them warmly. He pointed at Ye Yu and the other three and said, "Ye Zhiqing and the others have come to visit you specially."

This sound woke Zhao Chunjiao and the others up from their daze. It was real? Were they not dreaming?

Zhao Chunjiao took a few steps forward and greeted them: "Comrade Ye, Comrade Feifei, Comrade Han, Comrade Xu Fei, you are here, welcome."

After that, he invited them into the house.

It was just that the adults in the group that brought Ye Yu and his friends here were okay, but the teenagers and children seemed reluctant to leave. They did not follow them into the house, but just played by themselves outside the yard of the educated youth site.

???

This time there is really no intention of supervision, it's just that these kids are reluctant to leave such a powerful person like Ye Yu. They also unexpectedly like Han Jinghua, Feifei and Xu Fei's personalities. Besides, they are all playing in the village, so it's fun to play anywhere, right?

Okay, let them be.

After Ye Yu and the other three entered the house, Yang Xiuxiu took out the half-full can of maltose that she was reluctant to drink, made four large cups of it with warm water, and handed them to them one by one.

Malted milk is an instant milk-containing beverage whose ingredients include milk powder, condensed milk, cocoa powder, eggs, etc. The water made from malted milk does not have the taste of cheap industrial saccharin. It does not taste too sweet and has a strong sweet malt aroma.

Malted milk is not cheap and is in short supply. Supply and marketing cooperatives may not always have it in stock. Even if most people buy it home, they mostly use it as a nutritional supplement for their children.

Even if it is not in the countryside, such hospitality can be considered one of the high standards of entertaining guests.

While Han Jing and his friends were exchanging pleasantries with the four Red Flag educated youth, Ye Yu was drinking malted milk with great relish.

She quite liked the taste. She used to drink a cup every morning and evening after meals. She didn't know whether it was nutritious or not, but she knew it tasted good and was consumed too quickly. In the end, she even exchanged most of the can that Hua Feifei bought for chicken and pork.

It is really great to choose to go to the countryside early. I don’t have to worry about food and drink, and there is meat for every meal.

Although Ye Yu rarely spoke, even He Zhiqing and Li Zhiqing, who were communicating with her at close range for the first time, would not ignore her.

Firstly, they had already heard many things about Wangjiagou from Yang Xiuxiu and the others, and had a certain understanding of Ye Yu's abilities, so they would not be fooled by her appearance; secondly, they had just learned that Ye Yu had actually repaired the team's tractor today, so it was no wonder that the villagers were so attentive to them.

"Repairing tractors, Ye Zhiqing is really smart and knows a lot." He Zhiqing sighed.

Han Jing held his chin and thought after hearing this: "Can we in Wangjiagou also add some agricultural machinery? With Ye Yu here, we don't have to worry about it breaking down."

He really thinks highly of her. Ye Yu replied: "It's hard to say. I'm an amateur and I'm far from being a professional. It's better for you to study hard on your own."

Han Jing gave a silly smile in return.

Of course he wanted to learn, but he didn't even have the chance to touch any machinery. If the village had some equipment, he could learn a thing or two from Ye Yu.

"Agricultural machinery is not so easy to buy. Even if there is, our production team may not have the money." Xu Fei was also very tempted when he heard this, and he was more rational than Han Jing.

Hua Feifei also joined in: "You can buy second-hand ones. I saw that the tractors of the Red Flag Brigade are also used."

"But second-hand ones are still expensive, there are not many of them, and I can't find a channel to buy them." Nowadays, bicycles are one of the three major items, and agricultural machinery is even more so. Everyone discards their machinery when it is broken and cannot be repaired. Where can we find so many second-hand machines?

Hua Feifei looked at Ye Yu: "Ye Yu, isn't your father a technician in the machinery factory?"

"... Can a worker in a machinery factory make agricultural machinery?" Ye Yu gave her an indescribable look, "My father is just an ordinary worker, not a factory director, nor a director of a scrap recycling station." He is not a metal mutant, so he can't make any new or old machinery.

Han Jing rubbed his head and said, "I will go home during the Chinese New Year to inquire about this matter."

His family's network of contacts may be the widest among the four of them. He never cared about these things in the past, but now when he thinks about it, there are so many relatives and friends who come to visit during the first month of the lunar year every year. Most of his grandfather's friends are old comrades-in-arms, and his mother has more friends than his father.

Let’s discuss this matter later.

Hua Feifei asked Zhao Chunjiao and the others about their recent situation. Zhao Chunjiao and He Zhiqing, a relatively extroverted man, rushed to answer, and their responses were better than at the beginning.

Firstly, the attitude of the villagers in Hongqi Brigade towards the educated youth has changed in recent days, thanks to the educated youth from Wangjiagou. The relationship between the two sides has eased, but they are still inevitably labeled as outsiders; secondly, their bodies and minds are gradually adapting to the production team, balancing the gap between the city and the countryside, and beginning to think about a way out.

For example, if you really cannot return, can you ask your family to use their connections to find you a cushy job in the local area, such as in the town’s government departments or a few small factories?

Zhao Chunjiao's family conditions are not that good, but there is actually an acquaintance of her father in the town. This method is applicable to her, and she is in the process of contacting them.

People who had no connection with the family were no longer idle. They all tried to write articles and submit them for publication. When they learned that Xu Fei and Hua Feifei's articles had been published, they congratulated them and were envious. They took out their own articles and asked for advice.

They had another exciting exchange.

Then, Zhao Xiuxiu and her friends led the four guests for a tour around the Hongqi Brigade. Not only were there children following them, but they also greeted the villagers in a friendly manner when they met them on the road.

Ye Yu's main purpose of coming to Hongqi Village was to exchange seasonings and food with Zhao Xiuxiu and others. In addition, Hongqi Village was relatively wealthy and the villagers received a lot of food rations every year, so they might be able to exchange some.

Regarding this goal, we originally needed to think about how to find a breakthrough.

However, because of their initial performance in the village community, Ye Yu and his group were more popular in the Red Flag Brigade than Zhao Chunjiao and others. As soon as they opened their mouths, they immediately received many messages, visited several households, and exchanged a lot of food.

The main ingredients are sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, soybeans, etc. In addition, there are cabbage, eggs, flour, and the four large baskets are filled to the brim.

The harvest was fruitful.

The Red Flag Brigade had an oil press, so Ye Yu simply used all the soybeans he had exchanged to press oil. With more oil, the recipes for various delicious dishes would be richer.

The oil press was in the village, and they saw Captain Ding again.

Captain Ding was very enthusiastic and helped personally. In the end, he didn't even take the bean cakes they paid for. He tried many times to get closer to Ye Yu.

The purpose is also known, for the baby tractor of their village, having her means having one more helper.

In Ye Yu's eyes, the Red Flag Brigade was now one of her granaries, so she naturally had no objection.

Captain Ding also said that he had a good relationship with the technicians in the town, and could he help Ye Yu ask where they were recruiting new technicians? This position was not something that everyone could do, and there might be some real ways to do it, at least being a temporary worker would not be difficult.

"No." Ye Yu refused outright. She didn't go to the countryside to live in a dormitory.

Captain Ding and his team were puzzled, but Han Jing laughed it off: "Comrade Ye Yu volunteered to go to the countryside to build the countryside, and she is more willing to serve the countryside."

Those who heard this were filled with respect. They almost forgot that there were many ambitious people among the educated youth.

Little did they know that this was the most guilty thing Han Jing had ever said. After spending so much time with Ye Yu, all four of them knew that Ye Yu went to the countryside for the game in the mountains and the food in the fields. But she did bring a lot of luck to the people around her, and inadvertently made Wangjiagou better and better.

Thinking of this, I feel more confident.

Although Captain Ding is a bit arrogant, he knows how to behave. He has more adult marketability than Zhao Chunjiao and the others. He subtly praises Han Jing, Xu Fei, and Hua Feifei and wins their favor.

Ye Yu was naturally among them, but because of her rich experience, she could see through his intentions and felt that this method of bringing them closer was a bit ineffective, so she gave up.

No, that's not right.

Before they returned, Captain Ding gave them some persimmon cakes and roasted sweet potatoes for them to eat on the way.

Ye Yu's eyes finally lit up.

It is worth mentioning that in addition to the four of them, there were three more people on the return journey.

Two of them were nieces and nephews whom Ye Yu had met before, Wang Ermao and Wang Sanhai.

Standing next to Wang Ermao was a little girl who was about the same height as her. The girl was pretty and had facial features that were 80% similar to Ye Xing, no, to Wang Laidi.

Upon asking, I found out that this was Wang Ermao's younger aunt and Ye Yu's younger cousin Tian Yuzhen.

Her mother is Wang Wudi, the younger sister who was raised by Wang Laidi with great difficulty. She married to Honghe Village and gave birth to this daughter, who is very precious to her.

"cousin."

Tian Yuzhen also speaks in a delicate manner.

Ye Yu originally thought that she would be a gentle and reserved girl like Ye Xing, but who knew that he had made a mistake and the girl revealed her trap on the road.

The reason for the leak was that Hua Feifei praised Wang Ermao and Hetian Yuzhen for their love of learning and their fearlessness of hard work. They walked such a long way to and from school every day, and the mountain roads were slippery when it rained, and they fell into mud pits every time.

Wang Ermao replied as a matter of course: "What's so rare about this? I can go to town to visit my fifth aunt by myself."

She covered her mouth as soon as she said this, as if she had said something terribly outrageous. Her eyes rolled around as she looked at Ye Yu, the only elder she was afraid of here.

Ye Yu hit her on the head, although it was only a light hit, it still made the little girl grimace in pain. It seems that this girl's personality is a bit similar to Liu Hongmei and Wang Xiaomei, and she is even more fearless and more naughty than Wang Sanhai, but it was not obvious when they first met.

Hua Feifei asked them if they were afraid, especially in winter, because they had to leave before daybreak in the morning and finish school late at night, so they might not return home until dark.

"Of course I'm afraid."

Hua Feifei thought Wang Ermao would answer that he was not afraid, and was a little surprised to hear this answer.

Wang Sanhai covered his ears reflexively.

"Hehe," Wang Ermao laughed twice before saying, "It's all because of my little aunt who likes to tell ghost stories in the dark... No, no, that's not right. I was telling stories about the countryside."

What?

Ghost...country story?

When Hua Feifei looked at Tian Yuzhen, the little girl raised her head and gave a well-behaved smile.

“…”

I was wrong, I was wrong. I couldn't tell that the little girl actually showed her dark side.