"Comrade Li, where do we wash the dishes?" He Xin asked.
"It's in the pot!" Li Jinfeng pointed to the big iron pot.
There are no sinks in the countryside, let alone running water.
Every household has one or two large water tanks, which can be filled with water for several days at a time.
When Lu Jianguo was at home, the first thing he did was to fetch water and fill the water tank at home. When he was not at home, Li Jinfeng would call on the people in the brigade for help, sometimes giving them the tickets they needed, or some money in exchange for helping with the work.
Li Jinfeng has good people in the Lanzi Brigade. She can get others to help her without asking for money, let alone paying them.
He Xin scooped three gourd ladles of water from the water tank, put the dishes and chopsticks into the pot, and was just about to wash them with cold water when he saw Li Jinfeng squatting down, lighting the hay with a match, and adding fire to the stove.
"Wash when the water is hot!" said Li Jinfeng.
"Yeah!" He Xin smiled.
While waiting for the water to boil, He Xin chatted with Li Jinfeng.
"Comrade Li, I heard from Captain Hong that you are not from here?"
He Xin is a very outgoing person. Although he was spoiled at home and never suffered any hardship, he has been an extrovert since he was a child and can chat with anyone.
This time when she came here as an educated youth, her parents were worried that she could not bear the hardship, but He Xin herself felt that there was nothing wrong with her.
I just don’t know when I can go back after coming here.
Or maybe... you'll never be able to go back.
He Xin was a little depressed, but he still looked at Li Jinfeng, waiting for her to speak.
Li Jinfeng nodded and said, "I'm definitely not from here."
"Wow? Are you also an educated youth?"
He Xin knew that some educated youth had gone to the countryside a few years ago.
But people like them, who graduated from junior high school or high school and went to the countryside in large numbers, are considered the first group, right?
He Xin thought Li Jinfeng was an educated youth who went to the countryside to get married and have children, and gave birth to a baby as cute as Yuanyuan.
"No!" Li Jinfeng shook her head. She glanced at He Xin and replied, "My husband works here, so I came here to accompany him!"
Hearing this, He Xin showed an envious expression, "That's great!"
Li Jinfeng didn't know what her words "that's great" meant.
Are you envious of her for being able to accompany Lu Jianguo, or do you think she can go back at any time?
As one of the first educated youth, He Xin must have felt quite curious and full of energy at first. However, when he saw the rural scenes, he probably felt confused and even didn't know when he could leave.
"The water is hot!" Li Jinfeng reminded He Xin.
He Xin quickly lowered her head and looked at the steaming pot blankly, not knowing what to use to wash the dishes.
Li Jinfeng sighed silently, picked up a loofah from the stove, and handed it to her, "Use this!"
"good……"
After He Xin finished washing the dishes, Li Jinfeng put all the dishes and chopsticks used in her own home into the pot, washed them one by one, and put them in the cupboard.
Then put the water used to wash the dishes into the slop bucket.
The brigade does not raise mission-specific pigs, so the pig manure is of no use.
Li Jinfeng usually saves it and uses it to water the vegetables, but now it is cold and it is not suitable to use it for watering the vegetables, so Li Jinfeng saves it for compost. Anyway, after the New Year and the beginning of spring, the compost will come in handy.
He Xin didn't leave. She stood in the kitchen and saw Li Jinfeng clean the kitchen neatly and efficiently.
"Did Captain Hong tell you what you are going to do this afternoon?" Li Jinfeng asked.
"No, let's eat first and have a good rest. We can talk about it tomorrow."
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