Ma Cheng was picking up firewood. When he looked up, although his eyesight was not clear, he recognized who it was as soon as he heard the voice.
"Master Lian, you just came back. Did you come to collect firewood by yourself? No, I'll help you collect it!"
Hey, this kid is quite friendly. He is working for his own family.
I saw that he had already tied up two bundles of firewood. It seemed that he had been here for half a day and came here right after work. He really didn't feel tired at all.
"You came here without having dinner? I have firewood at home. Why are you in such a hurry? Don't pick it up."
Ma Cheng grinned: "It's okay, I'm not hungry yet."
How could you not be hungry? It’s probably because there’s no food at home.
The two continued to walk down the mountain together, chatting as they walked.
"I say, Ma Cheng, after the autumn harvest, you have to continue learning. Lin Zhiqing said that you learn very quickly and have a good brain. Don't waste your little brain."
Lin Youshu has always been Ma Cheng's teacher, and this was something Lian Xiaomin asked him to do.
Ma Cheng is fourteen years old now. If you calculate, there are still six years until the college entrance examination is resumed in October 1977. He will be only twenty years old by then.
As a time traveler, Lian Xiaomin knows very well that in this era, the best way to change one's destiny is to use knowledge.
Even though Ma Cheng and Ma Jing are now "landlord's sons", they will be outstanding people if they can get into university in the future.
During the three years of getting along with them, she knew that both children had very good personalities and lived under her nose.
Helping as many people as possible is a good help. It will be worth it for the space to send her to this life and let her get so much wealth.
"Well, Brother Lin is a good man. He encouraged me, praised me for being smart, and even gave me two pencils a few days ago!"
"...Li Douzi from the Li Er family, as well as Wei Baoshan and his sister Baoxiu, we now have four of us learning culture from Brother Lin. I will study hard!"
Oh, in the five months since I left the village, it seems that Lin Youshu has accepted a few more students.
She knew Li Douzi and the two poor children of the Wei family. They were half-grown children whose families could not afford to eat or go to school.
At the age of thirteen or fourteen, they should be going to junior high school, but... the middle schools are still carrying out criticism and struggle sessions, and their families can't afford to send them to the school in town.
It seems that they got together to learn from Lin Youshu. Big Lin is indeed a good person.
The two of them talked as they walked to the gate of Lian Xiaomin's house.
After opening the lock, Ma Cheng helped put the firewood in the yard and was about to go back.
"Wait a minute."
Lian Xiaomin went to the utility room and, under cover, took out a bag of 20 kilograms of millet, 5 kilograms of flour, and a can of soybean oil, and put them all into a bamboo frame.
There was still room for eight more big sweet potatoes.
With the lid closed, no one can see what's inside.
He came out carrying the basket and put it on Ma Cheng's back.
"Take it back and save it for you and your sister. Is your family going to run out of food?"
Grain can only be distributed after the autumn harvest, and now is the time when every household is short of food.
"We still have more than ten potatoes at home... Thank you, Master Lian!"
Ever since Mr. Qian and his men got into trouble and were arrested, the small black market in the commune disappeared, and Ma Cheng had been living on the little money he had saved from working for Shunxi.
How many work points can he earn from working? He can only spend money to buy some food from the team, and he can't buy more. Otherwise, where does the money come from?
They had always been relying on Lian Xiaomin for secret support, and she would occasionally leave some food in the yard for them, so they were never hungry.
"Go back! The autumn harvest is tiring, and you need to eat enough, okay? When I have time to go hunting, there will be meat to eat, and I'll share some with you then."
When Ma Cheng heard about hunting, he grinned.
"Master Lian, take me with you when you go hunting. It will definitely be fun."
As a boy, which one doesn’t like hunting? He didn’t even think about making money.
"Okay, we'll go there after the autumn harvest is over."
After sending Ma Cheng out of the house and just about to go back to the house, I saw a flashlight light coming towards me, as if someone was walking towards this side.
Anyone who comes here must be looking for her house. She didn't close the gate and stood there waiting for the person to come closer.
I watched Ma Cheng walk to the flashlight and greet him. Oh, it turned out to be Yan Jing and Bai Hui from the Youth League Institute.
Yan Jing is a teacher in the village primary school. She is very nice to Ma Hui. Ma Cheng is also quite familiar with her, so it is normal for him to say hello to her.
"Yan Zhiqing, Bai Zhiqing, what are you two doing so late at night?"
Two female educated youth walked up to him and greeted him.
"Master Lian, we want to ask you if you still have the fever-reducing pills? Can you give us two in exchange?"
"Alas, the new educated youth Tan has a high fever. Our village has never had a barefoot doctor, so we can only go to the commune. I thought I'd ask you if you have one?"
As he said this, he took out fifty cents.
At night, they went to the girl's house to ask for medicine. It must be two female educated youth who were suitable to come, so the leader of the educated youth group sent them.
Lian Xiaomin nodded when she heard it.
"Hey, it's no big deal, I have the money at home, you can keep it."
She has always been on good terms with the people in the Youth League Institute and has had frequent interactions with them, so why would she charge any money?
He let the two people into the house and walked to the door. With a thought, Xiaofu and Xiaoya appeared on the big kang.
He lifted the door curtain and went in, asked Yan Jing and Bai Hui to sit on the kang and wait for a while, then opened the cupboard, found five pills, and gave them all along with the small paper bags.
"Take all five. If you have a headache or fever, you don't have to go to the commune, which is eight miles away."
Yan Jing insisted on giving money, but Lian Xiaomin pushed it back and took four oranges, giving two to each of them.
"Master Lian, there's one more thing. That's... Song Chaoyang and I got married. Here's the wedding candy. Please have some. It happened last month and you haven't come back yet~"
As Yan Jing spoke, she took out a handful of candies from her pocket and put them on the table on the kang, looking very embarrassed.
Lian Xiaomin was stunned. Oh, so that's it. Song Chaoyang is indeed not young anymore. They are a good match. Hey, this is taking root in the black soil~
This was the first couple married among the educated youth she met after traveling through time.
It seems that there is no hope of returning to the city, so they decided to get married and live here.
Everyone had a good relationship, and Lian Xiaomin quickly smiled and said congratulations.
"Yan Zhiqing, didn't they say that with the arrival of new educated youths, there aren't enough houses to live in? Where are you two going to live after you get married?"
"We will get the certificate first, and then treat everyone to a meal to celebrate after the autumn harvest. Then we will try to build two houses in the village."
Yes, the autumn harvest is the most important thing now. We can’t do anything else, so building the house will definitely be postponed.
After they finished talking about everything, they were about to go back, but Tan Rushong was still waiting to take his fever-reducing medicine.
Lian Xiaomin took out a new pink plaid bed sheet from the cabinet on the floor and gave it to Yan Jing.
She can't use bright red ones. As a single person, what are you going to do with bright red bed sheets at home?
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