Chapter 24: This World is Crazy
Jiang Hao looked at the young educated youth next to him who was prettier than himself, and suddenly felt itchy. He beckoned, "New young educated youth, you're pretty good-looking. I'll go play with you when I have time."
Shi Luo curled his lips as he watched Jiang Hao run away after speaking. He didn't look like a big boss at all. He even flirted with good-looking boys. Yet, he could become a famous entrepreneur. This world was simply crazy.
"Look at us, our team leader is a man of integrity outside. Everyone in our team respects him. But at home, he becomes limp as soon as he meets his wife. He's a typical henpecked husband."
"Osmanthus, what you said is so sour. Your man treats you well."
"Shitou's mother, your man treats you well. I know that in your family, if you say one thing, your man dare not say another."
An old lady with small eyes listened to the two people talking and cursed, "Bah, what future can a man have if he is controlled by a woman?"
"Hey, Pan Di, you can't expect all women in the world to get beaten up just because you get beaten up by your own man every day."
Guihua held onto Shitou's mother as they walked away, saying, "Why bother talking to her? She's getting more confused as she gets older. She's just a fool. After her husband beat her, she still rushed over to see if his hand hurt. There's not a single normal person in this family. Okay, let's go home and get back to work."
After taking two steps, she suddenly remembered the young educated youth who had been standing next to her. Guihua turned her head and waved to Shi Luo.
Shi Luo saw the auntie named Guihua waving at him and quickly ran over, "Auntie, what do you want me to do?"
Guihua pulled Shi Luo aside and asked quietly, "I heard the captain's wife say a few days ago that you new educated youth are looking for someone to exchange food for you. Can you do it now?"
"Change it. I've already got cabbage, radish and mustard greens. I want to change to something else." Shi Luo didn't want to eat cabbage and radish every day in winter. Although there was everything in the space, it was too risky to take it out in winter. He had to have something to cover it up.
"Hey, my family has dried a lot of beans, eggplants, and potatoes this year. Do you want some?"
Shitou Niang also quickly said, "I have dried mushrooms, dried fungus, and tomato sauce at home. Do you want some?"
"Yes, yes. It's good to change it in winter. How do you plan to change it and how much can you change?" Shi Luo nodded repeatedly.
"Those dried vegetables will be exchanged for thirty pounds of yours. I'd like to exchange them for, uh, three ounces of brown sugar and a three-foot cloth coupon."
"I can also exchange you for thirty kilograms of dried mushrooms and wood ear mushrooms, fifteen kilograms of tomato sauce, five ounces of brown sugar, and a two-foot cloth coupon."
Shi Luo: "Okay, can you change more? We need to share it among the three of us. This is a little too little, not enough. By the way, auntie, where do you live?"
Guihua pointed to the door behind her and said, "This is my home. Next door is Shitou's mother's house. I'll go to my mother's house and exchange it for you. The exchange method is the same. Is that okay? If it's okay, we'll go to her mother's house and steal something now."
Shi Luo nodded, "Okay, this is almost enough for us to divide. Go find the things first, and I'll go to your house to exchange them later."
Watching the two people walk away, Shi Luo continued to wander around the brigade. After he had basically walked around everywhere, he slowly walked towards the Youth League Home.
This time, Shi Luo returned to the Youth League Home through the front gate. As soon as he entered the yard, he saw Li Zhaodi squatting next to her private plot and washing clothes.
Li Zhaodi saw Shi Luo and said, "Shi Zhiqing is back."
Shi Luo nodded and was about to go to the backyard. Li Zhaodi was a little annoyed when she saw Shi Luo was silent. She said, "Shi Zhiqing, I see you are cooking alone. It's almost winter. Do you want to eat with us? We can save some firewood that way."
Shi Luo was a little surprised to hear this. Did he look like a fool in her eyes? "No, I have enough firewood."
Seeing that Shi Luo refused to agree, Li Zhaodi continued to persuade him, "Eating together can save food. We have stored a lot of vegetables this year. You new educated youth probably don't have enough food to eat, and the vegetables probably aren't that good either."
Li Zhaodi knew that Shi Luo was not short of food, and he had exchanged a lot of meat and ribs in the past two days. If they could eat together, Shi Luo would definitely feel embarrassed to cook for himself all the time, and he would definitely be able to get a few bites of meat for himself.
Alas, actually I don’t want to eat other people’s meat, but the two pounds of meat I just got have been pickled and sent out. My mother wrote to me saying that there is not enough food at home, my younger brother has become thin and is not in good health. He wants to eat some meat to replenish his body, but there are no meat coupons at home.
How can I do this? My younger brother is the only boy in the family. He is the one I will have to rely on in the future. Nothing must happen to him.
So after receiving the meat, Li Zhaodi quickly sent back the two kilograms of meat and one-third of this year's food rations.
"Don't worry about that. Whether there's enough to eat or not, I'm happy eating it myself. Okay, Li Zhiqing, hurry up and wash your clothes. I'm going home."
Shi Luo thought, I'm not stupid. It won't be enough if I eat with you guys.
When Shi Luo returned to the backyard, he saw Xie Chen standing in the yard, "Why are you back so early today?"
Li Zhe: "I have some clothes that haven't been washed yet. I came back to wash them. I just finished washing them."
Xie Chen: "I heard the educated youth in the front yard also urged you to eat from the big pot together."
Shi Luo raised his eyebrows and looked at Xie Chen. "Yeah, so, you were also persuaded."
Li Zhe: "Yes, Xie Chen and I met Deng Jiao. She talked to us for a long time. Anyway, we didn't agree. But from what she said, Xia Tian and Zhou Lihua agreed to eat with them."
Shi Luo: "I can understand that. The firewood they collected is obviously not enough. We should save as much as possible."
Xie Chen shook his head and said, "Look inside the shed."
"Hey, where's the firewood inside? I remember the firewood for those two female educated youths was placed there."
Shi Luo looked at the shed and found that there was not even a leaf, which made him feel a little strange.
Li Zhe was at a loss for words. "Just now, all the male educated youth in the front yard moved out. They said that if we eat together, we must store firewood together."
Shi Luo: "Well, these two people will definitely have a hard time this winter. If it's their own, they can burn it however they want. But if it becomes a collective, they will have to fight if they use one more."
Xie Chen hung the clothes on the clothesline and said, "Who said it wasn't true? This is called trying to gain a small advantage but suffering a big loss."
Shi Luo: "I just went out and told someone to change some dishes. Do you want them?"
Li Zhe: "Yes, when are we going?"
"Now, since I don't have anything else to do, you guys can prepare bags and a jar with tomato sauce. Each person can get ten pounds."
After saying that, Luo went into the house, took the bag and jar, and took the two people to exchange for dried vegetables.
When they arrived at Aunt Guihua and Shitou's mother's house, Aunt Guihua and Shitou's mother had already prepared their things at home. The three of them changed their things, divided them into three equal parts, and then went home.
Xie Chen returned to the house, put his things away and went to Shi Luo's room. He handed the bills and things that he and Li Zhe should pay to Shi Luo, and Shi Luo accepted them without hesitation.
"I'm going to the commune tomorrow. Do you two want to come with me?"
Xie Chen shook his head and said, "We won't go. We already bought everything before, and now we have everything we need."
Shi Luo: "Okay, then I'll go by myself."
"Then I'll go back. Li Zhe should have prepared the meal."
"Okay, let's go now. Please help me close the door. I need to lie down for a while. I feel like I have no time to rest all day long."
Xie Chen was not annoyed at being kicked out. He walked out with a smile and said, "Wait until the winter, when you have some free time."
"That would be the best." Shi Luo sent the person out, locked the door, turned around and went into the space to rest.
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