Chapter 681 Some are happy, some are sad
Yang Xiaole did not return to the educated youth site, but came to Yadan's home.
"Duck Egg, open the door!"
He came to the door, looked at the bolted yard door, and shouted inside.
There was one horse missing from the yard, and it was obvious that Uncle Xu must have gone out.
After a while, I saw Yadan running towards me with a smile on his face.
"Brother Xiaole!"
Yang Xiaole watched Yadan looking outside through the crack in the door, and said with a smile, "Okay, stop looking. I'm alone."
After hearing this, Yadan opened the door with a smile.
"Brother Xiaole, I'm not on guard against you! I'm just afraid that someone will see us."
Looking at the duck egg, he rubbed the other's head.
He smiled and said, "I know! Come in! No need to hide anymore."
The team leader has given the order to take the other party to the educated youth site, so there is no need to hide it.
Seeing this, Yadan followed and asked, "Um...Brother Xiaole, what about Sister Zishan? Should we send her back?"
Yang Xiaole ignored her.
After entering the house, he looked at Bai Zishan, who had already washed and dressed, and said, "The team leader said that you will be transferred to our educated youth camp, and you will be in the first team from now on. Go and sleep with them first. We will hold a meeting for you in a few days."
However, there were still a lot of traces of mud on the clothes.
When she heard about the meeting, Bai Zishan shuddered and tears started to flow again.
People of this generation are really afraid of holding meetings.
Yang Xiaole shook his head and consoled him, "It's impossible not to hold a meeting in your situation, but the captain has explained it to me. It's not a big deal, just get over it."
Hearing him say this, Bai Zishan wiped away her tears.
Nodded slightly.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Um...my affairs...can you please not tell anyone else?"
Yang Xiaole knew what the other party was talking about as soon as he heard it.
Nature is a thing that is ruined.
To put it bluntly, the main reason why many women these days don’t even know they’ve been ruined is that these women don’t want to talk about it.
Many women who found out they were pregnant could no longer hide it and simply jumped into the river.
If Bai Zishan had not been in a state of confusion yesterday and on the verge of collapse, she would not have said this.
Finally, he nodded: "Okay, I understand. By the way, how many people in Team Three know about this?"
Bai Zishan thought for a moment and said, "There's only Gao Yifeng and Director Gao from the commune."
Hearing this, Yang Xiaole nodded slightly.
"Got it. The captain won't tell anyone either. Yadan, remember not to tell anyone else! And tell Uncle Xu too."
"I know. Grandpa told me this this morning and told me to close the door!"
Duck Egg was talking there, shaking his head.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaole rubbed her head and smiled, "Well, Duck Egg, be obedient! Come on, I'll take you to the educated youth site. I'll check on your things in a few days and find a time to have someone from Team Three bring them to you."
Bai Zishan hesitated for a moment.
She was scared.
Yadan pouted and said, "Brother Xiaole, can't you let me live with me? I'm alone every day, it's too boring."
Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "That's the rule! Didn't I say I'd live here before? Didn't the team disagree?"
Duck eggs are actually quite pitiful.
It was the age for playing, but my parents died early and there was a lot of work to do at home.
Hearing him say that, Yadan could only say "oh" softly.
"Let's go!"
Yang Xiaole looked at Bai Zishan and gave instructions.
After hearing this, Bai Zishan finally got off the kang.
Follow him out of the room.
Yadan said goodbye and walked towards the educated youth site with Bai Zishan.
As they walked along the road, Yang Xiaole instructed, "When you get there, just admit that you can't endure the hardship, and don't say anything else."
I can't cover it up anymore, so I can only say less.
Bai Zishan nodded and followed her quietly.
When we arrived, the house was very lively.
These people are dividing things there!
"Hey, Yang Xiaole, who is this?"
Seeing him coming with a girl, Liu Yan asked curiously.
Seeing this, others also showed curious eyes. Beautiful girls are eye-catching wherever they go.
As for Feng Xue.
After beating Zhao Hongbing last time, no one dared to have any bad thoughts towards her.
Because Liu Yan had already spread the word privately that Feng Xue was Yang Xiaole's mistress when she was in the old city.
Yang Xiaole didn't refute.
Anyway, taking pictures of a woman is not the same as being in a relationship, and it doesn't necessarily mean that something will happen.
It can also be considered a kind of protection for Feng Xue!
But after these days, these people also knew what the word "pozi" meant.
Naturally, I won't reveal my thoughts, and even if I do, I will keep them in my heart.
Now that someone similar to Feng Xue has arrived, these people's minds have become active.
Fortunately, people nowadays are not as direct as those in later generations.
It didn't scare Bai Zishan.
Seeing everyone's expressions, Yang Xiaole said directly, "This is the educated youth from Team 3. The team leader transferred her to our educated youth camp. Please take care of her from now on."
Hearing this, everyone was curious.
"Song Wenhui, she's an educated youth from Shanghai. You should get to know her better."
In fact, Song Wenhui's family background is similar to Bai Zishan's. During the meeting that day, she was specifically mentioned by Director Sun.
Even if we talk about her family situation, it is still slightly better than others.
I won't be so indifferent.
Seeing this, Song Wenhui nodded and pulled the somewhat nervous Bai Zishan aside: "Nong is also from Shanghai! Ala..."
The two began to chat with each other with a smile.
"Hey, Xiaole, your stuff! Open it and see what good stuff is inside!"
Wang Laoer was holding his injured hand, which had not yet healed, and was cheering there.
"That's it! Hurry up!"
"hurry up!"
Naturally, the others were also there to join in the fun.
Yang Xiaole smiled when he saw this. He had only been here for a short time. By the time he became an old hand, if he didn't come, all his things would probably have been divided up.
After coming over, open the small package.
A sweater and a pair of old cotton shoes were revealed.
There are also some other foods.
“Oh, canned braised pork!”
Someone saw the wrapped glass can and started howling.
Through the glass, you can see the braised pork inside.
There are also some chocolates, candies, and canned luncheon meat.
Under the gaze of everyone, Yang Xiaole opened another large package.
Cotton-padded clothes, cotton pants, cotton shoes, insoles, socks, gloves.
It’s much more complete than what my eldest sister sent.
The others are also some food.
This made everyone envious.
Feng Aijun muttered, "How dare they send this glass bottle by mail? It would be such a shame if it broke."
Yang Xiaole smiled nonchalantly: "It's okay, I've wrapped it in clothes!"
It is said that postal costs are high nowadays, and the postal industry is mainly used for sending letters. Moreover, people nowadays are not as casual as those in later generations in taking things, and they still cherish mail.
However, starting this year, postal services will certainly be unprecedentedly busy.
Because tens of millions of people went to the countryside, most of them needed mail and postal exchanges.
Not everyone has canned meat.
Not everyone received food coupons by mail, after all, these people also had to make a living in the city.
Moreover, it is not so easy to get national food coupons nowadays.
Because during this period, there were basically few families who distanced themselves from the educated youth. It’s not that there were none, but it’s just that there were not many.
There were not many national food coupons circulating on the market, and they could not support the consumption of so many people at once.
For those who are related, basically give them to your relatives and friends.
The three brothers of the Wang family don’t seem to have very good family conditions.
All that was sent was a can of luncheon meat and a can of fish.
There is a little sugar, but not much.
After all, there are three of us!
"Is the meal ready?"
It was almost lunch time, and Zhang Mingyuan was urging the girls there.
When there is food, the first thing to do is to eat.
And it’s dinner time.
"Hurry up!"
Song Wenhui responded unhappily.
At this time, Liu Jinlian also spoke up: "It's our decision! From now on, we will live alone. You guys will live with the guys, and we'll live with the girls."
Zhang Mingyuan asked curiously, "Why? Aren't we living well?"
"The food we make every day is never just right. The extra food is eaten by you guys at night. So, after all of us girls decided to separate from you guys."
Hearing this, Zhang Mingyuan understood: "I was thinking! Why buy a pot? The feeling is here!"
Liu Jinlian nodded. "Yes, we have to live separately. Once the stove is built in a few days, we can live separately."
"We've been separated, so we've been separated. You have to collect your own firewood."
"Okay, just fight yourself!"
The matter was settled quickly.
Liu Jinlian would ask the village kang maker to come and make a new stove.
Yang Xiaole was not surprised at all.
Although he didn't have the hobby of peeking all the time, it was normal for him to occasionally not pay attention since they lived next door.
It's only a matter of time before we separate.
Sometimes the food is not cooked just right, and sometimes there is too much. When it is left in the living room, I don’t know who will secretly eat it at night.
Others may not know, but Yang Xiaole naturally knows.
Of course it was done by boys.
Almost everyone participated!
And these people all have their own little plans in mind.
Some people brought national food coupons, although not many, but there was some.
But most of these educated youth did not have it.
No one would be willing to eat this together. They were still hoping to have a good meal after going to the commune!
So we separated and it was decided like that.
"Hey, Xiaole, here are your cigarettes. There's only one carton, so it's not enough for everyone. I'll give you one pack each."
While thinking, Feng Aijun threw a pack of cigarettes to him.
There was also a box of matches.
"Cigarettes are eight cents a pack, matches are two cents, exactly ten cents, and a piece of straw paper is twenty-five cents. There's no more."
I also gave him more than one dollar.
Yang Xiaole took it and took a look.
Put the things away.
When we went there, almost all the men brought a pack of cigarettes, but we only knew that they were the low-quality kind that cost less than a cent.
Even so, I still couldn’t buy it.
Because there isn't that much smoke.
He put the things away and said with a smile, "Where's the candy? Do you want a ticket?"
"Both sugar and candy require tickets, so I couldn't buy them."
Feng Aijun muttered.
Yang Xiaole didn't care about this. At least here, many things require tickets, which is much worse than Shanghai and Beijing.
At least 40% to 90% of candies are still priced high.
It won’t be much higher, just a little more than double.
This is a commune, and cigarettes are hard to buy.
Liu Yan looked at the boy smoking and said with a smile, "A pack of cigarettes costs eight cents. In our production team, one work point is 3.9 cents, less than 4 cents. Smoking a pack of cigarettes costs more than two work points."
Hearing this, the boys felt indifferent.
For those who have never earned any money, eight cents doesn't seem like much.
But some people reacted.
Zhang Mingyuan muttered, "Oh my! Ten work points a day only makes 39 cents! How much does that make in a year? Over a hundred yuan!"
It’s not surprising to know how much each work point is worth.
Yang Xiaole opened the cigarette box and threw one to Zhang Mingyuan, who didn't buy any.
He laughed and said, "You think too much. This is the Northeast, where the winters are long and the springs and summers are short. We spend a lot of time hibernating. It's good enough to get half the work points."
In other places, work points are one or two cents a day, but here they are three or four cents.
The main reason is that there is only one season a year here, so there is less working time and the price is high.
In fact, the principle is the same. If the working time is longer in other places, the unit price will naturally go down.
Zhang Mingyuan wailed, “Oh my god, then we can only earn about 60 yuan a year.”
"You're overthinking it again. The last mission was the brigade's way of taking care of us. In the countryside, work points are determined based on your labor capacity. Your work points are based on how much work you can do. We also assign you work based on that. If you don't complete it, your points will be deducted."
Yang Xiaole hit him at the right time.
Then he added, "To put it bluntly, I won't dare to speak out after I get used to it. In our current situation, women in the village are paid eight work points, and there are only a few who can earn eight work points."
Feng Aijun, standing nearby, asked in disbelief, "Isn't that possible? How could we be weaker than those women?"
I still have some confidence.
Yang Xiaole glanced at him and laughed, "To be honest, I just look down on you. You really can't do the work they do. A load weighing over a hundred pounds is something women in the countryside would do. They could carry it ten miles, taking a break in between, and it would take them a whole day. Can you do it?"
Many rural men can lift 200 kilograms, and those with greater strength can lift 250 kilograms or even more.
This is about staying power.
If we simply talk about being able to carry things, that doesn't count. We have to count based on being able to work.
Feng Aijun curled his lips: "I don't believe it!"
Yang Xiaole didn't argue, but simply said, "Let's not talk about anything else. If you can walk ten miles with a weight of 100 kilograms, I'll give you a cigarette. If you can't walk, you'll give me your can of food. How about that?"
Looking at his indifferent expression, Feng Aijun clicked his tongue.
No answer.
But the others were just fanning the flames: "Aijun, let's do it. It's only ten miles. We'll help you with that!"
"That's right! Let's all get together. I don't believe we can't even pick ten miles of land."
"yes!"
Feng Aijun looked at Yang Xiaole's expression and finally shook his head: "I won't do it. You can bet if you want, but I won't do it anyway. I know this guy, he won't fight a battle he's not sure of. Ouch."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was kicked by Yang Xiaole.
This caused everyone to burst into laughter.
"Okay, let's eat! Stop talking nonsense."
The girl shouted there.
“Eat, eat!”
Everyone was howling.
We have food to eat today.
"Attention, all teams! Attention, all teams! ..."
Just as people were laughing and talking there, the sound of the radio came over.
Everyone put away their smiles and listened quietly.
It didn't take long to figure out what was going on.
This is the commune's music broadcast through the brigade's radio.
There is actually not much content, just four words: emergency training.
"Oh my god, hurry up, there's a war going on!"
"Ah, hurry up, pack your luggage."
The educated youth clicked and things became messy.
Yang Xiaole looked at the chaotic scene, frowned and said, "Come on, don't make a fuss. I'll go to the brigade to see what's going on. Hurry up and eat. Go to the toilet if you need to. If you get a stomachache on the way, no one will wait for you!"
Others don't understand history, but he does.
I know we can’t fight.
At most, this training camp just involves giving an address, leading the team to a certain place, and then coming back.
To put it bluntly, it is to show off your muscles and let the other side see.
The action here.
When everyone heard this, they calmed down their excitement.
Seeing this, Yang Xiaole said, "You guys eat first and pack up right away. You might leave right away. If you can go to the bathroom, go. I'll go first."
After saying that, he walked out of the gate of the educated youth site and walked quickly outside.
(End of this chapter)
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