After a morning of busy farm work, everyone was starving and headed to the canteen.
When Pan Yinhua saw Xu Nuo, she greeted her warmly: "Teacher Xu, are you here to see Comrade Xu Yan?"
Just like the brigade leader's family, those who were dropping off their children at school all came over to greet Xu Nuo.
Xu Nuo was spoiled in private, but she was dignified and proper in front of others. She sat and stood up straight, had an outstanding temperament, and was beautiful, which made some of the young men in the team blush.
Xu Yan took her share and went out to eat with Xu Nuo.
Lu Xueyun really ran into a snag this time, and Xu Yan actually left after taking care of the unfinished vegetable dumplings.
She had originally planned to talk to the brigade leader and the village secretary after the two left, but unexpectedly, Xu Nuo went to the brigade leader first and said with a smile, "Brigade leader, Comrade Lu may not be feeling well today. She didn't finish making the vegetable dumplings, but she said she would make them in the afternoon, so it won't delay dinner."
Chang Youxin asked in confusion, "Comrade Lu, you made the vegetable dumplings all by yourself?"
"Yes, today's task is heavy. Comrade Lu will make vegetable dumplings, and Comrade Xu Yan will make steamed buns, sweet potatoes, and stir-fried pork with potatoes. It's faster to divide the work together."
"I see," the captain nodded. "Comrade Xu Yan, you've worked hard."
Having all done farm work before, Lu Xueyun could immediately tell how much work it entailed. She felt the team leader's gaze linger on her for a moment, and she felt both regretful and fearful, worried that the team leader would change her job. She didn't want to do dirty and tiring farm work.
She sped up to finish making the vegetable dumplings so as not to delay dinner.
The food at the commune canteen was mediocre. Xu Yan knew that Xu Nuo didn't like it, so she gave her potatoes, pork, and cornbread. Xu Nuo was a little touched, but only took a small amount of cornbread: "I don't do any work, so I can't eat that much."
Moreover, she ate several quail eggs and wasn't hungry at all.
Xu Yan said softly, "We're going to Luo Chen's place this afternoon. I'll cook you something delicious."
"You had all those things done by Luo Chen before?"
Female educated youth lived in the educated youth apartment, while male educated youth were assigned to villagers' homes. Luo Chen lived in Duan San's house. It was Duan San who first took Luo Chen to the black market, so Duan San, Luo Chen, and Xu Yan later started to sell things together.
Luo Chen collected the grain, Xu Yan was in charge of processing it, and most of the rest was handed over to Duan San. At this time, what Xu Yan and Luo Chen did not know was that Duan San's supplier was Li Xian.
The male and female protagonists were able to get together because they developed feelings for each other through their later collaboration.
Xu Yan was worried that Xu Nuo's foot injury had not fully healed, so he carried her to Duan San's house.
Duan San's family only has an elderly grandmother who has difficulty moving around and stays in the house all year round.
Xu Yan looked at the ingredients and spent more than an hour steaming several kinds of pastries. In order to prevent the smell from escaping, Duan San's kitchen was sealed off. Xu Nuo couldn't stay there, so she waited outside. During this time, she took a small cup and tried to condense some water.
She remembered the first time she tried to condense water, several drops would form in her palm at once, but now she could only slowly condense one drop. It seems that there really is a limit to the amount of floral water she could produce.
She held the water droplet to her nose and sniffed it. It smelled so good.
It's so precious, we can't waste it.
Meanwhile, Duan San went to Li Xian's house to deliver a rope. He asked curiously, "Brother Li, what do you need such a long rope for?"
Li Xian was winding the rope, not even looking up: "Go into the water."
"Where to?"
Li Xian said calmly, "Young Dragon Pool."
Duan San exclaimed, "Are you crazy? How can you even go down to that godforsaken place?"
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