Chapter 26 The Current Situation of the New Educated Youth, Cornmeal Dumplings

In the remaining day and a half, Mingdai and Zhou Sinian piled up firewood on the east side of the entire courtyard, enough for them to burn throughout the winter.

It was mainly Zhou Sinian who did the hard work, and Mingdai did not let him down, as the 20 kilograms of cornmeal were almost eaten up.

Zhou Sinian was also extremely happy these two days, which was reflected in his obedience.

Now he not only had three meals a day, and every meal was good and full, but he also had stir-fried cabbage with salted meat once in the middle, which opened the door to a new world for him.

Moreover, at night he slept on a wet quilt and a mattress. Although it was very old, it was used by Mingdai's father when he was alive. It was much better than the frozen and hard marching blanket that Zhou Sinian was using now.

The madman's change naturally attracted the attention of the villagers. After all, he hadn't beaten anyone for three days and he missed it a little.

When someone asked Liu Dazhu about this, the captain told him about Mingdai.

The villagers sighed and felt sorry for Xiao Mingdai when she was being harassed by the madman, but they were also glad that the madman had a target and their children were much safer.

You have to know that Zhou Sinian had been in Liujiawan for less than a year, and he had beaten every child and man in every family, and even half of the women had been beaten.

It can be said that in Hongqi Commune, the name Zhou Sinian can stop babies from crying at night.

When children are disobedient, their parents always say, "If you cry again, Zhou Sinian will come and catch you."

The effect is immediate.

Compared with Mingdai, the other new educated youth suffered much more.

Fang Rou and Qi Zhijun moved into Luo Cheng's widowed mother's home on the first night.

Luo Cheng's family fled to Liujiawan before the founding of the People's Republic of China. They were one of the few outsiders in the village, and the family had always kept a low profile. It was not until Luo Cheng joined the army and became a company commander that he gained a say in the village.

Luo Cheng has three brothers and two sisters. He is the fourth child, the middle one.

I was not valued at home, so I joined the army.

However, he is a somewhat foolishly filial person and has great respect for his mother who lost her husband early and raised five children alone.

Therefore, Widow Luo had a lot of say at home.

Fang Rou had a good attitude, was good-looking, and offered a lot of money, so she naturally agreed to let the two of them live in Luo's house.

Fang Rou took the initiative to propose to live with Widow Luo, and Qi Zhijun was arranged to live with Luo Qiang, the youngest son of the Luo family.

But she also understood that what was delivered to her door was not a sale, so she discussed with the team leader and chose two other vacant rooms in the educated youth site and installed a kang.

Kangs are not cheap, which is why these rooms did not have them before.

Now they were willing to pay for the kang themselves, and since they couldn't take it with them when they left, it was a good deal for free, so Liu Dazhu naturally agreed.

So during these three days, many villagers came to the educated youth site to help build the kang. It is said that Fang Rou promised to pay 5 yuan if anyone could build a kang within three days.

With such a good business, the villagers also sold their labor, and soon two large kangs were ready, waiting to be heated so that people could move in.

Moreover, Fang Rouchai had also thought it through and had communicated with the Luo family. In the past few days, the entire Luo family went up the mountain to collect firewood.

The firewood collected was piled on one side of the educated youth site near Fang Rou's new room. It was obvious that Fang Rou had bought it with her own money.

Seeing how the two of them solved the big problem for the new educated youth so easily, the old educated youth looked on with envy.

Among the remaining educated youth, Qin Fangfang and Cai Mingcheng obediently followed the old educated youth to the mountains to collect firewood from the first day. Although they did not collect as much as Mingdai and the others, they had a positive attitude and did not talk much during meals, so the old educated youth quickly accepted the two of them.

As for Zhang Xiaojun and Liu Daye, they had been lying in bed for two days and it was too late for them to go to the mountains to collect firewood, so they followed Fang Rou's example and used money to solve the problem in the village.

However, when the two of them were having dinner, they discovered that the old educated youth had withheld their food, so things got a little ugly for a while, but they were still manageable.

The one who was doing the worst was Liu Yan, who was beaten half to death. She wanted the captain to make the decision, but the captain was unable to do so.

She clamored to go to the commune to file a complaint, and the captain immediately harnessed a cart and took her there personally.

When she finally got up, she found that half of her food had been eaten. She wanted to make a fuss, but the old educated youth told her to get out. With no place to live and no firewood, she could only swallow her humiliation.

She had no money to buy firewood, so she could only take advantage of her last day off from work and go up the mountain to collect firewood, crying.

It was a leisurely time at that time, and everyone was collecting firewood. She was exhausted, but she only collected a small pile, and Song Lanlan rejected and ridiculed her.

She almost cried herself to death at the educated youth center.

Later, she still found comfort in Mingdai, and felt that no matter how difficult her life was, it was not as difficult as Mingdai who was threatened by the madman.

The educated youths who had not seen Mingdai since leaving the big tile-roofed house tacitly agreed that Mingdai had been beaten so badly that she could not get out of bed.

Mingdai, who was beaten so badly that she couldn't get out of bed, was now taking Zhou Sinian to dig a hole in the kang.

This kang hole had not been used for a long time, so there weren't many ashes inside, but some places were blocked by years of accumulated dust. Mingdai found a wooden stick and asked Zhou Sinian to lie down and dig while she pushed it out.

Soon, the kang hole was dug.

Looking at Zhou Sinian, who was covered in dust and dirt, he sent him to wash his face and specifically reminded him not to wash his feet.

Mingdai went to the kitchen and lifted the lid of the pot. There was a curtain of bright yellow dumplings, each of which was plump and looked particularly good.

Take out a small basket, scoop out the dumplings one by one, and place them in the basket to dry.

A shadow loomed over him, and Zhou Sinian wiped his face anxiously while watching Mingdai's movements.

Mingdai watched him put the towel in place no matter how anxious he was, then came over and nodded with satisfaction.

He is very smart, and because he has served in the army, he has good living habits and is highly obedient. In addition, Mingdai knows his lifeblood, and his nature as a foodie makes him very obedient. During these three days of getting along, Mingdai has let him do a lot of the work, and now the two of them have a good understanding of each other.

Except for one thing.

Mingdai took out a piece of white cloth, wrapped 6 cornmeal balls in it, and pointed to the package and the basket.

"This small package is for the captain's family. He lent us a flatbed truck so that we can bring the firewood down. This way I won't get sick and die, and you will have more dumplings to eat. Do you understand?"

Zhou Sinian's eyes moved back and forth between the package and the small basket. He compared them and nodded solemnly.

Mingdai was satisfied and immediately rewarded him.

Zhou Sinian quickly took it and ate half of it in one bite.

Mingdai put dried vegetables and sautéed intestines in the dumplings, and even fried egg flowers for the ultimate indulgence. It can be eaten as a meal or as a side dish, and is extremely delicious.

It was another meal that made foodie Zhou Sinian extremely satisfied.

After finishing her meal and washing the pots and dishes, Mingdai looked at the sky. It was already dark.

"Let's go to the captain's house to return the car."

Mingdai came out first with the bag, and Zhou Sinian followed after rubbing the candy wrappers in his hands.

This time Mingdai did not ride in the car, but walked with Zhou Sinian who was pulling the car.

The two of them didn't say anything and just walked quietly.