Seeing the things they were carrying, Lin Xiaoxiao quickly stepped aside, saying, "Why are you here? Come in and sit down."
Li Mei brought over some green vegetables and a small pond of pickled cabbage, while Wang Xue brought 20 eggs and some dried sweet potatoes that her family had sun-dried.
Wang Xue responded with a smile: "These are all vegetables grown by the educated youth themselves. They asked us to bring some over. They not only vented their anger today, but also received money. They were worried that too many people coming over would disturb you, so they sent us over."
Li Mei continued, "These 20 eggs were brought over by Wang Lili's family. They were really afraid of seeing you, so they put the things in the yard, shouted something, and ran away."
"Seeing her looking so dejected now makes me want to laugh."
Lin Xiaoxiao accepted the item since it wasn't anything valuable.
"Thank you so much for being our porters. Please have a seat, and I'll pour you some water."
The two women quickly waved their hands, saying no, they thought Lin Xiaoxiao was too amazing and wanted to come over and tell her about today's gossip.
This was the first time the two had been to this courtyard. After walking around the main room and kitchen, Wang Xue couldn't help but say, "This house would be so comfortable to live in if it were tidied up."
"And these newly made furniture pieces are so pleasing to the eye."
Lin Xiaoxiao made them both some sweet soup. "It was quite comforting, but it cost me a lot of money, and my flesh still aches."
Wang Xue was just expressing her feelings without thinking too much. She handed over the basket in her hand and said, "My dear sister, count them and see if any eggs are missing."
Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at it and said, "No need to count, you guys have definitely checked it for me."
"I'll go get a basket to put it in."
Lin Xiaoxiao found the basket and took the eggs out of it.
The two people next to them widened their eyes when they saw the goose in the yard. It was a goose! Just thinking about stewing goose in an iron pot made their mouths water.
Seeing the goose tied up, Li Mei couldn't help but ask, "Lin Zhiqing, are you planning to kill the goose?"
Lin Xiaoxiao looked up at them, then her gaze fell on the goose: "Yes, I'm planning to make braised goose in an iron pot today. Do you... want some meat?"
Upon hearing this, Li Mei and Wang Xue felt their mouths watering. It was a goose, all meat! Naturally, they were very tempted, but they were too embarrassed to ask for Lin Xiaoxiao's food for free.
"Then you guys don't need to go back tonight. You'll be in charge of killing and cleaning the goose. I'll treat you to this dish starting tonight," Lin Xiaoxiao said with a smile.
She was exhausted after a long day and really didn't want to do anything, especially since killing a goose was such a time-consuming task, and she was too lazy to do it.
She was willing to share these things with these two people, since they were somewhat compatible with her, but she couldn't just take advantage of them for free; otherwise, they would spoil her heart in the long run.
"Yes, yes!"
"No problem!!"
The two of them were overjoyed to hear that they could eat meat.
Killing geese isn't hard work; all you have to do is eat geese. Lin Xiaoxiao is taking care of them, and they know that.
Li Mei was only responsible for killing the geese, while Wang Xue would go and boil water first.
Seeing that there wasn't much firewood in the kitchen, and that if they were used up today, Lin Xiaoxiao wouldn't have any left tomorrow, Wang Xue started a fire and began gathering more firewood.
Seeing that they had all assigned the work, she smiled and wiped down the things that Carpenter Wang had brought over that day.
Wang Xue was young, but she was quick and efficient, and returned in no time.
Soon the courtyard was filled with their gossiping voices.
They told Lin Xiaoxiao that everyone now knew how amazing she was.
No wonder the captain was on Lin Xiaoxiao's side; he had already realized that Lin Xiaoxiao was capable.
Women always have endless topics to talk about when they get together. Once one topic runs out, they start a new one.
Sun Yue was so angry when she saw Lin Xiaoxiao riding a bicycle that day that she was furious and had been discussing with Zhao Xiaojun about buying one herself.
Today, seeing everyone praising Lin Xiaoxiao and giving her things, I got so angry that I said all the educated youth were sycophants.
Sun Yue knew that these words wouldn't please her, so she quickly ran into her room.
While plucking the fur, Wang Xue said angrily, "That bastard even ran into the house. If he were in front of me, I would have cursed his brother to death."
Lin Xiaoxiao was puzzled. Sun Yue might not be very smart, but she couldn't be stupid: "Isn't she afraid that things will be difficult for her in the educated youth compound when she talks to you like that?"
At this moment, Li Mei looked up mysteriously and said, "Xiao Xiao, you have no idea."
Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao knew there was more to the story. She perked up and asked, "Tell me quickly, what happened?"
"Just those two," Li Mei said with a displeased look. "They didn't come to work today, and they only got up after everyone else had finished work and gone home."
"Because the two of them had already agreed not to cook and eat with the educated youth."
"Since it was agreed upon, no meals were prepared for the two new educated youths. Even last night, they didn't provide any food or vegetables, and they looked dissatisfied with the dishes on the table."
There was no way to deal with this. Some of the educated youth with bad tempers immediately said that they didn't want to serve them.
As a result, these two shameless people actually said that we were ostracizing them and didn't want to give them anything to eat.
They also said that there wasn't much food put in their bowls last night, they just wanted to starve them.
You have no idea how lively it was last night.
Later, Zhao Xiaojun said he wanted to get a new stove so he could cook for himself.
However, the two of them only had food, no pot, and no cooking skills.
At noon today, when Sun Yue was cooking, our dilapidated kitchen almost collapsed. Even so, she still had the nerve to go and cry to Lu Juhua.
He said he had never cooked before and that he was simply not cut out for it, and asked Lu Juhua to ask around to see if anyone would be willing to cook with them.
It was said that he and Zhao Xiaojun could produce most of the food, but they couldn't cook.
Surprisingly, when I asked, I found out that there really was one.
There are always families that are not well off and want to save money. If they work with them, they can cook and still have enough to eat. One of the female educated youth immediately said that she was willing to partner with them.
At this point, Wang Xue's face was full of disdain. There are plenty of girls who can't cook. Aren't they all precious treasures at home? She doesn't have to cook at home either.
But after I arrived, didn't I slowly start learning?
They've all gone to the countryside, why are they still so precious?
If they were really that precious, why would there be a need to send them to the countryside?
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