At 7 o'clock in the evening, the threshing ground of the third brigade was brightly lit. Liang Hu led the team members to stand on the platform with flashlights. The lanterns around the threshing ground were also lit, just like the brightness during the autumn harvest.
Villagers from the seven brigades of Songjiang Commune stood in the cold wind, and many of them shivered because of their thin cotton clothes.
Su Jin wrapped his military coat tightly around him and looked up at the stage. Liu He, acting as a secret agent, began to investigate the situation of raising poultry in the village.
The villagers of the third brigade hung their heads, and no one wanted to say anything. With such a scum appearing in the village, they couldn't hold their heads up in front of other villages, and they were also worried about the marriage problems of the children in the village.
Wang Dahong and the other two saw Su Jin coming and surrounded her. Lu Shiyi stood not far from Su Jin. If there was any emergency, he could protect Su Jin in his arms at the first moment.
"Xiao Jin, why did you come just now? If Minister Lu hadn't brought you here personally, Lin Teng would have marked you as absent from work." Liu Ying and the other two had spent a long time at the educated youth site and had a better understanding of the old educated youth.
Su Jin looked at the dozen or so old educated youth in front of him in surprise. They were already living in the villagers' homes and had an unpleasant relationship with the new educated youth. The old educated youth were hiding something from the new ones.
"Xiao Jin, I heard that the old educated youth are living with the villagers at the east end of the village. Do you think we should follow the rules?" Wang Dahong and the other two were a little undecided.
Lu Shiyi lives with Su Jin, so Su Jin should be better informed.
Su Jin frowned slightly after hearing this: "I just came over and saw the deputy captain of the Pigeon Committee go to the east end of the village to find something. He said it was a large yellow croaker."
The four of them gathered together and whispered. Before reminding the three of them, Su Jin deliberately looked at Lu Shiyi. After getting his permission, she whispered.
Oh My God!
The three of them were all shocked. If they were found hiding this, they would definitely be sent to the farm.
"I don't know whose family it is, but we'll probably know soon." Su Jin reminded secretly.
Su Jin thought she had fulfilled her obligation. After hearing this, they continued to choose to live in the east end of the village, so there was no need for her to save them.
"We plan to live with someone near the village chief's house. It's also close to your home. If we four encounter any problems, we can help each other." Wang Dahong was very uneasy after hearing about what happened in the third brigade.
When Lu Shiyi heard Wang Dahui's proposal, he didn't care about her distrust. After the Chinese New Year, he would not be able to be with Su Jin all the time, and he would be happier to have someone take care of Su Jin.
Su Jin has to do spring plowing at the beginning of the spring, and the most he can do is help after get off work.
"Xiao Jin, I heard that the new educated youth can't get many work points during the spring plowing." Lu Shan's heart skipped a beat when she heard the old educated youth's words. "I don't have much strength. I probably won't be able to exchange work points for food."
Lu Shan had tickets and money in her hands, and they also received a subsidy, so they could buy food in the village.
"Lu Shiyi mentioned that we can buy food from the villagers after the autumn harvest," Su Jin explained in a low voice. "Also, if we really have no food, we can go to the team leader to buy some. There is food in the village granary. We can just go there and pay for it."
"How much food have you prepared?" Lu Shan looked at Su Jin and asked, "My parents have been taking care of me for two lifetimes, so I've never had to worry."
"Lu Shiyi distributed food, and I used the coupons and money my family gave me to buy some fine grains. We can just mix the two together." Su Jin thought for a moment and said, "I bought 50 kilograms of rice. Lu Shiyi went back and asked the village chief to buy another 500 kilograms of coarse grains to bring back home. We need to keep going until the autumn harvest in August. It won't hurt to buy more."
With Lu Shiyi's support from behind, they can be confident in what they are doing.
"The three of us will go there tomorrow. Let's buy some food for the winter first. After all, we're living with someone else, so we'll probably need some food." Wang Dahong and the other two looked at each other, thinking that they would use the tickets and money to buy fine grains after spring.
Su Jin took two steps back from the small circle and walked in front of Lu Shiyi.
"My elder sister said that we should go to the village chief to buy food tomorrow. How can I carry the food back home after I buy it?" Su Jin was aware of her own strength. If she relied on herself to carry the food back, she would probably have to stay in bed for several days.
"I'll help you get it. Once they've chosen a home to share the meal with, have that family's strong laborers help get it." Lu Shiyi reminded Su Jin, "Also, the team will be uneasy tonight. Have them go back and lock the bedroom and courtyard doors. Don't run around."
Su Jin hurriedly took the news back to the educated youth team and told them one by one as Lu Shiyi said.
"We'll get ready when we get back. Even if there's a big fuss outside at night, we won't be able to see it." Wang Dahong assured Su Jin.
Liang Hu stood on the platform and re-educated the villagers, hoping that they would understand that the consequences of attacking the educated youth would be quite serious.
Liu He led a team member to Liang Hu's side and whispered, and Lu Shiyi called Su Jin back to his side.
"Second brother, didn't you notice that there are strangers around?" Wang Dahong was stared at with uncomfortable eyes. She frowned slightly and felt uncomfortable all over.
"I noticed some villagers were heading back. I think something bad is going to happen," Liu Ying whispered. "Xiao Jin, you should go back with Minister Lu. I think the Third Squadron is about to start a fight."
Liu Ying had seen the criticism in Sichuan Province, so it would be best not to let Su Jin see it.
"Xiao Jin, it's time to go home. It will get colder later." Lu Shiyi took two steps forward and saw the male educated youth staring at him. He moved a step to block those malicious gazes.
"Let's go back together?" Su Jin asked the three of them.
"No need. We'll go back with the educated youth. You go back first." Wang Dahong waved at her. "We'll go to your house to find you tomorrow."
Seeing that Wang Dahong and the others were determined, Su Jin had no choice but to follow Lu Shiyi home.
After returning home, Su Jin sat in the living room in a daze, thinking about how much fine grains to buy from the village chief tomorrow. The family's rations were all taken by Lu Shiyi from the army.
"I still have military food coupons here. You can buy fine grains there and then buy new grains after the autumn harvest." Lu Shiyi didn't want the villagers to pay too much attention to Su Jin.
"You don't have to eat fine grains." Among the receipts that Su Jin brought over, there were quite a few national food coupons, which were exchanged by her parents when they were on business trips.
"Military food coupons have a time limit. If they are not used, they will become invalid," Lu Shiyi said hurriedly after hearing Su Jin's refusal. "I usually eat in the cafeteria, and my work meals are free."
Su Jin watched Lu Shiyi take out the bills from the pocket of his coat and sit aside to sort them out.
"You must use the cloth coupons, grain coupons, and oil coupons first," Lu Shiyi handed all three coupons to Su Jin, "and the sewing machine coupons. If you can make clothes, buy a sewing machine."
Lu Shiyi slowly started buying things. In previous years, when he came back for the New Year, he just slept at home at night and didn't decorate the house much.
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