During the break, Wang Shuning sat on a brick and sucked on a candy in his mouth.
Eating fruit in public would attract too much attention and it would be easy for others to stare at it and ask for more, so Wang Shuning often ate candy to satisfy his hunger. Even if others saw him holding it in his mouth, they would not say anything.
Zhao Hu, who had come to grab the house like Liu Sicun and others, walked up to Lu Beichu and said a few words. Then Wang Shuning saw Lu Beichu glanced at Guo Jingyi, and when he saw her nod, he nodded at Zhao Hu.
Zhao Hu is the most senior person at the educated youth point. Ever since he returned disappointed at their last meeting, he would just nod and say hello even if they met on the way. From what he saw just now, it seemed like he went out of his way to look for them.
As soon as Wang Shuning lowered her head, she heard someone calling her, "Wang Shuning and Zhang Meili?"
Zhang Meili stopped rubbing her arms and looked at Zhao Hu in confusion, "I am Zhang Meili."
The candy in Wang Shuning's mouth hadn't melted yet, and he said in a buzzing voice: "I am Wang Shuning."
After so many days, he probably couldn't match the name with the face.
"I've been so busy these past few days that I haven't had time to welcome you. The 15th is in a few days. Let's go to the educated youth's site for dinner that night and get together." Liu Sicun mentioned this in passing after he returned home at noon today. They are all educated youth, from all over the world. Although they don't live together, they can get together for a meal and build connections so that they can have more connections if they do anything in the future.
What Zhao Hu was thinking was that, among the five people including Wang Shuning, except Zhang Meili and Zhao Heping, the other three had good family conditions. Not to mention Lu Beichu. He and Wang Shuning both came from Beijing, so maybe they would have a chance to return to the city. If they got along well, maybe they could help.
Wang Shuning said tactfully, "I have to go to town to buy things on my day off. I will be back late, so I don't think I can help you with dinner."
There are fifteen people in the educated youth site plus the five of them, a total of twenty people. It is not easy to cook. She finally has a day off and doesn't want to stay in the kitchen all afternoon.
Zhang Meili was hesitating. If Wang Shuning didn't go, she would go and ask Guo Jingyi. She couldn't go there alone as a female educated youth to eat. She didn't know anyone at the place and would feel a little uncomfortable sitting at the same table with them.
Zhao Hu's eyes were not aggressive, but his words were firm. "You don't need to help. I heard that Guo Jingyi is a good cook. She agreed to go over to cook. There are also people at the educated youth camp to help her. You just need to bring the food over in advance, and it would be best if you can bring some dishes."
Zhang Meili opened her mouth slightly and said, "Bring some food and vegetables. It's not a treat, you have to pay for it yourself."
"I'm a little tired after working for so many days. I want to rest at home. Otherwise, I'd better not go." Zhang Meili wanted to refuse. She didn't want to take advantage of others, nor did she want others to take advantage of her.
Zhao Hu frowned, "Lü Beichu, Guo Jingyi, and Zhao Heping have all agreed to go, but it would be a shame to leave you two alone. You don't need to bring any meat dishes, I will prepare them. Just bring some vegetarian dishes and coarse grains as a token of my appreciation."
Zhao Hu wanted to invite these five people to dinner separately, but there were other people at the educated youth center, and he couldn't let them bring anything. If he only invited Lu Beichu and others, if people knew about it, he didn't know how others would look at him.
So after thinking it over, he decided to let Lu Beichu and the others bring their own food. He would go to the villagers' house to buy a chicken and half a pound of meat, and pay for the major meat himself. This favor would be remembered by him.
When Zhang Meili heard that there was meat to eat, she immediately nodded and agreed, "Then I'll bring some sweet potatoes and white radishes."
Zhao Hu's eyebrows twitched. Zhao Heping said he brought two taels of corn kernels and some vegetables, but he didn't expect another one to come. "Okay, what about you?" He looked at Wang Shuning.
"I'll go." Wang Shuning agreed. He didn't have to cook and could just eat ready-made food. Guo Jingyi was a good cook, so it was a good opportunity for him to try the skills of the chef of a seven-star hotel.
At He Zhuzhu's house, Aunt Zhu was holding a clay pot with eight raw eggs in it. In the past, she had to save up dozens of eggs and then take them to the town to sell secretly. Now, all the eggs in her family are taken by Wang Shuning, and sometimes it is not enough. She eats one egg a day. If she eats fried rice with eggs one day, she can finish three eggs a day. The hens in Aunt Zhu's family can't lay eggs as fast as Wang Shuning eats.
"If it's not enough, I'll go to the village to buy some for you." He Zhuzhu put the eggs in the pottery jar into the large porcelain bowl in Wang Shuning's kitchen.
Wang Shuning shook his head, "I won't cook tea eggs this time, these are enough."
The local eggs in the village are relatively small, so two are needed for a bowl of fried rice. Since they have been eaten more frequently recently, Wang Shuning wants to try something new.
On the evening of the 14th, Wang Shuning went to find Zhang Meili with a basket. She had to go to town early the next morning and planned to deliver the things in advance.
When Zhang Meili saw Wang Shuning coming, she hurried out carrying the basket.
"Guo Jingyi isn't going?"
Zhang Meili shook her head. "Zhao Hu said that she is the chef and is much busier than others, so she doesn't need to bring anything. What did you bring?"
Wang Shuning lifted the gray cloth covering the basket. "An egg, two cucumbers, and two sweet potatoes."
Zhang Meili nodded. It was just that she had one more egg than herself, so the difference was not so big that she would be looked down upon.
Zhao Leyi, who was cooking in the kitchen, saw the two people coming and pointed and said, "Put the things on that table."
Staring at the four big sweet potatoes, Zhao Leyi complained in his heart, everyone has sweet potatoes? The newly arrived educated youth must have been given wheat flour and rice, but they didn't even bring any when they came to eat.
Although she was unhappy, she still had a smile on her face. "Come early tomorrow. Zhao Hu is going to the town to buy meat. There are not many days when we can eat meat in the village."
Wang Shuning smiled and nodded. After putting the things down, he took Zhang Meili away. He had meat for every meal and he really looked down on the meat. With twenty people eating, he could only eat one piece.
Zhang Meili said: "She hasn't been to work for three days, but the leader of the third production team was willing to give her a day off. I think she is doing well. Maybe she has already recovered from her illness."
I've been so tired these past few days and I managed to avoid an illness. It would have been fine if I was really sick and couldn't get out of bed, but looking at Zhao Leyi's face, she was obviously in good health, which really made me unhappy.
Thinking of the idle chatter of several villagers at the dinner table that day, Wang Shuning said, "I heard that Zhao Leyi is dating He Weiyuan, the youngest son of He Liangliang, the leader of the third production team. The leader is my future father-in-law, so he will definitely protect her."
Zhang Meili responded with little interest, "Oh." It turned out that there was a backer.
After returning home, He Zhuzhu came to find Wang Shuning, "Shuning, are you going to town tomorrow? Can you bring me a bag of salt? I'll give you money."
Wang Shuning took back the dried clothes and said, "Okay, I guess I won't be back until the afternoon."
He Zhuzhu handed her the money and said, "It's okay. We'll have sweet potatoes for lunch, so we don't need salt."
In the space, she looked at the six bags of rice, three bags of wheat flour, and the brown sugar wrapped in newspaper in the corner of the wooden house. After it solidified, she cut it into small pieces of three square centimeters for easy selling.
Originally, Wang Shuning wanted to press rapeseed oil and soybean oil and sell them in town, but unfortunately there was no container for the oil at home, so he could only wait until tomorrow to buy them in town.
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