At noon, the two returned to the Red Star Brigade. He Gang rode his bike and took Bai Guoguo to the gate of the educated youth compound.
This time I came back just before work in the morning. There were not many people in the village. It was so cold that even the children didn't want to go out.
The two of them were riding a bicycle together, passing through the middle of the village. Unexpectedly, they were seen by two old ladies who were visiting in the cold weather.
"His sister-in-law, is the youngest son of the He family having sex with that new educated youth?"
An aunt in her 50s carrying a basket nudged her like-minded old sister with her elbow, her face full of gossip!
"You don't know, so how would I know? But if you have nothing to do, can you sit on a bicycle?"
The other aunt who was tricked by her rolled her eyes and thought to herself, if you, the village's famous loudmouth, don't even know this, how would I know it?
The two women were lazy and didn't go to work today. They wandered around under the pretext of picking wild vegetables. Unexpectedly, they saw He Gang and Bai Guoguo riding a bicycle together.
The aunt who just visited the old sister is called Ma Cuiying, and the other aunt next to her is called Li Guihua.
Both of them married into the Red Star Brigade from Heishantun, and they often visit each other and chat together.
Both of them are trustworthy people, and there is nothing they don't know about the gossip in the team.
During the slack season, she would often sit under the big willow tree at the entrance of the village with a bunch of relatives, doing needlework and chatting about family matters.
There was not a single male or female educated youth in the educated youth compound who had not been talked about by them.
Bai Guoguo hasn't attracted their attention yet, perhaps because he was too much of a homebody before.
Apart from going to work every day, I go up the mountain to collect firewood. The rest of the time I stay in the house, either watching TV series or reading novels, and I never go out.
Even when he was at work, he spent most of his time with He Gang's mother and sister-in-law.
So this young educated youth was somewhat mysterious in the eyes of the people in the village.
So now when the two old women saw He Gang and Bai Guoguo together, they immediately became excited.
All kinds of speculations and rumors immediately started flying around.
"If these two get together, wouldn't it be like an old cow eating young grass? He Gang must be 25 or 26 years old this year, several years older than the girl!"
Ma Cuiying took out a handful of Mao Ke from her pocket and gave a few to Li Guihua who was standing next to her.
A few years ago, when He Gang was injured and discharged from the army and returned home, they were the two who gossiped about him. At that time, He's grandmother Wen Xinlan, her daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law beat him with horsewhips.
Now, she doesn't dare to gossip about He Gang to others anymore. She only dares to talk about it between the two of them in private. In her heart, she hopes that the He family will have a hard time.
"Who says it's not true? You said the youngest son of the He family must have been injured in the wrong place back then, otherwise he wouldn't have married in all these years. Tsk tsk, he thinks the educated youth from the city are young and ignorant and easy to deceive. How wicked!"
Li Guihua took the maoke, or melon seeds, and stuffed them into her mouth, rolling her eyes and twisting her mouth, making clicking sounds.
"Hey, sisters, let's just talk about this here, but don't tell anyone else. Old Madam He's whip is really painful. If you mess up her family's business, she'll whip you to death. Let's find some branches at the foot of the mountain and light a fire. I also brought two sweet potatoes."
Ma Cuiying was really scared by the beatings from Old Lady He. A few years ago, she had to lie in bed for half a month before she could get up. She was also scolded by her mother-in-law and the head of the household for half a year.
"Oh~, forget about that old lady. She's so old, but she still hurts so much when she hits people. Forget it, forget it. I also brought two potatoes. Let's go roast some potatoes and eat them."
Li Guifen lifted the wild vegetables covering the basket, revealing two potatoes underneath. The two old women giggled like mice that had stolen oil.
Thus, a storm that had just been brewing disappeared under the influence of Grandma He!
Bai Guoguo, who had just returned to the educated youth site, had no idea that Grandma He, whom she had never met, had helped her block a rumor.
She is now continuing her mission of collecting strawberry seeds in the dormitory.
The boxes of strawberries she bought before traveling through time were all the nationally famous Dandong strawberries. She heard that this variety was newly bred, but she didn't know whether the seeds could continue the excellent genes.
So she wanted to grow a few more seedlings. If she planted more, it would be good to provide the local people with an additional fruit.
By the way, some are also planted in the Youth League Home to improve everyone's life. The most important thing is that he can eat strawberries with a clear conscience.
This strawberry can be grown next to a well, a stream, or in any corner of a vegetable garden. Farmers can grow a few strawberries to eat, and no one should accuse them of poaching.
As for lunch, she just ate one meat bun and gave the remaining four to He Gang to take back to Xiao Huzi.
Of course He Gang was unwilling to accept it, but because it was not appropriate to have physical contact with female comrades, he had no choice but to leave.
Bai Guoguo followed the method he had seen in videos before. He placed a piece of pink toilet paper in a large bowl, sprinkled strawberry seeds on it, sprayed it with water, covered it with a plate, and placed it on the headboard of the kang to keep it warm and germinate.
Whether or not we can succeed next will depend on time and fate!
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