Looking at the sweet girl's slightly bitter smile and Du Yingying's face full of dissatisfaction, Du Jiang was extremely satisfied. Anyone could be a matchmaker. The bloody beating in the dream was no joke. Even after waking up, the dull pain was enough to make Du Jiang stay away from these two people. One of them was obsessed with her being the matchmaker, and the other had the same name as the person in the dream. These two were not a good sign for Du Jiang.
Although it's a pity, with Tianniu's personality, they should be able to become good friends, but not now. After all, compared to her, the other party is obviously closer to Du Yingying. Just for this reason, the other party is rejected by Du Jiang from the door of friendship. It's better to only watch from afar and not get close to her.
After collecting his thoughts and looking at the two people who were pulled back into the house to calm down, Du Jiang shrugged his shoulders and began to pick up the herbs that were drying in the open space in the yard again, drying them according to the roots, stems, leaves and flowers used for medicinal purposes.
Du Jiang's theory came from the experience accumulated in each life, especially the life as a matchmaker. The Mobei was bitterly cold, with a shortage of food and clothing, and medicine was even more scarce. Countless people died from injuries in those years and had no cure. Even though she took those who followed the army to pick the medicine from dawn to dusk, the supply could not meet the demand.
Du Jiang thought that God took away her memory and then gave it back, perhaps wanting her to survive with this memory. The only pity was that she had a shallow bond with her parents. In every life, she was either separated from them when she was young or the relationship with them was not deep. Now that she is old, she has come to terms with it and doesn't force things. She just lets things take their course.
Compared to the two couples of parents who abandoned and sold her, Du's father and Zhuang Xiangqiao were not that bad. At most, they ignored her who was stuck in the middle. They did not treat her harshly in other aspects. She had never lacked food and clothing and had an education. She would not be sold for a mouthful of rice soup, nor would she be thrown into the trash can because she was a boy who could not carry on the family line. Du Jiang thought that in a sense, they were also qualified parents.
Du Jiang didn't know and couldn't define what the definition of qualified was, but her hidden story was very complicated at this moment. Her three souls had returned to one spirit, and at least in this life she wouldn't be tortured by illness, so dying of old age wouldn't be a problem.
Du Jiang habitually looks three steps ahead. Although she doesn't know how many years it will take for her to return to the Du family, this doesn't prevent her from thinking about her future attitude towards Du's father and Zhuang Xiangqiao.
But after thinking about it, Du Jiang didn't know whether she should be cold or warm. Thinking of the huge sum of one thousand yuan some time ago, Du Jiang thought, maybe she didn't need to rack her brains so much. The other party might not want to be too warm to her. After all, he was just an insignificant person who was never close to her and she might never be able to go back in this life. Thinking of this, Du Jiang felt relieved. Maybe this would be a good thing for both her and Cangzhou.
Du Jiang felt relieved after coming to terms with his thoughts, and immediately squatted on the ground to process the herbs he had picked.
After finishing the work, Du Jiang poured some water into the stone trough of the pigpen and went up the mountain with a sickle. At this time, dandelions were blooming everywhere all over the mountain, and the white petals were fluttering in the wind and flying to unknown places, so that Du Jiang got a lot of dandelions without having to look for them specifically. When she thought of these incomes, Du Jiang's heart was burning with joy, and even the big sun in the sky could not offset her enthusiasm.
Because she didn't know how to cook at the educated youth's point at noon, Du Jiang locked the courtyard door from the inside after making the pig food. Then she put wild vegetable corn porridge in a small pot and chopped two potatoes into it. Although the appearance of it when it came out of the pot was not very good and the taste was just average, Du Jiang was not picky about food. There was nothing she could do because she didn't have much food at the moment. Even if she wanted to have a full banquet, she didn't have the ingredients. After the meal, Du Jiang boiled some hawthorn water. It was a pity that there was no white sugar, but it tasted good with brown sugar. It was sour and sweet and very appetizing.
After eating and drinking, Du Jiang felt sleepy, but he didn't mind and just lay down on the bed. He didn't wake up until Tianniu and Cui Yingying knocked on the door in the afternoon.
Looking at Du Jiang who was yawning and opening the door, the sweet girl raised her eyebrows and said, "You didn't go back to the educated youth camp at noon."
“No reply”
Another yawn came, and Du Jiang covered his mouth and moved aside, "You came quite early today."
"That's right. After all, I have to go and help in the afternoon. Huo Yang from your educated youth point built a house next to Aunt Cui's house. It has three main rooms, two in the east and two in the west. I heard that the elderly in the family are coming over." Maybe Tianniu was a little excited as she thought of something, but Du Jiang didn't understand why.
It was not until after work in the afternoon that he was dragged by Tianniu and Du Yingying to help that he understood why Tianniu was so excited at noon, because the wages offered by Huo Yang were really not low. Maybe because of the tight schedule, Huo Yang was generous enough to add a dime to the current price in the village. Although lunch was not provided, the price was enough to make people happy. The villagers made their own earthenware, and a little from each family saved Huo Yang the time to do it himself, such as fetching water and carrying wood.
At this moment, everyone was so united that the construction period of one month was completed in just half a month. Looking at the freshly built lower house, Du Jiang gave Huo Yang a thumbs up in admiration. After all, not everyone has the courage to build a house in an unfamiliar place, not to mention the price of this land is enough to make Du Jiang feel painful. Yes, because Huo Yang is an outsider, the village chief collected 100 yuan from Huo Yang for the land. You know, the land of other families in the village is not so expensive, but there is no way, after all, Huo Yang is an outsider.
However, the construction of the house also means that Huo Yang is about to move out of the educated youth center. Everyone is reluctant to see him go, but Du Jiang thinks that the reason for their reluctance is Huo Yang's dominance. Now that Huo Yang's protection is gone, there will be constant trouble at the educated youth center. Of course, this is just Du Jiang's guess, but this little guess is enough to make Du Jiang alert. She has not forgotten Chen Xiaozhen's provocation last time. You know, she and Qian Meili helped the other party. Although the other party and Qian Meili no longer remember Zhuang Changrui, if they have a good impression of Du Jiang, they would not do anything calculated. Du Jiang can only attribute this to the other party's mind not being very pure.
Squatting beside the vegetable patch, Du Jiang was plucking wild vegetables while paying attention to Huo Yang coming in and out of the main house. Perhaps because of Huo Yang's sudden move, everyone who was not used to it had no intention of seeing him off and just watched Huo Yang carrying luggage and food back and forth alone.
Watching the people coming in and out, Du Jiang stood up and walked over, blocking Huo Yang at the door. "Brother Huo, let me help you. Put your things on the table in the main room and I'll help you move them. After all, we've been living in the educated youth center for such a long time, and we'll be neighbors in the future."
Seeing this, Huo Yang didn't hesitate to say anything. "Okay, help me carry these basins and thermoses over first." Huo Yang handed the basins and thermoses to Du Jiang. After Du Jiang took them, he said, "Du Jiang, you go first. There's one quilt left, I can handle it myself."
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