Chapter 12
“Hey~”
"It's a long story, maybe that's fate."
"Okay, Su Zhiqing, let's not talk about these unhappy things anymore. Let's move forward."
"It just rained, and it's the time to pick bamboo shoots. Don't take the old ones like yours, and don't pull the thin ones either."
Chen Chuntao pulled out a few long, thin sticks from Su Qingci's hand and threw them on the ground.
"This one is too old to bite."
"Look at what's in my basket. I want the short, thick ones. They're tender. If you can't finish them, you can dry them. When the harvest is lean, take a handful and soak them. Then you can make a delicious dish."
Chen Chuntao looks gentle and speaks softly, which makes people feel good about her when they meet her.
Su Qingci looked at her big belly and asked, "You're already seven or eight months pregnant, right?"
"Well, it's almost nine months." Chen Chuntao subconsciously touched her belly with her hand.
"You are so pregnant, and you still go up the mountain alone. You are too careless."
Chen Chuntao forced a complicated smile, "It's like this in the countryside. Many people are still working in the fields when they're about to give birth."
"My pregnancy isn't going well, so I haven't been allowed to go out to the fields since the beginning of spring. Now, I can't stay idle at home."
Su Qingci couldn't help but secretly complain, not allowing you to go to the fields but letting you go up the mountain alone to pick wild vegetables?
No wonder you were crying and singing "Loser" in the mountains.
However, she didn't understand other people's situations, so she didn't want to say anything careless.
Chen Chuntao was very happy. She hadn't had such a happy chat with others for a long time.
After picking the bamboo shoots, he was not in a hurry to go home. Thinking that his family members would not finish work soon, he sat next to Su Qingci and chatted while peeling bamboo shoots.
During the conversation with Shen Chuntao, Su Qingci learned that she, Zhou Huijuan and another educated youth named Li Ping were all from City G.
Of the three people who came here originally, only Zhou Huijuan is still persisting. She was the first one to give up and found a local man to marry after more than two years.
In order to escape her current predicament, Li Ping followed a soldier from the village to join the army last year.
According to her description, this soldier was much older than Li Ping. He had been married once before, but his wife died during childbirth, leaving behind a child.
However, the other party's level is already sufficient to apply for family members to accompany the army.
Looking at Chen Chuntao's face full of envy, Su Qingci felt a little complicated inside.
A 21-year-old delicate educated youth, and a 30-year-old widow with a child whose wife died.
Even this can make her envious, which shows that Chen Chuntao's current situation is not much better.
The sun gradually moved westward, and Chen Chuntao stood up, holding the tea tree branch beside her.
"I should go back now. The people who work will be back soon, so I have to go back and cook."
"Qingci, if you're free on weekdays, you can come and visit me. I live in the third house in the row of houses next to the well."
Su Qingci saw her supporting her lower back with one hand and struggling to hold a basket full of bamboo shoots with the other, and said hurriedly.
"It's getting late, and it's almost time to herd the cattle."
"I'll go back with you."
"Here, give me the basket. I'll hang it on the ox's back. You have a big belly, and it's not easy to walk on this road."
"Thank you very much."
When Su Qingci returned to the educated youth site, everyone had already returned one after another.
Because there is only one bathroom, everyone takes turns taking a shower.
Those who have free time take the initiative to divide the work, such as fetching water, chopping firewood, cooking, etc.
Chen Xiuxiang was carrying a bamboo basket filled with water celery and watercress.
Seeing this, Su Qingci also walked over and helped her fetch water to wash the vegetables.
While washing the water celery, Su Qingci felt her scalp tingling instantly when she saw Chen Xiuxiang skillfully scraping a leech off with a stick and throwing it into the ditch.
She really would rather go to hell than bang this thing.
It's so scary.
She definitely won't pick up her chopsticks for this dish tonight.
Chen Xiuxiang looked at her exaggerated expression and explained softly:
"This water celery is delicious. If it's fried with bacon, it'll be amazing."
"Because it grows in water, it carries some parasites."
Su Qingci threw the water celery in her hand away in horror and started washing the water spinach next to it.
"It's so scary. This thing has extremely strong vitality. I heard that it won't die even if it's chopped into several pieces."
"If you don't see it carefully and eat it, you'll end up with a stomach full of leeches."
Thinking of that scene, she shuddered.
"No, it's not that exaggerated."
"It's heated to a high temperature, so even if there are some that you haven't seen, they're already cooked."
Chen Xiuxiang joked, "Even if it's cooked, it's still a piece of meat, haha."
"Anyway, I don't dare to eat it."
"It's okay, isn't there still Houttuynia cordata?"
"I'll add some vinegar, garlic, and chili to make a cold dish. It's sour, spicy, and refreshing, perfect with rice."
Su Qingci held up a white root-like plant and asked, "Is this delicious?"
"You'll know when you try it later, but you'd better be quick when you pick up your chopsticks."
"I don't know about you newcomers, but the old educated youths here all liked it. If you're polite, you might not be able to get it, haha."
"Especially Zhou Huijuan and Liu Qunfu, they are the best at this."
Su Qingci looked at the white roots in her hand with disgust and smelled the strange smell. She began to doubt Chen Xiuxiang's words.
"Qingci, the shower person is out, you go take a shower first."
Su Qingci followed Chen Xiuxiang's gaze and sure enough, Chen Haiying came out with her own clothes.
There was no electricity at that time, and lighting was mostly done with kerosene lamps.
But there were no kerosene lamps at the educated youth camp.
Basically everyone has a candle hidden in their suitcase, and they usually do things in the dark when they have nothing to do.
I would only light my own little candle when I had something important to do, and would quickly blow it out when I was done.
Su Qingci did not refuse and hurried into the dormitory to find clothes.
Chen Haiying squinted her eyes and watched Su Qingci drag out the suitcase from under the bed to look for something.
She hated this woman so much that she was eager to find some banned books or items in her suitcase.
Then she can report it.
Su Qingci turned around with the clothes in her hand and met Chen Haiying's eyes.
Looking at Chen Haiying's murky eyes, he immediately became defensive.
After taking two steps, he felt uneasy and turned back, looking at Chen Haiying with a vigilant look.
Then he opened the box in front of her and took out the small bag containing his valuables.
Then he went to the bathroom with his clothes.
This action, which was not very harmful but extremely insulting, made Chen Haiying tremble with anger.
Her white teeth bit her maroon lips until they turned pale. "This bitch actually humiliated me like this!"
"Suspected me of stealing!!!"
"She actually suspected me of stealing her little junk."
"This is too much, too much, I'm so angry, I won't let her go!!"
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