The heat is gradually moving away from the world. Staying in the cave morning and night, you have to put on a thicker coat.

There are apple trees planted on some small slopes in the team, and now is the harvest season.

There are not many trees planted, but this year's harvest is considered a good one, and everyone is happy when picking apples.

The picked apples will be taken to the purchasing station and sold, which can be considered as a source of income for the team.

The value of a work point is calculated based on the team’s total income in the previous year.

Haowan Village is considered a wealthy village. In a good year, one work point can be exchanged for 6 or 7 cents, and in a bad year it can be exchanged for 3 or 4 cents.

As long as you are willing to work hard, like Niu Quangen, who can feed six sons by himself, you can also fill your stomach with sorghum flour and potatoes to about 60% full, and you will not become a person living in poverty.

After harvesting the apples, Qin Hanshu planted more apple trees in the space.

After strolling around the space and taking in the scenery, Qin Hanshu went out.

Outside the cave, the tiger was meowing.

Judging from the voice, he is already angry.

Qin Hanshu quickly opened the door, and the tiger rushed in, turned around in the cave, and then looked at Qin Hanshu.

It seems that he is suspicious of what kind of delicious food Qin Hanshu is eating in there alone...

Qin Hanshu touched the tiger's cat head and put the apple he brought out from the space on the ground. When the tiger saw it, it immediately rushed over, held the apple with its two front paws and started to eat it!

"Wow! The little tiger can even chew apples!" Ma Chaoyang stood outside the door, looking at the tiger in amazement as it chewed the apple until only bones were left.

Ma Chaoyang handed Qin Hanshu a bowl filled with dried fish and dried crabs.

"I caught this in the river with Erdan. I made it into dried fish for the little tiger."

Haowan Village is next to a river, but there are not many fish in the river, just small fish and shrimps.

So the team doesn’t care, whoever wants to take it can take it.

During the days at the farm, Qin Hanshu asked Ma Chaoyang to help her feed the tigers for a few days. Who knew that they would develop feelings for each other.

From then on, Ma Chaoyang often fed the tiger and played with it.

But Tiger didn't treat Ma Chaoyang any differently, just as he treated everyone else. When he heard Ma Chaoyang's voice, he just raised his eyelids casually, without even stopping to chew his apple.

Ma Chaoyang kept shouting: "Our little tiger is so cute... It's the cutest little cat in the world..."

"Tsk tsk..." Qin Hanshu shook his head, "It ignores you."

Ma Chaoyang said indifferently: "It's just a little cat, why would it bother me?"

Qin Hanshu: “…”

Ma Chaoyang watched Tiger finish eating the apple before turning around and talking to Qin Hanshu about business.

"Did you say before that you know someone who can mail you daily necessities?"

Ma Chaoyang was referring to Li Anguo, the ticket reseller whom Qin Hanshu had already mentioned.

Qin Hanshu nodded and said, "Yes, what do you want?"

"How do you know what I want?" Ma Chaoyang chuckled, "Can he get me a radio? It doesn't matter what brand it is, but I want a pocket-sized one, which is more convenient."

Ma Chaoyang now has an additional job of herding sheep. It's not tiring, but it's too boring.

Whenever he could only watch the sheep grazing, he really wanted a radio, even if it was just to listen to model operas.

He had enough money to buy one, but he couldn't get a radio ticket here.

That's why I came to Qin Hanshu for help.

After listening to this, Qin Hanshu couldn't help but think of the pocket semiconductor in his own space.

The one she sold earlier was looted from home, and the remaining one is brand new - she went on a shopping spree before leaving, and bought a radio in order to use up all her industrial coupons.

She had thought that life in the countryside would be boring and that the radio would be useful someday, but after being here for so long, she found that her life was quite fulfilling and the radio was of no use to her.

But if I want to sell it like the previous one, I can only sell it as second-hand, which feels like a bit of a loss.

Since Ma Chaoyang came to me, I might as well sell it to him.

"I have a brand new one. I'll sell it to you at full price. No ticket required. Do you want one?"

Ma Chaoyang was stunned for a while before he asked, "How come you have everything?"

Qin Hanshu explained: "I bought it before I joined the queue, and I carried it for thousands of kilometers in a box, but I found that I didn't want to use it."

Ma Chaoyang nodded immediately and said, "Okay! I want it!"

This is even better, no need to wait, it will be useful immediately.

Ma Chaoyang, who was herding sheep while listening to the radio, soon became known as the "richest educated youth" among the members of the commune.

He also lives alone in a cave!

He bought a bicycle as soon as he came to cut in line!

I heard that he is very generous and stews chicken every few days!

Although this three or two days is an exaggeration, Ma Chaoyang's image as a rich man has been established in the hearts of the members.

Compared with his high profile, Qin Hanshu, who actually lives a more luxurious life and eats meat every other day, is not so conspicuous.

***

Shortly after Qin Hanshu received Qin Feiyang's letter, the Zhou family also received a reply from Zhou Weiguang.

The letter detailed Qin Hanshu's identity.

The younger sister of Zhou Weiguang's comrade-in-arms.

Zhou Changan had guessed it long ago, so he wasn't too surprised.

In fact, Zhao Chunmiao and Zhou Ruilan also knew this was the case, but they couldn't help but feel disappointed again.

Zhao Chunmiao said gloomily, "Your third brother is the most casual one in our family. He even said that if he could marry someone like Qin Zhiqing, he wouldn't have to worry about the appearance of the baby he gave birth to."

"But now..."

Zhou Ruilan disagreed with this statement, "You can't say that. My third brother is quite good-looking and very brave. He could even lift me up when I was a child."

"It's much better than my second brother who has to gasp for breath even when he rides his bicycle with me on his back..."

Zhao Chunmiao shook his head, still insisting on his own opinion, and sighed:

"He was dark to begin with, and he got even darker after joining the army! Look at the photo he sent back. He had to stand next to a pile of coal in the photo. I could hardly tell which was him and which was the coal."

Zhou Changan and Zhao Chunmiao both had fair skin, and their babies were also fair-skinned. Only Zhou Weiguang had darker skin.

However, to say that it is indistinguishable from a pile of coal is a sheer exaggeration.

But Zhao Chunmiao’s aesthetic taste is to like fair skin. If it’s not white, it will definitely not be good-looking.

"Let me think..." Zhao Chunmiao tried to recall, and finally said: "I guess your third brother took after your great grandfather. When I first got married, your great grandfather was still alive. My god, his face was covered with soy sauce. I was shocked when we first met."

"To be honest, I used to suspect that there was something wrong with the Zhou family's bloodline... I didn't give up the idea until your third brother was born."

As he spoke, Zhao Chunmiao warned his daughter, "You can't look for a partner who is too dark, you know? It will affect the future generations."

Zhou Ruilan: “…I know.”

Zhao Chunmiao: "Tell me, can we match the young educated youth Qin with your third brother? Will she look down on your third brother?"

As he was speaking, Qin Hanshu's voice was heard outside.

"Aunt Zhao, are you home?"