The weather in the north gets cold quickly. It’s only mid-October and I already have to wear a thin cotton-padded jacket.
Wen Nuan has gained a lot of weight and grown a lot taller in the past four months, so the padded jacket she wore last year is a bit small and tight now.
Thanks to the virtuous sister Sufang, who took advantage of her free time to lengthen and loosen the warm jacket, so that Wen Nuan did not suffer from the cold.
The autumn harvest and planting are over, and there is basically no work left in the fields. The remaining work is left to the strong men in the village. The people at the educated youth point basically have no chance of getting any, but that is exactly what the educated youth point wants.
These days, Xie Sufang and several girls named Wen Nuan harvested all the cabbages in their private plots, and also collected 300 kilograms of cabbage from the villagers, preparing to pickle sauerkraut, which is the main vegetable for wintering.
Zhang Hongbo led several male educated youth to the mountains to chop firewood to prepare for the winter. The winter here is very cold, and people basically stay on the kang all day long. The firewood has to be burned all the time, so the amount of firewood needed is huge!
"I say, Lei Xiao, you don't go up the mountain to chop and collect firewood every day. Are you planning to get away with it for free in the winter?" Yang Zhijun, who had been enduring for several days, couldn't stand it anymore.
The "small theater" has been performing wonderful shows these days, but people are getting bored with the repetitive shows after watching them so many times, so the educated youth point can't stand the few people in the "small theater" these days.
Especially when everyone was preparing for the winter vacation, the three of them were still making a fuss about you love me, I love her, and she loves him, which was particularly annoying.
Lei Xiao has been very busy these days. He has to take care of Wang Qingwen who sprained his foot, and deal with the unruly daughter Li Mi. Therefore, he has never participated in the firewood collection activity organized by Zhang Hongliang. This makes other male educated youth a little unacceptable.
Look, Yang Zhijun started to make trouble early in the morning!
"If you don't go up the mountain to collect firewood, you'll have to move out of the educated youth camp during the winter!" Yang Zhijun said bluntly.
After hearing what Yang Zhijun said, Lei Xiao's handsome face, which had been tanned a lot, turned blue and white, but he couldn't refute it.
"What do you think my brother Xiao is doing? Isn't it just picking up firewood? I'll pay you on behalf of brother Xiao, so just help pick up the firewood!" Li Mi couldn't stand it when she heard Yang Zhijun bombarding her beloved.
"Don't worry about them for now. There are still you and Wang Qingwen. Do you think Lei Xiao is picking up firewood just for himself? He has to pick up firewood for you and Wang Qingwen as well!" Liu Xiaoling had been holding back a lot of anger these days and couldn't help it now.
"At our educated youth camp, the female educated youth have always been responsible for preparing food for the winter, picking mountain products, drying vegetables, pickling sauerkraut, etc. The male educated youth are responsible for chopping firewood for the winter, carrying water, and repairing the roof. Tell me what you three have been doing these past few days. You've been arguing and making a fuss all day long. If things really don't work out, you should all move out!"
"Yes! Liu Zhiqing's words are the words of all of us. Either you follow him and do what you are supposed to do, or you move out of the educated youth site!" Yang Zhijun echoed.
"You guys!" Li Mi was so angry that her face turned red. She looked at the other people at the educated youth point angrily. Xie Sufang, Zhang Hongliang, and Wen Nuan were all silent, which showed that everyone agreed with Liu Xiaoling's statement.
"I will go up the mountain with Zhang the educated youth and the others to chop firewood today!" When Lei Xiao saw the reactions of the other people at the educated youth point, he knew that the three of them had offended everyone and it was impossible for them to move out. At least they were safe with the educated youth point behind them, so he quickly expressed his willingness to go up the mountain with them.
"No, Brother Xiao, you can't go. If you go, what should I do? Who will accompany me?" Li Mi became unwilling again after hearing what Lei Xiao said. She didn't want to not see Lei Xiao all day long. What if he was seduced by another vixen again?
"Mi Mi, stop making trouble. Winter is coming soon, and I also hope you can have a warm environment." Hearing Li Mi's words, Lei Xiao's eyes flashed with a hint of annoyance, but he had to coax Li Mi.
"I don't care, I just don't want you to go out and I won't see you all day!"
"Mi Mi..."
"Stop! You should find a place away from others to discuss this matter. It's either you work or you pay!" Yang Zhijun was really fed up with the noise in the "small theater".
"I'll follow you up the mountain..."
“We spend money!”
Lei Xiao and Li Mi said in unison.
"What exactly are you planning to do?" Yang Zhijun said impatiently.
"We spend money! I can't bear to see my brother Xiao work so hard!" Li Mi walked to Lei Xiao, grabbed Lei Xiao's arm, and said disdainfully.
When Yang Zhijun heard Li Mi talking about spending money, his eyes flashed and he turned to look at Zhang Hongliang, who nodded slightly.
"Okay, then you spend the money. The winter is about four months long. We will have to go up the mountain and collect firewood for two houses of male and female educated youth for a month and a half. So, 10 yuan per person for the three of you. Of course, this money does not include the firewood for your own cooking, but only for heating the kang!" Yang Zhijun said calmly.
"You are robbing me!" 10 yuan per person, 30 yuan for three people. Li Mi got angry when she heard that.
"Then let Lei Xiao go up the mountain with us to collect firewood!" Yang Zhijun spread his hands and said indifferently.
"You guys!" Li Mi was so angry that she couldn't speak for a moment. She turned and looked at Zhang Hongliang angrily, "Zhang Zhiqing, is this what you mean?"
Zhang Hongliang spread his hands helplessly, "This is the long-standing rule of the educated youth site. It is not up to any one of us to decide."
"Mi Mi, let's forget it. This money is too much. Don't you still want to buy a woolen coat? I'd better go with you to collect firewood!" Lei Xiao held Li Mi's hand and said tenderly.
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