"So what's the reward? Is it a big red certificate, something you can hang on the wall?"
"Sister, why didn't you tell me when you came back? Did you catch a thief? Or did you catch a kidnapper?"
The children in the village are all raised freely, but the adults also remind them from time to time not to let them eat food from strangers, as they are likely to be kidnapped and sold. Therefore, they tie up people who have rarely left the village and are aware of human traffickers.
"Nothing, I just helped them a little. This matter needs to be kept confidential so I can't tell you."
For Shuanzhu, who aspires to join the army when he grows up, the word "secrecy" is very effective and can immediately suppress his curiosity.
However, Shuanzhu was still a little disappointed. He thought he would be able to hear the wonderful story of his sister bravely fighting against the bad guys, and then he could brag about it to Huzi and the others.
"Oh, then don't tell me, sister." His tone was indescribably disappointed.
"Sister, do you still want to continue working? I'll help you." This is the bad thing about his sister. She never asks him to help her when she has any work to do.
"I'm not going to do this anymore. Don't you see what time it is? Why are you still working? It's getting dark, so go home quickly. We can talk about it tomorrow." How can I do the rest of the work if you don't leave?
"Okay, then sister, will you go up the mountain tomorrow?" He knew that his sister went to the mountain almost every day and only took him there occasionally.
"Let's go check out the cover tomorrow, but don't go inside. I'll take you into the mountains in two days." There were guests at the little grandfather's house, and they might need her help with cooking, so it wasn't convenient for her to walk too far.
"Then we have a deal."
"We agreed that I would call you when I go to the mountain. Come back quickly."
After being tied up and driven away, Chen Ye went down to the cellar again with the oil lamp and started shoveling the soil. The soil here was particularly good. The cellar was so large that there was no loose soil at all.
The next day, Chen Ye went up the mountain early in the morning to check whether there was anything on the cover. There were guests at his grandfather's house, and he couldn't let them eat only potatoes and pickles.
It's the time of year when there's a shortage of food, and even the vegetables in the garden haven't grown yet. But you can take some wild vegetables down the mountain with you, so you can always have an extra vegetable.
As soon as I came down from the mountain, I saw a man squatting at the gate of my house: "Why are you here so early?" At this time, Ershuang had to leave the county town at dawn.
Ershuang almost fell asleep waiting. "You went up the mountain? My brother came back yesterday and brought you everything you asked for. I happened to take a different shift to deliver it to you first."
Chen Ye also noticed that the bicycle parked on the side was covered with things. She opened the door and said, "Come in, have you eaten yet?"
"No, is there anything to eat? I'm starving."
"Wait, I'll make you a bowl of noodles." Chen Ye put down what he was holding and went to the kitchen.
Ershuang quickly stopped him: "Let me do it myself. You should also rest for a while. Didn't you just come down from the mountain?"
"Then make more and one bowl for me too. I'll go to my grandfather's house first and tell him I won't be there for dinner this morning."
"Go ahead," Ershuang went straight into Chen Ye's kitchen without any hesitation and took out two eggs. He planned to make two more poached eggs later, one for him and one for Ye Zi.
"Little Grandpa, I won't be here for dinner for a while. Ershuang is here."
Chen Shengli nodded: "Okay, then I won't wait for you for dinner. I have nothing to do here, you can go about your business."
Chen Ye put the pheasant he had brought over on the ground and said, "I've trapped two pheasants. I'm sending you one and I'm keeping the other. I'll tie it up and make soup for you."
"Okay, go and do your own thing. I can learn from you to cook a few dishes." Even if guests came, they would not be treated to delicious food every day.
Chen Ye went back and ate ready-made noodles with poached eggs, saying that these two pairs of feet made by a real master were different.
Look, ordinary noodles taste better than the ones she makes. It seems that she really doesn’t have the potential to become a good cook!
Putting down his bowl and chopsticks, Chen Ye began to walk around Ershuang's bicycle: "What did you bring? Why are there so many things?"
There are so many things that you can only see the middle seat. The rest of the space is covered by things. It’s hard to imagine how Ershuang managed to ride over here.
The bicycles of that time were very durable. If you replace it with a bicycle from later generations, this one would be scrapped.
Ershuang took the dishes and prepared to wash them: "Aren't they the things you asked for? I've brought almost everything this time. The only thing missing is the cotton, but we have to wait. It will be autumn before we can get it any sooner."
"That's not a hurry, you pushed it here?"
"I pushed it a little, rode it a little, and came here all by myself. By the way, if you have the chance in the future, you should move to the county town. This place is too far and inconvenient."
"Besides, how old am I? How am I going to live in the county town? I still have a rural household registration. There won't even be enough food there. How can I expect to be full by just eating the wind?"
"Then do you want to find a way to get a county hukou?"
Chen Ye shook his head and refused: "It's not easy, let's talk about it later. I'm still young."
She couldn't just apply for a county hukou. It was easy to get one at that time if she found the right connections, but what would she get every month when she got there? She might not even have enough to eat.
Although it seems convenient to buy things in the county town, you have to spend money to eat vegetables, not to mention that you can go up the mountain to find food at any time like in the village. It really costs money everywhere.
There is also the issue of going to the countryside. Don’t think that you don’t need to go to the countryside just because the county town is not big. As long as you don’t have a rural household registration, you will have to face the issue of going to the countryside when you reach a certain age.
She is a good girl from the countryside. Why does she go to such great lengths to get her household registration in the city and then go back to the countryside to farm?
As Chen Ye spoke, her hands were not idle. She quickly took the things off the bicycle. She felt sorry for the bicycle. It was such a small bicycle, but it had to bear a weight that it could not bear.
After all the things were unloaded, Chen Ye squatted on the ground and began to open them one by one. "Oh, this wheel looks okay. It has a little more rust on it, but it's still quite sturdy."
Ershuang shook the water off his hands and said, "It just doesn't look good. My brother also said it looks sturdy. There's also a bicycle frame. Do you think it can be used?"
Chen Ye took out the things one by one and put them on the ground, matching them with what she had imagined in her mind. She thought that there were still some scrap metals at home that she had brought back from the scrap yard before, so it should be enough.
I was fiddling with the frame of the car in my hand. It was also rusty, but the things inside were still good, it was just the outside that looked shabby.
"It's not a big deal. Let me put it together and give it a try."
"Okay, I don't understand this either. Is there anything else you need to do around the house? I'll come over and help you with some work."
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