Captain Huang, sitting to the side, was caught in the crossfire. He thought to himself, "What kind of man cooks?" But then he remembered that both Gao Shujing and Gao Guojing, who were very capable, were cooking. So, saying that no man cooks seemed unreasonable.
Zhou Yanhong glared at her husband: "In that case, you two will start learning to cook from me tomorrow."
Zhou Yanhong's words were right. When Erdan actually started cooking, she complained that he was too rough, put in too much oil and salt, and too much food. She felt that he was wasting everything, so she sent him away and didn't let him cook.
Many hands make light work. The children in the team all went to collect and sort snails, and they could sort out twenty or thirty pounds of meat every day.
After several days, the bottles and jars at home were full, but it still wasn't enough. There were still mushroom sauce and field frog sauce that didn't have jars to put in them, so Yu Rujia decided to go to town to buy a batch of bottles.
As soon as Guo Xiaojie from the supply and marketing cooperative saw her, she greeted her warmly, "Comrade Yu, you've arrived! What would you like to buy this time?"
Yu Rujia casually said, "My family is planning to make some mushroom sauce to store, so I came to see if there are any suitable bottles."
Are there that many mushrooms now?
"There are still some on the mountain, but they won't grow much by the end of September. The next time we want to eat mushrooms will be after the New Year, so I thought of saving some to eat."
“We have to work every day and don’t have much time to go up the mountain. We can’t eat mushrooms more than a few times a year. Comrade Yu, could you trade some with me?”
Yu Rujia wouldn't deliberately try to build connections. Guo Xiaojie was a good person, and since she would be living here for at least ten years, she would inevitably have to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. So she accepted this connection that Guo Xiaojie offered to her.
Gao Guojing wanted to take mushroom sauce back, but he knew he couldn't collect many on his own, so he decided to let the children collect mushrooms instead, just like with snails, and exchange them for something.
Having thought it through, Yu Rujia asked, "How many do you want?"
“I’ll take as many as you have. Private buying and selling is prohibited now, and it’s really inconvenient to eat mushrooms in town. If you pick a lot, I can give some to my relatives.”
"Okay, next time I come, I'll bring you a few pounds of shoes. Could you please keep an eye out for shoes for boys aged two to five? If you find any, please keep a few pairs for me."
Duofu and the others were running around all day, and their clothes and shoes wore out quickly. Each of them went through at least two pairs of shoes in one summer. If this continued, the shoes from different eras that she had stored in her space wouldn't be enough for them to go through.
"Is Comrade Yu married?"
"We're married now. We have several kids already, and they're always running around everywhere. We can't even make enough clothes and shoes for them to buy."
"Comrade Yu doesn't look twenty years old at all, and doesn't look like he has several children."
I was hoping that Yu Rujia's family background would give me a chance to win back my family, but I didn't expect that she was already married.
However, they can't become family. Just based on their family background, Guo Xiaojie believes that she won't lose out by befriending her.
Guo Xiaojie was in charge of the fabric section, but since she worked for the supply and marketing cooperative, she knew very well what they sold. She recommended a batch of bottles that were perfect for storing various sauces.
I also managed to grab a few pairs of shoes through the internal passage.
Just as Yu Rujia was about to leave, Guo Xiaojie pulled her aside and said, "Comrade Yu, you have many children, would you like to buy some more fabric to take back?"
Seeing Yu Rujia looking at her with a puzzled expression, Guo Xiaojie explained in a low voice, "The textile factory in town caught fire last night. Most of the factory was destroyed, and many machines were burned."
"It is said that even if we work overtime every day to repair the machines, it will take at least a month to resume production. This delay will cause the task to be delayed, and our supply and marketing cooperative will receive even less fabric."
The town's textile factory has one or two thousand employees and is the largest factory in the area besides the steel mill. It supplies fabric to several surrounding towns. This fire will shut down production for at least a month, and the fabric supply for the next six months will definitely be very tight.
Yu Rujia doesn't come to town often, so she's not very well-informed about the news here. Although the news of the textile factory fire can't be kept secret.
But Guo Xiaojie knows today how much the textile factory has lost and how long the shutdown will last, based on what happened last night. She definitely has inside information.
"Thank you, Comrade Guo. In that case, I'll take a few bolts of cloth back with me. Once my mushroom sauce is ready, I'll send you a jar to try."
"Then I'll wait for Comrade Yu's mushroom sauce."
Back home, Yu Rujia handed over the bottle-picking and mushroom-picking tasks to Gao Guojing, then came over to Gao Shujing and told him about the textile factory fire.
Yu Rujia: "...The textile factory is burned so badly, it must urgently need technicians to repair the machines. You are the commune's technician, so Director Liu won't let you go, will he?"
The textile factory was a unit of the town and not under the jurisdiction of the commune.
But with such an incident at the textile factory, the higher authorities would definitely require all units to fully cooperate in resuming production, and the commune would also receive a notification.
President Liu is a responsible cadre; he won't hold onto Gao Shujing, this technical expert, so tightly that he won't let him go.
Gao Shujing's eyebrows twitched: "If it's really burning that badly, they should have called me. I wonder if you can fix the machine before Guojing leaves. If you can't, I'll have to ask you for help at home."
Now, Gao Guojing does most of the housework, while Gao Shujing helps out a little.
Yu Rujia used to tidy up her own room and wash her underwear or other small items, but since they got married, Gao Shujing has been doing all these chores.
Besides her work as a team doctor, Yu Rujia would spend her free time during the day making clothes for the little ones.
With the textile factory burning so badly, the technicians will definitely have to work overtime to catch up on the work in order to get it back to work as soon as possible. Gao Shujing's working hours will be even longer than when the power was restored, and she will definitely not be able to take care of her work at home.
Yu Rujia: "Guojing can stay here for more than a week. Even if he's not here, Duofu can help with some things. It's much better than when we first came here. You just need to do your job. I'll take care of things at home, so don't worry."
When they first arrived at Shangfen Brigade, apart from Duofu who was somewhat sensible, the twins couldn't even walk steadily, and Duoxi was a baby who drank milk all day long.
Now even the youngest, Duoxi, can kick his legs really fast. Duofu takes care of the children in the family, and she only needs to take care of their food, drink, and clothing.
Their guess was correct. The two were still chatting when Captain Huang came in: "Yu Zhiqing and Shujing are both here."
Yu Rujia: "The team leader isn't in the fields right now, so why did he come here?"
Captain Huang: "The textile factory in town caught fire last night. I heard it was very badly burned and all production has stopped. They are looking for technicians everywhere. Director Liu asked Shujing to go to the textile factory to help out for the next period of time."
Gao Shujing: "Were there any injuries?"
Captain Huang's face was grave: "I heard from Commune Leader Liu that several people have sacrificed their lives. You should go to the commune to report this first."
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