"If we don't stock up on some winter food and vegetables now, won't we be left starving when the mountains are blocked by snow?"
Lin Qiqi nodded, thinking Ningning was really smart. How could she not have noticed? There were no vegetables in the fields in winter, and they hadn't been able to get much food when they first arrived.
"Ningning, it seems like what you said makes sense."
"But I see no movement at the educated youth camp."
"I heard that except for Sister Xiaomei, the other female educated youths didn't go up the mountain. They all stayed at the educated youth center!"
"Among the male educated youth, only Liu Mingwei went hunting in the mountains. The others didn't come. I heard that the team leader was really angry yesterday!"
"I guess there won't be much left for the educated youths when the meat is distributed. The female educated youths are unwilling to go up the mountain to collect firewood and dig wild vegetables. I guess they'll really have to starve in the winter."
"It's just a pity for Sister Xiaomei. She's so unlucky to have to deal with those people."
"It's a good thing we moved out, otherwise it would be terrible in the winter."
Lin Qiqi suddenly felt a pang of fear in her heart. Fortunately, her daughter Ningning was smart and dragged her out of the house early.
Xu Wanning fell into deep thought after hearing this. The educated youth had never been very active in working since they came here, and they could only earn a few work points throughout the year. It was estimated that they would not be able to get much food at the end of the year.
In 1996, this group of newly arrived educated youth had to borrow food from the brigade, not to mention earning work points. They didn't even know if the work they did in those few days was enough to pay off their debts to the brigade.
It is estimated that only when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow in winter, there will be no food to eat and no firewood to burn, and the educated youth will start to get anxious.
"Qiqi, I'm planning to buy some food from a friend in Ding Town in a few days to store. Do you want to buy some with me?"
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiqi immediately nodded in agreement.
"Okay, we won't get much food at the end of the year anyway, so we might as well stock up!"
Lin Qiqi suddenly remembered that there were so many people in the educated youth camp, and the new educated youth probably wouldn't get much food. The harvest in the brigade last year was not good, and they still had to pay grain tax, so there probably wasn't much food left to lend to them.
"Ningning, if the educated youth camp runs out of food and firewood due to the heavy snow, will they come to us to borrow food and firewood?"
Xu Wanning was also worried about this matter and would most likely ask them for a loan.
"Qiqi, why don't we dig a secret cellar in the yard!"
Xu Wanning and Lin Qiqi decided to go to the team leader's house first. They first mentioned to the team leader that Lin Qiqi wanted to build two houses next to her house, and then mentioned that they wanted to find someone to dig a cellar in the yard.
After hearing this, the team leader Shen Chengjun nodded and agreed. It would not harm the village anyway, and the team did not have the money to build a new youth base.
It would of course be better if the educated youth were willing to pay for the construction themselves. After all, they will leave sooner or later, and the houses they build will be left to the village in the future. So in the end, the village is the one that gets the better deal.
"Okay, no problem!"
"Lin Zhiqing, let's do this. The villagers will help you build a house for free, and you just need to provide us with meals."
"I'll find someone in the next couple of days to build it for you as soon as possible so you can move in by winter."
"Do you want to buy the materials for building the house yourself, or should I help you buy them?"
"It won't cost much to build two houses, only about fifty yuan. We have some materials in our village, so you don't have to spend any money."
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiqi happily took out fifty yuan and handed it to the captain.
"Captain, thank you so much!"
"Please buy it for me!"
“I don’t know what materials are needed.”
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