Chapter 10: Keep it a secret
The male educated youth sitting next to him is Wu Yongfei, a educated youth born in 1969, 24 years old, from Jiangcheng.
Qi Yang, who wears glasses, is from Tongjiang City. He was sent to the countryside in 1969 and is 22 years old.
Then there is Zhang Yunhao, an educated youth born in 1969, 18 years old, from Beijing.
Zhou Yadong, an educated youth born in 1969, is 20 years old and from Ganzhou.
Ge Sujuan and Wang Nan were both educated youth who went to the countryside in 1968. They were both 18 years old and were classmates.
Upon learning that Zhou Qiuyu was only 14 years old, Ge Sujuan and the others frowned but didn't say anything.
Instead, he changed the subject and said, "We are busy with the autumn harvest these days. After dinner, you two should wash up and have a good night's rest, otherwise your bodies will not be able to bear it."
"Um."
They both nodded.
Zhou Qiuyu rubbed his hands and asked, "Shall we eat together in the future?"
Ge Sujuan and the others looked embarrassed and not very happy.
The main reason is that this girl eats too much. Although she is young and small, her appetite is a bit outrageous.
A big bowl of porridge with rice residue and a big steamed bun, but she was still not full and finished all the dishes.
As a result, they didn't have enough to eat.
"It's up to you to make yourself happy."
Big brother Bai Chen delegated the right of selection.
Zhou Qiuyu looked at Yi Chichi again, and Yi Chichi remained calm when she stared at him.
"I won't eat with you. I'll borrow some food from the team and pay you back tomorrow."
Wang Nan became interested, "Why don't you eat with us?"
Compared to Zhou Qiuyu, they would rather have dinner with Yi Chichi.
He has a normal appetite, and he doesn't smack his lips while eating or like to use chopsticks to rummage in the food bowl.
Zhou Qiuyu...
Forget it, let’s not talk about it.
Yi Chichi sighed and said, "Let me keep you in suspense. You will know in the future."
At this time, Wang Nan and the others didn't quite understand the meaning of this, but the next night, they understood.
After reporting to the brigade headquarters in the morning, Yi Chichi disappeared and appeared again in the evening.
When they came back from the fields, she was squatting in the yard decocting medicine.
The whole yard smells of medicine.
It doesn't smell bad, but it doesn't smell good either.
"Are you ill?"
Ge Sujuan came over, looking worried.
Yi Chichi hummed, "I need to take this medicine for a while, and I have to avoid eating."
"You really can't eat with us like this."
I don’t know what disease it is, and whether it is contagious?
She looked a little embarrassed, as if she didn't know whether she should ask.
Zhang Yunhao had no such concerns. He said bluntly, "Comrade Yi, can you cure this disease?"
This means asking her if she is contagious.
Everyone in the yard pricked up their ears. Yi Chizhi didn't get angry, but smiled.
"My body was in serious condition before, so I need to take care of it."
After looking her up and down, everyone finally understood why she was so thin.
After all this time, I'm not feeling well.
"Then you keep busy, we'll go make dinner first."
"good."
Half an hour later, Yi Chichi returned to the house with the boiled medicine.
It's too hot, you need to let it cool down before drinking.
So, she first returned the food she had borrowed from them yesterday.
The educated youth who went to the countryside received food subsidies for the first two months, with each person receiving 20 kilograms of food per month.
Fifteen pounds of coarse grains and five pounds of fine grains.
Her stomach couldn't tolerate coarse grains, so she asked the team leader to buy three kilograms of rice and two kilograms of flour in addition to the original ones.
It was impossible for her to return the fine grains; it was not enough for herself to eat.
Therefore, she also ate coarse grains when she ate their coarse grains.
Wang Nan, who had just lit the stove, saw the cornmeal she brought and said, "It's a bit too much."
Yi Chichi, "..."
She glanced at the cornmeal in the bowl and smiled, "Keep it. I'll borrow from you next time if it's not enough."
I'm too lazy to argue about such a small thing, and we won't be eating together in the future anyway.
"That's fine."
After returning the things, Yi Chichi chatted with them for a few more words and then went back to his room to take medicine.
It's really hard to drink.
When she thought about the fact that she would have to drink such bitter medicine for a while, black despair surged over her like a tide.
We still have to think of a solution.
Medicine is not as good as food, but food is of no use in her current condition.
so--
“They’re all eating.”
She swaggered to the kitchen.
Wang Nan and his friends were having dinner, steamed corn bread and pickled vegetables, and they were all suffering terribly.
"sit!"
Pointing at the bench, Bai Chen, who was chewing a steamed bun in his hand, asked her, "Do you want to eat something together?"
Yi Chichi waved his hand and said, "I just took some medicine."
"Then what are you doing here?"
Ge Sujuan asked curiously.
She smiled shyly and asked, "Will the village organize people to go hunting in the mountains after the autumn harvest?"
Bai Chen and the others' eyes suddenly widened, looking at her in disbelief, "You still want to go hunting in the mountains?"
"Is there really hunting?"
Zhou Qiuyu's eyes lit up, but Yi Chichi was not much better.
Bai Chen and the others were speechless, these two focus points were simply amazing.
"have."
Bai Chen arrived the earliest and was familiar with the situation in the village. He said, "Every year after the autumn harvest, the team would organize people to go up the mountain before the snow closed the mountain."
"but……"
Yi Chichi and Zhou Qiuyu pricked up their ears and leaned forward as if listening.
“It has nothing to do with us educated youth.”
The implication is: there is no place for them to enter the mountains.
Zhou Qiuyu's eyes sparkled as she asked, "If we kill prey, can the educated youth share the meat?"
"able!"
After all, they are also members of Kaoshantun. Although they are disliked everywhere because they do not walk while working, the people in the team do not treat them harshly or exclude them.
There is still some difference in treatment, which is understandable.
After all, they are outsiders.
"It's not a big quantity, you can ask someone in the team to buy it."
As for how much you can buy, it depends on the situation.
“Are there any wild boars?”
"uncertain."
Wang Nan, who subconsciously answered the question, realized something was wrong after she finished speaking and asked her, "Are you craving meat?"
"Aren't you greedy?"
She didn't answer but asked instead, and Wang Nan and the others laughed. How could they not be greedy, but the meat was too hard to get.
Buying meat not only requires money, but also tickets.
The key is that demand exceeds supply.
There was no meat for sale in the village, but there was some in the commune. However, by the time they received the news and rushed over, it had already been snatched away.
"Don't think about it. Just wait until the autumn harvest is over and see what the captain and his men can bring back."
That's all we can do.
In the evening, Yi Chichi sat on the kang and counted all his belongings, which amounted to 1,862.56 yuan in cash.
There are two types of food coupons, national food coupons and military food coupons, which add up to 86.3 jin.
Yi Chichi couldn't figure out where Yi Yong got these food coupons from, but it didn't matter because they were all hers now.
She took the remaining tickets, including the train ticket, sewing ticket and cashier ticket, but did not take tickets for things like cloth and soap.
Not only does it have an expiration date, but you can't use it once you leave Lincheng.
It can only be a bargain for Yi Jing and the others.
It is also possible that they will be taken away by the Revolutionary Party. It all depends on who is quicker.
However, according to Yi Chichi's estimation, it should be the Revolutionary Committee that acted quickly.
She did not learn hypnosis for nothing, and she also knew Zhang Jianshe. Although he was reasonable, he was a real ruthless person.
With the clues she laid, Yi Yong and his wife are bound to fight each other.
Nine lives, plus false accusations, etc., are enough to sentence the couple to death! Without the protection of their parents, Yi Jing and his family will face endless suffering in the future.
(End of this chapter)
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