Xu Zhaodi sewed two pieces of clothing and then fell asleep on the table.
Under the yellowish bulb in the room, Xu Zhaodi's profile was unusually quiet. From this angle, her long eyelashes were curled, and under her high nose bridge was a cherry-red mouth.
Chen Jianguo's heart trembled as he watched. The needle tip pierced into the flesh, and red blood immediately oozed out.
He put down the clothes in his hand, walked to Xu Zhaodi, and was about to pick her up when Xu Zhaodi opened her eyes.
"What time is it?"
"It's eleven o'clock."
"I accidentally fell asleep. You have a meeting tomorrow so go and get some rest. I'll sew the rest tomorrow."
As Xu Zhaodi spoke, she yawned and walked towards the door of the room, closing it with a bang.
Seeing that there were still two pairs of trousers, Chen Jianguo patiently helped her sew them, folded them neatly and placed them on the table. Then he washed up and went to bed.
At night, Chen Jianguo had a dramatic dream. In the dream, Xu Zhaodi had deep eyes and she was pressed under him, calling Jianguo softly. The name Jianguo made him as fierce as a wolf and a tiger in his dream.
When he woke up the next morning, he found that his pants were wet again. He slapped himself in annoyance.
It's really becoming more and more shameless, and I'm having this kind of dream more and more often.
He took a shower with half a basin of cold water early in the morning, and before the meeting, he prepared breakfast for Xu Zhaodi and put it on the table.
Xu Zhaodi originally wanted to take a nap, but when it was time for breakfast, the deafening slogans made it impossible for her to fall asleep, so she had to get up.
I have nothing to do anyway, so there should be a lot of wild bamboo shoots growing on the mountain these days. I might as well go up the mountain and get some, blanch them, dry them, and keep them for winter.
After breakfast, she carried the basket up the mountain alone.
When he was leaving the door, he ran into Zhao Erdan again.
Zhao Erdan said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, didn't you go to work yesterday?"
"I took a few days off and just went up the mountain."
"Then take your time."
"Thank you, little comrade."
After Xu Zhaodi walked away, Zhao Erdan said, "Sister-in-law is so beautiful, with such big eyes."
Another young comrade reached out and tapped him on the forehead, saying, "You should be on duty now. Be careful that Captain Chen hears you and gives you extra food."
When it comes to snacks, they are all afraid.
The bamboo shoots took up a lot of space, so Xu Zhaodi peeled them cleanly on the spot and took them home to blanch them directly.
She peeled a basket of clean white fruits and was about to fill a cloth bag when she heard someone moaning softly not far away.
She was startled by the sound, stopped what she was doing and listened carefully, and found that there was indeed someone under the hill not far away.
She walked over and saw that it was an old lady with white hair.
The old lady sat slumped in the mud with her legs hugged, and some wild vegetables and bamboo shoots were scattered around the basket that had rolled to the side.
"Auntie, what's wrong with you?"
The old lady looked thirsty and her mouth was dry. When she saw someone coming, she moaned twice.
"Girl, oh girl, can you help me up, I fell down and can't stand up."
Xu Zhaodi hesitated. She wouldn't commit fraud, right?
Judging from her appearance, she must have fallen pretty hard.
After hesitating for a moment, she squatted beside the old lady.
"Auntie, you must have sprained your ankle. Where is your home? I'll go and call someone for you."
"My family members have gone to the fields to earn work points and will not be back until the afternoon. I am old and have nothing to do at home, so I thought of going up the mountain to dig some wild vegetables. Who would have thought that I would fall down."
The old lady looked worried. Life was already hard those days, and her fall the other day made the already poor family even worse.
Xu Zhaodi asked, "Auntie, is your home far from here?"
"Not far, just down the hill."
Xu Zhaodi hesitated for a moment, looked around, and wanted to go down the mountain to find two young comrades for help, but going back and forth would be a waste of time.
She found a place with lush weeds, hid the basket in the grass, and put the wild vegetables that the old lady had dropped out of the basket back in.
"Auntie, I'll carry you home."
"Oh, girl, you are so caring. You don't have to be so tired. Just help me."
"That's right, Auntie. I look so strong and powerful."
It's true that she is very strong. Xu Zhaodi carried the old lady on her back, letting her carry the basket by herself and walked down the mountain.
It was fine at the beginning, but as we were getting closer to going down the mountain, I felt more and more tired, and my legs and feet hurt more and more.
Forty minutes later, she finally sent the old lady back home.
On the way back, the old lady's daughter-in-law came back to make lunch. Knowing the whole story, she quickly poured a bowl of water for Xu Zhaodi.
Xu Zhaodi was so tired that sweat was all over her forehead. She sat on a small bench in the yard, wiped her sweat with her sleeves, and then continued to beat her sore and numb calves.
The old lady's daughter-in-law poured water for Xu Zhaodi in an old bowl. Xu Zhaodi took it and drank it in two sips. The old lady's daughter-in-law added water to the bowl. Xu Zhaodi saw four red characters printed on the bottom of the bowl and thought that this bowl might be extraordinary.
She took the bowl again and said, "Big sister, this bowl of yours is quite nice."
"What are you looking at? I have more than a dozen of them at home. People now like enamelware bowls and plates, which won't break even if they fall.
I have wanted to change to enamel bowls for a long time, but my family does not have the conditions to do so. "
Xu Zhaodi asked, "Big sister, can you sell me this bowl?"
The woman laughed and said, "Girl, it's not that I don't want to sell them, but these bowls are really too old. You are my mother's savior, so I can't sell these old bowls to you.
How about this, if you want them, I’ll give them all to you.”
Anyway, she had no way of repaying Xu Zhaodi for such a huge favor.
“How can I take it for nothing?
How many bowls of this kind do you have at home? "
"There were more than a dozen before, but four or five were broken later, so there are still eight at home now."
The woman pointed to a bowl full of water in the yard and said, "One is watering the chickens there."
When Xu Zhaodi saw it, she almost choked on the water in the bowl.
Nowadays, there are many people who don't know the value of things, and many things are wasted.
You know, these things will be a waste of money in the future.
If you are lucky enough to come across one or two valuable ones, three generations of your family will never have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives.
"Big sister, each is five taels of silver. Can I take all eight?"
The woman was puzzled and said, "No, that thing is not valuable, I will just give it to you."
Xu Zhaodi was afraid that people would suspect her, so she smiled and said, "Big sister, you don't know that I just like to use these earthenware. I don't have to, I just want to make eight of them to make an even number."
Seeing that Xu Zhaodi really liked it, the old lady said, "Girl, I'll give you all the flowers I made."
"Auntie, this won't work. I'll give you money and I'll buy it."
Xu Zhaodi was determined and insisted on paying for it herself.
If this family doesn't know the value of something, she will say that it is something valuable and must be sold. Although she will feel guilty, she still has to make a living.
Xu Zhaodi took out four dollars and gave it to the old lady's daughter-in-law. She took the money reluctantly, washed eight bowls, and tied them all up with hemp rope for Xu Zhaodi.
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