At the dinner table, Du Jiang took a bite of a leek pancake and a sip of warm water. While eating, she would occasionally look through the open door of the main house at the two chickens strolling in the yard, thinking about the freedom of eggs in the future, but for now she had to rely on exchanging eggs and saving money to make a living.
The room was filled with the sounds of chewing and swallowing. When Du Jiang finished his last sip of water, he finally sat down lazily on the stool with his chin supported by his hands, feeling satisfied.
Qian Meili, who was standing beside her, glanced at her. Seeing that she had no intention of speaking, she could only speak up herself. "Brother Huo, the salt and matches in the kitchen are almost used up. We haven't had a day off this month, and it's almost the end of the month. Can you take a day off?"
Huo Yang, who had his hands on the table and was about to get up to wash the lunch box, sat down again after hearing Qian Meili's words. "Okay, this month will be over in a week. How about tomorrow? I have something to do at the village chief's house soon, so I've taken some time off. Who of you is planning to go to town? If you don't want to go, please raise your hands."
As Huo Yang spoke, he looked around and saw no one raising their hands. He immediately understood and said, "Okay, let's go together."
After saying that, Huo Yang stood up and walked out. He quickly washed the lunch box with clean water and walked out of the yard.
The educated youth site is located between the homes of Aunt Du and Aunt Cui. The three families are the few in the village living at the foot of the mountain. Compared with the large population of Aunt Du's family, Aunt Cui's family has a much simpler population, with only one son and one daughter, a happy family of four.
It's strange to say, after being here for nearly a month, Du Jiang has not yet seen Aunt Cui's daughter Du Yingying. I heard that she is attending high school in town, boarding at her aunt's house, and only comes back once every one or two months.
I still remember when I first heard this name, Du Jiang couldn't help but think of a classic drama I had watched before. The heroine in the drama was also called Yingying, but her surname was not Du, but Zhang.
Perhaps because there weren't many entertainment options in the village, Du Jiang, who had been distracted, only came back to her senses when Qian Meili touched her. She turned her head and looked at Qian Meili who had touched her with her elbow, and asked, "Sister Qian, what's wrong?"
"Well, aren't we going to town tomorrow? Let's go to bed early tonight," Qian Meili said while winking at Du Jiang.
Well, resting was fake, and going back to the house to clean up was real. However, Du Jiang was also particularly tired today, so he nodded immediately and said, "Okay, I'll go boil some water."
After Du Jiang poured the boiled water into her and Qian Meili's basins respectively, he added another pot of water into the pot using the residual heat from the stove before leaving.
After wiping his whole body with a towel dipped in water in the basin, Du Jiang came back to life.
Qian Meili soaked her feet in the basin and sighed comfortably, "Taking a bath in the village is really troublesome. I don't know if we can get a bathtub."
"Uncle Erniu is a carpenter, so it's possible. However, our house is small. Although we can put a basin in it, it's not convenient to get water and pour it." Du Jiang looked at the indoor environment and dismissed the idea in his mind. "When I get back from town, I will go to Uncle Erniu's house to ask. If it doesn't work, we can buy a wooden basin for bathing and washing hair. Otherwise, it's not convenient to just use one basin."
"That's true, count me in." After washing her feet, Qian Meili walked to the cabinet opposite in her slippers, then took out a handkerchief from it and returned to the bed.
Seeing that Qian Meili was about to count the money, Du Jiang quickly looked away, wiped his feet, poured water on himself and went to bed. In any case, his eyes were not on Qian Meili at all.
Qian Meili was very pleased with Du Jiang's understanding and immediately said, "Let's go to town tomorrow and buy a kettle together. I have the ticket for the kettle."
"No, Sister Qian, I don't need it." Du Jiang didn't have the habit of sharing a kettle with others, and immediately waved her hand to reject Qian Meili's proposal. "My parents will probably send me something by mail, so I don't need the kettle."
"Really? Okay then." Qian Meili felt it was a pity but did not force it. After all, she was the only girl in the family. Although the living conditions were not very good, at least she had never been treated unfairly. She came to the countryside this time for her brother. After all, her brother was in poor health and might not be able to survive if he really went to the countryside. After all, there were many things to pay attention to in asthma. In addition, although He Jiefang, her childhood sweetheart, was a bad-mouthed person, she was traveling with them, so Qian Meili did not have many concerns.
Du Jiang had no idea about Qian Meili's mental activities. At this moment, she was thinking about where to go tomorrow to dispose of the knotweed she picked. After thinking about it, Du Jiang finally set her target on the hospital. Although traditional Chinese medicine is not advocated now, the hospital still has a traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy, which is safer than the one outside. Du Jiang attaches great importance to his own safety.
However, perhaps because she had to go to the town the next day, Du Jiang couldn't sleep while lying in bed. She tossed and turned until midnight before she finally fell asleep. However, Du Jiang slept very restlessly that night. In her dream, she watched the scenes flash by as if she was watching flowers in the fog.
In a magnificent mansion, a beautiful girl sits in the embroidery tower, and a little maid in a light pink dress walks through the front hall and the backyard with a lantern. Letters are passed back and forth. Later, the dignified mistress looks angry. Later, the girl meets a scholar under the pavilion in the garden. They are very affectionate with each other, but the maid who is watching the wind is terrified.
Although it was a dream, it was extremely real, so real that when she woke up the next day, Du Jiang subconsciously covered her buttocks. In the dream, the maid was pressed on a stool, and the pain of the thick board falling on her made her feel like she was being beaten in reality.
"Du Jiang, get up quickly. Brother Huo said we're going to town to eat, so we won't cook in the morning." Qian Meili came in with a cup in her hand, and looked at Du Jiang who was sitting in the bed in a daze, and quickly reminded him.
"Oh, okay, I'll get up right away," Du Jiang rubbed his temples, dressed and washed up with a tired look on his face.
When the group walked on the road leading to the town, Du Jiang was still a little scared. Unfortunately, the dream was very vague when he recalled it now. Only the feeling of the board falling was very clear. Whenever he thought of it, Du Jiang felt a throbbing pain in his buttocks.
Could it be a prophecy? Or perhaps it was her past life? Du Jiang pondered uncertainly. As for the idea of a past life, after all, she had traveled through time and space and been reborn, so it probably wasn't a big deal. Unfortunately, she hadn't figured it out by the time she reached the town.
Standing at the entrance to the town, looking at the obviously increasing flow of people, Du Jiang collected his thoughts and lifted the backpack on his back.
"Let's split up here and meet at the state-owned restaurant at noon," Huo Yang said calmly, looking at the town's houseplate. "Everyone, stay safe. You can also go to the post office to see if there are any letters or packages. I have a relative in town, so I won't be with you."
Neither Du Jiang nor Qian Meili had any objection to this, so the group separated under the house number at the town entrance.
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