After lunch, Gu Zuozuo and the other two took gifts and went to the village chief's house.
"Auntie, hello, we are new educated youth. Is Village Chief Ma home?"
Aunt Wu, who was washing her granddaughter's hair, heard the unfamiliar sweet voice and subconsciously looked up, and saw three pretty girls standing at her door.
"Ah! Grandma! You poured water into my ears!"
The little girl was poured a large bucket of water on her head by her grandmother. With her eyes closed, she couldn't see anything and could only scream in anger.
Aunt Wu then turned around and washed her granddaughter in a few seconds, then greeted the three girls at the door.
"I'm at home, come in."
As she said this, she covered her granddaughter's head with a towel with several holes in it, turned around and shouted.
"Old man! Don't lie there on the kang! There are educated youth comrades looking for you!"
Gu Zuozuo had sharp ears and heard the sounds of people hurriedly hiding things and pretending that nothing had happened coughing in the house, and he curled the corners of his mouth.
“Here it comes! Here it comes!”
Ma Jianshe walked out holding a pipe, looking calm and composed. If Gu Zuozuo hadn't smelled the faint scent of alcohol on him from a close distance, she would have thought that the person who was so flustered just now was not him.
"Are you new here? What do you want from me? I'm not in charge of production. If you want an easier job, you should go to your team leader."
Gu Zuozuo directly put the gift in his hand on it and added a bottle of white wine without saying a word.
"Uncle Village Chief, we are not here for production matters. We want you to help us find a few people to help us build a fire wall, change the fire path, and build a stove."
After hearing their purpose and request, Ma Jianshe suddenly realized that they were planning to eat separately from the old educated youth and start a new meal.
"That's difficult. It's the busy harvest season now. The strong laborers are all busy harvesting in the fields. I can't find anyone to help you."
Gu Zuozuo smiled. They had thought about this matter a long time ago and had a solution.
"Village Chief, we won't make things difficult for you. How about this? Winter is coming here in two months, so we're not in a hurry. Wait until the busy farming season is over. Could you help us find a few people?"
"Yes, Village Chief, we know that harvesting quickly is the most important thing. You can arrange for people to work after the busy farming season is over. Don't worry, we will pay you and won't let you work for nothing."
Ma Jianshe tapped the pipe in his hand, pondered for a while, and was about to agree when he got a big slap on the back. The pain made his face twisted for a moment.
"You old fool! What are you talking about? It's not easy for the girl to come all the way here, so just agree to it!"
Ma Jianshe's thick eyebrows drooped instantly, and his originally dignified square face instantly turned into a bitter face.
"Why are you so anxious? I didn't say no!"
Why does this old woman hit him harder as he gets older? It hurts him so much.
"How about this? After the autumn harvest is over, I'll find a few people to work for you. I'll pay you 30 cents a day, and the job will be done in two days. You don't have to provide food, okay?"
Gu Zuozuo and the other two looked at each other and nodded. Okay, why not?
"Okay, it's settled then. You guys get busy, we'll leave first."
After saying this, without waiting for the old couple to keep them, the three of them stood up and said goodbye and left. This made Ma Jianshe's hand, which was stretched out for them to take the things away, freeze in mid-air.
"Hey~ How come young people nowadays are so quick to react without even waiting for an old man like me to finish what he is saying..."
Before he could finish his words, he saw his granddaughter take out a bottle of wine from the pile of gifts. His eyes widened instantly and he snatched it away and put it in his arms. Before his granddaughter could speak, he stuffed a piece of rock sugar into her mouth.
"Come, have some candy to sweeten your mouth."
It's best to forget you ever saw this bottle of wine.
Aunt Ma sent three people back, but didn't see her old man. She looked around in confusion, then turned around and put away the gifts on the table.
"These three girls really don't know how to live. They gave such expensive gifts, aren't they afraid of being noticed by others?"
No, they just started cooking, so they definitely don’t have any vegetables to eat. We don’t lack them at home, so we can send some more to them. They are all young girls, and it’s hard for them to come here from far away.
In the afternoon, the ordered furniture was delivered. Gu Zuozuo touched it with his hand and knew that it was not new.
"We went there by chance. The family happened to have a set of furniture made for someone else's wedding. However, we heard that the wedding fell through and no one wanted the finished furniture, so we bought it back."
A large wardrobe, three kang cabinets, three wooden boxes and a large table fill up the small room.
Gu Zuozuo looked at the neat and tidy room, a sweet smile of satisfaction appearing on the corner of her mouth, even the dimples at the corners of her mouth were revealed.
"Zuo Zuo, Sister Fanghua said that the educated youth site held a welcome ceremony for us and asked us to attend."
Qi Meng poked his head in from outside the door, said what he wanted to say in one breath, and then ran away.
Gu Zuozuo and Meng Tian looked at each other, and a thought flashed through their minds: here it comes.
Tonight, there were twelve old educated youths and five new educated youths at the educated youth point, filling up two tables.
"Let me start by saying, first of all, we welcome the new educated youth and welcome them to join our small group!"
Kan Lei was the first to applaud, and the others also began to applaud sporadically, but without much enthusiasm.
"You are new here and not very familiar with this place. Why don't you share a meal with us old educated youth? We can take turns cooking on a daily basis. Those of us male educated youth who can't cook will be responsible for collecting firewood and fetching water."
Gu Zuozuo raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at the female educated youth around him. He found that although they all lowered their heads, the smiles on their lips were very sarcastic.
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