Chapter 75: First update: Newbies fighting each other
Leaving the shadows of the eaves and the gate, several dark shadows were suddenly exposed in the moonlight.
Flying in the front was a gray little sparrow, still as small as it was before the Spring Festival; the other one that could also fly was a little yellow chicken.
In other words, it is no longer a little yellow chicken. It is about two sizes bigger than its classmates, little yellow chickens No. 2 and No. 3, and has grown larger than a little sparrow. However, it has not reached the awkward stage yet. Its fur is still fluffy yellow and it is still very cute.
"It's the reserve grain and No. 1," Xu Fei slapped his forehead and said, "I almost forgot about them. I haven't fed the chickens today."
"Feed the chickens?" Ye Yu seemed to have heard some unbelievable words. "Didn't you hand this over to the grain reserve before you left?"
Xu Fei: "..." How could anyone give the job of feeding chickens to a sparrow!
What's even more outrageous is that Ye Yu was absolutely serious about this matter, and he actually stored food in front of them, catching loaches, grasshoppers and insects to feed the little yellow chickens No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.
In winter, with snow and ice everywhere, it was hard to catch insects outside. They were allowed to pick up some coarse food, but they were not allowed to waste it. How could a sparrow understand such an absurdly high standard? Every time they saw a sparrow feeding insects to the chicks, No. 2 and No. 3 would be heartbroken.
Hua Feifei has been nagging about this sparrow becoming a spirit. To be honest, even a staunch materialist like Han Jing feels that this is a bit too much. He can only fool himself by relying on self-hypnosis, "Metaphysics is just science that cannot be explained for the time being. Long live science and long live technological progress."
"Chirp, chirp!" The very scientific little sparrow stopped in front of Ye Yu and chirped a lot. During this time, it seemed to stretch out its wings and point at the little yellow chicken twice.
Especially anthropomorphic.
Xu Fei helped translate or explain: "The reserve food is very obedient, but No. 1 always provokes it, and No. 2 and No. 3 listen to No. 1 more. They have been fighting for a long time. The reserve food is only fed to No. 2 and No. 3 out of anger, and No. 1 has snatched all the food from No. 2 and No. 3. It's too chaotic. I will replenish it once a day. It doesn't take much time."
Ye Yu landed on the head of Little Yellow Chicken No. 1. Well, it was almost confirmed that this chicken had evolved just like the reserve food. She stroked the down that had been delivered to her door and said to No. 1 seriously, "You know what will happen if you can't lay more eggs. Roast chicken is delicious, and chicken soup is also good."
“…”
Han Jing and Xu Fei looked at Ye Yu in a weird way as he seriously threatened a chicken. What made them feel even more weird was that the chicken seemed to understand.
You know, Chicken No. 1 is the fiercest and most energetic of the three chickens. He always holds his head high, cackles at the slightest disagreement, and uses his mouth to bite his enemies, especially the sparrow that flies around.
But at this moment, the proud little yellow chicken lowered its proud head and rubbed Ye Yu's palm, chirping in a very sweet and coquettish voice.
Xu Fei's pupils were shocked: "Did you really understand?"
"How is that possible?" Ye Yu looked at him as if he were the landlord's idiot son. This little yellow chicken just had a sharper beast intuition and sensed the murderous aura she released towards it. The rest were learned from the sparrow. Who knows, in its eyes, she was also a little yellow chicken, and a leader at that.
As for Chicken No. 1's increasingly human-like movements, they were also learned from humans. The same goes for the little sparrow. Didn't the previous movement of using its wings as hands look very much like Hua Feifei?
"Hahaha, that sounds reasonable." Xu Fei scratched the back of his head and slapped Han Jing, who was nodding hard. Why are you still playing the supporting role at this time?
Boil water for bathing.
Ye Yu took a bath quite frequently during the Chinese New Year, but he never washed his sweaters or coats. Most of the time, the two brothers Ye Baoguo and Ye Weiguo did the washing. But now he has to wash them himself.
The main reason is that in this era, there is still a strict distinction between men and women. Hiring villagers to wash is a petty bourgeoisie idea. It seems a bit cruel to give it all to Hua Feifei. How long will it take for a girl to grow up? Should we take in a few more female disciples?
Sure enough, laziness is the source of human sin, but also the source of progress. Because she, who has always been too lazy to think, is also thinking about the principle of a washing machine, it doesn't seem that difficult?
Lying in the soft quilt that I hadn't been in for a long time, I sighed and fell asleep while thinking.
Sleep until you wake up naturally the next day.
He woke up naturally but didn't get up. He just rolled around in the quilt until Xu Fei finished cooking and called them to get up. Then he got out of the quilt with his hair all over his face.
Because of the things Han Jing and Ye Yu brought from home, and Xu Fei was not a glutton, he could not finish all the things stored in the educated youth center in ten or twenty days.
The breakfast is quite rich.
Not to mention the bacon and sausage, there are also tofu and bok choy, chicken soup with white pepper, sweet soy milk and peanut porridge, and soft cornmeal steamed buns.
Ye Yu ate with great relish and even took the time to praise Xu Fei for his improved cooking skills.
"I learned it from Sister He."
Mrs. He is the wife of the team leader Wang Zhiming. Xu Fei smiled and told about how he had dinner at the team leader's house on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Not only on the first day of the Lunar New Year, there are many other families who have invited guests during the first month of the lunar year. If he is really willing to put aside his pride, the educated youth point may not even have to open a fire during the Spring Festival.
Ye Yu rolled her eyes. If someone invited her to their home, she would definitely feed every household.
Xu Fei was speechless. Did the villagers not invite Ye Yu because she had bad relationships with people?
Of course not.
In an era dominated by hard work, or in any era, the strong are more admired.
Ye Yu was half Wangjiagou, and his popularity was just as good as his. The villagers just knew that they couldn't afford to invite Ye Yu, and if they invited him, Ye Yu would definitely go with pleasure, so they didn't even dare to say a word of courtesy.
In addition, Xu Fei felt that even though he could spend the New Year at the team leader's home and the villagers were very warm to him, it was more or less lonely to spend the Spring Festival alone at the educated youth site, which was also the reason why his cooking skills improved significantly.
"It's not just the cooking skills that have been improved." Having said this, Xu Fei looked at Han Jing proudly.
Han Jing understood in seconds:
"Let's spar?"
"Okay! Let's spar!"
Young people are quick to act. The two of them ate the food in their hands in big mouthfuls, put down their bowls, and started gesticulating with fists and kicks in the yard.
Ye Yu ate while watching the show.
It must be said that Xu Fei really did not waste his time during the Spring Festival. He did not fall behind in martial arts training and seemed to have gained some insights. The movements he learned were more consistent than before.
But compared with Han Jing, he is still a little behind. Han Jing had already learned all 108 movements by spring festival, but he still hasn't been able to perform the whole set.
The winner between the two is self-evident.
However, Han Jing and Xu Fei both tacitly did not end the fight so quickly, but prolonged it, mainly to counter the opponent's moves and practice their tactics.
In Ye Yu's eyes, their fight was no different from a fight between kindergarten kids.
"It's just a bunch of newbies pecking at each other."
After breakfast, Han Jing and Fei washed the dishes.
There is no need to start work today. The snow outside has not completely melted yet, and it will take some time for the snow to melt. The preparations for spring plowing can be carried out in turns.
Therefore, they are still very idle.
Xu Fei told Han Jing and Ye Yu another good news. Due to their efforts, at the village community meeting at the end of the year, the team leader asked about the establishment of a village primary school, and 70% of the villagers agreed.
It's basically settled.
The site has been finalized, it's on a flat area on the lower slope of Dongshan Mountain.
Firstly, according to the motto "Bamboo forest in the west mountain and mushroom in the east mountain", there are wild vegetables and fruits in the mountains of Dongshan in spring and summer. It is convenient for students to help with housework after school, and they can also earn some work points by cutting pig grass.
Secondly, Dongshan is close to the educated youth training center, and the villagers believe that the most knowledgeable teachers are in Dongshan, and they hope that the children in the mountains can also learn from the educated youth and make money with their own abilities.
Speaking of teachers, Ye Yu refused to look at Xu Fei and Han Jing: "Why are you looking at me? In order not to teach bad children, I will definitely not be a primary school teacher."
Han Jing couldn't imagine himself being a teacher. He just played with the kids. Teaching was too much work. He patted Xu Fei on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I'll leave it to you and Feifei."
Such a job as a teacher, which is considered easy and fulfilling by everyone, certainly cannot be done entirely by educated youth. Wangjiagou’s own village will also choose two people to achieve a balance between the two sides.
As for how to select people, Xu Fei suggested taking exams, and the captain thought this was fair.
Ye Yu and Han Jing confirmed their withdrawal, which meant that there would be no need for competition among the educated youth. It was obviously an easy job that did not require working in the fields or being exposed to the sun and rain, but the two of them were disgusted with it and were reluctant to leave, leaving Xu Fei at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
In short, the team leader's plan was to build the Wangjiagou Primary School before the spring plowing season.
For this purpose, Xu Fei personally went to the town commune with the team leader to apply. When the president heard that it was Wang Jiagou, he agreed. The commune president also hoped that the educated youth would teach more local celebrities.
But there is a problem.
Because there was no brick factory in the town, they wanted to improve the quality of the primary school classrooms, so they needed to purchase a batch of bricks from the county brick factory in the name of the brigade for construction.
However, the Spring Festival is a good time for some institutions, factories, and even communes to renovate, and brick factories in the county also need to make reservations for purchases.
Firing is the second priority, as transportation is even more inconvenient. The brick factory has limited trucks, so priority is given to large customer orders in towns.
The price is not cheap either. Even though Wangjiagou now has a tractor, it cannot hide its poverty. The village does not make much money after working hard all year round.
Elm leaves:
"Can't you cook it yourself?"
Han Jing and Xu Feiqi looked up at her. Does Ye Yu also know how to bake bricks?
Elm leaves:
“…”
She didn't know much about more complex building materials, but she knew a little about locally available materials such as igloos, earthen brick kilns, and cement. Not only did she know this from watching various videos, she had also briefly participated in the construction of a doomsday base.
To make bricks, you must first select the clay. The requirements for making clay bricks are higher than those for good craftsmanship. Stones and other debris must be picked out, the clay must be broken up, water and mud must be added, the clay must be piled up and stepped on by gravity, and then wooden brick molds must be used to make brick blanks.
All of the above are very simple and require very low technical content. Any normal person can imitate them. The only skill required is how to build a brick kiln.