Yu Rujia gently patted his head, politely declining the little guy's offer to help her plant vegetables.
Yu Rujia: "Auntie is digging in the backyard. In the future, if our family wants to eat vegetables, we can just pick them from the backyard. Duofu taking care of his younger brother is a great help to Auntie."
After calming Duofu down, Yu Rujia picked up a hoe and went to the spot she had chosen to start digging.
She plans to dig out a third of the land to grow vegetables. The backyard is over 200 square meters, and digging out a third of the land will still cover 80 or 90 square meters. With her space water, the vegetables will definitely grow vigorously enough for her family to eat.
After spending a day digging the ground, Yu Rujia took out vegetable seeds from her spatial storage and sowed them down.
Besides her, there were only a few children in the house who didn't know anything, so Yu Rujia used the space more often.
After sowing the vegetable seeds, Yu Rujia tidied up the furniture, then went to the well to fetch water and watered the new vegetable garden before she was finished.
Duofu picked up Duoxi, who was crawling out, and put him back. He had to keep an eye on these little devils every day. The weather was hot, and even in the shade, Duofu's face was flushed and he was covered in sweat.
The other active kids weren't much better off.
Yu Rujia wet a handkerchief by the hand pump well and wiped the children's dirty faces thoroughly before lifting up the little dumpling Duoxi who was rushing towards her.
The sudden jump didn't frighten the little guy at all; instead, he giggled and laughed with great joy.
Yu Rujia: "Let's go, Auntie will take you back to cook dinner."
Duofu looked up at her and asked, "Auntie, when can we eat the vegetables you grew?"
Yu Rujia: "We have to wait until they grow out, maybe one or two months from now."
Duofu: "Duofu, you should eat more then."
Duolu stretched out his chubby little hand and tugged at Yu Rujia's trouser leg, drooling as he said, "Duolu, eat, want to eat."
Duoshou clung to her, saying, "Auntie, Duoshou, eat, eat."
Yu Rujia: "Okay, okay, everyone has something to eat. Let's go back inside, Auntie will make something delicious for the little ones."
When Captain Huang received the notice that another educated youth would be assigned to his area, he excitedly pulled an oxcart to pick them up, hoping that another useful person would come.
Shangfen Brigade was lucky. The educated youth assigned to the brigade before were all relatively diligent and honest people. Even if they were not as capable as Yu Rujia, they still worked honestly after getting through the initial adaptation period.
Given the good performance of these educated youth, Captain Huang naively thought that all educated youth were like those in Shangfen Brigade, and that even if they did not have any special skills, they would not cause trouble for the brigade.
He was overjoyed when he picked up Gao Shujing and learned that he could repair machinery. He felt that children raised in the city were different, and their awareness was much higher than that of children raised in the countryside.
A person who can repair machinery, and is also a college graduate with guaranteed job placement, is in high demand not only in the commune but also in the city. Such a person has no trouble finding a job; if people knew there was such a person, they would definitely fight to hire him.
With a hint of anticipation, Captain Huang asked, "Can Gao, the educated youth, repair tractors?"
Shangfen Brigade was once the wealthiest brigade in Dongyuan Commune, and naturally received more benefits than other brigades. Shangfen Brigade was fortunate enough to become the first brigade in Dongyuan Commune to own a tractor.
Although it was a discarded piece of junk, Captain Huang still put in a lot of effort to get his hands on it. However, the tractor broke down in less than a year.
They asked the commune to repair it. At first, it was repaired and could still be used, but it broke down completely not long afterward. No matter how they tried to fix it, they couldn't fix it and it could only be left there as scrap metal.
Of course, what others see as scrap metal is a treasure in Captain Huang's eyes. He keeps thinking about finding a skilled person to fix it, but he can't get in touch with those skilled people.
Gao Shujing: "I have had contact with it, but whether it can be repaired will only be known after an examination."
Captain Huang was not disappointed when he did not receive a definite answer. The tractor had been repaired by several repairmen hired by the commune, but none of them could fix it. If Gao Shujing had said he could fix it right away, he would have doubted his reliability.
Captain Huang: "When we arrive at the brigade, could you please trouble Gao, the educated youth, to go and check on the tractor first?"
When the educated youth came, they were usually quite tired because of the long journey and lack of rest. At this time, they would all want to settle down and rest as soon as possible.
Captain Huang had finally found someone who knew how to repair machinery at the Shangfen Brigade, and he was eager to take people to see his precious tractor, which is why he said those words.
Gao Shujing grew up in a military camp and trained with the troops for more than ten years. He had experienced many training experiences that were more tiring than traveling by car, so commuting for a day and a night was not a tiring task for him.
Gao Shujing: "Of course." Maybe I can even take this opportunity to become a technician, so I'll have more time to take care of Yu Rujia and the children in the future.
Upon entering the brigade, Gao Shujing curiously surveyed his surroundings. He was new and unfamiliar with the area, so it was normal for him to look around.
Gao Shujing: "Captain, I come from Jiangcheng, which is nearly a thousand kilometers away from here. When I was in Jiangcheng, I heard people say that different places have different customs."
"I wonder if there are any taboos in our brigade? If so, please let me know in advance, so that I don't accidentally offend anyone later."
Captain Huang praised the city people in his heart for being so thoughtful: "There's nothing to be ashamed of here, as long as you don't do anything illegal."
Gao Shujing: "It seems our brigade is quite tolerant. I don't have to worry about accidentally offending anyone."
As the two were talking, they passed by the cowshed. Captain Huang's eyes paused for a moment: "Gao Zhiqing, that's the cowshed over there. It holds some people who have been sent down to the countryside. Just walk around them from behind."
Gao Shujing: "Thank you for the reminder, Captain. I will definitely stay far away from them in the future."
Captain Huang: "There's no need for that. These people who have been sent down are quite honest. They've done all the tasks assigned to them properly. As long as they don't cause trouble, we can just pretend they don't exist."
The Xia family's law-abiding behavior made Captain Huang lower his guard against them, but he didn't get close to them. His main focus was on the development of the Fen Brigade to regain its leading position among the brigades of Dongyuan Commune.
Gao Shujing's brow twitched; the impact here was indeed not as great as in the north.
Although Captain Huang told him to ignore the people who had been sent down to the countryside, this was already the best treatment for many of them, at least they didn't have to worry about being persecuted.
When passing by Yu Rujia's house, Captain Huang introduced her, saying, "There is an educated youth living here. She is a good doctor. She cured one of our team members who had been paralyzed in bed for more than a year as soon as she arrived. If you feel unwell in the future, you can come here to see Yu Rujia."
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