"Okay, then I'll go first." Du Jiang did not refuse and immediately walked out with the basin and thermos in her hands. After entering Huo Yang's yard, Du Jiang was very moved by the clean yard. Fortunately, she controlled herself and finally suppressed the idea of learning to build a house like Huo Yang.
After Huo Yang came over with the bedding, he had almost moved all his things from the educated youth site. Because they were a single man and a single woman, Du Jiang did not stay long. As soon as he saw him come in, he quickly said goodbye and left.
"Brother Huo, you go ahead and do your work. I'm leaving first."
"Wait, Du Jiang, wait for me in the yard, I'll go back to the house to get some things," Huo Yang said as he stepped into the house with his long legs. After a while, he came out with a military water bottle.
Looking at the green kettle that Huo Yang handed to him, Du Jiang pointed at himself in disbelief, "It's for me."
"Well, this is for you." Seeing Du Jiang waving her hand to refuse, Huo Yang forcefully stuffed it into Du Jiang's hand. "I have two. This one has never been used. I remember that you didn't even have a kettle until now since you went to the countryside. You only had a water jar. It's inconvenient for you to work and eat in the pig house. This is for you to fill with water. Okay, it's getting late. I won't keep you here. Wait until tomorrow for you and the others to come over for a hot pot meal. I bought some meat to cook."
Meat! Du Jiang swallowed his saliva subconsciously with a gulp, which made Huo Yang's eyes warm up. Du Jiang scratched his head embarrassedly, "Well, sorry to bother you, Brother Huo, you take a rest first, I'm leaving first." After saying that, Du Jiang ran away.
After walking out of the yard, Du Jiang looked back at the courtyard with the closed gate, reached out and took the kettle in his arms, turned around and knocked on the door of the village chief's house. While waiting, Du Jiang took out half a pound of brown sugar from the shelf.
"Oh, it's Du Jiang, why are you here?" Du Yingying, who came to open the door, looked at Du Jiang curiously. You know, she knew from her father that among the people in the educated youth point, only Du Jiang had never visited her. Looking at the foreskin that was held in Du Jiang's arms but still exposed at the corners, Du Yingying raised her eyebrows in surprise, but also quickly made way for the door. Although her home was far away from other people in the village, she couldn't bear the possibility that someone would go up the mountain and pass by the door and see something and gossip about it.
Village Chief Du was puffing on his pipe inside the house. Hearing Du Yingying's voice outside the door, he knew who was coming and immediately knocked his pipe against the table leg, "Come in."
Du Jiang was a little nervous. She glanced at Du Yingying who was following behind her, then looked at the main house not far away where the sound came from. Finally, she suppressed her inner uneasiness and walked in. "Hello, Uncle Du."
"Please sit down. What do you want to talk to me about? If you want a job transfer, forget it." In order to prevent Du Jiang from saying something he didn't like, Village Chief Du gave him a heads-up in advance.
Hearing this, Du Jiang chuckled and put the things in his arms on the table. "Uncle, my current job is pretty good. There's a plank bed in that pig house. I thought about moving there at night so that it would be easier to take care of them. Besides, it would be inconvenient for me to go back and forth in winter. If the water freezes or the temperature drops at night, it would be bad if the pigs were frozen. After all, whether our village can eat meat during the New Year depends on these two pigs. I just want to take better care of them."
Village Chief Du looked at the brown sugar, toffee, and kettle on the table. Thinking about the voices in the next yard, he was confused. "Don't you want to live in the educated youth camp anymore?"
"No, no," Du Jiang shook his head repeatedly. "It's not that I don't want to live here, I'm just afraid that I won't be able to take good care of the pigs if I live so far away. After all, it's better during the day, but if I go back here at night, I can't get through to the pig house. I won't know if the pigs are hungry or thirsty. If the pigs get sick at night, all my efforts will be wasted. So it's more convenient to take care of them recently."
"Okay, it's okay for you to live there, but you can't move there now," Village Chief Du exhaled a smoke ring, and the pungent smell of tobacco leaves instantly filled the main house.
"Why, is there something wrong?"
"Well, we plan to put the pig house and sheep pen together at the end of the village. There's a lot of open space at the foot of the opposite mountain. We plan to build a large breeding site there next month. Huo Yang is responsible for raising sheep, so he bought the land next door." When Village Chief Du said this, his cloudy but bright eyes looked at Du Jiang.
Du Jiang was so scared that he quickly shook his head, "Uncle Du, I can't do that. I don't have the money to buy land. If I move here, I can still live in the educated youth camp. It's fine. Let's not move."
"That's not necessary. I think we'll need another group of people to come to your educated youth camp after it's built. I remember your room is big enough for three or four people. I guess we'll have to send a group of people to live in the pig house. Since you asked for it yourself, you'll be in the first group." Village chief Du didn't care about Du Jiang's refusal. It was a pity that no one else could afford to pay a hundred yuan for the land like Huo Yang did. "Take these things back. Even if you hadn't come today, I was planning to transfer you there. Tianniu and Yingying said that you're very serious about raising pigs, but you still have to be more careful. After all, pigs are prone to illness. But don't be too nervous. There's a clinic in the village. If you have any problems, just let Tianniu call for help."
"Oh, I understand, Uncle Du. Just keep that thing for Sister Yingying to please her." Seeing that there was nothing more to say, Du Jiang immediately stood up and said goodbye.
"No need, you take it back. If everyone is like you, then what kind of person would I be?" As he said that, Village Chief Du picked up the pipe in his hand and knocked it on the table leg, making a "bang bang" sound. Seeing this, Du Jiang knew that the other party was not being polite and really didn't want to accept it, so he immediately stepped forward and took the things. However, he did not take everything, only took the kettle, and ran out quickly.
"Hey, Du Jiang, girl, your..."
Looking at Du Jiang running away, Village Chief Du was in a dilemma whether to chase him or not.
Du Yingying, who had been standing at the door and listening to the whole thing, shrugged nonchalantly. "Dad, it's just some brown sugar and milk candy, what's the big deal? Since Du Jiang gave it to you, what's the big deal about taking it away? Besides, they don't want to move to the pig house, so just agree. We can just move over here after the construction is completed. It won't be a big deal."
"You little bastard, what do you know? She's a half-grown kid living alone in a pigsty. You're responsible for her safety," Village Chief Du said, glancing at the flamboyantly dressed Du Yingying. Although she looked pretty, she didn't really fit in with the villagers. He immediately felt overwhelmed. "And you, why are you wearing such fancy clothes to work? How can you say that? Your mother is wasting money on you again."
"Dad, this is very popular in the city."
"Stop, stop, stop, don't tell me this. I'm just asking if this is comfortable to wear to work."
"..." Du Yingying choked, looked down at her skirt, then looked at her old father with an expression of "I was right, wasn't I?", stomped her feet and angrily went back into the house.
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