Facing the fresh morning breeze and the sun at seven or eight o'clock, Mo Yutong and the other two walked on the road leading to the village entrance.
Members going to work in groups of three or four were pouring from their homes to the brigade headquarters.
Most people's faces are filled with longing for a better life. This is an era full of hope, hard work and perseverance.
Maybe the material resources are not abundant or life is very poor, but people still work diligently to survive.
"Mingxue!" A little girl's uncertain voice came from behind.
"Sister, this is my best friend Erni." Yan Mingxue held Mo Yutong's hand and waved vigorously at Erni who was running towards her.
"Then let's wait for her." Mo Yutong lowered her eyes and smiled, then retreated to the side of the road holding Yan Mingcheng in one hand and Yan Mingxue in the other.
"Mingxue, it's really you! You look so beautiful today!" Erni looked at the butterfly hairpin on Yan Mingxue's braid with envy.
This hairpin is the most beautiful hairpin she has ever seen. It not only has pure white beads, but also has moving wings that emit the brightest light in the sun.
"It was my elder sister who braided my hair and pinned my hair with hairpins." Yan Mingxue smiled, her eyes full of boasting, which made Erni very envious.
What a beautiful hairpin! She had seen a big sister wearing a Dacron shirt using a hairpin when she went to the market with her sister-in-law.
That hairpin had no pearls and didn’t move, so it was far less beautiful than the one on Mingxue’s braid.
But even that very ordinary hairpin attracted a lot of envious glances.
She remembered that her sister-in-law looked at her with envy several times, but her brother had no money and could not afford to buy a nice hairpin for her sister-in-law.
Mo Yutong lowered her eyes to see the little girl looking at the butterfly hairpin. There was no jealousy in her eyes, only envy. She knew that this was a kind and well-educated child.
"Er Ni, this is my sister, she is the best sister." Her little mouth was so sweet, like a cup of pure honey water, soothing and soothing.
"Er Ni, hello, my name is Mo Yutong, and I'm an educated youth living in Xue'er's house. You can also call me sister like Xue'er does."
Mo Yutong lowered her eyebrows and smiled softly, her gentle eyes like a leisurely cloud in the summer morning breeze, floating into Erni's heart.
"Hello, sister. My name is Zhao Erni, my brother is Zhao Jun, and I also have a very good sister-in-law."
Zhao Erni was infected by Mo Yutong's smile, and introduced all the family members to her like pouring beans from a bamboo tube.
Zhao Jun, is that the Zhao Jun that Li Ge mentioned to her yesterday afternoon? Thinking of this, Mo Yutong's smile became even brighter.
If her young man thinks someone is good, then that person must be someone who is extremely worth associating with.
Thinking about it, he took out a handful of sweet milk candies from his military bag and handed them to Zhao Erni, "Erni, these are candies for you."
"Thank you, sister. I'll just take one. The rest will be left for Mingxue and Brother Cheng." Zhao Erni took a candy from Mo Yutong's palm and put it in her pocket, saying crisply.
"Okay!" Mo Yutong put the candy into her bag. Seeing Yan Mingxue couldn't help but glance at her bag, she smiled and said, "Xue'er, you should save your stomach for the trip to the county town, otherwise you won't be able to eat more delicious food."
"Mingxue, are you going to the county town?" The envy in Zhao Erni's eyes gradually faded, replaced by vigilance.
She heard from her sister-in-law that Chen Sanmei from the neighboring Xiangyang Village was taken to the county town and sold to a fool as a daughter-in-law.
Not only were they not given enough to eat, they also had endless work to do, and at night they were beaten by idiots until they cried out in pain.
"Mingxue, are you three going? Isn't Brother Yan going with you?" Zhao Erni was very conflicted.
She thought that the sister who gave her candy was beautiful and gentle, and could not be a bad person.
But at the same time, she thought, what if her sister sold her best friend? She would no longer have a good friend to dig wild vegetables and collect firewood with, nor would she have a brother who could protect her and teach her to read.
"My second brother, my sister and I will go together. My eldest brother has to go to work and can't leave." Of course Yan Mingxue also wanted to go with her eldest brother, but her eldest brother was really busy.
"Don't worry, Erni. We'll take Uncle Yang's ox cart and come back with him."
Mo Yutong was amused by the vigilance in the little girl's eyes, but she also felt that it was rare for Yan Mingxue to have a good friend who was so worried about her.
"Sister, I will wait for Mingxue at the village entrance in the afternoon." Zhao Erni looked up at Mo Yutong. Beautiful sister, you will be a good sister, right?
"Mo Zhiqing, are you going to the village entrance?" Liao Qingyun, who was walking towards him, no longer had the alienation he had when they first met, but instead had a faint smile on his face.
"Liao Zhiqing, have some candy!" Mo Yutong noticed yesterday that this educated youth from Shanghai liked sweets, so she immediately took out a handful of candy from her bag and gave it to him.
"Mo Zhiqing, then I won't be polite." After Liao Qingyun said that, he took all the candy in Mo Yutong's palm.
He peeled one and put it into his mouth impatiently. He squinted his eyes with satisfaction. The candies produced by Beijing No. 1 Food Factory are so delicious!
"Come on, open your mouth!" Liao Qingyun then peeled another candy and stuffed it into Zhao Erni's mouth.
"Brother Liao, I have it." Zhao Erni looked at Liao Qingyun with wide eyes and took out the candy from her pocket to show him.
"That's yours, this is what I gave you, they're different." Liao Qingyun's heart was filled with sweetness and he was very satisfied. He didn't care about one less candy.
"Liao Zhiqing is also going to the village entrance?" Mo Yutong heard a clue from his question.
"Let's go to the county town to pick up the package sent from home, and take Mo Zhiqing with me." Liao Qingyun put the remaining candies into his pocket and decided to eat them later on the ox cart.
"Okay, let's go!" Mo Yutong walked slowly in front, holding the two children.
Liao Qingyun ate candy and slowly followed them.
"Fox spirit! Shameless!" Tian Xiaomei, who was walking from a distance, glared at Mo Yutong hatefully as she left. She dressed up as a fox spirit and wondered how many people she would seduce.
"Tian Zhiqing, is Mo Zhiqing still a restless person?" Hearing Tian Xiaomei's obvious resentful tone, Aunt Yang, who had been standing by the road, asked hurriedly.
"She loves to seduce people. Among our group of educated youth, none of them has not been seduced by her." Tian Xiaomei said angrily.
If she hadn't interfered, how could Brother Xinguo abandon her and live in the old carpenter's house, forcing her to live in the Li family.
There are more than twenty people in the Li family. Although she was given a separate room, it was a windowless storage room. It was not only pitifully small, but also smelled terrible because it was next to the toilet.
She didn't sleep well last night, and today she was asked to come to work on an empty stomach. She was told that the Pingshang Brigade did not keep idle people, so if she wanted to pick up the package, she had to go on a day when she was not working.
It's simply bullying!
But she didn't dare to refute it. She heard that Li Laosi was the custodian of the brigade headquarters, and her wife was a relative of a cadre in the commune.
If they make things difficult for me and prevent me from returning to the city, it would be more trouble than it is worth.
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