Huang Guihua: "After becoming the first brigade, we can walk around with our backs straighter, and it's easier for young men and women to find partners. There are many benefits."
Yu Rujia joked, "Your dog is not even five years old yet, and you're already worrying about these things? Isn't that too early?"
Huang Guihua thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "It is a bit early."
Even Zhang Zhaodi, who was usually content with the status quo, felt a bit more excited than usual after hearing the news of the power supply.
Zhang Zhaodi: "After the electricity was connected, our lives at night became more convenient. We can just turn on the light instead of having to fumble for the matchbox for ages like before."
Yu Rujia: "Didn't you put the matchbox in a fixed place?"
Zhang Zhaodi: "Matchboxes are so small, you can easily sweep them away with a little force. Light switches are different, you can't sweep them away."
Since Gao Shujing fixed the bicycle last time, he has once again become the most popular person in the brigade. More and more girls are surrounding him, and people often joke that Gao Shujing is very lucky with women.
This time, without Gao Shujing having to say anything, Captain Huang, who was constantly monitoring the progress of the power connection, took action and chased the girls away one by one, fearing that they would affect Gao Shujing's work.
Privately, Captain Huang approached Gao Shujing and asked, "How far have things progressed between you and Yu Zhiqing? When are you going to get married? If you don't get married, these girls won't give up."
"Honestly, if my daughter weren't so young, I would have proposed to you."
Captain Huang has a daughter who is ten years old this year, eight years younger than Gao Shujing.
The age gap was of course not a problem in Captain Huang's eyes, but rather that he would have to wait at least six years for his daughter to get married. Even if Gao Shujing didn't have anyone he liked, he couldn't bring himself to ask him to wait for his daughter for six years.
Thinking of Yu Rujia, a blush crept onto Gao Shujing's jade-like face: "There has been some progress, let's wait a little longer. Besides, Rujia is not even seventeen yet, and I'm only eighteen. We'll have to wait another year or two before we can get our marriage certificate."
Ever since that hotpot dinner, Gao Shujing has been washing Yu Rujia's clothes. The frog is almost cooked, and Gao Shujing thinks that as long as he is more careful, he can get together with Yu Rujia.
Captain Huang: "You are efficient and decisive in other matters, but why are you so indecisive about this? If this continues, you won't be able to get along with Yu Zhiqing in a few years."
"Why don't you just wait six years for my daughter? She's ten this year, and she'll be sixteen in six years. You can have a wedding banquet first, and then go to town to get your marriage certificate when she's old enough. What do you think?"
Gao Shujing: "Is she your biological daughter? You're willing to let her run off with someone else without even getting a marriage certificate?"
Captain Huang laughed and said, "If it were anyone else, I definitely wouldn't trust them. But you're no ordinary person, so I trust you completely."
In rural areas, many people don't register their marriages. It's only because he's the brigade leader that he thought of this; very few other families would consider registering their marriages.
He didn't really want Gao Shujing to wait for his daughter for six years; he was just using this to amuse him.
Early in the morning, Yu Rujia was still cleaning up the dishes, while Wu Shengli, who had fainted from fright a few days ago, was banging a large gong. He was the scorekeeper, and in addition to scoring, he would also help the brigade with other odd jobs.
Wu Shengli: "Attention everyone! Grain will be distributed at 9:00 AM today, and meat at 9:00 AM tomorrow. Please be at the threshing ground on time." He shouted this three times before the gong sounded elsewhere.
Yu Rujia quickly finished cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, found a burlap sack, and led Duofu and the others to the threshing ground.
Gao Shujing was busy connecting the team to the power grid, leaving early and returning late every day, leaving Yu Rujia to do most of the housework.
Normally, she could entrust Duofu and the others to someone else to look after, but today everyone went to collect their rations, and she couldn't find anyone to look after them for a while, so she had to bring them along.
As for the items she received, she promised to provide a few eggs and someone would help her carry them back.
The grain is distributed twice a year, once after the autumn harvest and once in mid-December.
During the autumn harvest, only grain was distributed. In mid-December, meat was also distributed as well. The meat came from the pigs that were left over after the task pigs were handed in. There were still four pigs that hadn't been slaughtered.
According to previous years, the harvest was completed at the end of November, and two pigs were distributed in mid-December to help the team members who had worked hard to harvest late into the month to recover. The remaining two pigs were kept until before the end of the year to be slaughtered.
A few days ago, they went hunting. Captain Huang and his team planned to save all four pigs for slaughter before the New Year. However, the pig farmer injured his leg a couple of days ago, so they simply slaughtered two of the pigs and left the remaining two to a novice for a while.
The two pigs together weighed over 400 jin (approximately 200 kg), so each person would be lucky to get half a jin (approximately 250 kg) of their own.
Along the way, she encountered many people heading to the threshing ground. Yu Rujia only had a few people she knew in her group, and most of them were strangers, but that didn't stop them from greeting her.
After two months of silence, Lü Chahua and Lü Lihua caught up from behind.
Lü Chahua: "Yu Zhiqing, why did you bring all the children with you? You won't be able to carry anything later, will you?"
After falling out with Huang Dawei's family, Lü Chahua and her children built a house next to the educated youth compound and lived a fulfilling life.
After all, I no longer have to be treated like a beast of burden all day long, or be beaten and scolded by others. I can eat whatever I earn, which is much better than before.
Yu Rujia: "There was no other way. There were no other adults at home, and they were too young. I didn't feel comfortable leaving them at home, so I had to bring them along."
Lü Chahua: "There are people coming and going outside, it's not appropriate to take them there. My mother, eldest sister and younger sister are all at home. If you feel comfortable leaving them at my house, you can take them home after you collect your grain."
Today is the day for grain distribution, and many people from the team will be going. The children are small, and it would be difficult for Yu Rujia to find them if they stood there. Thinking of this, she considered sending the children to the Lü family.
But when she saw several children who were practically skipping as they walked, she felt a little sorry for them.
She and Gao Shujing usually have their own jobs to do, so they can only leave the children between their two families and let Duofu look after them. They only check on them occasionally, and the number of times they go out is very limited.
Seeing Lü Lihua smiling at Lü Chahua beside her, Yu Rujia had a sudden thought.
Yu Rujia: "I have a lot of things to do at home, so I don't usually take them out. It's rare that I've brought them out this time, and sending them back would inevitably spoil their fun."
"Could you please keep an eye on these kids for me, Pear Blossom? I'll take them home with me after we get our rations."
Yu Rujia only dared to ask if there was only one person in each household queuing up.
Lü Lihua readily agreed, "Sure, Yu Zhiqing can go and line up, and I'll bring a few of them along with you. I heard their names are Fu Lu Shou Xi, right?"
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