"Is the sugarcane ready to be harvested?"
"They aren't very tall, but we have to harvest them. It's winter, and if we don't, they'll freeze to death. We planted them in the wrong season, mainly to prevent water leaks. But they're growing well. Shaluo Village will be busy this winter."
"Yeah. Go ahead and do your thing. I'm going out."
"I'll get you some sugar cane later. You can go back and give it to Brother Lin to try."
"OK."
Meng Si Ning and Jiang Tang talked for a while in the space and then returned to the carriage.
Jiang Tang was busy harvesting sugarcane in Shaluo Village.
"Captain Sun, what does Aunt Hongying say? Are these sugarcanes okay?"
Captain Sun said, "Why not? Our sugarcane isn't very strong, but it's still very juicy. The old secretary has already arranged for someone to set up a pot.
We will definitely be able to produce a batch of brown sugar in the next two days."
Jiang Tang slapped his hands and said, "I forgot to get the wrapping paper. I have to go back to the city."
"Okay, I'll ask Accountant Liu to give you an advance."
Jiang Tang went back to the city and actually took the opportunity to find Meng Si Ning again.
"How much brown paper do you need?"
"Get a big roll, and we'll cut it up ourselves when we get back. I've asked around, and it'll cost about twenty yuan. Here. Buy you a seal and write a note."
"no problem."
Jiang Tang stayed in the city for a day and met He Yan.
This guy has been assembling a washing machine for Jiang Tang these days.
Looking at the parts all over his room, he chuckled: "Where did you get these?"
"I check the scrap yard from time to time. But there are still some things missing. I'll have to wait."
"What's missing? I'll get it for you."
"The machine inside."
Jiang Tang rolled his eyes. Doesn’t this mean that the most important thing is missing?
"Tangtang, my dad called yesterday and said he would come here to meet me before the New Year."
Jiang Tang nodded without showing much nervousness: "Okay."
After returning to the village, Jiangtang joined the team of cutting sugarcane again.
She rubbed her red, frozen hands and said, "Everyone, work harder and cut more sugarcane before the heavy snow comes!"
The villagers all smiled and said, "Don't worry, Secretary Jiang. Captain Sun said that if the brown sugar sells well this year, he'll buy two pigs for everyone to share during the New Year. He guarantees it will be ready in two days."
Cutting sugarcane is also a physical job, and if you don’t wear gloves, the sugarcane skin will hurt your hands.
Everyone was used to farm work and didn't mind.
It was just her, as usual, who was exhausted after just a few strokes.
Everyone knows her character and doesn't care.
"Secretary Jiang, the sugarcane bundles are ready. Why don't you go check on Aunt Hongying?"
"OK."
The village uses the old technology to squeeze sugarcane. A huge iron pot is placed on the earthen stove, and firewood is burning in the stove. This big iron pot was bought by Jiang Tang at the mall for Meng Si Ning.
When the ginger candy arrived, Aunt Hongying was asking the neighbors to squeeze juice.
Making sugarcane is a delicate job, and you have to keep an eye on the fire. The one who is lighting the fire is Aunt Hongying's husband. After all, he is her husband, so when Aunt Hongying scolds him, she is not polite at all: "Don't make the fire too big. You have been working for so many years, and you can't control it well."
"I've been keeping the fire burning for you for several years, but this year the pot is so big, I'm sure it'll be hard to control it at the beginning. Go ahead and do your thing, I'll keep an eye on me."
"Look, it all depends on the timing."
Jiang Tang looked at the candies being made and they looked very good.
Seeing her coming over, the old Party Secretary smiled and said, "This year, thanks to Secretary Jiang leading us, otherwise, we wouldn't have had such a good thing."
"Old Secretary, this is also due to the hard work of our villagers. Captain Sun and the Secretary are both supportive, which is why we have achieved the current results. I just don't know how much brown sugar we can produce this time."
Captain Sun said, "No matter how much, it's still a considerable income. And the last market day of our market is in two days, so this brown sugar will definitely sell well."
Jiang Tang nodded: "Well, get one or two hundred pounds, and I'll go run around the department store."
"Okay."
After Meng Si Ning got out of the car and separated from Team Leader Zhao, he deliberately stuffed his luggage full.
As soon as she entered the house, Tao Jie came up to her and took the package from her hand: "Why are you carrying so many things, kid? Chengzi, why didn't you call in advance and ask your dad to send a car to pick you up?"
"Mom, these are cakes and geese from Shen City. Lu Cheng specifically asked me to bring them to you. I didn't let him buy them. I followed the team leader back and went back to the unit after getting off the bus."
"Did the work go smoothly this time?"
Meng Si Ning nodded: "Yeah, it went very smoothly."
"That's good."
Lu Zhanting was at home at the moment and put down the newspaper in his hand. "It's too cold outside. It might snow. Come sit down and rest for a while. Chengzi called early this morning to ask if you've arrived. He said you did an excellent job this time and brought honor to our Lu family."
Meng Si Ning's cheeks flushed slightly, and she was about to be modest when Lin Xiaodi rushed out from the inner room: "Sister, you're back."
"Um."
At the dinner table, Meng Si Ning talked about the weather in Shen City: "It's much colder there than here. I was there for two weeks and it snowed twice, and it was very heavy.
The team leader gave me two days off, and Lu Cheng took me out for two days. He also bought a lot of local specialties for you. He was afraid I wouldn't be able to carry all of them, so he didn't buy too much.
Tao Jie smiled and said, "We often eat the specialties of Shen City. When he came back on vacation in those years, he would bring some with him. And your aunt, too. By the way, did you meet your aunt?"
"Lu Cheng said that my aunt and uncle went to see my little cousin. They're not here right now."
"It doesn't matter. There will be plenty of opportunities in the future."
When saying goodbye to her parents-in-law after dinner, Tao Jie stuffed a few boiled eggs and a bag of fried melon seeds into her bag and said, "Your dad will ask Xiao Wang to drive you there. Come back for dinner on Sunday when you have nothing to do."
"Okay, Mom."
It was already late when I returned to the rented courtyard, packed my things, and took care of the cat and rabbit.
After a good night's sleep, I woke up in the morning and was reciting my lessons.
She made millet porridge and fried shredded potatoes today.
One dish is enough for two people.
When I arrived at the unit, the rigorous atmosphere began again.
The days passed one by one, plain and warm.
When Meng Si Ning has some free time on weekends, he will take his younger brother Lin out to play.
Here in Jiangtang, the last farmers' market of the year has begun.
However, there are very few varieties of vegetables, and now there are only cabbage, radish and potato.
Vermicelli, bean skin, etc.
The chickens and ducks are no longer clucking.
However, the commune’s peanut and soybean oil sells very well.
This time, Shaluo Village had the best business.
Because they have brown sugar, and the most scarce thing in the countryside is brown sugar tickets. Most of them can't be bought.
Not to mention anything else, just look at the surrounding villages, they have bought a lot.
Jiang Tang helped Sha Luocun shout out his wares: "Brown sugar, no tickets needed, 1.5 yuan per pound. 1.2 yuan for those with tickets."
You can also exchange it for other items."
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