Chapter 19: Picking Mushrooms in the Mountains
Xu Tao looked at the captain and the others thoughtfully, then slowed down his pace unnoticeably. After everyone went in, he went to find the captain.
"What? You want to build a house to live in too?" The captain raised his eyebrows and looked at Xu Tao.
What happened to the educated youth who came back this time? They were all very rich and wanted to build their own houses.
Xu Tao told the captain about himself and Guo Xiaoya: "We are an engaged couple, and getting married is a matter of time.
After the house is built, we will go and get our marriage certificate. It is inconvenient to live with the educated youths. "
What Deng Minghao said this afternoon was very true. He and Guo Xiaoya had been engaged since childhood. After something happened in his family, Guo Xiaoya did not break off the engagement with him, but followed him to the countryside.
He really has to shoulder his responsibilities as a man and give Guo Xiaoya enough sense of security.
So Xu Tao discussed with Guo Xiaoya and decided to get a marriage certificate in a while. They were both old enough and it was time to get married.
Since we are getting married, we must move out. It would be inappropriate to squeeze in a private place.
The team leader was even more surprised. Among the newly arrived educated youth, there were actually two couples who were going to get married. This was really a rare thing.
"Okay, let's measure your house as well. Do you have any requirements?" asked the captain.
Xu Tao said, "You should be helping Deng Zhiqing and his team measure their houses. I will build the same house as they built it. Just tell me how much it costs and I will go get the money right away."
Everyone at the educated youth site knew about the relationship between Deng Minghao and Li Ruolan, but no one else knew about the fact that they had obtained their marriage certificate except Qin Wan.
After returning that day, Qin Wan saw that Deng Minghao and Li Ruolan had no intention of saying anything, so she did not tell anyone about it.
The relationship between the two is so good, they will definitely get married sooner or later. The team leader came over to measure the land, and it is not difficult to imagine that the two will definitely get married and move out.
The captain nodded and said, "Okay, if you want to do the same as them, then you can take the fifty yuan first. I will return it to you if you haven't used it all. If you don't have enough money, you can make up for it later."
Next month it will be time to harvest corn. After the corn is harvested, when the frost comes, we will harvest sweet potatoes, and then cabbage and other things. After that, there will be no work to do.
During the four or five months of hibernation, most people did not earn any money.
The newly arrived educated youth needed to hire someone to build their houses. Three rooms would cost 150 yuan. If they asked the villagers to build them, everyone could earn a lot of money.
Therefore, the team leader hopes that more people will come and build more houses. The more houses are built, the more people in their village will earn.
Xu Tao earned a lot of money when he went to the countryside, and Guo Xiaoya's family was also well off, so they could still afford fifty yuan.
After collecting the money, the captain arranged for people to measure another area.
During dinner in the evening, the old educated youth were discussing the issue of building a house next to the educated youth site, and many of them speculated whether new educated youth would be coming.
Deng Minghao, Li Ruolan and Qin Wan all ate quietly without saying a word. Xu Tao naturally didn't say anything either. He just listened to the old educated youth's speculations.
After the meal, everyone lined up to wash up and go to bed. Because they were all very tired, no one spoke a word all night until dawn.
After weeding in the fields for a week straight, Li Ruolan and her colleagues have almost gotten used to the intensity of the work.
The only one who still couldn't accept it was Guo Xiaoya. Finally, Xu Tao took him to find the team leader and changed him to a lighter job, which was to collect grass for pigs with the children, and it only paid two work points a day.
At first the team leader disagreed, but later when he learned that Guo Xiaoya's family was well off, he gave her money every month to support her.
Knowing that Guo Xiaoya would not starve to death, the team leader agreed and let Guo Xiaoya go to collect grass for the pigs.
There was a heavy rain at the end of August, so the team leader let everyone rest for two days. It rained heavily on the first day, but stopped on the second morning.
After the rain stopped, the old educated youth put on their backpacks and prepared to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms. There were plenty of mushrooms after the rain, and they were free and ready-made food.
"You don't have much food left, so you can pick more mushrooms to eat as food. There are also many good things on the mountain that can be eaten as food."
When the new educated youth heard this, they immediately put on their shoes and carried their backpacks, ready to go to the mountains and seas to pick mushrooms and fungus with the old educated youth.
When we walked out of the Youth League Home, we saw the team leader leading a group of people working on the side of the Youth League Home. Everyone greeted the team leader and went up the mountain.
It was the first time for Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao to go up the mountain to pick mushrooms, and they were curious about everything they saw.
After picking a lot of mushrooms, the old educated youth confirmed that most of them were inedible. Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao then started looking for mushrooms, holding edible mushrooms in one hand and the other.
There are basically some grass mushrooms and trumpet mushrooms on the mountain, and there are large patches of wood ear mushrooms on the dead trees.
When the educated youth arrived at the mountain, they dispersed, except for one person, Li Yingying. She followed the others and would rush to grab the mushrooms when she saw them in groups.
After snatching several times, the new and old educated youth looked at her with displeasure, but Li Yingying was shameless and pretended not to see it.
No matter whether they were new or old educated youth, everyone lived better than Li Yingying. She didn’t have much money now, and she would soon run out of food.
If she didn't pick more mushrooms, her food would soon be gone, and she didn't want to go hungry.
Li Yingying originally wanted to come over and squeeze over to Li Ruolan and Deng Minghao's side, but Deng Minghao gave her a look and Li Yingying immediately left in shame.
Qin Wan did not go around picking mushrooms, but continued walking into the mountains. The higher she went, the stronger the wood-based power she felt.
However, she did not have the ability to protect herself yet, and did not dare to go too far up the mountain. She just walked around where everyone could see each other.
While absorbing the wood-related power without leaving a trace, she sensed that there was something good over there, and soon found a pheasant, but the pheasant was not there. Instead, she found six or seven pheasant eggs.
Qin Wan was just about to put the pheasant eggs into the backpack. These were pheasant eggs, even if they were small, they were still eggs.
She has been in Victory Brigade for so long, and has been eating bran every day. Even in the end times, she has never eaten such a bad meal.
Having endured for so long, she would really go crazy if she was not allowed to change her taste. Now that she has pheasant eggs to improve her diet, Qin Wan is extremely happy.
However, before she could feel happy for a moment, Li Yingying's disgusting voice came from behind her.
"What did you find? What is that? Oh my God! It's a pheasant egg!"
Li Yingying did it on purpose. She had noticed that Qin Wan seemed to have found something good. When she saw the pheasant eggs, her mouth was watering.
We must not let Qin Wan hide the pheasant eggs for herself. We should take them out and share them with everyone so that she can get some.
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