"I'll find you some other seeds, and we can grow them together later."
I sat back in the massage chair, moved closer to my mother, and started searching through my father's space.
Curious, Liu Hui leaned over to watch with her. She'd thought it was magic. So this was what the future was like. Space was just a mobile warehouse. "Is this a TV?" she asked, seeing what looked like a small box.
"This is a computer. We don't have electricity or internet here, so it can't be used. The voltage is not high enough."
After searching for a long time, Xia Youyou finally found some seeds. She let out a long sigh. It seemed like she needed to find some time to tidy up Dad's space. Otherwise, if she kept searching like this, how long would it take to find them?
"Brother, these are seeds. Mom knows a lot. You can tell her what they are and then write their names on them with this marker. I'll go back to my room and tidy up the space to see if I can find anything else."
"good."
She returned to her room, sat on her bed, and began filling the room with small items. She sorted them one by one and put them in her own space. Soon, her space was half full. Looking at the behemoth in her father's space, she felt a pang of grief. Because of ocean pollution, this ship was only sometimes used inland to inspect water pollution. Never mind, she'd just put it in her father's space.
After leaving the room, she saw her mother coming out as well. Xia Youyou handed her some vegetable seeds she had just found, "Mom, you can grow these at home. Let's build a vegetable greenhouse and try growing them in our own vegetable garden first. If we see results, we can then pilot it nationwide."
"What dishes are there?" Cao An came over to take a look.
"Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, soybeans, millet, and all kinds of vegetables. There are also seeds of various fruits. I think I may really have to go back to the countryside and start farming. But I don't want to!" She didn't want to work at all.
"Brother, come! I'll go find someone at the bureau right now. Tomorrow I'll also bring some seeds and plant a piece of land to try out the vegetable greenhouse you mentioned."
Xia Youyou held him back and said, "Brother, do you remember that place where we sat on the massage chair that night? Can we use the land over there? It's not far from home, and we can even grow vegetables there."
"I'll do it." Cao An rushed out the door, leaving the mother and daughter staring at each other.
"Let's go to the backyard and dig the soil."
Xia Youyou resigned herself to her fate and went to the backyard with her mother.
Cao An's plan was initially successful. The report was submitted and approved. We just have to wait until the beginning of next spring. When I got home and saw the mother and daughter turning the soil, I took the hoe from Xia Youyou with a smile. "Go and take a rest. With your small body, I'm afraid you'll turn yourself over with the hoe."
She snorted stubbornly, "You always look down on me!"
Cao An ruffled her hair with his big hand, "Go prepare dinner for us. Prepare more, I won't starve!"
There was nothing she could do, she really couldn't turn the land over, so she could only prepare to cook. She had originally wanted to go to the black market today, but unfortunately, plans always fail to keep up with changes.
After the meal was ready and the three of them sat down at the table, Cao An announced his decision for today.
"I'm going to start preparing to reclaim the wasteland tomorrow. It's just outside the city, so I can come back every night."
"So soon?"
"Well, Mom, you should be fine at home. I've already warned Lao Zhao, so he won't bother you again. Youyou, study hard and stay home with Mom, okay?"
"Okay, can I go to the black market?"
Cao An gritted his teeth and slapped her on the head. "Can't you just be quiet?"
Rubbing her messed up hair, she frowned and complained, "Why are you always picking on my hair? It's already so thin!"
Her hair has actually gotten much better in the past two days, at least it's not so frizzy anymore, but this person always likes to mess with these pitiful few strands of hair.
"Okay, go review. I'll clean up here. I'll be leaving early tomorrow morning."
After a uneventful night, Xia Youyou woke up in her bed at noon. She'd stayed up all night to finish her politics class, taking notes. She'd review it again in a couple of days, and she should be able to remember everything.
After she finished washing up and opened the door, she saw Liu Hui making clothes for her.
"Mom, I have clothes to wear, so I don't need to make anything else."
"This is different. Can you go out wearing black every day? Young girls should wear something brighter. I think this bright red suits you very well."
Xia Youyou was speechless. With her sallow complexion, she was the last person to wear a bright red. Forget it, she could only insist on whitening her skin every night. If she could recover her complexion sooner rather than later, she wouldn't have let her mother down.
"Go to the kitchen. I left some steamed buns for you. Eat them yourself."
She walked back to her mother while chewing the bun and sat down beside her. She carefully hooked her finger around hers. "Mom~"
Liu Hui wiped the needle on her head and looked at her unhappily, "Don't act like a spoiled child."
"Mom, I want to go out and play."
"Your brother won't let me!"
"But isn't my brother here? And I need to get more money, or use my supplies to help others."
"Don't be so righteous. What do you mean by helping others?" Liu Hui glanced at her with amusement. "If you want to go, go ahead. If your brother comes back and scolds you, don't hide behind me."
"Mom is so nice! Mom is the best!" Xia Youyou jumped up happily, went back to her room to get her small shoulder bag, and then put on the backpack.
"Mom, I'm leaving!"
"Be careful."
Xia Youyou didn't even turn around, just raised her hand and waved. "Got it!"
She trotted all the way to the black market. The person at the door recognized her and nodded to her gently before letting her in.
She skipped a set of secret signals and walked to a secluded spot to put the food into her backpack. As usual, she wandered around for a while, then squatted in a corner. Several people squatted with her. They had taken a fancy to her goods at the black market over there and had been looking for them for the past few days. Unfortunately, she didn't come every day.
"Why did you come only today? I bought your flour the other day and I thought it was better than the flour sold at the supply and marketing cooperative. I've been looking for you for days and I can't seem to find you. Today I finally got my chance!"
"Ah? I didn't know! I've been busy at home these past two days. Come, take a look. We have rice today. Take some and I'll give you a discount of one cent."
"I, I, I have been waiting for you too, give me a discount too."
Xia Youyou was in a hurry and took out the food that had been packaged. "Okay, I'll give you a discount of one cent today, but I don't bring much, so I need to go get more later."
She finally managed to get rid of everyone, but there were still several people who came after her to ask for more, but the basket was already empty. "You guys wait here for a while, I'll go back and pick up the goods and come back."
She rushed out of the crowd and ran to a deserted place outside. She looked left and right, and only put her hand into the backpack after making sure it was safe. She wanted to put more in, but her small body really couldn't carry it!
When he reached the entrance of the black market and was about to go in, a man in black walked out from the side. The man was dressed in black like him and was making gestures to the gatekeeper.
She slowly moved closer, remembering those eyes, she wasn't sure if they were his.
The man seemed to have eyes on his back and turned around to look straight at her.
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