Xu Ningyan had no objection.
She also wanted to go back as soon as possible to ask Gu Zhiyuan if he had pulled strings behind the scenes.
At this moment, Gu Zhiyuan from the Unity Brigade...
Only then did he drag his tired body back to the small courtyard.
The lackey, who had been lying by the door, perked up his ears at the sound, but when he saw that it was Gu Zhiyuan returning, he wagged his tail perfunctorily and lay down again.
After seeing Xu Ningyan off, I called Sun Zhou and learned that Xu Ningyan's work had almost gone wrong.
Thanks to his previous phone call, Sun Zhou had been keeping a close eye on things and, at a crucial moment, had someone leak some information to the department store, which finally confirmed the deal.
There were many things that couldn't be said over the phone, so Sun Zhou just teased Gu Zhiyuan a couple of times, saying that he used to avoid him like the plague, but now he was eagerly helping him.
Gu Zhiyuan didn't bother to talk to Sun Zhou, and only asked his men to keep an eye on Xu Ningyan in the county town.
Sun Zhou, of course, gave a firm and confident guarantee.
Only then did he feel at ease.
I rushed back to the Tuanjie Brigade, just in time for work.
We'll start transplanting rice seedlings today.
The paddy fields had long been leveled, and the seedlings had been pulled from the nursery, bundled together with straw, and carried to the paddy field ridges.
The rice seedling grids have all been drawn, straight and even, with each person occupying one grid.
The rice seedlings were thrown into each grid, and with a shout from the team leader, everyone, regardless of gender, rolled up their trousers and went into the paddy field.
The team leader, whose members were skilled at rice planting in previous years, stood at the front, while the rest of the team members found their own grids and stood in their places.
Pick up the bundle of rice seedlings that had been tossed into his own compartment, separate them, flatten the bundle with his left hand, and separate two or three seedlings with his right hand, inserting them into the fine mud in the water.
For a moment, all I could see was everyone bending over, planting rice seedlings while backing away.
Gu Zhiyuan arrived in the second half of last year, and it was almost Chinese New Year, so naturally he hadn't planted rice seedlings yet.
The brigade leader arranged for him and several other educated youths who had never planted rice seedlings before to learn from the experienced workers in the brigade.
Not only do you need to be quick-witted and nimble-fingered, but you also need to be steady, accurate, and ruthless. Otherwise, even if you look fast, the seedlings won't be inserted into the fine mud before they float up on their own.
Two of the educated youth made this mistake and were scolded until they cried. They even had to go back and do it again.
Moreover, they were all sandwiched in the middle by experienced rice planters. If you slowed down, you would be surrounded from both sides, leaving you all alone, and people around you would laugh at you.
Therefore, everyone held their breath, bent over and lowered their heads, treating themselves as rice-planting machines, barely managing not to fall too far behind.
At noon, Gu Zhiyuan ate some cold tea and two flatbreads, then lay down on the ridge of the field fully clothed, just like everyone else. He only dozed off for a moment before it was time to go to work in the afternoon.
Even if your back aches and your waist hurts, you have to grit your teeth and persevere.
The whistle to signal the end of the workday didn't sound until it was almost dark.
Gu Zhiyuan was exhausted and hungry. When he returned home, he felt very uncomfortable seeing the dark courtyard.
He suddenly realized that, although it hadn't been long, he seemed to have gotten used to it, and he could only feel at ease when he saw Xu Ningyan after returning home every day.
But the fact that the yard was deserted and empty was something he couldn't really accept.
He sighed, squatted down, and stroked the dog's lapdog: "A-Ning's not home, so it's just the two of us! Shall we make do tonight?"
The lackey wagged its tail, and Gu Zhiyuan took it as a yes.
I managed to boil some water, made a bowl of brown sugar water, tore the flatbread into small pieces and soaked it in the water until it softened. I ate the whole bowl of it and felt full.
The lackey also gave him half. He originally planned to use hot water, but after thinking about Xu Ningyan's instructions before leaving, he added a spoonful of brown sugar.
After a quick and easy meal with the dog, Gu Zhiyuan went to the river and swam around before coming back up, which he considered a bath.
Back in the house, I lay down on the bed and fell asleep before my hair was even dry.
county seat.
After finishing dinner, Xu Ningyan returned to her dormitory.
Electric lights were installed in the dormitory. Although they were incandescent bulbs, the light was yellow, which was worlds apart from oil lamps and candles.
After closing the door and windows, Xu Ningyan quickly washed up and climbed into bed.
Once the mosquito net is down, it creates a small space of its own.
She pulled out a few scrunchies from her storage space. These were some extras she received when she saw how much stuff the author had bought after reading about hoarding supplies.
There are about dozens of hair ties with various floral and color-block patterns.
I picked out a few floral print ones and a few color-blocked ones, planning to show them to Sister Yang tomorrow.
She had thought of many ways to help the Unity Brigade, such as making rice noodles or noodles. Now, these skills are considered family heirlooms, and you can find all sorts of recipes and steps by searching on the internet in later generations.
Xu Ningyan also put in the effort to print out all these steps and methods and put them in her space.
It's a pity that rice noodles require early-season rice, which isn't ripe yet.
As for noodles, the local wheat planting area is not large, and the output is not large, so we have to wait and see.
These scrunchies, on the other hand, are simple and easy to make. As long as your needlework is decent, you can make quite a few in a day.
The hair ties sold by supply and marketing cooperatives nowadays are the most primitive kind, the semi-transparent yellow kind, which easily get tangled in your hair, and you have to tear off a lot of hair every day when you untie the ties.
Those from families with slightly better financial conditions will take black thread, wrap it around the rubber band, and tie their hair up to make it look better.
For girls who love beauty, wearing just a handkerchief is already quite an achievement.
If these scrunchies were available in department stores, I imagine fashion-conscious girls would love them.
But we still need to find a way to buy rubber bands and scraps of cloth.
Moreover, buying rubber bands and scraps of cloth to make scrunchies requires discussing it with the production team. You have to put in the effort, but they should at least contribute money, right?
With the production team's name on the bill, it would be more appropriate to buy rubber bands and scrunchies.
After placing the scrunchie in place, Xu Ningyan lay on the bed and suddenly thought of Xu Zhenzhu.
I wonder what kind of trouble she caused when she went to the county town to look for Lu Kai?
Xu Zhenzhu, whom Xu Ningyan was thinking about, was currently staying in Lu Kai's dormitory, while Lu Kai had gone home.
As soon as Xu Zhenzhu arrived in the county town, she boarded a bus and headed straight for the machinery factory.
The security guards at the machinery factory are already familiar with Xu Zhenzhu. Over the past month, Xu Zhenzhu has frequently come and gone from the machinery factory. Everyone knows that she saved Xiao Lu's life and took care of him for a while. Now the two are dating.
They didn't make things too difficult for her, and after Xu Zhenzhu registered, they let her in.
Xu Zhenzhu went straight to Lu Kai's dormitory, familiar with the place. When she arrived, she saw a lock on the door and remembered that Lu Kai had said last time that his injury was almost healed and that he had a lot of work to do at the factory and was about to start working.
Today is Thursday, and Lu Kai is naturally at work.
Although she was dating Lu Kai and knew that he worked in the engineering department, she didn't dare to go to him.
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