Chapter 145 Borrowing Food
"Brother Ziwen, we have no choice but to come to you today. It's almost the end of the year, and the food stored at home is almost gone," Chen Yang smiled bitterly, feeling embarrassed, but he had to swallow his pride and beg for help.
Song Chengbing and Wang Tao on the side had similar expressions on their faces.
They were the same group of educated youth who went to the countryside as Zhou Ziwen. The village had only advanced them three months' worth of food. Two months had already passed, and this was their first time going to the countryside, with no plans. They worked so hard every day, which consumed a lot of their physical strength, and they had never thought about saving food. In just two months, they had already eaten up almost three months' worth of food.
This kind of thing is not just happening to Chen Yang and his friends, but is a common fact. At the Youth League Home, everyone eats together and when there's a food shortage, they all share it. Just now, Zhou Ziwen had a few male educated youths who he had a good relationship with come to his place.
A few female educated youth from the Chen family also went there and we had a good chat.
There are also people from Shen Zhaodi and Zhou Chaoyang who went there.
These educated youth all knew that those who could build houses were rich and had no shortage of food.
This was also the first time they were short of food, and the first people they thought of were Zhou Ziwen and others.
"How much do you want? Let me make it clear first, I just came to the countryside, and I eat more than you. If the villagers hadn't helped me sell a batch of mushrooms, I would have run out of food." Zhou Ziwen asked.
It was really hard for him to refuse this offer. After all, the idea of ​​exchanging mushrooms for food had already spread throughout the village. Now that people had come to him for help, it would be unkind of him to refuse the loan.
But it is true that he has a big appetite, and because of this, he was talked about by the villagers for a while.
"Can I borrow five pounds? I'll return it to you after the autumn harvest." Chen Yang said a little embarrassedly.
He calculated that five kilograms of food, if eaten sparingly, could basically last about ten days. If he was more diligent and went to the mountains every day to pick some wild vegetables and mix them together, he could easily last half a month.
The autumn harvest is less than ten days away, and five kilograms of grain is more than enough.
"Us too." Song Chengbing and Wang Tao followed suit.
"Okay, I'll lend it to you." Zhou Ziwen nodded.
Everyone has difficult times, and he is willing to provide some help within his ability.
He was not worried that they would not pay it back. After all, the autumn harvest was coming soon and the grain would be distributed after the harvest. If someone did not pay it back, don't blame him for being disrespectful.
Of course, he felt that whether it was Chen Yang, Song Chengbing or Wang Tao, they were not such people.
When it comes to judging people, he is quite good.
"Thank you!" Seeing Zhou Ziwen so straightforward, Chen Yang, Song Chengbing and the others were very moved and couldn't say anything extra for a moment.
Food is really life-saving food in this era!
Just as Zhou Ziwen himself said, he didn't have much food. They believed this. After all, Zhou Ziwen had only been in the countryside for a short time, and they had some guesses about how much food he had.
"It's okay. All educated youth in the world are one family. Everyone has difficulties!" Zhou Ziwen waved his hand and didn't care.
He didn't have much food, and the production team only had about 100 kilograms of food left for him.
It would be no problem for him and the Chen sisters to hold out for a month.
The autumn harvest will be here in a few days, and the village will definitely distribute grain at that time. After these days, he won't have to worry about food problems.
Since going to the countryside, he has always had full work points, and is now the team leader of the mushroom group, with a higher salary than others.
Although he ate a lot, he also earned a lot! His work points were more than enough to support his life.
"Brother Ziwen, don't worry, we will return the food to you in a few days." Chen Yang said seriously.
"Okay, it's getting late. You guys wait a moment, I'll go get some food." Zhou Ziwen stood up, took a sack and walked towards the Chen sisters' home.
All his food was kept at the Chen sisters' house, and he had no food here.
However, when he arrived at the Chen sisters' house, he found that they also had guests.
Especially when they saw Zhou Ziwen holding a sack in his hand, these people's eyes became eager.
"Brother Ziwen." Chen Qiaoyi called out softly and winked at him.
"Haha, Liu Zhiqing, Zhang Zhiqing, Li Zhiqing, you are all here!" Zhou Ziwen greeted the female educated youth in the Chen sisters' room with a smile.
"Zhou Zhiqing, did Chen Yang and the others ask you to borrow food?" Liu Lingling asked.
"Yes, they said they were running out of food at home, and now they have come to my house." Zhou Ziwen spread his hands.
"It's not just them, we're almost out of food too." Liu Lingling said hurriedly.
"Ziwen, it's a good thing you're here. They want to borrow some food, but we've run out of it. The food we exchanged from the production team is all yours, and I can't make the decision. What do you think we should do?" Chen Shiying said this in front of several female educated youth, making them a little embarrassed.
After all, it is easier to ask them to borrow food from the Chen sisters. After all, they are all women and are relatively familiar with each other.
But Zhou Ziwen had nothing to do with them, so he wanted to ask for food, but he couldn't bring himself to say it.
"Oh, Liu Zhiqing is also short of food?" Zhou Ziwen pretended to be surprised.
Zhou Ziwen has no good feelings towards Liu Lingling, a scheming woman, and is even more afraid that she will pester him. So since the last time Liu Lingling came to his house in the middle of the night, Zhou Ziwen would avoid her whenever he saw her and never give her a chance to contact him.
"Yes, even though we are old educated youth, many villagers are almost short of food at this time."
"They could borrow some grain directly from the production team, but we educated youth were outsiders after all, so we couldn't borrow grain from the production team at all."
Liu Lingling said with a bitter face.
"Oh, how much do you want to borrow? Let me make it clear first, I don't have much food here." Zhou Ziwen asked.
For him, borrowing grain is real borrowing, and he will repay it.
Just like when he went to the villagers' homes to borrow things, he would return them as long as he borrowed them.
Although he didn't want to have too much contact with Liu Lingling, he was still willing to help her with this small favor, as long as she didn't try to take advantage of him.
He also believed that no one, whether educated youth or villagers, would dare to take advantage of him.
"Ah, are you willing to lend it to us?" Hearing this, Liu Lingling looked at Zhou Ziwen in surprise.
She thought that Zhou Ziwen had something against her because of what happened last time!
"Well, all educated youth in the world are one family. I am definitely willing to help if I can!" Zhou Ziwen said with a righteous look on his face.
But in fact, he felt that he had no loss because these people did not dare to default on his debt.
It is precisely because of this confidence that Zhou Ziwen appears very generous.
"Thank you, thank you. Zhou Zhiqing, you are a very good person." Liu Lingling hurriedly thanked him, but she felt it was a pity in her heart. If she was not several years older than him, she might have taken the initiative to pursue him.
(End of this chapter)
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