As soon as He Gang saw his uncle come out and his aunt come out from the kitchen, he introduced the new educated youth to them.
"Uncle, aunt, these are the new educated youth we received this time. This is Bai Guoguo, this is Yang Xiaoyong, this is Li Dongyang, and this is Wang Qiuyu."
Uncle He was wearing a military coat and casually slipping on his black cloth shoes. It looked like he had just gotten off the kang.
It is still early spring and the temperature is still very low. Most people in rural Northeast China still have their kangs burning in their homes.
"Hahaha, welcome to our Red Star Production Brigade, fellow educated youth. I won't say much else. We've been busy all day, and everyone must be hungry. Come on, come inside and sit down. Your aunt has already prepared food for you."
Uncle He was a cheerful man from Northeast China. He laughed and invited the educated youth into the house for dinner.
"That's right, that's right. The food has been prepared long ago. I thought you guys would come over to eat by now. Look, the food has just been heated up. It's perfect for eating now!"
He Gang's aunt also raised her voice and loudly invited the educated youth to come into the house for dinner.
The eldest aunt of the He family looks to be in her early 50s, with a broad frame and a strong body. She is about 1.7 meters tall and has a round face that shows she is blessed. She is a simple rural woman from Northeast China.
"Hello, Captain He, hello, Auntie. This is a little specialty I brought from my hometown. It's just a small token of my respect!"
Bai Guoguo had a very good first impression of Uncle He and Aunt He. These two people perfectly matched her image of the warm and generous folks in Northeast China.
She grew up in an orphanage and has seen the ups and downs of life. She is a little shrew.
She can tell at a glance whether it's a genuine welcome or just a false courtesy!
The two people in front of them were really welcoming them warmly, without any pretense.
"Oh, how come this girl speaks so nicely? She's so respectful, she's quite cultured. But I won't accept the food. It's not easy for you to come all the way to our village as educated youth. You should keep it for yourself!"
It was the first time that He's aunt-in-law saw the educated youth from the city give so many gifts to their family and speak to her with such respect.
The string of small words he sang made it clear that he was a cultured person, and the girl liked it.
Although the educated youth who came to visit for the first time were polite, they did not have the solemnity and respect in their eyes that they had for the little girl in front of them.
Bai Guoguo's attitude made Captain He and Aunt He look more amiable.
"Auntie He, Captain He Gang and Comrade He Hongjun have taken such good care of me along the way. Please consider these things as the first gifts from my juniors. You can't refuse them, you must accept them!"
Bai Guoguo stuffed all the food into the arms of He's aunt. In those days, every family was poor, so when visiting someone, one had to bring one's own food.
She had just arrived and had no food, and it was not convenient to take things out of the space, so she had to give some gifts as a subsidy.
The remaining three educated youth, seeing that Bai Guoguo had given out her gifts before them, also hurriedly took out their own gifts and handed them to Aunt He.
"You kids are just too polite. Master, what do you think we should do?"
He's wife looked at Captain He in embarrassment while holding a pile of things. The other educated youth didn't bring much, so it was easy to deal with.
It’s just that this little girl named Bai Guoguo brought too many things, and they were all expensive, which made people feel a little embarrassed.
"It's nothing. Since the child sincerely wants to give it to you, just accept it. Later, you can fry a few poached eggs and add a dish to them."
When Captain He saw his nephew looking at Bai Guoguo from time to time, he had a guess in his mind and asked the old woman to accept these things.
If that's what he thinks, then as the elders, they should just take better care of this little girl in the future.
"In that case, I won't be polite, Auntie."
Since his boss said so, Uncle He's wife simply put these things away.
He invited a few educated youth into the house to eat, and then went into the kitchen to fry some fried eggs for them as a snack.
In this day and age, eggs are very precious in rural areas. There is a saying called "the bank in the chicken's butt", which vividly describes the situation.
Because of the specific environment, there are restrictions on the number of chickens and ducks that each household can raise, and each household cannot raise more than two poultry.
Housewives would save the eggs at home and exchange them for money or bills at the supply and marketing cooperatives.
If you eat it occasionally, you have to add a lot of water, beat it and steam it into egg custard or put it in soup.
If you visit someone's home and the host serves you a bowl of scrambled eggs or fried eggs, that is considered a top-notch treatment.
If they also serve meat to you, then they are people with whom you have a very good relationship.
Led by Captain He, a group of people entered the main hall one after another and sat down in front of a large square eight-immortal table.
The food had already been placed on the table: a large bowl of corn grits porridge, a small basket of gray mixed-flour steamed buns, a bowl of radish soup, a bowl of shredded pickles, a small bowl of soybean paste and a few green onions.
Although it looks simple, it is already a high-standard reception in the countryside.
Nowadays, many people still do not have enough food to eat. They use a small amount of grain to cook a big pot of porridge every day and add some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs.
Their table had porridge, dry food, pickled vegetables and pickled vegetables, which was already very good, but some people were still not satisfied.
Wang Qiuyu and Li Dongyang were used to Shanghai food, and when they saw the food on the table, a look of disgust appeared on their faces.
Yang Xiaoyong, on the other hand, was impressive. He was still sitting on the stool happily, and Bai Guoguo was also smiling. Neither of them was making any trouble.
Both of them knew that the current situation was not intentional neglect by others. The locals just ate this kind of food. Since they had come to the countryside, they had to follow the local customs and adapt to the environment as quickly as possible.
Captain He noticed the performance of several young people one by one. Although he didn't say it, he had something in mind in his heart.
They were all people who had experienced many storms, and he could see through what the young people in front of him were thinking at a glance.
I couldn't help but have a better impression of Bai Guoguo and Yang Xiaoyong, especially this outstanding-looking girl named Bai.
I thought she looked delicate and weak, and had never suffered hardship. Would she be disgusted by their simple meals?
Unexpectedly, it was this girl who was the calmest and most composed. It seemed that his nephew's vision was as good as ever.
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