Chapter 109: Busy Farming Season
The village chief joked that Lu Xiang would no longer be allowed to cook.
But there was no way, Lu Xiang was too strong. After everyone had eaten the food cooked by Lu Xiang, they were all conquered and called on Lu Xiang to cook.
Normally the village chief would not indulge the villagers, but it is the autumn harvest after all.
It is an important moment, and we try to meet all the small requests from the villagers.
The village chief found Lu Xiang and said, "Lu Xiang, I'll have to trouble you with the cooking these days. Let the cook help you. You will be responsible for everyone's three meals a day. As long as you make these three meals well, it will be a great achievement!"
Lu Xiang said: "But I'm on night duty today..."
The village chief said: "No, there are so many people in the village, there is no need for you to go on night duty."
Just cook the meal and that's it.
But the village chief still said to Lu Xiang: "What you cook doesn't have to be too delicious, it just needs to be a little bit better than usual!" Who can stand cooking and eating like this every day?
The main reason was that he had little food left in his bag.
Lu Xiang smiled and said, "I'll try!" It was the first time she was asked to cook something unpalatable.
The village chief still favored the villagers. These days, he orders ten pounds of meat from the pork shop every day. He also buys fifty pounds of soybean oil, and has plenty of other food.
The men in the village were all drooling over their food!
The food the cook used to make was terrible, so everyone would only eat half full and then have another meal when they got home in the evening.
Now that Lu Xiang is in charge of the cooking, the whole village eats from the same pot, regardless of whether they are adults or children. The amount of food is decreasing rapidly.
Even some old professors praised the food cooked by Lu Xiang as delicious.
The big pot meal is delicious to begin with, and it is eaten after hard work, so its taste is simply incomparable.
Everyone talks about Lu Xiang's cooking skills with great relish, and they start chatting about it whenever they get together. It's amazing that she can make simple stir-fries so delicious!
Even a handful of noodles made by Lu Xiang tasted better than those made by others.
As a female cadre, Lu Xiang was already quite eye-catching. Her talent for cooking was also discovered. The more I watched her, the more I thought Lu Xiang was perfect.
The autumn harvest lasted a full seven days.
These seven days were the most tiring seven days Lu Xiang had ever known. Although the villagers provided logistical support with good food, almost every laborer was exhausted and blood was common.
Finally, all the grain was harvested and loaded onto trucks and transported to the granary.
The villagers finally breathed a sigh of relief after the goods were counted and put into storage, and the village chief ordered a ten-day rest.
The people in the village were very happy. They had a ten-day holiday and wanted to take advantage of it to visit the county.
The children were much happier than usual.
One of the sisters-in-law came to Lu Xiang and said, "I want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some cheap cloth. Is there any there?" They were too embarrassed to ask Fu Qinhui.
Everyone knows that Fu Qinhui is upright and incorruptible, so he wants to ask Lu Xiang indirectly.
The cheap cloth from the supply and marketing cooperatives has some stains. They are cheap to process, but they are not often sold to the public. They are usually consumed internally, and few outsiders know about it.
Lu Xiang seemed to have heard the director of the supply and marketing cooperative mention it once before, and said, "It seems so. I'll go ask for you!"
As soon as the words fell, the people next to him heard it and hurriedly said, "We want some too. Your brother Dazhuang hasn't made new clothes for a long time!"
"My family wants some too! If this kind of cloth is cheap, the more the better." The people around hurried forward, fearing that they would miss out on this opportunity to take advantage.
Lu Xiang said, "Okay, I'll ask them all." She was very straightforward.
When these Zhen sisters heard this, they complimented Lu Xiang even more, and they felt a little relieved. It really made a difference to have acquaintances in a place like the supply and marketing cooperative.
Lu Xiang asked Fu Qinhui that night.
Fu Qinhui said: "Yes, there is, but I suggest you don't take it on yourself." He is a person who doesn't like trouble. In the past, he refused when people asked him to do things, but now no one dares to ask him for help.
Lu Xiang said, "I won't charge them any money. I'm just telling them the news." There are many poor people in Dayu Village. A bargain is a bargain for everyone.
Those cloths that are considered defective by the supply and marketing cooperatives can be turned into treasures in the hands of these skillful aunts.
Lu Xiang had bought this kind of defective cloth once before and thought the quality of the cloth was acceptable.
Fu Qinhui saw that what she said made sense, so he didn't say anything.
The Fu family has been very lively recently. Whenever these aunts and sisters hear that Lu Xiang is at home, they like to come over to join in the fun and grab a handful of melon seeds at home.
What he loved most was praising Lu Xiang. Occasionally, he would ask Lu Xiang about what was available at the supply and marketing cooperative.
Xiao Cailian was widowed in her youth and always wanted to be respected in the village. When Fu Qinhui got into college, it was a big deal! Now that Lu Xiang is a village official, everyone looks up to her even more.
In the past few days, Xiao Cailian specially bought some raw melon seeds and fried them in a large iron pan. Whenever someone came to chat, no matter who they were, she would give them a handful.
Lu Xiang knew these women weren't there for her, but for the news of cheap cloth. She said, "I've asked around, and they have all sorts of prices, the cheapest being 20 cents a foot."
When the price was announced, even those who were not interested at first were tempted. They wanted to buy but were too embarrassed to do so.
I want Lu Xiang to take the lead in buying it back so that we can share it.
Lu Xiang said, "You can go buy them yourself and even pick out the patterns!" She wouldn't do anything involving money. This kind of thing could easily lead to someone using it as a handle, and she was now a village official.
Everyone understood as soon as they heard it, and went out in groups to buy it.
The defective cloth that had been piling up in the supply and marketing cooperatives for several years was all sold out.
The director of the supply and marketing cooperative was happy.
After pulling the defective cloth back, I found that the defect was not too serious. After a little processing, it was no longer noticeable.
Everyone acted like they had found a treasure, and spent every day thinking about how to make nice clothes.
The village’s prediction turned out to be correct. After a few days, it started to rain heavily!
The whole village seemed to be soaked by the rain and was about to start smoking.
The Fu family was all at home resting, so the heavy rain had no effect on them. Only Fu Qinhui still had to go to work every day. Even with an umbrella or a raincoat, he would still get soaked.
Every time Fu Qinhui came back, Lu Xiang would always make ginger tea early.
Even Mrs. Fu said that she hadn't seen such heavy rain for a long time, and it was fortunate that they had the autumn harvest.
I heard that the Baijia Village next door has not yet had its autumn harvest, and with such heavy rain, the losses will be huge.
As for why there was no autumn harvest, it was probably because they wanted to harvest more this year and didn't want to harvest it earlier. But as fate would have it, man proposes, and nature disposes. The heavy rain sent a chill down the spines of the people in Baijia Village.
The rain continued for seven days, trapping people in the room and making it impossible to get out.
People just stay there and feel lazy.
When Fu Qinhui came back, Lu Xiang put the prepared clothes and shoes aside so that she could change when she came back.
Whenever he came back, he would bring some snacks from outside and secretly give them to Lu Xiang.
Although Lu Xiang was embarrassed, she accepted it every time.
Fu Qinhui saw Lu Xiang's paper and pen spread out on the table, and knew at a glance that Lu Xiang was writing and drawing again.
Before Fu Qinhui could ask, Lu Xiang said, "I want to open a literacy class!"
After the autumn harvest, everyone stayed away for half the winter. They played cards, drank, and got into trouble, which was out of control. It would be nice if we could occupy our time and energy.
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